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Welcome to the website of the International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society. In 2008, the conference will be held at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachussetts, USA from January 18 to 20.
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A GANG of killers have been convicted of torturing a vulnerable man to death.
Scott Blackwood, 30, was battered, stabbed, stamped on, strangled and tied to a bath before an attempt was made to set him on fire.
Allan Nicol, 36, and Thomas Moore, 26, and Georgina Smith, 22, attacked Mr Blackwood despite claiming to be his friends.
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Nicol and Moore were found guilty of murdering Mr Blackwood at Wheatley Road, Saltcoats, on July 3 or 4, last year. They were both sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to serve at least 20 years each before being eligible for parole.
Judge Lord McEwan said: "This was a scandalous, disgraceful and horrific attack on a young man including what amounted to torture."
Smith, 22, was convicted of the lesser charge of killing Mr Blackwood following a five-week trial at the High Court in Glasgow. She will be sentenced next month.
Mr Blackwood was relentlessly bullied by the mob before he was set upon.
This included an allegation Smith once threatened to pour a mixture of boiling water and sugar over him for no apparent reason.
Mr Blackwood suffered 72 separate injuries including scalds and chemical burns. He suffered 13 stabs wounds and three broken ribs,.
His eye socket and cheekbones were smashed and he was strangled.
Pathologist Dr Julie McAdam said the head injuries found on Mr Blackwood were usually encountered in car crash victims or people who had fallen from the great height.


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AT THE AGE Of 38, Karl Kranz has a vigorous head of curly dark hair. Nothing very unusual in that: The one place on our bodies where we humans grow a profusion of hair is our heads. And, like Kranz (whether he thinks about it consciously or not), we use our tresses for social signaling. The messages are rich with information: I'm handsome, beautiful, rebellious, tidy. Also like most people, for the sake of modesty and protection, Kranz wears clothes—in his case jeans, a cotton shirt and running shoes. But unlike the rest of us, Kranz, general curator of the Philadelphia Zoo, might add that his clothes are a substitute for the pelt that once warmed our distant ancestors, and that the hair on his head is a remnant patch of fur. For Kranz has been fascinated with hair and its diverse functions since he was a young mammologist in the early 1980s at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. "Hair probably evolved initially so that the early mammals could maintain their body temperatures," he says. "Then hair started evolving for all kinds of other purposes."
Our own social signaling, despite the annual $20 billion we spend worldwide on coiffing our hair, is certainly no more important than the warning to predators of African crested porcupines rattling their rigid tail hairs.
Or the floating of newborn sea otters due to air trapped in their natal fur. Or the camouflaging of sloths in tropical foliage by the green algae growing on their brown hairs. Not to mention the running on water by water shrews, which exploit surface tension with foot hairs.
Hair, along with milk, is a key mammal characteristic. Some mammals, like whales, elephants and rhinoceroses, are limited to scattered bristles. Others, such as tigers and leopards, are completely covered. Scientists in a range of different fields are now studying hair for everything from animal behavior to cancer research (human growth-promoting proteins, which play a role in hair growth. also trigger the multiplication of cancer cells). Textile researchers analyze hair hoping to manipulate sheep genetic material into producing super-wool. Dermatologists study stump-tailed macaques—monkeys that get bald just like human males—to probe the cause of hereditary baldness. Engineers developing solar energy systems research polar bear hair, which absorbs solar radiation. And studies of our mammal cousins also reveal something of our own hairy past.
Paleontologists believe mammals began evolving about 160 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period, when dinosaurs roamed. Therapsids, members of the reptile family, began developing mammalian features such as temperature regulation, nursing of the young—and hair. Like dinosaurs, therapsids were unable to sense their environment through their armorlike plates.
Hair seems to have begun as tiny sensory cones between scales. The cones brushed against objects and sent messages to reptilian brains. Some modern mammals have remnant scales—rats' tails, armadillo shells, the backs of pangolins. And hair grows between the scales.
Animal whiskers—hairs that are long, thick and stiff—still are sense organs. Each whisker has sensory receptacles, alerting the animal when it touches something. Kranz cites the fresh-water dolphin of the Amazon. "It has so many whiskers on its snout it looks like Willie Nelson," he says. Each lance-shaped whisker has tiny nubbins sprouting from it. "They use the whiskers to sense prey—crabs, shrimp, fish—because the water gets too muddy for them to see," says Kranz.
Under an electron microscope, a hair—human or animal—looks, literally, like an asparagus stalk. It is, in fact, a form of skin. Its chief constitu ent, the protein keratin, also makes up skin's epidermis, or upper layers, as well as feathers, horns, hooves, claws and fingernails. Each shaft of hair contains water, oily fats called lipids and the pigment melanin.
Much of what we know about hair comes from the beauty industry. At the Gillette Corporation, where hair is paramount, chemist Frank Girard holds up a model epidermis. "Hair is harder than fingernails," he says. The model contains a larger-than-life hair follicle. A follicle is a pit in the skin, extending a sixteenth of an inch down through the epidermis into the underlying dermis. At the bottom is the dermal papilla, a knob of blood vessels and hormones. From the papilla, hair cells multiply upward through the follicle, forming a hair shaft.
All hair, from fur to whiskers, is similar in basic structure. Tiny keratin fibers bind together to form larger fibers. They then entwine into still larger strands, which twist together into a sort of rope.
A hair shaft resembles a tree trunk. Around the outside, analogous to bark, is a protective sheath, the cuticle. "The cuticle cells look like fish scales," says molecular biologist Peter Steinert, an expert on hair morphology at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Just under the cuticle is the cortex, where cells are densely packed. At the hair's core is the loosely packed medulla. The medulla is porous, with huge air spaces that make up as much as 80 percent of a hair's total width. The trapped air helps retain the owner's body heat.
Steven Webster, director of education at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, cites the sea otter, which not only uses its hair for buoyancy, but insulates itself in frigid seas with the trapped air. Sea otters roll on the ocean's surface to fill their fur with tiny air bubbles. They also float on their backs, pawing their fur to spread waterproofing oils from their skin to the hairs. The critical role of their fur is one important reason oil spills are such a threat to the creatures; the oil "fouls their hair so they can't trap air," says Webster.
Sea otters, like most mammals, have three types of hair. Snout whiskers are sensitive to touch. Long, rough guard hairs protect a thick undercoat of down. This "underfur," as it's called, is extremely fine and thick. We humans have 100,000 or so hairs on our heads. Sea otter underfur contains from 170,000 to 1,000,000 hairs per square inch, more than any other animal on Earth.
A sea otter's two-layer fur coat is better insulation than fat. Sea otters, in fact, are skinny. However, for deep divers like whales and dolphins, blubber is better than hair because the pressure of the ocean depths would flatten a pelt against the body, neutralizing the hair's insulating qualities.
From a filing cabinet in his Philadelphia Zoo office, Karl Kranz pulls a bag of white hair from a tiny African forest antelope, the klipspringer. "Feel it," says Kranz. The hair is so springy it is like a thick sponge. While sea otters trap insulating air between hairs, klipspringers trap air inside each hair, in the virtually hollow core.
"They live on cliffs and mountains, where they're exposed to a lot of wind chill," Kranz says. "I also suspect that they fall sometimes, jumping from rock to rock, and their springy hair protects them against getting hurt."
Platypuses, small aquatic mammals of Australia and Tasmania, keep warm the sea otter way—trapping air bubbles between hairs. Kranz displays a close-up photograph of platypus fur, showing the thick layer of down with sparser guard hairs sticking up. "It's like a forest in a storm—the treetops move back and forth, but at the bottom it's relatively still," he says. "The guard hairs lie on top of the down hairs and prevent them from being ruffled and losing air."
Platypuses swim in warmer waters than sea otters: They average 837 hairs per square millimeter to the otters' average of 1,253 hairs per square millimeter. Surprisingly, the polar bear, which lives in the planet's freezer, has only 9 to 16 hairs per square millimeter. But the polar bear has a secret.
"A polar bear is a walking greenhouse," says Northeastern University electrical engineer Charles DiMarzio, who has been studying the creature's fur. Northeastern engineers developing solar energy systems sidestepped into zoology when they noticed a Canadian government study showing that polar bears are excellent absorbers of solar radiation.
It turned out that polar bear hairs have hollow cores. The cores scatter light, making the hairs seem white. Actually, they are colorless. Sunlight passes through the bear's long guard hairs to its black skin, which absorbs the radiation as heat. Then the bear's insulating underfur stops the heat from radiating back into the air. That keeps Arctic polar bears toasty. For zoo polar bears, however, the system is a grooming problem:
Algae sometimes grow in the hairs' cores, turning the bears green. The zoos' warmer climates, combined with the bear's hollow hair shafts, provide a natural breeding ground for algal growth.
Mammals have all sorts of hairy heating systems. Koalas' back fur is darker, to absorb solar heat. Their belly fur is spar-set, and they can erect it at will to adjust their heat retention. Erect, the hair is thicker and retains heat. When the koala gets hot, it flattens its belly hair to let heat escape. We humans once had such erectable pelts. Now the tiny muscles produce only goosebumps.
The South American guanaco, a llama relative, has thickly matted back fur, but nearly nude belly patches. By simply changing its stance to expose or protect its hairless belly patches, the guanaco can raise or lower its insulating capacity fivefold in still air, and even more in the wind.
White-tailed deer typify another mammalian trick for keeping warm, according to Aaron Moen and C. W. Severinghaus of Cornell University: The deer grow winter coats as much as four times deeper than their summer coats. Meanwhile, their fawns' coats are spotted for camouflage as the infant deer hides in the forest.
From the human point of view, deer camouflage is nothing compared to some of the more exotic coats. Jentink's duiker, an African antelope, for example, has a black head and shoulders, white collar and gray back. But it is born drab brown to blend with its surroundings. Baby tapirs look like watermelons; as adults, they lose their camouflage stripes.
Yellow-backed duikers are jet black, with a patch of bright yellow hair on their rumps. This is reverse camouflage: Biologists believe that the patch throws off the timing of pursuing predators. "The idea is that you have some coloration that causes a predator to attack prematurely," explains Kranz. "In the duiker, the skin around the patch is thicker, and so a bit more defensible—and it focuses the predator on the rear end, perhaps giving the duiker more of a chance to take off and run."
Sometimes the defense is more direct, such as the intimidating quills (actually modified hairs) of the American porcupine. Normally, hair scales point up, away from the root. But quill scales point down, toward the porcupine's own skin. That way, quills easily penetrate an attacker. And once imbedded, a quill is hard to pull out. As the victim's muscles contract, the quill works deeper and deeper into the flesh.
A rhinoceros also protects itself with hair—its horn, actually compressed hair. Other rhino hair grows mainly on the tail and ear tips. Its nudity is not an evolutionary accident: "When you're that massive, keeping cool is the issue," says Kranz.
For other mammals, hair may be part of a game of "let's pretend." The coats of baby cheetahs, for example, seem to resemble the coat of the fierce African ratel, a wolverine-like carnivore. And at the Philadelphia Zoo, Kranz points to an aardwolf, asleep in its cage. A relative of the hyena, the creature is only the size of a basset hound. But when it is attacked, the aardwolf snaps up its enormous mane, suddenly "growing" by a third, looking formidable. Says Kranz: "Actually, they're little things." Nearby, a Siberian tiger lolls. It is striped, with pale fur to match the snowy woods where it hunts. "That's camouflage because they stalk; they like to get right to the edge of cover and then rush," says Kranz.
Another mystery of fur coloration is zebra stripes. British zoologist Jonathan Kingdon has theorized that stripes enable zebras to identify each other. He notes that members of the horse family—like zebras—are normally antisocial. Yet they may group under a tree offering the only shade for miles or at a lush grazing spot. Familiar stripes may ease the usual tensions among the animals. Nerve cells in many animals' eyes and brains, scientists have found, are programmed to respond to particular patterns. Zebra foals may learn to associate the stripe patterns they see on their mothers with rewarding social interaction. "It's like a uniform they wear to counteract their natural mutual intolerance," says Kranz. " 'We can march together even though we don't always get along.' "
Other mammals send even more offbeat hair messages. Kranz has studied the capybara, a South American rodent the size of a large dog. Specialized hairs under the capybara's tail become coated with odoriferous secretions. The capybara drops these hairs as it walks through the forest, marking its trail.
Moose have hairs between their "toes" that turn green. Researcher David Chapman of Canada's Dalhousie University has discovered that the hairs absorb gland secretions, apparently for chemical signaling during rut. Dietland Muller Schwarze, a State University of New York expert on animal chemicals, has found that black-tailed deer have "ankle" glands that ooze secretions onto specialized hairs for other deer to sniff.
Then there are the extremes of the human use, social signaling, though exactly what we mean with our extremes of hair styling is not always clear. Take the Guiness-record-book case of Rachel Marete, who in 1989 styled the hair of Colinda Sirls into an 8-foot-high freestanding "flagpole" in California. Or the prisoner serving a life sentence in New Delhi, India, who in 38 years grew a 94-inch mustache before his death in 1987. Then again, perhaps the point in these instances was a common, purely human motive: to be remembered.
Writers Joyce and Richard Wolkomir keep warm in their Vermont environs with a variety of artificial pelts.


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RIM bought the pioneering GPS maker Dash Navigation, or what was left of it, which should offer a significant capability if it can be well adapted for the BlackBerry format. The Dash Navigation GPS went public with their groundbreaking idea back in 2006, received awards at it's CES announcement, went on sale in March 2008, and then after a slow launch, pulled the hardware hoping to launch the great traffic capabilities through a different platform. Well that strategy may have come true in a different way - not selling the capability to numerous hardware makers, but getting bought by that hardware maker.
The traffic capabilities are still well loved by the remaining Dash users, who may get their wish to see the capabilities grow instead of die on the vine.
Word has come out that Dash Navigation is changing its approach to its business model, and in doing so, laying off 50 employees, leaving the hardware business, and concentrating its focus and going Business to Business.
Wow; that will change its offering and its value proposition in the marketplace. According to Gigaom, they will be laying off 50 employees, and keeping abut 30 mostly engineering positions that will support their software based business model going forward. As they do go forward, they will be targeting other hardware, think phones and maybe OEM navigation devices in cars, so that they are out of the cutthroat GPS hardware business. They will continue to support current users.
The traffic collection and processing capabilities are advanced, and in my opinion, highly accurate, but the Dash Express ran into a lot of barriers to its success:
I loved the promise of the Dash Express better than the reality of it. I found that while I knew that getting up to Boston would take 1:12 minutes, the route that was plotted out still stunk. What about all of those surface roads that "must" offer a faster route? I realized that I don't think that they existed. It may just be a sad reality that I don't need the super advanced routing but just a consistent and accurate read on what my various travel times are going to be.
Poisoned Pond?
A lot of people talk about a poisoned pond effect where the failure of the first offering out ruins the ability of others to follow. Well, the Insignia CNV-10 and CNV-20 are following in the connected GPS pathway, but let me tell you, if Dash made the pond slightly unpalatable, the Insignia will ruin it like dumping a drum full of toxic waste. I hope that TomTom's HD, and Garmin's work on the Nuvifone somehow come to the US and offer not only the promise, but the scale to make a true difference in everyday lives of the masses out there. If they can't, maybe I can buy the new Dash software for my iPhone.....
Thanks Jeff for sending this in.
Garmin recently announced that they are offering free traffic feeds to their Nuvi 755T, 765T, 775T and 785T units via small ads that come up every now and then. When using the Nuvi 755T for my Full Review, I found them unobtrusive, and a natural fit to what I was doing or where I was going; it got me thinking about where this will all lead. If you hadn't noticed, the stocks of Garmin and TomTom are down about 70% and 80% YTD, respectively indicating that the markets aren't convinced that these businesses have the growth ahead of them that we have seen in recent years, where 100% year over year profit growth was possible. With margins being where they are, GPS manufacturers may only be making $20 on each low end device, which is not a lot when you consider the work that they are doing to get such a device to the market. The idea of ad supported GPS units may offer the residual income that so many businesses seek with their offerings from Tivos to razors and satellite radios. What's the potential for GPS?
Ad Supported FM-based Traffic Feeds - Quick Ad, POI Listing
These are here now, with the Garmin introductions. Previously costing users about $60+ a year Traffic feeds give you the ability to route around traffic problems is big. I have long thought that this is a huge need that is partially met by the current mix of data feeds and low bandwidth capabilities of the FM-based TMC network (or MSN network). Broad swaths of generalized traffic trends allow good GPS units to help figure out the big problem spots. Big step up from the guy in the traffic copter. The ads are small (shown right - an ad from the Nuvi 755T) and when tapped connect you to a Points of Interest list of those stores or locations - pretty basic, but it's a start. Basic ads gives you $60 a year in value.
Intelligent Ads with Unique Offers - Daily Use
With the launch of the Dash Express this year, two way connected GPS units ushered in the wave of higher bandwidth more intelligent data feeds. With better bandwidth and better interactivity, a more intelligent ad network can be had too. Can you imagine the confluence of a few data feeds to drive targeted marketing: 1) "Home" location and zip code, 2) Frequent search topics on the GPS, 3) Current location, 4) Time of Day, and 5) Travel habit profiling - daily commuter vs. business traveler. With this information fed back to ad servers, highly targeted offers can be made, and thus be more lucrative for the GPS make
The possibilities are either endless or scary depending on your sentiment, but this is all dependent on a two way exchange of data between a highly intelligent GPS, and a data crunching server somewhere. For this you'll need connected GPS. Better, more targeted ads could possibly cover the current $120+ per year annual fee for this cellular connected service. While you are at it, throw in free Map Updates once this model matures. Advanced Targeting, rich ads = Higher Value Freebies like a connected subscription and free map updates.
Interface, Interface, Interface
Like the rule of real estate where location is king, the interface rules the GPS world, and only a couple of makers are currently up to the task. I am pretty sure that Garmin worked hard to make sure that their initial offering with the Nuvi 755T and its siblings was very well thought out made to be not at all polarizing. The next step of bringing richer, more obtrusive and more informational ads will bring new challenges. With the maturation of the Web, and the serving of its ads (Think Google here), the idea of data crunching and serving up relevant ads seems like a small hurdle, it's striking that balance between obnoxious and unseen. We all hate pop-up ads on a web page, but we won't swerve off the road trying to "X" out of them while sitting at our computer desk; these can't be the norm on a GPS device. Advertisers won't pay to be unseen either. The true art will be knowing the consumer and knowing how to subtly bump them while not interfering with the navigation experience.
There are a lot of possibilities for rewards if ads are done right, and the potential to save the GPS companies from this recent slide, but ads need to be expertly integrated into the interface so that they are seamless and relevant. If they are, consumer, and businesses will benefit through better services and better offerings. Looks like a lot of fun ahead; I can't wait to see the possibilities.
Dash Navigation has announced that there are two new plug-ins for their connected GPS unit that allow you to send voice commands to your Dash Navigation unit. THrough the open source platform, Dash has allowed developers to plug into the world's first connected navigator. The first announcement is from DialDirections; this one is easy:
Dial 1-DIRECTIONS on your mobile phone, and go through the very simple voice prompts to get directions from one location to another. Seems like a stupid thing to do when you have a Dash Express sitting right in front of you, et? Yes, but imagine when you are away from the car.... Call 1-DIRECTIONS and if you registered your phone number at http://my.dash.net, your directions will get sent to your Dash instead. Where ever you are, you can get locations sent to your Dash.
TellMe - Dash Express owners can dial 1-800-CALL-411 (1-800-225-5411) or 1-800-555-TELL (1-800-555-8355) and search for businesses by name or category, anywhere in the United States, using only their voices. Once they've selected a business, the name and street address are sent wirelessly to the Dash Express device - often arriving within a few seconds - and the Dash Express will then guide drivers to their destinations by showing and speaking step-by-step directions.
Pretty cool stuff....
Press Releases after the jump...
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Dash Navigation is releasing a big upgrade today, adding features, fixing issues and plugging a few holes that they knew needed plugging but couldn't get around to it before the launch. Only a few months after the launch, and thousands of units on the streets, the connected GPS generation is starting to demonstrate what is possible, when you are connected to a wide pipe worth of data. This June 08 update will need to come down over a WiFi connection.
"Unlike existing GPS devices, the Internet-connected Dash Express, is the first system designed to keep learning and getting smarter over time," said Paul Lego, CEO of Dash Navigation. "Today's software update is just the beginning. We're interacting with our customers on a daily basis, gathering their input and incorporating it into the product. With our newest features, we're able to help our customers quickly get the answers they need during their daily commutes."
I will be downloading this today and checking it out; stay tuned for more on the June 08 update.
The Dash Express recently dropped its price to $299 and is available at Amazon
Here are a few of the updates:
My Route - Basically, you are smarter than the GPS sometimes, and the Dash will learn your favorite route from A to B, and it can be permanently stored in "My Routes". When you want to navigate this pair again, your My Route comes up as an option and is at the top of the alternatives that are presented. I've been waiting a long time for something like this to hit a GPS, and am looking forward to trying this out.
Developer Applications - So there will be up to 30 applications hitting the wires with this release, including EveryBlock, which is a news feed for your city, tapping into outlets for all kinds of news and delivering it to your Dash. Available for NY, San Francisco, and Chicago for now.
Search Along Route - Something they needed in the original release, but added the exact feature that you need to judge how far off the route the Point of Interest is. In the screenshot to the right (click to enlarge), you can see that there is a column of data that shows the number of miles off your current route; very cool and useful in deciding if you want to make the detour for gas at that station a mile off your route, or the other one the next exit up that is 0.2 miles off your route.
Performance Enhancements - faster map draws (by 50%), quicker toggling between 2D and 3D, better panning of the map, etc.
More after the jump from the Dash press release........
Just got confirmation yesterday that the Dash Express is going to $299 as an everyday price. The Dads and Grads promo must have driven demand and the volumes are up when the prices are down. The Dash is the first next generation device that connects the GPS to the internet and to other Dash drivers so that you have the most up to date traffic information possible.
From my use commuting into Boston, the Dash has an amazing read on traffic congestion and offers alerts when traffic is shifting or changing. The unit has a cellular radio in it to get up to date traffic feeds, while sending back anonymous updates on what traffic you are encountering. Combine these feeds with the other Dash users and you form a network of buddies patrolling the trafficked roads for you. Pretty cool.
The Dash Express is available at Amazon.
Dash has snagged a couple of nice awards for the launch of its Fully Connected GPS device. The first is an award for the best navigation system from the Telematics conference. Not a bad award to have. Also they were the only GPS to be put on the PC World list of The 100 best Products of 2008. (Huh, didn't know it was over, but hey it's a pretty cool list - check it out at PC World). Via Dash Blogs
The Dash Express is available for a new low price of $299 At Amazon. (Thanks Jim for sending this in.)
Cool stuff ahead with the Dash - they have opened up their platform to other developers as they roll out applications that illustrate the capabilities. The Dash is a pretty amazing GPS with 2-way connectivity that allows for a platform to push information to the unit while you are on the road. Given the flexibility, they are starting to push a lot of things: real estate information, weather, red light cameras, and even geo-encode their Outlook calendars to route right to the address of their next appointments.
Via Dash
Thought I would pass this along; Dash must be moving some units because the Dash Express is the #6 GPS at Amazon. Granted there is an exclusive deal with Amazon for the first 30 days, so this is the only retailer you can buy the unit at (Other than the Dash website), but hey it's notable nonetheless.
Dash is the first internet connected GPS offers Yahoo! local search, up to the minute traffic, historical average speeds and a networked traffic capability where you learn about traffic from other Dash users.
Take a look at my First Impressions GPS Review on the Dash Express for more information.
At Amazon - The Dash Express
I have only had the Dash Express a few days, but what I can say is that there is a new revolution out there in GPS devices, and I think it's been quietly brewing since they announced the idea to the public so long ago. There are a lot of features and capabilities that are here that make one think there is something a lot bigger than just directions here; there is real well thought out design work to make your life better by using the Dash.
Is the Dash perfect? No, and I think the people at Dash would say the same thing, but they already have plans to improve. With the connectedness, the Dash units are capable of frequent firmware upgrades that allow Dash to tweak and improve as they go. To be clear, they are starting in a very good place. I am of the impression that they took the time to get to market and used it wisely.
The big thing with the Dash is that it is the first connected generation of GPS units to market. Expect the others to come rushing in, but this is it right here, the next generation of GPS units. The unit has both a WiFi antenna and a mobile phone radio in it to connect back to Dash servers and connect to some limited internet capabilities. This allows you to search on Yahoo! Local search, and get all kinds of traffic data back from Dash. You are also acting as a traffic probe and sending your own traffic and road speed data back to them anonymously so that you can help out other fellow Dash users (and yourself) by mapping traffic patterns. I've already done my share of traffic mapping over the last few days; hope you other Dash users in Boston can appreciate my tracks.
Part of the coverage of the new Dash Express GPS that ships today is to show you what comes with the Dash Express and a little peek inside the box. I was told the other day by Dash that they are doing their best to get Dash Express units out to people who pre-ordered their units for delivery this morning. Yes, that's right, you stuck with them, were nice when they delayed shipments on the units for a month, and now Dash is giving a little back so that they are getting units on your doorstep Thursday, the day that the rest of us though the unit would simply ship, not deliver!
Here's a look at the Dash Express inside the box.
Here's a side view of the pretty sturdy mount.
What's in the Dash Express Box: 1) The Dash Express Unit, 2) The Suction Cup Mount, 3) A Mount Extender for getting it away from the windshield and closer to you, 4) An AC wall charger, 5) A Mini-USB cable, 6) A Car Charger that plugs into the mount, 7) A Dashboard adhesive disk, 8) A Dash Express travel pouch, 9) A Getting Started guide and 10) a Dash Express Installation guide.
At Amazon the Dash Express
It's been a long time coming, but the Dash Express is finally shipping, and they made sure that they will make some headlines with an exclusive partnership for the first month's sales through Amazon.com, as well as a BIG price drop from the early numbers of $600 - $800, and down from previously advertised level of $599; now available for $399.
I was told the other day by Dash that even those of you who pre-ordered will get the new lower price.
The Dash Express is available for purchase immediately at the Dash Store at Amazon
Stop back later today for my: Dash Express First Impressions Review.
The press release follows.....
How long until you get your hands on your pre-ordered Dash Express connected GPS? I had the chance back in December to ride along with some folks from Dash and see the Dash Express in action, and have been looking forward to a real review unit showing up for me to play with for an extended amount of time.
The original ship date was going to be February, but after CEO Paul Lego's delay announcement last month, the new ship data of March 27th is fast approaching. So, I am sure the big question floating around in people's minds is if they will hit that date.
I don't know if they are or aren't but I am hearing that things are looking pretty good that in 2 week's time, you'll start to have shipments hitting the roads. This should be an exciting time for GPS navigation, as the launch of the Dash Express represents the next generation big leap in GPS capabilities - connected search, networked units and historical average speeds to help get better traffic reporting to you the user. In the meantime, you'll just have to sit back and wait (while sitting in traffic).
More at Dash
Readers from all over are sending in their emails that they got from Dash Navigation today announcing that their units will not ship until Late March. Citing their concern for shipping a product that was technically ready, they want to make a few more changes. I used to work for a consumer products company and it was never a good thing to slip a ship date once you made it public, so if you had to, it must have been a pretty big reason.
Want more information? See my post after a Hands On Usage of the Dash Express
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Inside an Argentinean milonga, tango dancers beneath colorful lights sweep together and apart like a field of swaying flowers. The same moves popular in the Tango salons of Buenos Aires come to life on the foot-cushioning sprung floor of Spokane Tango. In the studio's chandelier-lit dancehall, which is called Club Corazon, lilting strides carry students beneath curtains the deep red of a pinot noir or a gaucho who just dropped his lunch tray. During BYOB milonga parties, there is no pressure to show perfect technique; pupils focus instead on enjoyment and self-expression.


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DICKERMAN, Celia Todd8, (Leonard7, Ely6, Jonah5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born July 23, 1830, died Sept. 1, 1909, married Feb. 8, 1853, Wales Caleb, son of Enos and Harriet (Doolittle) Dickerman, who was born June 12, 1831. They lived in that part of Mt. Carmel, Conn., which is called West Woods. For the ancestry of the grandmother of Wales Caleb Dickerman (Mary Todd) see No. 234.
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Dee: "While looking for some suitable recipes to represent Finnish cuisine I found out that it had received a bad press from non-Finns who had sampled it. England has a similar reputation, so I felt like this was something I wanted to make work. I discovered a number of recipes which included reindeer meat but there was no way I'd have been able to get hold of any of that without putting a special order in, and its closest local alternative, venison, wasn't readily available either, so I decided to go for the vegetarian option. There must be vegetarians in Finland. The dishes were simple to prepare and tasted great, so I'll just disregard the nay-sayers."
Finnish Flatbread
Dee: "Although this bread has broadly the same ingredients as a soda bread, it is made differently and has a different taste and texture. It is a dense bread, and the sugar really comes through in the flavour. However, it is certainly a bread to have with savoury dishes, and proved ideal for soaking up the sauces and salad dressing."
Korvasienimuhennos (Mushroom Stew)
Dee: "I did a simplified version of the recipe above and had to use button mushrooms instead of morels. Basically I fried up an onion until softened, then added a sliced garlic clove and continued to fry for about 30 seconds, then added the quartered mushrooms and cooked them until their juices evaporated. I then let the mixture cool down a little before stirring in some sour cream and chopped dill, and finally seasoned it with salt and white pepper."
Kaalilaatikko (Cabbage Box)
Dee: "I left out the minced meat and used vegetable bouillon instead of beef stock in this recipe and it certainly didn't suffer for it. This was a simple dish but was remarkably tasty and filling."
Rosolli (Beetroot Salad)
Dee: "This is actually a Christmas dish but it sounded so good I didn't want to miss out or wait until December to try it. The dressing looked like it belonged on a cupcake but the mix of textures in the salad vegetables and the sourness of the dressing really worked well together."
Omenapiirakka (Apple Tart)
Dee: "The recipe that this is based on is actually for a rhubarb tart, but rhubarb is out of season at the moment. It's occasionally on sale in some of the supermarkets, but not this week, so I decided to go with apples instead. No extra spices, just apples and sugar. The recipe certainly didn't suffer for it, and I loved the crumbliness of both the pastry base and the topping. One of my favourite desserts so far."
Soundtrack: Tuomari Nurmio & Köyhien Ystävät – 'Kohdusta hautaan'
Dee: "I did a search for the best Finnish album of all time (up to the present day, of course), and this came out on top. Before hearing it I read up a little on Finnish music and found out that there were several active music scenes including a number of styles of folk music, hip hop and heavy metal, so this album was always going to come as a surprise. What it turned out to be was a collection of old time sounding Rock n Roll, Country and Western and Blues songs, all sung in Finnish. The song writing and instrumentation were of a very high standard and the sound was polished and radio friendly. There was an album made in England in 1990 by the Notting Hillbillies and it reminded me very much of that, though this album predates it by a good ten years."
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The first thing that strikes when you meet the young Martin Arndorfer (born in 1983) and his wife Anna is the love, the passion and the enthusiasm that they have for their work, and how they transfer this energy into their wines. Martin works on a patchwork of small vineyards located around the village of Strass, in the region of Kamptal, and are mostly planted with the traditional Gruner Veltliner and Riesling. All vines are grown with sustainable farming, and the same care and respect is used in vinification.
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Nokai Dome in the San Juan-Canyonlands
region. Photo copyright Harvey Halpern.
Over the past two months, we've participated in a series of meetings with San Juan County commissioners and representatives of Senator Bob Bennett to discuss the merits of wilderness designations within the San Juan-Canyonlands landscape.
Throughout Senator Bennett's process, questions have arisen about the Senator's intent. Senate and county representatives frequently weren't taking notes on conservationists' presentations and county commissioners sometimes weren't even in attendance as the process moved along. This raises questions about whether these meetings were perfunctory "window dressing" or a real effort to identify the specific issues related to federal lands in San Juan County.
Now the future of these discussions, and any potential wilderness legislation, is unclear. For example, field trips are essential when the intent is for groups with longstanding disagreements to attempt to identify common ground, but it is not clear that field trips will take place.
Whatever happens next, Utahns throughout our state — not just San Juan County residents — deserve an opportunity to learn more about the lands under consideration and make their voices heard. At the very least, Senator Bennett should convene a hearing in Salt Lake City to discuss how 1.5 million acres of wilderness in San Juan County, inventoried by citizens and included in America's Red Rock Wilderness Act, should be managed for the benefit of all Americans.
Click here to read SUWA staffer Brooke Williams' latest dispatch from San Juan County.
Robert Redford: Protecting America's wild lands
"I have lived most of my life in the West,
and I have seen too many special places lost. Each time it happens, our
children's wilderness inheritance shrinks even further.
It doesn't have to be this way. We can protect our last remnants of
unspoiled nature. We can live up to the example set by generations
before us who agreed to safeguard spectacular landscapes.
We could be the generation that decides to protect… But with the "No New Wilderness" policy still
in effect, loud generators or noisy natural gas compressor stations
could move in and shatter that stillness…
Join me in asking Interior Secretary Salazar
to issue a Secretarial Order to preserve wilderness quality lands while
they are being considered for permanent preservation."
Read more at The Denver Post
After 5 years work, Beaver-Piute legislation tabled indefinitely
two open house meetings in
attended by residents who strongly oppose the
Read more at The Spectrum Daily News
Environmental groups attack approval for strip mine near Bryce Canyon
Sierra Club and three other environmental groups are challenging a permit for
the coal mine, saying the operation would pollute waterways and kick up dust 10
miles from
views, pristine air and sparkling night skies.
superintendent also has objected.
Opponents contend
the strip mine into mountain lakes, streams and the wild and scenic
Read more at The Deseret News
Read more at The Deseret News
It's cultural, not rational – Letter on conservation in San Juan County
It's cultural, not rational – Letter on conservation in San Juan County
It seems San Juan County Commission's fear of new parks, wilderness and
monuments may be more a fear of the "elites" who enjoy and promote such
landscapes rather than a sense of what is really good for their local
Read more at The High Country News
New BLM director will hopefully reform and improve Utah land management
"But Salazar's reforms of the
Bureau of Land Management's environmental review practices, and his
decision to replace Selma Sierra with Juan Palma as Utah BLM director,
point the national and local offices toward better stewardship. Sierra
dutifully carried out the Bush policies and her regional management
plans elevated the interests of energy developers and off-road-vehicle
users. Utahns concerned with preserving Utah's fragile lands will not
miss her."
Read more at the Salt Lake Tribune
Bennett seeks to block onshore drilling reform
Senator Bennett, in conjunction with Senator Hatch, introduced legislation Wednesday which attempts to block the positive reforms of Secretary Salazar on Utah's BLM lands.
Bennett believes that the new regulation would add more red tape in energy production.
May 2010
Here's what is happening this month with the redrock:
1. Find out what is happening with the San Juan County wilderness process.
2. TAKE ACTION – Ask the White House to address climate change in public lands decisions.
3. Send us photos or videos of your family exploring Utah's wild lands!
4. New redrock bill cosponsors include Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL).
San Juan County Wilderness Process Continues Despite Bennett Convention Loss
We want to update you
about the future of the San Juan-Canyonlands wilderness.
Sen. Bob Bennett is
considering creating legislation to determine management for public lands in
the southeast corner of Utah in the San Juan-Canyonlands region. SUWA, with our partners in the Utah
Wilderness Coalition — including the Sierra Club and Great Old Broads — and other
conservation organizations including the Grand Canyon Trust have been active
voices in the process. Meetings have
been held every other week since mid-April, at which SUWA has presented the
UWC's wilderness proposal.
At the beginning of this week's meeting, Sen.
Bennett's staff assured us that, despite the Senator's loss at the recent Utah
Republican convention, Bennett remains committed to trying to move a San Juan
County public lands bill this year. If
time ends up being a limiting factor, the Senator would work to "hand it off
effectively" so the process could continue under the guidance and support of
another member of the Utah delegation.
For more detailed accounts of the San Juan County meetings, you can view the following posts:
Dispatch from San Juan County – No. 1
Dispatch from San Juan County – No. 2
Dispatch from San Juan County – No. 3
Dispatch from San Juan County – No. 4
If you have
not already done so, please contact your
members of Congress today and ask that they monitor the process
to help Sen. Bennett produce a bill for San Juan
County that offers meaningful protections for Utah's redrock
wilderness. If you live in
Utah, please send a personalized message to Senator Bennett.
Tell the White
House to address
climate change in public lands decision
Early in
the Obama administration, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar made clear that his
department would be looking through the lens of climate change when making
decisions affecting our public lands. He
even issued a Secretarial
Order saying "the realities of climate change require us to change how we
manage the land, water, fish and wildlife, and cultural heritage and tribal
lands and resources we oversee." We
hoped that this signaled a break from the Bush administration, which ignored climate change issues in decisions like the
six controversial resource management plans for the Colorado Plateau. Unfortunately, the BLM has still not fixed
those plans or made any commitment to do so in the future. Clearly, the Interior Department needs some
The White
House Council on Environmental Quality recently proposed draft guidance on the incorporation of climate
change in environmental analyses, but it also neglects to require an analysis of the impacts of
climate change on public lands and natural resources.
climate change was supposed to be a priority for the Obama administration. So far, we haven't seen much follow through even
as scientists warn that time is of the essence if we want to bolster the
ability of native plants and animals to withstand a hotter, drier climate. Please click here to tell CEQ chair Nancy
Sutley about the importance of including climate change in all of the
administration's decisions – including those affecting Utah's redrock wilderness.
Photos and Videos of Families in Wilderness
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exploring Utah's wild lands? We're looking for photos and videos of
people enjoying Utah's wild country for use in an upcoming promotional
campaign. Please send photos either as files or links (to Flickr,
Picassa, or other web albums) and links to videos (on YouTube or other
video hosting sites; please do not email actual video files) to email@example.com.
*New Cosponsor Spotlight*
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL)
The number of House cosponsors for America's Red Rock Wilderness Act continues to grow! Those recently signing onto to the bill are Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) and Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL). If you live in one of their districts, please thank your representative!
For a full list of cosponsors, click here. If your members of Congress are not on the list of cosponsors, please ask them to sign onto the bill by clicking here!


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Known skate, snow and surf enthusiasts at Looking Sideways recently played host during the opening night for their latest exhibition at Vans Wängl Tängl. The space was curated specifically for the event, which offers art by several names including Fos, French, Blaise Rosenthal and Ed Templeton. Presenting an intriguing synergy between board sports and diversely selected imagery, the event is being held currently and will include live art by select artists on-site.
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A titanic clash of philosophies
As expected, the Cabinet voted 3-1 Thursday to dismantle Florida's Jim Crow-era system of requiring lengthy waits and hearings for most felons seeking to regain their civil rights after leaving prison.
Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson and CFO Alex Sink joined Gov. Charlie Crist in supporting the changes, which were a campaign promise by the Republican governor.
Crist said the change was about "simple justice," "fairness," and "redemption," and quoted Abe Lincoln (" ... with malice toward none, with charity toward all.")
Attorney General Bill McCollum mounted passionate opposition, calling it "a sad day for Florida," "a big mistake," and later describing Crist's actions as "liberal." McCollum said that the changes Crist favored would have allowed John Couey, the killer of Jessica Lunsford, to regain his civil rights.
The four officials, meeting as the Board of Executive Clemency, voted to create a new system under which about 80 percent of convicted felons will now regain their civil rights without a hearing. Those rights include voting, serving on a jury, running for office and holding various state-issued licenses. They do not include being able to carry a gun.
Excluded from the automatic category are criminals who have committed murder, manslaughter, DUI manslaughter, sexual battery, lewd and lascivious crimes, child abuse, treason and terrorism.
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RAY SUAREZ: Now, why some community colleges are rethinking their approach to basic courses.
The schools have long been a place where students are required to fill in gaps in their high school educations, but there are important questions about how well it works. And now there's a move to change the way it's done.
Special correspondent John Tulenko from Learning Matters has the story.
JOHN TULENKO: Community colleges, with low tuition and open door admissions, are enrolling record numbers of students, especially minority students and returning adults, all of them with high hopes, says teacher Peter Adams.
PETER ADAMS, Community College of Baltimore County: They're coming here with a great emphasis on making their lives better. A lot of them have worked in fairly low-paying, insecure jobs, and they want a better career.
JOHN TULENKO: But as community colleges across the country have discovered, the vast majority of students arrives unprepared.
PETER ADAMS: And the first thing we say to them is, not so fast there. You're not really in college. You can't take college-level courses. You have got to take these developmental courses.
JOHN TULENKO: Catchup classes that do not count toward certificates and degrees, that's where more than half of all community college students and two-thirds of black and Latino students are placed.
REVONE GIFFORD, student: I have had to take a lot of non-credit classes. I don't want my kids to end up like I was. I want them to have the knowledge to be able to go to college.
JOHN TULENKO: After she was laid off last year, ReVone Gifford went back to school to earn a social work degree. It's her third attempt at community college since graduating high school in 1994. Her previous tries stalled at developmental math.
REVONE GIFFORD: I hated it. The professors would go so fast. And if you ask a question, I have to break down each thing, and I might ask 30 questions on one subject. I couldn't keep up.
JOHN TULENKO: Like ReVone, 40 percent of all students required to enroll in basic skills courses find their college dreams end there.
STAN JONES, Complete College America: It's a great individual cost. They have spent tuition money and their time, and they walk away with nothing. But the state is paying a price, too, because the state is paying for that as well.
JOHN TULENKO: According to advocates like Stan Jones of Complete College America, basic skills courses cost taxpayers about $3 billion each year.
STAN JONES: It doesn't work. Actually, if you and I were both assigned to take remedial courses, and you skipped it, you would actually do better in your first math course than I would, having taken the remedial sequence.
JOHN TULENKO: At many places, remedial courses simply repeat the kind of instruction that didn't work in high school. It's no wonder the results are the same. But now a growing number of community colleges are trying new approaches to help the least prepared students succeed.
Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland is one of them. Here, half the students in basic skills math courses were failing, so, last fall, the community college gave new students the option of taking the course online.
ALICIA MORSE, Anne Arundel Community College: They're working where they need to work. Students come in with different holes, say, in their mathematical backgrounds. Some people might just need small pieces filled in; other people may never have studied, say, algebra in their life. Lecture class doesn't allow that flexibility.
JOHN TULENKO: Math department chair Alicia Morse helped start the new program.
ALICIA MORSE: The computer provides small video lectures. It provides PowerPoints. It provides step-by- step solutions at the problem level. So it's a very robust learning system, and it gives them options.
REVONE GIFFORD: I like it because I can go back and break it down. I don't feel threatened by not having — it shows me how to do it, and that's why I think it works best for me.
JOHN TULENKO: Students attend lab classes twice a week, but they can also work online even on smartphones and finish the course sooner.
Elsewhere, short computer-based courses targeting only areas of weakness, called mini-modules, have replaced semester-long remediation. For many students, the enemy is time.
STAN JONES: It's really about attrition. It takes too long to get to the regular college level work.
JOHN TULENKO: How long can a student be in remedial courses?
STAN JONES: As long as two years.
JOHN TULENKO: Long stints in remediation used to be the norm at the Community College of Baltimore County, and students were unhappy from the start. Peters Adams teaches basic skills writing.
PETER ADAMS: For the first three or four weeks, the students are all really depressed and sometimes hostile because their high school teacher always told them they were a good writer. Why do they need this class? And how come they have to take this class and pay for it and do it all the work and they don't get credit?
JOHN TULENKO: Adams believed that hostility contributed to a nearly 70 percent dropout rate in remedial writing classes, so he proposed a new approach.
ROBERT MILLER, teacher: Do you have any questions about this class, English?
JOHN TULENKO: Today, developmental students jump straight into this full-credit English 101 class, right alongside their better prepared peers.
ROBERT MILLER: What is it about again?
JOHN TULENKO: Directly afterwards, they meet with the teacher for an extra hour of instruction.
PETER ADAMS: All of a sudden, there is no resentment. There's none of the hostility. The student no longer sees the developmental class as a hurdle keeping them from English 101. They're in English 101, and the developmental class is something they're taking that will help them in the class. So you no longer have to say, this will be really useful next semester; it's useful right now.
I thought it was going to be more difficult, but it's not.
JOHN TULENKO: Bob Miller teaches the class.
ROBERT MILLER: I can imagine some people thinking, is it bad for the students who are at grade level? No, I don't believe there's any effect at all. There's no dumbing down. There's no making it easier. The developmental students, they want to do better than the students who were placed directly into the first semester English.
JOHN TULENKO: From a 70 percent failure rate, basic skills writing now has a 70 percent pass rate. But community colleges have been slow to copy success.
Small classes like this are more expensive to run. Done the old way, remediation brings in badly needed tuition revenue that often supports other departments.
STAN JONES: It's its own industry now. There are dev-ed departments within most colleges. They bring in money on their remedial program.
JOHN TULENKO: So it's kind of the cash cow?
STAN JONES: It is. It's unto itself. And we're trying to break through this and say, but the point was to get these students in the credit courses.
JOHN TULENKO: Back at Anne Arundel Community College, more students are completing basic skills math, up from 50 percent to 60 percent.
ReVone Gifford, who found work while she was in school, had failed the class twice before trying it again on computers.
REVONE GIFFORD: I passed it. And to be able to go onto the next step, I feel much more intelligent. And my self-esteem gets a boost because I'm not failing, so it's the great — you know, I love the feeling. It's great for me.
JOHN TULENKO: This spring, Ms. Gifford moved on to geometry, and passed that, too. Having finished her math requirements, she's well on her way to earning her degree.


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Some people may seem disconcerted at the thought of eating grasshoppers, but it's not as bad as it seems, especially since their little heads and legs have been ripped off, making their bodies look like tiny shells. In Spanish, they're known as chapulines, and they're popular in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. At Hugo's (1602 Westheimer, 713-524-7744), they're pan-seared with finely diced onions, and they have a particularly earthy, grassy flavor. An order ($8) arrives with three blue-corn tortillas and three small bowls — one containing the crunchy little bugs, another, some freshly-made guacamole topped with queso fresco, and the third, a chipotle-tomatillo salsa.
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Nash Named Big 12 Rookie of the Week
Oklahoma State freshman Le'Bryan Nash is the Big 12 Rookie of the Week. Nash led the Pokes with 27 points in a win over #2 Missouri and had 13 points in a loss against Texas A&M in College Station, TX.
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Execution on the offensive end of the floor was an issue two nights ago for eighth-ranked Arizona. Solomon Hill took it upon himself to correct that problem from the start Saturday at Washington State.
The forward scored all 18 of his points in the first 20 minutes, and the Wildcats never let the Cougars pull within single digits in the second half of a 79-65 victory at Friel Court in Pullman, Wash.
After attempting just one shot in the first half at Washington, Hill was not hesitant to make his mark early against WSU. The senior connected on six 3-pointers - all in the first half - to set a new career high and finished 6 of 10 from distance.
Arizona (19-2, 7-2 Pac-12 Conference), which shot 52 percent in the second half, pulled into a tie for first place with No. 10 Oregon. The Ducks lost at California earlier in the day, and Arizona State had a chance to make it a three-way tie but lost at UW.
A D.J. Shelton 3-pointer pulled the Cougars within 10 at the 4:32 mark. But with a chance to cut the deficit to single digits, WSU (11-11, 2-7 Pac-12) was called for traveling on a fastbreak with 3:25 remaining.
Mark Lyons capitalized immediately with a 3-pointer. The UA guard then added a steal and transition layup to push the advantage to 69-54 and close the door on any comeback hopes for the Cougars, who trailed by as many as 19.
Lyons finished with a game-high 20 points, and the Wildcats' freshmen played a big part in the outcome as well. Kaleb Tarczewski and Brandon Ashley combined for 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting, while Grant Jerrett added four blocks off the bench.
Tarczewski's 10 points extended his streak of reaching double figures to three games.
Brock Motum paced the Cougars with 15 points and six rebounds before fouling out. Teammate Mike Ladd, who came into the contest averaging better than 18 points over his last five games, was held scoreless in the first half and finished with just two points.
The first half was Hill's showcase, and Arizona needed it after losing its sixth man midway through the half.
Leading 21-11 after one of Hill's long-range baskets, Kevin Parrom was then ejected for hitting DaVonte Lacy with an elbow underneath the basket with 10:42 left.
But the rest of the Wildcats were able to remain composed, and another Hill 3-pointer with 2:52 remaining gave UA its largest lead of the half, 37-20.
Then, for good measure, Hill exceeded his previous career high just before the half. The 6-6 wing banked in a three-quarters court heave from the WSU 3-point line to provide an exclamation mark on the first 20 minutes and send the 'Cats into the locker room with a 40-26 advantage.
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New figures show the number of exclusions at primary and secondary schools run by Glasgow City Council have dropped by a quarter, from 6462 in 2007-08 to 4926 in 2008-09.
The biggest inroads have been made at secondary school level where there has been a 30% reduction in exclusions between 2007-08 and 2008-09.
Council officials believe the decrease is a result of a new strategy that ensures all schools first put in place support for disruptive youngsters, rather than automatically applying for exclusion.
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Glasgow is also celebrating the fact that literacy and numeracy grades have risen to their highest ever levels.
In 2009, the proportion of pupils reaching appropriate national levels in reading, writing and maths in both primary and by the end of S2 reached record levels.
The impressive performance comes in the week that Margaret Doran, Glasgow's executive director for education, stood down after internal wrangles over her role.
During the last two years, Ms Doran has instigated an intensive push on literacy and numeracy and has also developed a strategy to ensure all schools support disruptive young people, rather than excluding them.
Schools still do not tolerate violent or abusive behaviour, but, where a pupil is guilty of such an offence, different strategies are employed such as sin bins, the involvement of campus police officers and restorative justice techniques.
Last night, the figures were welcomed by Jonathan Findlay, the council's executive member for education. "It is vital the option of exclusion remains available to schools if this is necessary to protect other youngsters and staff and Glasgow has a zero tolerance approach to anti-social behaviour in our schools.
"However, young people, school communities and society as a whole benefit if we work together with them and their families, and other agencies where appropriate, to solve the problems that lead to bad behaviour in the classroom.
"I would like to congratulate everyone in education services who has worked exceptionally hard to reduce exclusions -- these figures prove that their efforts are really paying off."
In the past, teachers' leaders have warned that the council's strategy could result in violent pupils being returned to the classroom at the expense of school discipline, but, yesterday, officials from the Glasgow branch of the Educational Institute of Scotland, the country's largest teaching union, welcomed the trend -- but issued a warning over future resources.
Hugh Donnelly, the new Glasgow branch secretary of the EIS, said: "There are still many challenging pupils within Glasgow schools and, if progress on exclusions is to be maintained, sufficient levels of resources to support these pupils need to be made available.
"If resources are cut and the support is not in place then we would be concerned. Keeping pupils in school and sitting them in a room on their own is not inclusion."
On the rising levels of literacy and numeracy in the early years of secondary, Mr Donnelly said the national strategy of reducing maths and English class sizes in S1 and S2 was partly responsible.
On Wednesday, Ms Doran announced her decision to step down from her £120,000 post.
Originally, brought in to lead a combined education and social work department, her role was reduced in December after a report which described the joint department as "unwieldy".
The move was said to have left her feeling "undermined", while it also made it harder for her to deliver her vision to improve the life chances of Glasgow young people.


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FSU has announced that they will play a double header against Clemson on Saturday.
This just announced. SCHEDULE CHANGE – Clemson & FSU will conclude the series with a DH Saturday at 2 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. No game Sunday.
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Both games will be available on ESPN3.


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Nov. 21, 2007
NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Notre Dame head volleyball coach Debbie Brown recently announced the signing of four incoming freshmen to National Letters-of-Intent. The tandem of Megan Barnicle, Kristen Dealy, Beth Wildermuth, and Francesca "Frenchy" Silva will enroll in school next fall and have four years of eligibility in a Fighting Irish uniform.
"The class, as a whole, is really good," said Brown. "They definitely have the type of court personalities that we like to have here at Notre Dame. They all love playing the game. They play with a lot of energy and a lot of emotion, and each brings with them specific skills that will definitely help this program."
Barnicle is the latest product from the Chicago-area based club team Sports Performance, joining current sophomore Megan Fesl (Arlington Heights, Ill./John Hersey) and senior Adrianna Stasiuk (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South) as former players for the travel squad.
"Megan will be a middle blocker for us, and I think that she's similar in ability to Kellie (Sciacca) in the fact that she's a very offensive middle," said Brown. "She's played on a tremendously talented club team for the last couple years, and that experience will certainly add to the depth and competition of our middle blocking crew."
The six-footer ranked 48th among the annual Senior Aces list produced by PrepVolleyball.com.
"Megan seems to hang glide in the air while both hitting and blocking," said Barnicle's high school coach, Peg Kopec. "She is a real laid-back player with command of all her quick shots, but possesses the finesse to lay down the soft tips. She jumps and blocks with such ease. It's not that she isn't playing hard, but her athleticism makes it seem effortless. It seems that she can literally float like a butterfly."
Kopec and Barnicle were part of a St. Francis (Wheaton, Ill.) prep squad that recently finished second in Illinois' 2007 Class AAA state tournament to cap off the season with a 38-4 record. St. Francis notched the Class AA state crown in 2006 after a 42-2 campaign. Heading into that championship year, the team was the sixth-ranked team in the PrepVolleyball.com preseason poll, which came on the heels of a 37-2 mark and a No. 14 national ranking in 2005. Those two losses in 2005 were to Mira Costa - the nation's second-ranked team - and Naperville Central, who would eventually win the Illinois state title that season after downing St. Francis in the sectional finals. In four years with the Spartans, Barnicle had a hand in compiling an overall record of 149-17 (.898).
With her club team, Barnicle won a national championship at the 2007 Junior Olympics and captured that same title as a sixteen-year-old.
"Megan is such a hard worker and a great teammate," said Steve Bailey of Sports Performance. "She works well with others, and will do anything to win. She's very consistent with her play, and is simply one of those hard working kids that any coach would love to have on their team."
Two years ago, Dealy made the Junior Olympic all-tournament team after her squad finished fifth in the National division. She has since developed into a solid outside hitter for a nationally ranked high school team, and is the country's 53rd best prospect according to PrepVolleyball.com.
The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) placed her on its Division I first-team in 2006. The Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table recognized Dealy as its Athlete of the Week (Oct. 2, 2006) after she was an all-tournament selection at the Archbishop Mitty Tournament in San Jose, leading her Santa Barbara High School (Santa Barbara, Calif.) squad to its first victory over rival San Marcos in more than three years with 13 kills during the Dons' three-game sweep. Dealy and Santa Barbara fell to Marymount in that season's Southern Section finals and completed the year with a 21-9 record. Despite the loss, it was the team's first appearance in a Division 1-A sectional match since the Dons won California's Division II-AA championship in 2000.
Dealy's squad bounced back to start the 2007 season by pummeling Marymount, who was then the top-ranked team in Division 1-A, in the semis of the Archbishop Mitty Tournament before sweeping through Harvard-Westlake (25-20, 25-13, 25-19) in the championship match on "one of the greatest days ever for Santa Barbara girls' volleyball," according to Santa Barbara head coach John Gannon. Dealy exploded for 44 kills over the span of the tournament's final two matches. Harvard-Westlake is now the sixth-ranked team in the nation.
The pair of wins came after the Dons had already defeated the 2006 Division 1-AA CIF champion, Redondo Union, earlier in the season by mounting a five-game comeback on the road.
Santa Barbara is currently the No. 15 team in the nation and the 8th-best team in California, according to MaxPreps.com. The Dons spent most of the season as the top-ranked team in the CIF's Division 1-A, and rode a sixteen-match winning streak into the postseason until falling to Flintridge Sacred Heart in the CIF playoffs (Dealy led the Dons with 15 kills in the match). Dealy was a pivotal cog in helping the team post a 26-6 overall record with a flawless 8-0 mark against foes in the Channel League.
"Kristen is a really good all-around player," Brown stated. "She's a good passer and a good defensive player. She can hit with a lot of power, and hits well out of the back row. I love her competitive court demeanor. She just plays really hard all the time."
Similar to Dealy, Wildermuth also claimed a spot on the all-tournament team during at the 2006 Junior Olympics after competing in the 16-Open division.
That same year Volleyball Magazine chose her as a second-team All-American player after Santa Margarita High School (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) picked up top honors in the Trinity League. Wildermuth soon added another honor by finding her way onto the CIF Division I second team. It was during that season that Santa Margarita fought its way to the top of the Orange County rankings and played themselves into the CIF Division I semifinals and the Southern California Regional finals.
The Orange County Register placed her on the newspaper's first team in 2006, as she was the primary setter that season for Dicey McGraw, who is now an outside hitter at UCLA.
In 2005, she led the Eagles to a 34-4 mark and an appearance in the Southern California Division III championship match.
PrepVolleyball.com's 30th best recruit coming out of high school this year guided the Eagles to a 20-9 finish while ranking among the top 15 teams in the state throughout the season. In fact, Wildermuth came out on top of a season-opening battle with Dealy and her Santa Barbara squad to open the season on Sept. 7.
"Beth is a very, very strong setter with loads of potential," said Brown. "She plays similar to Jamel (Nicholas) and Ashley (Tarutis), as she's not very tall but is extremely mobile around the floor with a strong jump set. It's so important in the (setter) position to be a strong leader, and she has exhibited that leadership. She definitely knows how to run the show, keep the team focused, and communicate with her hitters and passers. In addition to all of that, she just has really good location on her sets."
Wildermuth plays for the same travel program, Laguna Beach Volleyball Club, as future classmate Silva.
One person that can certainly attest to the attributes and potential of Wildermuth and Silva is Michael Soylular, who has worked with both individuals as the head coach and director of the Laguna Beach Volleyball Club. Soylular has been actively involved with the development of both players since they started playing the sport at a competitive level.
"With Beth and Frenchy, you're talking about two relatively undersized players that make up for that lack of size with such an amazing work ethic," said Soylular. "Both have such a tremendous desire to excel. They're team players, extremely coachable, and have an invaluable knowledge of the game. Playing volleyball in general, and more specifically having the opportunity to play at Notre Dame, is something that each is passionate about. They've been winners on the beach, indoors, with club and high school teams - you name it, and they've done it.
"What makes them great is that they make the players around them so much better. Their play is contagious. Some programs get great students. Some get great athletes. Some get players with great personalities. Notre Dame is getting two student-athletes that fall under each of those categories."
At 5-foot-4, Silva can certainly pack quite the punch with her frame. She boasts a powerful jump serve and has shown brilliant flashes of speed and athleticism both on the court as a libero and on the track as a sprinter. In fact, she helped set three school records in relay events as a freshman - and proceeded to break two of those marks as a sophomore - then cracked the top 4x100 relay time during her junior season. Her 4x100 relay tandem was seventh in the CIF finals after racking an eighth-place finish in 2006.
Since 2005, her club team has only suffered three losses while posting 49 wins and a trio of top 10 finishes at the Junior Olympics (most recently, the squad was third in the 2007 edition of the national event). The team swept through the competition to net first place in the Southern California Volleyball Association tournament after her sophomore season.
Silva was invited to the USA A2 High Performance volleyball camp in Colorado Springs, Colo., during her first two prep seasons. After training with the program in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., as a sophomore, she was named the Best Passer at the conclusion of the championship tournament. Her performance then prompted an invitation to train at the USA Holiday Volleyball Camp in Austin, Texas, as she was also extended that opportunity one season later.
This past season, Silva has averaged 5.9 digs/game, which includes a trio of 30+ dig efforts to close the 2007 season. She scooped a season-high 37 shots in the Dana Hills High School (Dana Point, Calif.) season finale against Newport Harbor. For those recent efforts, The Orange County Register bestowed upon her its Athlete of the Week award after she posted 106 digs in the first three rounds of the CIF Division I-AA playoffs. Silva totaled 346 digs over the course of the 2007 season.
"I will miss Frenchy because her defense is the best around and she is such a leader," said Lael Fresenius, head coach at Dana Hills.
But Brown and the Irish will certainly welcome what Silva will brings to the Notre Dame table.
"Frenchy is really energetic and plays with a lot of emotion," shared Brown. "She's just an outstanding defensive player. She covers a lot of the court, as she's extremely fast, dynamic, and powerful. She'll be able to come in and immediately help us defensively. On and off the court, she's always focused and is one hundred percent into the match."
She is daughter of Michael and Gina Silva of Laguna Niguel, Calif. Her father played football at Westminster College (Pa.). Silva has been a staple on Dana Hills honor roll throughout her high school career.


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Many customers are also worried about the amount and skill level of available human resources for managing their System z storage environments. Over the years, IT processes have evolved to depend on proprietary scripts, utilities and other custom-built tools. Problem resolution often depends on the memories of experts with many years of experience. Teter says, "The people who typically handle ICF catalogs or DFSMShsm environments tend not to be the new-hires right out of college. They're usually seasoned experts with many years of experience, they can be in short supply and they're hard to replace."
The Tivoli storage-management solution for z/OS may help overcome this issue by automating previously manual, high-skilled tasks and capturing expert knowledge within the TEP. "One of the strengths of the IBM solution is that it really makes it a lot easier to use and learn," Teter says. The z solution provides at-a-glance monitoring and diagnostics, as well as automation of repetitive manual tasks in preplanned responses to common issues. Filtering and reporting capabilities make it easy to differentiate the less-important events from the urgent ones. Consistent tools and interfaces speed learning for new users and make it easier to quickly adapt to new issues.
TEP delivers a single-pane-of-glass view for real-time updates and better collaboration, and enables teams to view the storage environment at a glance, or to drill down and link seamlessly across products to reduce problem-resolution times from days to hours. The solution provides easy access to storage-related information across the IT organization, helping remove barriers and improve collaboration. "Users can reduce their reliance on expert skills in some of the tougher areas of System z storage," Teter says.
IBM has been making strides in System z storage management. You can save money and resources, and improve your system's recoverability and visibility into storage options with IBM Tivoli solutions.
"The ability to keep storage environments up and running 24-7 is crucial for z/OS customers," Teter says. "IBM understands that and is committed to providing the best products for the highest ROI."
Tami Deedrick is the former managing editor of IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems edition.
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