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In Gaza, Hamas Struggles To Restore Order
Hamas proclaimed it won a great victory over the Jewish state - a view that appeared greatly exaggerated - and the task of reconstruction faced deep uncertainty because of the fear of renewed fighting and Israel's control over border crossings.
Cars and pedestrians again clogged streets. Donkey carts hauled produce and firewood past rubble and broken glass. The parliament building and other targets of Israeli attacks were piles of debris, while orange and olive groves on the edge of town were flattened.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon planned to travel to Gaza on Tuesday to inspect damage and visit U.N. facilities hit in the fighting. Ban did not scheduled meetings with officials from Hamas, whose government is not internationally recognized.
Israelis hope Gaza's civilians, who suffered heavily in the fighting that ended Sunday, will blame their militant rulers for provoking the Israeli assault with rocket attacks on southern Israel. Hamas, however, raced to capitalize on anger toward Israel and sought to show it remains unbowed and firmly in command of the Mediterranean coastal strip.
"We are still ready and capable of firing more rockets. We are developing the range of our rockets and the enemy will face more, and our rockets will hit new targets, God willing," said Abu Obeida, the spokesman for Hamas' military wing.
Despite the defiance, Gaza's Iran-backed leadership is likely to focus for now on assisting a traumatized population rather than re-igniting a full-blown conflict that could bring more misery to the area's 1.4 million people.
The high visibility of uniformed Hamas police stood in contrast to the furtive movements of Hamas fighters in civilian clothing who confronted or tried to evade the Israeli onslaught that began Dec. 27. Some have suspected the Islamic group was in disarray, but even some Israeli observers have acknowledged that the tightly knit organization remains largely intact.
"We've had orders to be back, make sure everything goes well," said a Hamas police officer who gave only his first name, Mahmoud.
In a sign of lingering tension, Israeli warships off the northern Gaza coast fired sporadic rounds of heavy bullets at beaches through the afternoon. An Israeli, meanwhile, was critically wounded in a shooting attack near a West Bank settlement blamed by police on "terrorists."
Israel and Hamas declared separate cease-fires Sunday.
Israeli officials said they hoped to pull all troops out of the Gaza Strip by the time Barack Obama was inaugurated as U.S. president Tuesday. The withdrawal would avoid subjecting Obama to a vexing Mideast problem on his first day in office, and also give Israeli politicians time to prepare for elections next month.
But Tuesday's deadline would not be met if militants resumed fire, government officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss troop movements.
"We reserve the right to act in Gaza," Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Israeli television. "If they lift up their heads and shoot, we will return with great force because that is what you do against terror organizations."
Israel hopes its Gaza offensive will serve as a long-term deterrent to further militant rocket attacks on its territory. But the Jewish state ended the war without achieving guarantees that Hamas will halt missile fire or stop smuggling weapons into Gaza.
Hamas' demand that Israel open Gaza's blockaded border crossings also was not met.
Israel and Egypt virtually sealed the crossings after Hamas staged a violent takeover of the strip in 2007, a closure that deepened poverty there and trapped its residents. The Israeli army has allowed humanitarian supplies in, and Welfare Minister Isaac Herzog said Israel would cooperate in "helping and easing up the pressure of the people of Gaza."
With aid groups calling for an expanded flow of shipments, Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor indicated that goods and equipment transported across the border from Israel must be closely scrutinized.
"One needs to make sure that nothing that can be used as weapon will reach Hamas and that is clearly in the interest of all parties," he said.
Hamas' interior minister, Said Siam, was among those killed in the war. But a spokesman for the ministry, Ihab Ghussein, said that Hamas remained in firm control of Gaza and that civil servants were surveying the damage.
"We are working despite damage done to communication, to our vehicles and the destruction of our compounds. We are on the ground and our people can feel that," Ghussein said.
Palestinian surveyors estimate the war caused at least $1.4 billion worth of destruction to buildings, roads and power lines.
On Monday, Saudi Arabia pledged $1 billion to the reconstruction project.
However, a top European Union official said Europe wouldn't help to rebuild until Gaza was governed by rulers acceptable to the EU. The European bloc considers Hamas a terrorist organization.
EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner suggested international help in rebuilding Gaza could come if the Fatah Party of moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas returned to Gaza. Hamas seized control from Fatah, and reconciliation efforts have failed.
U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes said told reporters at U.N. headquarters Monday that hundreds of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid will be needed immediately to help Gaza's people and billions of dollars will be required to rebuild its shattered buildings and infrastructure.
At least 1,259 Palestinians were killed in Israel's assault, more than half of them civilians, according to the United Nations, Gaza health officials and rights groups. Thirteen Israelis died, including 10 soldiers.
Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida said 48 of the group's fighters died, a figure far below the hundreds of militants that Israel says it killed. Hamas also said 165 policemen were killed. Smaller militant groups reported an additional 104 fighters dead.
On Monday, Gaza City residents picked through the ruins. Electricity cables dangled all over the city. Those who could afford expensive fuel relied on generators, but donkey carts piled with tree branches and split logs plied the streets, providing the city's most impoverished with wood for cooking and heating.
In the northern town of Beit Lahiya, several teenagers stood around eight simple, unmarked graves in a graveyard that they said belonged to a Hamas leader and members of his family killed in an Israeli airstrike.
"People said that Hamas had given up resistance, but they were the ones who fought the Israelis when they came, so all of Gaza supports Hamas," said 15-year-old Eimad Abul Maeza.
France, Britain, Germany, Spain and Italy have sought to consolidate the truce by offering technical help to prevent Hamas' arms smuggling and humanitarian relief to ease the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza.
European Union officials announced plans for talks on Wednesday with Israel's foreign minister and on Sunday with the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and the Palestinian Authority to discuss prospects for a permanent peace agreement.
French officials said it is time to push beyond the truce and quickly hold an international conference on resolving the underlying conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.


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TURIN, Italy, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Nicolas Colsaerts, with a string of six consecutive birdies, grabbed a share of the lead after first-round play of the European Tour's Italian Open.
The hot run over holes 11-16 allowed Colsaerts to finish the day at 7-under-par 65. Ricardo Gonzalez and Maximilian Kieffer also shot 65 and are tied with Colsaerts for the lead.
Marcus Fraser, with a bogey-free 66, is alone in fourth place while David Higgins and Steve Webster, who each had six birdies and a bogey Thursday, are tied for fifth at 5-under 67.
Colsaerts opened his tournament on the second nine of the Golf Club Torino with a bogey before running off six straight birdies. He added another birdie at the 18th and then had eight straight pars before closing with a birdie at the ninth for a 65.
Kieffer had four birdies on each side, offset with a bogey at the 427-yard, par 4 11th.
Gonzalez began his day birdie-bogey but made the turn at 2-under. He jumped up the leaderboard with an eagle at the 531-yard, par 5 12th and had three birdies over Nos. 14-17.


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Very good capture!
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Beautiful, looks like a monument
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Excellent Capture!
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Well seen and presented!
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|Fantasy Kids Flicks
There are many films witch capture my imagination when young. Many of those films still stand up to the ravages of older age and I find that I will enjoy a visit to my youth through the films collected here. I have a thing for Muppets so be warned!!!
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|The Dark Crystal (1982)
|Review: Another planet, another time. 1000 years ago the Dark Crystal was damaged by one of the Urskeks and an age of chaos began. Now the time of the great conjunction of the three suns is near. If the crystal is not healed now the control of the evil Skekses will last forever. Jen the last of the Gelfings nearly exterminated by monsters controlled by the Skekses starts his dangerous journey to find the missing shard of the crystal. Will he be able to heal the crystal and restore order on the planet?
|Die Unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story) (1984)
|Review: Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a book shop where the old proprieter reveals an ancient story-book to him, which he is warned can be dangerous. Shortly after, he "borrows" the book and begins to read it in the school attic where he is drawn into the mythical land of Fantasia, which desperately needs a hero to save it from destruction.
|Labyrinth (1986)
|Review: Grown angry about the fact, that she must watch over her little brother Toby, Sarah (Jennifer Connely) wishes the child to the goblins. They translate this careless statement into action: The Goblin-King Jareth (David Bowie) announces, that soon Toby will mutate into a goblin. There is only one hope: Sarah has to find the way to Jareth´s castle - through a dangerous labyrinth, where she will find strange creatures.
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The Egyptian court of urgent matters will be releasing a verdict in the lawsuit filed against the film "678" accusing it of encouraging women to physically defend themselves against men who attempt to harass them or pick on them in the street.
The film is considered to be the first Egyptian film to completely tackle the subject of sexual harassment and is the first directing experience Mohammad Diab, who also wrote the film.
According to the internet website MBC.net, the film gave rise to controversy after airing a portion of promotional scenes on television. Many considered it as insulting to Egypt insinuating that men in Egypt are sexual harassers.
Others have expressed that the film tackled a very important subject that has been avoided for too long. It was added that the film gave awareness to the different forms of harassment that most women experience in public streets.
The lawsuit against the film accused the film makers and the cast of promoting harassment and insulting the Egyptian people by showing that most Egyptian men stalk women in public streets and places. In addition, the film is accused of encouraging women to use foul language and violence against men that attempt to make passes at them.
The film stars Egyptian actors Nelly Kareem, Ahmad Al Fishawi, Bushra and Nahed Al Siba'ie.
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Today I thought I would share a humorous story about the late-night escapades of a car loaded with Utah State University students venturing down to see the Mormon Miracle Pageant in Manti, Sanpete, Utah. Brad Hales, Mark Morris, Emily Sarà, Seth Warburton, and I made the trip in my 1998 Toyota Camry in what I believe was the spring of 2004.
The story starts with the rather unexciting drive from Logan, Utah to Manti. We took the normal route off I-15 at Nephi to drive to Manti. We conveniently located a parking spot only blocks away because we were plenty early. We met our friends who drove down separately and staked out our territory with quilts on the grassy green expanse you can see in the photo above. It is on that very same hill that the Mormon Miracle Pageant takes place. Here is a nice photo I stole from the Deseret News to give some idea of the stage and what is going on.
The pageant ended and the four of us found our way to my little Camry to head out. We were told by myriad friends that if we truly wanted to get back to I-15 from Manti in a speedy fashion that we should take the old highway out of Manti to the south via Gunnison and Levan. We started to wend our way through the darkness.
We had a great, great time leaving Manti. I do not mean to knock the pageant in any way, but we were certainly making light of it. We hold no ill feelings towards the doctrines or ideas presented, but maybe it was just that year, but the whole thing came off as pretty hokey. We decided only the local drill team was allowed to be the angels on the hill with their coordinated flag signals that only someone trained in shipping would have understood. We drove the darkness really making fun and laughing ourselves silly about how poorly some parts of the pageant were done.
The conversation turned as we continued through the dark roads. We sang along with a song and the conversation turned to Levan, Juab, Utah. I do not know how true this is, but lore goes that Levan was named Levan because that is "navel" in reverse. The area was named Levan because it is the very center of the state, about where a navel would be. I do not think this is really true since I am sure the town was founded before the final boundaries of Utah were defined, but it sure made great fodder for laughing and conversation that night. (Apparently there is a Levan, Illinois too)
Well, we made our final approach into Levan with the lights of the municipality drawing closer and closer. Some of the members of the car were preparing the cameras so we could make a very quick stop and everyone could disembark for a photo with the Levan city sign. We were laughing about getting a picture with Utah's navel and then it happened.
Do you know that feeling when you see something and suddenly you do not know quite what to do because it is coming upon you so quickly? As I drove 70 miles an hour down this road and with the blinding of the lights just as you emerge. I suddenly had a car behind me with his lights on and that was also partly blinding me. I made out the faint outline of something laying in the middle of my lane. Just as I could see that, I had a car also coming my direction so I knew I could not really just dodge whatever it was in my lane so I prepared to straddle it. I could not slam on my breaks because of the car so close behind me, the shoulder on the right, and the car approaching on the left. I could see it was too big to straddle just as I was too close and too fast to stop. I clenched my teeth, gripped hard on the steering wheel, and yelled over the conversation for everyone to hold on.
That is when we heard it. This massive animal went under the car and we heard and felt him rolling under the car and at one point a serious thump right under the feet of the people in the back seat. The sickening smell of scalded hair filled the car. Cries rang out, "What was that?" I watched for the car behind to dodge whatever it was I hit but he didn't even flinch. The individuals in the back of my car were trying to see if they could tell what we hit. I could see no sign of the roadkill in any of my mirrors (beyond the headlight glare from the car behind). I continued to let the car coast and finally started to breath realizing that massive thing went under the car and did not appear to do any damage at all. I continued to coast down the now four lane highway until I hit city limits cruising speed. I think I should point out at this point that this creature was already laying in my lane. Although because it was so large and lumped, I assume it was a fresh hit and I was just fortunate enough to be the next person to hit it.
Nobody seemed quite as chipper anymore. Nobody wanted to stop at the Levan city sign. It was just silence as we drove through town. As we left town somebody asked if it was a body we hit. I told them I did not know what we hit but that it looked like a really big dog. I thought he was a fresh kill and fortunately he rolled right under the car without relatively little incident. The way he was clumped up in the road though, I was sure the car would jump or he would be lodged there. The rolling of the thing under the car was clear so no need to get out and take a look underneath. The others in the car were sure that I killed the dog. Then more silence; dead silence.
After another 10 or 15 minutes or so with just the faint strains of the radio in the background, conversation started to pick up again. We named the poor beast "Navel" after Levan. I did not know what he was, but we were laughing again and having fun conversation again.
We climbed on I-15 and started heading north at full freeway speeds. I seem to remember that Seth was sitting behind me and he commented on the fact that cars driving by us were looking at us. Sure enough, we could not figure out why in the world everybody was looking at us. It surely could not be some coordinated effort to stare us down. It became a game of sorts to make faces back at the people as they drove by. This elicited some hilarious expressions back at us. One lady looked at us in complete and total disgust. I was the one driving and could see expressions of the individuals.
Finally after probably 20 minutes of this, a car pulled beside us on the freeway and rolled down his window and motioned for me to do the same. He then yelled, "Hey, you're dragging a coyote!" In that split second to conjure and give a response, I yelled back, "It's okay, we picked him up in Levan!" The total disgust in his face was quickly manifest and they sped off. All the occupants of my car erupted into laughter at my complete nonsense reply. Even now I realize how disconnected it must have sounded motoring down the freeway at 80 miles per hour. It took me a minute or two to realize what I just said and even I was laughing so hard I was in tears.
Then the thought came, "Now what?" I am not going to just pull to the side of the freeway in the middle of the dark. We all decided we would get off at the next exit and see what damage was done. We had just passed the Nephi exit, so we had at least another 10-20 miles to go before the next exit. In that meantime driving down the freeway, let me assure you we thoroughly enjoyed those who passed us by. I deliberately slowed down a little bit to maybe not cause as much damage to Navel.
Here is the question; how do you via some form of charades inform those in other cars that you know you have a coyote dragging behind you? A thumb up and a big smile just never gets the impression across the 3-4 feet to the passenger in the other vehicle. They would insist on pointing to the rear portion of the car. We just smiled bigger and give them two thumbs up. Of course, we were laughing so hard I don't know how we stayed on the road. Every person trying to convey the message must have thought we were a group of sick, psycho individuals who could only laugh. They must have assumed we did not know, which means they tried all the harder. As we attempted to confirm we knew, we would all break down in heavier laughter. I cannot tell you how hilarious this was!
The Santaquin exit fortunately arrived and we left the interstate. Navel was probably pretty excited about the ending of his trip. We pulled to the end of the off-ramp and into the gravel of the road. We all piled out to see our first view of Navel. This is what we saw!
I know this will be a bit gruesome for some of the viewers out there. I need to describe this a bit more to you though. This dog is half worn away by this point! I think you can tell that half of his head is also ground away. If you click on the picture and get closer, you can see tiny chunks of hamburger all over the back of my car (Which we did not discover until the next morning because it was so dark. The picture is only lit from the camera flash). I cannot tell you the smell that was present, but my expression and covering my nose should give you some hint. It was flat-out disgusting. Also, I point out to you that Navel's leg was jammed between the body of the car and part of my undercarriage right in the middle of the car near the axle. That means Navel is at this point stretched out probably 5 feet in length from the axle to the end of his leg you can see in the picture. He was mangled, stretched, and partly disintegrated.
Now the issue became, how to get him out from under the car? We tried backing up hoping he would become unattached. We tried poking at him with a tire iron. Brad even had the idea to stand on him when I drove off, but we then became afraid of Navel coming apart. You know how you should avoid injured dogs? None of us really wanted to lay down next this stinky dog, slide under the car in the dark, and try to get him unattached. What options are left? We decided to drive to a gas station for assistance.
We hopped back on I-15 and began another episode of being stared down by every car passing us. It was not quite as funny anymore. Levity did finally arrive as we would deliberately not look at the cars trying to get our attention and then we would break down laughing to the horror of those trying to inform of us our dire situation. The 10 miles or so to the next exit with a gas station went exceedingly slow.
Now we were parked on the sanitary and clean concrete of the Payson Maverik. We all stood around the car again trying to figure out what we were going to do. At least now we had sufficient lighting to really tell what was going on. We stood around talking and figuring a plan of attack. Emily and Seth figured out they would not have to do the dirty deed so they went in the store and returned passing out donuts! Emily remembers that I made some comment like, "What do you think this is, some sort of Relief Society meeting?" The comments from individuals as they came up to our circle and realized what we were all standing around looking at, WHILE eating donuts. I remember one lady was very disgusted.
I tried climbing under the car but it was so low to the ground that I could not reach the spot where Navel had his leg lodged. Nobody wanted to have to get out a jack so we could climb under the car. I walked into the Maverik and asked for ideas or thoughts. The attendant suggested I go grab a rod for turning valves down in the ground (about 3 feet long with a "T" at the top) and try using it to get him dislodged. We poked and prodded at him for a while. The broken leg and all the tissue just wasn't helping me pull out his leg. I cannot emphasize how terribly disgusting of a sight that Navel was. This is roadkill that we had to deal with in an intimate fashion.
Finally our hero arrived with a couple of rednecks in a red Dodge minivan. The dad walked up and asked us what the problem was. Upon seeing Navel and then looking at my Missouri license plate he asked, "You from Mississippi?" I responded, "No, Missouri" and he walked back to his minivan and his son quickly appeared with a plastic bag in his hand. That little 7 or 8 year old climbed under my car without any fear and with his plastic covered hand pulled Navel's limb out of its wedged location. (I warned him of the hot exhaust which he still hit with his little arm!) The kid then and went and hopped back in the little van (and did not go inside to wash!).
I walked in and told the attendant I wanted to buy that red minivan's fuel. He let me do it. The man was appreciative, and so was I!
Now, what to do with the remains of Navel? The Maverik attendant suggested we just throw him in the dumpster at the side of the building. No small task for a bag of bones that must have still weighed 50 pounds. Nobody wanted to touch him so we used the valve rod to pick him up and walked him to the dumpster. We could not get the rod up over the top of that dumpster without Navel sliding down the rod. It clearly was not working. I finally had to reach out and touch Navel to hold him in place and keep him from sliding down the rod while Seth and I put him in the dumpster.
We returned the bloody rod to its location and later, unfortunate user. We both washed our hands multiple times in the bathroom before heading to the attendant to let him know we were leaving. He gave us both a Mt. Dew for the road! We thanked him and headed on our way. We arrived in Logan, Utah about 1:00 or so in the morning and all collapsed into our beds. But whenever I hear of Manti, Levan, or the Mormon Miracle Pageant; I now think of Navel the dog from Levan. May he forgive me for dragging him over 40 miles! May he forgive us for the endless laughs that night and many since then at his expense. I feel bad about his owners who wondered where their dog ran off to, I guess at least they did not see his terrible state.


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Back in November, Seahawks corners Brandon Browner and Richard Sherman—the league's best tandem, until Darrelle Revis's ACL heals—both tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs (reportedly Adderall) and faced four-game suspensions. Browner decided not to appeal, and his suspension will conclude this week.
Sherman did appeal, though, and at his hearing last week he argued that proper testing procedure had not been followed. According to Adam Schefter, a leaky sample cup played a large role. The NFL ruled on Sherman's appeal today. How'd he do?
Well then. Seattle plays St. Louis on Sunday with a chance to clinch the division, should the Niners lose, and a first-round bye, if both San Francisco and Green Bay stumble. Having Sherman around will help them beat the Rams, to be sure. But today's ruling has far more bearing on what comes after that: Seattle will now have a fully intact Legion of Boom for its first playoff game. So long as the backbone of the Seahawks' surprising, elite defense stays strong, it's hard to imagine anyone beating them.


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Freshman Ben Girard
WESTFIELD, MA- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth cross country teams ran well at the James Earley Invitational, hosted by Westfield State at Stanley Park Saturday.
The women finished eighth in a field of 38 teams with 205 points, while the men were 10th of 31 teams with 342 points. Coast Guard finished first in both races.
For the women, freshman Katie Sheehan (Scituate, MA/Scituate HS) led the way for the first time, finishing 13th in 19:23 for the 5000 meter race. Junior Courtney Testa (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton HS) was 16th in 19:32, senior Meaghan Bohigian (Barre, MA/Quabbin Regional HS) finished 18th in 19:36, freshman Samantha Roderigues (Somerset, MA/Somerset HS) was 62nd in 20:39, senior Megan Oliveira (Somerset, MA/Somerset HS) was 116th in 21:38, senior Stacey Dybel (Littleton, MA/Notre Dame Academy) finished 118th in 21:41, freshman Carolyn Cornell (Abington, MA/Cardinal Spellman HS) was 119th, also in 21:41, and freshman Renee Laurencelle (Tyngsboro, MA/Tyngsboro HS) was 131st in 21:52.
For the men, freshman Ben Girard (Manchester, MA/Manchester Essex HS) was 22nd in 27:20 over the five mile course. Freshman Eric Karstunen (Pembroke, MA/Pembroke HS) was 86th in 28:48, sophomore Zach Switaj (Tamworth, NH/Kennett Regional HS) was 90th in 28:56, freshman Scott Bernazzani (Abington, MA/Cardinal Spellman HS) was 96th in 29:06, freshman Matt Ferro (Halifax, MA/Silver Lake HS)was 113th in 29:32, and freshman David Yumping (Brockton, MA/Brockton HS) was 189th in 31:22.
"On a great day for racing, we picked a good day to race well," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Jon Hird. "The women had a real breakthrough race with three people running 19:36 or better. Everyone ran as well as they have run this season, and Katie Sheehan ran out of her mind. Our team is beginning to come together well, and we gave ourselves an indication of the kind of race we can run. The men are still making adjustments, and I liked what I saw about their willingness to race hard. We have to continue to train and get stronger, and if we do, we are going to beat some teams and surprise some people."
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2012 – 13 Catalog
Students and academic advisers utilize the degree and certificate checksheets to determine which courses are required to complete the course of study. Each is based on the current year's catalog. Students should review their progress and check for possible updates with their adviser prior to the start of each semester.
Administrative Information Services (AIS) – Seven areas of specialization
- Administrative Information Services
- Legal Office Fundamentals
- Medical Office Fundamentals
- Medical Transcription
- Modern Office Fundamentals
- Records Management/Data Processing Fundamentals
- Word Processing Fundamentals
Automotive Technology (ATO) – Five areas of specialization
- Brake and Transmission Systems
- Drive Train, Suspension and Steering, HVAC
- Electrical and Electronics Systems
- Engine Performance
- Engine Repair
Business (BUS) – Four areas of specialization
Computer Information Systems (CIS) – Five areas of specialization
- Commercial Graphics Fundamentals
- Graphics Design
- Network PC Support
- Software Quality Assurance
- Web Design
Cosmetology (COS)
Early Childhood Development (ECD) – Five areas of specialization
Education (EDU) – Two areas of specialization
Emergency Medical Technology (EMT) See Paramedicine
Fire Science (FRS)
Heavy Equipment Operations (HQO) – Six areas of specialization
- Backhoes & Dozers
- Cranes & Rigging
- Earthmoving Equipment & Trucks
- Loaders & Forklifts
- Motor Graders
- Rollers & Scrapers
Human Services (HUS) – Two areas of specialization
Industrial Maintenance & Operations (IMO) – Seven areas of specialization
- Electrical Maintenance
- Industrial Plant Operations
- Instrumentation & Controls
- Mechanical Maintenance
- Operations & Maintenance
- Wastewater Collection & Treatment
- Water Supply Treatment
Nursing Assistant (NAT) – Certificate of Completion – Certified Nursing Assistant/CNA
Paramedicine (EMT)
Photography (PHO) – Three areas of specialization
Welding (WLD) – Six areas of specialization
- Gas Metal Arc Welding (MIG)
- Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (TIG)
- Plastic Welding
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding (ARC)
- Welding - Level I - Entry-Level Welder
- Welding - Level II - Advanced Welder


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Representation theory is a subject I want to like (it can be fun finding the representations of a group), but it's hard for me to see it as a subject that arises naturally or why it is important. I can think of two mathematical reasons for studying it:
1) The character table of a group is packs a lot of information about the group and is concise.
2) It is practically/computationally nice to have explicit matrices that model a group.
But there are for sure deeper things that I am missing. I can understand why one would want to study group actions (the axioms for a group beg you to think of elements as operators), but why look at group actions on vector spaces? Is it because linear algebra is so easy/well-known (when compared to just modules, say)?
I am also told that representation theory is important in quantum mechanics. For example, physics should be $SO(3)$ invariant and when we represent this on a Hilbert space of wave-functions, we are led to information about angular momentum. But this seems to only trivially invoke representation theory since we already start with a subgroup of $GL(n)$ and then extend it to act on wave functions by $\psi(x,t) \mapsto \psi(Ax,t)$ for $A$ in $SO(n)$.
This http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_physics_and_representation_theory wikipedia article claims that if our physical system has $G$ as a symmetry group, then there is a correspondence between particles and representations of $G$. I'm not sure if I understand this correspondence since it seems to be saying that if we act an element of G on a state that corresponds to some particle, then this new state also corresponds to the same particle. So a particle is an orbit of the $G$ action? Anyone know of good sources that talk about this?


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Guilford Courthouse Battlefield was actually the end of our trip to Greenville, but I am featuring the Gaffney Peachoid as the final picture of the trip, because when you see it, you know you are near the border between North and South Carolina. The Peachoid is a 150-feet-tall water tower.
What you see are three imperfect pictures because I took them on our way out of South Carolina (= going north) instead going south, when you get a much better view of the Peach - a "rear-end" view, as it were (anyone who has ever seen it knows why, and also why it is also referred to as "The Moon Over Gaffney"). One thing you can see in these photos is the picturesque "road sign forest" surrounding the Peach, including a sign for the nearby Fatz Cafe.
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(IFAE) announces the details of Art Palm Beach, 2011. A fixture of South Floridas contemporary art scene for 13 years, Art Palm Beach has become one of the most influential contemporary art fairs on Floridas Gold Coast. In 2011, Art Palm Beach will again gather 75 of the worlds most prestigious galleries, representing approximately 1,200 of the most innovative artists from across the globe.
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Art Palm Beach will feature a number of the worlds most forward-thinking artists from over 16 countries. Featured exhibitions will include a one-man exhibition from world-renowned sculptor, Albert Paley. Paley, one of the leading American metal sculptors, was the first metal sculptor to receive the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute of Architects. The special exhibition will include the scale model of Animals Always, a 130 foot piece recently commissioned for the Saint Louis Zoo, in addition to some of his more recent works. Gordon Halloran will be exhibiting Museum of Ice, a 65 foot installation by the Canadian born artist. Halloran has created a new art form and public phenomenon, painting in ice. Curator Gary Krimershmoys, will be presenting a historically significant installation of Post Soviet Contemporary Art that will include a panel discussion with Stella Kesaeva, Commissioner of the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
Art Palm Beachs annual lecture series and panel discussion highlights will include Collecting Trends in the Ceramic Marketplace, a lecture given by Peter Held, Curator of Ceramics, ASU Art Museum and Ceramics Research Center.
Photography, Video Art and Contemporary Art- How each Form Converges into the Art of Today, lecturers will include: Kara Walker Tome, curator; Elaine Mordes, collector; Michael Rush, curator. From Sand Drawing to Synthetic Polymer in Aboriginal Contemporary Art, a lecture on the Aboriginal sand design that has influenced contemporary Aboriginal art, led by Dr. Margo Smith, Director and Curator of the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia. A compelling lecture by Gean Moreno entitled, Architecture and Art. Collecting Chinese Photography, a discussion led by Dale Anderson, collector; Becky Mayer, collector; Chris Mao, curator; Chris Phillips, curator for the International Center for Photography; and collector, Diane Krane.
Gallery exhibition highlights include sculptures by Yves Klein and Niki de St. Phalie, Gallery De Buck, New York (USA); paintings by Marc Quinn, Rudolf Budja Gallery, Salzburg (Austria); a one man exhibition by Lino Tagliapietra, Shantz Gallery, Stockbridge (USA); new works by internationally renowned designer Rolf Sachs by Priveekollektie Contemporary Art & Design Gallery Heusden (The Netherlands). Among the photography highlights include artists Chi Peng, Qiu Zhijie, Hong Lei, Hong Hao, Rong Rong, and Yin Xiuzhen presented by Chambers Gallery, New York (USA) and Beijing (China); Hendrik Kerstens by Witzenhausen Gallery, New York (USA) and Amsterdam (The Netherlands). The Holden Luntz Gallery, Palm Beach (USA); will be featuring an exhibition of outstanding photography from celebrated photographers Nick Brant, Carol Beckwith, and Angela Fisher.
In 2010, Art Palm Beach broke attendance records and left exhibitors in high spirits after its five-day run at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. An estimated crowd of 20,000 people attended, including a single-day venue record of 6,000 during the fairs opening preview night, which marked the largest art opening for any contemporary fair in Palm Beach history.
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Dr. Cristina Yang is back in this episode directed by Dr. Miranda Bailey herself—Chandra Wilson. Owen says the new head of cardio, Jeff Russell, pushed to get her back to work there. Cristina is shocked when her busy boss lets her assign her own surgeries. She promptly gives Intern Shane the dwarf nickname of Happy. Then she changes it to Dopey. Intern Heather is now known as Mousey. These two believe Dr. Yang is worse than Medusa. Speaking of Meredith, she continues to make Intern Stephanie shiver with fear.
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Intern Jo keeps getting vomited on by a guy who looks like Santa Claus. The perpetually puking patient probably isn't the real Kris Kringle though. Owen says the guy has been coming in for years. He wants him discharged pronto. That's something Jo isn't ready to do. She cleans him up and runs some tests. There's no sign of illness. Alex stops berating Jo for walking around with vomit on her scrubs to help her finally analyze Santa's problem. Suddenly, the guy is a jolly old elf who no longer has to live with his longtime affliction.
April always feels so stupid after having sex with Jackson. She's been feeling stupid a lot lately. As for Jackson, he's embarrassed by the fact that he's been accidently receiving racy emails that are meant to be shared by his mother and Richard. He's also tired of hearing April complain about their relationship, as he's looking at it as more than just sex. Jackson lets April know that he has genuine feelings for her. Who knew?
Bailey hatches a plan to push the still-housebound Arizona into snapping out of her funk by asking for help with a pediatric case. Arizona is led to believe that Intern Leah (who is way hung up on Alex) left the patient's chart outside her front door. This forces her to strap on her prosthetic leg to retrieve something that was never there. That's because Bailey never sent it. The diabolical plan to lure Arizona into the hospital works brilliantly. Just like that, she's back in the game.
Alex is haggling with Meredith over making repairs to her house, as he's set on buying it. The two of them bicker about this while working on a patient. A young man named Brian comes in with severe abdominal pains. A mass is found on his liver, but the kid is also taking steroids. This is a shock to his parents. Later, the mass on Brian's liver is revealed to be cancer. Alex and Meredith remove it, but there's a chance of reoccurrence if the kid keeps using steroids. If only his parents had known about this sooner.
Alex tells Meredith that he's looking to grow up. That's why he wants the house. Meredith lets him know that the reason she doesn't want to make the repairs he's requesting is because the marks and scratches he's listed have meanings behind them. The chips on the ceiling are from the Christmas tree they got their first intern year. There are scratch marks on the door jams for both Zola and herself when she was little. These two finally reach a deal. Alex has a new house. He also has a new roommate in Cristina.


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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said he was sending the U.S. military "one of its own" Monday as he selected decorated Vietnam combat veteran Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon as it scales back spending and winds down a decade of war.
A former Republican senator from Nebraska, Hagel would be the first enlisted military member to become secretary of defense, and Obama called him "the leader our troops deserve."
"In Chuck Hagel our troops see a decorated combat veteran of character and strength," Obama said as he introduced Hagel at a White House news conference. "They see one of their own," who will champion veterans and military families.
An Army infantry sergeant who risked his life to pull his younger brother to safety while both were serving in Vietnam, Hagel would bring to the job a gritty view of war and the independent temperament to express those views.
He is known as a contrarian Republican moderate who was a fierce critic of the Bush administration's war policies and he is likely to support a more rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
Long the frontrunner for the Pentagon job, Hagel, 66, forged a strong personal relationship with Obama in the Senate, including overseas trips they took together. And he carved out a reputation as an independent thinker and blunt speaker.
"In the Senate, I came to admire his courage and his judgment, his willingness to speak his mind, even if it wasn't popular, even if it defied the conventional wisdom," said Obama. "And that's exactly the spirit I want on my national security team, a recognition that when it comes to the defense of our country, we are not Democrats or Republicans, we are Americans."
Hagel has also suggested he won't be shy in disagreeing with the commander-in-chief and his outspoken nature has already given some senators, who will confirm his nomination, pause.
"I do think Obama's done a good job overall. There are a lot of things I don't agree with him on; he knows it," Hagel told the foreign policy website Al-Monitor last March.
Wounded during the Vietnam War, Hagel initially backed the invasion of Iraq, but later became a credible critic of the wars, making routine trips to Iraq and Afghanistan. He opposed President George W. Bush's plan to send an additional 30,000 troops into Iraq — a move that has been credited with stabilizing the chaotic country — as "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam, if it's carried out."
While Hagel supported the Afghanistan war resolution, over time he has become more critical of the decade-plus conflict, with its complex nation-building effort.
Often seeing the Afghan war through the lens of his service in Vietnam, Hagel has declared that militaries are "built to fight and win wars, not bind together failing nations." In a radio interview this year, he spoke broadly of the need for greater diplomacy as the appropriate path in Afghanistan, noting that "the American people want out" of the war.
In an October interview with the online Vietnam Magazine, Hagel said he remembers telling himself in 1968 in Vietnam, "If I ever get out of this and I'm ever in a position to influence policy, I will do everything I can to avoid needless, senseless war."
If confirmed by the Senate, Hagel would succeed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Panetta has long made it clear he intended to leave the job early this year, after serving in the post for about 18 months.
To political and defense insiders, Obama's preference for Hagel makes sense.
The former senator shares many of the same ideals of Obama's first Pentagon leader, Republican Robert Gates. When Obama became president in 2009, he asked Gates to remain as defense secretary. Both Hagel and Gates talk of the need for global answers to regional conflicts and an emphasis on so-called soft power, including economic and political aid, to bolster weak nations.
"A Hagel nomination signals an interest in, and a commitment to continuing a bipartisan approach to national security," said David Berteau, senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
He said Hagel's two terms in the Senate, before he retired in 2009, spanned the latter years of the post-Cold War military drawdown and the post-Sept. 11 buildup. "From a budget point of view he has seen both ends of the spectrum and that gives him a good perspective to start from."
Hagel's possible selection has been met with mixed reviews. Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said Hagel would be "terrific."
But Republicans have said he faces tough questions, with South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham declaring Hagel would be "the most antagonistic secretary of defense towards the state of Israel in our nation's history."
Hagel has criticized discussion of a military strike by either the U.S. or Israel against Iran and spoken of the influence of the "Jewish lobby" on Congress. He also has backed efforts to bring Iran to the table for talks on future peace in Afghanistan.
"The appointment of Chuck Hagel would be a slap in the face for every American who is concerned about the safety of Israel," said Matt Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
In comments to the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star, Hagel said critics have "completely distorted" his record, insisting he has backed sanctions against Iran and demonstrated total support for Israel.
The National Jewish Democratic Council issued a statement Monday saying it trusts that Hagel "will follow the president's lead of providing unrivaled support for Israel," including "leading the world against Iran's nuclear program."
Hagel often straddled party lines and had some high-profile dustups with his Republican colleagues.
In 2008, he criticized GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, saying she lacked foreign policy credentials and that it would be "a stretch" to consider her qualified to become president. His wife, Lilibet Hagel, endorsed Obama in his first run for president. Hagel also was mentioned as a possible candidate for Pentagon chief when Obama was first elected.
As defense secretary, Hagel would preside over the withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan and the waning days of the war, and would direct some of the steepest cuts in Pentagon spending in years. His task would be to restructure a pared down military that can step away from the grinding wars of the past 11 years and refocus on a swath of regional challenges from Syria, Iran and North Korea to terrorism in Africa and the defense buildup in the Pacific.
His experience and his allies on Capitol Hill will work to his benefit.
"Certainly his name coming forward is one I'm very open to," said Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who served with Hagel on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "I had good relations with him while he was in the Senate. Certainly (he's) a veteran and someone who also spent a lot of time around the world understanding the relations other countries have with the U.S. and vice versa."
Defense analyst Loren Thompson, of the Virginia-based Lexington Institute think tank, said Hagel knows the political system and is known for thinking outside the box, which would help as budget cuts move forward.
"He's a veteran who understands how Congress works and has stayed plugged in to developments in defense policy," Thompson said. "He is not tied to the status quo and will think creatively about how to manage America's military forces."
Associated Press writer Donna Cassata contributed to this report.
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I think most of us had already the problem, that when the Display Null property for a LOV has been set to "Yes", that APEX had generating a %null% as indexing value for this "null" lov entry.
The problem now is that when the user selects the "null" entry from the select list, the page item gets populated with the %null%. If you don't write some code to set the item to NULL when it has %null% as value, the database will raise an error (eg invalid number…).
Recently I posted a generic solution for that on the OTN forum.
I now have integrated the code into my ApexLib_Lov package which I have developed for my Generic solution for cascading select lists/lovs.
Integration into your Application
- For the general installation instructions see the above blog entry. You don't have to install the JavaScript library if you just want to use the %null% solution.
- Create a Application Process (Shared Components\Application Process)
- Name: ApexLib_Lov_clearLovNullValues
- Sequence: 1 (should be a number before any of your page level processes)
- On submit: After Page Submission – Before Computations and Validations
- Process Text:
- Process Error Message: #SQLERRM#
In the case if you don't want to reset the %null% for a lov, you can specify $APEXLIB_IGNORE_LOV_NULL$ in the page item comment to skip the reset.
That's it! That solution will now work for all your pages.


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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - With plunging temps, many people are fighting to stay warm amid a propane shortage. Tuesday, Kentucky's governor and attorney general took steps to ease the propane problem.
The sign posted on the door of Empire Gas says it all: Propane for grilling is hard to come by. Finding it to fill up tanks behind your house is not much easier.
"Well the problem really is a supply and demand problem," said Allison Martin, spokeswoman for Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway. "We're hearing there is a propane shortage and that is not just in Kentucky. That is across the country."
The AG's office over the last week has gotten calls from customers having problems getting propane to heat their homes or agricultural businesses.
The good news is that by Kentucky law, you can get a release from your marketer who doesn't have enough propane for you.
"At that point the customer can call the company and say, 'I need you to give me a waiver that I can seek propane from another distributor, another supplier,'" Martin said. "They are required to grant that if they do not have the supply on hand."
The bad news is a lot of propane marketers are in the same boat. Jay McCants with the Kentucky Propane Gas Association says marketers put in their orders in the summer so taking on extra customers in the winter -- when demand is at the highest -- is difficult. They do it on a case by case basis and you can expect to pay about $1.50 to $2 more than just a few weeks ago.
Martin said if you need the gas, you'll have to pay it.
"That is a supply and demand issue," she said. "That is not an issue that is just happening here in Kentucky and there is not something that the office of the attorney general can do about the price of propane."
A spokesman for supplier Amerigas who owns Empire Gas in Louisville said the customers let their tanks go down too low. Empire has the gas, but can't get to the customers before they run out. Amerigas is bringing in other employees to help out and expects to resolve the issue in the next few days.
If you've gotten a release from your marketer and are trying to find a company that can deliver to your home, the KPGA said its office can help you find a list of people who sell in your area.
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Mine were great; I got back to Philly for Christmas with the family and caught up with a lot of friends. There were some smashing parties, too. Made it back in time for new years' and did a dusk to dawn (and then some) warehouse party run by some old-school burners that friends know. I don't often party like a rockstar anymore, but when in Rome... what mischief have you been up to lately?


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It is a known fact that wearing the right pair of outfit from a highly quality brand like Paul and Shark can enhance the looks of a woman to a great extent. If you want to further enhance your beauty and looks, you need to accessorize with the right items. With women's fashion accessories gaining more popularity, they are considered to be something beyond being fashion essentials- they are fashion basics and valuable assets. Read on to find out what are the must-have fashion accessories that every woman should possess as a part of her wardrobe collection.
Jewelries are regarded to be the best friend of every woman and should undoubtedly be a vital part of her fashion accessories collection. Jewelries like necklaces, earrings, rings, and bracelets are great to complement your outfits. There are different kinds of these jewelries that can match different kinds of outfits. There are trendy, ethnic jewelries to match traditional outfits, while there are also sporty ones available to match your casual outfits. You need to know what can go well with the outfit you are wearing.
A stylish wrist watch has always been and will be one of the trendiest accessories for women. These add-ons are offered in infinite choices in different colors, designs and styles. The material choices vary from leather and stainless steel to gold. Wrist watches can complement every woman's beauty and enlighten their overall personality. It is good for women to have scores of watch collection so that they can accessorize with various clothes.
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Elegant handbags and purses are popular accessories for teenage girls and women. In fact, they are compulsory accessories that every girl and woman should always have. Handbags are not only great for adding on to one's looks, but are also greatly functional to carry important things. And yes, women are known to take along their beauty kits along with them for which handbags are very useful.
Stylish belts are one more accessory that is a part of the latest fashion trends. Opt for a patent, thick leather belt on top of a plain tank top to transform your whole look and take it over to the next level. They are great in adding a final touch to your clothes and can flatter any kind of figure. If you are fashion conscious, investing in a good quality belt is a good idea. So, stock up your wardrobe with a good collection of fashionable belts to match different clothes.
When it comes to fashion accessories for women, sunglasses have always been an enviable accessory. Normally, women prefer frames that are broader, trendier and bigger, covering a major part of their face. Fashionable women prefer using sunglass as a hair band, adding up more to their great looks. Opt to have one or two sunglasses in your accessories collection to enhance you look.
All these accessories can easily add sophistication and elegancy to your looks as it improves your beauty and clothes.


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I love Florida. We moved here for the weather and the water, for the white sand and the opportunity to look down from a pier and see an array of fish worthy of any big city aquarium.
I love Florida. We moved here for the weather and the water, for the white sand and the opportunity to look down from a pier and see an array of fish worthy of any big city aquarium.
But my chosen state and I have been on the outs these last few months.
I don�t care whether meteorologists agree with me or not, it�s been too dang cold lately.
And by lately, I mean on and off for months. Sure, we get our brief warm stretches where temperatures climb into the 70s and the sun shines.
But just as we get the chill out of our bones, Mother Nature drops buckets of cold rain on us and the temperatures drop.
Friday had to be one of the most miserable days I�ve spent outside in a long time.
One of my kids was at a track meet; the other two were at a swim meet.
We could have heated arguments for a long time about which was worse � running through temperatures in the 40s with winds gusting and rain falling or swimming in the same conditions.
On the face of it, swimming sounds worse, but at least the water was warm.
I wouldn�t have been surprised by that weather in January. But late April seemed a bit much.
I know it�s silly to complain about the weather like it�s something that was ordered off a menu.
We get what we get and that�s why God made air conditioners and heaters and jackets and sunscreen.
Every time we get a cold front, I hope and pray it�s the last one of the season.
I want to put away my winter clothes, stop driving around with blankets in the back of my car and move into spring with the confidence that I�m more likely to be hot than cold.
Still, we are blessed.
On Friday, as I was shivering and rain was dripping down the back of my neck, I was filled with appreciation that we were moving about freely in our little part of the world, in sharp contrast to our fellow Americans in Boston.
Last week was a strange week, one I hope will never be repeated. My heart breaks for victims of the marathon bombings.
According to the media, Bostonians are tough, really tough.
I obviously need to get tougher, too.
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The Evergreen Cougars put on a hitting clinic May 4 against rival Conifer. And every time the Lobos answered, Evergreen answered right back.
The home-standing Cougars scored four runs or more in four consecutive innings, capping the game with a Joe Danni game-ending RBI single in the fifth inning for a 17-7 win. And it's wasn't just one individual — it was a collective effort for the Cougars, as all nine guys contributed in some form or another.
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Dan Walters: Ignored issues undercut Legislature's better image
Approval ratings of the California Legislature, as measured in periodic polling, were in the teens a few years ago but have since improved.
A recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California says that 40 percent of all adults – but just 29 percent of likely voters – like the Legislature's performance.
A couple of balanced budgets probably account for the Legislature's better public standing. However, the next time you hear someone crow about what a bang-up job the Legislature is doing, consider these glaring shortcomings:
• The state's Unemployment Insurance Fund was weakened in the last decade when the Legislature sharply increased benefits without raising revenues to pay for them. So when recession hit, and more than a million jobs vanished, the UIF took a beating and the state began borrowing from the federal government, eventually running up a $10 billion tab.
Many other states also borrowed, but according to a recent report from the Pew Charitable Trusts, most raised payroll taxes and/or reformed benefits to clear their debts and rebuild reserves.
Gov. Jerry Brown has sought action, but the Legislature has ignored him. Meanwhile, the state is paying hefty interest charges on the debt and the feds have raised payroll taxes on employers to nibble away at the principal.
• The Legislature has ignored another, even larger hole in the State Teachers Retirement System.
It has a $70 billion-plus unfunded liability that grows by about $20 million a day and says it needs $4.5 billion more each year from someone to restore solvency.
As Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor points out, the STRS deficit is just a third of $200 billion in mounting debts that are being ignored, such as $60 billion-plus in unfunded state retiree health care costs.
Brown is now floating a plan to make STRS solvent, but it would take a big bite out of schools' financing down the road, school officials don't like it, and its chances are mediocre at best.
• The federal government has exempted underwater mortgage balances that are written off by lenders from income taxes, and the state did it for one year, 2012.
However, legislation to extend the tax break became entangled in a political stalemate over another issue, and many Californians who had received mortgage relief were hit with big state tax bills.
A bill to belatedly erase those bills for 2013 seems to be moving after a months-long delay, but even if it makes it into law, it would compel affected taxpayers to file amended returns and seek refunds.
This is an issue of equity and sympathy for Californians facing tough times that could – and should – have been resolved months ago, but legislators stiffed them as they pursued other trivial business.
And that folks, has been your Legislature in action – or, more accurately, inaction.


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I'm a little surprised the author didn't mention Steve Nieve in this article http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/08/clara-rockmore-the-story-of-the-theremin-virtuoso-who-inspired-l/. Very interesting article about this woman who would have turned 106 today and is the feature of today's Google Doodle.
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How much shale (tight) oil is produced in the United States?
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that in 2018, about 6.44 million barrels per day of crude oil were produced directly from tight oil resources in the United States. This was equal to about 59% of total U.S. crude oil production in 2018.1 Tight oil is oil embedded in low-permeable shale, sandstone, and carbonate rock formations.
1 Based on preliminary data.
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Casey Matthews Bulks Up to 250lbs, Working Out with Clay Matthews
When the Philadelphia Eagles drafted LB Casey Matthews in the 4th round of last year's NFL draft I along with countless Eagles fans were ecstatic. Casey Matthews, brother of the beast linebacker for the Green Bay Packers Clay Matthews, was a stand out linebacker on the Oregon Ducks defense in college. He wasn't the most athletic LB in college football but he used his instincts to make key plays in key situations. He even had a huge forced fumble in the BCS Championship game against Auburn. But during his rookie campaign with the Eagles his on the field performance was anything but impressive.
Many would say Matthews bad on field performance had more to due with his lack of preparation time thanks to the work stoppage last offseason which left him mere weeks to pick up a new NFL defense. The worst part was it was new for everyone so it's not like the vets could help him much along the way. But after a full offseason in the system and time to get settled in the life of an NFL linebacker, Casey has begun to transform into the player we all thought he could be.
He has been working out with his brother all offseason and has reportedly bulked up 10lbs since the season ended.
Whenever Matthews was on the field last year I found myself questioning his size. He just didn't seem filled out physically. He looked like a boy playing a man's game.
Hopefully after putting on 10lbs of muscle and training closely with his brother, the Casey Matthews we see on the field this coming season will look more like this:
What a force that could be for the Eagles defense.
People have often lumped Casey into the same group as his brother simply because they share the same "bloodlines." It's possible that those bloodlines are starting to hold true. Even though Casey isn't quite as athletic as his brother, if the Eagles could get Casey to be even half as good as his brother, they'll still be getting one heck of a football player. But still we should shoot for 3/4 like Clay to be safe.
With the offseason additions of Demeco Ryans and Mychael Kendricks, the Eagles LB group has gotten bigger, more physical, and more athletic. And now that Matthews has bulked up this frequently undersized group is looking quite a bit more formidable. It will be very exciting to see the new and improved Casey Matthews this season and see if he might push the Eagles defense just a little closer to the promised land.
How much do you think Casey can contribute this year after a full offseason? Will his added size make him more deadly on the football field?
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