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One of the most fascinating recent studies into the impact of Transition was Local Communities Leading the Way to a Low Carbon Society, a report published by AEIDL (Association Européenne pour l'Information sur le Développement Local. It looks at Transition, permaculture and ecovillage networks, what it calls the "Silent Revolution", "a potentially powerful driver of pro-environmental behaviour change". We caught up with Eamon O'Hara, who created the report, to find out more about it, and about his conclusions.
Hosszúhetény is the most populous village in Baranya county, in the south of Hungary, with 3400 inhabitants. It's situated in beautiful natural surroundings at the foot of the Zengő peak of the Mecsek hills.
It's time for a rant about SACAT. "About what?" you might most reasonably cry. 'Semi Attended Customer Activated Terminals', that's what. In plain English, it's those self checkout things that are taking over shops up and down the land. In 2008 there were 92,600 such units in use worldwide, by the end of this year it is expected to top 430,000. In the UK, 32 million shoppers now use them every week, over one third of Tesco's store transactions every week are self checkout. I recently went to WHSmith at St Panchras station in London, the first shop I've been into that is 100% self checkout. No staff. I turned around and walked back out again.
What role does measuring and evaluating your impacts have to play for Transition initiatives? How important is it, and how straightforward is it in a group that is already busy "doing stuff"? Jo Hamilton is a researcher at Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute whose research focuses on those very questions. Together with colleagues Ruth Mayne and Kersty Hobson, she is currently developing a project called Monitoring and Evaluation for Sustainable Communities (MESC) to develop and trial a range of tools to enable groups to self monitor and evaluate their work. She's still recruiting groups and is running 3 workshops in April and May for groups who'd like more skills and insights on how to do this (more below).
"What's the catch?" she asked as she idled up to the table. The yard was filled with blankets and tables, boxes and miscellany scattered over almost every square inch except for the well-marked paths. Our information table was welcoming people at the entrance, and this question was asked over and over again to our organizing team. "What's the catch?"
Greyton Transition Town has been in existence for just over two years and is beginning to have a significant impact on our community. The one way which stands out for all of our community is what a great vehicle it is to bring about social integration.
Nic Marks founded the Centre for Wellbeing at the London-based think tank New Economics Foundation and also more recently founded Happiness Works. Much of his work has focused on measuring wellbeing and happiness, as captured in his excellent talk from 2010. When thinking about how a Transition initiative might measure the extent to which it is successfully helping to building wellbeing and happiness, he felt like the best place to start.
From the Ground Up (FGU) was launched in March 2010 by Transition Town Kingston with the mission to bring affordable, local organic fresh food to our communities. Dissatisfied with the limited variety, variable quality and high cost of fresh organic food from our conventional sources, Transition Town Kingston took action.
We are really honoured to be able to share with you today an interview with Sir David King. Sir David is currently Special Representative to the Foreign Secretary in the UK on climate change. For 7 years, between 2000 and 2007, he was Chief Scientific Advisor. Much of his current role is focused around the negotiations for an international treaty in December 2015 in Paris, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21). He calls this "the big moment to achieve a global agreement", adding "I believe this is the world's biggest diplomatic challenge, I'm even going to say the biggest diplomatic challenge of all time". He spoke to Transition Network's Sarah McAdam.
Monday's IPCC's report presented a stark and focused reminder that business as usual will lead to "severe, pervasive, and irreversible impacts", and that the impacts of climate change are already "widespread and consequential". Our theme for April is "what is the impact of Transition, and how do we know?" In this piece, I want to explore three questions. What is the impact we hoped Transition would have when we first came up with the idea, what impact are we actually having, and what could we be doing differently to increase that impact? Big questions, especially in the light of the IPCC's report. Although we'll go into them in more depth as the month goes on, let's make a first stab at them here. I also want to run an idea past you.
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The University Communications, Publications and Design team is the principal distributor of official university communications and coordinator of the health science center's integrated marketing initiative, creating a common public "face" and consistent "voice" for the institution.
Karen Krakower Kaplan
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Karen serves on several advisory boards and committees both within the university and the broader Houston community and lectures on personal health and medical journalism. Her work has appeared in more than 50 journals, magazines, newspapers and anthologies and is the recipient of more than 20 awards for writing as editor of HealthLeader Online Magazine. Her additional work in end-stage disease counseling through AIDS organizations, organ transplant and hospice provides a necessary depth to her understanding of current health information needs.
Leslie Holland
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- Phone: 713-500-3372
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Leslie Holland is responsible for the concept and design of a variety of marketing and promotional materials for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. With her help, the Office of Public Affairs is responsible for producing materials with a consistent look and message for the university's internal and external audiences. Projects include brochures, posters, event invitations and promotional items as well as interior design projects. Signage and wayfinding programming and design development also benefit from Leslie's knowledge and expertise in the field. She has more than 20 years experience including design firms in Austin and Houston and as in-house corporate creative director for two Houston companies. She brings a knowledge of corporate and institutional culture to the Marketing and Community Relations team – as well as experience developing working relationships with clients and vendors to achieve the best and most cost effective collateral materials. Leslie is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Visual Communications. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree (Swiss equivalency) from Allgemeine Gewerbeschule Basel, Schule für Gestaltung in Basel, Switzerland.
Andy Heger
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- Phone: 713-500-3087
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Andy Heger joined the UTHealth Media Relations and Communications teams in the Office of Public Affairs in August 2011. He is editor-in-chief of HealthLEADER, the university's award-winning online wellness magazine. Andy also helps administer university social media sites, produces videos and leads publicity efforts for education and child development at the Children's Learning Institute as well as news for the Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the UTHealth Medical School. In addition to several years as a news reporter, Andy has more than 10 years of experience in marketing and communications.
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Melanie Rosenberg
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- Phone: 713-500-3038
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Jenna C. Taylor joined the Office of Public Affairs in March 2008 and is currently editor of internal communications and publications, including the university intranet, Inside UTHealth, News on the Go and Distinctions. As a member of the Communications team, Jenna creates and executes strategic communications plans, serves on the emergency communications team and is a member of the UTHealth identity council. Each day she seeks to shine a light on the exceptional people and programs of UTHealth and help make navigating our community just a little bit easier. Jenna has more than a decade of experience in communications, marketing and development.
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HealthLeader is an online consumer wellness magazine for the general public providing free, useful consumer-health articles and tools on topics related to medical research, personal health, fitness, nutrition and mental well-being, plus access to UT Clinics. For information call 713-500-3045 or visit http://www.uthealthleader.org/.
Distinctions is an online publication that highlights the UTHealth's distinctive capabilities and accomplishments in education, research, community service, and philanthropic support. It is distributed to external as well as internal audiences. For information call 713-500-3038 or see http://www.uthouston.edu/distinctions/.
News on the Go is a weekly electronic news service from the Office of Advancement, providing timely news and information to faculty, staff, fellows, residents and students on the go. For information, call 713-500-3038 or visit http://inside.uthouston.edu/notg
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country singer and Nashville-native Craig Morgan will headline the St. Jude Country Music Marathon post-race concert.
The 14th annual race is scheduled for the morning of Saturday, April 27.
Morgan, along with special guest Sarah Darling, will perform the post-race concert at 7 p.m. at Municipal Auditorium.
"As a Nashville area native, I'm proud to represent Country Music and St. Jude and give all the runners a chance to let loose after the big race. Save up some energy for the end of the night because we're gonna make sure you leave Music City with a lot of great memories!", said Craig Morgan in a release.
Complimentary tickets to the concert are provided to runners and volunteers. Additional tickets are $35.
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Can you be buried in a Jewish Cemetery if you have a tattoo? I.e., is it just urban legend that you can't?
In short, the answer is yes. While getting a tattoo is forbidden, once one has one there is no law that he/she cannot be buried in a Jewish cemetery.
However, every Jewish burial society has the right to enact their own rules...
Gesher Hachayim, volume 1, chapter 25, paragraphs 1–2 says:
I doubt any chevra kadisha now would refuse to deal with someone for being tattooed. (But see comments on the answer.)
People who violate the Torah have the same burial rights as others unless they are continuous violators who have refused to do Teshuva even on their death bed. (Shach YD 345:5 and Shulchan Aruch/Rema 340:5)
So the question may be: Is a person in continuous violation for having a tattoo, or only for putting one on? Also in play, can the tattoo be easily removed? How do we determine teshuva?
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This was just too cute (and funny!) not to share. I came across a blog in Scientific American that discussed a "standardized test" created by Hannah Bonner, illustrator and children's writer, to help determine whether someone (or some creature) is a mammal: The test is part of her book called "When Dinos Dawned, Mammals Got…


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This video from ITN TV in Britain says about itself:
Prince Charles accidentally revealed what he really thought about the press when he posed for pictures in the Swiss Alps with his two sons William and Harry. Not realising he could be heard he described reporters as "those bloody people" and a BBC journalist Nicholas Witchell as "awful".
From British daily The Independent:
How Prince's food is destroying rainforests
Duchy Original biscuits, soup and pies contain oil responsible for deforestation
By Martin Hickman, Consumer affairs correspondent
Saturday, 2 May 2009
Prince Charles, who is touring the world campaigning to save the rainforests, is selling products containing an ingredient blamed for wrecking them.
Palm oil is present in five of products in his Duchy Originals range of organic groceries sold in British shops.
In the past year, Prince Charles has flown to the Amazon and Indonesia to lecture politicians, businesses and the public about the need to save rainforests, whose rapid destruction kills rare animals and hastens climate change.
WWF to grade palm oil buyers: here.
British supermarkets accused over destruction of Amazon rainforest: here.
Environmental campaigners Greenpeace have revealed some of Britain's biggest brands are complicit in the illegal destruction of vast swathes of the Amazon rainforest: here.
ENVIRONMENTALISTS warned on Tuesday that scores of communities in Malaysia and Indonesia are being uprooted by rapidly expanding palm-oil plantations as corporations compete to meet demand for biofuels: here.
Orangutan guerrillas fight palm oil in Borneo: here.
Indonesian orangutans, tigers and elephants threatened by new logging scheme: here.
Telegraph: Prince Charles forced to rethink plans for Poundbury because of pollution fears: here.
Prince Charles's meddling in planning 'unconstitutional', says architect Richard Rogers: here.
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has accused Prince Charles of using his position to exert "undue influence" to sway planning decisions: here.
Prince William has been criticised over the amount of taxpayers' money it will cost in extra police protection during his RAF training: here.
Animal welfare groups are accusing Britain's Prince Harry of animal cruelty after he continued to play in a polo game after his horse was allegedly wounded by spikes on the royal's riding spurs: here.


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Swans team spirit brings home a centennial trophy
Swansea City made history on Sunday by winning the club's first major silverware with a 5-0 victory over Bradford City at Wembley. No one was sure what to expect of the League Cup final. Romantics perhaps hoped for League Two giant-killers Bradford to upset the bigger side; Swans fans were nervous they might do just that, and neutrals mostly just wanted to see a good game.
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The result fairly demonstrated the difference between the sides, as well as enhancing Michael Laudrup's personal connection with that particular scoreline - not only was Laudrup on the winning side in 5-0 victories for both Barcelona and Real Madrid in two El Clasico derbies, but also began his Swans career with a 5-0 win over QPR.
This 5-0 might be the most memorable, bringing Swansea their first major silverware in a century of existence.
On the subject of five-nils, Laudrup's decision to protect key players in last week's 5-0 loss to against Liverpool now appears entirely justified. What's more, the entire team seems to have understood the decision, taken the loss on the chin, and moved on. Perhaps lesser sides might have been rattled by a high-profile humiliation at the hands of a former manager the week before a League Cup final, but not Laudrup's Swans.
The Swans are very much a team, and won the cup as one. Dyer justly won the man-of-the-match award, but in truth Pablo Hernandez or Jonathan De Guzman might also have been chosen. There was an uncharacteristic moment of temporary bad blood when De Guzman wouldn't let Dyer take the game's lone penalty to complete a hat trick.
Since the Swans haven't been awarded a penalty all season, it's hard to know whether De Guzman is the appointed penalty taker. It seems to me De Guzman wanted it because it had been his near-certain goal that was prevented by goalkeeper Matt Duke's foul.
It was harsh on Bradford and Duke, especially when he was dismissed. Duke had so often been the hero for Bradford during their Cup run. At the time, the Swans were coasting, 3-0. For the sake of the game, there is an argument that referee Kevin Friend might have decided to only award a yellow. By the book, that decision would have been wrong, but perhaps the book needs better definitions.
It might have been unprofessional had Friend deliberately chosen to make the wrong decision on this occasion, but who would have complained? Friend might have had some answering to do, but Howard Webb survived his decision not to dismiss Nigel de Jong for a common assault in a World Cup final. That was a very high-profile decision deliberately made for the sake of the game. The fault, of course, isn't with Friend so much as with the limited allowance for context provided by the rule book.
After the dismissal, which ruined not just Duke's afternoon but also Nakhi Wells' (who was substituted to allow Bradford to bring on a replacement keeper), what little tension remained in the stadium promptly evaporated. The Swans were allowed to see out the game against ten men, gently probing and generally enjoying themselves without any real sense of urgency or danger. Not that the Swans fans were complaining, of course.
Laudrup showed some trademark class in introducing old hand Garry Monk in the 62nd minute rather than the 92nd, allowing the team's official captain to enjoy some of the game before hoisting the trophy alongside acting captain Ash Williams. Laudrup's decision to substitute Dyer, still chasing his hat trick after being denied his chance from 12 yards, was perhaps less easy to understand.
Maybe it was a gesture to remind Dyer - and the watching football world - that this Swansea side are a team, and no one player is bigger than the team, no matter how well they've played. Dyer had done his damage, scored two good goals, and helped put the game more or less out of Bradford's reach just after half-time. He might have wanted the personal glory of the hat trick, but the Swans didn't need it. That's a bold statement of the power of the collective from a man who himself is one of football's outstanding individuals. Still, if it were up to me, I'd have probably left him on.
Final Thoughts
Positives: At the risk of being obvious - the Swans winning the League Cup! Seeing the entire team meet the occasion and not be overwhelmed by it; The scoreline, the players, the manager, the fans.
Negatives: Shame about that red, Bradford deserved better. Not that it would have made much difference.


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Sunday's foe, No. 22 Michigan State, won't make it any easier for NU. The Spartans (13-3, 2-1) are in the top 30 nationally in scoring defense and field-goal defense.
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The last time Nebraska, after three conference games, scored fewer than the current 132 points was 68 years ago. The 1944-45 squad began league play with 37, 38 and 33 points (108).
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NU, averaging 14 3s a game entering Wednesday's game at Michigan, attempted 26 vs. the Wolverines. The higher number could become the norm, especially with 6-foot-10 forward Brandon Ubel (elbow fracture) sidelined.
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"I thought we attacked the paint OK early in each half (at Michigan). Then we got a little fatigued and didn't do it as well. I think we'll petition for a 65-second shot clock."
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� NOTES: Michigan State's only loss in the past nine games was at No. 9 Minnesota. ... Husker guard Ray Gallegos' 16 3-point attempts vs. Michigan were a school record. ... Besides Ubel's injury, Nebraska will be without guard Mike Peltz (knee surgery) the rest of the season.
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- Ehrenkranz RA, Das A, Wrage LA, Poindexter BB, Higgins R, Stoll BJ, Oh W, for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Early Nutrition Mediates the Influence of Severity of Illness on Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants. Pediatr Res. 2011; 69: 522-529. Epub 2011 Apr 4.


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Re-ranking 2010 recruiting classes based on production
As I watched Ole Miss coaches celebrate the signatures from members of a historic class on National Signing Day, I couldn't help but think of other War Rooms in other years.
In 2008, how heartily did Alabama coaches celebrate the signatures of Julio Jones, Mark Ingram and Barrett Jones? Did they know they had poured the foundation for three national titles? Did they have any inkling when Barrett Jones' National Letter of Intent rolled off the fax machines that he would win a ring at three different positions? Or did they lament the players who spurned them for other schools?
What about Tennessee in 2009? Lane Kiffin had flipped some sought-after players close to National Signing Day, and Volunteers coaches knew they had a great chance to land tailback Bryce Brown, the nation's No. 1 recruit. The future looked so bright in Knoxville. A departure (Kiffin) and a firing (Derek Dooley) later, Butch Jones spent the first month of 2013 scrambling to put together his first Tennessee class.
Those Ole Miss coaches looked so happy, but they don't know what the future holds for Robert Nkemdiche, Laremy Tunsil and the rest. Recruiting stars don't guarantee success, though they are a fair predictor. In reality, it will be up to those coaches to determine how this recruiting class is judged in the long term.
Today, as we have for each of the past four years, we'll re-rank three-year-old classes to see which staffs really hit and which ones really missed. As with real-time recruiting rankings, the criteria are somewhat murky. The best way I can describe them is that a class that produces impact players for a successful team will earn the highest rankings. Basically, these re-rankings honor the coaches who develop talent instead of the ones who simply collect it.
In past years, most of these choices were fairly cut-and-dried. We could quibble over placement, but most would choose the same set of teams. But 2010 included one extremely odd recruiting class. Some of you will agree with me, while some of you will have perfectly reasonable arguments against its inclusion on this list. Here's a hint: It went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows in record time.
Original Rivals rank: 17
Record since 2010: 27-12
BCS bowl appearances: 0
Big 12/SEC titles: 0
National titles: 0
2012 starters: OG Jarvis Harrison, TE Nehemia Hicks, OT Luke Joeckel, WR Malcome Kennedy, RB Ben Malena, OT Jake Matthews, DE Damontre Moore, OG Cedric Ogbuehi
Four-fifths of one of the nation's best offensive lines came from this class. Two potential top-five picks in the 2013 NFL draft (Joeckel and Moore) came from this class. Much of the support system that helped Johnny Manziel win the Heisman Trophy came from this class. What does that mean, given the fact that the Aggies' record since 2010 is much worse than some of the other programs on this list? It means Mike Sherman and his staff recruited some talent, but they didn't coach it very well. The Aggies needed Kevin Sumlin to unlock the potential already on the roster. For those Aggies who suffered through the Sherman era, this should be even more infuriating than the second half of the 2011 Oklahoma State game.
Original Rivals rank: 24
Record since 2010: 31-9
BCS bowl appearances: 0
SEC titles: 0
National titles: 0
2012 starters: OG A.J. Cann, CB Victor Hampton, DT Byron Jerideau, RB Marcus Lattimore, OL Ronald Patrick, DT Kelcy Quarles, OL Corey Robinson, WR Ace Sanders, QB Connor Shaw, QB Dylan Thompson, S Brison Williams
Here's a trivia question: Can you name the only programs in the BCS AQ conferences to win at least 11 games in each of the past two seasons? Alabama, Oregon and Stanford are the easy answers. The fourth? The Mighty Gamecocks. Had you answered that correctly late last month, Uncle Steve Spurrier might have handed you an envelope containing an $100 bill. This class played a big role in those wins. Lattimore helped raise South Carolina to another level, while Shaw and Thompson have each proven themselves capable quarterbacks. Sanders has developed into a dangerous weapon in the slot and on punt returns. This past Wednesday, Spurrier fired a shot at recruiting rankings in general. "I'm not saying it's not important," Spurrier said, "but we'd rather make our noise out in Williams-Brice on gameday." This group has been awfully loud.
Original Rivals rank: 5
Record since 2010: 35-5
BCS bowl appearances: 2
SEC titles: 1
National titles: 2
2012 starters: K Cade Foster, LB Adrian Hubbard, CB Dee Milliner, LB C.J. Mosley, WR DeAndrew White
Alabama has clearly been the most successful program in college football for the past five seasons, and that success probably has something to do with why the Crimson Tide don't top this list. When I re-ranked the 2009 classes, I had Alabama No. 1 because of a class that included quarterback AJ McCarron, tailbacks Trent Richardson and Eddie Lacy, offensive tackle D.J. Fluker, cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick and guard Chance Warmack. Here's the problem when a team recruits that well. Sometimes classes have a difficult time breaking through. Still, this class produced a first-round cornerback (Milliner) and the guy who was the best linebacker on the field in the BCS title game (Mosley). It also included junior college transfer DeQuan Menzie, who started at cornerback for a national champion in 2011, and Deion Belue, who wound up going to junior college, re-signing with Alabama in 2012 and starting for the national champs. This class also included offensive lineman Arie Kouandjio, who has overcome knee injuries and should compete for a starting job in 2013. But Kouandjio is also important for another reason. He helped Alabama land younger brother Cyrus, who started at left tackle in 2012 and who probably will be a first-rounder in the 2014 NFL draft should he choose to leave school early.
Rivals: 'Bama takes home top-ranked 2013 recruiting class
Original Rivals rank: 4
Record since 2010: 25-14
BCS bowl appearances: 1
SEC titles: 1
National titles: 1
2012 starters: CB Chris Davis, LB Jake Holland, DE Corey Lemonier, CB Jonathon Mincy, K Cody Parkey, OG Chad Slade, DT Jeffery Whitaker
In the five years I've done this re-ranking exercise, the 2010 Auburn class is by far the most perplexing. Based on recent results, this group should be nowhere near the list. Yes, it produced seven 2012 starters, but those starters helped the Tigers go 0-8 in the SEC. But this class makes the list because it also contained a juco transfer named Cam Newton. In his one year at Auburn, Newton turned in one of the most dominant seasons in college football history, got investigated by the NCAA, won the Heisman Trophy and led the Tigers to a national title. Fellow 2010 signee Mike Dyer broke Bo Jackson's Auburn record for rushing yards by a freshman and did this in the BCS title game before washing out of the program following the 2011 season. So while the class as a whole didn't pan out, it contained two key ingredients to a national title. Since the goal is to win the national title, that counts for a lot. Seventeen of the 32 signees remain with the program. Some, such as Newton and Lemonier, left because they were so good. Others, such as Dyer, left for disciplinary reasons. Three members of this class -- Shaun Kitchens, Antonio Goodwin and Dakota Mosley -- were dismissed after they were arrested on armed robbery charges. Goodwin was sentenced to a 15-year prison term. We'll see how well new Auburn coach Gus Malzahn, who helped recruit some of these players as Auburn's offensive coordinator, develops the remainder of the 2010 class.
Original Rivals rank: 14
Record since 2010: 28-11
BCS bowl appearances: 1
National titles: 0
2012 starters: CB Bennett Jackson, WR T.J. Jones, OL Christian Lombard, DT Louis Nix, QB Tommy Rees, LB Prince Shembo, LB Danny Spond
The Fighting Irish team that went 12-0 in the 2012 regular season had its talent spread out over several recruiting classes, and this group made a significant contribution in spite of the fact that it came in the middle of a coaching change. After watching the BCS title game, it became clear that Nix is Notre Dame's best player. His recruitment was fascinating in that he committed when the Irish didn't have a coach. Charlie Weis had been fired. Brian Kelly hadn't been hired. Nix committed anyway. Kelly's finest recruiting job may have been getting Nix to stay for his senior season.
Original Rivals rank: 25
Record since 2010: 30-8
BCS bowl appearances: 1 (It has been vacated, but I was there and can verify it happened.)
Big Ten titles: 0
National titles: 0
2012 starters: K Drew Basil, WR Corey "Philly" Brown, CB Christian Bryant, DT Johnathan Hankins, RB Carlos Hyde, OL Andrew Norwell, CB Bradley Roby
Jim Tressel's penultimate recruiting class produced some key players on a team that Urban Meyer would lead to a 12-0 record in 2012. Hankins, who will skip his senior year, is a surefire first-round draft pick. Brown led the Buckeyes in receiving in 2012. Hyde rushed for 970 yards last season. Roby, who could have left for the NFL but elected to return, could be the Big Ten's best cornerback in 2013. This class gets extra degree-of-difficulty points because it contained only 19 signees.
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Original Rivals rank: 6
Record since 2010: 34-6
BCS bowl appearances: 1
SEC titles: 1
National titles: 0
2012 starters: RB Alfred Blue, WR Kadron Boone, FB J.C. Copeland, S Eric Reid, CB Tharold Simon, RB Spencer Ware, P Brad Wing
This class probably would have ranked higher had cornerback Tyrann Mathieu not washed out following his sophomore season. The 2009 LSU crop ranked No. 2 in last year's re-rank because of its spectacular defensive line haul. This one is lighter on beef -- save Copeland, for whom one thigh is the the size of the average cornerback -- and heavy on speed. It's also heavy on early NFL departures. Reid, Simon, Ware and Wing are already gone.
Original Rivals rank: 10
Record since 2010: 31-10
BCS bowl appearances: 1
ACC titles: 1
National titles: 0
2012 starters: S Terrence Brooks, OT Cameron Erving, LB Christian Jones, S Lamarcus Joyner, DT Anthony McCloud, LB Telvin Smith, DE Bjoern Werner
This group provided a huge boost to the Seminoles' defense with two quality linebackers (Jones and Smith), two playmaking safeties (Brooks and Joyner) and an elite pass rusher (Werner). Heck, even Erving came to Tallahassee as a defensive player. Werner is headed to the NFL, but the return of Jones and Joyner for their senior seasons should help ease new coordinator Jeremy Pruitt into the job.
Original Rivals rank: 7
Record since 2010: 32-8
BCS bowl appearances: 1
Big 12 titles: 1
National titles: 0
2012 Starters: RB Brennan Clay, CB Aaron Colvin, OG Bronson Irwin, S Tony Jefferson, FB Trey Millard, DE Chuka Ndulue, LB Corey Nelson, OG Adam Shead, WR Kenny Stills, OT Tyrus Thompson
This group seems to have underachieved only because the bar has been set so absurdly high in the Bob Stoops era. These players only contributed a little as freshmen to a Big 12 title, and the fact that this group was last seen getting spanked by Johnny Football and Texas A&M tarnishes the memory of another double-digit win season. But just look at the numbers. Most programs would cherish a three-year run like the Sooners had. This group also is 3-0 against Texas, winning those games by a combined score of 146-58. Though it has a distance to cover to catch some of the SEC powers, Oklahoma remains the safe bet against the field in the Big 12. Though Jefferson and Stills are headed to the NFL early, this class might also add another high-profile starter in 2013. After racking up 24 rushing touchdowns as a goal-line replacement, Blake "The Belldozer" Bell is one of three quarterbacks competing to replace Landry Jones.
Original Rivals rank: 30
Record since 2010: 29-11
BCS bowl appearances: 0
Big Ten titles: 0
National championships: 0
2012 starters: RB Le'Veon Bell, LB Max Bullough, CB Darqueze Dennard, S Kurtis Drummond, DE Will Gholston, C Travis Jackson, S Isaiah Lewis, WR Tony Lippett, WR Keith Mumphrey, DE Marcus Rush, DT Anthony Rashad White
This class produced the heart of a defense that helped the Spartans win 11 games in 2011. In 2012, Michigan State lost five games by four points or less, and since only one of the opponents in those losses cracked 25 points, it's tough to blame the defense. If Michigan State rebounds in 2013 to a third double-digit win season in four years, this class will play a major role.
Just missed: Florida, Oregon, Clemson, Texas, Stanford
|Rivals.com original 2010 recruiting class rankings
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Instaphp is a small(ish) PHP library to access Instagram's API. It's main goal was to be easy to use, lightweight and have as few dependencies as possible. It's currently only compatible with PHP 5 >= 5.3 but there are very few 5.3 features being used and it's relatively trivial to convert it to versions < 5.3.
Instaphp is currently being used to power instaview.me.
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To get an idea of how the library works, it's best to understand the various endpoints provided by the API itself. The Instagram API currently has eight "endpoints" in which to retrieve data from their system:
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Relationships are really an attribute of Users. Comments and Likes are both attributes of Media. Geographies are also an attribute of Media however, that particular endpoint is only available for subscriptions created for a particular location. Currently, Instaphp does not have a mechanism that supports subscriptions.
These four main "endpoints" are the basis for this library and allows a good separation for the various data you can pull from Instagram.
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Last week the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, begged Congress for more federal funding for California's high-speed rail project. He went on record, in front of cameras, admitting that without more federal dollars, this project is doomed. Secretary La Hood, said he won't be able to attract private investors unless the feds release more cash.
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With a length of 179 km (111 mi), the Hardangerfjord in the county of Hordaland in Norway is the third largest fjord in the world and the second largest in Norway. The surrounding district is called Hardanger.
The Hardangerfjord starts at the Atlantic Ocean just south of Bergen (SW Norway). Here the fjord penetrates in a north easterly direction until it meets the grand mountain plateau of Hardangervidda. The longest branch of the Hardangerfjord is Sørfjorden which cuts south about 50 km from the main fjord. Its maximum depth is more than 800 m (2,624 ft) just outside Norheimsund in the middle of the fjord.
About 10,000 years ago the Scandinavian land mass started to rise up as enormous glacial ice started to melt. The lower parts of the valleys became flooded, and so created what we today know as the Hardangerfjord. The valley was originally not only made through glacial erosion but by the high pressure melting water which pushed its way beneath the ice.
Norway's third largest glacier is found on the Folgefonn peninsula, a part of the Hardangerfjord. With its three parts, the Folgefonn glacier covers an area of 220 km2 (85 sq mi), and is an area which in 2005 became protected as a national park.
The history of the fjord goes far beyond its Viking history, back to the time of hunters on the surrounding mountains, and later on, farming along this fertile area which today is considered the fruit orchard of Norway. Later the fjord became the birthplace for a large tourism influx to Norway, and in 1875 Thomas Cook started weekly cruise departures from London to the Hardangerfjord, due to its spectacular nature, glaciers and grand waterfalls. Soon after this many of the major waterfalls became the power source for large industries in fjord settlements such as Odda.
Today the Hardangerfjord is witness to a renaissance in tourism and new infrastructure for travellers has once again become an industry for the local communities along the fjord.
The fjord has good conditions for fish farming. Fish farms yearly produce more than 40.000 tons of salmon and rainbow trout (2002) and makes the Hardangerfjord one of four major fish farming regions in the world.
Hardangerfjord's melt-water is also bottled at source to form the product Isklar, sold worldwide.
The contemporary fjord is divided among the 13 municipalities Bømlo, Eidfjord, Etne, Granvin, Jondal, Kvam, Kvinnherad, Odda, Sund, Sveio, Tysnes, Ullensvang and Ulvik. The total number of inhabitants for all these municipalities is only a bit more than 70 thousand - on a total area of 8,471 km².
Side fjords which connect with Hardangerfjord[edit]
From west to east:
- Entrance
- Onarheimsfjorden
- Storsundet
- Kvinnheradsfjorden
- Øynefjorden
- Bondesundet
- Sildefjorden
- Hissfjorden
- Strandebarmsbukta
- Ytre Samlafjorden
- Indre Samlafjorden
- Utnefjorden
- Sørfjorden
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External links[edit]
|Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Hardanger Fjord.
- Svein Ulvund's collection (Beautiful pictures, not exclusively from the Hardangerfjord, but also from nearby places. Daily updated! Please note the search feature, to be used, e.g., with Hardanger and 2007.)


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'The Crucible' set for weekendMarch 15,2013The Dorset Players' production of Arthur Miller's classic drama, "The Crucible," will be held at the Dorset Playhouse for a second weekend of performances at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday.
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A dramatization of the 1692 Salem witch trials, Miller's drama addresses the consequences of doing nothing when confronted by vicious rumor. The cast includes Christopher Restino, who portrayed the title role in "Amadeus" (2007), and Denny Rogers, who garnered praise as Mr. Sowerberry in "Oliver."
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