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LA's Largest Emergency Homeless Shelter Seeks Funds to Survive
The largest emergency overnight shelter for the homeless in Los Angeles, housing up to 600 people per night, is struggling to survive because of cuts in federal funding and an increased number of poor in a downturned economy, said the shelter's president.
"We need to come up with payroll for this week. Without the payroll I don't know if we'll be able to go forward," said Brenda Wilson, who along with her twin sister, Lynda Moran, operates New Image Shelter for the Homeless.
"This year the need for services all across the board – in the shelter, in our programs that serve homeless families with children – there's an increase," Wilson told The Christian Post Friday. "We are seeing an increase with women, homeless runaway youth, families, and an increase in Asians."
In order to continue providing the existing services, Wilson has begun an online fundraising campaign (www.SavetheShelter.org) in hopes of raising enough money to accommodate the overflow of homeless people coming every night seeking a place to sleep.
Wilson said the shelter turns away up to 100 women and 40 men each night because of lack of funds. While a Los Angeles city and county program once paid for 600 beds (overnight accommodations), it now pays to shelter 436 (300 men and 136 women) people nightly. That doesn't stop Wilson from taking up to 600 people overnight.
"Because so many of them come in beat up and raped we just try to make room for them and we've always made room for them because at least they're safe," Wilson explains. "At least they are not on the street being sexually and physically abused."
However, taking in extra people has taken its toll on New Image and the fact that it also serves up to 200 more people at two other locations specifically for homeless families with children.
"The city has told us to come down. We've done it for about two years, but it's really drained us financially. We can no longer do it. We feel very bad about it because mainly it's the women that we can't always take in," she said. "Our oldest is 93. I mean we're talking about our aunts, our grandparents, our great-grandparents."
Officials currently estimate 51,000 homeless people in the county of Los Angeles.
"The need is great. Yet, I don't believe there is more than 3,000 beds that provide services to the homeless population," Wilson said. "We are seeing a lot more of who are called the 'newly homeless' individuals and families. These are people who thought they would never, ever be homeless.
"It's been amazing to see the increase in numbers that we have seen this year of people who have lost their jobs, lost their homes … sleeping in their cars and thinking they can go out and find a job, thinking they could make it and just not being able to make it," she said. "People that are sleeping in parks and abandoned buildings are ending up at our doors seeking services."
The center opens at three in the afternoon every day and closes the next day at 8 am. Many of the homeless include people that work during the day and students. The shelter provides a computer work station for job seekers, and case workers that also help people find work and housing. New Image has found housing for more than 16,000 people over its 23-year history.
Although the federally funded shelter cannot mandate any religious programs, churches and ministries are permitted to offer church services and Bible studies within and outside its confines.
"We are an emergency homeless shelter, but anyone within the shelter will tell you that it's not a shelter, it's a home," Wilson said. "Churches and ministries come in to do services. Souls are being won right there."
She adds, "The best part of our day is not behind the desk, but being out in our programs and our shelter and spending time with our homeless. We love what we do and we know the Lord is in everything that we do. There is no way we could do what we do without Him."
Karin Jones, once homeless herself, brings her ministry she calls "On a Wing and a Prayer" once a month on the second Saturday of each month to the shelter to do a mini-church service that includes live worship music from a band.
New Image "feels like a family" every time she enters the facility to provide church services, Jones said. She began promoting the campaign asking for financial help on Facebook.
"I know that I have to get the word out because the shelter means a lot to me," she said. "Brenda really has a heart for the homeless. She is an amazing woman. She has so many programs that help not only the homeless, but battered women, and people with AIDS.
"For 600 homeless people this is their home. I cannot imagine that being taken away from them. I can't imagine how I would feel," Jones added.


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We don't need someone to crack the whip: Bieksa
Whomever the Canucks hire as coach, blueliner says they're inheriting a veteran, internally accountable, team
Vancouver Canucks players talk to the media at Rogers Arena on May 9, 2013 after their season ended in their loss to San Jose Sharks Tuesday. "I don't think we need somebody to come in and crack the whip," defenceman Kevin Bieksa said Thursday. "We can work together toward a common goal. I still believe in this team and that the core can win and that we're young enough to win. We're more mature and even-keeled, and maybe (coach's rants) is appropriate on rare occasions, but every coach has his own strategy and opinions on how they should act.
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It's always been about the room.
There's the Mind Room, the Star-Trek like locker-room and the room they turned into a posh players' lounge complete with chef service.
The Vancouver Canucks often reference the room — that place where they take refuge from the coaching staff and media to hold each other accountable — and the veterans who set that performance bar are left alone by Alain Vigneault. It created urgency from within and also a comfort zone.
How the successor to Vigneault sells the buy-in will be more important than finding that third-line centre or improving a pitiful power play.
Being swept aside in the playoffs should provide all the incentive, but the Canucks said the same thing a year ago when they bowed out of the postseason in five games. They believed in the core. They believed in the coaches. The refrain echoed again after the San Jose Sharks series, and you wonder if the new coach may have to be as visible in the room as behind the bench.
Constricted by salary-cap concerns and forced to fast-track prospects, the core will have to do more than talk a good game among themselves.
"I don't think we need somebody to come in and crack the whip," defenceman Kevin Bieksa said Thursday.
"We can work together toward a common goal. I still believe in this team and that the core can win and that we're young enough to win. We're more mature and even-keeled, and maybe (coach's rants) is appropriate on rare occasions, but every coach has his own strategy and opinions on how they should act.
"We've grown up a lot together and we're accountable. I think we can handle that stuff internally with the players."
How the Canucks handled prepping for the postseason is open to interpretation. They won seven of their last 12 games — including inspiring wins over Detroit and Chicago — and then forgot to show up against Anaheim and Edmonton.
They played the Sharks tough all season but never beat them, and never had an answer for a depth mismatch down the middle. Their adjustments were odd and it took until Game 4 to realize the chemistry of Ryan Kesler and Alex Burrows and Chris Higgins and Derek Roy should be exploited in an attempt to extend the season and blowing the zone to score off the rush wasn't a bad idea.
But flip-flopping goalies and eight goals in four games simply weren't going to cut it, and the coaching axe was going to finally fall.
"We had a team in the first round that we felt we should have beat," said Bieksa. "A lot of people can bear the responsibility for that. I don't want to get into details of the system we played, but we didn't execute. I'm not going to sit here and blame one thing or the other. Last year, we weren't sure what was going to happen with a first-round exit, and this year just solidified things."
The Canucks had reason to question officiating in their Western Conference quarterfinal. Bieksa's off-day rant before Game 4 that cited Logan Couture and Joe Thornton as embellishers to draw penalties shifted the focus of how much the Canucks were struggling in every aspect of the series.
It also shifted attention from how much Bieksa was struggling to compete. The blueliner missed seven games with a groin strain during the regular season and never fully recovered. Loathe to lean on the injury crutch or even discuss his own health challenges, Bieksa learned rest and recovery when you're playing every other night sounds great, but was seldom achieved.
The NHL lockout followed by brief training camps saw a number of players beset by groin ailments. Some morphed into other concerns.
"It was a grind," admitted Bieksa. "The first few months of the season, I felt great. There were some injury problems and whether you can attribute that to the lockout, I don't think you can. Once you get injured or sustain some sort of setback, it's really tough to get healthy because of how many games there are in a short time. That's worked against me for sure. But everybody was in the same position. I don't need excuses."
Asked if he needs an offseason procedure after the Canucks revealed that Jordan Schroeder had shoulder surgery, Bieksa added: "I don't think so."
Bieksa turns 32 next month and is under contract for three more seasons at a $4.6 million US annual cap hit. He made the most of the lockout by organizing the highly successful Bieksa's Buddies charity game as the Canucks pushed to support several local charities. He also organized ice time at UBC to push his peers in those informal skates that were great in theory, but not long on being the ultimate preparation. But in consideration of his family and those of his teammates, it was the best he could do under the circumstances.
"We could have changed a view things, but Vancouver is my home," said Bieksa. "We set up shop like we normally do. I don't think I would have done a whole lot differently — I was pretty happy."
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Welcome to the Center for the Health of Incarcerated Persons!
To access the post-project EnhanceLink website, please click here or follow the link below.
CHIP Activities:
1. Evaluation and Support Center for an initiative funded by HRSA:
Enhancing Linkages to HIV Primary Care and Services
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2. Pandemic Preparedness for Correctional Facilities
Correctional Flu Survey (PDF, approximately 500K)
3. Integrating Infectious Disease Detection at Entry And Linkage to Care (IIDDEAL):
A project testing for HIV and other infectious diseases at entry to Fulton County Jail
IIDDEAL Website (opens in a new window)
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Bicycle and Motorcycle Parking
Motorcycle Parking:
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2. West of the 1700 bldg.
3. South of the 2000 bldg.
4. North End of the 3000 bldg.
5. East side of the 9000 bldg.
6. North side of the 2500 bldg.
Bicycle Parking
1. 800 bldg. (north side)
2. 1000 bldg. (south east corner)
3. 2000 bldg. (front entrance)
4. 2200 bldg. (south side)
5. 3000 bldg. (west side lower level)
6. 4000 bldg. (east side)
7. 4000 bldg. (main entrance)
8. 5000 bldg. (lower level)
9. 9000 bldg. (south end lower level)
Bicycle Parking WAC 132G-116-205
Bicycles should be parked in bicycle racks or other facilities provided for that purpose. At no time shall a bicycle be parked in a bldg., against a bldg., near a bldg. exit, on a path or sidewalk, nor chained or otherwise secured to trees, lamp standards, or sign posts, nor parked in such a way as to obstruct access to any college property or to endanger any pedestrian right of way. Any bicycle found in violation of this section may be cited for illegal parking and impounded by the College's Safety and Security department without warning, $25.00 fine.
Motorcycle Parking
You must park in the designated motorcycle parking areas. They are located west of bldg. 1700 and near the stairway north of the 3000 bldg. (gym). There is also a small motorcycle area in the visitor lot. You do not need a permit, but if you are parked in a space other than a motorcycle area, you will be cited.
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Residents worried about falling homes near school
Four homes that are dilapidated, condemned and falling down near Faison School have parents worried.
The homes are along Tioga Street in Homewood. A woman living in that community contacted Channel 4 Action News with her concern, so we went to the city for answers.
Pittsburgh Demolition Manager Paul Loy said that three of the homes have been condemned since May 2012 and one of the homes since January 2012. He said they are now ready to be demolished.
According to Loy, the city often takes down condemned homes nears schools first, but this case was different.
"We were working with a community organization, Operation Better Block. Prior to them being put out for demolition, they wanted the opportunity to have someone come in to do an analysis to see if they can be saved rather than be demolished." Loy said,"Unfortunately it came back that they were just too far gone for anyone to renovate them."
Loy said he contacted the contractor today and they have agreed to begin the demolition immediately. All four homes, Loy said, should be gone in less than three weeks.


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Since President Nixon first launched America's war on cancer in 1971, progress against the disease has seemed painfully slow at times. Many observers have declared the war lost, comparing the slow progress on cancer to the tremendous gains in other areas such as heart disease, where mortality rates have dropped by over 50% in just a few decades.
But the U.S. commitment to fighting cancer is second to none. We have recently documented enormous societal gains from the war on cancer. We found that from 1988 to 2000 life expectancy for all cancers combined increased by about four years--translating to about 23 million additional life-years and roughly $1.9 trillion of added social value of cancer care, even after subtracting research costs and spending on medical care for cancer patients. Five-year survival rates for all cancers diagnosed from 1996 to 2003 also increased to 66%, compared with just 50% in the mid-1970s. Surprisingly, we found that about 80% of these overall gains came from improved treatments rather than improved screening. For specific cancers, like breast, colon and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the gains in both screening and treatment have been impressive. In terms of society's return on its investment, the war on cancer has clearly been a great success.
These gains are likely due to the robust public financing of basic cancer research combined with a market-driven reimbursement system that rewards private firms for bringing these valuable new treatments and diagnostics to market. In recent years we've made enormous strides through advances in early detection--like colonoscopies and prostate cancer screening--and the development of better treatments for cancer patients. These gains are unprecedented and far outweigh the costs, but we stand poised to make even greater achievements in the years to come as we develop technologies that will allow us to identify cancer at its earliest stages and strike at tumors without harming healthy tissue.
The U.S. experience greatly contrasts with Europe's, where centralized government funding for cancer care and price controls on new medicines have slowed the battle against cancer, leading to worse outcomes for patients. In a recent study* demographers Samuel H. Preston and Jessica Yu documented that the U.S. outperforms almost all European countries in its cancer screening and treatment efforts.
Unfortunately, the legislation currently before Congress, even taking into account the impact of newly elected Senator Scott Brown, will push the U.S. significantly closer to the European model. While the reforms do expand insurance coverage to millions of uninsured--a laudable achievement--it will also increase the government's share of health care costs. Unfortunately, the pressure to reduce public budgets induced by these reforms will imperil future progress by increasing the likelihood of European-style price controls on existing treatments or new medical innovations.
We are already seeing the first signs of this here as the federal government attempts to limit access to new diagnostic technologies and considers policies such as "comparative effectiveness regimes" that are likely to favor cheaper one-size-fits-all guidelines instead of more expensive, but more effective, therapies.
The recent controversy over mammogram screening in the U.S. was an example of things to come. Debates over centralized policies on population screening ignore that decentralized decisions by patients and their doctors better solve the risk-management problem inherent in cancer care. One-size-fits-all policies are misguided but inevitable results from government policies aimed at being equitable and fair. However, screening for cancer is good for some patients with low tolerance of risk even though it may not be good for others and should therefore be resolved on the basis of informed discussion between patients and their physicians.
It is important to recognize that innovation and access to care are complementary, not contradictory goals. Rather than opting for an expensive new insurance entitlement that the nation cannot afford, Congress' main objective should be to help those who cannot afford health care, not take over the market for those who can. Stimulating the demand of the low-income uninsured is a laudable goal and is pro-innovation since it raises demand. Restricting care for those who can afford it by using government price controls to strong-arm producers is not. Cancer serves as a great example of the value of the U.S. model over the European model. In health care, as in most other markets, you get what you pay for.
Tomas J. Philipson, Ph.D., is the Daniel Levin Professor of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and chairman of Project FDA of the Manhattan Institute. In 2003-04 he served as the senior economic advisor to the commissioner of the FDA. Paul Howard is the director of the Center for Medical Progress at the Manhattan Institute and managing editor of MedicalProgressToday.com.
*Forthcoming in E. Crimmins and S. Preston, Editors, Divergent Trends in Longevity. National Research Council.


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Watseka Motorist Air-lifted after Crash
SHELDON -- A 36-year-old Watseka man was injured in a single-vehicle accident Saturday in Sheldon Township. Brent McTaggart was transported to Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka, then air-lifted to Carle Hospital in Urbana.
McTaggart's condition was unknown Saturday evening.
Iroquois County Sheriff's Police report McTaggart's vehicle hit a bridge and overturned landing in a field.
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Who says the Republicans are the Stupid Party?
Huge numbers of voters told exit pollsters that they were disgusted with the nigh-upon Roman excesses of the GOP; the self-dealing, the pork-barrel spending, the aloofness -- it was all just too much. Meanwhile, strategists warned that the Republican Party was becoming too white, too male and too exclusively Southern. Ken Mehlman, the outgoing head of the Republican National Committee, declared just days after the GOP's thumpin', "We rely too much on white guys for our vote."
So what did the GOP senators do when they needed to pick their No. 2 man in the Senate? They shouted, "This is a job for Trent Lott!"
Recall, if you will, that Lott, the Mississippi Republican, was Senate majority leader in 2002 until he proclaimed that America would be better off if only Strom Thurmond -- the Dixiecrat segregationist candidate in 1948 -- had been elected president. The gale-force winds of the subsequent political maelstrom were not only enough to blow Lott from his perch as majority leader, but some witnesses actually swear they saw his hair move.
Now, I don't know if Lott's a racist, and I certainly don't believe his 2002 comments were intentionally bigoted. Lott's gaffe reflected something else about the man and the culture he represents. He not only thinks the Senate is a country club, he thinks members have an unlimited right to rifle the club's supply room (a.k.a. the Treasury) in the name of their constituents. A Lott colleague once said, "After pork, Trent's default position is conservative, but he likes to compromise."
The inscription on his Profiles in Courage plaque almost writes itself.
Nobody disputes that Lott could be a great minority whip. He was elected precisely because he has the skills a minority whip needs: an intimate knowledge of the institution, and the ability to shake down colleagues for votes. Lott is detail oriented, collegial with an Old World gentility -- as well as a certain sexual confidence befitting a former cheerleader at Ole Miss. It also should be remembered that Lott's downfall was essentially a coup orchestrated in part by a White House that didn't think Lott's Confederate nostalgia jibed well with "compassionate conservatism." Retrieving Lott from his Mississippi Elba may be the Senate's way of telling the White House, "You won't have the Senate GOP to kick around anymore."
So let us concede that he will be the consummate inside man in the Senate. Let's even concede that the paroxysm of political correctness that cost Lott his leadership post in the first place was overdone. The question remains: What are those senators smoking?
Yes, yes, Lott's defenders are also right to say that most normal Americans don't know who the whip is -- or even that such a position exists. That's not the point. The job is unknown; Lott isn't. There are all sorts of obscure jobs out there, and not just in politics. But if you put famous people in them, they stop being obscure. If O.J. Simpson became recording secretary of the American Horticultural Society, you could hardly defuse the negative press by saying, "It's a really inside job."
The boys and girls in the clubhouse seem to think that what happened to Lott was unfair. "He apologized, and he paid a serious price for it," Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe said. Maybe so. But so what? It's not about him. Or at least it shouldn't be.
Lott is a bad face for the Republican Party. Period. Full stop. If that's unfair to Trent, boo hoo for Trent. Somebody buy him an ice cream cone.
Besides, the idea that fairness to Lott should supersede what's good for the Republican Party is of a piece with precisely the sort of back-scratching, log-rolling mentality that got the GOP in trouble in the first place. It bespeaks a mind-set that says, "Well, Senator so-and-so voted for my pet project, so in fairness to him, I'll vote for his." Nowhere does this calculation figure in the good of the country.
Lott's rehab is a nice story -- for Lott. But it's hard to see how it will have a happy ending for the rest of us.
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Halloween pumpkin carving ideas
Need some Halloween pumpkin carving inspiration? We asked MNers to submit their best Jack-o'-Lantern creations. Click through the image gallery below to see 10 scarily good ideas to grace your windowsill or wow your Halloween party guests.
Tips for pumpkin carving: Draw your design on with a pencil or water-soluble pen and then remove with a damp cloth when you're done. You need a steady hand and sharp knife for carving. If your design involves skin-peeling, do that before thinning and scooping out the flesh. Ice-cream scoops are great for scooping the flesh out. And to make it last longer than a couple of days, give it a spray with WD40 (but not inside the house).
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Connecticut voters to vote on expanding voting
HARTFORD -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will sign legislation to give Connecticut voters the chance to expand the use of absentee ballots.
The bill, which passed the Senate late Wednesday and heads to his desk, will create a ballot question for next year's statewide election, asking voters whether they want to change the state Constitution and allow the General Assembly to expand early voting opportunities.
One of the measures planned by lawmakers is so-called no-excuse absentee ballots. Currently, illness, age and out-of-town business are the main reasons for issuing absentee ballots, in provisions that date back 80 years.
The bill cleared the Senate along party lines, 22-14, after a nearly two-hour debate and three failed Republican amendments. It passed the House last month. Last year, it was approved in both chambers, but not by the two-thirds margins needed to avoid the required approval this year, under the Constitution.
"I am always proud to vote for any bill that strengthens our democracy by allowing more people the chance to embrace their right to vote," said Sen. Anthony Musto, D-Trumbull, co-chairman of the Government Administration and Elections Committee, said in a statement after the final vote.
"This bill will allow voters to remove the obstructions preventing early and no-excuse absentee ballot voting, ensuring that all of Connecticut's voices are heard," Musto said.
"These reforms will eliminate needless barriers to voting, maximize participation in our elections, and increase access to our democracy," said Sen. Gayle S. Slossberg, D-Milford. "We should do everything we can to promote, not discourage, civic engagement in our state, and this is a progressive step in the right direction."
Susan Voris, election laws specialist for the League of Women Voters of Connecticut, told lawmakers earlier in the legislative session that today's outdated restrictions work against commuters, parents of young children, family caregivers and first responders who find it difficult to reach the polls on Election Day.
The legislation is aimed at increasing voter involvement and was included in voter-reform measures supported last year by Malloy and Secretary of the State Denise Merrill. About 32 states have laws allowing no-excuse absentee voting, Merrill said.
Voters next year will be asked: "Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to remove restrictions concerning absentee ballots and to permit a person to vote without appearing at a polling place on the day of an election?"
"Voting is a great responsibility and this amendment assures the voting rights of every Connecticut resident whether or not they can get to the polls on Election Day," Malloy said in a statement. "While some states are working to suppress voter turnout, we are working to encourage greater turnout by increasing penalties on any effort to block voter access and moving our electoral system into the 21st Century."
"Today marks a historic and significant step forward for modernizing elections in Connecticut so we can finally enact early voting in our state," said Merrill, the state's chief election official. "This is about allowing Connecticut voters to cast their ballots in a way that works better with their busy mobile lives, and in turn getting more voters to participate in Democracy."
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As addressed in the 2011 edition of the NEC, a 2-ft by 2-ft or 4-ft by 4-ft lay-in type fluorescent luminaire installed in a suspended ceiling shall be supported by which of the following means?
- Approved, independent support wires of appropriate strength and material installed on all four corners of the luminaire.
- Approved, independent support wires of the appropriate strength and material installed on two opposite corners of the luminaire.
- Framing members of ceiling support systems securely fastened to each other and securely fastened to the structure at appropriate intervals.
- The NEC does not permit you to add any additional support wires to support these type of luminaires.
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Although some states and cities may require additional support wires for the luminaires as described above, the NEC does not require support other than that described in 410.36(B).
"Framing members of suspended ceiling systems used to support luminaires shall be securely fastened to each other and shall be securely attached to the building structure at appropriate intervals. Luminaires shall be securely fastened to the ceiling framing member by mechanical means such as bolts, screws, or rivets. Listed clips identified for use with this type of ceiling framing member(s) shall also be permitted."
However, it may be a good practice to install additional support for the lay-in luminaires. Note: Some fire marshals may also request additional support for the lay-in luminaires.
Owen is the owner and president of National Code Seminars and the holder of master electrician certifications in 46 states. He can be reached at [email protected].


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May 2, 2013 – The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is investigating the killing of a calf by a black bear in West Carroll Parish. The incident occurred on private property near Epps between sunset Wednesday, April 24 and sunrise Thursday, April 25.
LDWF Wildlife Division staff responded to the reported incident, performing a necropsy to determine the cause of the calf's death. LDWF staff have worked to remove the bear by trapping and to monitor the site in the event the bear returns to feed on the calf carcass. The bear has not yet been trapped, nor has it returned to the site.
This is the first confirmed incident of a bear killing livestock since the department's black bear program was created to restore the threatened species population in Louisiana. "It is unusual for black bears in Louisiana to exhibit predatory behavior. They are primarily opportunistic omnivores, feeding on fruits, nuts, grains, carrion and when available, garbage," said Maria Davidson, LDWF Large Carnivore Program Manager.
The Tensas River basin in the northeast corner of the state is one of three black bear population centers that also include the lower Atchafalaya Basin and Pointe Coupee Parish.
LDWF advises the public that black bear activity begins to increase as warm spring temperatures increase their movement as they search for food sources. Encounters with bears can be minimized by securing all garbage and pet and livestock feed. For more information on avoiding bear encounters and what to do if you encounter a bear go to http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/document/35221-bear-safety/new_general_bear.pdf .
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is charged with managing and protecting Louisiana's abundant natural resources. For more information, visit us at www.wlf.louisiana.gov, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ldwffb, or follow us on Twitter @LDWF.
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UCLA head coach John Savage isn't the only one who made a statement during the 2013 college baseball season.
Though Savage earned Perfect Game Coach of the Year honors by guiding the Bruins to their first national title, plenty of head coaches around the country also made statements by accomplishing something special with their respective programs.
For instance, Steve Owens guided Bryant to its first Division I postseason appearance, Mark Calvi appears to have things turned around at South Alabama, and Greg Goff's magical campaign at Campbell made national headlines throughout the spring.
Many of these head coaches will stay put at these programs for a few more seasons, while others assuredly will parlay these great accomplishments to even bigger jobs in the near future.
Without further ado, we breakdown the nation's 10 rising head coaches.
David Pierce, Sam Houston State
Few rising head coaches made precisely the immediate impact that Pierce has for the Bearkats. Legendary college baseball head coach Mark Johnson certainly left the SHSU program in good shape, but Pierce has only built off what Johnson started. Pierce has been terrific in his two seasons with the program. In the first year, he guided the Bearkats to the Southland Conference regular season title and the Houston Regional title game. Then, last season, the Bearkats advanced to yet another NCAA Regional and ended the year with a 38-22 overall record. Pierce interviewed for the Oklahoma job during the offseason, further validation that his impressive campaigns are catching the attention of some of the nation's most prestigious programs.
Andrew Checketts, UC Santa Barbara
The Gauchos might have a hard time hanging on to Checketts the next couple of seasons, but that's not necessarily a bad thing -- it's proof UCSB is headed the right direction. The Gauchos didn't make a monster statement in Checketts' first campaign with a 28-28 overall record, but their recruiting class was very impressive for a program that has struggled over the past few seasons. Checketts, who learned under two of the best head coaches in the game in UC Riverside's Doug Smith and Oregon's George Horton, made a huge statement during the 2013 campaign by assembling a team that reached the NCAA postseason, finished high in the Big West, and went 35-25 overall. The future remains bright for UCSB, and of course, Checketts.
Darin Hendrickson, Saint Louis
There's a very good reason why Hendrickson's name has been thrown around a few coaching searches this summer -- he's caught the attention of plenty of athletic directors out there. Hendrickson just completed his sixth year with the Billikens, guiding the program to five-straight winning seasons despite lacking a lot of resources. Hendrickson guided Saint Louis to Atlantic 10 Conference regular season titles in 2012, and most recently, '13, finishing this past season with a 41-21 overall record, while also competing in the Columbia Regional in the NCAA postseason. Hendrickson, along with Wright State's Rob Cooper and Western Carolina's Bobby Moranda, is a finalist for the Penn State opening, so perhaps he won't be at SLU much longer. We'll soon find out.
Steve Owens, Bryant
Here's a name that certainly should be mentioned when programs in bigger conferences, especially in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, are looking for a new head coach. Owens is a terrific coach with an outstanding resume. He guided Le Moyne, which dropped out of Division I Baseball, to 11-straight winning seasons before joining the Bulldogs. In three seasons at Bryant, it's safe to say Owens has made his presence known. The Bulldogs went 33-21 two seasons ago before making their ultimate statement this past season with a 45-18 overall record, most importantly notching their first NCAA postseason berth.
Mark Calvi, South Alabama
It shouldn't come as a huge surprise that Calvi is shining at South Alabama, after all, he's a guy who has earned plenty of praise from legendary former South Carolina head coach Ray Tanner, now the athletic director for the Gamecocks. Calvi spent his first season with the Jaguars as the associate head coach under Steve Kittrell, who has since retired. And though the Jaguars finished his first "full" season as head coach with a 23-34 overall record, a true representation of what to expect in the future occurred this past season, as USA went an impressive 43-20, won the Sun Belt regular season title (tying with Troy) and reaching the NCAA postseason.
Craig Gibson, Mercer
Gibson's rash of success the past few seasons has garnered him plenty of attention on the national stage, especially in the past year, as Georgia took a long look at Gibson before eventually hiring Scott Stricklin away from Kent State. Gibson is a very good coach who has built Mercer into a very solid mid-major program. The Bears went 38-21 overall two seasons ago before making a huge statement last season with an Atlantic Sun regular season title, 43-18 overall record and NCAA postseason appearance. Gibson undoubtedly is a strong mid-major coach to watch moving forward.
Jim Toman, Liberty
Toman is no stranger to our annual list of rising head coaches at the mid-major level. Toman has experienced plenty of success with the Flames, of course, first making a name for himself as an assistant for Ray Tanner at South Carolina. Toman's consistency with the Flames has been very impressive. Two seasons ago, he guided the Flames to a 41-19 overall record, though missing the NCAA postseason. But Liberty wouldn't be denied this past spring when it went 36-29 and reached the title game of the Columbia Regional against South Carolina. Plucking away Toman from Liberty might be difficult with the Flames building a beautiful new facility, but he remains a name to watch.
Mark Kingston, Illinois State
Kingston's stock on the national stage is expected to improve even more over the next couple of seasons. Kingston earned a strong reputation as a great assistant and recruiter during his time on Rick Jones' Tulane staff. But he's also earned a solid reputation as the Redbirds' head coach. Kingston guided Illinois State to its first Missouri Valley Conference regular season title in 2010 before tallying a program-high 36 wins in 2011. This past season, the Redbirds narrowly missed the NCAA postseason, but finished the year with an outstanding 39-19 overall record. Kingston was in the mix for the Oklahoma vacancy earlier this summer. It's not a matter of if, but when, for Kingston.
Greg Goff, Campbell
It'll be very interesting to see what type of looks Goff gets on the national stage the next couple of seasons. Goff received a five-year extension, for good reason, following the 2013 campaign, the Camels getting out in front of some potential job openings. It's safe to say Goff has excelled during his six seasons at Campbell. Despite being nestled in a tough area of the country in terms of competing at a high level as a mid-major with few resources, Goff has made a statement in the Big South and on the national stage. The Camels went 41-18 two seasons ago before tallying an astonishing 49-10 overall this past season. Though Campbell didn't reached the NCAA postseason with that gaudy win total, Goff's work didn't go unnoticed.
Allen Gum, Central Arkansas
Few coaches on this list made quite the splash that Gum did in 2013, especially early in the season. The Bears made a huge statement early in the spring with a road series victory over Mississippi State, riding the coattails of that series win throughout the successful campaign. The Bears won the SLC tournament, reached the NCAA postseason and finished the year with a 42-22 overall record. UCA has some talented personnel to replace in 2014, but the program is in good hands with Gum. His reputation in the region continues to shine.


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NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi took a historic oath on Wednesday to join a parliamentary system crafted by the generals who locked her away for much of her long struggle against dictatorship, ushering in a dramatic new political era.
The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner's debut in a parliament stacked with uniformed soldiers could accelerate reforms that have already included the most sweeping changes in the former British colony since a military coup 50 years ago. The signs of change have already prompted some countries to suspend sanctions.
But the wildly popular daughter of assassinated independence hero Aung San also faces the difficulty of managing the expectations of a nation impatient for change and the hopes of Burmese who see her as a sole beacon for democratic freedom.
It is unclear how rapidly she can deliver on her ambitious campaign promises, including the overhaul of Myanmar's army-drafted constitution, in a legislature dominated by former members of the military junta who ruled for nearly half a century before ceding to a quasi-civilian government last year.
"Only time will tell," she replied when asked by a Reuters reporter of the day's significance, as she waded through a chaotic throng of reporters on her way to the chamber where she took the oath in a shortened 40-minute session.
Later, she told reporters: "I have always been cautiously optimistic about developments. In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic."
Suu Kyi's entry into parliament comes a month after her party's landslide victory in a by-election and two days after backing down in a standoff over the wording of an oath to protect the constitution sworn by all new members of parliament.
The parliamentary session was to have ended on Monday but was extended in part to allow Suu Kyi and fellow members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) to take their seats.
Entering the chamber, she at first sat down on her own, near the block reserved for serving military men who have a quarter of the seats under the constitution, and seemed relaxed as other lawmakers greeted her.
She then lined up with colleagues to take the oath, including a pledge to uphold a constitution her party wants to change because it gives the military a leading political role.
Taking a conciliatory tone, Suu Kyi said she remained open on the question of revising the oath. "The key to all of this is flexibility and practicality," she said.
Asked if she felt awkward working with the military, she replied, "Not at all, I have tremendous goodwill towards the military. It doesn't in any way bother me to sit with them."
Her comments reflect the dramatic scale of change in the former Burma, given the military's past treatment of Suu Kyi, who was first detained by the army in 1989, and then spent 15 of the next 21 years in detention until her release from house arrest in November 2010.
Many lawmakers hope Suu Kyi's parliamentary debut will be a catalyst for further reform by the government of President Thein Sein, a former general who has freed hundreds of political prisoners, loosened strict media controls, legalized trade unions and protests, and started a dialogue with ethnic minority rebels.
"Parliament will be stronger because of her good relationship with the international community," said Khin Maung Yi, a lawmaker from the National Democratic Force party. "We parliamentarians have wanted her in the legislature for a long time ... Many laws have to be changed and amended."
Suu Kyi's story of triumph over tragedy began in 1988 when she left her family life in Britain to take care of her dying mother in Yangon. She soon found herself thrust into politics as nationwide protests erupted against the military, addressing crowds of thousands before her 1989 arrest.
A year later, her NLD won 392 of 485 house seats in a rare election, which the regime ignored.
She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 during the first of three stints under house arrest. Even in her brief periods of freedom, she never left Myanmar, afraid the military would not let her return.
She refused to leave to be with British husband Michael Aris, an Oxford University academic, when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He died in Britain in 1999.
Four years later she survived an assassination attempt in an attack on her motorcade in which dozens of supporters were killed. This led to another spell in detention ordered by a regime that brutally suppressed dissidents.
But as Myanmar changes, so does Suu Kyi. While her decades of defiance were lauded by the world, her decision to join an imperfect political system has also been saluted by the West, which has started relaxing sanctions.
And her campaign promise to amend the constitution could put her on a collision course with the army. Last week the military filled its 25 percent house quota with higher-ranking officers in an apparent attempt to boost its parliamentary clout.
But even some of Suu Kyi's fierce rivals in the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) see her presence as a boon for a parliament with limited powers.
"With Suu Kyi on board, parties will be more diverse, with different perspective and opinions," said Kyaw Soe Lay, a lower house USDP lawmaker. "This works in the interest of those in the parliament."
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The issue of distracted driving is not going to disappear anytime soon, largely because demand for more in-vehicle technologies that can be highly distractive is growing rapidly from drivers themselves.
"We know drivers want to be connected while driving, but how do we safely give drivers what they want?" noted Doug Patton, senior vice president of engineering at global automotive supplier Denso International America, Inc.
"That's why we need to evaluate driver workload – but currently there is no quantifiable and objective metrology model in place. Not to mention, there's a high price tag attached to researching and developing something like this," he added. "With that said, forming a consortium will help reach the goal of establishing a common methodology."
That's why Denso has joined forces with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) AgeLab and Touchstone Evaluations to create a consortium dubbed the Advanced Human Factors Evaluator for Automotive Distraction (AHEAD) to develop new perspectives and methodologies regarding distractive driving.
[For example, take a look at the MIT AgeLab's research into how typefaces used to display information can affect the driver.]
Denso's Patton noted Honda R&D Americas, Inc., Subaru Research & Development and Jaguar Land Rover also are joining the program as initial partners, while discussions with other global automakers and portable electronics suppliers are ongoing.
He added that this new consortium aims to bring together leading researchers, automakers and suppliers to take a fresh look at methods to reliably and repeatedly assess the demands associated with in-vehicle interactions. Further, this work aims to provide the auto industry with an evaluation platform that better supports driver safety as the potential for automotive human-machine interface (HMI) complexity increases.
Current evaluation methods for HMI technologies are primarily based upon criteria developed before the advent of modern integrated technologies such as voice interfaces, touch screens and multi-function controllers, explained Steven Feit, chief engineer of infotainment development at Honda R&D Americas.
"Perhaps most importantly, the evaluation methods utilized to date don't consider the tradeoffs that exist as demand is moved between modalities such as vision, touch, sound, 'haptics' [which means nonverbal communication involving touch] , gesture and cognition," he said.
[Honda will most no doubt tap into its many research resources, such as its driver simulator developed in partnership with The Ohio State University shown below, as part of its work with AHEAD.]
Thus AHEAD's research aims to make early stage prototype evaluations more feasible where design changes can be more effectively achieved, emphasized Feit, in contrast to evaluations that frequently take place later in the vehicle development process.
"Establishing a common understanding of human performance of in-vehicle tasks that can distract drivers from the primary task of operating the vehicle safely is an important goal for the industry," he noted. "This type of research and collaboration will lead to new automotive innovations and the inclusion of exciting features and consumer technology that can be operated safely in vehicles."
Eventually, AHEAD hopes to create a quantifiable objective evaluation "toolkit" for the automotive industry to help support new HMI development; one that will improve the effectiveness and reliability of data, helping manufactures and portable electronics suppliers offer intuitive, convenient and safe interfaces to the consumer while more effectively meeting industry and governmental guidelines.
"Physiological measures complement traditional visual attention and performance measures to provide a more complete picture of the interacting demands of modern HMI," added Bryan Reimer, a research scientist in the MIT AgeLab, the associate director of the New England University Transportation Center at MIT and the MIT technical lead for AHEAD. "We hope to create a 'multi-dimensional' assessment by holistically combining physiological, visual attention and performance measures as part of HMI evaluation."
Near-term, however, a lot of work continues upon the issue of how to eliminate or at least reduce driver distractions cause by smart phones and other personalized electronic devices while a vehicle is in operation.
Take Aegis Mobility, for one, which recently release a "safe driving" version of its FleetSafer software package compatible with the Apple iOS operating system to help enforce corporate "safe driving" policies while employees are behind the wheel, mitigating the risks and costs associated with distracted driving.
Paul Zimmerman, CEO of Aegis, added that In addition to Apple iOS, FleetSafer is also available on BlackBerry and Android devices and on Kyocera feature phones with Sprint Direct Connect.
"Employees who use mobile phones or tablets while driving are not only a danger to themselves; they also pose a significant risk and liability to their employer," he explained, adding that FleetSafer is also equipped with a patent-pending method that automatically places the employee's mobile device in "safe mode" when driving is sensed that also prevents a driver from evading the "safe mode" while driving, excluding emergency calls.
The reason more such software systems for smart phones and other devices are coming to the fore is that the distractions they pose to drivers can be catastrophic, stressed John Ulczycki, vice president of strategic initiatives at the National Safety Council (NSC).
"Thousands die each year in car crashes involving distracted drivers," he said "Drivers who are talking on handheld or hands-free cell phones are four times as likely to be involved in a crash. Cell phone distracted drivers miss seeing up to 50% of their driving environment and have significantly delayed reaction times [and] NSC also estimates one in 4 car crashes involve cell phone use."
Of course, it gets a little more complicated on the commercial vehicle side of the ledger, David Coleman, executive VP of strategy and market development for Cellcontrol told me in an interview late last year.
"How you handle 'slip seating' of commercial drivers, for example, is one complication," he told me. "That's why we've developed 'DriverID' technology, which creates 'zones' around the driver and passenger spaces with in the commercial truck cab."
DriveID is a solar-powered, windshield-mounted, cable-free, device that identifies the driver and distinguishes policy enforcement between the driver and accompanying passengers. That way, Coleman explained, in a team driver operation, the off-duty driver can use their phone in the cab while the vehicle is moving but the driver cannot.
Cellcontrol's system is also now available for Apple's iPhone, deferring text, email, web-surfing, etc., when a vehicle is in motion.
"We're making smartphones smarter by empowering users to control their iPhone at the feature level when a vehicle is in motion," noted Rob Guba, CEO and co-founder of Cellcontrol. "Personal responsibility, government regulation and law enforcement can only do so much to curb a driver's desire to look at the phone so we try to get to the heart of the problem. We keep phones quiet by putting the device on virtual do-not-disturb and temporarily disabling mobile phone features that cause distraction in the first place."
Joe Breaux, chief technology officer and another co-founder of Cellcontrol, added that Apple's security architecture "made building a driver distraction product for iOS a challenge," since developers are prevented from building applications that interfere with the use of other iOS applications. So the solution's been to use Cellcontrol's hardware, rather than an iOS application, to perform what he dubbed "policy enforcement."
"It keeps drivers from being distracted by texts and email while simultaneously allowing the safe use of iPhone features like Siri," he explained. "Moreover, the solution provides a policy module, which allows administrators to limit all, or just some, of a driver's iPhone features."
Thus when vehicle motion is detected, Cellcontrol instantly enforces the specified driver policy – at the phone feature level – enabling use of, or disabling, specific iPhone features, Breaux said. "We also offer parents of teen drivers, fleet managers, and individuals who do not want to be disturbed while driving, the ability to easily manage how an iPhone functions in a vehicle," he added.
Just goes to show that the technological work going to help reduced distracted driving certainly isn't slowing up, now or for the foreseeable future.


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"You should never post, e-mail, Tweet, text or capture information that you do not want other people to see in the future," Timothy Opsitnick, Esq., senior partner and general counsel of JurInnov Ltd., told students in the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State Univ.
"You cannot hide such detail," he stressed.
Opsitnick delivered a guest lecture in November titled "eDiscovery and Computer Forensics," for the Foundations and Modern Administration of Archives class taught by SLIS adjunct instructor Roland Baumann. He offered a general overview of electronic communication issues as they relate to litigation, such as what is electronic discovery and when is it required, what is computer forensics, what is a litigation hold on electronically stored information (ESI), and what are some general evidentiary issues.
Of special interest to the 16 SLIS students in the class was Opsitnick's commentary on how to resurrect deleted e-files and locate encoded metadata, as well as how to authenticate digital records. He described real-life applications for anyone participating in social networking. He also covered the development of case management and document management systems, as well as job opportunities for archivists in this field.
JurInnov Ltd. was founded in Cleveland in 2000 and now includes 21 computer engineers and information specialists. For more information about the firm, visit www.jurinnov.com.
The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University has the only American Library Association-accredited Master of Library and Information Science degree program in Ohio, offering courses in Kent, Columbus (State Library of Ohio) and through a fully online option. SLIS also offers a Master of Science in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management and participates in an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in the College of Communication and Information. The school is recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation's top 20 LIS graduate programs, with a youth librarianship program that is ranked 13th. It is one of the largest library schools in the country, with more than 650 students enrolled. For more information, visit www.kent.edu/slis.
Computer Forensics Expert Describes Legal Aspects of Electronic Communication | DFI News.


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As the anticipation was building up yesterday leading up to Apple's WWDC, the much talked-about iPhone 5 has officially been unveiled. The iPhone 4/4S successor is expectedly impressive with an all glass and aluminum body and structure. Living up to much of the rumors and early grapevine conversations, the iPhone 5 arrives with some subtle and other substantial changes.
Touted by Apple as the world's "thinnest smartphone," the phone weighs in at 112 grams and is 7.6mm thick and 18% thinner than before. Taller than the previous generation phones, the iPhone 5 boasts a 326ppi Retina display with a four inch screen at 1136 x 640 resolution. The screen is the same width as previous models yet slightly taller. Offered in two colors, white or black, the white body style will feature an aluminum backing while the black iteration will feature a black anodized backing.
The increased screen size also bumps up your springboard space bringing about five rows of icons in addition to the shortcut bottom row. All of the Apple first party Apps have been updated to be optimized for the new screen including the iWork suite as well as iMovie and GarageBand.
A6 Processor:
Numerically, the iPhone 5 takes it to the next step and includes a powerful A6 Processor inside which is expected to bring 2x CPU processing as well as 2x graphics performance while still consuming less energy. The A6 processor is 22% smaller than the previously installed A5 processor.
The iPhone 5 will run on LTE — meaning the phone will operate on the fastest cellular data network around.
Battery Life:
Apple has improved the battery life of the new iPhone with an expected talk time and browsing time of eight hours on 3G or LTE while WiFi will run you about 10-hours talk time/browsing.
The phone's camera has been slightly downsized (approximately 25% thinner), although it features the same iPhone 4S, 8-megapixel camera at an f/2.4 aperture. It also features a dynamic low light mode intended to improve image quality within low light conditions. Video has been improved to film at 1080p with face detection, improved image stabilization and the user can also take photos while filming video. The front facing camera will film at an improved 720p, for HD FaceTime and will also include backside illumination.
New "Lightning" Dock Connector:
Perhaps one of the most notable changes of the iPhone 5 is the creation of a new connector which is being called, "Lightning." Doing away with the old iPod connector, Lightning is 80% smaller than the previous connector and is reversible creating a more user friendly, ease-of-use.
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The iPhone 5 will be priced at the same tiers as the iPhone 4S with the 16GB model selling for $199 USD, 32GB at $299 USD and the 64GB at $399 USD. Pre-orders begin on Friday, September 14 with shipping hitting on September 21 to the U.S., Canada, UK, Germany, France, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore.


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Namco Bandai Celebrate Halloween With A Sale
One of the greatest perils of writing over Halloween is figuring out a fantastic and humorous way of introducing another seasonal sale. I'll admit it, I've failed this time round. Readers may have enjoyed the spooky tales of Sega's 'Screamtastic' Sale and the trick or treatastic explanation of Gameloft's sale, but I'm all out of cheesy jokes or puns. When it comes to the Namco Bandai sale, readers are just going to have to be hooked by the fantastic discounts on many titles!
There's a cerebral theme going on with many of the discounts. I guess it's because zombies love brains (ah ha, there's the Halloween joke!). Brain Exercise with Dr. Kawashima has benefited from a price drop of 50% making it a mere $0.99. Isaac Newton's Gravity is also only $0.99 on the iPhone with the iPad version offering a 50% discount on in-app purchases. More in-app purchases reductions are available with puzzling delight House of Glass
Strategy gamers will love that Buccaneer Blitz is a mere $0.99 for the Universal app, and it's a fine title indeed scoring an impressive 4.5 stars from us last year. While, Hidden Object gaming fans get the fun of Mishap for only $1.99 instead of $4.99.
Rounding off the sale is enjoyable physics game The Mooniacs and relaxing Pterodactyl flying game Fossil Feast, both reduced to $0.99, down from $1.99.
Happy Halloween and enjoy feasting upon these great discounts.


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The College of Engineering holds "Engineering Wednesday" presentations and tours most Wednesdays year round starting from the Visitor's Center. This "mini" open house for prospective undergraduate engineering students and their families is an engineering-specific information session followed by a tour of the College of Engineering led by one of our students. It is an opportunity to learn about our academic programs, cooperative education, support services, and the admissions process. It's also a great time to see our facilities, meet other faculty and staff, and get your questions answered.
Wednesdays 11:00 AM in Admissions Visitor Center (West Village F). The program will last approximately two and a half hours. It is highly recommended that attendees also register for the Explore Northeastern session which includes a short general information session and general campus tour. To register, visit our Admissions website and select "College Specific programs."


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We get it: Novak Djokovic + Maria Sharapova (+ Andy Murray, even) means that Head's got all sorts of momentum right now and they've done well with their marketing campaigns so far (our faves: Murray's Facebook "likes" and racquet bag messages; Nole's "No1vak" rebranding), so we were disappointed with the unimaginative user submission component of their latest — the Nole/Maria back-and-forth. Still, crossing our fingers that they'll get a certain aspiring actress to enter!
US Open: Caro's still in the 2011 U.S. Open women's singles draw. She's set to face Andrea Petkovic in the quarters and likely Serena in the semis. The QF was originally scheduled for yesterday but has been delayed with the two days of rain; Petko and Caro will play the second match on Armstrong today.
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With sensors becoming smaller and less expensive, full-body motion-tracking systems are becoming increasingly available, demystifying sporting success and putting computer measurable science into physical training.
Indeed, measuring human motion in 3D using MEMS sensors is becoming ever more important in modern sports, with coaches, parents, and athletes themselves pushing for more qualitative and quantitative data about winning movements and individual technique.
During a MEMS in Sports panel discussion -- part of a Sensors in Design session -- at DESIGN West in San Jose, athletes and engineers came together to discuss how less expensive accelerometers, gyroscopes, and microphones were revolutionizing exercise, not just for Olympic competitors, but for weekend warriors and fitness buffs alike.
Per Slycke, chief technology officer and founder of Xsens, a 3D motion tracking firm, said the effect of pairing GPS tracking with a full sensor-laden biomechanical body suit for sports like snowboarding allows for "extremely accurate insight," not just into the boarder's movement, but also into his location on the mountain and distance traveled. "The kind of picture you can piece together from combining the data from a 3D accelerometer, gyroscope, processor, RF antenna, battery, and biometric sensor is really amazing," said Slycke.
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From snowboarding to surfing, MEMS sensors seem to be just at the cusp of breaking big. Romain Lazerand, business development consultant at the motion capture technology company Syride, showed off his firm's MEMS-enabled Sys-Evo -- a lightweight triangular device that slots on to a surfboard to give the surfer data on wave height, speed, ride time, distance paddled, water temperature, calories burned, and much more.


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With around 400km of coastline and over 100 offshore islands, The Coromandel is one of New Zealand's favourite marine playgrounds.
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Fishing spots on The Coromandel
The Coromandel boasts some of the New Zealand's best quality fishing within a relatively small area. East coast fishing towns on the Pacific Ocean such as Waihi Beach, Whiritoa, Whangamata, Pauanui, Tairua, Whitianga and Matarangi are popular launching spots. The West Coast includes the firth of Thames, from Kaiaua to Thames along the Pohutukawa Coast to Coromandel Town. With plenty of bays and islands for protection you can be sure that on most days you will find somewhere to fish.
Fish species on The Coromandel
No matter what your interest whether it is surfcasting from the beach for Kahawai, sitting amongst mussel farms catching a feed of Snapper, live baiting for Kingfish around current swept headlands or heading further a field to chase that elusive Marlin or Tuna, The Coromandel pretty much has it all. There's also a regular calendar of fishing competitions to chance your arm against other anglers.
Sustainable fisheries
While The Coromandel and Hauraki Gulf has a great fishery, it is a relative small area and is fragile place to be respected and preserved for the future. Make sure that future generations get a chance to appreciate the great fishing that we have - only take enough for a feed and follow size and catch limits.
Fishing Operators
Head out to sea with a fishing guide to guarantee a safe day on the water and a good catch for dinner.
The currents and isolation that produce some of our great fishing can also challenge the accomplished boaty, so make sure your boat has all the necessary safety equipment and always check weather and tide details.


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April 17, 2010
NEW LONDON, CT-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's track and field team continues to improve.
The Corsairs performed well in their final tune-up for next week's conference championships, as the men finished second and the women were third at the Silfen Invitational at Connecticut College's Silfen Track Saturday.
The men's team scored 140 points and finished 13 points behind Coast Guard in an 11-team field. The women scored 91 points. Worcester State finished first with 152 points, and Connecticut College was second with 103.
Among the highlights for the Corsairs included junior Linee Mello-Frost's (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford HS) second consecutive record-breaking performance. Mello-Frost broke the school record in the 100 meter hurdles once again when she finished first in 15.34 seconds. The 4 x 100 meter relay team of Mello-Frost, freshman Jillian Van Ness (Agawam, MA/Agawam HS), freshman Shannon Singletary (Brockton, MA/Brockton HS) and junior Briley Morrill (Whitman, MA/Whitman-Hanson HS) also broke a school record when they finished first in 50.87 seconds.
Sophomore Caitlin McGarigal (Shutesbury, MA/Amherst Pelham Regional HS) also finished first, winning the 5000 meter run in 18:57.50, the 10th fastest time in school history. Sophomore Brittany Cole (Dartmouth, MA/Dartmouth HS) was second in the shot put with a toss of 35 feet, 8 3/4 inches, while freshman Jamie Zizza (Stoneham, MA/Stoneham HS) was second in the high jump. Sophomore Kristina Lundquist (Yarmouthport, MA/Dennis-Yarmouth HS) was third in the long jump at 15 feet, 3 3/4 inches, while Singletary was third at 200 meters in 27.18 seconds, the ninth best time at UMD. She was also fifth at 100 meters in 13.10 seconds. Cole was fourth in the hammer throw at 114 feet, five inches, the fourth best mark in school history, while sophomore Stacey Dybel (Littleton, MA/Notre Dame HS) was fourth in the 3000 meter steeplechase in 13:14.32, and sophomore Emily Migre (Whitman, MA/Whitman-Hanson HS) was fourth in the javelin at 103-8. Senior Jess Carpenter (Rutland, MA/Wachusett Regional HS) was 5th at 800 meters in 2:32.77, Zizza was fifth in the pole vault at seven feet, 9 1/4 inches, and freshman Meredith Drake (South Deerfield, MA/Frontier Regional HS) was seventh at 7-3 1/4.
For the men, junior Eric Nygaard (Medway, MA/Medway HS) finished first at 800 meters in 1:58.95, junior Nick Santoro (Shrewsbury, MA/St. John's HS) was first at 5000 meters in 15:50.96, and John Bettencourt won the javelin competition with a toss of 157 feet, three inches. Two relay teams also were victorious. The 4 x 100 meter team of sophomore Brendan Wilson (East Falmouth, MA/East Falmouth HS/Cape Cod CC), senior Corey Sleep (Fall River, MA/Durfee HS), junior Kevin Markie (North Attleboro, MA/North Attleboro HS/Nichols) and sophomore Hymlaire Lamisere (Newton, MA/Newton North HS/Iona) won in 44.41 seconds, while the 4 x 800 meter relay team of senior Matt Lemanski (East Longmeadow, MA/East Longmeadow HS), freshman Matt Ford (Pembroke, MA/Pembroke HS), senior Tim Whelan (Abington, MA/Abington HS) and freshman Scott Connolly (Sharon, MA/Sharon HS) finished first in 8:22.86. Lemanski was also fourth at 800 meters in 1:59.38.
Lamisere was second at 100 meters in 11.24 seconds, the eighth best mark at UMD. Sleep was fourth in 11.34 seconds, and Wilson eighth in 11.63. Sophomore Robert Yarbough (Fall River, MA/Durfee HS) was second in the shot put at 43 feet, nine inches and fourth in the hammer at 141-4, the eighth best mark at UMD. In the 110 meter hurdles, junior Jeff Beal (Townsend, MA/North Middlesex HS) was second in 16.21 seconds and qualified for the Division III New England Championships, sophomore Brian McArdle (Winchester, MA/Winchester HS) was third in 16.27 seconds and junior Nick Deininger (North Attleboro, MA/North Attleboro HS) fourth in 16.56. Deininger was also third in javelin at 148 feet, eight inches. Junior Steve Burke (Norwell, MA/Norwell HS) was third in the steeplechase in 10:18.06, the 4 x 400 meter relay team of Nicolay Kolev, freshman Jesse Perrin (Somerset, MA/Somerset HS), freshman Kaylion Miranda (Brighton, MA/O'Bryant HS) and junior Brian Hopkins (Mendon, MA/Nipmuc Regional HS) was third in 3:32.39, Hopkins was fourth in the 400 meter hurdles in 58.97 seconds, Perrin fourth at 400 meters in 52.23 seconds, and Miranda fourth in the long jump at 21-3 1/2. Freshman Jake Nichols (Wareham, MA/Hamilton-Wenham HS) was sixth at 200 meters in 23.43 seconds, while sophomore Steve Kent (Stoneham, MA/Stoneham HS) was sixth in the shot put at 40 feet, 1 1.4 inches.
"I was quite pleased with our performance," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Steve Gardiner. "Prior to last week, I was concerned about how we were progressing. We turned the corner and we now have had two solid weeks with good performances. We're going into next week's conference meet with a positive attitude, and with confidence. We're pleased with what we've done the last couple of weeks, and we're looking forward to next week."
The Corsairs will return to action when they host the Little East Conference and New England Alliance Outdoor Championships next Saturday.


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He chose the Lakers. Really? Of all teams, he chose the god damn Lakers. I can understand not wanting to go to the Raptors or the Knicks, but the Lakers? Dating back to the 1970's, the Suns and Lakers have been bitter rivals. From Wilt Chamberlain and Connie Hawkins to Kobe and Raja Bell, the two franchises have always hated each other. More recently, the Kobe-era Lakers and Nash-era Suns have had their share of playoff grudge matches over the past decade. Suns-Lakers will go down as one of the great rivalries of the 2000's, rivaling Spurs-Lakers, Celtics-Lakers and Nuggets-Lakers. Notice how all those rivalries feature the gold and purple uniformed squad that calls the Staples Center "home". The Los Angeles Lakers are the New York Yankees of pro basketball. Nobody goes "the Lakers are okay. I don't really care about them one way or the either." You either love them or you despise them; there's no in-between.
I loathe the Los Angeles Lakers. Their dirty play, bandwagon fair-weathered fans and sheer arrogance make them the most hatable team in pro basketball. They are the crux of all that is evil within the NBA universe. You would think Steve Nash would feel the same way, since you know… he went to combat against them in the playoffs time and time again. But no, it seems that Steve Nash isn't the guy that we thought he was. Nash is not the loyal, old-school man that we thought he was. In leaving Phoenix for the hated Lakers, Nash thrusted a dagger through the hearts of a passionate Suns fan-base. The same fan base that embraced him after Dallas exiled him is now reeling after Nash's stunning Wednesday decision.
To put this in perspective, this is the face of a franchise leaving to join an bitter rival. This is like if Patrick Ewing had left the Knicks late in his career to join the Bulls. This is like if Dwayne Wade decided to pack it in and head to Boston. NBA Superstars just don't do this. I get that Nash is 38 years of age, but he's still producing at a high level. He's not Juwan Howard chasing rings as the 15th guy on the bench. Steve Nash is a difference maker and he chose to bring his talents to the evil empire in Los Angeles.
Don't blame the Lakers for this. This is not a case of them using their inordinate supply of money to buy a superstar. They had a trade exception, from the Lamar Odom meltdown of last offseason, and they used it accordingly. Los Angeles saved their draft picks as assets, unlike some other teams I know of *cough Knicks cough* and used those assets to bring in a superstar. This was a savvy basketball move by Mitch Kupchak and the Los Angeles Lakers. Don't blame the Suns front office either. They obviously didn't want to send Nash to a division rival, much less the Lakers. This one is on Nash.
My anger has nothing to do with the fact that he didn't choose New York. I thought Toronto was the best place for him anyways, but Nash's decision was beyond iniquitous in my opinion. If he was chasing rings, there were other suitors that would have had him. He could have taken his mastery of the pick and roll to Dallas to rejoin Dirk Nowitzki and Shawn Marion. He could have followed the lead of LeBron James and taken his talents to the world champion Miami Heat. This was a selfish move by Steve Nash.
He is using his children, who live with Nash's former wife in Phoenix, as his reasoning for joining the rival Lakers, but I don't buy that for a second. Is Nash a family man? Probably. But he decided to join the Lakers to save himself 4 hours on each plane ride to Phoenix? I don't believe that at all. This move is about Nash's want to be in Los Angeles. He has already ingratiated himself with the communities of New York and Toronto. I believe Nash wanted to integrate himself into the Los Angeles world. In doing so, Nash will have opportunities to make money in three of North America's largest markets; Toronto, New York and Los Angeles. This was a business decision for Nash.
We knew Nash wasn't chasing a ring, hell the Lakers aren't even in position to win a ring as even with Nash they're not better than Oklahoma City. He was considering taking the money and running up to Toronto. He wanted the Knicks to find a way to pay him more money. This decision wasn't about his children. This was a selfish, gutless, money-based decision. In Los Angeles, Nash will have the ability to network himself in one of the biggest markets in the world. Post-basketball, Nash will be in great financial shape. But nobody cares about Nash's post basketball career, this is about the present. Steve Nash sliced the insides out of a Phoenix fan base that has stuck with that team through decades of disappointment. Phoenix Suns fans will have to deal with the face of their franchise, arguably their all time greatest player, dawning the hated gold and purple of Los Angeles. In a decision that rivals what we experienced with LeBron James just two off-seasons ago, Steve Nash turned to the dark side on Wednesday evening. Steve Nash "LeBron-ed" the Suns, except that this is so much worse. Seeing Nash in the hated purple and gold will make most in the NBA world sick, and it absolutely should. They say that money is the root of all evil. In the case of Steve Nash, that saying has never been more true.
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The dynamic design duo of Koziupa drawing and Paul digitizing strikes again.
This time they cover the space from light nonchalance to eerie darkness, and everything in between. Quicker than lightning and just as poignant, Brisa Pro shows unprecedented determination, presence of spirit, and finality of confidence.
Brisa Pro is the teenager leaving home, the lover leaving one last note on the refrigerator door, the prophet announcing the imminence of doom, the rebel scratching anger on the wall, the bereaved clawing torment into life, and the bogeyman dropping a line to keep your eyes wide open through the night.


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Michael "Mike" Jackson, 48, of Cedar Point died Thursday at his home. He was born Sept. 24, 1964, in Emporia to Laird "Larry" and Marjorie McAuliffe Jackson.
He was a 1983 graduate of Chase County High School. He received a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from Kansas State University in 1988. He was a cattle rancher and feed salesman.
He married Mary L. Wilson on June 10, 1989, in Oberlin.
He is survived by his wife, Mary; three sons, Coleman Laird, Clayton Ralph, and Garrett Michael Jackson; his mother, Marjorie Jackson of Cedar Point; and a sister, Marsha Lynn Jackson of Cedar Point.
He was preceded in death by his father, Laird Jackson.
Visitation was Saturday at Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home in Cottonwood Falls.
A celebration of life was Sunday at Chase County Elementary School in Strong City. Pastor Warren Olson of Elmdale United Methodist Church and the Rev. Russ Magaw conducted the service. Interment was in Cedar Point Cemetery.
The Mike Jackson Scholarship Fund has been established to award scholarships to Chase County High School graduates.


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MIAMI - Hispanic enthusiasm for the president is on the rise following Barack Obama's announcement earlier this month that certain illegal immigrants will be allowed to stay and work in the United States, according to a poll released Wednesday.
Most Hispanics were already backing the president ahead of the November election, but the percentage of those polled whose view of the president was "very positive" rose 10 points to 41 percent, as compared to a similar May poll. The percentage of Hispanics who felt similarly about Mitt Romney remained at around 6 percent. The poll also found the 300 people interviewed were more likely to approve of Obama's handling of the economy than in May.
Compared to previous elections, 57 percent of registered voters who responded said they were more enthusiastic about voting than usual.
The level of enthusiasm among voters - and how many actually come out to vote - will be key in what is expected to be an extremely tight election.
The Obama administration announced June 15 it would stop deporting and begin granting work permits for certain immigrants under the age of 30 who are living in the country illegally. Those who qualify have to have been brought to the U.S. before they were 16, have a clean criminal record and either be a student or a military veteran.
Romney has called the announcement a political move but has not said whether he would repeal it if elected. He previously said he would veto the so-called "Dream Act," if it passes. Obama supports that act, which would provide a path to citizenship for these individuals. More recently, Romney has said he would consider a scaled back plan that did not include citizenship.
The monthly poll was conducted from June 20 to June 24 by NBC News, its sister company Telemundo, and the Wall Street Journal. Its margin of error was plus or minus 5.66 percent.


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7 Khoon Maaf (Seven Murders Forgiven) is not as serious as its title suggests.
What we knew going in to see the film based on Ruskin Bond's "Susanna's Seven Husbands" was that it's about a woman marrying seven times and ensuring each husband is dead by the time she's through with him. What I didn't expect was that the film could be fun.
Just when we ask ourselves why the woman cursed with such terrible luck and suffering from so much trauma doesn't just leave each husband instead of killing him, we are reminded that the characters around the woman who support or conceal her killings ask themselves the same question. Unlike those of us watching, they aren't mere spectators. What a dastardly bunch!
This film is sprinkled with several stereotypical portrayals of characters and their backgrounds or professions. But they are fairly easy to overlook because of an excellent group of actors who are well cast and in good form. Priyanka Chopra is excellent as the self-centric, egomaniacal, all-or-nothing babe who suffers from an irrational and immense sense of self-worth. We know all about the other actors – from Naseeruddin Shah to Irfan Khan, Anu Kapoor, Neil Mukesh, even John Abraham – each is true to his character.
Each experience we are part of is, to some degree, what we want to make of it. I'd like to remember the experience of watching this film by seven romantic relationship lessons men around the world can learn.
Guys (and gals) -- can you please help me add more?
1. Trust the Cat
She can be more loyal than you think.
So trust her and love her for that, and don't ever take her loyalty for granted.
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2. Don't Hide Drugs in your Guitar
Don't hide them anywhere. In fact, just don't do drugs, man. If you don't kill yourself, she will.
3. Separate the Physical from the Verbal
Abuse of any kind isn't sexy, even if you are among the smoothest talkers in Northern India (and the foreign language fan in you ought to know that is no mean feat). If you abuse, be prepared to be abused more than your words can express.
4. Study Akshay Kumar in Garam Masala
Especially if you want to pull off more than one romantic relationship at once. Through three-fourths of that movie, Akki sure had it going. And they say he isn't smart. Right.
5. Don't Lose yourself to your Mouse
Unless you want to lose yourself to your cat (see #1 above).
6. If you Must Marry for Money...
Plan it out in excruciating detail, and consider being honest about it beforehand. You never know. Disposing of some money in exchange for love might not be a big deal if she's disposed of people for love.
7. Not everything is Black or White
Most questions in the world have more than two potential correct answers. Understand this, and your life (and of those around you) will be far more enriched. I promise.
So there you have it. Yes, there are several gray areas all over the place in this film, too, but given the shady characters, that's fitting. I wouldn't recommend it unconditionally -- this film is not without flaws, and there are too few films I ever would recommend unconditionally anyway -- but for the cast, music, and performances, it wasn't not worth my time. Give it a shot if you don't find the prospect intolerable. I found it to be far less serious or disturbing than the plot suggests.
My Rating: 3 / 5 (Good)
My Classification: R (plot, language, drugs, sex, violence)


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Think baby showers are supposed to be quiet and demure? Not this one. At the bash to celebrate JoAnna Garcia's first pregnancy (the future father is Cleveland Indians' Nick Swisher, 32), the vibe was more party than proper.
Revelers, including Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Lance Bass, Jennifer Morrison, and Reba McEntire (with whom 33-year-old Garcia starred on The CW's Reba for six years), joyfully toasted to the expectant couple at Fig & Olive, a modern French Riviera-inspired restaurant in West Hollywood. Sigler posted an Instagram shot of herself with Bass at the shower with the caption, "Getting some love from my bestie."
The lunchtime party took over the restaurant's second floor, which was decorated with large pink balloons. "Everyone in the group seemed to be in the best mood…. They were getting rowdy upstairs! This was definitely a full-fledged party. I was like, this is a PARTY party! They were in full swing still three hours into it!" an observer tells Us Weekly.
Close friend Cameron Diaz was also in attendance to celebrate the Animal Practice star. "Cameron looked great! She was in jeans, a white shirt and gray blazer," says another source.
As for the most important woman at the party? "JoAnna was wearing a white dress with black stripes and high heels. She looked amazing! Positively glowed," a third source tells Us.
Guests left with full bellies (after noshing on such delicious fare as truffle mushroom croquettes, fig and olive salads, lamb skewers, and paella) and favor bags filled with beauty products and Tory Burch sunglasses.
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Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012
Virgil E. "Zeke" Closen, 79, of Chillicothe, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at Methodist Medical Center in Peoria.
Born Feb. 6, 1933, in Peoria to Anna Closen and Hank Mohn, he married Marilyn Balbinot on Nov. 10, 1962, in Peoria. She survives.
Also surviving are two daughters; Lori (Gilbert) Simmons of Toulon and Lisa Braasch of Jacksonville, Fla.; four grandchildren; one great-grandchildren; three brothers, David Jackson and Jerry Jackson of Toulon, and William (Delana) Jackson of Bryan, Texas; one sister, Phyllis (Donald) Cravens of Toulon; and two stepbrothers; James Jackson of Couch, Mo., and Robert Jackson of Lacon.
He was preceded in death by one sister and two step-brothers.
He was a U.S. Army Veteran serving in the Korean War. He was a member of the American Legion Post 9 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4999.
He was employed by the Operating Engineers Local 649.
Cremation rites will be accorded and a gathering of friends and relatives for a celebration of life was at his home Dec. 23.
Memorials may be made to the VFW 4999, 1729 North Santa Fe, Chillicothe, IL 61523.
Weber-Hurd Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.weberhurdfuneralhome.com.