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National College Alcohol Study Finds No Evidence That Widely Used Alcohol Prevention Programs Reduce Student Drinking
Link Found Between High-Profile, Well-Funded Social Norms Marketing Programs and Increases in Some Measures of Student Drinking
BOSTON, MA (July 24, 2003)— A new report released today by the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS) has found no drop in student drinking on university campuses that use social norms marketing techniques in their prevention efforts. The study also reported that at some schools that used social norms marketing, the number of students who consumed alcohol in the past month increased, as did the number of students who drank 20 or more drinks in the past month. No such increases were found in schools that did not use social norms approaches. The report is the first independent national evaluation of social norms programs.
The study will be published in the July issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol, a peer-reviewed publication of the Center of Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University, and was funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
In recent years, the social norms marketing approach has gained popularity with college administrators and health educators. Social norms marketing promotes healthy norms about alcohol consumption in order to reduce college student binge drinking. The approach assumes that most students think that their classmates drink more than they actually do – a misperception that leads students to drink more in order to "fit in." Social norms marketing attempts to correct this misperception – with the expectation that this will induce students to drink less. Examples of social norms messages are: "Most students at (school name) have five or fewer drinks when they party" or "Most students at (school name) drink moderately when they party." Posters, flyers and other mass media distributed around campus convey these messages.
Of the schools in the study, almost half had adopted social norms marketing programs. Most of those schools had high binge drinking rates at baseline, indicating that many schools that have a high rate of problem drinking are turning to social norms to address their alcohol problems.
"We looked at social norms marketing programs in every conceivable way to see if they had any positive effect," said Henry Wechsler, PhD, Principal Investigator of the study and Director of College Alcohol Studies at the Harvard School of Public Health. "We evaluated multiple measures of student drinking. We also looked at schools where the programs had been in existence the longest, and where the largest proportion of students had been exposed to the programs. And, we examined each school individually. But we found no decline in the quantity, frequency or volume of student alcohol intake on social norms campuses – in fact, we found an increase in two of the seven measures of drinking."
Wechsler and his colleagues' findings about the effectiveness of social norms marketing programs are based on a nationally representative sample of U.S. colleges, including responses from students on alcohol use at four-year colleges that participated in the 1993, 1997 and 1999 surveys. The study also used information provided by college administrators about their schools' use of social norms strategies.
The study analyzed students' exposure to social norms marketing programs and their drinking behavior before and after social norms programs were implemented. It compared drinking behaviors at 37 colleges that employed social norms programs for at least one year to 61 that did not use such programs. The comparison evaluated seven standard measures of drinking: drinking in the past year; drinking in the past month; heavy episodic or binge drinking; drinking 20 or more drinks in the past month; drinking 10 or more times in the past month; drunk at least three times in past month, and; usually consuming five or more drinks at a time.
On each of the seven measures, "We found no improvement that could be attributed to adopting a social norms marketing program," said Wechsler. This was true for all schools with the social norms program, including schools where students had the highest exposure to social norms messages, and schools where the program had been in effect for two years or more.
Previous CAS studies have found that four in five college students drink alcohol and two in five engage in binge drinking. Binge drinking is commonly defined in public health research as the consumption of five or more drinks in a row at least once in the past two weeks for men, and four or more drinks in a row for women. Research has shown that this style of binge drinking is associated with lower grades, vandalism, and physical and sexual violence. Students who do not binge drink experience many "secondhand effects" from the binge drinking behavior of other students, including physical assault or unwanted sexual advances, vandalized property and interruptions of sleep or study.
"Just last year, the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study found that nearly half of all college students are putting themselves and others at-risk from their binge drinking; it is unfortunate that these rates have remained the same for the past eight years, at 44 percent. Clearly, this is a disturbing trend that requires multiple approaches and programs aimed at reducing binge drinking on college campuses," said J. Michael McGinnis, M.D., Senior Vice President and Director of the Health Group of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The authors urge further research on social norms alcohol programs and other methods aimed at curbing student binge drinking. They also indicate that the widespread adoption of social norms marketing programs has occurred despite the lack of scientific evidence of their effectiveness. While much has been written about social norms marketing programs, few articles are found in professional peer-reviewed literature. Only four studies examine whether these programs change student drinking behavior and they are all limited to single college campuses. Three of the studies have study design problems, such as a failure to use a random representative sample of students; lack of a control group; and the inclusion of a larger percentage of students who were less likely to drink heavily (e.g. women) in the final sample of the study than in the initial sample. The fourth study found no significant differences attributable to social norms programs.
"One problem with this approach is that many students do not care about what the 'typical' student does," said Wechsler. "Especially in large schools with diverse student bodies, students are more likely to be influenced by their immediate circle of friends than by the drinking habits of a mythical average student, who is alluded to in social norms programs."
The authors said that social norms marketing programs are appealing because of their positive, non-threatening approach. "The programs downplay the level of drinking on campus. In the process, they normalize drinking and de-emphasize the negative consequences of heavy drinking. Perhaps, this makes them attractive to the alcohol industry as well," said Wechsler. "In some cases, alcohol company logos have appeared on social norms marketing materials."
The study reported that in recent years the Department of Education and other federal government agencies, as well as major beer producers have committed over $8 million dollars to support for social norms marketing programs nationwide.
The study concluded by pointing out the need for a comprehensive approach to the problem of heavy drinking on college campuses. It noted that other measures--such as enforcing the minimum-age drinking law, and limiting the ease of access to and cheap price of alcohol around colleges--have more empirical support than do social norms programs.
"We urge college administrators and health educators to base their prevention programs on scientific evidence instead of the perception of promise," said Wechsler.
Joining Dr. Wechsler as authors of the article, "Perception and Reality: A National Evaluation of Social-Norms Marketing Interventions to Reduce College Students' Heavy Alcohol Use," are: Toben F. Nelson, M.S., Mark Siebring, M.T.S., and Catherine Lewis, B.B.A. at the Harvard School of Public Health; Jae Eun Lee, Dr.P.H. at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas; and Richard P. Keeling, MD of Richard P. Keeling & Associates, Inc.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, based in Princeton, N.J., is the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care. It concentrates its grantmaking in four goal areas: to assure that all Americans have access to quality health care at reasonable cost; to improve the quality of care and support for people with chronic health conditions; to promote healthy communities and lifestyles; and to reduce the personal, social and economic harm caused by substance abuse - tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs. To this end, the Foundation supports scientifically valid, peer-reviewed research on the prevention and treatment of illegal and underage substance use, and the effects of substance abuse on the public's health and well-being.
(Reference for DOE expenditures) Education Development Center, Higher Education Center. Winners of the Grant Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking and Violent Behavior Among College Students FY 2001, 2001, (available at: http://www.edc.org/hec/ed/high-risk/0012/winners.html).
(Reference for Anheuser-Busch expenditures) American Medical Association. Partner or Foe? The Alcohol Industry, Youth Alcohol Problems, and Alcohol Policy Strategies, 2001 (available at http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/upload/mm/388/alcoholpolicy.pdf).
(Reference for social norms marketing materials) National Social Norms Resource Center, (available at http://www.socialnorm.org, under Resources and click on Sample Posters).
For more information about industry support of college alcohol prevention programs, see "Dying to Drink: Confronting Binge Drinking on College Campuses," by Henry Wechsler and Bernice Wuethrich, (Rodale, Inc.).

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Office space demand slowed down in the first quarter of 2014, with around 6.3 million square feet of office space getting absorbed across the leading cities of the country as against 6.6 million square feet in January-March 2013 perioda drop of around 5%, CBREs latest report, India Office MarketView Q1 2014 said.
Transaction activity was dominated by the National Capital Region (NCR), Bangalore and Chennairepresenting about 70% of the total space transacted during the quarter. The IT/ITeS, financial and services segments continued to drive demand for office space, the report said.
New office space supply in the leading cities was also affected due to existing vacancy levels and lower demand. About 6.6 million sq. ft. of fresh office space was completed in Q1 2014, compared to about 10 million sq. ft. in Q1 2013a year-on-year decline of about 34%. Bangalore led project completions, followed by Delhi NCR and Mumbaitogether contributing to more than 80% of the total office space addition in the quarter under review.
Occupiers continue to remain focused on optimal space utilization and cost saving strategies. Going forward, demand is likely to be concentrated mostly in the peripheral micro-markets of leading cities, owing to abundant availability of cost effective quality space options," Anshuman Magazine, chairman and managing director, CBRE South Asia Pvt. Ltd. said.
Rental trends exhibited mixed sentiments across micro-markets on quarter-on-quarter basis. Rental values in the central business districts of Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Pune appreciated in the range of 25% q-o-q due to increasing occupier interest in leading Grade A properties. In Mumbai, meanwhile, feeble demand levels continued to have a negative impact on rentals across markets, with values dipping by 25% q-o-q in Nariman Point, the BandraKundra Complex, Worli and Prabhadevimainly due to weak occupier demand and existing vacancy pressures.


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Biography for Ashley Gold
Ashley Gold is an Associate Editor for FierceHealthcare, FierceHealthIT and FierceMobileHealthcare. Prior to joining FierceMarkets, she was a metro reporter for the Reading Eagle in Reading, PA and a communications associate for DC nonprofit The Israel Project. She is a print journalism graduate of Penn State University, where she spent all of her time at the university's newspaper, The Daily Collegian. Gold has interned for The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and The Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh and has contributed to various other publications. She lives in Washington, DC and enjoys live independent music, magazines, coffee, trying new restaurants and spinning. She can be reached at email@example.com.
Articles by Ashley Gold
FDA says da Vinci robot adequately addressed risks
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week declared the maker of the Da Vinci robot surgical system has adequately addressed violations the agency pointed out last summer, MedScape reports.
Medical device safety: A path forward
The medical device community is far behind other fields in its ability to alert patients about safety concerns--there's no national system that identifies concerns about things like implantable devices and glucose meters, according to Gregory Daniel, managing director for evidence development and innovation, at the Brookings Institution's Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.
Define your health system through data, not buildings
Investing in interoperability is well worth it so a health system can be demarcated by its data, and not its individual buildings, according to John Bosco, CIO of Great Neck, New York-based North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System.
Tech advice to weather 'perfect storm' of health IT changes
Survey: Docs increasingly use online search engines to make clinical decisions
Doctors are Googling a lot more than you might think. A majority of physicians in a recent MedData survey said they use search engines to help them make clinical decisions. But when patients look up health information online, it can cause tension in the doctor-patient relationship.
Digital health investment tops $1.35B in first quarter of 2014
Investment in digital health topped $1.35 billion in the first quarter of 2014, according to new report from StartUp Health.
UPMC to sell analytics developed for own docs
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will begin selling analytics software the health system initially developed for it's own use, aiming to help doctors deliver procedures at a low cost.
HIPAA marketing rule doesn't go far enough, health attorney says
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services or Congress should work to expand the limited range of permitted activity in marketing low-cost, low-risk devices requiring a prescription, according to David Harlow, a Boston-based health attorney and FierceHealthIT Editorial Advisory Board member.
Aggravation over ICD-10 delay continues
"Disappointed" was the overwhelming reaction from survey respondents asked by the American Health Information Management Association their thoughts on the ICD-10 delay, in a poll given during AHIMA's ICD-10 summit in Washington, D.C., last week.
KLAS: Business intelligence healthcare market boasts no clear leader
A clear market leader for healthcare business intelligence tools has yet to emerge, according to a new report from Orem, Utah-based KLAS.


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Android lead responds to bullying accusations
From fragmentation to open-source access limitations, Android's still climbing uphill. In unifying its mobile platform, Google (GOOG) has had to up its regulatory tactics in order to manage things like malware and disparate user experiences. The backlash for Google's delayed release of Honeycomb's source code, among other recent rule-enforcement developments, has finally prompted a response from Android lead developer Andy Rubin.
Responding to last week's Bloomberg story about Google strong-arming Android developers and manufacturers, Rubin defends his team's position in a blog post, saying they're "committed to fostering the development of an open platform for the mobile industry and beyond." Rubin went on to say that Google does not forbid companies from modifying Android with their own interfaces, though an overarching goal for Google is a less-fragmented Android experience.
Android access, developer success
The method by which Google ultimately consolidates the Android smartphone and tablet experience continue to reveal itself, though a number of questions around its open development still arise. CNET outlines one such concern from a developer perspective, noting it as a matter of access.
Having access is certainly an advantage for developers, as early access to Android releases result in Market leads. As Springpad CEO Jeff Janer notes, "Discoverability on Android is better. Because we've been working with Android closely, they're giving us early access to features, and they sometimes feature us at events. That makes a huge difference." Springpad could even learn a thing or two from Google's developer community management, good, bad or otherwise. The productivity and bookmarking app released their API this week, inviting other developers to create apps around the Springpad product.


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A woman was injured during a robbery in Greenville Tuesday night. .
It happened around 11:00 p.m. on Hyde Drive. Sara Schroka told police after getting out of her car a gunman approached her and demanded money. The 22-year-old woman dropped her purse and ran away. Police say she received minor injuries when she fell in the process.
The victim said the robber got into a light colored 4-door car that made a squeaking noise. He got away with her purse that contained money, checks and credit cards.
Anyone with information is ask to call Pitt-Greenville Crime Stoppers at 252-758-7777.


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East Carolina Wins 77-75 Against Mount Olive
Posted: 12/08/2013 - Akeem Richmond scored 16 points - 11 from the free throw line - to lead East Carolina to a 77-75 victory over Division II Mount Olive after a close contest on Sunday.
Posted: 12/08/2013 - Akeem Richmond scored 16 points - 11 from the free throw line - to lead East Carolina to a 77-75 victory over Division II Mount Olive after a close contest on Sunday.
Updated: 06/18/2014 - East Carolina has accepted an invitation to play in the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl against Ohio University at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Dec. 23, according to a joint announcement by bowl officials and Conference USA Sunday.
Updated: 12/11/2013 - An announcement is expected Sunday regarding the ECU football team's involvement in a bowl game.
Posted: 12/07/2013 - Rice clinched its first outright conference title since 1957, running over Marshall 41-24 in the Conference USA Championship Game Saturday.
Posted: 12/05/2013 - East Carolina sophomore forward Marshall Guilmette will miss the remainder of the 2013-14 season due to a right knee injury announced head coach Jeff Lebo Thursday.
Posted: 12/05/2013 - East Carolina senior offensive lineman Adhem Elsawi and junior placekicker Warren Harvey are two of 11 student-athletes named to the 2013 Conference USA All-Academic Team.
Posted: 12/03/2013 - Akeem Richmond poured in a career-high 37 points and sank a school-record 10 3-pointers to help East Carolina coast past Division-II Fayetteville State 96-78 Tuesday night.
Updated: 12/01/2013 - Cedrick Williams scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds and UNC-Wilmington held off high-scoring East Carolina 70-68 on Sunday.
Updated: 12/01/2013 - East Carolina has started the year on a seven-game winning streak after capping a 75-66 victory over Cleveland State to close out the Thanksgiving Tournament.
Posted: 11/26/2013 - Paris Roberts-Campbell scored 20 points and four other East Carolina players scored in double digits Tuesday to secure an 81-70 victory over UNC Asheville.
Posted: 11/25/2013 - Akeem Richmond scored 25 in his return to Thomas M. Ryan Center and East Carolina blew past McNeese State 91-62 in the consolation round of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Rhode Island on Monday night.
Posted: 11/25/2013 - East Carolina junior Shane Carden has been named Co-Conference USA Offensive Player-of-the-Week after leading the Pirates to a 42-28 non-conference victory over ACC member NC State. This is Carden's fourth weekly honor this season and seventh of his career.
Posted: 11/23/2013 - East Carolina used a balanced offense that shot nearly 52-percent in the second half en route to defeating Elon, 93-84, Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gym.
Updated: 11/23/2013 - Shane Carden threw three touchdown passes and ran for two scores to help East Carolina beat North Carolina State 42-28 on Saturday.
Posted: 11/20/2013 - East Carolina will continue play in the NIT Season Tip-Off against McNeese State at the Ryan Center on the campus of the University of Rhode Island Monday at 5 p.m. The Pirates will then face UNC Asheville Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Updated: 11/20/2013 - Rodney Hood scored a career-high 30 points Tuesday night to help sixth-ranked Duke beat East Carolina 83-74 in the NIT Season Tipoff.
Posted: 11/19/2013 - East Carolina junior quarterback Shane Carden is one of 16 semi-finalist for the Inaugural Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.
Posted: 11/19/2013 - East Carolina junior receiver Justin Hardy has been named one of 10 semi-finalist for the 2013 Burlsworth Trophy.
Updated: 11/18/2013 - East Carolina opened play at the NIT Tip-Off tournament with a 76-74 win over Norfolk State to set up a day-two matchup with 6th ranked Duke on Tuesday.
Updated: 11/17/2013 - Redshirt sophomore Jada Payne poured in a career-high 26 points to help lift East Carolina over Loyola (Md.), 68-47, on Sunday afternoon. The Pirates used a balanced offense and a stout defense to improve to 4-0 on the year, while the Greyhounds dropped to 0-3.
Updated: 11/16/2013 - Shane Carden threw five touchdowns to lead East Carolina to an overwhelming 63-14 victory over UAB Saturday.
Posted: 11/15/2013 - Redshirt sophomore forward Jada Payne recorded a double-double as East Carolina defeated William & Mary, 69-57, Friday night at Minges Coliseum.
Posted: 11/15/2013 - It's Senior Day at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium as East Carolina plays its final regular season home game of the 2013 campaign, welcoming UAB to Greenville for a 2:00 p.m. Conference USA matchup Saturday.
Posted: 11/14/2013 - Brandan Stith scored 11 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and East Carolina routed Chowan 95-45 on Thursday night.
Posted: 11/12/2013 - Akeem Richmond scored 19 points and hit the go-ahead free throw to lift East Carolina over UNC Greensboro 85-84 Tuesday night.


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The reed / rattan situation seems to be improving slightly. There are still limited quantities of some materials coming out of Indonesia, but shipments are coming in more regularly. We still do not always receive as much product as we have ordered or need. The smaller sizes of reed are the most difficult to get. Also the chair cane is becoming increasingly scarce as those raw materials are also unavailable. We are sorry to say, the quality of the cane is not always up to the standard we have become used to in past years.


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Patchworks for object removal
The examples below demonstrate the effective removal of objects from single, static images and the seamless synthesis of the occluded regions. The automatic region filling step propagates both texture and structure information from the remainder of the image into the target region. Patchworks may also be used for completing panoramas and removing their typical bow-tie effect, or restoration of old or damaged photographs.
- Antonio Criminisi, Patrick Perez, and Kentaro Toyama, Object Removal by Exemplar-based Inpainting, in Proc. IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), June 2003.
- Antonio Criminisi, Patrick Perez, and Kentaro Toyama, Region filling and object removal by exemplar-based inpainting, in IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 1200-1212, January 2004.


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The CMA would also like to thank all those that gave their time, knowledge and expertise to judge the categories. It's very much appreciated.
Also in the daytime on the 27th November is the CMA International Content Marketing Summit. Speakers include Coca-Cola, Twitter, MediaCom, Vice, The Economist, Blue State Digital, Fujitsu, and more. Find out more here.
Good luck to all those shortlisted! We look forward to celebrating with you in November.


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Texas Tech Tops No. 16 Nebraska In Extra Innings
March 15, 2007
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LUBBOCK, Texas - Freshman second baseman Joey Kenworthy scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift the Texas Tech Red Raiders to a 7-6 win over No. 16 Nebraska in the Big 12 opener for both teams on Thursday evening at Dan Law Field.
The win gives Texas Tech a 16-7 overall record and a 1-0 mark in the Big 12. The win over Nebraska marks just the third Big 12 opening win for Texas Tech since the league began back in 1997.
After giving up chances to win the game in both the ninth and 10th innings, the Red Raiders finally took advantage in the bottom of the 11th thanks to pair of freshman. Designated hitter Taylor Ashby led off the frame with his first hit of the game but was thrown out when rounding third on a hard hit double by Kenworthy. Kenworthy was able to move to third base on the throw out of Ashby and that set up the game winning run. Nebraska reliever Mike Harmelink gave the game away when he threw a ball in the dirt that allowed Kenworthy to score easily from third.
Texas Tech held a 6-5 lead going into the bottom of the ninth but Tech closer Collin Auten walked the first two batters of the inning and pitching coach Lance Brown was forced to go to the bullpen in favor of Travis Young. With runners at second and third with just one out, Young let a ball go in the dirt and Jake Opitz scored easily from third to tie the game.
Tech and Nebraska stranded a total 28 runners on the base paths and the Red Raiders left a pair of runners on board in both the ninth and 10th innings.
Travis Young (2-0) picked up the win in relief for Texas Tech as he pitched three shutout innings with two strikeouts. Mike Harmelink suffered the loss for Nebraska after giving up one run on two hits in 1/3 of an inning.
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Cruz's Texas victory shows tea party staying power
WASHINGTON Ted Cruz's Senate primary victory in Texas will provide a boost for tea party-backed, no-compromise conservatives in Congress.
His all-but-sure win in November will increase the number of tea party-aligned senators to six, and as many as seven more could win election. That will ensure a bigger impact on both politics and policy on Capitol Hill, even if Democrats manage to retain a Senate majority and the White House.
Dozens of tea party-supported candidates won House seats two years ago, but only four were elected to the Senate: Marco Rubio of Florida, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Mike Lee of Utah. They joined South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, an ideological godfather of a movement born in the aftermath of Congress enacting President Barack Obama's health care overhaul two years ago.
As a result of those small numbers, the tea party's impact in the Senate has been less than in the House - for both parties.
Republicans speak optimistically of possibly taking Senate control - though Cruz will take a safely Republican seat - and most GOP senators tout their own conservative credentials. But Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has generally not had to contend with conservative insurrections, while House Speaker John Boehner regularly faces fierce resistance from blocks of conservatives at the mere mention of compromise with Democrats.
Cruz defeated the establishment favorite, Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, on Tuesday after spending his entire campaign aligning himself with the tea party. He was endorsed by DeMint more than a year ago.
"We are witnessing a great awakening," he said of his victory, presenting himself as part of a new generation of conservatism.
With just three months until the general election, however, the 2012 campaign season has been anything but a tea party sweep. The movement couldn't settle on an opponent to Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination, although more than half a dozen auditioned.
And it came up short in a bid to unseat veteran Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah just two years after Lee pulled off a stunning upset in the state. At least a handful of the tea party-backed candidates in the House also face tough re-election fights this fall.
But Cruz's victory does add to the momentum of tea-party-sponsored Richard Mourdock's upset victory in Indiana's Republican primary over Richard Lugar, a six-term senator who partnered with Democrats on foreign policy. .
Democrats quickly predicted that Cruz's arrival would create havoc for McConnell. Sen. Patty Murray, the head of the Senate Democrats' campaign arm, virtually conceded he'll win in November before musing Wednesday on Cruz's impact.
"I think the bigger issue there is that Mitch McConnell is now going to have a potentially much more Tea Party-oriented caucus, and we have all seen the damage that has done to our ability to govern, to find compromise, to move this country forward in a positive direction, she said. "It's more of their problem than ours."
A stronger tea party presence in the Senate could have a significant impact even before the 2012 election winners take office. Just the prospect could tip the scales in a lame duck post-election session on tax cuts and possible military spending cuts.
Expect an even bigger impact in February when the government approaches the $16.4 trillion ceiling on federal debt. Raising it again is anathema to tea partyers.
Republicans are already welcoming Cruz's arrival.
"People are mad at Washington, D.C., they're mad at what they perceive to be the establishment and they want some change," said Sen. John Cornyn, a fellow Texan and head of the Republicans' Senate campaign arm. "I certainly understand why."


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They've got SQL smarts and the certification to prove it. But do they have what it takes to be the next Microsoft employee?Watch the challenges unfold on our website beginning July 24, 2012: http://aka.ms/bethenext
I finally broke through and won a challenge! And let me just say, 'WOW!' It feels really good to finally win. This was BY FAR the most difficult challenge in terms of requirements. Two full pages worth. And somehow there was still plenty of vagary and room for interpretation. The Judges were kind enough to let us collaborate so that we could use some good synergy to get enough traction to get this thing moving. It was a big, hairy, nasty, mess of a challenge. Impossible to do by yourself in 1 hour. IMPOSSIBLE!
But working together, we were able to get pretty far along before we had to switch to individual work mode. I knew there were flaws in our initial brainstorm, but there was some brilliance, too. The judges gave Stacy props for starting with a data flow diagram. I certainly would have done that type of design, too. Alex is the only one of us that is so detailed-oriented that he'd use mostly words. The thing she did that I thought was so good and that I wouldn't have done was that she set up an 'Issues' area so that we could track the problems we were hoping to solve. The "parking lot" was a good way to organize them initially during the brainstorm. I have to give a shout-out to my buddy Alex. His design was SOO detailed. I'm not sure I'd ever come up with that level in a week, let alone one hour. Great job to him, it was truly a thing of beauty – just not what the judges were looking for.
Luckily, my design was what they were looking for! It was a good balance between technical and non-technical. I was very happy for the win and to finally escape one, Buck Woody. To celebrate, we went to a Seattle Sounders game. It was AWESOME. Great atmosphere and energy in that place. Highly recommended. They tied, 1-1. Let's hope I can keep it rolling at the next challenge. I know Alex needs/wants a win, but I aim to make him earn it.
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|Pinnacle first to answer appeal for donations toward new hospital equipment
By Jan Rahn
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A generous donation by Pinnacle Bank represents the first contribution toward some new equipment at Perkins County Health Services.
In answering a year-end appeal from the Perkins County Health Services Foundation, Pinnacle's $2,500 check will be put toward the purchase of two large pieces of medical equipment.
"This appeal is to encourage donations to help in the purchase of some crucial equipment at the local hospital and nursing home," said PCHSF Administrator Ron Patrick.
Funds raised by the year-end appeal will help buy:
• C-Arm x-ray machine: This new $100,000 ($50,000 raised by the Foundation) piece of equipment will make it possible for surgical specialists to locally conduct extensive surgeries, said Patrick.
During an operation, the surgeon can view accurate live x-ray images.
• Fetal monitor: A $10,000 fetal monitor to be purchased will provide constant surveillance of mother and baby throughout labor, delivery and recovery stages.
• Other equipment: Money from those interested in supporting PCHS long-term care can donate specifically toward necessary equipment at Golden Ours Convalescent Home and Park Ridge Assisted Living.
Necessary pieces of equipment at these entities include wheel chairs, electric lift, medication cart and staff lockers.
Through donations, the PCHSF plans to raise $8,170 for these items in the long-term care facilities.
Anyone wishing to donate toward the purchase of any of these pieces of equipment in support of the local health care system may contact Ron Patrick or any board member for more information.


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PROVIDENCE, R.I. In Rhode Island, new Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello is settling into his job. But people are still buzzing about how he got it.
The speaker took the gavel last week after predecessor Gordon Fox resigned in the face of a still-mysterious criminal investigation.
The turn of events has locals wondering why the state can never seem to escape the stain of corruption.
'It's A Shame'
Near the heart of Federal Hill in Providence is Costantino's Venda Ravioli. It's an emporium of cheese and meat and prepared foods that look very, very appetizing.
A group of old friends from the neighborhood sat in the corner. Among them: retired printer Albert Pisaturo. He said he's deeply disappointed by what's happened at the State House.
"It's a shame, it's a shame," he said. "I'm serious. It's just too bad that a handful of people that get voted in over and over keep doing this to the state."
Rhode Island has had its share of political shenanigans. In the late-'90s, former Gov. Ed DiPrete pleaded guilty to bribery. And more recently, former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci spent five years in what he calls a "federally funded gated community."
Now, he's got a popular radio show. Cianci's spending a lot of time these days talking about the State House shakeup.
"You know, we're going to get into the reason for the State House raid," he said. "The documents remain sealed."
During a break, he noted that Rhode Island isn't much different from its neighbors. In Massachusetts, three straight speakers have been convicted of felonies.
But he acknowledged that a state known as "Rogue's Island" has a more enduring reputation for political corruption.
Part of it, Cianci said, is that politics is the bloodsport down here. And in such a tiny state, the stumbles of the biggest players are magnified.
"We're smaller and everybody knows everybody's business," he said. "See, if you're in Texas, there's the Houston crowd, there's the Dallas crowd. They don't even hardly know each other. But in Rhode Island, it's just the Rhode Island crowd."
In The DNA
Patrick Crowley, a lobbyist with a large teachers union, said the state's reputation for chicanery is enhanced by figures like Cianci, who is not just a charismatic radio host, but an author and entrepreneur.
"We have a lot of colorful characters, sometimes," he said. "They like to write books, they like to sell spaghetti sauce."
And some, Crowley acknowledged, take a certain twisted pride in the state's rough-and-tumble politics.
"I like the idea of being able to tell my colleagues across the country, 'Yeah, that's right, we're from Rhode Island, get used to it.' " Crowley said.
That attitude is fading a little, said Scott MacKay of Rhode Island Public Radio.
But MacKay, the dean of political journalists down here, argues rule breaking is in the DNA of a state founded by a religious dissident and forged by a brutal capitalism.
"This is a state where the early fortunes were made in smuggling and in the African slave trade," he said. "And then the money went into textile mills — a lot of it child labor. The state was known as the most crooked state outside of the South way back in the Gilded Age."
Still, even the most jaded observers were a little stunned by the sudden fall of Speaker Fox.
The sight of law enforcement raiding his State House office and carting out boxes of evidence was jarring.
Mattiello, the new speaker, acknowledged as much in his acceptance speech last week.
"I hoped some day to be speaker of this House," he said. "I love this House. But I never expected such a stunning and rapid turn of events."
But as the shock wears off, the dominant feeling seems to be resignation.
Many see the political dysfunction as part of a larger fabric of failure. The manufacturing sector has rusted and not much has replaced it. Rhode Island has the highest unemployment rate in the country.
Still, in the face of it all, a sort of stubborn resilience. Even a bit of dark humor. At a coffee house on the east side of Providence, retired financial adviser Peter Barlow put it this way:
"Why graduate next-to-last? When you graduate last, you get some notoriety," he said. "So, I think Rhode Island almost takes — not pride, but some notoriety in the fact that we tend to be the worst in a lot of things. Not next-to-last, but you know, dead last."
Dead last. The new speaker of the House, it seems, has a lot of work ahead of him.


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Symantec (SYMC) has a "bloated" management structure and "a lot of redundancies" in technology, including 24 Web service platforms, CEO Steve Bennett told IBD in an interview Thursday, less than 24 hours after announcing sweeping changes and "material" job cuts. He declined to say how many positions would be cut as the company "streamlines."
Bennett took the CEO helm at Symantec in July, and had been its chairman since 2011.
"I saw a company that had great assets, solving important customer problems, that for quite a long time had underperformed," he told IBD. "It had been losing share for a long time and basically investors had given up on it."
Symantec shares rose 1.2% Thursday, to a more than four-year high, after rising nearly 3% Wednesday on the heels of its earnings report.
In the reorg, the security and storage company said it would focus on 10 areas: Mobile Workforce Productivity, Norton Protection, Norton Cloud, Information Security Services, Identity/Content-Aware Security Gateway, Data Center Security, Business Continuity, Integrated Backup, Cloud-Based Information Management and Object Storage Platform.
The company's stock is now up 15% for the year, with most of the rise ahead of the expected reorg. Bennett told IBD the strategic changes don't mean that the company is choosing a security focus or a storage focus in particular at this point. Symantec got into data storage by merging in 2005 with Veritas.
Intel's (INTC) McAfee unit, a Symantec rival in security, issued a quick critical response.
"We see Symantec is embracing the McAfee Security Connected strategy but they are four years behind us," Mike Fey, McAfee chief technology officer, said via email. "Symantec highlighted the need for integration and scale, exactly what McAfee has focused on for more than a decade." He also says Symantec misses a key part of the equation without a focus on network security.
Symantec's strategy announcement suggests that some existing products could be overhauled, and that with about 150 products now, the company has no small task at hand in refocusing.
"Symantec's goal is to continue to improve its existing products and services, and at the same time develop new, innovative products and services that solve important unmet or underserved needs," it said in the announcement.
FBR analyst Daniel Ives, in a research note Thursday, said "we believe these strategic initiatives represent a step in the right direction for the company in light of years of missteps (acquisitions, execution issues), although we would have liked to have seen more, such as a divestiture of the company's storage assets."
Ives says it may be years before the full benefit of the new direction is realized, but that "near-term pains for long-term gains" may be the "key ingredient" for success.
He called the December quarter results solid, but noted the company guided below Wall Street estimates for the March quarter, as it starts its strategic transition.
Symantec revenue and profit for its fiscal Q3 beat analyst estimates. The company early Wednesday said it earned 45 cents per share minus items, up 7% from the year-earlier quarter, on revenue of $1.79 billion, up 4%. Analysts had expected 38 cents and $1.735 billion. Here was IBD's report.
The company also said it's splitting up the roles of chairman and chief executive. Bennett will remain CEO, as well as president. He's a former CEO of Intuit (INTU). Director Dan Schulman was elected non-executive chairman.
Symantec said its goal with the new strategic plan is to deliver better than 5% organic revenue growth and to get non-GAAP operating margins over 30% in the next two to three years. The margin was 25.6% last quarter.


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Authorities have identified the man who was found dead in a roadway near a ranch in Tolleson Friday morning.
Hector Sanchez Duque, 43 of Phoenix, was found with his hands and feet tied behind his back on an access road near 119th Avenue and Southern Avenue at about 8 a.m., said Sgt. Brandon Jones, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
Detectives believe Duque was killed and his body dumped at the location. He did not have any known ties to the address.
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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) --
A prosecutor has dismissed assault charges against a driver accused of using his car to nudge a man and his 3-year-old son from a parking space.
A police report says 32-year-old Richard Junkins of Athens was
trying to park in a downtown space about noon on Sept. 18, the day
of the Arkansas-Georgia football game.
The report says a 36-year-old man and his son were standing in
the way, and Junkins inched into the space.
A witness told police the car struck the man and that the child
had fallen onto the hood of the car. Junkins was charged with
aggravated assault.
Assistant District Attorney Reed Newland said there were no
injuries and the man who was struck did not want to press charges.
Athens, Georgia (AP) --
Police in Athens say a man who wanted a parking spot hit two people with his car to get it.
Athens-Clarke County police said on September 19 that Ross Campbell of Statham was standing in a parking spot holding his 3-year-old son on September 18 when Richard Junkins pulled up in a Ford Mustang.
Police spokeswoman Hilda Sorrow says Campbell refused to move
and after an exchange of words, Junkins tried to move into the
Police say Junkins hit the two, who wound up on the hood of his
car, but no one was injured.
Police say Junkins is charged with two counts of aggravated
assault and was released on about $22,000 bond.


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Richard S. Hyland L'60 of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker and Rhoads, LLP was honored by the Burlington County Bar Association for his 40 years of combined trial and judicial service in the State of New Jersey. Hyland is Of Counsel in MMW&R's Litigation Department. In addition to his thirty years in private practice, Hyland was also Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court and Presiding Judge of the Camden County District Court for ten years.
Ronald Zeigler L'60 was appointed National Commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA at the National Convention in Philadelphia.
After 30 years with Aramark Corporation, Martin W. Spector L'62 retired from the top position of the legal department.
Joanne R. Denworth L'63, Founder and President of 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, received the Touchstone Award, awarded annually, from the Philadelphia Chapter of the Society of Women Environmental Professionals.
James Ledwith L'63 was elected an officer of the board, and will serve as Secretary, of the Curtis Institute of Music. Ledwith is a partner with Pepper Hamilton L.L.P. in Philadelphia.
David H. Marion W'60, L'63, chairman of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker, and Rhoads, LLP (MMW&R) has been appointed Eastern Pennsylvania Chair for the State Committee of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL). In his role, Marion will be involved with matters relating to admission of new members, and to the committee's efforts to improve the standards of legal education for trial advocacy.
Earle J. Patterson L'63 has joined the Kennebunk, Maine law firm of Bergen and Parkinson, LLC. Patterson, a Kennebunk resident, will serve with the firm's estate planning and probate administrative group.
Stephen G. Yusem L'63 of Gwynedd Valley, was elected to the office of National President of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States (ROA) at the Group's National Convention in Milwaukee last month. A retired Naval Reserve Rear Admiral, Yusem is a senior partner in the Norristown law firm of Swartz, Roberts & Seidel.
Steven A. Cozen C'61, L'64 chaired a 16-member panel of fire-safety researchers, and energy industry executives commissioned by former Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, to provide guidance on the readiness of the Department of Energy complex to combat wild land and facility fires. Chairman and founding member of Cozen & O'Connor in Philadelphia, Cozen was also named one of the country's 100 Most Influential Lawyers by the National Law Journal.
H. Robert Fiebach C'61, L'64 was elected Pennsylvania delegate to the American Bar Association (ABA). As head of the state's delegation, he will serve on the ABA nominating committee for a three-year term that will begin at the close of the ABA annual meeting in August 2001. Fiebach is the co-chair of the Commercial Litigation Department and chair of the Professional Liability Practice Group at Philadelphia-based Cozen and O'Connor.


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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina left-hander Kevin Brandt tossed 8 1/3 shutout innings to lead the No. 24 Pirates past No. 1 North Carolina, 4-0, Wednesday at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The Tar Heels (32-11) were held to just five hits, as the Pirates (30-12) snapped a nine-game losing skid in the series dating to 2002.
Brandt (6-1) struck out a career-high 10 batters and scattered five hits and one walk. He allowed just one base hit before the seventh, and Seth Maness entered with the bases loaded in the ninth and recorded the final two outs to earn his second save.
After striking out 11 and carrying a no-hitter into the seventh against ECU April 7, Carolina right-hander Patrick Johnson (2-1) picked up where he left off Wednesday, holding the Pirates scoreless until the sixth. However, ECU broke through with four off Johnson in the sixth and seventh innings, and the Conover, N.C., native finished with four runs allowed on four hits and three walks over six-plus innings. He fanned eight tonight for 19 strikeouts in 12 1/3 innings over two starts against the Pirates this year.
Dustin Ackley singled in the first to join Chad Flack as the only Tar Heels with 300 career hits for the lone base hit before the eighth inning. Kyle Seager singled in the ninth to extend his current hitting streak to 14 games.
No player had more than one base hit on the night, as the pitching staffs combined to allow just 11 total hits.
ECU threatened in the second when a Devin Harris double put runners at second and third with just one out. Johnson took over from there, striking out Drew Schieber looking and getting Dustin Harrington to fly out to right to end the inning and keep the Pirates off the board.
After Johnson struck out the side in the fifth, Ryan Wood broke the scoreless tie in the sixth with a solo homer to left center on a 2-2 pitch from Johnson.
ECU extended the lead to 4-0 lead in the seventh with a three-run outburst. Stephen Batts singled through the left side, stole second and took third on a wild throw by Carolina catcher Mark Fleury. After a walk to Harris, Schieber singled to right to drive in Batts and chase Johnson.
Nate Striz entered with two on and no one out, walked Harrington and allowed a two-run bloop single to left by Jared Avchen to give the Pirates a four-run cushion. Brian Moran, who tossed two scoreless frames, came on with two on and picked up three outs to prevent any further damage.
After stranding two in the eighth, the Tar Heels loaded the bases in the ninth, as Seager singled, Greenville native Ryan Graepel doubled off the wall in right center and Mike Cavasinni was hit by a pitch. Maness came on to strike out pinch hitter Brett Thomas and induce a liner to second from pinch hitter Tarron Robinson to end the game.
The crowd of 5,581 set a new Clark-LeClair Stadium record and is the largest to see a regular season college baseball game in the state of North Carolina.
ECU will return to the diamond Friday, April 24 when they play host to Southern Miss in Conference USA action. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. (EDT).
Post-Game Notes:
• Head Coach Billy Godwin picked up his 145th win as the Pirates skipper tying him for fifth place on the school's all-time wins list with Hal Baird (1980-84).
• Kevin Brandt has not allowed a run since April 10, 2009 (Rice) which is a span of 20 2/3 innings. In two appearances against UNC, he has not allowed a run in 10 innings.
• Ryan Wood smacked his 28th career home run with his solo shot to left field in the sixth inning. He picked up his third game-winning RBI of the season.
• ECU snapped a nine-game losing streak at the hands of the Tar Heels with the win.
• In the last 11 days, the Pirates have defeated a pair of No. 1 teams (Rice and UNC) and now owns a 2-3 all-time record against top-ranked teams.
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The FTC promulgated the rule at the direction of Congress to ban abusive and deceptive telemarketing practices. Congress, in enacting the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act in 1994, recognized the serious economic toll of telemarketing fraud, estimated to cost consumers as much as $40 billion every year. The chief congressional sponsors of this law were Senators Richard Bryan, John McCain and Slade Gorton and Representatives Al Swift, Carlos Moorhead and Michael Oxley.
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Let's give a remedy to this guy over here, take this is a tutorial on what to do and how to look cool if you are a Nerd 101: This is so unbelievably easy!
Step 1: First, Be willing to remove the big ugly eyeglasses, I'm sorry but I've got to say the "U" word.
Step 2: Open all the buttons of your shirt and wear a white tank top inside.
Step 3: And oh my goodness throw away that jumper thing! or whatever you call that.
Step 4: Wear a skinny jeans or denim short's for men instead of that super formal black pants.
Step 5: Mess your hair up a little bit, put on some gel or clay and make it a little bit spiky but not too much to the point that you'll look like a Mohawk. So take it easy and don't get too excited!
Step 6: " DO NOT TUCK IN YOUR SHIRT " Yes ,that's right it is all written in bold letters for you to get it clearly & understand!
Step 7: If you are riding a bike on the the way to work or to school then I suggest you use your car instead, if you don't have a car then there is always what we call a public bus that you can ride on! Get rid of that bike now.
Step 8: Change your expression! Look cool but be absolutely normal when you walk or talk.
Step 9: Do not slouch, walk talk and be confident!
Step 10: Change your business man bag into a backpack instead if you are a student!
This is a look that you can wear almost anywhere this is for the men who is into fashion and wants to fashion out but dont know what to mix and match there outfit! So here's a guide & inspirations for you:
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In a chat with ET Now, Sajiv Dhawan, MD, JV Capital Services, shares his views on aviation sector.
ET Now: What is your take on Jet Airways stocks?
SajivDhawan: It is not a sector that we have liked but there has been a lot of changes on the positive with the FDI, you have seen even the Jet Airways rise significantly and stocks have performed fantastically well at Rs 45-46. The temptation would be to take some profits off the table but we are still not sure which foreign airlines are going to buy stakes, whether it is in Jet, whether it is in Spice, whether it is in both of them. So there could be some decent upside in the stocks and on the back of results like this a lot of investors and traders who have missed out on the stocks would probably re-look at the sector as excellent set of numbers.


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Pilot Ticketed in Crop Dusting Accident
A pilot is being accused of violating the Illinois Pesticide Act.
Josh Pavia has been ticketed for accidentally spraying more than 70 teenagers with fungicide in late July. The teens were working in a Champaign County field detasseling corn. Pavia was flying a crop-duster for North Carolina based Atlantic Ag Aviation.
Police say Pavia isn't facing criminal charges, he was ticketed on an Ag violation and could face a fine up to 750 dollars.


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U.S.-E.U. space agreement triggers sovereignty concerns in space
The Defense Department will renegotiate a proposed agreement with the European Union for responsible behavior in space, but one legislator at a March 21 hearing of the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee expressed concerned that the code of conduct is even up for discussion.
"Europeans ceded their sovereignty to Brussels. Really, they don't worry about those things too much, but most Americans do...We need capabilities that are not so important to them," said subcommittee Ranking Member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.).
Sessions urged Assistant Secretary of Defense for global strategic affairs Madelyn Creedon to be "very cautious" about signing an agreement.
"It's not about limiting capabilities, it's about responsible behavior," said Creedon, in response.
In January, the DoD said it would not adopt a proposed European Union code of conduct for space in its current state, according to Space News.
"It's been clear from the very beginning that we're not going along with the code of conduct," Ellen Tauscher, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, reportedly said at the time. She later added that the code is "too restrictive."
But Creedon told legislators that State and Defense department officials decided in February they would work with the E.U. to revise the non-legally binding agreement to ensure it would not limit the nation's ability to defend itself. In June, European and U.S. officials will have their first meeting in what Creedon said could be a 1- or 2-year negotiation process.
In trying to dispel Sessions' suggestion that the agreement would seek to prevent a space arms race, Creedon said the code will focus mostly on responsible behavior.
One goal would be to set norms for debris mitigation. Beyond controlling debris, the code would also aim to minimize radio frequency interference in space. A code might also improve the member nations' ability to understand other nations' actions in space.
"So, if someone was going to move a satellite, there would be an understanding of why that satellite was moved. So, part of this is to reduce the risk of not just mishaps, but [of] mistrust, misconduct and misconceptions," said Creedon.
Commander of Air Force Space Command Gen. William Shelton said that he and the Office of the Secretary of Defense are on the same page when it comes to drawing the line between responsible conduct and rules that would restrict future U.S. action in space.
"If somebody were to prescribe distances from satellites, that might be something that's tough to live with," said Shelton.
"If someone were to say 'absolutely zero debris,' that would be a thing that's tough to live with," he added. "So those sorts of things we'd want to watch closely."
For more:
- go to the hearing webpage (prepared testimonies and webcast available)
- read the Space News article
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Microsoft is currently building a number of Metro inspired applications for Windows 8. The software giant is working on several Windows Live Metro apps for Windows 8 that will be made available alongside the new … read more
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i configured my 4th server with subversion but this time i got an amazing authentication error.
I checked apache error logs and it says this:
(13)Permission denied: Failed to load the AuthzSVNAccessFile: Can't open file '/etc/httpd/svnpasswd': Permission denied
The amazing thing is that svnpasswd file has permission 777.
The only difference with other servers is this time i'm using centos instead of mandriva distro.
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Subaru WRX Forum (http://www.wrxtuners.com/forums/)
- Problem Diagnosis (http://www.wrxtuners.com/forums/f72/)
- - 13 Overboost/Fuel Cut (http://www.wrxtuners.com/forums/f72/13-overboost-fuel-cut-43274/)
13 Overboost/Fuel Cut
Ok so I have a 13 WRX with a catted invidia DP, and cobb catback. And am currently running the COBB STG 2 LWG map. after I installed the DP and used the tuner to take it stage 2 the car seemed to run awesome. a few months later I bought a COBB BPV to replace the stock one because I was told the stock one would not be able to hold much more boost if/when I get a pro tune. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND I didn't notice any problems directly after installing the new BPV. but some times (its done it 3 times now) if I go WOT in 3rd gear, I over boost... I can't remember the code off the top of my head but when it happened I called the tuning shop I take my car to and told them what happened and they said it sounded like I was hitting fuel cut from overboosting. I took my car in to them and they ran it on their dyno a few times, to see if the engine was performing like it should and they said it looked great. the tuner even said he was trying to get it to overboost at one point and it would not do it. I have been told that a protune would at the very least help my issue. but I was also told that it would not be worth it money wise to get a protune until I have a better intercooler. and I don't really have the money for that right now.
I know this was quite long winded but I have not been able to figure out what the issue is. what do you guys think?
Do you have a stock intake with stock filter?
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Your BOV set to 100 circ?
get a pro tune and ebcs. when you drop it off to get tuned tell them you want this issue resolved as well. Then if it happens again, its on their dime. Don't worry about upgrading the intercooler until you upgrade turbos or are pushing your stock one to the limit. yours should be fine with just stage 2 and a pro tune. You will love the pro tune compared to ots maps anyway and its better for your engine. They should also be able to set up your bpv perfect as well. It will be money well spent!
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I do have a stock intake, and the BPS is set to 100% recirc.
I would love to get a pro tune but the one shop that does them around here (that I know of) said that because the wrx intercooler housing is made of plastic compared to the STIs metal housing that I would be a good idea to get a new one. Kind of a better safe than sorry kind of deal. and I allready took my car in to them when I first put the BPV on to have them tweek it and they said it was fine.
On another note I talked to them over the weekend and they said that I should try updating my accessport and flash my ecu with the updated maps, if the problem persists after that to call cobb and see what they say.
and in case anyone is curious the shop I am talking about is All Aspects Motorsports, which seems to do solid work from what I can tell.
Anyway thanks for the advice and I will let you guys know the end result of all this.
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So now I'm confused was that face palm for me??? hahaha
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No, it was for me. I still forget about all these damn little differences on the 3g like the plastic end tanks and bpv.
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Ill take my facepalm like a man. I earned that one.
Allright so I finally got around to updating my AP and reflashed my ECU with the new map and its running fine as far as I can tell. I'm relived it wasn't a bigger issue.
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Research Highlight
Professor Matthew Libera, of the Chemical Engineering & Materials Science department, and his team at Stevens have received significant NSF funding for the application of a cryo-scanning electron microscope (SEM) to measure soft-materials morphology at high spatial resolution.SEMs enable the study of material surfaces between 20 to 500,000 times magnifications, and provide innovative features to overcome the problems of specimen charging and chemical damage. State-of-the-art SEMs at Stevens will enable researchers to measure soft-materials morphology and make important new discoveries ranging from new ways to deliver drugs, make hip and knee implants more infection resistant, to helping heal major bone fractures. There are already over ten projects at Stevens which will benefit from the acquisition of this new technology. "This new MRI grant affirms the continuing support of the NSF for the excellent work of Prof. Libera and his colleagues. The state-of-the-art scanning electron microscope to be purchased with the support will greatly enhance our research capabilities cutting cross many disciplines on campus." Professor Henry Du, Director Chemical Engineering & Materials Science.In addition to serving the Stevens research community, the new SEM will provide opportunities for outreach and education through the collaborative activities with the Stevens Center for Innovative Engineering and Science Education and the Project SEED program of the American Chemical Society. Housed in a central user facility with a history of successful multidisciplinary training, this is assured to be an excellent way to educate the community and create interest in Science and Engineering disciplines.
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Tools for Capturing Your Ideas in Writing
Have you ever been overwhelmed with writing ideas, and you didn't know what to do with all of them? Have you ever had a brilliant idea at a bad time, like when you're driving? How do you capture and keep track of your ideas?
There are myriad ways to capture and organize your ideas in writing. While it may seem obvious that if you have a good idea, you should write it down so you don't forget about it, all those ideas can pile up. You may find yourself searching through notes, trying to find an idea you had that you want to use. You might kick yourself for failing to write down the details of an idea that you've now forgotten.
Fortunately, there are plenty of tools for capturing ideas in writing. All you have to do is find the tools that work for you and develop a system that you can comfortably use for organizing and tracking your writing ideas.
Tools for Capturing Ideas in Writing
I've experimented with most of these tools and found that I gravitate toward a tool depending on the nature of the project. I like to keep fiction ideas in a notebook but I prefer index cards for nonfiction.
You might want to use two or three tools to keep things simple or maybe you work better with a wider range of tools, which allow you to capture different types of ideas. For example, an app like Evernote allows you to create lists, text documents, and grab images from the web whereas index cards allow you to capture ideas that you can later rearrange into a logical order.
You probably already use some of these tools. Consider experimenting with the ones you haven't used to see if they suit your creative style:
- Brainstorming: you can brainstorm on paper or on a computer. Brainstorming is not for capturing random ideas–it's a session in which you generate as many ideas as possible and record them so you can later refine them. Literature and Latte (the makers of the wildly popular writing software, Scrivener) recently produced a brainstorming app called Scapple, which is available for the Mac. I've already started using Scapple and I love it!
- Mind mapping: like brainstorming, mind mapping is done in a session. It's similar to brainstorming except ideas are captured using a specific visual method in which there's a central idea and clusters of closely related ideas within the greater topic. Wikipedia has an article on mind mapping, which includes visual examples.
- Index cards: simple and practical for capturing ideas either randomly or in a session, index cards are compact and easy to carry around. They also allow you to rearrange ideas and group them in stacks, which is ideal for putting scenes or concepts in chronological or logical order. They're also great for summarizing scenes and chapters.
- Sticky notes: I prefer index cards to sticky notes because I can stack and store them, but sticky notes work well with brainstorming, mind mapping, and capturing random ideas, which you can stick to your desk, wall, or bulletin board for later use. They're perfect for jotting down notes that you later want to stick into a notebook (without having to transcribe from one tool to another). If you use a Mac, it comes with an app called Stickies, which allows you to create electronic sticky notes for your desktop.
- Journal or notebook: for me, nothing beats a trusty notebook. They come in various shapes and sizes and you can get different notebooks for different projects or use a single notebook just for recording ideas. Many writers feel that the tactile nature of working with a pen and notebook enhances creativity. It also allows for drawing, doodling, and creating charts or lists in an organic fashion.
- Evernote: I've had Evernote for years but only recently started using it and I love it! Evernote allows you to create text, audio, and video files, plus you can clip content directly from the web. You install Evernote on your computer and smart devices and here's where it gets awesome: Evernote automatically syncs to the cloud. So if you audio record an idea on your smart phone, you can access it later from your computer, where it's easier to move notes to bigger projects in Word or Scrivener. The app is available for Mac or PC and every device imaginable, and it's free.
- Scrivener: In word processing software, Scrivener is quickly becoming the new industry standard for authors. Scrivener is to Microsoft Word what Microsoft Word was to the typewriter–a major improvement. It would take forever to list all the perks and benefits of using Scrivener, but I'll mention a couple of highlights, including keeping chapters, images, notes, outlines, and research in a single file instead of having to manage various documents. Scrivener also has output to .mobi and .epub file types, which is awesome for self publishers. Plus, you have nothing to lose since there's a 30-day free trial. Scrivener is available for Mac and Windows and they have an iPad app in the works.
- A Novel Idea: this is an app I recently discovered, so I'm still experimenting with it but basically, it is a text tool that includes guides to help you develop ideas. For example, you can create a character, and the app includes fields for name, age, gender, height, build, and more. It's basically a collection of electronic worksheets. The categories inclue novels, scenes, characters, locations, and ideas. A Novel Idea is free (there's also a paid, ad-free version) for iPhone and iPad.
- Audio recordings and dictation: several times, I've found myself full of great ideas while driving. I used to call myself and leave a voice mail but now I use an audio recording app called iTalk Recorder. It's available for the iPhone and iPad, but you can find voice recording apps for any device and of course, your computer probably has recording capabilities built right in. For example, on my Mac, I just hit the "fn" key twice from within most programs, and it will take dictation.
How Do You Capture and Organize Your Writing Ideas?
Do you use carefully selected tools to capture your ideas in writing or do you deal with each idea as it comes? Have you developed a workable system for organizing your writing ideas? Which is your favorite method or tool? Share your thoughts by leaving a comment, and keep writing.


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9 foods to keep you young
Add age-defying foods to your diet and start looking and feeling younger.
Stress, pollution, sun exposure and excessive alcohol consumption all play a part in speeding up the ageing process. Poor eating habits are also a major contributor. These foods will help protect you from age-related illnesses and degenerative diseases, and prevent wrinkles from appearing before their time.
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NFP's Top 200 Draft Prospects | National Football Post
Klein at 132
Knott at 133
Without looking at the link, are they just listed in alphabetical order?
***King of Diplomacy***
***Surviving Member of the Sandlot Mafia***
Originally Posted by CycloneWanderer
Without looking at the link, are they just listed in alphabetical order?
I LIEK CHOCOLATE MILK - The Partisan Bat
Originally Posted by ChrisMWilliams
Hmmm...I'm not a huge "weiner"
Originally Posted by Angie
"Yeah, Chris' weiner is a way bigger get than mine."
Johnny Manziel, Manti Te'o lead SI.com 2012 All-America Team - College Football - SI.com
Klein also honorable mention All-American!
Who is this Aaron Klein???
Same 40 time, one pound difference and one draft spot different. Wow they are the same.
Originally Posted by dunar
Who is this Aaron Klein???
And Jacob Knott
To bad they couldn't be drafted as a set......to the Bears.
Originally Posted by dunar
Who is this Aaron Klein???
Originally Posted by jburke
And Jacob Knott
Those are probably their full names
"Watch out for the Cyclones. We comin," Korie Lucious.
Originally Posted by ISUCY23
Those are probably their full names
I was going to guess that these were Dave McCarney's players but you are probably right...
Originally Posted by pyrocyz
I was going to guess that these were Dave McCarney's players but you are probably right...
I don't know, it's tough to tell. That Dave McCarney was a tricky s.o.b.
Watching them as a beast mode package deal in the middle of the LB corp was fun for 4 years...It will prolly never happen but it'd be so sweet to see them playing side by side in the NFL too.
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I heard on the radio that Larry Hagman as passed away, he was 81 and had cancer
Never watched a minute of Dallas, (or Dynasty for that matter). The first time I traveled to Dallas for work, someone pointed out that the gold tower building we met in for the meetings were the ones featured in Dallas. I was completely unimpressed of course, and that person was completely offended.
I do remember him in I Dream of Jeannie. He made Cocoa Beach famous.
Im so sad about his passing. Just watched the final episode of the first season of the new Dallas version, his last episode I presume
Dallas was THE one thing my grandma watched on tv, she had my aunts tape the show and during the summer she would watch the whole season again. During my summer breaks, I used to watch it with her, my head on her tummy its a special show for me, I cried all through the first episode this fall...
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Loved him in I Dream of Jeanie. Not so much as the evil J.R. Ewing.
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May 29, 2016
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the county will face abrupt and painful choices if congress does not move quickly to correct funding federal retirement benefits.
Locally the benefit concerns run deep Holly Hunting Martin of Delta Township's Doggy Day care says neither she or her 10 employees can rely on social security to fund retirement planning.
Financial planners say Greenspan's warnings solidify fears that social security checks will shrink or the retirement age will be pushed back.
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