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Within the 287 pages of USC College alumna Wendy Cheng's award-winning dissertation are snippets from interviews she conducted with 64 residents in four "majority-minority" multi-ethnic suburbs in the San Gabriel Valley.
The interviewees, who range widely in age, race, ethnicity and sex, share stories of growing up and living in an area that, according to the 2000 United States Census, is 51 percent Asian and 34 percent Latino. It's a group of people that Cheng believes has been historically overlooked.
"When people look at majority non-white communities, they tend to be central city places, not suburbs, and not middle income populations," said Cheng, an American studies and ethnicity (ASE) alumna whose dissertation is titled, "Episodes in the Life of a Place: Regional Racial Formation in Los Angeles's San Gabriel Valley."
"The San Gabriel Valley is not only an important site of Asian and Latino suburbanization in the contemporary period, but it's also a place rich in multiracial political, economic and social history."
Cheng's interviews are the most powerful component of her work, and one reason her adviser Ruth "Ruthie" Gilmore believes Cheng won the 2010 Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize.
Some of the personal accounts include an Asian American scoutmaster who jokingly refers to the three white boys in his troop as "the token whites," and a Mexican American mother who refuses to send her children to the majority white school because she doesn't want them growing up "being the minority."
"Wendy is a compelling writer," said Gilmore, an ASE associate professor in the College. "The committee chair simply said it was the best dissertation they read, and that it moved some of them to tears."
Each year, the prize committee, part of the American Studies Association (ASA), acknowledges the best doctoral dissertation in the interdisciplinary fields of American studies, American ethnic studies and American women's studies. Cheng's dissertation marks the second time in four years that a graduate of USC College's Department of American Studies and Ethnicity has won the award. She will receive the prize and a $500 award Friday, Nov. 19 at the ASA conference in San Antonio.
"It was a very pleasant surprise," said Cheng, who earned her Ph.D. in 2009 and is now assistant professor of Asian Pacific American studies, and justice and social inquiry at Arizona State University. "Ethnic studies has had a large intellectual influence on American studies and the coming together of these two fields, thinking critically about race and what that means for the nation as a whole is very much where the field is right now."
Cheng, who was assistant professor and faculty fellow in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University before moving to Arizona, said her interest in geography and ethnic studies began as a child, when her family would drive 100 miles from their San Diego home to Monterey Park to buy groceries at the Taiwanese market.
"It was the closest place we could shop at, at the time," Cheng said. "People called it 'Little Taipei,' and even as a child, I had an awareness that something was happening in that area that was really different from where I was growing up."
Her interest culminated into a dissertation topic when she moved to Alhambra during her graduate study in the College.
"Every day when I went outside and looked around me, I became curious about the racial dynamics of these spaces, and what they mean in the contemporary moment," Cheng said. "What I noticed was that the people I talked to who had grown up in the area had a very particular way of thinking about race and place that is not necessarily reflected in formal social or political processes or in the way we typically think of racial formation."
One of Cheng's discoveries was that many of the people she talked to had a commitment and connection to their location that contradicted the idea that people always want to move to certain types of suburbs with certain racial compositions.
"Most of the people I talked to did not desire to move to a space that was predominantly white or racially and economically homogenous," Cheng said. "To them, being part of the majority was not based on a specific racial or ethnic identity, but instead it meant being part of a multi-ethnic and multiracial group."
Cheng is currently working on turning her dissertation into a book, and she is a co-author and photographer of the forthcoming book to be published by University of California Press, A People's Guide to Los Angeles. The book — co-authored with Laura Pulido, ASE professor in the College and Laura Barraclough, an ASE alumna and assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at Kalamazoo College — discusses sites of marginalized histories and struggles for power in L.A.
In the future, Cheng hopes her ideas and the theoretical framework discussed in her dissertation help to expand the kinds of places that researchers think are worthy of study.
"People seem to think that being middle-class means that you study other people, and I want to intervene in that," Cheng said. "If most Americans think of themselves as middle-class, then what does that mean about how we look at our own lives? How willing we are to think critically about race, and how the places we grow up in shape the ways in which we think about race?"
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I'm a big fan of creating my own personal productivity plans by learning from others and then, adapting it to suit our life as entrepreneurs and parents. In fact, I'm passionate about helping others do the same and that's why I wrote Productivity 2.0.
Mayank, thankfully, is BIG on routines as is Manini and that makes my life a lot easier in trying to implement and introduce a new structure or schedule for work or home.
This year, our business has grown by almost double and we were blessed to not only meet but exceed our goals.
However it has required tweaking a TON of things and overhauling our schedule and creating all-new plans, sometimes, even twice or thrice!
We've finally arrived at a solution that is working and helping us to get things done while further building a business and nourishing our home, health and family life.
Here is what I'm doing {or not doing} and what I'm using to get things done!
What I'm Doing to Increase My Productivity and Get Things Done
1. Scaling Back on Client Projects
One of my goals for this year is to scale back on client projects and create my own products- eBooks, eCourses and workshops to help reach more time-starved entrepreneurs and business owners and help them get the clarity, community and communication they need to grow their businesses. So, this has meant, saying "no" more often. Tough but gotta do it.
2. Hiring More Help … for the House
My priority is to have healthy meals and spend more time with Mayank and Manini. I wrote a while ago about hiring help for the house and this year, we've realised that while we don't {yet} need a full-time housekeeper, we do need more help with chores like cooking and cleaning.
I've got a cook who comes into make our 3 meals. I still menu plan and tell him what needs to be done and I cook on the weekends.
I also have a cleaning lady who does our daily sweeping, mopping, dishes and dusting. Mayank does the laundry and I do the folding and tidying up.
3. Planning More Regularly
We plan like crazy. If we were planners before, we're power planners now. **laughing**
No seriously, planning our day has been a life-and-sanity-saver more than once for not just business stuff but also, the home.
I fell off the home management binder bandwagon sometime last year and never really got back on in terms of updating and following it.
I honestly didn't have the time and motivation.
This year, am taking it easy and only including checklists and printables that I will use.
For instance, as planned as we are, we don't really use or refer to a "Before we leave the home" checklist when travelling. What was I thinking including that?!
My home management printables now include:
1. Menu planner- weekly
2. Cleaning checklists- daily, weekly and monthly
3. Travel packing checklist- I don't need a "before we leave" checklist but I need this one to ensure we don't forget anything, like meds.
Yes, that's it. I don't include books to read, places to travel, passwords to remember because I don't need them. I work online and it makes sense for me to "pin" things or add them to my "wishlists" instead of jotting them on paper. I still do a lot of paper planning as well, as you'll see.
My business planning is mainly done on a daily, weekly, monthly basis, and mainly in my Moleskine with a few other tools.
Daily– I review tasks to do each week from Trello and my master list, and include them in the daily to-do list in my Moleskine.
Weekly– plan the week ahead. Add items in Trello and Google Calendar.
Monthly– plan the month for marketing, content and social media for self and clients. Add items in Trello and Google calendar.
I also have created a Master List of admin tasks that Mayank and I split up or hire out to either our designer or assistant, and so refer to that when doing my every day planning.
4. Seeking and Using Support
Whether at home or at business, realising that I couldn't do it alone has been the biggest breakthrough ever. It's not only allowed me to free up my time and my head but also given me greater clarity on how I want our businesses to grow and what projects fill me with joy.
Support doesn't always have to come from a "person". Tools have been great support systems for us. Whether it is using Trello to communicate with a client or Evernote to "dump" ideas in or Buffer to schedule social media or my gorgeous Moleskine to plan my day, my tools have been key in freeing up time and increasing my productivity.
5. Focusing and Going with the Flow
Am all for planning but I'm also a Mom and that means going with the flow. Whether it is tweaking our plan for the day because Manini is not feeling well or wants to bake cupcakes or not doing laundry on a really busy day, it happens. It still takes some getting used to for this almost Type A personality but am learning to go with the flow.
However, it is easy to go with the flow when you focus on whatever you're doing when you're doing it. Whether it is finishing a blog post or completing a puzzle, if you focus, the quality of your attention and your work is MUCH better.
Tools I'm Using to Increase My Productivity This Year
1. Moleskine Planner. I never quite understood the hype about these planners and notebooks until I started using one this year. Seriously, you guys, there is something awesome about writing on excellent quality paper, having enough room for a LONG to-do list and just the elegant simplicity. I LOVE it and it's been key in helping me get tons done this year at home and at work.
2. Leonie Dawson's Amazing Biz+Life Workbook. I ordered the print version of this from Amazon this year and it's worth every single penny. It's helped me map out my year, keep me focused on the big picture and smaller goals and I just love that I'm working on both my business and my life together and not separate of each other.
3. Google Calendar. Excellent free tool for scheduling meetings, noting deadlines, and best part, can share it with others. LOVE.
4. Cleaning Checklists from Living Well Spending Less. LOVED her lists. They're the closest to what I need.
5. Trello. Free, easy and super simple project management tool. Excellent for coordinating with clients and your team when you're working virtually. I also use it for tracking projects I'm working on, like my current Content Cookbook one.
6. Amazon's Wishlist Feature- I have the Amazon Add to Wishlist bookmarklet installed on my browser and whenever I come across a book or product I'd love to get, I just click on that and it adds it to my wishlists easily and quickly. Simple. Here's how you can set it up for yourself.
7. Evernote and Pinterest – The very best FREE idea and brain dump tools. Period.
What is YOUR greatest struggle with productivity? How do you think you need to personalize a system that works for you?
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"A burger without fries is not a burger."
"A burger without fries is not a burger."
Also in this week's magazine: Ron Perelman does Mexican in the Hamptons, and Char No. 4 unveils a BBQ plate.
Plus: Danyelle Freeman at Vutera, Jay Cheshes at Smith's, and more in our weekly roundup of restaurant reviews.
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Welcome to Cafe Piazza! We are the one-stop shop for hungry professionals in Palo Alto square.
With a multitude of fresh, inspired and downright tasty deli menu items to choose from – like classic Italian subs and even hot Mediterranean wraps – Café Piazza of Palo Alto is not your ordinary lunch stop. Actually, we go beyond lunch to bring you a dining experience that's second to none when you're in the mood for "between-the-bread" creations…how about our outrageously large breakfast burrito or the unique and satisfying breakfast quesadilla? With one taste of our delicious epicurean offerings, Café Piazza will become your go-to deli in Palo Alto for a great selection of breakfast and lunch options, with an abundance of indoor seating and a "manicured plaza" when dining al fresco is on the agenda.
Our sandwiches, whether hot or cold, have become the talk of the town and with choices such as the loaded BLT, Chicken Club and New York Pastrami plus unique twists like the flavorful Prosciutto Sandwich and Thai Chicken Wrap, it's easy to see why. But if it's wraps you're after, you have come to the right place – choose from creations such as the Spicy Italian Sausage Burrito – loaded with hearty Italian sausage, black beans, rice, pesto aioli, crunchy cole slaw and red onions, wrapped in a flour tortilla – or our Mediterranean Veggie Wrap, stuffed with grilled red peppers, zucchini, eggplant, fresh tomatoes, rice and topped with pesto aioli…just to name two.
Beyond the myriad of hot and cold sandwich selections, Café Piazza also serves a complete assortment of crisp salad plates, guaranteed to satisfy the "healthy craving" within…whether it's our delectable Gorgonzola Salad with sliced crispy apples, walnuts, gorgonzola cheese, sweet orange segments, and a citrus balsamic vinaigrette or one of our other unique creations like the Harvest Salad, Chinese Chicken Salad, Southwest Chicken Salad or our take on the classic Caesar, there's something for every health-conscious patron of Café Piazza.
Stop by today to relieve your hunger and stay energized– we're located at 3000 El Camino Real in Palo Alto.


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Insurers are now focusing on building balanced portfolios
Insurers have altered the product mix after regulatory changes related to unit-linked insurance plans. GV Nageswara Rao, managing director and chief executive officer of IDBI Federal Life Insurance, in an interview with Shruti Verma Khare says that challenge for the insurance industry is to increase profitability and efficiency to cope shrinking margins and dip in sales post regulatory changes. Excerpts:
n How has the business been for life insurance companies post September 1, 2010 after new charge structure for unit-linked insurance plans (Ulips) came into effect?
After September 1, insurance sales in the industry have seen a sharp decline. Official data is not yet out, but the decline is primarily in the segment of Ulips. On the other hand, there is an increase in the sale of traditional products, which include term plans, money-back, endowment and pension. Sales have come down because even though Ulips have become much more attractive for the customer. It has also resulted in causing huge dip in agents' commission. Agents and distributors are not selling their products. There is a dip in distributor's interest to sell Ulips.
n So what is the industry doing about it? Are you offering incentives to agents to sell Ulips?
As an industry, it is important to have a diversified portfolio of products. In past few years, Ulips have dominated sales. Growth was also coming from the same. For some, proportion of Ulips was as high as 90 per cent. With these regulatory changes, everyone is now focusing on building a balanced portfolio. We will see a gradual shift. But, in my view, this shift will take some time.
n How much commission is being paid to agents now?
It varies from product to product. Our cheapest Ulip pays 1.5-2 per cent of premium. But compared with earlier commission structure, agents' payout has fallen by two-third. I think it is a challenge for the industry to educate distributors that since the product is attractive it is easier to sell. So, they can increase their total income by increasing volume of sales.
n What will be the strategy for insurance companies in 2011?
Focus for all companies will be on profitability management along with growth. In the past few years, companies were concentrating only on growth. As margins are shrinking, the key is to be able to increase volume at every level, efficiency per branch, per employee.
n When do you plan to break even?
We plan to break even in the seventh year of operation. We are in our third year of operation at present. Breakeven point in insurance industry also depends on growth. Higher the growth, more time it will take to break even.
n What is your capital base right now? Do you plan to infuse more capital?
Our present capital base is Rs 450 crore. We don't plan to infuse capital in this financial year. We will infuse capital depending on the growth.
n Do you think your product portfolio is complete? Are you planning to add new products in your products basket?
We have a complete portfolio. But we will like to strengthen our portfolio in child as well as the health segment. We already have plans in this category.
n Do you plan to launch a universal life plan (ULP)? The insurance regulator had temporarily banned sales of all ULPs.
Irda has issued new guidelines. We will be also be coming out with ULPs in the next financial year. ULPs have been a recent innovation. They have done exceedingly well in mature markets such as the US and Europe.
n What kind of growth are you expecting for the present financial year?
In terms of total premium, we have grown by 77 per cent. In new business premium, we have grown by around 45 per cent. These numbers give an indication of how we grow in the remaining months of FY11.
n Are you planning to hire more agents this year?
We are planning to double agencts' force from 9,000 at present in a year's time.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is considering urging the Supreme Court to overturn California's ban on gay marriage - a move that could have a far-reaching impact on same-sex couples across the country.
The administration has one week to file a friend-of-the-court brief with the justices on the California ban, known as Proposition 8. While an administration brief alone is unlikely to sway the high court, the government's opinion does carry weight with the justices.
Proposition 8 opponents believe the president signaled his intention to file a brief when he declared in last month's inaugural address that gays and lesbians must be "treated like anyone else under the law." An administration official said Obama was not foreshadowing any legal action, though the administration was considering filing a brief.
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Taylor Mali can teach different kinds of workshops/lectures for a variety of audiences.
For Students: Poetry writing workshops can be as short as 30 minutes or as long as two and a half hours (or longer in special circumstances). Typically they involve a series of writing prompts with time built in for composition, recitation, feedback and revision. More performance-based workshops, which could be suitable for a drama class, involve less writing and more poetic improvisation, tips for articulate presentation and theater games. Taylor also has a lecture on the Five-Paragraph Essay.
For Teachers: Writing workshops for teachers are essentially explanations of poetry prompts that teachers can use with their students. Taylor will discuss two or three prompts for every one that he makes teachers actually do.
Taylor has a slideshow called "A Baker's Dozen Secrets of Slam: 13 Tips for Performing Poetry in Public" that is now available online.
Having trouble evaluating a spoken word performance? Here are some questions to keep in mind as you watch or listen to a poem performed.
For General Audiences: Taylor has a substantial collection of spoken word audio and video clips that he uses to discuss the difference between poetry written for the page and poetry written for the stage.
What Can He Teach?
Taylor loves to talk with teachers, to inspire them, energize them, and remind them why they chose to walk the noble path they walk. Many schools take advantage of Taylor to meet with faculty and teachers and help "refill the well." These meetings can vary depending on the time allotted and what the school needs. Sometimes it is as simple as Taylor leading a Story Swap at the end of the day (or in place of a regularly scheduled weekly faculty meeting) where veteran and new teachers get to share stories of great triumphs and enlightening failures.
Or Taylor can give a more formal lecture on the nobility of teaching that includes some of his more well-known inspirational poems about teaching. And then there are workshops about how to teach poetry to students (mostly of interest to Language Arts teachers).


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Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.


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Rotnei Clarke: Butler gives ex-Oklahoma prep star a new home, and keys to the gym
Basketball players at Butler were given key cards for anytime access to historic Hinkle Fieldhouse at the same time Rotnei Clarke showed up.
Not a chance.
Oklahomans know Clarke as the state's high school career scoring leader, a sharpshooter from Verdigris, a gym rat who not only takes but also makes hundreds of shots every day. It's a routine he continued at Arkansas, then took with him to Butler, the small Indiana school with the big-time basketball program. Since he had to sit out last season under NCAA transfer rules, he couldn't travel with the team.
He might've busted in the gym if necessary.
Thank goodness for the key cards.
"That's been really important for guys who like getting into the gym and working on their shots and working on their game," Clarke said.
No one fits that description better than him.
After a couple of rough seasons at Arkansas and a tough redshirt season at Butler, Clarke is reaping the benefits of his stick-to-itiveness. He leads Butler in scoring, averaging 17.5 points a game, and helped the Bulldogs upset top-ranked and cross-state rival Indiana last weekend.
Clarke led all scorers in that game with 19.
His biggest points came with the Hoosiers leading by four in overtime. He caught a pass at least eight feet behind the three-point line, and without hesitating, he shot the ball.
He buried it.
That shot started the 8-2 run on which Butler would finish off the Hoosiers.
That game adds to the validation Clarke feels about the choice he made to transfer to Butler a year and a half ago.
"I think it's all tying together," he said via cellphone from Indianapolis earlier this week. "I believe I made the right decision."
He thought the same back in the summer of 2011. In June, he decided to leave Arkansas, where he'd grown increasingly disenchanted, and wanted to transfer to another school. He considered returning to his home state and playing for Oklahoma. He thought about Virginia. But in the end, he picked Butler.
Because the Bulldogs had been to back-to-back Final Fours, Clarke knew there was something special and different about the program.
He sensed it even more on his official visit.
"We ended up playing kickball," he said.
"That was something I'd never done before with a team," Clarke said, laughing. "The coaches got involved. It was pretty cool."
Still, how would he fit in and be accepted?
He had no way of knowing for sure.
But the good vibes he got from his visit carried over. Other players didn't look at him as a transfer or as a one-year flash. They thought of him as a teammate.
That helped Clarke through what was an excruciating redshirt season.
"It was definitely one of the toughest years," he said. "Basketball was taken away from me for that whole year, and that had never (happened) before."
He credits faith and teammates with helping him cope.
Ditto for practice sessions at Hinkle.
"I had a bunch of those when I was sitting my year out just because I wasn't able to travel with the team," Clarke said. "I had to stay back, so really the only thing to do was go to the gym and shoot.
"I had a bunch of late nights in the gym where I was by myself."
Clarke has seen every hour of the day in the historic gym, which was the backdrop for the championship game in the movie "Hoosiers". Even though he had plenty of solo sessions last year, there aren't many times now when he goes to Hinkle that there isn't at least one other teammate there.
All of it reminds him a bit of his high school days.
"I'm really enjoying playing right now," he said.
Clarke bounces around the court. He has a spring in his step. He has a pop in his shot.
And frankly, all of that reminds those of us here in Oklahoma of his high school days, too.
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Central Bank of India, Chandigarh zone did a total business of Rs. 21,206 crore, with a year on year growth of 21.25%. The total advances stood at Rs. 9239 crore, with a growth of 18.52%.
K.K.Taneja, Field General Manager, Central Bank of India, Chandigarh zone told media persons here today that the total deposits showed a year on year growth of 23.45%, reaching a total of Rs. 11967 crore. The net NPA of the zone decreased from 1.5% to 1.25%. Agriculture advances increased by 35% to Rs. 1543 crore.
During the year Chandigarh Zone added 174 ATMs and plans to add 200 more ATMs by March 2014 to reach up to 500 ATMs. Out of these five will be "disabled persons friendly ATMs". The Bank has also introduced 'Cent Arthiya' scheme, at lowest rates of interest to ensure easy credit to the Arthiyas. Taneja claimed that the Bank has successfully implemented the Online remittance on behalf of PUNGRAIN in the account of Arthiyas and Punjab government has lauded the Bank's contribution in its implementation. He also told that the Bank is providing housing loan at base rate of 10% upto Rs.75 lakhs.
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Check in was smooth with a nice lady. The roads coming into the park are narrow and in rough shape. Sites are level with the utilities in good working order. The owners appear to be dressing up the campground which could use it overall. - illini777
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Checked by email 10 days before we needed one night. The owner said they were full but to try back in case of a cancel. Called day before we needed the night and she said come on, we have a nice pull thru for you for the night you need. This is excellent campground service and we appreciated it. Park is small but sites are long (we are over 65 feet). Hook ups are new and placed correctly and work properly. No cable, but they have satellite connections and the OTA antenna picks up about 12 channels. Yes, the road is rough and narrow but just take it easy. We would stop again when in this area. - xarmoreddriver
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A nice, quiet park with very attentive owners. For what it is, we give it a solid 8. Would score it a bit higher with shower / restroom facilities, and a bit of improvement on the entrance road, but a very nice place for an over night stay or a weekend. Be sure to take the short walk down to the river - it's beautiful. Also, a very nice pond a pavilion. As others have mentioned, the road in/out is quite steep and narrow and a little rough in spots. Not to worry, it will certainly handle even the largest of coaches, however I have to wonder what would happen if meeting a 40 ft DP coming the opposite direction. If both coaches are pulling toads, one would have to stop and unhitch. The road is too narrow in spots for two coaches to pass. But then again, that's unlikely to happen in this relatively small park. - classact


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The fifth annual Donut Dash fun run will take place Saturday, March 9, 2013 to raise money for the Child Life Program at Sutter Children's Center, Sacramento. This unique 4-mile race has runners stopping at the two-mile mark to eat four donuts at Marie's Donuts, then running two more miles to the finish line. This is a family event and strollers and dogs on leashes are welcomed. Registration includes four donuts from Marie's Donuts, event t-shirt (guaranteed for those registered before Feb. 28) and a one-of-a-kind finisher's award. For more information and to register visit the official event website at www.DonutDash.org.
WHAT: The Donut Dash
WHEN: March 9, 2013 at 8:30 a.m.
WHY: To benefit pediatric patients at Sutter Children's Center, Sacramento
WHERE: William Land Park, Sacramento. Run starts at corner of Freeport Blvd, and Sutterville Rd.
Sutter Children's Center, part of the Sutter Health network of care, is a comprehensive children's hospital that is part of Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. It serves 7,000 children a year from 26 Northern California counties and beyond. Among its specialized pediatric services are an 80-bed, Level III neonatal intensive care unit, heart surgery, oncology, neurosurgery, orthopedics and clinics for epilepsy, childhood diabetes, cleft palates, obesity and many other diseases that affect children from birth to 18 years old. For more information, go to www.sutterchildrenscenter.org.


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text: Photo Gallery Pictures: Elephant Underpass Reuniting Kenya Herds A corridor beneath a busy highway in northern Kenya is helping isolated elephant populations reunite, conservationists say. PUBLISHED Fri May 18 10:05:00 EDT 2012 0 1 / 6 Road to Recovery? An African elephant approaches an underpass beneath the busy Nanyuki-Meru road in northern Kenya in a recent picture.The first of its kind for elephants, the underpass will ideally provide a safe corridor for the large mammals to move throughout the Mount Kenya region (map), where highways, fences, and farmlands have split elephant populations, according to Geoffrey Chege, chief conservation officer of the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, a Kenya-based nonprofit.Without the underpass, animals that try to move between isolated areas often destroy fences and crops—leading to conflicts with people. (Related pictures: "'Ghost Chili' Scares Off Elephants.")Since its completion in late 2010, the underpass has been a "tremendous success"—hundreds of elephants have been spotted walking through the corridor, according to the conservancy.First seeing pictures of the elephants using the underpass "was an awesome moment," Chege said by email.—Christine Dell'AmoreThe Mount Kenya-Lewa Wildlife Conservancy Corridor Project is a joint effort of the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, the Kenya Wildlife Service, Kisima Farm, Marania Farm, the Bill Woodley Mount Kenya Trust, and Ngare Ndare Forest Trust. Photograph courtesy Lewa Wildlife Conservancy Safe Conduit At first, only adult male elephants ventured through the underpass (pictured from the highway), and then only at night.But before long whole family groups were passing through during the day, Chege said."Elephants in northern Kenya are known to respond positively in areas where their security is guaranteed," he said."In this project, the elephants knew exactly when a safe conduit for them was created, and they did not have to cut across through human settlements that would have led to conflicts."(Also see "Elephant Pictures: Killed Female Highlights Poaching Rise.") Photograph courtesy Lewa Wildlife Conservancy Restoring Migrations An elephant marches through the underpass in October 2011. The corridor is part of a larger effort to re-create the historic migration routes of elephants in northern Kenya.Currently the region's elephant populations are divided into two isolated groups: 2,000 animals in Mount Kenya and 7,500 in the Samburu-Laikipia ecosystem, according to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy.The concept of underpasses isn't new, Chege added. Similar projects have been created for other animals in North America and South Africa."But this kind of project is the first of its kind in Kenya," he said.(See "Hold the Champagne: Highway to Split Serengeti After All?") Image courtesy Lewa Wildlife Conservancy Beneficial Corridor The elephant underpass (pictured in 2011) could have at least two other benefits. For one, it could improve the genetic health of northern Kenya elephants, since more genes will mix as the animals move into various territories and find new mates.The corridor may also mean that elephants will move around more, reducing pressure on habitats—and possibly helping other species that use the same resources, such as the black rhinoceros, according to the conservancy.(See elephant pictures.) Image courtesy Lewa Wildlife Conservancy On the Road African elephants walk along a dirt road in Kenya's Samburu National Park.The species is listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), but numbers vary greatly depending on the region.For instance, major populations in eastern and southern Africa—including Kenya—are increasing at an average rate of 4 percent a decade, according to the IUCN.But one trend is clear across the continent: "Elephant distribution is becoming increasingly fragmented," the conservation group noted. And that's something projects like the Kenya underpass can help to address. Photograph by Michael Nichols, National Geographic Next: Biggest Conservation Area Created in Africa Photograph by Roy Toft Related Stories Controversial Railway Splits Kenya's Parks, Threatens Wildlife Elephants Wiped Out on Alarming Scale in Southern Africa African Elephants On Their Way to U.S. Zoos, Despite Protests


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Let's review the Gigabyte G1.Sniper B5, which is based on the budget B85 chipset from Intel. See B85 based motherboards typically end up in business desktops and normally are limited from overclocking. Well, that changes with the Gigabyte G1.Sniper B5 ! So small price, nice features and tweakability ? We just have to check that out. Oh and you'll get many USB 3.0 ports and of course an improved and enhanced audio solution (albeit that really is a software layer sitting on top of the Realtek ALC898 codec)
The Gigabyte G1.Sniper B5 uses a modest 4+1 phase VRM (voltage regulation) design, has 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS connectors, four SATA 6 Gbps ports and two SATA 3 Gbps ports. It also features a Realtek ALC898 Audio CODEC (110 dBA SNR) and Nichicon audiophile-grade electrolytic capacitors on the AMP stage, yup again this is supposed to be a budget series chipset :)
Gigabyte also fits the board with a pair of PCI Express 3.0 slots - one is connected straight to the CPU and supports x16 graphics card. The other slot however can only work in x4 mode as this is a a limiting factor of the B85 chipset. But with one graphics card, you'll have full x16 PCIe 3.0 bandwidth. Other features are AMI UEFI Dual-BIOS, multiple USB 3.0 ports at the back, audio outputs and PS/2 mouse/keyboard ports. In addition to Gigabit LAN support. Lets have a peek at this fairly feature rich 'budget' motherboard and then let's fire up this review.
Oh and before you browse to the next page, you can find this puppy for as little as 80 EUR already - hey now I got your attention didn't I ?
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Ameritech Library Services has announced that Horizon, its library automation system, combined with the Resource Sharing System has been nominated for inclusion in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. A description of these systems will be archived and displayed on the World Wide Web at http:/innovate.si.edu.
Ameritech Library Services Horizon with Resource Sharing System is part of a collection that includes over 442 of the year's most innovative applications of technology from 40 states and 19 countries.
"Ameritech Library Services is using information technology to make great strides toward remarkable social achievement in education," said David Allison, chairman of the National Museum of American History's Division of Information Technology and Society.
"We are honored to be recognized as a leader in the library industry and the broader world of technology," said Lana Porter, president of Ameritech Library Services. "Ameritech Library Services is committed to offering libraries products and services that keep them in the forefront of the Information Age. Our Horizon and Resource Sharing product suite enables libraries to not only serve as the information hub for their local communities but also provide global connections that bring order to information chaos and turn seekers into finders."
Horizon provides librarians the capability to catalog Web resources as traditional media and offers a Public Access Catalog that allows patrons to access the library catalog from their home or office computers.
The Resource Sharing System facilitates the lending of materials, in whatever format, between libraries. Using this tool, a user can indicate an information resource he or she has identified via the Web that is located in another library hundreds or even thousands of miles away and have that library send that information to the local branch or directly to the user.
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Live review: Def Leppard once again rocks IrvineJune 23rd, 2012, 11:50 am by ROBERT KINSLER, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
The movie musical Rock of Ages has been a bit of a disappointment at the box office since it opened earlier this month, earning under $20 million in its opening week, but the band behind the original '80s hit of the same name played to another full house in Irvine Friday night.
Def Leppard checked in on the second date of its summertime Rock of Ages Tour at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater to jump start the first weekend of summer, blasting out all of the quintet's hits to the delight of a large crowd eager to party. While openers Lita Ford and Poison had performed to a decidedly greater number of empty seats earlier in the evening, the headlining U.K. hit-makers turned in an amped-up show that gave fans everything they came for.
The Sheffield band has one of rock's most compelling biographies, including the death of original guitarist Steve Clark in 1991 and drummer Rick Allen's inspired ability to overcome the loss of his left arm following a tragic car crash seven years earlier, carrying on using a specially designed electronic drum kit that has become an integral part of the band's sound ever since.
Having sold more than 100 million albums in 35 years together, Def Leppard keeps shows focused on its wealth of smash singles. The group continues to ensure that fans never wait more than a few minutes before another one arrives.Read the rest of this entry »


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The hype over the tablet market in India seems to have died down as is evident by sales numbers of these devices for the first three months of the 2014. This has set the stage for this segment to come out with further innovations in order to remain a relevant gadget for the ever changing demand of the consumers. According to IDC, the India tablet market shipments for Q1 2014 stood at 0.78 million units, representing a year-on-year drop of 32.8% over Q1 2013. The drop was primarily due to lack of new buyers in the market, it said.
The primary reason for this drop in sales was due the regulations of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the emergence of phablet which continues to be remains strong threat to the tablet market.
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) compliance is certainly hurting the white-box market. International device vendors like Apple and Samsung grew in comparison against Q4 2013, posting significant double-digit growth rates in Q1. However at an overall level, the branded vendors were unable to capitalise on the space left vacant by the erosion from white-box and smaller vendors, said Karan Thakkar, senior market analyst of Tablets, Enterprise Client Devices and PC Monitors at IDC India.
The BIS certification has had its desired effect at least on the sub-standard tablets which were available in the Indian market. According to an official of a MNC PC company, Lot of these products were of junk quality which did not have any safety features and were not sturdy enough.
This saw the exit of many of these fly-by-night operators who had priced their products below R5,000 to lure the gullible customers. Today, only the serious players like Apple, Samsung remain in the market with a price tag of above R10,000.
The biggest hit the tablet market took in India was from the mobile phone segment. As the mobile phones got bigger in size adding more functionality, it was always a choice between the handset and tablet for a discerning consumer.
Sunny Sovit, of Pronet Services, a PC reseller said, Today one can purchase 5-inch screen size mobile phone for R7,500 and install a cheaper 3G internet plan. Why should somebody buy a tablet which has got limited functionality. He felt that majority of the buyers of tablets take this as their second or third device after a laptop and is mostly used as a recreation device.
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Update on NesiamonNesiamon is a farmer of wheat and barley. She is a hard-working woman whose farming business has been doing well. She paid off her previous loan in good time and reports that she had a very good harvest.
Nesiamon is now preparing her land for the upcoming planting season. She intends to continue to plant wheat and barley. She is requesting a loan in the amount of KES. 60,000 from KADET Ltd, which will facilitate the purchase of seedlings and fertilizers as well as allowing her to pay the labor costs.
She plans to use her increased proceeds to expand the business and grow it into a large-scale venture.
Previous Loan DetailsNesiamon S. O. is 31 years old. She is married and the mother of two school-going children. She is a mixed farmer who works her own piece of land. She has been in this business for the last seven years and earns a monthly income of 15,000 KES. Nesiamon learned about Kiva partner, KADET, through... More from Nesiamon's previous loan »
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About VisionFund KenyaVisionFund Kenya is dedicated to economically empowering its clients by providing financial services to improve living conditions of micro-entrepreneurs and their children across Kenya. VisionFund Kenya is the microfinance subsidiary of World Vision Kenya. Obtain more information on VisionFund Kenya from its website.
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Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
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In 2014 this festival will celebrate its 17th edition. The 8 concerts that make up the festival take place in the charming Piazza Sant'Agostino in Castel Rigone and feature trios, quartets and both national and international orchestras with soloists of great renown. The evening dedicated to voice is one of the most popular and visitors flock from all over to hear the beautiful music in this enchanting atmosphere.
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1You will need to dig the area out to a depth of about 3–4 inches (7.6–10.2 cm).
2Compact the soil below. Use a dirt tamper. Make sure the area has no puddles before you pour the concrete.
3Form the area by using 2x4's on their side, thus creating a box or shape that the concrete will be placed. If there is a natural border i.e. concrete around, or other type of framing, you will not need to build the form. Use wooden stakes to secure the forms. Use duplex nails to nail the stakes to the outside of the forms. Duplex nails are made in such a way that they can be easily pulled out once your concrete cures.
4Mix the pre-mixed concrete (the bags that say "Just add Water" in a wheelbarrow. Slowly add water to the mix and stir frequently. Make sure you leave some concrete available in case you make the mix too wet. If you do, just add some more concrete. The consistency of the mix should feel like clay that you can mold.
5Pour the concrete into the area, and use another 2x4 to screed or rod the cement. Place the 2x4 on it's side and with the 2x4 resting on the edges of your forms slowly pull the screed board toward you filling in the area, and leaving it nice a level to the forms.
6Take a mag-float this looks like a regular concrete float, but it is thicker and made of wood, or magnesium. Use this to slowly float the cement causing the pores to close.
7Wait until the surface is free of standing water and it looks somewhat dry. Now take a steel float and smooth out the surface.
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Skandalis/Licata Lisa Skandalis and Andrew Licata were married on November 28, 2015 at St John's University Parish in Morgantown, WV. The bride is the daughter of George and Teri Skandalis of Dewitt, NY. The groom is the son of Carol Licata of Fairmont, WV and Joseph Licata of Dayton, OH. Lisa is a graduate of Jamesville-Dewitt High School, West Virginia University and University of North Texas-Health Science Center. She is employed as a DNA Analyst at the U.S. Army Crime Lab in Atlanta, GA. Andrew is a graduate of Fairmont High School (WV), West Virginia University, and is currently a 3rd year student at WVU School of Medicine.
Published on Syracuse.com and/or The Post Standard 2/7. Updated 2/16.
Foley/Riley Meghan Alicia Foley and Kevin Ryan Riley were married June 20, 2015 at The Church of St. Michael and St. Peter in Syracuse, New York with Reverend Henry J. Pedzich officiating. The bride is the daughter of William and Jane Foley of Syracuse, New York. The groom is the son of Edward and Janet Riley of Syracuse, New York. Erin O'Brien, the bride's cousin, was Matron of Honor. Colleen Thorpe (sister of the groom), Jessica Meyer and Mary Odrobina (cousins of the bride), along with Ashley Jansson and Liz Cost (friends of the bride) were bridesmaids. Emma Battles-Foley and Leah Clark (nieces of the bride) were flower girls. Michael Riley, brother of the groom, was Best Man. Chris Thorpe (brother-in-law of the groom), Chris Foley (brother of the bride), along with Demetrio Ascioti, Derek Jansson, and John Romeo (friends of the groom) were groomsmen. A reception was held at Traditions at the Links in East Syracuse, New York. Meghan and Kevin honeymooned in Hawaii. Meghan, a graduate of Siena College and a CPA, is the Accounting Manager at Henderson-Johnson Co., Inc. in Syracuse, New York. Kevin, a graduate of Clarkson University with a Civil Engineering degree, is the Director of Development at the Marriott Downtown Syracuse, formerly known as the Hotel Syracuse.
Published on Syracuse.com and/or The Post Standard 2/7. Updated 2/16.
Breen/Scott Charlotte Breen and Daniel Scott were married on October 10, 2015 at St. Francis of Assisi in Northville, NY. Charlotte is the daughter of Daniel and Margaret Breen of Greenfield Center, NY. Daniel is the son of Anthony and Mary Ellen Scott of Syracuse. A tented reception was held at Lanzi's on the Lake in Mayfield, NY. The couple is planning a February honeymoon in Jamaica. Charlotte and Daniel currently reside in Syracuse.
Published on Syracuse.com and/or The Post Standard 1/31. Updated 1/31.
Addabbo/Cost Heather Anne Addabbo and Alexander Cost were married on September 25, 2015 at The Creek Club at I'On in Charleston, SC. The ceremony was officiated by Fritz Estlinbaum, cousin of the groom. The bride is the daughter of Kathy and Phil Addabbo of Marcellus, NY. The groom is the son of Laura and Pete Cost of Warners, NY. Matron of Honor was Lisa Addabbo Hunt, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Tammy Addabbo White, Kim Addabbo Spitzer, Colleen Cost Whyte, and Katherine White. Junior bridesmaids were Sophia Spitzer, Anna Spitzer, Paige Hunt and Payton Hunt. Best man was Scott Cost, brother of the groom. Groomsmen were Pete Cost, Terry Whyte, and Nick Lottito. Junior ushers were Matthew White, Ryan White, Parker Hunt, and Luke Spitzer. Ring bearer was Robbie Whyte. Heather graduated from Marcellus High School, SUNY Albany and is a May 2016 MBA candidate at the Citadel. She is a Test Manager with Benefit Focus. Alexander graduated from West Genesee High School and Cazenovia College. He is a Retail Sales Manager with H&O Equipment. The couple honeymooned in Lake Tahoe, California. They reside in Charleston, SC with their two dogs Abbie and Ella.
Published on Syracuse.com and/or The Post Standard 1/24. Updated 1/24.
Stapleton/Geiss Katie Stapleton and Thomas Geiss were married on July 3, 2015 in Greenville, South Carolina. The beautiful ceremony was officiated by Danielle Baker at The Zen and followed by a wonderfully fun reception at the same location in the adjoining reception room. The bride is the daughter of Patti and James Stapleton of Camillus. The groom is the son of Deborah and Thomas Geiss, also of Camillus. Maid of Honor was Lori Biggs, friend of the bride. Bridesmaids were Sarah Geiss, sister of the groom, and Mary Kate Krawczyk, Megan Donahue, Erica Stanton, and Katrina Balla, all friends of the bride. Best Man was Dan Balestra, friend of the groom. Groomsmen were Dan Stapleton, brother of the bride, and Mark Keida, Tom Donahue, Brian Stanton, and Andrew Soules, all friends of the groom. The bride and groom are both graduates of West Genesee High School. Katie earned her Bachelor Degree from SUNY Geneseo and is currently completing her Masters in Human Resources at Clemson University. She is employed by Ob Hospitalist Group in the Human Resource Department. Tom earned his Bachelor Degree from Clarkson University and works as a Design Engineer at ZF Transmissions. The couple traveled to Cancun Mexico for their honeymoon. They reside in Greenville, South Carolina.
Published on Syracuse.com and/or The Post Standard 1/24. Updated 1/24.
Haven/Gugger Valerie Lee Haven and Gerald Robert Gugger were united in marriage on June 20th, 2015. The bride is the daughter Charles and Patty Haven of Cicero, New York. She is the granddaughter of Charles and Nancy Haven, North Syracuse, and Patsy and Maria Sinopoli, of Cicero. The groom is the son of Gerald and Deana Gugger of Fayetteville, New York. He is the grandson of Kenneth and Kathryn Lowry of Syracuse, and the late Gerald R. and Rose Gugger of Endwell, New York. A Celebration of Marriage was held at Hendricks Chapel of Syracuse University and officiated by the late Father Linus DeSantis, Catholic Chaplin. The wedding party enjoyed a trolley tour through Syracuse University and downtown before arrival at a reception at the On Center. Rehearsal dinner and golf outing were held at Bellevue Country Club. Maid of Honor was Amanda Gozigan. Bridesmaids were Hillary Gozigan, Kathryn Gozigan, Racquel Gugger, Samantha Caruso, Katherine Danial, Kathleen Irwin, Amanda Paglia, and Danielle Palucci. Best Man was Paul Rizzuto. Groomsmen were Christopher Caruso, Michael Daly, Ryan Fitzgerald, Alexander Gugger, Charles Haven Jr., Amroh Idris, William Kaufman and Hugh Stone Fish. Flower Girl was Alexandria Schmidt. Musicians were Hugh Stone Fish and Ben Sheridan. Valerie is a graduate of Syracuse University Whitman School of Management and is employed by RSM US, LLP in Boston, as a Human Resource Generalist. Gerald is a graduate of Boston College Carroll School of Management, a Chartered Financial Analyst, and employed by Armstrong Advisory in Boston. The happy couple honeymooned in Aruba. They reside in Boston with their dog Lola.
Published on Syracuse.com and/or The Post Standard 12/27. Updated 12/27.
Emerton/Rommel Dr. Kelly Emerton and Gregory J. Rommel were married on August 15, 2015 in a beach ceremony on Lake Michigan. Kip Roberts a friend of the couple officiated the ceremony. The couple celebrated with a barn reception at the Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City, Michigan. The bride is the daughter of Connie and Dave Piacentini and Dan and Rosemary Emerton both of Michigan. The groom is the son of Jim and Janet Rommel of Syracuse. Bridesmaids were Anne Emerton, sister of the bride, Eli Emerton, sister-in-law of the bride, and Stephanie Ormsby, best friend of the bride. Groomsmen were Jeffrey Rommel and Tim Rommel, brothers of the groom, Steven Panarelli, friend of the groom, Vincent Piacentini and Daniel Emerton, brothers of the bride. Ring bearer was Gannon Emerton, nephew of the bride. Kelly graduated from Michigan Tech and City University of NY (CUNY) with a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. She is the Senior Director of Product Development at Cleveland Clinic Hospital. Gregory graduated from Syracuse University with a B.S. and Masters in Biomedical Engineering. He is an Engineering Consultant for Phillips Medical. The couple traveled to Paris and Prague this past fall for their honeymoon. They reside in Cleveland, OH.
Published on Syracuse.com and/or The Post Standard 12/27. Updated 12/27.
Sheppler/Winter Stephanie Diane Sheppler and Jean Ennis Winter Damiano were married on September 11, 2015 at the Salmon River Water Falls in Altmar. The private ceremony in the water was performed by Jodi Hunsdon. Jean is the daughter of Sharron Dann. Maid of Honor was Penny Fuller, our sister. The Best Man was Angelo J. Damiano, our brother. Stephanie is a graduate of Eisenhower High School in Rialto, CA and is retired. Jean is a 1985 graduate of John C. Birdlebough High School in Phoenix, NY and is a nurse. They have honeymoon plans to RV travel around the country. They reside in Hastings, NY.
Published on Syracuse.com and/or The Post Standard 12/20. Updated 12/20.
Hunter/Crider Jennifer Anne Hunter and David Francis Robert Crider were married on Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 at The Craftsman Inn in Fayetteville, New York followed by a reception at the same. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. Stephen Melkanos. Surrounded by their bridal party of 4 ladies and 3 gentlemen, the couple gave a nod to their alma mater of Syracuse University throughout their reception. The two honeymooned in London, England and currently live in Camillus, New York.
Published on Syracuse.com and/or The Post Standard 12/20. Updated 12/20.
Cooley/Bielak Crystal Cooley and Todd Bielak were married on August 22nd, 2015 at Dibbles Inn in Vernon, NY. The bride is the daughter of Carmine A. Cooley of East Syracuse, NY and David J.Cooley of Pompey, NY. The groom is the son of Martha and William MacGregor of Brewerton, NY and Gary Bielak of Cicero, NY. The couple's son, Justin, gave away the bride in conjunction with the bride's father at the ceremony. The maid of honor was the bride's sister, Carmine R. Cooley. The groom's sisters, Misty Robbins and Jessica Kersey, served as bridesmaids. The best man was the groom's brother, Andrew Bielak. The groom's friends, David Graham and Jerrad Hoey, served as groomsmen. The bride and groom's son Justin also served as an usher with the bride and groom's nephew Lincoln Kersey. The bride and groom's nephews, Hendric and Elijah Kersey, served as ring bearer and flower boy. The bride's cousins, Rachel Diaz and Katherine Szlamczynski, composed a personalized reading for the ceremony. The reception immediately followed on site at Dibbles Inn in the Oak room. The bride is a graduate from Oswego State University and is employed at Onondaga Case Management Services. The groom is employed at Rapid Response Monitoring. The couple honeymooned in Antigua and currently resides in East Syracuse.
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Quick: Was Moses one of Jesus' disciples?
Of course not, you knew that. But 1 of 10 teenagers would answer otherwise, according to a report that says lack of biblical knowledge could cause an educational disadvantage for young people, who wouldn't fully understand religious references in Western literature. So say 98 percent of the country's "best" high-school English teachers contacted by the nonprofit Bible Literacy Project.
For instance, the complete works of Shakespeare have more than 1,300 biblical references. "Call me Ishmael," the introductory line of Herman Melville's nautical tale Moby Dick, the report says, is lost on most students who don't know Ishmael was a famous castaway in the Bible.
The two-part report, released in April, first interviewed 41 English literature teachers in 10 states then analyzed data from a 2004 Gallup survey that revealed teenagers' confusion about Moses.
Although classic and modern literature is filled with biblical references that the report calls the "common currency of our language," only 8 percent of public school students surveyed said their schools offer elective courses on the Bible.
"Students lacking knowledge of characters and stories from the Bible are seriously handicapped ... if they can't recognize the allusions that provide its depth. And teachers are likewise handicapped because they need to try to fill in the gaps," says Mary Fielder, a retired English teacher and member of Ascension Lutheran Church, Brookings, S.D. "If schools can't offer entire elective classes on the Bible—and I doubt few can—units within literature classes or even independent study units that students might select within a course could help fill their void of knowledge."
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How long does it take to convert type IIb muscle to IIa? Does it make sense to do a block of strength training followed by a block of endurance? A few weeks, months? Years?
How long does it take to convert type IIb muscle to IIa? Does it make sense to do a block of strength training followed by a block of endurance? A few weeks, months? Years?
Just speculate.
I think you have been reading too much shiat and should just
go ride instead of wondering about this.
Strength training will only build IIb, to change to IIa you need to do a lot of endurance. And IIa is not commonly found very much in humans, so its even harder. I'd say you need to train a lotOriginally Posted by kuan
My speculation is years.
A quote from http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/kelly13.htm seems to imply that the conversion takes place quite quickly.
Another reason that fiber typing may be largely disregarded is that studies in both man and animal have consistently shown a fast to slow conversion in response to training of any kind. That is, IIB fibers convert into the slower contracting and less powerful IIA.
In fact, guess what group of people has the highest percentage of the fastest contracting IIB fibers? COUCH POTATOES! With just about any type of training, the higher threshold fibers (IIB) change into slower contracting IIA fibers. When training is ceased these fibers once again revert back to IIB. The likely reason why this occurs is because of metabolic efficiency.
The body will deal with stress in the most efficient manner possible and a slow transformation is metabolically more efficient while it still allows the body to adapt to stimuli.
The part that's left out of that article is the percentage of your muscles that's type I, IIa, and IIb. While there are some conversions, you'll find that research into the actual amount of those fibres that's converted is relatively small. Rather what happens with training is you do exercises to target specific types of fibres, IIa or IIb and make the existing ones much more efficient. Yet the overall ratio remains roughly the same.... which appears to be determined genetically.
Here's an article with the exercise intensities targeted towards specific muscle-types:
Practical Application of Physiology to Bodybuilding
Journal Applied Physiology
Effects of sprint cycle training on human skeletal muscle
Skeletal muscle myosin heavy chain composition and resistance training
Plasticity of mammalian skeletal muscle
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Thanks Danno. Top notch advice and links as usual.
You know what, I'm not looking for an edge. I'm looking for better understanding.Originally Posted by existence
Maybe, but it's dark outside, I don't bike race, and my focus is long distance ski racing right now. I'm pretty fit since I started training last year.Originally Posted by existence


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It happens nearly every game — the San Francisco 49ers either get flagged for a delay of game penalty, call a timeout at an unconventional time, or commit both football sins in the same game. Since football is a complex sport and the clock is right there for everyone to see, it makes sense that so many people believe themselves to be experts in clock management. Hey, if a team calls a timeout early in the third quarter, they won't have an opportunity to use that timeout for a potential two-minute drill later in the game if needed. As a result, a coach who calls timeouts too early is considered as wasteful as someone who doesn't recycle their aluminum cans.
According to NFLPenalties.com, teams were flagged 131 times for delay of game in 2012 including the playoffs. The 49ers led the way, letting the play clock hit zero 11 times in 19 games (the Chargers were actually flagged more often per game, with 10 delay of game penalties in 16 games). The 49ers tied for the NFL lead with 10 delay of game penalties in 2011, although once again those came in 18 games. 10 delay of game penalties were also called that season against the Broncos (over 18 games) and the Raiders (who didn't make the playoffs in 2011).
The 49ers were called for delay of game once against the Packers in Week 1, but the complaints about the timing of the team's timeouts were louder.
- The 49ers called their first timeout with 13:14 to go in the first quarter when facing 3rd-and-10.
- Their second timeout came with 12:42 left in the second quarter on a 3rd-and-7.
- They called their first timeout of the second half with 47 seconds left in the third quarter after Colin Kaepernick scrambled for a first down on 3rd-and-9.
- Their second timeout of the second half came with 6:25 left in the game after Kendall Hunter's run set them up at 1st-and-goal from the 9-yard line.
- Their final timeout was expended with 3 minutes left in the game. The 49ers faced 4th-and-2 on Green Bay's 36, and called a timeout after failling to draw the Packers offsides.
Fans gnash their teeth; writers ask what's going on. "That was us not getting the play in on time," said Jim Harbaugh in response to a question after Sunday's game about the "play clock issues."
"We just have to be faster," said Kaepernick on Tuesday.
But are the 49ers even all that concerned with what many feel is some sort of large problem that needs fixing? I wondered this week whether the 49ers, who now possess the kind of explosive offense that can reach the end zone from anywhere on the field on a single play, care anywhere near as much about hoarding timeouts as the media and fans.
Greg Roman did a press conference today, so I asked him:
There's been a lot of talk about timeouts and using them at different times.
Roman: Mm-hmm.
Do you think among football observers that's a little bit overblown, the idea that you really want to save all your timeouts until the very end of a game or a half?
Roman: You know … which came first, the chicken or the egg? Certainly you'd love to have all your timeouts and never have to use one. It's something that you can always look back on after the fact and say, "Gosh, I wish we would've had a timeout here or there." You're always trying to save your timeouts. The bottom line is there's times when you need to use them to perpetuate a drive in the fashion that you wish. Needless wasting of timeouts is inefficient. It's not something we want to do. Now, is it overblown? I'm sure it is.
Just like there are benefits to coaching unconventionally during fourth down situations, there might be a method to the 49ers' supposed madness. The 49ers have been calling timeouts at weird times and taking delay of game penalties ever since Harbaugh took over, and they weren't slaves to the play clock on Sunday. Timeouts called early in halves don't always work — San Francisco failed to convert on both third down situations after timeouts were called during the first half, for instance. But in the second half, the timeout after the 23-yard Hunter run was followed by an 8-yard run by Frank Gore that put the 49ers at the 1-yard line, and the 49ers were successful on perhaps the most important play of the game when Kaepernick found Anquan Boldin on 4th-and-2 after calling their final timeout.
If the 49ers faced more situations where the game clock expired before they could get in field goal range at the end of a game, timeout usage would be a legitimate concern. But the 49ers believe in executing each play as perfectly as possible, and whenever they've felt like a little more time was needed to figure out which play to call or how to attack a specific defensive formation, they've used it. Despite the cries from clock-watchers everywhere, look for that to continue.


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