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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Smartphone Review
Sony Ericsson put on the X10 to regain a foothold in the field of smartphones. The product was a success.
We could use for a few days a very successful prototype of the Xperia
X10 from Sony Ericsson, the first Android smartphone of Japan-Sweden
manufacturer's slowing. The Xperia X10 is one of the very large
families of smartphones, with a template similar to the HTC HD2 or
Toshiba TG01. In terms of screen size, it outclasses the iPhone, at
least in height, width are identical. Remaining is to be seen if this
advantage is enough to make a good smartphone.
Made more intelligent by the new overlay software Nexus (formerly
codenamed Rachael), the first Android smartphone from Sony Ericsson
incorporates a large capacitive display of 10.1 cm, a photo sensor of 8
MP and a Snapdragon processor clocked at 1 GHz.
The feeling of quality prevailing in the grip: the finish is excellent,
rubberized back slightly arched which helps in keeping a steady hand,
the burnished metal strapping way that emphasizes and sharpens the edge
through the display itself and also absolutely rigid. The large screen
size, the centerpiece of the device is capacitive type, like the iPhone
and other mobile premium.
This technology, which captures the touch and not the support, allows
the use of two fingers, if it is taken into account by the software.
Alas, this is not the case in Xperia, the version of Android chosen by
Sony Ericsson (1.6 Donut) does not support multicast. The manufacturer
might have added this feature in "above" operating system, as is
happily HTC (HD2, Hero), but it is unfortunately nothing. Any hope of
zoom to two fingers is not lost, as the Xperia will receive an update
to Android 2 as soon as the exclusivity granted by Google to Motorola
and its Milestone has ended.
The good catches in the right place
To continue in the physical description of Xperia, note that Sony
Ericsson did not resist - again - to implement thin buttons on his
phone, the kind that are activated more readily with the tip of the
nail with the finger. At least the buttons are good mechanical and not
sensitive, a major source of false manipulations on some phones.
Another small criticism: to replace the memory card micro-SD, remove
the battery. While the Xperia is running cold-start fast enough, we
could have done without this constraint.
The headphone jack, a 3.5mm jack, took over the tip of the device,
ideally positioned for use in portable mode. It is skirted by the
button on-off and sleeps on the one hand, through a trap door
concealing the micro-USB on the other. A hearing on the portion was
opened to let the sound of loud-speaker. By the way, its also subject
to noise rather than sound, so a default crying that we impute to the
Office that the Xperia we received was a preproduction sample,
operational 90% only. No problem for her to report on the headphone.
At the start, what is striking is the speed. The Qualcomm Snapdragon
processor clocked at 1 GHz purring under the hood there is certainly no
accident. Indeed, outside of the application Timescape, which we will
return the Xperia X10 does not make us wait forever. And yet it is not
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Net Neutrality & FCC Overuled in Comcast Suit: What is best for Freedom?
Net Neutrality loses court decision.
The FCC just lost a court decision over Net Neutrality, a regulation stating that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) would be required by Federal Law to give equal bandwidth to all websites. For example, with Net Neutrality, Comcast would be required by law to allocate the same bandwidth for its viewers viewing say Microsoft.com as viewers viewing some small political commentary site. ISPs also would not be allowed to limit bandwidth for certain types of sites or applications such as VOIP or file sharing sites.
Supporters of Net Neutrality include a whose who of often anti-establishment bloggers, techies and many well-meaning geeks. The supporters are generally good people with good points and a good goal. They want to see more broadband penetration in the US and want independence preserved.
In this case, the Net Neutrality supporters have their heart in the right place but are more focused on goal than the big picture ramifications of Net Neutrality.
As with most cases of government intervention we have well-meaning people willing to voluntarily give up our rights. I love the saying "People fight and die for freedom then pass laws to take it away." Why on earth would anyone WANT government to interfere more with the Internet of all things? First of all, its terrible economics. Are our hard earned tax dollars not better spent on something else these days that yet another army of regulators and bureaucrats in government offices? Are our businesses not burdened enough in this economy trying to earn a living without having to worry about yet more rules and regulations to follow?
The Internet has done just fine with relatively little government interference. Furthermore, one needs to realize that when you pass a law that gives the Federal Government more power you are giving up freedom. Little by little, step-by-step, we give up freedom with virtually every law we pass. Why? There are lots of reasons a few relate to 1) failure to think things through, 2) seeing government as the solution to problems and 3) being too lazy or uncreative to think of new solutions.
Freedom = Good, Don't Forget it
There also tends to be a common case in situations like this where people have not generally thought through their philosophy of how much government they want. Do you want more freedom or less freedom? Do you want more of a totalitarian state or more of a libertarian state? The ironic thing is that many people who promote Net Neutrality are generally anti-establishment and pro-freedom. One of their rallying cries is that without Net Neutrality independent thought will die and blogs will be squashed and only giant corporations will be left. This would be terrible but it's exactly the opposite of what would actually happen (or is happening). People who dislike authority and feel that Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and EarthLink are run by evil people who wish them ill will may just be right (but I doubt it). My simple question for them is "Do you think the people running the Government are any different?" Do government bureaucrats not harm people or want to increase their personal power as often as corporate executives? Surely few would argue that the corporate world is filled with devils and the halls of government offices with angels. No, generally people are people.
Google versus the IRS
There are evil and good in both sides. However there are two major problems with the government. The first is competence. If Comcast ticked off enough internet users they could be out of business in a week- the government is a lot harder to put out of business (although some certainly have been trying in recent years). Government, in some cases lives up to the stereotype of low quality, overpaid, lazy workers who don't know how to do their job as well as their civilian counterparts. Who do you think, in general, works harder, a sales executive at Comcast or a PR Exec at the FCC? Where would you find more innovation, the halls of Google or the IRS's tech office? If your business needed a new website, who would you rather hire to do it; Uncle Sam or a lean mean private tech company? So competence, efficiency and quality are an issue. Yes there are geniuses in government and some excellent and hard working people I know well. Take a look at the web design for WhiteHouse.gov – as a web guy I say hats off to the designer, its a genius piece of code. But lets face it, of the millions of government workers some are not the brightest candles on the cake, there are also some who would not have the job they have in the civilian world. Do we really want these people making decisions rather than civilians? Remember all non-government companies answer to consumers.
Guns, Badges and Jails
The second and much more serious problem with government is that it has a power that companies do not: it can fine and imprison you. Are there bad guys at big ISPs? Yes. In the history of the world however it's been the bad apples, not in private sector who have caused misery but the bad apples who have badges and guns and jails. Regulation and reduction in freedom is inherently violent. How? Well, if Joe ISP says to the Government the immortal words spoken by every freedom-loving activist "I refuse". Lets not worry much about whether Joe has a good reason or not the point is that if he refuses enough, he will be fined and eventually go to jail. So one certain result is that Net Neutrality would have people put in jail who would NOT have been in jail without it. Is that what the supporters really want? I'm not saying it would be hundreds or thousands of people, maybe just a dozen. But the point is that thousands would have to comply with the law and that is a reduction in freedom. Oddly many Net Neutrality supporters are reporters. Reporters, by nature, live in the moment, often a lifetime in a hear and now deadline driven existence – reporters are great but lets face it, they don't often see the forest from the trees. Reporters who support Net Neutrality are thinking of today and their perception that they could lose rights to free speech and free reporting: important concerns. But let me ask those reporters who have been around for a few years and racked up some miles. Is free speech generally better in countries where government has more power or less power?
Good for the Little Guy?
The other ironic thing about the Net Neutrality supporters is that they tend to be anti-corporate as if helping the little guy is their goal. Well, again in general the opposite of what they might want to occur is likely. Give government more power, more enforcement, more authority, more oversight and who benefits? Mom and pop companies? Generally, the bigger the government the more the large players will benefit through lobbyists etc. Sure it was Comcast, a large company that won the FCC suit but please don't mistake this for meaning that what's bad for the big guy (Comcast) is good for the little guy. Sometimes increasing government power is a lose-lose: a loss for big companies, and for small companies as well as citizens (and more often than not, the big companies lobby and change things so that they benefit anyway).
Is it really broken?
One of the more odd things about the Net Neutrality argument is the cries from otherwise smart people, often my fellow techie geeks, saying that if Net Neutrality doesn't pass it will "ruin" blogs and limit free speech and that only Fox News other corporations will control our content. Huh? Is the Internet broken now? Last time I checked there are plenty of blogs and content is doing fine. Keep in mind we DONT have a law now called Net Neutrality and right now, by most accounts, it works fine. Do pro Net Neutrality activists think that this law is so necessary because at some future point all the major IPS will suddenly change their policy? Net Neutrality bills itself as a way to "preserve the free and open Internet". Well, it looks pretty free now. If it WERE to be in danger whom exactly would you fear most? I don't know about you but the guys with guns and badges don't have a great historical track record. Saying that we need to preserve the web by placing draconian new powers to regulate it in the hands of government is like going into a community playground and saying that we need more laws to protect it.
Let the free markets work, if a large ISP starts limiting freedom then the power of the web and blogs and social media should put them out of business
To my friends who support Net Neutrality: think it through. You don't like big evil companies with bad motives I get it- but is it so broken now in your opinion that you want to give vast powers to the guys with guns and badges who brought us the Iraq War, the Patriot Act, the Wall Street Bailouts and the IRS?
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February 21, 2011 at 9:21 pm
What a bunch of malarkey. Without net neutrality, we would all be steered to the big money sites, period.
And without regulation, the Comcasts of the world would dictate who goes where and who actually gets to be viable on the net. Without regulation, the internet would become very, shall we say, focused on certain sites. Little guys would fall by the wayside.
There is far more violence, coercion and evil in the greedy private sector than there is in the government.
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Ivan Menezes and I go back a long way. We were together at St Stephen's College in Delhi University doing a BA (Honours) in Economics from 1976 to 1979 and we were hostel-mates as well. As I think back I realise our Stephen's batch (1976-79) has done well.


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The University of Wyoming women's golf team concluded its 2002 fall season at the Las Vegas Collegiate Shootout on Wednesday. The Cowgirls shot a final round 329 to finish with a three-round total of 1010 to place 15th in the field of 15 teams.
New Mexico won the team title by nine strokes over host UNLV. The Lobos finished with a 16-over par total of 880. UNLV fired a 25-over par total of 889.
Wyoming's top individual finisher was freshman Bailey Adcock, who tied for 60th with a 31-over par total of 247. She concluded the tournament with a six-over par round of 78 on Wednesday. The low round of the tournament by a UW individual was a 77, fired by sophomore Shala Hanson in the final round.
The individual championship ended in a three-way tie between Kristi Larsen of New Mexico, Nicole Melton of Texas A&M and Sunny Oh of UNLV. All three posted one-under par totals of 215 for the 54-hole tournament.
"We improved each round of the tournament," said UW women's golf coach Jill Johnson. "Bailey (Adcock) had a nice final round, with a 78, and Shala (Hanson) shot her lowest round of the season with a 77 on Wednesday. Kim (Nissen) and Alison (Mcguire) didn't have the kind of week I know they were hoping for, but they've had an outstanding fall season.
"Overall, I saw improvement by some of our younger players throughout the fall, and I know our seniors are looking forward to finishing up their careers in a positive way next spring."
The Las Vegas Collegiate was played at the Anthem Country Club in Henderson, Nev. The course measured 6,194 yards and played to a par of 72.
The Cowgirls will not return to action until Feb. 17-18 when they travel to San Diego for the San Diego State Lady Aztec Invitational.
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Real estate industry and property consultants today hailed the RBI's decision to cut key policy rates, saying that it is a positive step that would boost housing demand and encourage foreign investment in the sector.
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Holloway, who is a professor of English and law at Duke, speaks about cultural bioethics, also the subject of her recent book. Her lecture was sponsored by the Newcomb College Institute and the School of Law.
Dr. Renee Mathis Hickson, assistant professor of family medicine at Tulane, describes her experiences and the interaction between patients and physicians when discussing healthcare options.
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FASHION FIX: You reach No. 1 and all you get is this lousy, recycled outfit
Maybe it's the tough economy. Or maybe they ran out of ideas. Or MAYBE it's Kate Middleton's sartorial influence.
Whatever the reason, Sergio Tacchini deserves a major red card for recycling this outfit for Novak Djokovic's first match as the top baller in the world. And it's not the first time they recycled it. He debuted it during the spring clay-court season and then, shockingly, showed up wearing it at Roland Garros. But even if the outfit was AMAZING (and it's not) it still wouldn't be okay to have him wear it again. You're lucky he won his match, ST.
The same could be said for adidas by Stella McCartney and Caroline Wozniacki. They recycled the much-maligned blue ruffle dress she debuted at Indian Wells at Roland Garros and today she appeared in Toronto for her opening round match (which she lost) in a similar outfit to the one she wore starting at Charleston in the spring. The skirt is the same but the tank top was the orange of her sports bra, not white. Same diff to me.
These companies have the opportunity to outfit the top-ranked ballers in tennis and this is the best they can do. I mean, REALLY. These spots are kinda high visibility. Get it together.
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Mario Makes a Move
by Jill McElmurry
No current Talk conversations about this book.
Very Silly and even is informational about squirrels. Two Squirrels teach each other their favorite dance moves. Illustrations have a lot of movement. Makes it fun for the readers eye to follow and keeps them engaged.
Amazing acrobatic squirrels.
Warning: Sarcasm ahead.
Mario the squirrel "likes to invent amazing moves". There's an awesome full page spread of Mario's cool moves. His whole family think's he's amazing. All except Isabelle, who's obviously a math whiz (note the thick glasses and graph paper!). She's easily worked out Mario's moves, plus some cool moves of her own. "That's nice" she tells Mario politely.
After a demonstration of her own amazing move, Mario refuses to be friends with her anymore because A. she stole his move and B. she's not allowed to have a move. Only the amazing Mario is apparently allowed to have moves.
Isabelle points out, very reasonably, that all the animals have moves. She doesn't point out, but quite easily could have, that her move is nothing like Mario's, being much more difficult and involving advanced math as compared to Mario's, which is just a leap through the trees.
Mario goes into a depressed sulk and starts collecting "amazing sticks" that being the only thing he can think of that nobody else can do.
Isabelle, apparently realizing that she has stepped out of the natural order of things, then asks Mario to teach her his move (you know, the one she had previously mastered in, like, ten seconds flat? The one that was really simple compared to her own move?) and tells him how wonderful it was. She was wrong, it's not just nice, it's elegant and graceful! Only Mario can teach her how to jump from point A to point B. She'd probably be willing to do all his math for him if he'll just talk to her and be happy, thus justifying her empty existence without his friendship!
Mario graciously asks her to teach him her move as well. Then together they create even more amazing moves.
I bet when they went to college Isabella did all his research and wrote his papers, all while constantly assuring him that all she needed was to bask in his awesomeness and never get credited for any of her work.
Verdict: Of course I don't think the author deliberately set out to write a story with the message that girls have to constantly stroke boys' egos and can never be better than them or they'll get upset and - gasp - stop talking to them! She probably intended to point out that it's not necessary to be better than everyone and by working together you can do even more amazing things. But you know, group work isn't always better. I'm personally against teaching kids to downplay their own abilities and strengths so as not to make other kids feel bad, although I don't advocate boasting or going out of your way to make people feel inferior. But exactly what is Mario bringing to this equation, other than an over-sensitive ego, poor sportsmanship, and the need for someone to constantly assure him that he's amazing, even when he's not?
ISBN: 9780375868542; Published 2012 by Schwartz and Wade; Borrowed from the library
Mario likes to invent amazing moves, like the Super Looper, the Rocket to Mars, the Crazy Wave. As he soars through the air everyone exclaims, "Artistic!" "Astonishing!" "Artistic!" Everyone except his friend Isabelle. She says, "Nice." What!? Mario just can't handle nice, he knows his talent is unique and amazing. But when he challenges Isabelle, he finds she can perform his moves with equal agility. Not only that, but Isabelle shows him that he's not the only one with moves; everyone in the forest can have a move. Mario doesn't feel so amazing anymore. What's a squirrel to do?
The text is mostly dialogue between the two friends and printed in large font for easy reading and following along. The tone is conversational and humorous and McElmurry manages to incorporate some great vocabulary words. The illustrations use an autumn palate of browns, oranges, and yellows, set against the faded gray-blue almost-winter sky. The squirrels are full of energy and personality. Mario may be a little egotistical, but smart and savvy Isabelle keeps him in check with an amused flick of her bushy tail. All the "moves" in the book include action lines and there are several "charts" on how to execute moves. The back of the book includes 20 facts about squirrels.
Full Review at Picture-Book-a-Day: http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2012/08/book-216-mario-makes-move-by-jill.ht...
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0375868542, Hardcover)According to Publishers Weekly in a starred review, this picture book "capture[s] the exuberance of the creative spirit alongside the quirks of a character accepting his limitations." Mario is a squirrel who loves to invent amazing moves, like the Super Looper and Tail, Don't Fail. But though his parents ooh and ahh at whatever he does, his friend Isabelle is not so easily impressed. When she points out that anyone can have a move, Mario must find some other way to stand out.
Sometimes being amazing is hard work, as shown in this zany yet accessible picture book from Jill McElmurry, illustrator of The One and Only Marigold and Little Blue Truck. Young readers will instantly recognize themselves in Mario, as he searches for his one-of-a-kind talent. Here is a hilarious read-aloud that will have little ones oohing and ahhing—and trying out some moves of their own.
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John Seinfeld researches air pollution from the top down. The Louis E. Nohl Professor and professor of chemical engineering at the California Institute of Technology studies the tiny particles in the atmosphere for a broader sense of air quality.
Kirk Smith examines air pollution from the ground up. The professor of global environmental health at the University of California, Berkeley, researches the health consequences of household air pollution from simple biomass fuels such as wood used to heat stoves in rural kitchens.
Both scientists have won the 2012 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, the premier award honoring environmental science of great benefit to humankind. The Tyler Prize laureates will split a $200,000 prize. Each was presented a gold medallion at an April 27 ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Established in 1973, the prize is administered by USC Dornsife. On April 26, the laureates gave public lectures at USC's Ronald Tutor Campus Center, followed by a reception at the Tyler Environmental Prize Pavilion.
"This is the 39th year the Tyler Prize has been given and USC is very proud of its role in its administration," Stephan Haas, vice dean of research in USC Dornsife and professor physics and astronomy, said before the lectures. "Much more credit goes to the executive committee of the Tyler Prize who have done an outstanding job in selecting this year's recipients."
Seinfeld is an expert in the causes and modeling of pollution in the tropospheric — or the lowest portion of the Earth's atmosphere. His groundbreaking work has led to the understanding of the origin, chemistry and evolution of particles in the atmosphere.
Decades ago, Seinfeld realized that in order to determine how to curtail smog, a comprehensive model of the atmosphere was needed. In the early '70s, he created a mathematical model of the Los Angeles atmosphere — the first-ever model of an urban atmosphere. The Clean Air Act now requires states to use such models to direct their air-pollution control planning.
During his lecture, Seinfeld spoke about how soot billowing from diesel trucks and industrial smokestacks may be causing harmful warming effects that could create more severe weather patterns and hotter temperatures worldwide.
"Humans are responsible for the warming that has occurred," he said. "This is unequivocal."
Airborne particles, also called aerosols, he said, play an important role in the Earth's climate. The presence of aerosols like sulfur, nitrate and organic carbon are formed in the atmosphere and cause global cooling. These aerosols serve to mask as much as 50 percent of human-induced global warming, contributing to the uncertainty of knowing to what extent humans are affecting global climate.
"Aerosols cancel some of the warming but the magnitude is uncertain," Seinfeld said. "This is important in terms of future planning. Imagine that there was no aerosol cooling effect. If there was no aerosol cooling effect we would get the full extent of heating that C02 and the other greenhouse gases are imparting to the Earth."
Seinfeld also discussed leading a research team that administered one of the largest air-quality experiments in the L.A. Basin.
Air quality in L.A. is far better today than it was when he arrived in 1967, Seinfeld said, an improvement he credits to cleaner cars such as catalytic converters.
Smith was the first to demonstrate that one of the world's greatest health threats comes from exposure to smoke from the burning of biomass fuels like wood or dung in rural homes. After developing and deploying small, inexpensive microchip-based monitors for field measurements, he has conducted studies in India, China, Nepal, Mexico and Guatemala. In these countries, he has documented a heightened risk of pneumonia, cataracts, tuberculosis, heart disease, and chronic lung disease.
"The next worst thing you can do besides smoking yourself is be around smoke," Smith said. "Indoor fires are like being around a thousand burning cigarettes per hour. Babies may not smoke, but they are in these homes."
Since half the world's population uses these biomass fuels, Smith said, the total health impacts of this exposure represents the second largest environmental risk after contaminated water supplies.
Smith has shown that babies born to mothers cooking with biomass fuel weighed less than those whose mothers used propane, natural gas or electricity. In that study, Smith worked with an international research team at the East-West Center in Honolulu, and analyzed demographic, socioeconomic and health information for a random sample of mothers in Zimbabwe who had given birth from 1993 to 1998. Unlike babies born in most developing countries, those in Zimbabwe routinely have their weights measured at birth. In all, the researchers analyzed 3,559 births.
Because air pollution is so strongly associated with power plants, vehicles and cities, the problem of indoor pollution in Third World countries often flies under the radar.
"But [power plants and vehicles] are not where the highest air pollution levels occur," Smith said. "This is a kind of a forgotten population. The poor women in rural areas of developing countries are about as low on the totem pole, globally, as you can get. They don't have anybody speaking for them."


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New Nyack Business: "A donut…and a dream"
Nyack, January 15 — The three local families behind Gypsy Donut and Expresso Bar want their new Nyack business to be a community effort. The entrepreneurs are asking family, friends and village residents to support their efforts to open in late March in the space formerly occupied by Gracie's Ravioli on Franklin Street.
You might call their cause "Give me a donut… and a dream."


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We're just looking at porting a legacy script to ColdFusion 10 and I believe I have come across a bug/change in functionality relating to the use of multiple form fields using the same name. In ColdFusion 9 these would have been appended to the relevant variable with commas, but in ColdFusion 10, if the case of the variables is different one field will overwrite the other.
The following test code:
<form action="index2.cfm" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="test" value="1" />
<input type="hidden" name="TEST" value="0" />
<input type="submit" />
<cfdump var="#form#">
Produces on ColdFusion 9
On ColdFusion 10:
Has anyone else experienced this behaviour and knows whether it is a bug or intended functionality? I know the application shouldn't be using the same variable name in different cases, so will look at changing this, but just wondered if anyone had any more information on the issue.
I have submitted this bug to Adobe at https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3298179


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FIGUEROA: Drew Brees tournament persevering without title sponsors
The rapid graying hair in those before-and-after pictures of U.S. presidents depicts the intense stress endured by America's top political leader. Dave Miller can relate ---- with one exception.
"I wish I had gray hair," he said. "All my hair fell out."
Miller is the tournament organizer of the Drew Brees Celebrity Championship, a star-studded golf event that, despite losing two title sponsors over the last five years, continues to persevere in North County since its inception in 1999.
But it hasn't been easy. Toyota, a longtime sponsor, pulled out in 2008 just before the height of the recession and Cox Communications decided not to renew this year after taking the reins in 2010.
Nevertheless, the show will go on, as the three-day event tees off Friday at La Costa Resort and Spa.
"It was tough losing Cox," Miller said. "They have a different strategy moving forward and we were disappointed when they didn't renew their sponsorship. But life goes on."
Miller, who has been with the event since the beginning, said the shrinking sponsorship market has forced the tournament to change its approach.
Without a title sponsor, Miller and his team have worked to secure smaller packages, an effort that isn't as profitable but "it gets us to where we need to be."
"To put it in baseball terms, we've been trying to hit singles and doubles as opposed to trying to hit a home run," he said.
The change in strategy is working, Miller said, as there are close to 60 pro-am teams signed up, an increase from last year.
Miller said what has kept the tournament afloat during the lean years is the ongoing commitment of those supporting sponsors, companies such as Ralphs, Union Bank, TIG and Enclos Corp.
"If any of those sponsors would have left (when Toyota left), I don't think we would have made it," Miller said. "We barely made it through those years."
But playing small ball isn't necessarily a long-term solution, as having a title sponsor can help offset a lot of the tournament's operational costs, Miller said.
"I've been standing at the corner of El Camino Real and La Costa Avenue twirling one of those signs that says, 'Will work for title sponsor,'" joked Miller.
What also has helped, Miller said, is the tournament's venue change, a decision prompted in part by the tournament's economic situation.
As more local marketing decision makers of companies are being folded into regional and national operations, Miller knew he needed a more nationally recognized venue than Morgan Run Resort and Club in Rancho Santa Fe.
With its esteemed golf history that dates back nearly 50 years and recent $50 million renovation, La Costa Resort and Spa was the perfect fit for attracting sponsors and new celebrities to the field.
"La Costa has a national reputation that's going to resonate," Miller said. "Nothing was broken at Morgan Run, but there were some market forces that needed to be addressed."
The tournament still attracts familiar faces who have played the tournament many times, including Rollie Fingers, Ray Romano, Marshall Faulk, Marcus Allen and four-time champion Rick Rhoden. But there are plenty of newcomers this year, including Brian Baumgartner from "The Office," Trevor Hoffman, Terrell Davis, Tim Brown and romance novelist Nicholas Sparks.
And having a Super Bowl champion as the face of the tournament doesn't hurt, either.
"Drew and his wife (Brittany) have been great. Having them on board has injected some new life into (the event)," Miller said.
The Brees Dream Foundation raised more than $180,000 from last year's tournament, which was distributed to local charities. The tournament, formerly known as the Celebrity Classic hosted by Stan Humphries, has raised more than $1 million for San Diego-based charities since it began in 1999.


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Senior Miles Havlick finished second in the 20-km freestyle race on Saturday at the CU/Spencer Nelson Invitational.
Jan. 12, 2013
Denver Invitational Giant Slalom Results
CU Invitational 15/20-km Freestyle Results
Senior Miles Havlick earned runner-up honors in the men's 20-km freestyle at the CU Invitational and junior Jeremy Elliot registered a third-place effort in the giant slalom at the DU Invitational to highlight a busy and successful day for the University of Utah ski program.
The Nordic portion of the CU/Spencer Nelson Memorial Invitational started with freestyle races on Saturday in Steamboat Springs, Colo. The Utes improved to fifth place in the meet standings after accumulating 204 points today.
"Overall, we put up some excellent qualifying results for our season opener today in Steamboat," Utah Director of Skiing Kevin Sweeney said. "It feels good to get the first RMISA race under our belts, especially for the new athletes on the team. Conditions were very difficult with the cold weather and the length of courses, but we executed our race strategy well. There are many positives found in the results today, as well as room for us to move up in the ranks."
Four Utes claimed positions in the top 10 of the men's 20-km race as Utah piled up a meet-high 121 point in the event. Havlick took runner-up honors for the 20th podium finish of his career.
"It feels great to be back into the swing of race season," Havlick said. "The team had a good start to the season today, considering the cold temperatures and slow snow. Everyone fought hard and that's all we can do. We are all psyched to show what we can do tomorrow in the classic event."
A trio of newcomers made impressive Utah debuts, led by senior Einar Ulsund, who registered a fourth-place effort. Freshman Tucker McCrerey rounded out Utah's scoring effort with an eighth-place finish and Noe Bellet completed the Utes' presence in the top 10 by finishing 10th. Freshman Niklas Persson placed 19th in his collegiate debut.
In the women's 15-km Freestyle race, senior Rose Kemp paced the Utes with a 10th-place effort for her ninth career top-10 finish. Freshman Sloan Storey followed in 12th place in her first race as a Ute, while Marta Larsen rounded out Utah's scoring effort with an 18th -place finish. Parker Tyler finished 25th in the first race of her senior season.
"Our opening RMISA race went pretty well," Utah Head Nordic coach Abi Holt said. "Steamboat has a tough course. It was a long race and the cold day made for some really slow snow so it was a challenging race for everyone. I was happy to see most of our team place in the top 15 with a few in the top 10. This is a solid start. It shows that we should be contenders this season, but still gives us some goals to work toward. The athletes raced well and we are all happy to launch the racing season."
The University of Denver Invitational began with giant slalom races on Saturday in Winter Park, Colo., as the Utes stand in second place with 193 points after the first day of competition.
"Cold temperatures and rough snow conditions made it extremely challenging today," Utah Head Alpine coach Jaka Korencan said. "We are proud of our team performance today. It was a great effort by our women's team. Congratulations to Jaime [DuPratt] for a fearless performance and the second podium of the season. Ana [Kobal] and Kristiina [Rove] finished strong as well and proved they can be in the mix despite little mistakes.
"I am extremely excited for Jeremy's podium finish," Korencan said. "Day after day, he has been proving that he is the best giant slalom skier on the circuit and there's no doubt about it. We are a strong GS team. Our men just need that one day where things click and from there, it will be much easier."
Utah totaled 94 points in the men's race, led by Elliot, who turned in his second podium finish of the season with a third-place effort. The Park City, Utah native has now finished among the top three five times in his career as a Ute.
"I won the first run of giant slalom at the CU Invite and again yesterday, but crashed on the second run both days," Elliot said. "I knew the speed was there so I backed off a bit today to ensure a finish. I landed a podium spot and scored some valuable points for the team."
Senior Ryan Wilson was the next Ute scorer with a 16th-place finish for the 26th top-20 of his career. Freshman Andy Trow placed 20th, followed by junior Eian Sandvik in 22nd.
Junior Jaime Dupratt was Utah's highest finisher in the women's race with a fourth-place effort, which was the second time she has been among the top five this season and the fifth time of her Ute career.
Sophomore Ana Kobal was the next Ute in 10th place for her third top-10 effort of the year. Kobal's classmate, Kristiina Rove, was the last Utah scorer as she finished 14th. The Espoo, Finland native has finished 14th or better in each her last four races.
The CU/Spencer Nelson Memorial Invitational concludes with the 5/10-km Classical races tomorrow in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Utah's Alpine skiers continue the Denver Invitational with slalom races tomorrow in Winter Park, Colo.
"We are all excited about tomorrow's slalom races," Korencan said. "We are just hoping for some great snow conditions to give us a chance to perform well despite higher starting positions."


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Municipal Bonds Add Fuel to the Fire
It is well-known that the Federal government is amassing large amounts of debt, but state and local governments are piling it up as well. State and local debt soared from 1.19 trillion dollars in 2000 to 1.85 trillion dollars in 2005. About 39% of the total is state, while 61% is local, points out Chris Edwards, director of Tax Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.
Most state and local debt takes the form of long-term bonds. Issues of municipal bonds raised an average $230,000,000,000 annually in new funds between 2001-05, up from the $152,000,000,000 average between 1996-2000.
There are two main types of municipal bonds: general obligation (GO) and revenue. GO bonds are backed by general taxation and often are subject to constitutional limits. Issues of GO bonds usually need to be approved by voters. Revenue bonds are backed by particular sources of revenue and usually are subject to fewer restrictions. GO bonds are about 39% of long-term municipal debt and revenue bonds are 61%.
Revenue bonds are financed by receipts future taxes, fees, lease payments, Federal grants, lottery earnings, and tobacco settlement payments. The idea is to securitize expected streams of cash to allow state and local officials to spend now rather than later. A growing trend is to securitize future Federal aid for highways, housing, and other items in "grant anticipation" debt. Federal aid long has spurred overspending by the states, but such debt innovation is exacerbating the situation.
Recent Federal legislation has included new ways for states to go further into debt, such as the creation of three types of municipal "tax credit bonds" Interest payments on municipal bonds generally are exempt from Federal income tax. State and local debt thus is tax-favored over private debt, creating an economic distortion, Edwards maintains. Debt issued to finance government schools, airports, parking lots, and other facilities is favored over debt to finance similar private facilities. As a result, tax law encourages monopoly government ownership and is biased against private-sector competition and innovation.
Another problem with debt is that mixing big government with big finance often results in corruption, Edwards emphasizes. …


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DENVER – Area church choirs, local groups, quartets, trios, duets and soloists perform Southern, contemporary, country and bluegrass music during the 182nd Rock Spring Camp Meeting.
The performance takes place at 7 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Rock Spring Campground on Campground Road in Denver.
The Anchormen, a group known for its four-part harmony, will also perform a free concert 7 p.m. Aug. 4 during camp meeting. Other performers include The Shireys, Carolina Family Quartet and Southerners Quartet.
Details: 704-483-2710.
Scott Ainslie brings Delta blues to Solas Leighis concert series
MOORESVILLE – Scott Ainslie, a Delta blues singer, guitarist and historian, will perform in the Saint Patrick's Solas Leighis concert series.
The performance takes place 7-9 p.m. Aug. 5 at Saint Patrick's Episcopal Church, 201 Fairview Road, Mooresville. A meet-the-artist reception follows.
Ainslie's work reflects his reverence and affection for African and American culture and music, according to a church concert announcement. He will also share historical anecdotes and his experiences with many elder blues musicians from across the South.
Tickets are available at the door and cost $15 for adults, $10 for students and are free for children 6 and younger. All proceeds benefit the church's community outreach program. The series runs through Dec. 2.
Details: www.saint-patricks.org or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Teens explore the world of graffiti art at the Cornelius Arts Center
Camp Graffiti, ran by The Community Arts Project, takes place the week of Aug. 6 at the Cornelius Arts Center, 19275 Oak St., Cornelius.
Graffiti artist Joe Dobson will teach campers to sketch funky letterforms and graffiti inspired characters. Teens can bring clothing to customize. The Community Arts Project will also provide trucker hats for campers to paint.
The camp cost $150 for residents and $170 for non-residents, which includes a $10 summer camp supply fee. Details and registration information: www.cornelius.org/parc.
Latta Plantation holds Miss Jane's Academy for pre-teen girls
Historic Latta Plantation takes girls ages 8-12 back in time to see what life was like for 19th century women.
Miss Jane's Academy, which runs 9 a.m. -3 p.m. Aug. 6-9 at Historic Latta Plantation, 5225 Sample Road, Huntersville, includes hands-on activities, such as fan-making, sewing, open-hearth cooking, English country dancing and spying. Girls will also take a horse-drawn covered wagon ride through the Latta Plantation Nature Preserve.
The $175 registration fee includes an apron, bonnet and T-shirt. Details and registration forms: www.lattaplantation.org.
Sanctuary offers cup-painting event
Sanctuary of Davidson invites amateur and advanced artists to paint coffee cups at its next Paintbrushes and Cocktails event.
Instructor Kristen Feighery will lead the class 6-9 p.m. Aug. 10 at Sanctuary of Davidson, 108 S. Main St., Davidson. Registration costs $40. Details and registration: www.sanctuaryofdavidson.com.
Artist Guild exhibit includes Moncrieff, Florence Thomas Art School
The Mooresville Artist Guild features the art of Barbara Moncrieff and the Florence Thomas Art School Traveling Show throughout August at The Depot Gallery, 103 W. Center Ave., Mooresville.
The Florence Thomas Art School, Inc. is a nonprofit art school established in Ashe County by the late Florence Thomas. Thomas, who died in 2007 at the age of 98, created hundreds of paintings of farm animals, flowers and landscapes. The school provides resources for fine arts instruction, exhibition and experience in the Ashe County region.
Moncrieff uses watercolor, oil and acrylic media to create landscape pieces.
The Depot Gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The guild's monthly reception, open to the public, also takes place 6-8 p.m. Aug. 10 at The Depot Gallery. Preliminary plans for the renovation of the Historic Mooresville Depot will be on display during the reception.
Details: www.MAGart.org or 704-663-6661.
Screen printing demonstration takes place at The Depot Gallery
The Mooresville Artist Guild presents a screen printing demonstration featuring Speedball Art Products
The free demonstration takes place 6 p.m. Aug. 28 at The Depot Gallery, 103 W. Center Ave., Mooresville. Hannah Rankin and Bud Martin will discuss block printing and metal leafing.
Details: www.MAGart.org or 704-663-6661
Mick & the Ultras and Exit 54 perform at Birkdale Village
Two bands will play upcoming concerts in the Mingling on the Green series at Birkdale Village.
Mick & the Ultras, a classic rock band, will perform Aug. 6. Concord-based Exit 54 plays a mix of rock, funk, beach and R&B music and will perform Aug. 7. All concerts take place 7-9 p.m. at Birkdale Village, off of Sam Furr Road in Huntersville.
– Compiled by Tori Hamby


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The below guest blog entry was submitted by Col. Rivers J. Johnson Jr., Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Cyber Command
When I deployed to Iraq in August 2007, I didn't think too much about my own safety or how my family felt about my deployment or the dangers I could find myself in just by the very nature of going into a combat zone.
After all, I was an Army Colonel with years of experience in my career field and I would be stationed in what was formally known as the "Green Zone" now called the International Zone or "IZ" for short. I would be deploying as an individual augmentee assigned to a large headquarters element within the relative safety of the "IZ."
Over the years, I had literally watched (through the media) tens of thousands of young men and women deploy in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Servicemembers who voluntarily joined the military – many of them after the events of 9/11 – to serve their country.
I had friends, a few relatives and a lot of my public affairs colleagues deploy. I saw the faces of the young Soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq on TV in the news coverage. I remember my own experiences being deployed and the several close calls I encountered. Even in the relative safety of the IZ where indirect fire was always a constant threat. And sadly, I also remember attending the memorial services for three of our unit members killed in action. Those memorial services are a constant reminder that military service is a commitment and a sacrifice and that not everyone comes home safely.
So when my son, Rivers III, told me that he had enlisted in the United States Marines Corps, I was both proud and apprehensive. Proud because he had made a decision, a commitment, to become part of something bigger than himself. I was apprehensive because there were two wars going on at the time and there was no doubt he would be in harm's way sooner than later. My son was much older than the average Marine recruit having graduated from college several years prior, and he already had a government job at Fort Meade, Md. So you can imagine, I was surprised when he said he had joined the Marines. As a military brat growing up, he had never really expressed an interest in joining the military. Now all of a sudden, he had joined the Marines and would soon be heading off to war.
The first question I asked him was "Son, you do know that there is a war going on"? He said he understood that, and this was something he wanted to do. For my deployment, I hadn't given it a second thought. But for my son, now that's a whole new ballgame. I hadn't thought about the other "sons" who had deployed, clearly they had loving parents, most with brothers & sisters and many were probably dads and uncles as well. But this was my son who had volunteered to go into harm's way and for personal and maybe selfish reasons, the war in Afghanistan took on a whole new meaning. I had no doubt in my mind that he would soon find himself in Afghanistan.
Not only had my son joined the Marines, he was going into the Infantry as a machine gunner which was something I didn't
know until the day before he shipped out for Parris Island, S.C. He said the reason he didn't tell us he was going into the Infantry was because he knew we would try to talk him out of it. I started my active duty career in the Infantry and I knew the commitment it required & the places you could find yourself.
I had the honor and privilege to enlist Rivers III into the military at the Military Entrance Processing Station at Fort Meade, Md. He completed boot camp at Parris Island, the School of Infantry (SOI) training at Camp Geiger, N.C, pre-deployment training in the Mojave Desert, and within nine months of leaving home, found himself in the Helmand Province in Southern Afghanistan with the Marines of 1/6. The Helmand Province was then and still is, a hotspot of activity.
Communication – phone calls & letters – with the unit was sporadic at best as they were deployed forward to one of the many isolated FOBs (Forward Operated Bases) they operated from. There were times when we didn't know what the unit was doing & quite frankly, as a former infantry officer, I didn't want to know.
His seven months in combat were a strain on us as it would be for anyone who has a loved one deployed. But for a military dad, it was especially hard on me having spent 12 months in an uncertain environment and knowing the risks involved. He was a Lance Corporal in a line unit, so I knew the risks for him would be greater than those I experienced in Iraq. From his letters, I could tell that they were in the thick of things there in the Helmand Province.
Any news out of Afghanistan was nerve racking – especially when it involved Marines. His mom would spend time on the unit website looking for any news of unit activity. When the Marine helicopter crashed in January 2012 in the Helmand Province, we couldn't sleep comfortably until the names had been released.
More than I care to remember, the Family Readiness Group sent out the name or names of Marines in his unit who were killed in action. Even though I didn't know these young men personally – my heart would sink each time because they were all so young just as my son was and a family somewhere had been notified of a tragic lost.
When a son is deployed, simple things like a knock at the door takes on a whole new meaning. On one occasion there was a knock at the door and Michelle (mom) refused to answer the door because she didn't know what awaited her on the other side. I answered the door and it was one of our best friends just stopping by. For seven months, any knock on the door sent our hearts racing.
One time we missed his phone call (we only received four during his seven months of deployment) because we were at church & Michelle didn't have her cell phone with her. His voice mail indicated that he was going on a mission soon and that he didn't know when he'd be back or be able to call. Imagine listening to a voice message like that and realizing that this could be the last time you heard his voice. Needless to say – it was a very emotional day for the Johnson family having missed his call and not being able to talk to him and hear his voice before going on a combat mission.
When Rivers III graduated from this Infantry training, Michelle bought a silver "Marine Mom" pendant which she probably considered to be a good luck charm. She wore it every day and never took it off. One day at work, the silver chain on the pendant broke. Michelle saw this as an omen that something had happened to Rivers III. She called me and I could tell that she was beyond upset. I repeatedly reassured her that Rivers III was OK. I did not succeed in my job of reassuring her otherwise and because she was so upset, her boss told her to go home. We replaced the silver chain immediately which helped the situation a little.
LCpl. Rivers III returned safely back with his unit to their base in North Carolina after almost seven months of combat in Afghanistan. At the early morning homecoming ceremony, hundreds of family and unit members gathered to welcome the Marines home. When Rivers III was finally released, he hugged his mom and I thought she would never let him go. I also remember her screaming the loudest of all the mom's there. He then saluted me and we embraced as well. Words could not describe how proud I was of my son and the Marines of 1/6. Ironically enough, my first active duty unit was 1/6 Infantry.
The "Welcome Home" ceremony was a great occasion, a proud moment – a father welcoming his son back from the field of battle. It's one of the feelings only a father who's served in harm's way can understand. His Marine battalion lost eight Marines and two Navy Corpsman. These brave men gave their all, they gave the last full measure of devotion. I salute them and their families for their sacrifice.
Welcome home son, Love Mom and Dad.


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My plea to college students looking for a job or internship
I attended another career fair yesterday at Champlain College. I recognized several students from the last time I attended. Surprisingly they didn't recognize me or mention they stopped by last time. (I would hope you remembered!) One student even asked what we did – even though I had a detailed discussion with him last time.
I can get past the memory gaps, but what I can't get past is how many students interested in doing work on the web lacked a portfolio or examples of their work – not even to mention a personal website. And thus, my plea to college students looking for a job or internship:
Put yourself on the web. Make a website. Start a blog, Work with a new programming language. Build a portfolio. Connect on Twitter and LinkedIn. Tell me who you are, show me what you can do, and make it happen.
I talked with countless students yesterday who were graphic design majors, programmers, game art designers, communication majors, computer information systems guys, and more. They all wanted to work on the web. And only a handful of them could produce links to work or whip out their iPad and show me a slideshow of graphics work (and that particular student was a freshman!)
Use your passion, drive, and determination to create something new every day – and be proud of it. You wouldn't be in the major you chose if you didn't love it, right? So, show the world what you can do!
And if you don't have a blog, post pictures of your life on Instagram, connect with LinkedIn groups, write about observations of college life, start a recipe blog, etc. Find what makes you tick and write about it. Once a week – that's all I ask. Show employers you can communicate well using the written word. A blog or project work would impress the hell out of me as an employer – even if you write about different breeds of cats and you're looking for a graphic design internship. I don't care. If you write incredibly well about cat breeds and your blog looks nice, I'm bringing you in for an interview. You clearly know there's more to getting a job than simply handing your resume over to a recruiter.
Oh, you don't have a resume (which happened to me 10 times yesterday)? You should turn around, go sit at your desk and create one. Need help? Go see career services. They're awesome. Make a resume. I don't care if it's 1/3 of a page because you don't have experience. I don't care if it tells me you played with Barbies when you were 7 and you babysat the neighbors iguana while working at SillyBilly's Ice Cream Stand in high school. How am I going to remember you? Make it happen right now.
Now, back to making a website…….
But a website is hard to maintain! or I'm taking web class next semester, so I can't build one yet.
Come on, guys. Don't wait. Go build a SquareSpace site, use Weebly, or install WordPress. Yeah – I know, it's not helping you learn along side a classroom environment. But, it's helping you execute. These services exist for a reason – to help you build a website in under ten minutes. TEN MINUTES.
The world is the web (plus some face-to-face communication sprinkled on top). If you want to work in the web, you better be on it. Create a website, design a slick resume, and be prepared to show me what you've done to set yourself apart from the people who can't remember to bring a resume to a career fair. You're better than that, aren't you?
Start building. Start doing. Don't wait for next semester to learn how to execute.
Execute now.
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Remember yesterday when I said that we're giving away one 10-person pizza party from Amici's East Coast Pizzeria and one Amici's 25th Anniversary t-shirt? Sorry, that was an error on my part. We're actually giving away two pizza parties and two t-shirts this week, and the way to enter is to comment on the contest posts that'll appear daily.
Today, we're going to ask a question that should be a fun one to answer for every 49ers fan.
What is your favorite 49ers playoff memory?
If you're really young, you're probably going to mention something that occurred during the fourth quarter of the 49ers' NFC Divisional Round win over the New Orleans Saints. Also, if you're really young I'm not sure I'm supposed to give you a prize due to legal reasons. But we're giving away pizza and t-shirts, so let's not worry too much about that.
The 49ers have won five Super Bowls, but my favorite moment came on January 8, 1989: a 28-3 win at Soldier Field over the Chicago Bears in the NFC Championship game.
I was a wee lad back then, so my optimism in regards to all things 49ers-related was almost nauseating. I always thought the 49ers would win, and it didn't surprise me at all when they rallied late in the season to make the playoffs after winning only six of their first 11 games to start the 1988 season. Heading into the NFC Title Game, the 49ers supposedly didn't stand a chance. The Bears allowed the fewest points in the NFL that season, and we all know how much the media loves a good Chicago defense.
The 49ers were counted out before the opening kickoff due to the weather. With 20 degree temperatures and a wind chill of 2 degrees, San Francisco's passing game would freeze over and the Bears would show these wine country pansies how REAL football is played.
Then the game started, and the Bears were the team that couldn't find their footing as Jerry Rice caught a 61-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. Rice would end up with 133 receiving yards, Joe Montana passed for an extremely efficient 288 yards and 3 TD (completing 17-of-27 pass attempts), and the 49ers' defense clamped down on Jim McMahon and Mike Tomczak with ease. It was the closest thing to perfection that I had ever seen on a football field, considering the elements and the opponent, although it took me looking at the box score today to remember that the 49ers weren't penalized once.
The Bears were embarrassed that day. If you were ever curious why Mike Ditka always picks against San Francisco during those ESPN studio shows, remember this game. Chicago went 6-10 the following season, and Ditka never made it to another Conference title game. There would be several other fantastic moments in their future, but no other game disproved the completely ridiculous "finesse" image of the San Francisco 49ers better than that Solder Field stomping.
So what's your favorite playoff moment? I'll be picking two winners at the end of the week, stay tuned for more contest posts.


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Small PPL line to be improved
Small PPL line to be improved
HARRISBURG - The state Public Utility Commission on Thursday approved a PPL Electric Utilities project to expand and improve service in Monroe County.
The PUC endorsed the Allentown-based utility's siting and construction plan for the Blooming Grove-Jackson and Peckville-Jackson 69-kilovolt transmission line, including eminent domain for right-of-way access across private properties.
The 3.8-mile line in Jackson and Pocono townships will reduce the electrical load on the existing Blooming Grove-Jackson circuit and improve reliability for PPL customers in Jackson, Tobyhanna and Pocono townships, according to PPL.
PPL reported it will spend about $14 million on the project and construction will continue to June 2014.
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Led by the outstanding defensive play of Anthony Villarreal, Dalton Klare and Marquis Brown, the Bobcat defense allowed just three first-half points.
Refugio continued to play hard for the entire evening for a strong Orange and Black win.
Jonathan Brown and Anthony Villarreal both scored 15 points and had five assists to lead the team in scoring. Travis Quintanilla scored seven points and also led the team with 8 assists.
Devon LaFrance contributed 6 points and 2 assists. Dalton Klare, Shane Jochetz, Darrin DeLeon and Marquis Brown each added two points.
The seventh graders will play their final game on Monday, Feb. 9, in Bloomington starting at 5 p.m.


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If you've ever purchased a car, you've seen the owner's manual. It's the book that tells you about the "non-negotiables" for maintaining the car. These are things like changing the oil, filling the tank with gasoline, topping off the transmission fluid, and having tires with adequate tread. We spend a lot of time making sure these non-negotiables are done so that when we get in the car, it runs properly.
The same principle is true for the life of a believer. We must spend time on the non-negotiables so that our lives may glorify God. But what are the non-negotiables? They must be defined in order to maintain and fulfill them. In seeking the Lord, I have discovered what I believe to be seven non-negotiables for life. Each principle is centered on the Lord, bringing the glory to Him alone, and the fulfillment of each is essential to the healthy Christian life.
#1: Seek God, not sin.
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel, "Seek Me that you may live." —Amos 5:4
God is the life-giver. We will find life in no other. But as sinful creatures, our hearts are naturally prone to wander from our Creator. Our souls were made to pursue God, know God, and walk with God—nothing else. It's only as we pursue Him that we live. In the book of Amos, God tries over and over again to get the attention of His people. He allows them to experience famine, drought, and pestilence and yet, as God says in Amos 4:11, "you have not returned to me." But Amos 5:4 reminds us of where life is found. God says, "Seek me that you may live." These words should get our attention. We will only find life in seeking Him.
#2: Fear God, not men.
The fear of the Lord leads to life, so that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil. —Proverbs 19:23.
Our God is holy and is the Lord God Almighty. When I think of the power He holds, I can't help but fear Him and hold Him in reverential awe. Do you care more about what men think of you than God? Then learn to fear God, and you will be preoccupied in walking in His presence, not wondering what other people think of you. You will begin to live your life in light of eternity, and the temporal views of men won't matter anymore.


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Security and privacy. One cannot so easily expose both to the world while surfing the Internet. As you visit websites, information about you is being stored in databases. To counter this, you need a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection and you need to do it now.
You shouldn't trust what's out there. While you are surfing, Internet marketers are monitoring your behavior as you jump from site to site. And whenever you visit your favorite social networking website, they have you identified by your profile.
What all this amounts to, is that everything about you is being combined into databases. Some are private, and some are public.
Don't think I'm serious? I want you to take a moment to prove something. If you are a very heavy user of social networking sites this is going to surprise you.
I want you to see if you are in Spokeo or Pipl. Some of the information they have obtained is downright scary. Your phone numbers, your house address, your email address. Stuff like your property value, how wealthy you are. Your family members. What are your likes and interests too!
Do you really want that kind of information so openly out there? I think not!
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May 26, 2016
Philadelphia, Miss. Philadelphia police have identified a body found on Parkside Drive Tuesday night as 22-year-old Marquai Kirkland. A nearby driver discovered his body just before six o'clock by a gravel road near Northside Park.
"An officer responded and observed a black male who appeared to be in his early 20s laying on the side of the road," Chief Grant Myers says. "It's kind of a secluded road on the edge of town."
Investigators don't believe the man had been dead for more than a few hours when they found him. They do suspect foul play.
His body was found right here a few feet away from the road in plain sight. Chief Myers says investigators have been talking to several people and have managed to gather some solid leads. One of which is a vehicle found to be in connection with this man's death.
"We have been talking to some people about timelines as far as who he was in contact with throughout the day," Chief Myers says. "At this time, we believe a vehicle that was involved could possibly have a passenger side window missing. We're asking the public, if anyone's seen a vehicle in that area at the time that the window was out to please give us a call."
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and state crime lab are helping in this investigation. Police are waiting on an autopsy report to learn more about Kirkland's exact cause of death.
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Images: Wyoming Guardsmen return from Kosovo [Image 1 of 4]
Photo by 1st Lt. Christian Venhuizen
Signs and flags are ready at the Cheyenne, Wyo., Regional Airport to welcome home four members of the Wyoming Army National Guard's Detachment 3, B Company, 777th Aviation, from a mission to Kosovo. The soldiers left Wyoming Sept. 23, 2011, and returned Sept. 12, 2012. The detachment's 23 Soldiers each flew into airports nearest to their homes. The unit provided aircraft maintenance for military helicopters in Kosovo. (Wyoming National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Christian Venhuizen)
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When you write your statement of purpose, here are some things to consider (in no particular order).
Obviously, you will only include a few items from this list in your statement of purpose. Basically, you are trying to communicate that you can and will succeed in graduate school and what research you are interested in.
Below are several statements of purpose that I wrote at different times for different things. This first one I wrote early in the fall semester of my senior year.
As long as I can remember, I have wondered what things were made of and why one material was used, as opposed to another, for a given application. When I was about eleven years old this curiosity drove me to look up "metal" in our encyclopedia. The entry was cross referenced to about thirty other entries in the encyclopedia for different metals. I then spent the afternoon poring over everything from antimony to zinc. I was particularly fascinated by the way that iron could be made into pig iron, stainless steel, carbon steel or any other number of alloys simply by varying the processing conditions and the additives used. It seemed to me that an alloy had been formulated for every different application imaginable and I began to wonder if there were other alloys and materials that could be made stronger, lighter and better.
As a senior in the chemical engineering program at Michigan State University, this same curiosity is with still me, but has been formalized somewhat by both my class work and my employment at a National Science Foundation Research Center contained within M.S.U.'s Composite Materials and Structures Center (CMSC). The research experience that I have gained at the CMSC has confirmed my lifelong ambition to earn a PhD and become a university professor. I am interested in investigating further the materials processing aspect of chemical engineering. Specifically, I want to research how processing conditions affect the properties of advanced materials, such as optically or electrically active polymers, ceramic-polymer mixtures, or "ferrocene" polymers.
The satisfaction in engineering for me is the application of science to the problems of everyday life. Advanced materials have tremendous potential for enhancing our lives and I look forward to furthering their development.
I was unsatisfied with this statement of purpose, particularly the bit about, "when I was eleven..." The statement of purpose evolved over the semester. The final statement was much changed.
As a senior in the chemical engineering program at Michigan State University, I have enjoyed a unique opportunity to participate, as an undergraduate, in graduate research at MSU's Composite Materials and Structures Center (CMSC), a National Science Foundation Research Center. In the spring semester of my sophomore year, I used a pilot mold to manufacture polymer composite plaques which I prepared for short beam shear, tensile and zero degree flexural tests.
During my junior year, I worked on determining the diffusion coefficients for the matrix resin into the fiber sizing films using a microdielectric technique. This measurement allowed prediction the time required to develop optimum interphase properties. I developed the experimental procedure, measurement protocol and computer models for the process. I then documented the results in a paper that was the basis for both a journal article and a chapter in my supervising graduate student's dissertation.
This year I have been working independently. I have begun to develop microdielectrometry as a tool for determining resin/sizing compatibility in situ, which allows one to determine compatibility from a sample of the sized fiber, without needing a liquid sample of the fiber sizing itself. This important development would allow an industry using composite materials, without access to the proprietary information of the sizing/matrix composition, to control their fiber/matrix interphase empirically.
This experience at the CMSC, more than anything else, has confirmed my desire to become a university professor and research scientist. I want to research how processing conditions affect the properties of advanced materials, such as optically or electrically active polymers, ceramic-polymer mixtures, or "ferrocene" polymers. I am also interested in investigating the optimization of advanced process control schemes.
The satisfaction in engineering for me is the application of science to the problems of everyday life. Both of these disciplines have tremendous potential for enhancing the world we live in and I look forward to furthering their development.
As I alluded earlier, statements of purpose evolve. In my first year of graduate studies I applied for several fellowships. Since I knew now what research I wanted to do I wrote a more specific essay. Polymers were out, chemical process control was in.
Chemical engineers design, construct, and operate chemical processes. Whether these processes are as simple as a cooling jacket on a reactor, or as complex as an entire chemical plant, they require process control technology to insure that they operate safely, efficiently, and cost effectively.
Although off-the-shelf hardware and software are routinely applied to the control of processes with a limited number of inputs and outputs, their application to large scale chemical processes has been severely limited. This is because traditional control techniques, when applied to large scale processes, have too much on-line computational load and tend to produce nonsensical results due to numerical inaccuracies which arise from the large scale, poorly conditioned nature of these processes. Limited input-output data exacerbates the difficulty in controlling these processes, since models developed from these data will be inaccurate. Linear control design techniques are not applicable, due to nonlinearities and the wide range of operating conditions which commonly occur in chemical processes, and to limitations on the control equipment and process operating conditions. For these reasons, the analysis and control of large scale processes are among the most important, challenging, and interesting problems in process systems theory and control. This motivates my research in the development of both analysis tools and controller design strategies for large scale nonlinear systems.
I will develop improved theoretical tools for analyzing the stability and performance of large scale nonlinear systems with model uncertainties. These general analysis tools would allow quantitative comparisons between different control algorithms so that rational decisions can be made regarding which approach is most appropriate in a particular application. For example, since the difference in cost between control systems can be substantial, the cost of implementing, maintaining, and commissioning different control systems could be explored for a variety of plant designs. The analysis tools would also allow comparison of different plant designs in terms of their ability to achieve performance specifications.
Addressing constraints when making decisions on plant design and actuator/sensor selections is important because limitations on control equipment and process operating conditions can have a significant impact on these decisions. These tools would also allow calculation of optimal control equipment and sensor type, location, and number to provide the required performance using a given controller design method with full consideration of the capital, installation, and maintenance costs of sensors and actuators.
The general stability and performance analysis tools will be developed using absolute stability theory to bound the magnitude and slope of the nonlinearities. The framework of linear matrix inequalities will be used for formulation of the optimization-based approach. Next, model structure will be exploited for wide classes of processes using circulant, singular value, and Toeplitz matrix theories to improve numerical conditioning and reduce computational expense.
I will also develop a general optimization-based method for designing control systems for large scale processes which takes nonlinearity and model inaccuracy into account thereby integrating design of the control system with the design of the plant. The performance requirements will be quantified in the objective function, and the optimum will be over all future control actions. The algorithm will handle a variety of uncertainty structures and multiple performance requirements in a transparent manner.
This year I am taking graduate courses in core chemical engineering subjects to provide a strong foundation in physics-based modeling of large scale process systems, and courses in matrix theory, optimization theory (linear and nonlinear programming), and other applied mathematics to complement my graduate control courses. The control courses I will take over the next few years will include large scale systems theory, identification and adaptive control, nonlinear control, and stochastic optimal control.


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Kim Kardashian Ignoring Negativity Surrounding Controversial Vogue Cover
March 24, 2014 11:00 AM by Lisa Princ
The Facebook world and Twitter universe were in an uproar last week, when it was revealed that Kanye West and Kim Kardashian would be featured on the cover of Vogue in April. But despite the controversy surrounding her cover, the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star is ignoring all of the negativity.
Or at least that is what she wants us to believe! It would certainly be hard to ignore the negative comments surrounding Kim Kardashian's upcoming Vogue cover, which was kept top secret until last week. However, according to US Weekly Magazine, Kardashian is not letting it get to her.
"Kim has wanted this for so long, she is beyond happy. She's ignoring all the negative backlash. She doesn't listen to what other people think," one insider told the magazine. The backlash came after the cover was revealed last week, with many angry Vogue readers insisting that they will cancel their subscriptions, including actress Sarah Michelle Gellar. After Gellar's tweet (any many more by angry Vogue fans) Kim's BFF Jonathan came to her defense, slamming Gellar as a nobody. Um, last we checked, all of us "nobodys" are the ones buying the magazine.
But shortly after the negative comments started, then there were other celebrities who took to Twitter to defend Kardashian, such as Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi, who posted on Twitter: "Kimye on @voguemagazine! She gets the last laugh." Along with Snooki in supporting Kim Kardashian's cover were Kim Zolciak, who said she loves Kim's cover, as well as reality tv has been Spencer Pratt. Hmm, anyone else notice the trend here?
Now, it's your turn to sound off! What do you think of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West landing on the cover of Vogue? We know you have an opinion and we want to hear from you. Comment below to share your thoughts with us.
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One Response to "Kim Kardashian Ignoring Negativity Surrounding Controversial Vogue Cover"
rosebud Says:
March 24th, 2014 at 2:08 pm
Dear Reality Magazine, no one cares that's why you don't have comments perhaps if you printed something regarding the real world and the people who live it people would comment.The kardashian's live in a fantasy world where things appear to be real