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Courses and Options
The English Program at Vincennes University offers a two-year transfer program leading to either the Associate in Arts (A.A.) or the Associate in Science (A.S.) degree for students planning to transfer to four year colleges and universities.
We are the largest department on campus with over 25 full-time faculty, and one of the real strengths of the English Department is the quality of our faculty. All of our faculty have at least a Master's Degree in English or related fields, and four have earned a Ph.D. Instead of being taught by graduate students, in our Department students are fortunate to have highly qualified teachers with years of classroom teaching experience. Our classes are small enough to promote individual interaction with students, and all of our faculty are readily available for meeting with students during scheduled office hours.
Almost every student attending Vincennes University will take at least one of our courses in English. This is true primarily because one of our many responsibilities is providing basic instruction in writing for all university students. Teaching students how to write, however, involves a good deal more than just teaching the mechanics of grammar. All of our writing courses, from developmental to advanced, are based on the idea that writing and thinking are closely allied. Our goal is to help students learn to express their ideas clearly and effectively.The English Department has two other important responsibilities: the teaching of language and the teachings of literature. Our courses in linguistics and grammar examine the history and structure of the English language and are essential for students preparing to teach in the elementary or secondary schools. Our courses in literature reflect not only the "best that has been thought and written," but also the wide range of interests of our talented faculty. We offer surveys of American, English, and World Literature that provide excellent introduction to the entire scope of the study of literature. We offer an introductory course in literature as well as introductory courses in the genres of poetry, fiction, and drama. In addition, we offer more specialized courses in literature including Literature of the Bible, Contemporary Literature, Children's Literature, the Literary Image of Women, the 20th Century Mystery Novel, and Native American Literature.
Many of our students are interested in writing poetry and fiction, and we offer a course in Creative Writing to give these students a chance to hone their skills and receive feedback on their works. Students can both submit their work for publication in the Tecumseh Review, our literary journal, and help edit the journal. Through our "Autumn Voices" program, we encourage creative writing in the high schools and honor talented students. Every spring the Department sponsors "Poetry on the Green," an outdoor celebration of poetry that provides students and faculty a chance to either read their own poems or to read poems that have become their favorites. Creative writing is often the subject of "First Thursday," the Department's monthly symposium of ideas that gives students and faculty a chance to meet informally to discuss a wide variety of topics.
Majoring in English
Students are sometimes puzzled why anyone would want to major in English. There are several reasons. One very good reason is simply that English is interesting. It provides a glimpse into the minds of men and women from all ages, and it expands our minds as a result. To understand the problems and frustrations encountered by the characters in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales are in many ways very similar to our own is to understand the continuity of the human condition. Aside from aesthetic considerations, there are very practical reasons for majoring in English. An English major learns skills that are essential in any profession. An English major learns to write, and that ability to communicate information clearly and effectively is sorely needed in several fields. English majors have pursued successful careers in law, business, publishing, public relations, journalism, and technical writing. A major in English is a solid foundation for any advanced study.
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Caitlyn Build Guide
I'm not a crazed gunman, I'm an assassin - A Guide to Caitlynwritten by ahhhdmiral
Caitlyn Build
Table of Contents
|Pros / Cons
|Summoner Abilities
|Skilling Order
|Build Example
|Working in the Team
Headshot Every 8 / 7 / 6 attacks (attacks while in brush count as 2), Caitlyn will fire a headshot, dealing either 150% damage to a champion or 250% damage to a minion.
Caitlyn's passive is very useful for both farming and harassing. It is best to use the headshot to hit an enemy champion to deal extra damage. Utilizing this is the difference between good and bad Caitlyn's.
Piltover Peacemaker Caitlyn revs up her rifle for 1 second to unleash a penetrating shot which deals physical damage to targets in a line, it deals 15% less damage to subsequent targets, down to a maximum of 60% damage decrease.
Caitlyn's main damage skill. I find that when using this skill, you want to always try and lead ahead of enemy champions due to the casting time and projectile flight time. You always want to try to get as many creeps in one strike as possible.
Yordle Snap Trap Caitlyn sets up to three traps to reveal sneaky yordles, which trigger on champions. When sprung, the trap immobilizes the champion, deals magic damage over 1.5 seconds and reveals the target for 9 seconds. Traps last 4 minutes.
Each Snap Trap should either be placed in brushes, or important choke points. This means that champions will not see the trap until it is too late, or they must activate the trap or find an alternative route. Using these traps effectively will prevent the number of ganks on Caitlyn.
90 Caliber Net Caitlyn fires a heavy net to slow down her target by 50% and deal magic damage. The recoil knocks Caitlyn back.
Caitlyn's net is useful for creating, or closing distances between her and enemy champions. It can also be used to propel her through walls, but don't rely on this as an effective escape mechanism.
Ace in the Hole Caitlyn takes time to line up the perfect shot, dealing massive damage to a single target at a huge range. Enemy champions can intercept the bullet for their ally. It provides vision of the target for the duration.
Caitlyn's ultimate allows her to get the finishing kills on fleeing champions. It is best to use this when there are not many enemy champions between you and the target, as they can physically block the projectile once it is fired.
05/04/2011: Guide is first released
Welcome to admiral's guide to Caitlyn! This is the first guide I've written, so please, bear with me. I plan on writing more guides sometime in the future.
I've been playing League of Legends for a bit over a year at the time of writing this, around March 2010. I play League of Legends almost everyday, ranging from 1 hour to 6 hours a night. Please keep in mind that this is how I personally play Caitlyn, but I hope it help, even if it's just a little bit.
Caitlyn is meant to played as a ranged physical carry. This entails that; you don't die, you get the kills, and you push the lanes. This may seem like I'm asking too much, but it can be accomplished through positioning, control, and knowing when to push. Unfortunately, this isn't something you can outright teach someone, but here are some tips to set you on your way:
1. Positioning is everything. Whether it's in team fights or during the laning phase, you always want to place yourself in a good position. You never want to put yourself in a situation where you can allow the other team to kill you easily, you gotta make them work for that 300 gold.
2. Knowing when to push. The main rule of thumb is to never push past the river unless all members of the other team are accounted for. If there are players missing, this usually means that: they're taking down key monsters (Baron or Dragon), they're inside their or your jungle killing the Neutral Minions, or they're getting ready for a gank. The most efficient way to counter this is to place wards in key positions, mainly the entrances in the river.
3. Last hit, never auto attack. You never want to be auto-attacking minions, the only time you should be attacking a creep is when that attack finishes it off. The reason for this being, is that if the enemies in your lane are auto-attacking, then they will eventually push the creep wave past the river. This makes it easier for you to gank them, since they have to run a longer way back to their tower for safety.
4. Cut your losses. Let's say a gank goes horribly wrong. There is no point in staying the fight, you need to know when you're fighting a losing a battle and high-tail it out of there. It's better to run away than to give the other team's carry the bounty on your head.
Pros / Cons
- Rivalled only to Tristana, Caitlyn boasts one of the largest auto-attack ranges in the game.
- Free wards! Caitlyn's Yordle Traps make it easier to spot ganks, as well as cover escape routes.
- Caitlyn's long range ultimate means no one will run away from her.
- Caitlyn's damage falls off in the late game. Compared with other ranged physical carries, Caitlyn's abilities tend to be useless in the late game, and shes left to rely on her auto-attacks.
- Her ultimate can be easily blocked by a champion.
- Caitlyn is very squishy, if you find yourself in a bad position and focussed by the other team, you're pretty much done for.
9x Greater Mark of Desolation
9x Greater Seal of Clarity
9x Greater Glyph of Clarity
Armor penetration Marks are amazing for Caitlyn, since not only are her auto-attacks affected by them but her Ultimate and her Piltover Peacemaker benefit from the armor penetration.
Mana regeneration Seals and Glyphs are a staple for Caitlyn, because she is very mana hungry during the entire game.
3x Greater Quintessence of Desolation
Personally, I find that armor penetration Quinessences work the best with Caitlyn, since she benefits from them the most. However, there are a couple of possible alternatives:
3x Greater Quintessence of Fortitude
3x Greater Quintessence of Swiftness
The added HP from Quintessence of Fortitude will give Caitlyn an easier early game, and the Quintessence of Swiftness will allow Caitlyn to escape ganks easier, as well as catch up to fleeing enemies.
I know what you might be thinking, "He must be crazy not to put 21 points in his Offense Mastery Tree!" You may be right, but my reasoning for this is because I personally feel that Caitlyn benefits more from the extra 2 mana regeneration per 5 seconds than the extra 5% damage. If you feel that I'm wrong, feel free to put those two points from Meditation into Sorcery and Havoc.
Summoner Abilities
I use Flash and Ghost because Caitlyn has very low health. I know she as an escape spell in the form of her 90 Caliber Net, but the delay before casting often makes the spell useless. Ghost is useful for chasing down enemies or escaping death, and flash is also good for the same, but also if you need to cover that extra little distance to get the enemy in your sights for your ultimate.
I find that these spells can be substitutes for Flash and Ghost, because teleport covers one of Caitlyn's weaknesses, her mobility. Cleanse is useful when you find that you're initiated upon and you can never escape.
Either of these skills are suitable replacements for either Ghost and Flash, but not both of them. Exhaust is helpful when you're being chased down, or even shutting down the other team's carry. Ignite is good for when you find that enemies always manage to escape with very little health (but that's what Ace in the Hole is for, isn't it?)
Caitlyn should never run any of these spells. Ever. I find that Clairvoyance is useless because it needs specific situations in order to be useful, i.e., the enemy is within range of Ace in the Hole, and has low enough health to warrant the use of said skill.
Skilling Order
You want to max her Piltover Peacemaker as soon as possible to deal as much damage as possible. Since the amount of Yordle Snap Traps available at level 1 and 5 are the same, there is no need to put more than one point into it until as late as possible. As always, Ace in the Hole takes priority over any other skill.
I always start off with Doran's Blade, because it helps with Caitlyn's lack of health early game. I always try to blue pill at the very last second, so I don't miss out on any experience and gold while I'm gone. I try to harass the enemy champion(s) in my lane, and then blue pill back. My first back, I will try to save up enough gold to buy B. F. Sword right away. If you find yourself without gold, Boots of Speed and Vampiric Scepter should suffice.
Now, if you were able to buy your B. F. Sword, my next item would be Berserker's Greaves or Mercury's Treads. If you purchase Boots of Speed and Vampiric Scepter, I would buy a B. F. Sword. Then, I rush The Bloodthirster as soon as possible.
My next two purchases would be B. F. Sword and Dagger, in order to build The Black Cleaver. However, if you find yourself in need of survivability, I would buy Phage in order to build into Frozen Mallet.
At this point, your build should looks as follows:
1. Berserker's Greaves or Mercury's Treads
2. The Bloodthirster
3. The Black Cleaver
4. Frozen Mallet
The build splits at this point depending on what the other team's composition is. If they have high HP and are tanky, I would recommend [item=Madred's Bloodrazor]. If the other team is not tanky at all (that, or you find yourself not getting focussed much), I would purchase either Infinity Edge or The Bloodthirster. If you find yourself facing a plethora of casters, I would consider buying Hexdrinker and Banshee's Veil. If at any point at all you find yourself needing items for survivability, Banshee's Veil, Randuin's Omen or Thornmail are good items.
Build summary:
VS Non-tanks
1. Berserker's Greaves or Mercury's Treads
2. The Bloodthirster
3. The Black Cleaver
4. Frozen Mallet
5. Infinity Edge or The Bloodthirster
VS Tanks
1. Berserker's Greaves or Mercury's Treads
2. The Bloodthirster
3. The Black Cleaver
4. Frozen Mallet
5.[item=Madred's Bloodrazor]
VS Casters
1. Mercury's Treads
2. The Bloodthirster
3. The Black Cleaver
4. Frozen Mallet
5. Hexdrinker
6. Banshee's Veil
Build Example
Core build
VS Non-tanks
VS Tanks
VS Casters
Farming creeps with Caitlyn is extremely easy, her attack animation ensures that attacks are almost instant the moment you click on an enemy creep. This does not mean you should be auto-attacking creeps, you need to learn how to last hit efficiently. Last hitting is making sure your champion deals the last hit on a creep. To ensure your champion does not accidentally auto-attack a creep, you want to make sure you are moving back and forth. The advantages of last hitting are that you will not be pushing towers as much (meaning less attempts on ganks as you will not be overextended), and you will have control on creep kills and gold, than by just auto-attacking a creep and praying your champion happens to strike the finishing blow.
If there is no action going on in the map, or if you are too scared to push past a certain point of the map, you want to be taking out the neutral creep camps in your jungle (or the enemy's jungle if you're feeling adventurous). This ensures you will always be farming even when there is a stalemate. It is not recommended to do this late game, because the possibility of a 5-man gank is much higher. If your team has a jungler, make sure to ask them if it is all right you start farming the neutral creeps.
Working in the Team
Like all ranged physical carries, Caitlyn has high damage output and low health. This means that you must always place your team mates in between you and the enemy champions.
Stalemates: There comes a time in every game when either team is camped just out of range of a tower, waiting for one team to make a mistake and capitalize on it. Caitlyn has very long range and you must make sure to exploit this. Keep getting in auto-attacks every now and then, and keep using your Q every time it comes off cool down. Once the other team has been wittled down it would be a good idea for your tank to initiate and start a team fight.
Team Fights: Your main focus during any team fight is the other team's carries. Often, these carries (like yourself) have a high damage output but low survivability. Making sure they are taken care of at the beginning of a team fight makes it easier for your team to score an ace. You never want to focus the enemy tank as it is a waste of time, and your damage can be used on someone more deserving.
Caitlyn is a very simple character to play, making her a very versatile character to play. Her Yordle Snap Traps prevent ganks, while her 90 Caliber Net allows her to escape them.
Here are some last reminders to help better your game:
1. Always place your main tank in between you and the other team.
2. Do not over extend, know your limits and stay within them.
3. Keep your farm up so you can buy items.
4. If you realize you are fighting a losing battle, run away.
Be polite.
Be efficient.
Have a plan to kill everyone you meet.
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We visited the Toronto Zoo to talk winter-proofing and gawk at their new polar bear cub.
Between Bob Barker's elephant wrangling, the forbidden love of two male penguins, and, most recently, the public debut of a baby polar bear nearly murdered by its mother at birth, the past few months at the Toronto Zoo have been—forgive us—wild. But, drama or none, life at the zoo continues. On a cold February afternoon, we visited the zoo's tundra section to chat with Eric Cole, Acting Manager of Wildlife Care, about how the place keeps its animals comfortable in the depths of winter.
Torontoist: Are there any specific winter-proofing procedures for outdoor habitats at the zoo?
Toronto Zoo: It varies on the particular winter. We haven't had to do a whole lot of winter-proofing this year because it's been so unusually mild. It hasn't been a typical winter.
During a typical winter, what would you do?
Well, we do different things to different parts of the zoo. Right now, you're in the tundra, so we don't have to do anything, because all of the animals are used to cold that's more severe than this. But in other areas of the zoo, we do various things depending on the area and depending on the animal.
So what, for example, would you do for a warm-weather animal?
We would put up windbreakers, and in some cases we put up heaters in certain yards. That's the kind of thing that we would do to ensure our animals get out, but not out onto frozen exhibits.
Are certain events more difficult to deal with in the winter, like animal births or illness?
Generally not. It doesn't make a difference. Some animals, their breeding season occurs so that they do give birth in the winter. As far as we're concerned, like our veterinary care and that, it just means that if there are births with African animals, for example, [they would happen] inside rather than outside. But it really doesn't make any difference to us.
Are there any unique challenges posed to zoo animals or staff, in general, that vary from season to season?
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UNESCO included the Calcite Mountains, located in northeastern Italy, on its list of the most beautiful landscapes in the world in June 2009.
Now the Dolomites, with their famous peaks, including Marmolada (3342 m), the Three Peaks of Lavaredo (2999 m), Averau (2649 m), Sciliar (2563 m), the Pale di San Martino (3192 m) and Mount Pelmo (3169 m) to name just a few, will take their rightful place among the most beautiful mountains in the world.
The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) stated that, "The Dolomites are generally considered to have some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in the world, even though they don't have the highest peaks or the largest glaciers." The Dolomites are now listed as boasting one of the 50 most beautiful scenic areas in Europe, and one of 199 worldwide.
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The 800-member American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education announced Wednesday that Cal State will receive the association's 2014 innovation award, the Best Practice Award for the Innovative Use of Technology.
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Naltrexone and Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes (Naltrexone)
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Low blood sugar is also called hypoglycemia. Usually, it is mild and can be treated quickly and easily by eating or drinking a small amount of a sugar-rich food. If low blood sugar is left untreated, it can get worse and cause confusion, clumsiness or fainting. Severe hypoglycemia can lead to seizures, coma, and even death.
Some people with diabetes do not have early warning signs of low blood sugar. This condition is called hypoglycemia unawareness. It happens when the body stops reacting to low blood sugar levels and the person does not realize that they need to treat their hypoglycemia. This can lead to more severe and dangerous hypoglycemia.
The purpose of this early study is to see if a drug called naltrexone should be studied more in people with Type I diabetes and hypoglycemia unawareness. This study will show whether naltrexone could reduce hypoglycemia unawareness. The study will also show, by using magnetic resonance imaging (also called MRI), whether naltrexone changes the way blood flows in the brain when a person is experiencing hypoglycemia.
|Type 1 Diabetes Hypoglycemia Unawareness
|Drug: Naltrexone
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Study of the Effect of Naltrexone on Cerebral Blood Flow and Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
- Cerebral Blood Flow [ Time Frame: 1 month ]
- Rates of Hypoglycemia [ Time Frame: 1 month ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Placebo Comparator: Naltrexone
Double blind placebo comparable
Drug: Naltrexone
1 month treatment
Other Name: ReViaDrug: Naltrexone
Naltrexone 25 mg once daily with dose escalation to 50 mg BID to day 28
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Drug: Naltrexone
1 month treatment
Other Name: ReViaDrug: Naltrexone
Naltrexone 25 mg once daily with dose escalation to 50 mg BID to day 28
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18-65 years of age
- Type 1 diabetes
- Hypoglycemia unawareness
- Capable of providing informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Concomitant regular use of acetaminophen, aspirin or ibuprofen
- History of drug or alcohol abuse
- Psychiatric illness
- Elevations in ALT (Alanine Aminotransferase), AST (Aspartate Aminotransferase), creatinine or history of hepatitis, liver failure, or renal failure/insufficiency
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01053078
|United States, Minnesota
|University of Minnesota
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
|Principal Investigator:
|Elizabeth R Seaquist, MD
|University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01053078 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
Protocol 10087
R01DK062440 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
7-09-DCS-02 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: American Diabetes Association )
|Study First Received:
|January 19, 2010
|Results First Received:
|September 4, 2014
|Last Updated:
|June 23, 2016
Keywords provided by University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute:
Type 1 diabetes
Hypoglycemia unawareness
low blood sugar
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Consciousness Disorders
Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Narcotic Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sensory System Agents
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text: MSHA touts aggressive regulatory agenda By Ken Ward Jr. January 5, 2011 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The nation's top mine safety official on Wednesday touted an aggressive agenda of tougher new regulations and said the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration would not be deterred by the failure of reform legislation last year or by the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives."We will be prepared to make our case to the public, the industry and to the Congress for the reasons these [new regulations] are necessary," said Joe Main, assistant labor secretary in charge of MSHA.MSHA plans to issue six new proposed regulations in as many months, on top of highly complex proposals that are pending to limit miners' exposure to coal dust that causes black lung and toughen standards for preventing coal-dust explosions in underground mines.Late last year, Republicans in the House defeated mine safety legislation proposed in the wake of the Upper Big Branch disaster, and the GOP takeover is expected to make Congress more likely to scrutinize any new government regulations.And MSHA already faces some criticism of the pace of its investigation into the explosion that killed 29 miners at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine, including a letter from Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia urging the agency to more frequently brief the miners' families on the probe.During a conference call meant to focus on the agency's regulatory plans, Main told reporters to expect more information on the Upper Big Branch investigation "in the next few weeks.""It's always bad to put out timelines, but we will have a new update that is more informative," Main said. "We want to get it right and we want to take the time to do that."Main has said several times that the strain of the Upper Big Branch probe has not forced his agency staff to lose focus on other priorities, such as MSHA's announced plan to "End Black Lung." But the agency's regulatory agenda still does not provide a timeline for finalizing what could be a landmark rule to tighten the legal limit on coal dust that causes the deadly disease. "As we all know, the regulatory process is not something where you snap a finger and finalize action tomorrow," Main said. "It takes time."Plans for the dust rule were in the works prior to the April 5 mine disaster, and the proposed rule was issued by MSHA in late October. Public hearings are being held this month and next month, with a written comment period set to expire at the end of February. MSHA's published agenda does not list any deadlines or goals for actions beyond the end of the comment period.Last month, MSHA issued one of two proposed rules that were added to the agency's agenda after the Upper Big Branch disaster. It would require company safety exams to make note of any health or safety violations that are discovered, whether or not the company believes the violations are a hazard. The existing rule requires only that conditions the company believes are "hazards" be noted and corrected."When I see the number of citations being issued at underground mines, I think it's a bit outrageous that these problems aren't being found and fixed by mine operators," Main said Wednesday.After Upper Big Branch, MSHA also issued an emergency temporary standard that requires mine operators to use spread more crushed stone around underground mine workers to try to reduce the chance for coal-dust explosions like the one agency investigators believe occurred at Upper Big Branch. That rule -- coming after years of warnings by scientists that existing rules were outdated and too weak -- is scheduled to be finalized by June.Later this month, MSHA is scheduled to issue proposed changes to its "pattern of violations" enforcement rules and a new proposal to require mine operators to use special "proximity devices" meant to keep miners from being run over by fast-moving underground equipment.In June, MSHA is set to propose new rules to how it sets civil penalties for safety violations and to require companies to have certain types of health and safety programs. In July, MSHA says it will issue rules regarding exposure to silica dust and to require mine operators to submit additional corporate information to help the agency keep track of companies or company officials with bad safety records. Reach Ken Ward Jr. at email@example.com or 304-348-1702. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says 4 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken 5 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world MSHA settles 'unprecedented' suit against Massey Previous Story City of DelawareWest Central speed limit changing Next Story


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The 2012 Barcelona Open men's main draw singles matches began on Monday 23 April at 11am local time at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Spain. In this post a number of interesting facts about the men's singles main draw will be provided, including how the draw works, whom all the different types of participants are, who the seeds are and the seeded match-ups plus the full draw list.
Barcelona is one of only 11 ATP Tour 500 category tournaments each year and has 56 players vying for the title, a maximum of 500 ATP ranking points and € 301,150 Euros in prize money for the winner.
Please leave a comment below this article regarding anything YOU would like to know about in tennis, have explained or suggest for me to write about here at OnCourt Advantage. To watch the tennis in Singapore you need to add 6 hours to the local time in Barcelona to work out the equivalent Singapore time.
There are 56 players in the draw divided up between 7 Qualifiers (Q), 5 Wild Cards (WC) and 44 Direct Acceptances. The cut-off date for entry was 12 March 2012 and Diego JUNQUEIRA of Argentina with a ranking of No.112 that week was the last direct acceptance.
The Seeds: In a 64-player sized draw there are 16 seeded players in order to keep the one seed for each four spots in the draw ratio according to tournament draw rules. Barcelona has a 56-player draw so only the Top 8 seeds all receive a BYE in the 1st round and await the 24 winners of the 1st round matches in the 2nd round. The seeds are selected according to the latest ATP rankings before the draw is made i.e. as of 16 April 2012. The Top 16 ranked players in the draw at that date become the Top 16 seeds.
The draw for the seeded players IF they all win through to the round of 16 is:
- Rafael NADAL [1] v [16] Pablo ANDUJAR
- Marcel GRANOLLERS [12] v [5] Janko TIPSAREVIC
- Fernando VERDASCO [9] v [13] Kevin ANDERSON
- Albert RAMOS [17] v [8] Kei NISHIKORI
The seeded match ups for the bottom half of the draw are:
- Feliciano LOPEZ [7] v [10] Radek STEPANEK
- Bernard TOMIC [15] v [3] David FERRER
- Nicolas ALMAGRO [6] v [11] Milos RAONIC
- Denis ISTOMIN [18] v [2] Andy MURRAY
The 2012 Barcelona Men's singles draw is:
- Rafael NADAL [1] v BYE
- Guillermo GARCIA-LOPEZ v Olivier ROCHUS
- Arnau BRUGUES-DAVI [LL] v [Q] Robert FARAH
- David GOFFIN [Q] v [16] Pablo ANDUJAR
- Marcel GRANOLLERS [12] v Frederico GIL
- Joao SOUSA [Q] v Igor KUNITSYN
- Victor HANESCU v Rui MACHADO
- BYE v [5] Janko TIPSAREVIC
- Fernando VERDASCO [9] v BYE
- Andrey GOLUBEV [Q] v Steve DARCIS
- Aljaz BEDENE [Q] v [Q] Federico DELBONIS
- Malek JAZIRI v [13] Kevin ANDERSON
- Albert RAMOS [17] v Andreas BECK
- Benoit PAIRE v Lukas ROSOL
- Daniel GIMENO-TRAVER v Mikhail KUKUSHKIN
- BYE v [8] Kei NISHIKORI
The bottom half of the draw is:
- Feliciano LOPEZ [7] v BYE
- Pablo LORENZI v Flavio CIPOLLA
- Jarkko NIEMINEN v [WC] Javier MARTI
- Ruben RAMIREZ HIDALGO [WC] v [LL] Eduardo SCHWANK replaced Stepanek [10]
- Bernard TOMIC [15] v Ernests GULBIS
- Albert MONTANES v [WC] Gerard GRANOLLERS-PUJOL
- Filip KRAJINOVIC [WC] v [WC] Inigo CERVANTES
- BYE v [3] David FERRER
- Nicolas ALMAGRO [6] v BYE
- Stephane ROBERT [LL] v Edouard ROGER-VASSELIN
- Igor ANDREEV v Diego JUNQUEIRA
- Alejandro FALLA v [11] Milos RAONIC
- Denis ISTOMIN [18] v Santiago GIRALDO
- Sergei BUBKA [Q] v Robin HAASE
- Evgeny DONSKOY [LL] v Sergiy STAKHOVSKY
- BYE v [2] Andy MURRAY
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As a Garland mother followed behind a car full of family members, she watched as a head-on collision killed her boyfriend and two of her children in northeast Oklahoma.
Erin Sanderson, her five children and her boyfriend, Willis George, were moving from Garland to Carthage, Mo., on Sunday afternoon when the car George was driving veered into the center of U.S. Highway 60 and crashed into a westbound pickup.
Sanderson was following him in a rented moving truck with two of her children, while the other three rode with George.
"I saw it all happen," Sanderson said from a hospital in Springfield, Mo., where she was waiting for more news on her 7-year-old daughter, Maryssa, who survived with two broken legs. "I jumped out of the truck and ran to the car. I knew they were all gone. I knew."
George, 39, of Carthage, and two of Sanderson's children, Drake Cobb, 14, and Syrrena Sanderson, 13, were killed in the crash, as was an Oklahoma teen who was a passenger in the pickup. The pickup's driver was in serious condition.
When Sanderson tried to find her children in the wreckage Sunday, she saw Maryssa lying on the roadway. Her dog, a boxer named Daja, had been sitting in the girl's lap. His body was found not far from the girl.
"It saved her life," Sanderson said. "It died, but it blocked her from being impacted."
The child has been responsive to her family in the hospital, nodding and squeezing their hands, her mother said.
Family members traveled to Springfield to be with her as they hope for Maryssa's recovery and grieve for the other children.
"Drake's a great kid, the perfect son," Sanderson said. "He liked computers. He was my only boy, my only son."
The mother said Syrrena had suffered some medical problems but was a happy child. The two attended Jackson Middle School but were transferring to a school in Missouri.
"Both are so loved," Sanderson said. "You couldn't ask for better children."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Thursday evening update on severe weather threat
Thursday evening update from the ABC 33/40 Weather Blog on the severe weather threat in Central Alabama:
As a strong cold front marches east, showers and thunderstorms continue to develop and move with it. A strong line of showers and some severe thunderstorms are pushing east this evening. Much of Central Mississippi remains under a tornado watch until 11 PM. There are a few severe thunderstorm and tornado warning with this line. We expect severe weather watches to be issued eastward as the storm system continues its movement.
Much of Alabama remains in a slight risk for severe weather until 7 AM. The risk runs along a line from near Scottsboro in Jackson County, to Gadsden, Pell City, Clanton, Selma, Monroeville and Citronelle in northern Mobile County. All of Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Cullman, Fayette, Hamilton and Demoplis are in this risk.
The surface low with this system has remained in Iowa, Illinois and the Great Lakes today. For a classic severe weather event, the surface low would need to be farther south over Arkansas, southern Missouri or northern Mississippi. That helps add dynamics and increase winds shear across Alabama. For this event, that is not the case. The main lifting mechanism is the front itself. It is doing a great job at allowing thunderstorms to develop, but it is lacking some other key severe weather parameters that are needed.
Many areas warmed into the 80s today and dew points have remained in the lower 60s. The low level jet could increase over the region this evening, but daytime heating will be lost.{} CAPE values for Central Alabama look to remain around 500 J/KG, with maybe some slightly higher values over northwest Alabama. This will help provide enough energy for thunderstorm development tonight.
This has remained constant through the day. Storms should be approaching the western boarder of Alabama just before midnight. For the Birmingham metro, it looks as though 3-4 AM will be the time that things could get a little rough. By sunrise the line should be approaching our eastern boarder. The thunderstorm timing will be slower the farther south and east you go. Storms could still be ongoing through late morning tomorrow down towards Troy and Phenix City.
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It would appear that a strong squall line will be crossing the state. With most squall lines, damaging straight line winds will be the main concern. With the main forcing of the system so far to the north, it is hard to get strongly rotating thunderstorm. However, tornadoes will still be a threat, especially in any bowing segment along the line. These are very hard to detect a lot of times because that are rain wrapped and many times in the intense radar returns.
Since the worst of the activity will be impacting the state during the overnight hours, it is essential that you have a way to receive severe weather alerts. You cannot rely on outdoor weather sirens. Make sure you have multiple sources for severe weather notifications that will wake you up when you are being threatened.
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Rain or shine, I will be in that line tomorrow for however long it takes to cast my vote for Obama. My three sons are coming with me, so I plan on packing snacks, lunches, and small entertainment for them in case the line is ridiculously long. My oldest son is very excited about going with me to vote. He's been learning about the presidents and the election process in social studies. He's an Obama supporter because he thinks McCain looks mean (he's 6 years old).
After I go vote, I will be glued to the TV while chatting with my husband, who is deployed, to let him know how everything is going.
I'm very excited....and very nervous.
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Ken Griffey Jr.'s classic first cross trainer is set to return once again, albeit in a brand new colorway that features softer tones ideal for the spring season. The Nike Air Griffey Max 1 White/Turbo Green release date is set for Saturday, March 15.
Forging its own path entirely, rather than, say being based upon one of Griffey's teams, the new colorway pairs a white leather base with a silver mudguard. Teal then contrasts through the midfoot and tongue, volt on the laces and strap-branding, and both colors commingle in a sort of marbled outsole.
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The Hillsborough School Board is taking another stab Tuesday night at the thorny issue of parent permission slips for clubs. A proposed policy would ask parents to opt out of any clubs that they don't want their children to join. They also could limit how many organizations a student participates in. This is far less stringent than the across-the-board parental permission requirement that Superintendent MaryEllen Elia proposed in December, only to see School Board members vote it down. But will it be enough to satisfy the cultural crusaders worried about the addition of Gay-Straight Alliances to the high school club scene? Stay tuned.
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SAN BERNARDINO — A day after a major raid on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, officials cracked down again on Friday after learning that at least one store hadn't stayed shut down after a previous order.
City attorney's investigators went to the store in the 2600 block of West Foothill Boulevard on Friday afternoon to issue civil penalties and closure orders, City Attorney James F. Penman said.
"This particular shop was attempting to deceive us by staying closed mostly during the day, and we received a tip this afternoon they'd opened up," Penman said.
Officials had a warrant for the visit, two days after verifying the dispensary had closed earlier in the week, responding to an earlier city order.
That order came in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling Monday affirming that cities can keep dispensaries out.
By Thursday, at least 18 of the 33 dispensaries in San Bernardino had stopped operating in the wake of the ruling.
But at least one had quietly reopened, officials alleged.
"What we're interested in is closing them at this point," Penman said. "We're not interested in trying to make arrests. We're not overly interested in seizing the pot. The main thing we want them to do is get them closed. "
Officials will work through the weekend to make that happen, he said.
The scene on Friday was more subdued than on Thursday's raids, when authorities seized 80 plants, 30 pounds of marijuana and a 12-gauge shotgun from a dispensary in the 3200 block of E Street.
Penman said the staff inside was cooperative, but the owner was not there.
Inside Friday's location, "volunteers" worked.
One, who declined to give his name, said most of those who actually work in the dispensary worked for free. Somebody comes in, opens the place up and ultimately they get some free marijuana for their work, he said.
Some are trying to get their own marijuana collectives going, he said.
With the experience comes the feeling of knowing that you're helping people, he said.
On Friday, a small "Closed" sign was in the window of the dispensary.
Visitors appeared to still be coming to the store and then going away when they realized it was closed.


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For more than 30 years, game warden cadets trained in a converted warehouse on 6.2 acres in downtown Austin, along with a patchwork of borrowed facilities around the state. That changed when the 54th Texas Game Warden Academy cadet class began training in fall 2008 at existing facilities on a 220-acre property in Hamilton County. Envisioned from the beginning as a public-private partnership, the property was donated by the nonprofit Police Activities League. The Texas Legislature authorized an initial infusion of $3.6 million from the sale of the Austin property to begin construction on 39,000 square feet of instructional, administrative and residential facilities. Along with the state's initial investment, private donors have so far given about $6.4 million, altogether providing about half the estimated $20 million that will be required to complete construction of facilities that will be home to 48 cadets and 16 instructors at a time. With the first phase of the project underway, project partners are launching a broader public fundraising campaign and encourage Texans to support Texas Game Wardens with a donation. The Game Warden Training Center eventually will include a water rescue training facility, a firing range, an emergency vehicle operations course and more (see complete plans online) -- specialized training facilities that add dozens of hours in travel time and thousands of dollars to the training schedule now. The goal is a world-class training environment for a world-class law enforcement agency. "Every day, every night, for more than a century, Texas game wardens have epitomized community-based conservation law enforcement across our state," said Peter Holt, chairman of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. "They put their lives on the line, take educational messages to schools, save lives during hurricanes and floods, and do it all with a positive, can-do outlook. Sometimes they pay the ultimate price. Now, with this training center, game wardens could use some help. We hope the people of Texas will respond with donations to help us meet our fundraising goal." Since 1895, Texas game wardens have built a reputation as "off-the-pavement" peace officers with a heritage second only to the legendary Texas Rangers. Sixteen have died in the line of duty. That proud tradition of service is carried on today by more than 500 men and women who reflect the diversity of the people of Texas. They come from small towns and some of the nation's largest urban areas. Many have degrees in criminal justice or wildlife management or biology. Others studied the humanities, and worked as bankers and graphic designers, city cops and schoolteachers, before gaining entrance to the Game Warden Academy. Something they all have in common is their dedication and desire to serve the people of Texas, and to help conserve the state's natural and cultural resources. Only about 10 percent of applicants to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's law enforcement training program make the cut each year. Those who are accepted undergo the most rigorous training of any peace officer in Texas, and are widely acclaimed as some of the best-trained and best-educated conservation law enforcement officers in the nation. It's a program with an international reputation. In the most recent cadet class, two trainees hailed from the nascent conservation agency of the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. Conservation organizations hope to send officers from as far away as Africa to attend future courses. Applications are being accepted through April 30 for the 55th Texas Game Warden Academy class. Major donors to the Texas Game Warden Training Center include William P. Clements, Lee M. Bass, TXU, T.D. Friedkin, T.L.L. Temple Foundation, Edwin L. Cox, Walter Umphrey and the George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation. 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Regarding the April 26 Jiji article "Government to roll out new energy-efficiency system for homes": In the future most energy- efficient homes will be located far from downtown urban centers simply because land prices are more affordable the farther you move away from the congested and highly commercial districts of most cities. Pity that the government will favor houses closer to urban centers because this will limit the number of homebuyers eligible for an energy-saving/CO₂-cutting tax break.
I would suggest that all energy-efficent homes receive a tax break just to give everyone the incentive to buy or build "Green homes", homes that will help to reduce global warming, air pollution and energy waste. The argument that homeowners living closer to the city center will drive less is not necessarily true. Many of these urban dwellers will drive out to the suburbs or rural areas to shop or sightsee. Japan, like America, is an automobile culture despite the recent increase in gasoline prices.
Energy-efficient homes and businesses should not only be encouraged but also mandated by the government. Global warming is reason enough, but last year's nuclear disaster at Fukushima should silence any arguments to the contrary. Reducing energy consumption should be the civic duty of every Japanese citizen.
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|February 11, 2007, 10:25 PM
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Late season cottontail, alone, no dog. help
Is there anyone that can give me some pointers to hunting cottontails, January - March, alone with no dog? There is an area I hunt that I know there are a few, but once it gets past the first freeze, I never seem to be able to find any. I know they are around, I dont find any crap anywhere, and every thicket looks like the next, there are little pathways through thickets and tall grass everywhere but I have no idea where to go from here.
|February 11, 2007, 10:48 PM
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So you're trying to jump them yourself? I ask because that technique never works for me. For solo hunts I usually just find a nice sized headland and wait early morning and late afternoon for them to work their way out into my sights. I'll usually take my .22 rifle with some stingers and take them one at a time. Other than that, it's really hard to try to trudge your way through thickets and deep brush all while being wary of any movement or sounds around you.
|February 11, 2007, 10:51 PM
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I have to use shotgun or bow because of the area im in, I cant seem to find where exactly they will be coming out in mornings and evenings, do i just have to keep trying different probable spots or what
|February 11, 2007, 11:08 PM
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Is it possible that they get REALLY nocturnal this time of year? If so, they're holed up pretty good while you're walking around.
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They are nocturnal this time of the year. They pretty much stay holed up during the day unless they are starving and are forced to forage for food. Holed up is just a term for staying in cover. They do like holes, but usually don't run into holes unless they are pushed.
If you have snow, it can be fun to track them.
It can be very difficult to hunt rabbits alone. Walk slowly and hit every thick place you can find to jump the bunnies out. Yes, I'm serious. Wear pants that your legs won't get torn up with briars and so forth. Keep your eyes open for any movement (ears, hippity-hoppity, running etc.). Sometimes you can see their eyes if your eyes are good. Depending on the weather, sometimes you almost have to tramp on them to get them to jump out. You just have to pay attention and have your shotgun ready for a quick shot. Don't waste your time with a bow.
Hunting rabbits with a bow is a lot of fun if you have dogs to trail them.
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I always did pretty well alone in Michigan just stomping around, making as much noise as possible, and kicking/stomping on any logs, bramble, thickets, etc I saw.Always sent a few runnin in a 5-6 hour days hunt....
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I have gotten rabbits with .22, 20gauge and 12 gauge. All on my own no dog. .22 handgun is by far my favorite.
If you track you want new snow. They move at night. Best Ideal condtions snow stopped at 1:00 am. They will move until around 4 this will give you the least amount of tracks. On rabbit can make alot tracks. If you get into an area and notice tracks don't follow the first track. Circle completly the area first. This way If you jump a rabbit and he goes outside the circle tracking will be alot easier.Most rabbits will only travel a short distance and will often make loop around thier homeland. They eat fur type trees you can smell it when you gut them so look under every fur type tree. One of the biggest things with tracking is don't get too involved looking at tracks. A rabbit will let you walk 2 feet from them. Well I can't talk all day.
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No,,, but in all seriousness I would walk very slow, staying extremely alert for any movement and carry a 22/20 gauge if I had one or a shotgun if not. Be ready to make fast shots as I doubt you will see the rabbit but a very few seconds. Try walking along the bottom of rocky hillsides or where railroads have been built up with large rocks. The more cracks and crevices they can hide in the better and the more open area you can find the more area you can see, all the better that also.
I know open areas aren't over abundant in western Washington but there are some.
I would imagine rabbit hunting is better east of you up the gorge maybe in the Hood River area and east from there, I have not hunted rabbits in your area but have spent quite a bit of time in that part of the world, and it looks like better bunny hunting there to me than where you live. Ask some local guys.
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Early morning...In most states you can shoot them at night, but check you laws. That's the easiest way to find em solo.
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I alway had pretty good luck hunting bunnies. Get out right at sunrise, move along slowly, watching for bunnies at the edges of briars and tangles. Shoot them in the head with a 22. No problem! Just move slowly, and keep your eyes open.
A dog gets them moving, but it also alerts other rabbits in the area that there is a large predator out and about.
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I can only use a 22 if its a revolver, my area allows no rifles. I will probably use a shotgun
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I prefer to hunt rabbit without dogs. I hunt along the edge of corn fields where it meets the woods. On my farm I leave a weed buffer patch. I walk through the thickets, jump up and down on brush piles. You will hear the thump as they run and then probably will see them. I simulate dogs noises by howling when I am certain there is a rabbit in a batch. In my area they eat long grass, hickory nuts and corn. High coyote pressure seems to keep them very active. I find that the more noise I make I force them to jump further out making shots easy(not forcing me to shoot from on top of a brush pile or in the middle of a berry briar patch. I enjoy hunting rabbit more than anything I have ever hunted. When I hunt with family and friends there is no need to be quite and it is great exercise walking, their speed keeps your shooting skills sharp, and best of all I always kick up a pheasant or quail.
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I love all races! Ive dated men of many different races but I especially like white men. They have mad sex appeal! The white men that have been in my life I admired them most because of the way they always treated me. They were always true gentlemen in good times and bad. I was engaged to a white man who was the love of my life and treated me as if I was his princess at all times. In the end though what a person has on the inside is what really matters. Love is blind.
Agreed, in part.

But this isn't the America of 1963, where a black man living with a white wife was in peril of his life, and she in peril of rape, at all times, in many parts of the nation.
The color line is still with us albeit with out the force of law, it is still with us nonetheless. We are One Human Family and soon enough we shall all see.
My elder sister married a black man in the early 60's, when this was NOT cool.

After a couple of nasty run-ins with the redneck brigade, they moved to San Francisco, reared 4 great kids, and just this weekend I spent some hours getting to know my grandneice.

I wonder if she knows just how special her Grandmother is, what she gave up (family, friends, job) for her one true, black love?

I tried to tell her, but she has no grasp of 1963 and the color line.
I am a white guy but I like black women, hi! ;p
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I am a white man and I think its great when people can look past their race and find the beauty in others. I think all women, regardless of race, are beautiful. I never dated a black woman only because the opportunity never presented itself to me. I am married to a Hispanic woman now. But the real beauty of person is in their heart. This was a very nice story to read.


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Professor Christian teaches at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He is also affiliated with the Ewha Womans University Institute of World and Global History in South Korea, and is currently a fellow at the Library of Congress. He was trained as a historian of Russia and Central Asia at Oxford University and has published several books on those regions, including: Bread and Salt: A Social and Economic History of Food and Drink in Russia (Cambridge University Press, 1985); Living Water: Vodka and Russian Society on the Eve of Emancipation (Oxford University Press, 1990), and A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia (Volume I of Blackwell's series, Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire, 1998). While David will undoubtedly be happy to discuss Russian history with anyone who cares to engage him, he is primarily here because of his path-breaking work on universal or "big" history.
Professor Christian's interest in universal history emerged from his world history classes at Macquarie University. The result, after many years of broad multi-disciplinary reading and integrative thought, was Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History (University of California Press, 2004). William McNeill had this to say about the book:
"Maps of Time unites natural history and human history in a single, grand, and intelligible narrative. This is a great achievement, analogous to the way in which Isaac Newton in the seventeenth century united the heavens and the earth under uniform laws of motion; it is even more closely comparable to Darwin's nineteenth century achievement of uniting the human species and other forms of life within a single evolutionary process . . . [It] is a historical and intellectual masterpiece: clear, coherent, erudite, elegant, adventurous, and concise."
Another admirer, apparently, is Bill Gates. A week after his visit to UVM, David is flying to Seattle to meet with Gates, who is interested in developing and funding the production of an on-line course in Big History, which he would then like to see placed on high school curricula across the United States.
Christian was appointed as a Marsh professor in 2009. His 9/26/09-10/03/09 visit to the campus was coordinated by Frank Zelko, Assistant Professor of History, University of Vermont, History Department, Wheeler House, Room 210, 133 S. Prospect Street, Burlington, VT 05405, (802) 656-8517 (Phone), (802) 656-8794 (Fax). For all Marsh professors' schedules, please consult the Oracle Calendar under the agenda name of "Professors, Marsh." For additional information on the program, visit UVM James Marsh Professors-at-Large Program.
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(Riverton, Wyo.) – The new President of Central Wyoming College told a welcome reception in his honor Wednesday night that he has learned to be brief. "People listen to your hips, not your lips," he said. The meaning was clear: Actions speak louder than words.
With that opening, Dr. Chris Valdez said he had been at work for one week and one day, and that he has met with some of the college's employees and attended lots of meetings. "It is clear to me this institution is committed to helping students be successful," he said. "Vision and direction is what I can add. I'm pleased to be here." With that, he resumed meeting staff and chatting with board members prior to Wednesday night's board meeting at the Intertribal Center on campus.
CWC Board of Trustees Chairman Dr. Roger Gose said the reception was one of four events being planned to welcome Dr. Valdez to the community. He said the others would be public and held in Riverton on August 6th, in Lander on August 12th, and in Jackson at a date yet to be determined. He said the times and locations for the public events would be announced.
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Brandon Smith recently authored an anti-bitcoin screed on Alt-Market. You can read the article here. In this article, I want to address each of the points Smith raises because I see these exact same arguments repeated over and over again by goldbugs the world over.
To begin with, Smith obviously has a bias toward precious metals. Smith doesn't disclose if he has investments in precious metals, but by the sound of the article, it seems highly likely that he does. Smith is correct to note that bitcoin is a "deliberate distraction away from gold and silver." Of course, that doesn't mean it is necessarily evil. People are voluntarily putting their wealth into bitcoin because they can see the potential of the currency system. No one is holding a gun to anyone's head and forcing them to buy bitcoins.
So let's go over the first argument Smith makes. Interestingly, he doesn't actually make an argument until well over half-way through his article. Most of what Smith has written is simply hearsay and bad mouthing. For example, the entire "The Tantalizing Allure Of Non-Solutions" section of his article doesn't actually present any economic or logical arguments against the currency system. It's just him ranting about how terrible he thinks bitcoin promoters are because they aren't preparing for the end of the world.
Smith then attacks the anonymous founder of bitcoin. Smith argues that because we don't know who this Nakamoto fellow is, it should lead us to believe that bitcoin is a gigantic conspiracy by elites. When people rightly point out that the bitcoin source code is open for all the public to view, Smith retorts with, "this attitude constitutes an act of blind faith in a currency mechanism, which is exactly what proponents of the dollar are guilty of."
Obviously this argument is completely preposterous. Open source code means I can download the code project, review all of the software code for myself, and then build and distribute the software myself. This is not blind faith. I can see all of the inner-workings of the software for myself. If the code was doing something bad, it would be readily obvious to the entire programming world (by the way, I'm a professional software developer). To compare that with our present banking system is PREPOSTEROUS! Has the Bank of America released any of the source code to its banking system? How about the Federal Reserve? Have they released any of the source code that runs their side of the banking system? Hell no.
Smith needs to review what the phrase "blind faith" actually means. His use of the phrase in this context demonstrates just how far he has to reach in order to argue against the currency system. At this point we are over halfway through the article and he still hasn't made any economic or logical arguments against the system. His arguments basically boil down to, *I'm not a programmer, so I can't understand the bitcoin code myself, therefore it must be an evil conspiracy.*
Smith then goes on to say that, "Bitcoin … has received a steady flow of positive media attention, with the random critical piece thrown in for good measure. Overall, the establishment has embraced, if not directly fueled, the bitcoin trend. This is rather surprising to me considering the "destroyer of the dollar" has only been around for four years." This is news to me. Just the other day I saw Paul Krugman denouncing bitcoin in the New York Times. I think Smith has selective media blind spots caused by his bias toward precious metals.
Smith argues that bitcoins can be confiscated, but I don't understand the point he's trying to make here. Didn't the federal government confiscate all the gold at one point? Confiscating bitcoins is a million times harder than confiscating gold, so why is Smith even bringing this up if he wants us to return to the archaic gold standard?
Smith then argues that bitcoin's value can be manipulated because people can make viruses to run mining bots, but this fact doesn't actually lead to manipulated currency values, so again, I fail to see the point. Even if every computer on the planet was infected with a mining virus, there will never be more than 21 million bitcoins created. So if the supply is locked, how can the value be artificially manipulated?
Again, Smith ignores the history of the gold standard that he advocates for. Under a gold standard, gold accounts were fractionally reserved. In fact, fractional reserve banking is a direct by-product of the gold standard. Fractional reserve banking is directly responsible for manipulating currency values. Under a bitcoin standard, getting away with this is much more difficult because all transactions are carried out using bitcoins directly. I suppose it is theoretically possible to fractionally reserve bitcoins, but since wallet balances are public, and people directly transact with the currency rather than using receipts, it's not likely to happen on the scale that it did with gold.
Then Smith FINALLY makes a semi-valid argument against the currency system, but he's forced to use a half-truth to make his point. Smith says, "Though Bitcoiners are considered "partially anonymous", tracking the individual identity of a bitcoin trade is not difficult for entities such as the NSA because every transaction leaves a digital trail.."
While it is true that every transaction leaves a digital trail, it is NOT true that it is easy to determine who spent what where. There is absolutely NO identifying information in a wallet address. Wallets that are hosted on anonymous servers, combined with "laundry" services that jumble everyone's coins together randomly, make it virtually impossible for even the NSA to determine with any certainty who spent what where. As far as digital money goes, bitcoin is a million times more private than our present monetary system.
Again, Smith ignores the history of the gold standard here. Since gold cannot be rammed down a transmission wire, in order for gold to be useful as an online means of exchange, it must be represented by a digital account. Who controls those accounts? Tracking gold exchanges online is a MILLION times easier than tracking bitcoin exchanges. Unless Smith wants to argue that we should abandon online transactions, his point is pointless.
Then Smith says we should be wary of bitcoin because it depends on the web. This is actually somewhat false. Bitcoin wallets can be printed on paper and physically swapped, even if the web is down. Paper backups are highly recommended. Further, if we are in a situation where the entire web is down, we have bigger problems to deal with besides the currency system. Retail shops would all be closed, credit card systems would be down, telephones would be down, power would most likely be out, etc.. etc.. etc.. So gold isn't going to do you much good there either.
Finally, Smith concludes his article with a healthy dose of conspiracy theory, terrified that the entire bitcoin system is just a gigantic evil plot to undermine his precious metal holdings. Give me a break. Bitcoin SHOULD undermine precious metals as a currency because it's simply a better currency. Cellphones should undermine land lines. Cable modems should undermine dial-up modems. Refrigerators should undermine iceboxes. That's just how things work.
The fact that this article got play on Zero Hedge is the real travesty. Smith's arguments aren't worth a hill of beans. He never once attacks the economics of bitcoin. He never once attacks the underlying structure or premise of bitcoin. He never once attacks a specific problem with the software.
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