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San Clemente resident and retired Secret Service Agent, Ron Pontius worked the White House detail for more than 17 years. He agreed to answer five questions by email about his service to President Richard Nixon and his life in San Clemente:
Q. What was President Nixon's legacy for San Clemente?
A. Nixon put this small town on the map. In my travels with the RV in the USA, my wife Barbara or I would be asked "where are you from?" When we answered "San Clemente, Calif." they would say, "That's where President Nixon lives." Same thing on ocean cruises here and on European riverboat cruises.
Q. Did the president's resignation change the course of your career?
A. Short term, no. I stayed on the Presidential Protection Division with President Ford for the next two years.  Early 1976 headquarters asked me if I would be interested in being the Agent in Charge of the Nixon Protective Division. I remembered the ocean, golf course, tennis courts. Just great all around weather with a small-town atmosphere. If President Nixon had stayed in Washington, D.C. to the end of his term, I probably would have retired there or maybe the Austin, Texas area. I liked the dry air.
Q. What led you back to San Clemente, and what prompted you to stay?
A. I told the family how I liked the weather, ocean, small town. A great place to live and work.
Q. What was it like taking the president golfing?
We played the city course maybe twice. He preferred Shorecliffs. It was a shorter course and it would play faster than the Muni course or Camp Pendleton, and less disruptive of the golfers. He requested that we never make a request to pass through a group in front of him. When the lead agent arrived at the tee, the golfers knew that it was President Nixon and wanted to shake his hand or have him autograph a score card. It was our agents' preferred golf course.
Q. Tell us about President Nixon and the teams you coached.
On a drive to Palm Springs, he asked what I was doing in my spare time. When I told him that I was coaching a girls' soccer team and we were in first place, he said to let him know how the season went. Mrs. Nixon added that she would have a patio party if we won. We won the San Clemente girls division, and Mrs. Nixon served the kids and parents who could make it with punch and cookies on their patio. On another trip President Nixon asked me what I was going to do for an encore. I told him that I was coaching a Bobby Sox softball team. He said that if I won again they would do the party again. We won the season at 10-1 and the president and Mrs. Nixon invited us to another patio party at the president's office. Mrs. Nixon and her friend Helene Drown baked cookies for the team. The two women were hostesses at the party, serving the parents and kids. Some of the kids even sat at President Nixon's desk for photos.
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Detroit Lions star defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was ejected from Thursday's game against the Green Bay Packers, and could be suspended, after stomping on an opposing player's arm.
Suh pushed Evan Dietrich-Smith's head into the ground and then stomped on his right arm while getting up in the third quarter. Watch the play here.
After the game, Suh insisted the stomp was unintentional, saying he was just trying to separate himself from the situation.
"I apologize to my teammates and my fans and my coaches for putting myself in a position to be misinterpreted and taken out of the game," Suh said.
Dietrich-Smith wouldn't call it a dirty play, saying: "Stuff happens."
But Green Bay defensive end Ryan Pickett was more outspoken, saying: "There's no place for that."
Suh, the second overall pick in the 2010 draft, has quickly earned a reputation for physical play that crosses the line into unnecessary roughness. He was voted the NFL's dirtiest player in a poll of players done by The Sporting News last month and has been fined three times in his career for hits on quarterbacks, according to the Detroit Free Press.
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April 12, 2004
Los Angeles — The Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at UCLA Anderson School of Management will present its inaugural "2004 Focus on Commercial Real Estate Conference" on May 6, 2004. Entitled "A Tale of Two Cities," the conference will feature a comparison of the commercial office markets in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The conference will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. in Los Angeles. Chaired by William Kamer, senior vice president, Douglas Emmett & Co., the conference will focus on the challenges and opportunities in California's commercial office markets.
"The future vitality of California's economy is heavily dependent on the State's commercial real estate markets," said John Long, managing partner of Highridge Partners and chairman of the Ziman Center. "The focus of this conference is to provide a forum for the presentation of real-time data on the State's two largest office markets and the opportunities and challenges presented by those markets."
Opening the morning program will be "State of the State's Commercial Markets," a panel presentation by members of the Ziman Center's Founding Board, moderated by Kathleen S. Briscoe, executive vice president, Lowe Enterprises Investment Management. Panel participants include: Jordan Kaplan, principal & CEO, Douglas Emmett; John Long, managing partner, Highridge Partners; Michael Van Konynenburg, president, Secured Capital Corp.; and Richard Ziman, chairman, Arden Realty, Inc., all of whom will offer their unique perspectives on commercial real estate in California.
This presentation will be followed by the main feature of the day: an analysis and comparison of the Los Angeles and San Francisco central office markets entitled "Los Angeles & San Francisco - Tale of Two Cities." Specially prepared data on Los Angeles will be presented by Andrew Ratner, executive managing director, Cushman & Wakefield, while Glen Esnard, senior managing director, CB Richard Ellis, will review the San Francisco market.
The morning program will conclude with an industry panel commenting on the issues raised by the Cushman & Wakefield and CB Richard Ellis studies. Entitled "Finding the Keys to the Cities," the panel will be moderated by Jeffrey Weber, managing director of Eastdil Realty Company, and will include Jeremy Fletcher, senior vice president, Beacon Capital Partners; Richard Gilchrist, Co-CEO & president, Maguire Properties; Jeffrey Johnson, executive vice president & chief investment officer, Equity Office Properties; and Stuart Shiff, CEO, Divco West Properties.
The conference Networking Luncheon will feature an address by Raymond Mikulich, managing director & co-head of Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners. The afternoon will allow participants to "Meet The Experts" by attending two of three forty-five minute workshops addressing Capital Market Opportunities, Land Use & Entitlements, and Mixed-Use Development.
The Focus on Commercial Real Estate Conference is sponsored by Arden Realty, Inc; Ernst & Young; Ervin, Cohen & Jessup, LLP; Highridge Partners; California Real Estate Journal; Chicago Title; Deloitte Touche; Fidelity National Title; KeyBank Real Estate Capital; George Smith Partners; GlobeSt.com; Fremont Investment & Loan; CORENET; Manatt/Phelps/Phillips LLP; Pircher, Nichols & Meeks; CoStar Group; Prudential Mortgage Capital; CB Richard Ellis; First Property Realty Corp.; Lowe Enterprises; Cushman & Wakefield; Los Angeles Commercial Realty Association; Real Estate Southern California; LoopNet.com; and RENTV.COM.
For reservations or further information about the conference, contact the Ziman Center at (310) 206-9424, or visit the Conference Web site.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2007 News Releases > December 2007 > Gates Hall graces first ornament in Historical Commission series
Gates Hall graces first ornament in Historical Commission series
PLAINVIEW – Calling all local history buffs! The Hale County Historical Commission has kicked off a series of commemorative ornaments with one bearing the likeness of Wayland Baptist University's stately administration building, Gates Hall.
A fundraiser for the Historical Commission, the ornaments will be added each year, each in commemoration of a special aspect of county history. Since the university will celebrate its centennial in 2008, the commission felt their first piece would coincide perfectly with the occasion and make a perfect collector's piece for the centennial celebration.
"The historical commission would like to join Wayland alumni, faculty, staff and community supporters around the world in celebrating the first 100 years of Wayland Baptist University," said Alice Sawayer, president of the commission. "Dr. Wayland would be proud – as are we – to see what his dream has become."
The ornament was created by Nelda Laney, wife of former Texas House of Representatives Speaker Pete Laney of Hale Center, who has developed quite a reputation for her creative ornaments for the state beautification committee and other entities over the past years. The piece features a gold filigreed border with Wayland and the centennial dates, framing the maroon brick three-story building with its six white columns.
The ornaments are being sold through the Museum of Llano Estacado, housed on the Wayland campus under a partnership between the city and the university. The Historical Commission formed the original focus group that resulted in the museum built during America's 1976 bicentennial celebration. The organization continues to office in the museum and provides financial support for many museum projects that help preserve Hale County history.
Ornaments are available for pre-ordering through January 4, 2008, at a 10 percent savings, with a total cost of $24.36 ($22.50 plus tax). After the ornaments arrive at the museum in mid-January, they will sell for $25 each plus tax, a total of $27.06. Shipping is available to any location for an additional $2.50, but ornaments can be picked up at the museum once they arrive. They will also be offered for sale at the University Bookstore at some point.
Persons wishing to pre-order an ornament should send a check or money order for $24.36 per ornament to the Museum of the Llano Estacado, 1900 West 7th St., CMB 299, Plainview, Texas 79072. The museum will be closed for two weeks in conjunction with Wayland's holiday break, but orders received by mail postmarked by January 4 will be included in the early price offer.
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YOU GUYSQ!!! I just realized the purple bottle is a song about using cough syrup as an aphro-desiac! Also. Do yawl have favorite members like hinduism or are they all favored same? I typically find myself partial towards Avey but definetly can appreciate Pandas genious.
Black licorice is supposedly an aphrodisiac too...it's good in hard candy form. Guh. Avey is my favorite.
as for the song bees well they have strange turn ons. which one of their dads died?
This is really tough. Music wise I'd go with Avey, I probably like Down There more than any AC album. Personality wise Deak seems really nice and chill.
Theres somthing about Panda that seems somewhat more systematic then the others? Maybe that comes with being more into percussion. I suck at anything percussion. If that's true then he may be the most important element they have. I'm guessing those high pitch screeches and low pitch electronic drones and some of those other sounds were Aveys idea. I'd say Geologist but the first track on spirit you have very very diverse tones screeching everywhere. I'm glad Avey's more comfortable with his voice nowadays because I love it. Dave earlier mentioned that Deeks single sounded very psychadelic and seemingly drug influenced compared to the other members singles from that one special tape thingy. I see what he means and wonder how they would sound if he had an even bigger influence on the bands music ex: merriwhether.
Avey is my #1 favorite.. We share the same birthday. Panda is my second, none of them make as much solo stuff as Noah- and it's all good too. Geo and Deaks are on the same level. I had read an old interview and Geo shares a lot of the same views as me..I feel like I could chill with him Anyday.
Btw It was Panda's dad who died Purp
I really like Geo! He seems like a serious bro! Wait...all of them are bros, our AnCo bros! Deaks and me need to go on a nature walk! [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f2/Josh_Dibb_-_Deakin_-_2009.jpg[/img]
Man... nature walks with AnCo bros! What a dream!
hell yeah. If there was some stupid prize on some shitty yo-gurt to hang out with Animal Collective I'd buy EVERY SINGLE ONE!!! JAJAJAJAHHHH!!!!! Just kidding, kind of.
I would buy a shit ton, man, why can't they ever have cool competitions like that on products?
Ahhh, I remember my Danimals super sweetstakes backstages passes to the jonas brothers. Kevins so funny. A regular bros day riding in the limo and having little girls beat you up and sing night night prayers together.
geo's black brother! GEORGE!!! |)
Omar coming yo!
I usually find myself liking Panda slightly more than Avey because Panda's drums beats are so amazingly sporadic! and I like his solo work more than Avey's. Also Panda's shyness I find rather endearing. But as of recent, I find myself liking Deakin after watching the 2011 Pitchfork festival performance. what he does with a guitar is indescribable.
YAY! A genuin Panda fan. How could you not love the guy for all that music he puts out?
I've always wanted to talk to avey about music
its my dream to jam with those guys. Im a master of both mimickry and creativity so I think I could hold my own without sticking out like fire hydrant in a shit bowl... bad analogy
I think I'd be way over my head talking with Avey about music... it would be an awesome experience though.
This is kind of irrelevant but there is this guy who looks exactly like Panda and even acts the same way as my school and its all I can think about when I see him. its crazy, the facial similarities. sorry for my spam. just needed to say that.
I would probably date him... even though I'm not gay.
That's better than my friend always saying that panda bear is a drugged out Sheldon from big bang theory.
HA! HA! HA! The band I'm in has simular roles that the AC gots. We all do our own solo shit too. Have you ever snorted Zanex that's some trippy shit
Narnia, that wasn't spam, this is Spam. [img]http://smallbiztechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/spamReg.png[/img]
both my grandfather and my damn dad worked at the hormel plant! you bet yr spam i'm a gopher fan!
Minnesota shout out!
when is geologist having another kid?
when is geologist making a solo album?
When is Deakin making a solo album?
When is Deakin making a solo album?
when is Deakin making a solo album?
when IS deaking making a "solo" album focus on the BUM! ow OW! geo will never make a proper solo thing ... for people to HEAR! he already made an EP! VOSTOK! the legends were true! countless copies are sitting in a damn box somewhere! never to be heard from again! deeks really waited too long... the keep cash shet should have been the biggie hype builder then he should have got the album out by late 2011 or very very early 2012 like jan... missed chance! not to mention the damn african adventure collector's album / THING
gimme my africa album deaks !
When is Deakin making another Geologist baby?
When is Africa going to solo a new baby geologist like Deakin?
Is Avey single? How do I find his address?
Let's go to his house and give him a massive group hug! I'm serious...WE MUST FIND A WAY. To get Avey arrested!
i feel like I may be in jail very soon. Do you think he would like that? I see him as introverted towards media and extroverted towards people friends family and fans. Mayhaps not. Either way if sombody broke into my house I think I might call the cops
Mayhaps- I need to use this more often.
Wussup Brooklyn Wusssssuuuuuuuuuuuppppppp I think he would enjoy our presence. I wish I could shot gun a beer with him since I couldnt drink at the bar he was chillen at
i love that word. I might have picked it up from reading the redwall series as a kid. Them books have all these little critters and each different animal speaks a different english dialect. The moles say "gurt" and "patroo" and the hares say "Wot wot". that would be fun indeed purpurpurp
I was all into Redwall in middle school. Martin the Warrior was beast.
Oh wow I forgot all about Redwall. Martin was a badass.
mayhaps betwixt somat patroo. i met that brian jaques dude and he sighned one of me books. he also held me pet hedgehog.
i got sick of the series because the formula was almost the same for each book. damn good books though
reader beware... yr in for a scare!
"I'm serious...WE MUST FIND A WAY. To get Avey arrested!" haha! YES! just the image of him handcuffed being put in the back of a squad car saying "what'd i DO?!" and they never tell him! no not him!
You said this back that in November so I thought I might as well bring it back up so we can make all the indie blogosphere explode with rage.
if I saw that I would immediatly protest outside the courthouse regaurdless of who he kilt
He killed Panda Bear! (This is absolutely horrible that i'm saying this). Only one member of Animal Collective to rule them all!
Hahaha Peacey that reminded me of Clerks and how much I love that movie


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The bottom of the star's gown was actually pink!
Courtesy Valentino
We're well aware of your feelings on her bridal headpiece, but Anne Hathaway's wedding gown was quite a dream. And, surprise — it was partially pink!
The custom Valentino creation — worn for the star's nuptials to Adam Shulman in Big Sur, Calif., last Saturday — was imagined by the designer himself, and made by seamstresses in the brand's couture atelier in Rome.
According to a rep for Valentino, the design team created a strapless ivory silk point d'esprit tulle dress, which includes a pink hand-painted shaded train embroidered with satin flowers. The 1920s-inspired veil consists of a lace ribbon with a large flower, adorned with small crystal beads.
"The wedding was lovely and Anne looked gorgeous," a source tells PEOPLE, adding that the bride skipped jewelry and let the gown and veil take center stage. "She looked very pretty." Tell us: Now that you know more about the gown, do you love it?


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Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice has a message for Wisconsin jurors: Thank you!
Madison, Wisconsin - September 3, 2013
Watch the Chief's message now.
Each year since 2008, Wisconsin has celebrated statewide juror appreciation month.
"Jurors help ensure that all of our rights are protected, and that we are all held accountable under the law," said Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson. "Without jurors, our justice system would not function properly, and the rule of law could not be upheld."
This year, Abrahamson is joined by Gov. Scott Walker, who issued a proclamation and Senate President Michael G. Ellis and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who issued a joint citation on behalf of the Legislature, formally recognizing September as Juror Appreciation month in Wisconsin. The theme of statewide juror appreciation month is Jurors Serve Justice; Justice Serves Us All.


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Skyline Releases Cross Country Report #5
- Sean Daly named Runner of the Week, Melissa Bonilla Rookie of the Week and Sean Tiernan named to Honor Roll
Clifton Park, N.Y. - The Skyline Conference released the fifth Cross Country report for the 2009 season this afternoon, including Player of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference statistics.
Sophomore Sean Daly (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) was named the Skyline Conference Runner of the Week for the men. Daly placed second individually out of 149 runners at the Mount Saint Mary College Invitational. Daly finished in 29:04, helping Farmingdale State to a fourth-place finish out of 19 teams competing.
Sophomore Sean Tiernan (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville) was named to the Skyline Honor Roll. He placed fourth individually at the Blue Knight Invitational with a time of 29:11. Tiernan and Daly were the top two Skyline Conference finishers.
Freshman Melissa Bonilla (Massapequa Park, N.Y./Farmingdale) was named Rookie of the Week for the women. She placed 18th individually out of 129 runners at the Mount Saint Mary College Invitational with a time of 23:34. Bonilla led the Rams to an eighth place team finish out of 19 teams. She placed eighth among Skyline runners.
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The computers that grade standardized tests of students in Pennsylvania noticed something odd in 2011.
While the average third-grader in the reading section erased a wrong answer and successfully choose the right one about once, nearly half of the about 70 third-graders at Philadelphia's Cayuga Elementary School corrected themselves five or more times.
The deviation that was uncovered led to a sweeping indictment Thursday of the school's principal and four teachers who, according to an ongoing grand jury investigation, "systemically cheated to increase Cayuga's test scores by changing student answers, providing test answers to students, and improperly reviewing test questions prior to administering the test."
As state officials started investigating in 2012, the percentage of third-graders at Cayuga who scored at least proficient in the reading section dropped to 26.8% from 60.3%.
A teacher testified to the grand jury that a culture of cheating, dating back to 2008, included announcements over the school's loudspeaker that students in 2011 scribble answers on scrap paper first. That enabled teachers to check the answers before students recorded them on the real answer sheet.
The teacher told jurors that administrators at the 400-student school constantly shuffled teachers around, moving teachers who scored poorly to first- and second-grade classrooms. Those younger students do not take standardized tests.
Two other teachers testified that they saw test booklets spread across the principal's desk – a violation of testing procedures. In one case, an official told jurors, the principal ordered him to delete surveillance footage of the scene.
The principal, Evelyn Cortez, was charged Thursday with corrupt organizations, perjury, tampering with public records, forgery, tampering with records and criminal conspiracy.
She is accused of reprimanding students and teachers who didn't go along with the suspected cheating, which prosecutors allege also involved her tapping on student desks as a signal to change a wrong answer. Cortez, 59, even boasted at a teachers' meeting that those that reported her for cheating had all left the school while she was still there, a teacher told grand jurors.
An attorney for Cortez told WCAU-TV that the charges are false.
Teachers Lorraine Vicente, 41, and Jennifer Hughes, 59, were charged with the same crimes as Cortez. Vicente is accused of walking around the classroom with an answer key.
Ary Sloane, 56, and Rita Wyszynski, 65, were both charged with tampering with public records, forgery, tampering with records and criminal conspiracy. All five suspects were indefinitely suspended by the School District of Philadelphia on Thursday after surrendering to authorities.
"Cheating robs children of a good education and hurts kids and families," Pennsylvania Atty. Gen. Kathleen Kane said in a statement. "The alleged misconduct by these educators is an affront to the public's trust and will not be tolerated."
The school district said the ongoing 2011 investigation also uncovered suspicious results on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment at 13 other schools. Earlier this year, the district said 15 active and former employees had been fired or disciplined as a result of suspicious testing behavior found at a separate set of 19 schools. Since 2012, the district said it had increased security and monitoring to help ensure the integrity of the test.
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Kelly Ann Smith and Jonathan Daniel Manning were married March 16 in Grifton
Kelly Ann Smith of Kinston and Jonathan Daniel Manning of Grifton were united in marriage at 3 p.m. March 16, 2013, at Grifton Free Will Baptist Church. The Rev. Van Mitchell, pastor, officiated the ceremony.
Escorted by her father and given in marriage by her parents, the bride is the daughter of Michael and Teresa Davis of Kinston and the late Charlie Smith Jr. She is the granddaughter of Earl and Lexine Davis of Grifton, Billy and Sarah Coward of Chocowinity, and the late Phil and Bertha Howell, who lived in Kinston.
A graduate of Bethel Christian Academy, she is a receptionist with Neil Medical Group.
The groom is the son of Michael and Cindy Manning of Grifton. He is the grandson of Robert and Jane Manning of Grifton, and Keith and Shirley Dunn of Maury.
A graduate of Beacon Christian Academy, he is a Fire Control Specialist II with the Kinston Department of Public Safety.
Tabitha Rouse of Seven Springs was maid of honor.
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The threats are reportedly similar to others received last week. The sheriff's office is continuing its investigation.
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5 Great Employers for Veterans
My older brother is a first lieutenant in the United States Marines Corps who has served two tours of duty in Iraq. I am truly grateful for the commitment and sacrifices that he and his fellow service members have made so that we may enjoy the countless freedoms provided by our great country.
On this Veterans Day, I'd like to in some small way serve them, by taking a look at five great companies for veterans seeking work after their service to our country.
While employment has been tough coming out of the Great Recession, the United States has sought to serve our veterans well, as historically they have had an unemployment rate lower than the national average, as shown in the chart below:
However, the situation is not as bright for those classified as Gulf War-era II veterans who have served in the armed forces since September 2001. Their unemployment rate is well above that of veterans from other service periods:
Many companies have recognized this trend and are putting mechanisms in place to narrow the gap. One of those is Starbucks which just last week announced it would commit to hiring 10,000 veterans and their spouses over the next five years. CEO Howard Schultz said of the plan, "The more than one million transitioning U.S. veterans and almost one and half million military spouses -- with their diverse background and experience -- share our mission-driven sensibility and work ethic and can build long-term careers at Starbucks as they return home."
The multiyear plan will focus on career development by establishing the tools necessary to match the skills of veterans and their spouses with the needs of Starbucks to ensure that the new employees can succeed. In addition, the program will provide mentoring resources to the veterans to assist with the transition and "ensure new hires have access to the information and resources they need to be successful," according to a Starbucks press release.
There are a significant number of companies committed to hiring veterans, and through the Military Times'Best for Vets survey and the Victory Media Top 100 Military Friendly Employers, the Motley Fool has highlighted five of these organizations.
Union Pacific Railroad
One out of every five of the 51,000 employees at Union Pacific Railroad has military experience. The company's board of directors includes retired Gen. Charles C. Krulak, who served as the 31st commandant of the Marine Corps between 1995 and 1999. The company also assists veterans through specific recruiting events, workshops, and even an online tool that helps "translate military skills, experience and training to find [Union Pacific] career opportunities." Union Pacific ranked second in the Military Friendly Employers survey and fifth in the Best for Vets.
Verizon Communications
Seven percent of Verizon employees are veterans, and with nearly 175,000 employees the company is one of the largest employers of former service members. Like Union Pacific, Verizon also offers a Military Skills Matcher and a tool that allows those seeking jobs to find them near where they are currently stationed. Verizon also helped create a mobile app that provides veterans and their spouses access to the tools provided by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hiring Our Heroes initiative. Verizon was ranked third by the Military Friendly Employers survey and sixth by Best for Vets.
ManTech International
Although ManTech isn't a household name like the others on this list, almost half of its workforce has experience in the armed services. In addition, the company provides access to confidential resources and counseling for employees who are deployed and their spouses. The Fairvfax, Va., science and technology company ranked third in the Best for Vets survey and fifth in the Military Friendly Employers survey.
The financial services company dedicated to serving military members and their families is also committed to hiring veterans. The 25,000-person company has hired more than 7,300 veterans and their spouses since 2005. In a recent release, USAA's executive vice president of human resources, Dana Simmons, himself a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, noted that "for us, hiring veterans isn't an option, it is a critical necessity." The company has committed to 25% of its new hires being veterans or their spouses, and plans to increase that number to 30% in the coming years. It should come as no surprise that USAA was named as the No. 1 employer for veterans by both surveys.
General Electric
While there were certainly companies ranked ahead of General Electric on each list (it came in at 15th on the Best for Vets survey and 11th among the Military Friendly Employers), the company's size and scope perhaps offer the most expansive set of options for veterans as they transition into the civilian workforce. This includes potential employment across GE's health care, energy, finance, and industrial divisions.
Not only does General Electric provide an expansive network of veterans and a transition assistance program, but it also offers different insights to opportunities depending on the veteran's occupational specialty. It provides specific job opportunities through its Junior Officer Leadership Program for former military officers, and in 2009 "signed a memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Army Reserve to guarantee priority consideration for job interviews for all qualified participating soldiers no later than 30 days after completing military occupational specialty training."
Continued support of our veterans as they transition from the armed forces into the workforce is essential, and we would all do well to support them today and on all days.
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Former Weezer Bassplayer Found Dead at age 40
Mikey Welsh, the man behind the big basslines of Weezer's 'Green Album' Â was found dead in a Chicago Hotel room, reports VH1.Â
Proving you should pay attention to your dreams.
Apparently, 40 year-ol Welsh predicted his death Sept. 26 on twitter when he recapped a dream "Dreamt i died in chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). Need to write my will today." His next tweet was a correction "correction – the weekend after next.â€
Cause of death has not yet been determined.
Welsh was with Weezer from '98 through 2002 and played one of the band's seminal albums, 'The Green Album' that contained hits 'Hash Pipe,' Â and 'Island in the Sun'. Â He left the band amicably after a series of nervous breakdowns. They are all still friends; he was in Chicago to see the band play.
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Windsor Man Drinks 8 Beers Swims Across The Detroit River Gets Arrested
I want to open this story with a quote from the man himself, 47-year-old John Morillo of Windsor, Ontario, "If I'm going to be in the paper, I'd at least like them to say I actually made it, even though I got in trouble and everything. I gotta pay fines and stuff. But I don't want it to sound like I didn't make it, because then my buddies are going to say 'ha, ha, you didn't make it.' Because that was the whole thing, to show them I could do it."
So, he made it. He drunkenly swam across the Detroit River from Windsor to Detroit.
At about 11:30pm Windsor police got a call from Morillo's neighbor. His neighbor was watching Morillo's stunt, but became worried when he lost sight of his friend. Windsor police notified the U.S. and Canadian coast guards and three boats and a helicopter were rushed into action to make a rescue. After an hour of searching the U.S. coast guard spotted Morillo on the Canadian side just west of the Hilton hotel.
Morillo had swam to the Renaissance Center and climbed up on shore to be greeted by a bunch of stunned onlookers. He took some photos then jumped back in the river for his return trip.
The following day Morillo was interviewed by The Windsor Star, where he had a bunch of hilarious things to say:
The harbour master was extremely mad at me. I don't know, maybe they pulled him out of bed or something. - Morillo
As soon I saw the helicopters going by and the boats looking for me, I was like 'oh, this is really stupid. - Morillo
Morillo is now facing fines between $5,000 and $25,000.
One person actually shot some video of his return trip. Check it out below.


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Small DIY keypads
Looking for a simple remote control solution, I came across these small 4x4 button keypads seen in the pictures below. The first two are similar in that they are simple discrete digital circuits with a 8-pin (4x4) output. The only difference is the direction of the pins. The third uses an analogue signal to determine which button is pressed, thus only a single free analogue pin is needed on the Arudino.
(Images link to the Deal Extreme product pages)
Gerhard Schmidt has posted a nice article on how to read these keypads (his examples are with 3x4 keypads, but the principles are of course the same). For the digital 8-pin versions, reading is very simple, and you can even get away with no extra components, if you are willing to spend 8 IO ports on your micro controller. For the analogue based board, voltage thresholds are used to distinguish which key is pressed. Those boundaries will of course depend on the implementation of the board. Deal Extreme links to one circuit diagram, and on Waveshare's product page (they seem to be the original manufacturer) an overview of voltage ranges for both 5V and 3.3V can be found.


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Apr 15, 2013
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Passion Works, an Athens-based organization that supports collaborations between artists with and without developmental disabilities, will debut in the O'Bleness Health System Race for a Reason this year in an effort to raise money for the local art studio.
Since 1998, PassionWorks' studio has created one-of-a-kind art pieces and transformed them into items such as jewelry, ornaments, flowers and greeting cards. The production of artwork creates jobs for people with and without developmental disabilities and generates a renewable funding stream to continue arts programming.
The largest charity-based race event in Athens, the O'Bleness Health Systems Race for a Reason will be held April 27. A joint venture between Ohio University Athletes in Action and The Center for Sports Administration, the event allows individuals to raise funds for the charity of their choice.
Wayne Savage, Passion Works' studio coordinator, has been working with the Race for a Reason team to raise awareness for Passion Works in the Athens community while Paige Elmlinger, an Ohio University student intern with the program, works to raise awareness among Ohio University students.
Dedicated to its arts programming, Passion Works is looking to raise money for their organization and more importantly, for the artists that make it all possible. The Passion Works team truly believes that creativity is an innate part of all people and that art enhances the quality of life and strengthens communities.
For more information on Passion Works, visit www.passionworks.org.
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Many months have passed since my last blog ... my letters to friends used to begin the same way!!! I have had many interesting things happening in my life and have done a fair amount of creating. I'll start with what I was working on today and over the next few weeks report on the missing months.
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These little scrappy blocks will work their way into a child`s quilt for the IWK (children`s hospital in Halifax, NS.) I have not decided yet just how I will put them together.
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I have found a quilting group (Warm Wishes) in my new neighbourhood. I`ll tell you more about them later. Anyway, they do all charity quilting which is right up my alley. At our meeting on Wednesday I snafu`d the African print from a bag of donated scraps and decided to cut it up to make a couple of kid`s quilts. More in the coming weeks.
And last but not least, here is a project I am hoping to complete this summer. This Grandmother`s Flower Garden was started by my mom, pre-1950. She set it aside when she had my brother and just never got back to it. So I am hoping to finish it as a surprise for her. It is all sewn by hand (not my forte) and, unfortunately, not with 1/4 inch seams. So, it may be a bit tricky matching her sewing, but I am goiing to try. This will probably result in a first - hand pieced but machine quilted!!
Don`t you love the hugging bears?
They belong to my mom, too but there is no room for them in her room at the Guest House.
More soon and I hope you are all enjoying this lovely spring into summer weather!!


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After almost two years and nearly twenty thousand dollars, we were in the homestretch of restoring the sign when we hit one more snag: the insurance company refused to pay on the sign's policy, and we had to take them to court! After expenses, the settlement provided us about a quarter of what we expected. As a result, we decided to act on a suggestion made by many of the sign's supporters, and create a "crowdfunding" campaign. If you like, you can show your support on Indiegogo. We also want to touch on a reasonable question gets asked a lot, which is why would we ask for help for a sign for a retail operation? Well, primarily because when the historic Beer Depot sign blew down in 2011, the cheaper, easier option was to simply replace it with a modern, less expensive one, but we felt obligated to preserve this local landmark. We honestly didn't expect so many obstacles along the way, especially this last one with the insurance. We're dedicated to getting this historic sign back up no matter what, but your support can help us here in the homestretch!


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Jury member Alan Berman highlights how clarity in writing underpins and fosters clear thinking in design
More from: Writing prize: final call for entries
Writing has always been the product of the world's greatest minds and it is no less important for architects. The ability to write matters for a number of reasons: it makes for successful communication; the process of writing encourages the exploration and expression of ideas; it fosters the critical assessment of past architectures and precedents; and it helps develop the mental skills involved in creative thinking.
But there is an important distinction to be made between writing about architecture and writing about architectural theory. The edges between these are necessarily blurred - not least because architects must know something of theory. But architectural theory is increasingly self-referential, creating a significant gap between theoretical discourse and lived architectural experience. Academic investigation perhaps necessarily removes some subjects from the realm of the real: as historiography removes the past from having a meaningful presence in daily life¹, so the pursuit of architectural theory is in danger of removing architecture and its many pasts from the felt experience of practitioners and their public. There is no doubt value in immersion in architectural theory, but this is insufficient for the making of good architects. Architecture is an art of the physical, of the spiritual and emotional, and its sphere of concerns is no less with these than with theoretical concepts.
The most obvious value of good writing to architects is the successful communication of ideas, which alone should encourage the practice of writing skills. Given that what architects have to communicate is very often visual, it is necessary to foster the ability to write well in order to convey those ideas which underpin visual presentations but which are not capable of expression by visual means. Good writing can convey simply and make comprehensible ideas which are complex. The best writing uncovers issues and ideas which may not at first be evident, making new ideas not only comprehensible but relevant and interesting.
Writing encourages the pursuit of clarity and the examination of all facets of an idea - not least to avoid ambiguity and uncertainty. In a similar way, the process of writing cultivates an analytic approach to the understanding of past buildings and precedents, knowledge of which is an essential tool in the architect's mental tool kit. Without an awareness of how and why things are as they are, and how they were in different circumstances, of how other architects have resolved problems, and of how people respond to forms, material and spatial arrangements, architects will have limited mental ground in which to cultivate ideas.
Le Corbusier described architecture as an art in which there are no problems, only solutions. This suggests that society invests us with the challenge to use our creativity not for our own self-expressive ends but to provide solutions for society's need for shelter - spiritual as well as physical. The clear articulation of one's own thinking is essential to the designer's problem-solving capacity, and writing, like sketching, aids the iterative process of creation. Creative problem solving follows a known sequence of mental actions: information gathering, examination, development and proposition, followed by analysis and reformulation in a cycle of feedback and repetition²Μ. By externalising a process that is normally confined to the silent privacy of the mind, writing obliges one to carefully articulate and consider these thoughts, and thereby fosters the mental skills that constitute the creative act.
Few, if any, architects have the gift of producing successful design solutions out of nowhere, as if by magic. It is a truism that design requires the careful analysis of all the constituent parts of a problem if the outcome is not to be gratuitous and driven by personal whim. This process is made all the clearer, more relevant and more constructive if the analysis is articulated to oneself and to others with clarity and precision, and the skills engendered by writing help one to do this.
I am not suggesting that the design process is written down, but that the mental discipline learned by having to write clearly can aid design. Vigilant critical assessment of one's thoughts is a necessary continuous process at all times when making design decisions, just as it is for good writing.
Good writing fosters clear thinking, and better writing engenders better thinking. With stunning lucidity Samuel Beckett illuminates this process, and with an awful truth captures much of the architectural condition: 'Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better'.³
Alan Berman, consultant, Berman Guedes Stretton
¹ JH Plumb, The Death of The past (2004)
² M Boden, The Creative Mind (2004)
³ Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho, (1983)
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It seems the Twitter Road Race was a huge success, and I'm really happy to have been a part of it. There was a total of 376 runners that took part in this event from 14 different countries. People every where, from the U.S. to Switzerland to Saudi Arabia, all pounded the pavement yesterday. The results are in, and I am pretty content with how I did!
My time for the 5K was 31:54.
Overall, I was #248 out 0f 376.
Out of all the women who raced, I was #109 out of 202.
In my age group, I was #35 out of 60.
(The overall winner was a man from Iowa who ran the 5K in 16:54!)
So it seems I fell right in the middle in each category, which I'm happy with. I improved my pace down to 9:50/mi. This is important because it shows that I'm getting faster. I'm also becoming more and more consistent in my pace.
Let's compare, shall we?
So in about 3 weeks, I've cut quite a bit off my pace time. I've also become more of a steady runner. Being able to look back and see where I've been, and where I am today is very motivating to me. I'm so thankful for my Garmin and warm running clothes. Yesterday was so cold and the roads were slippery. I was at my parent's house and was running on the back roads. Every time a car came, I had to jump into the snow to keep from getting hit. Luckily, they don't get a lot of traffic!
Another tool that I'm seriously utilizing is MotionTraxx. I've mentioned this podcast in another post of mine, but I'm still hooked. I've used their 150-160bpm episodes, and I feel they've helped me with my breathing, pace and just to keep me going. The music gets my blood pumping, and sometimes I don't even notice that it's below freezing and I can't feel my nose. If you haven't already, I highly recommend giving it a try.
This week, my mileage increases a little bit.
Monday: 3 miles
Wednesday: Cross-training
Thursday: 3 miles
Saturday: 5 miles
I might do some extra non-running exercises like yoga or the elliptical on the off-days. For cross-training, I'm thinking of hitting up the gym to use their stationary bike. I've read that it's a good choice for runners because it mimics the running motion, but without the impact.
Okay, enough about me.
How was your weekend? Anyone get in a workout, or break a sweat? If you got caught in a snow storm, I would say shoveling counts.
Related articles
- Things Runners Don't Like to Admit & Things That Make Us Happy (wildthingsrunfree.com)
- Training for Week 15 (runwithchips.wordpress.com)
- Saturday – Speedy Day (5k then 10k) vs Sunday – 14 miles (sustained) (badwabbittails.wordpress.com)


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Put me down for two of each metal please!
Thats neat !! I need a new laptop anyway, Great coin concept !!!
email sent! those are totally cool!
If that's a coin a I need one of each metal.
Sweeeet!!!! I want one or five!!!
WOW!!!! Those are awesome!
Put Me down for a set.
OMG! Very kewl Gotta have some of these!
Those are so awesome!!!! We would love to have one of each metal!
Oh My Those are fantastic !!!!! Please put me down for a set or 2
Very unique.
Wow thats a very cool looking coin!
to add: what size are they?
LOVE THEM! I am viewing the forums for the first time on my NEW laptop. The screen broke on my old one, it's amazing--the screens on the coins stay up better than my screen on my laptop!!
It's been said before but I'll say it again.... that's aw..... pretty darned cool.
Wonderful. I'd be in for for these!
Uh Oh! Wigo's awagging his tail. I guess we need to put wigoweb down for some of these coins. Great concept and it seems so simple that I should have thought of it, too. You're a clever cacher and coin designer, Anthus.
When will they be available?
Wonderful. I'd be in for for these!
Double that, and then triple it again!
Amazing, Anthus!
HOw much are they and yes please put me down for 1 of each metal.
oh goodness!!!!
i LOVE IT!!
now, how to get my hands on a black nickel one???
OK, Those totally rock!
Do they come in MAC - lol
I definitely want one of each metal! how much are they???
HOLY CRAP!!! These are great - time frame for availability???
You are such a tease! You must be feeling better. LOVE 'em!
Will these be up for sale? if so how much will they be I would be interested in a few
Well since we aren't in the market anytime soon for a laptop these will do nicely in its stead.
VERY cool coin concept. You've raised the bar - not just the lid.
Alright enough of the teasing ! How do we go about getting these ? I would love to get a BN to go along with the ThinkPad I have .
Very cool, I would go with one or two of each
We want too please!!! Those are awesome! Can you give us some details please?? Pretty please???
I'd like a black nickel and a silver (?) if I could. Amazing coin idea.
Too sweet to pass up. Please add me to you list if you are planning to sell.
Traveling Chief
Wow love them!!! and boy did I just get in trouble, my husband suggested this to me for a coin awhile ago, and I said, no, that's just too much work...now I'm getting the evil eye! We'd love to trade will you be at GW5?
You got my attention with these. Looking forward to learning more.
Pretty sweet looking.....now we need the details!
love this!!!!!!!!!!!!! can't wait to order
Details....details...how....when.....where.....how much...trades???
Well, It just occurred to me... how the heck will I fit this in my binder?
I'll find a way!
I'll take 3 of each metal. Great coin.
WOW - they are absolutely and ulterly AMAZING. What a brillant design. I love it!
Come on, don't be such a big tease... tell us when and how much and what finishes... please
Must... resist... the.. Urge...
dadgum it no one will ever know, just gota hide the Visa statement!
And just when I decided I really shouldn't buy any coins for a while someone decides they have to come up with an idea tooo coool to resist! Thanks Very Much
Haha Kidding, awesome coin, will be getting some for sure
Count us in! These are awesome!
What a great coin! I will have to get a few of these! Keep the details coming!
All I can say is WOW. This is one awesome coin!
Kicka**!! Count us in!
Wow... that's just the neatest coin!
Congratulations! I hope I am able to obtain a few!
Great coin. Put me on the list to get some of these.
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This directory provides useful information and resources to national banks and federal savings associations (collectively, banks) that are interested in providing financial services to underbanked consumers.
The underbanked is a general label describing two consumer segments: individuals with no bank accounts (unbanked) and individuals with bank accounts who regularly use nontraditional financial institutions such as check cashers and payday lenders (underbanked).
Some banks have identified the underbanked as a separate market segment and are dedicating resources to them as such. Other banks treat them as a part of an existing market segment. For example, some banks have created specialized departments to focus on this and similar segments, sometimes referred to as emerging market departments, while others incorporated the underbanked in their existing retail divisions.
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Like Biggerplate.com and Mappio.com, Novamind has recently launched their own Mindmap Library called NovaMind Connect.
NovaMind Connect, in the words of NovaMind Founder Gideon King, "is a completely new and unique system for you to share your Mind Maps online."
He goes on to say, "NovaMind Connect allows you to almost instantly take the Mind Map document that you have created in NovaMind and upload it directly from NovaMind to NovaMind Connect, where it is turned into a full HTML version of the document, where you can click on each Mind Map to view the detail of that Mind Map. From there you see all the branches of the Mind Map in expandable outline form, and you can navigate to each branch either by clicking it on the Mind Map, or in the outline."
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Ascariasis is an infection with a roundworm parasite.
This round worm can reach up to over 15 inches (40 centimeters) in length. Their eggs hatch in the stomach and travel to the heart and lungs. This causes a type of pneumonia. They travel to the throat where they are swallowed and enter the stomach again and develop into adult worms. Each worm lays 240,000 eggs per day. These eggs leave the body with bowel movements. The cycle begins again when contaminated food or water is eaten.
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Ascariasis is caused by swallowing food or water that is contaminated by feces containing eggs.
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Infestations are more common in preschool age or younger children. Other factors that may increase your chance of ascariasis include:
- Travel to developing countries
- Living in southern US
- Eating unsanitary food
- Drinking unclean water
Most people will have no symptoms. Symptoms of ascariasis may include:
- Dry cough and fever
- Wheezing
- Abdominal cramps
- Vomiting
- Poor nutrition, especially in children
- Passing a worm either by mouth, nose, or rectum
Diseases caused by the Ascaris
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- Liver abscess
- Pancreatitis
- Appendicitis
- Peritonitis
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Your doctor will ask about your symptoms, and your travel and medical history. A physical exam will be done. You may be referred to a gastroenterologist or a specialist in tropical diseases.
Your bodily fluids and waste may be tested. This can be done with:
- Blood tests
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It is common to have more than one intestinal parasite. You may need to be treated for several. Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment options include the following:
- Medications such as mebendazole, albendazole, ivermectin, and pyrantel pamoate
- Endoscopy or surgery if you have an intestinal obstruction from a large number of worms
To reduce your chance of ascariasis:
- Avoid foods prepared without proper sanitation, such as unwashed hands.
- Avoid water and other drinks that may be from contaminated sources.
- Peel, cook, or wash vegetables if they may have been fertilized with human excrement.
- Wash hands when leaving the bathroom.
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This fall is a prime time to get your production game plan under way for next year.
Baseball legend Babe Ruth once said that with every strike he made when up to bat he was one swing closer to a home run. In all, the Sultan of Swat slugged 714 homeruns. Yet, Ruth also struck out 1,330 times during his storied career. But strikes never held the Babe back. A fearless competitor, Ruth simply kept swinging, confident he would eventually connect with the ball.
Agronomic experts hope farmers tap into that same confident optimism as they plan for next year, despite the corn production strike outs many endured this season. The following recommendations are ideas for your consideration as you create your production game plan for 2013.
Don't overreact to the drought.
Nick Burley plants up to 14 corn hybrids on his north west Iowa farm each year. That practice helps him minimize crop risks by spreading corn maturity ranges, flowering dates and even planting timing.
This is not a year on which to base huge changes in agronomic practices or management styles, the experts say. As you plan, evaluate multiple years of data when possible to make sound decisions and avoid knee-jerk reactions.
That's advice Nick Burley is following despite enduring two straight years of drought on his north west Iowa farm.
"I'm sticking with my corn-bean rotation; that's what works best on these soils," says Burley, who farms a few miles north of Lake City.
A slight shift in planting populations may be the one modification Burley makes in 2013. "I'm considering lowering my planting populations from 34,000 to the high 20s to minimize the potential for down corn next year," he says.
Order hybrids yesterday.
If you haven't ordered your hybrids yet, make that step a priority now. Even major seed suppliers are likely to be short on some products for 2013, contends Darren Hefty, who co-owns Hefty Seed Company, Baltic, S.D., with his brother, Brian. Many seed providers will increase their production efforts in South America this winter to meet demand; however, delays in getting seed back to the United States are not uncommon as farmers learned this year. Bottom line for next season: The earlier you select and pay for your corn hybrids, the better off you'll likely be.
As you evaluate hybrids, focus on multiple-year research that indicates the ones you plan to select will perform well across a wide range of growing conditions.
"Because you do not know what set of extreme weather events will occur next year, this is an important way to stress-proof your farming operation," says Bob Nielsen, Purdue University Extension corn specialist.
In addition, select a range of hybrids in order to spread maturity range, flowering dates and even planting timing, recommends Steve Gauck, regional sales agronomist for Beck's Hybrids. This strategy will help you minimize the risk to your corn crop from weather extremes, such as high temperatures at pollination, a stress that did in a lot of corn this summer.
"Hybrid performance was all about timing in 2012," adds Mike Kavanaugh, AgriGold agronomy manager. "In each corn growing geography, planting date coupled with hybrid maturity made a huge difference in corn this year." he explains.
In some cases, Kavanaugh recalls, "You could see a 100-bushel difference between maturities in any given latitude depending on whether the hybrid was shooting or pollinating before, during or after those 105-degree temperatures we had"
Tune into hybrid characteristic scores and match them to your fields, encourages Justin Welch, DuPont Pioneer agronomist for Illinois and Indiana. "Some fields will benefit from more drought-tolerant hybrids, but even in a tough year like this we learned that we don't need them on every acre," Welch says.
To spread production risks, Burley plants 14 different hybrids from three seed companies, with maturities that range from early season to late season. Plus, every field he plants contains a minimum of two hybrids. He believes those two practices are what contributed most to corn yields he had the past two seasons.
Secure inputs.
While seed supply may be a main concern for 2013, don't neglect securing inputs such as fertilizers and herbicides earlier rather than later, recommends Darren Hefty.
"On the chemical side, there was a tremendous shortage of Liberty herbicide this year, and there's probably not going to be enough capacity to meet demand for next year," Darren contends.
He adds that he anticipates the supply of glyphosate will also be tight, based on high application levels farmers used this season to control weeds.
Read Part 2: "3 Agronomic Ways to Leave the Drought Behind"
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Mononucleosis is an infectious disease that is associated with fever, fatigue, and swollen lymph glands.
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Mononucleosis is caused by the
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Many people get EBV during their lifetime. Factors that increase the likelihood that EBV will develop into mononucleosis include:
One episode of mononucleosis usually produces permanent immunity.
Signs of mononucleosis usually begin 4-7 weeks after you were exposed to the virus. The initial symptoms may be a sense of general weakness that lasts about 1 week. This is followed by symptoms that may include:
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your bodily fluids may be tested. This can be done with blood tests.
There is no treatment to cure mononucleosis or to shorten the length of the illness. It usually runs its course in 4-6 weeks, although the fatigue may last longer.
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It is important to get plenty of rest. Other supportive care may involve:
Most people contract the EBV virus sometime during their lives. Prevention is geared toward decreasing the likelihood that EBV will develop into mononucleosis. This can be done by:
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Is The Social Network the new Citizen Kane? They certainly have one big thing in common – both probably should have won big at the Oscars, but didn't.
This blog has written before about the great difficulty of making the internet dramatic, whether as theme or plot device (http://wp.me/pR2Nu-c). But the genius of The Social Network was that it defiantly wasn't the movie I feared it would be – a eulogy to/apocalyptic vision of the world created by Facebook. To paraphrase Zadie Smith's great review, it was written by the wizards of 1.0, not 2.0 hipsters, and concentrated on the compelling central figure that a movie mogul can present.
As a result it inhabited the same territory as Kane – they are both the story of young men, with masses of talent and ambition to change the old order, who are transformed by the experience of building a media empire. Both stories hinge on a craving for love, that warps into a craving for attention. Both mix the adrenaline of triumph with the tragedy of megalomania.
In fact there are scenes that are pretty similar, and character dynamics too. Swap the dusty newsroom of the early twentieth century for the glossy funk of a San Francisco nightclub and there is not a lot different between this:
And this:
The Oscar reward of both of these movies ended up focusing on their screenplays – both, in another similarity, fictionalised accounts that were pretty close to the bone. In the Social Network's case, this is hugely deserved. Personally, I find the screenplay of Citizen Kane one of its least appealing aspects – whereas the failure to recognise the brilliance of the direction is more of a mystery. After all, shots like this were not common in cinema at the time…
But when it came to the big gongs, both fell short. In the case of Citizen Kane, this has generally been laid at the door of William Randolph Hearst, whose influence in Hollywood was huge and who was not amused at seeing himself in Kane. There have been few whispers about similar influence by Mark Zuckerberg, so I'm not going to invent a conspiracy theory here (but, maybe…?)
Certainly the competition for Best Picture this year was unusually hot. Citizen Kane on the other hand lost out to John Ford's turgid exploration of the politics of Welsh mining culture, How Green Was My Valley. Heavy-going stuff.
When you look at the movie that did win this year, however, you see an interesting parallel. The King's Speech, like The Social Network, uses as its dramatic backdrop the rise in power of a new medium – in the case of the King's Speech, the radio (again written of before in these pages.)
There is something intangible about The King's Speech that somehow makes it much more Academy appropriate. It is much easier to feel comfortable with the heroic struggle of a man to rise the the challenges of using the medium, rather than being the person who creates it. Quite simply, it is much more straightforwardly heroic – and the Academy loves heroes.
Media tycoons on the other hand are not viscerally lovable characters. Both in fiction and in real life, they tend to be egotistic, obsessed by attention and a strange kind of power. At the best they are complex heroes – and my feeling about The Social Network is that whilst it is a sceptical movie, it is not a cynical one. It felt a little sad…but to me 'Zuck' felt like a better man at the end of the movie than the start, which makes him at least a kind of hero. Which obviously cannot be said of Kane.
And in someways his journey to self-discovery, happening as it did in the full glare of the world during a period of adolescence, is what gives this movie its strange power.
But one suspects that giving a body like the Academy a movie about a media tycoon to judge is never going to end well. One suspects they are somehow more comfortable with another kind of movie media tycoon – the straightforward villain. Not that this performance by the otherwise excellent Jonathan Pryce really troubled the scorers…
But I still think The Social Network is the most compelling movie I have seen in a long time. It is great in all those conventional ways – script, humour, music, emotional core etc – but it is also a movie that encapsulates our time in a way that is far more compelling than the 'Facebook movie' I feared would have done.
And for me, this is specifically because of the difference in its treatment of the very same subject matter that helped make Kane such a landmark film. The media tycoons of our age may be geeks craving social success, they may be megalomaniacs just like all those other grizzled veterans – but they are also young guys who really want to create things that people love and that haven't existed before. And that doesn't make them villains – in fact it makes them imperfect but compelling heroes.