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A&M's Manziel an athletic whiz kid at early age
COLLEGE STATION - Johnny Manziel's football bravado earned him headlines in the Hill Country as a teen, but Jerry Loggins first observed his grandson's incomparable competitiveness a decade earlier on fishing trips. Counting bass on a boat in an East Texas lake was a big deal.
"If he caught more fish than I did, everything was rosy," Loggins said, chuckling at the memory of a pint-sized Johnny reveling in reeling in his finned foe. "But, boy, he'd get mad if I caught more, and when we'd get back to the house, he'd shut the door to his room and you wouldn't see him the rest of the night."
Why? To ponder whipping his grandpa at a competition - of course others consider fishing a means of relaxation - requiring as much luck as skill.
"He's the most competitive kid … nah, I'm not even going to say 'kid.' He's the most competitive person I've ever met," said Loggins, whose Loggins Restaurant in Tyler is adorned with Manziel memorabilia.
Manziel, Texas A&M's freshman star quarterback who's earning mention as a Heisman Trophy candidate, rose to prominence as a human highlight film at Kerrville Tivy High. His unabashed competitiveness bloomed in Tyler where he was born and raised and the Manziel name is prominent.
A great-great uncle, Bobby Joe Manziel, was a boxer known as "The Syrian Kid," and also a sparring partner with the legendary Jack Dempsey. Bobby Joe earned his own legendary status in East Texas as a prominent oil wildcatter.
Mom delayed his start
Johnny was born in 1992 to two dedicated golfers, Paul and Michelle Manziel, who were sweethearts at Tyler's Lee High. Through his love of golf, Paul later became friends with Jacky Lee, a former A&M golfer who also coached a powerhouse Pop Warner football team dubbed the Tyler Hurricanes.
Lee picked up on Johnny's extraordinary athleticism even as a skinny 8-year old, but Johnny's mother and grandmother, Lyana Loggins, were insistent the youngster would not play football while in elementary school.
"I'd always see Johnny playing basketball and baseball with my son, Ross," said Lee, whose father, also named Jacky Lee, was a one-time Oilers quarterback. "But his mother didn't want him playing football because she was afraid he'd get hurt. So he would come to our games and just watch."
Johnny finally was able to join the Hurricanes in the sixth grade - most of his peers had started with the team in the second grade - and was "immediately the best athlete on the field," Lee said. So the young man now dubbed "Johnny Football" for his collegiate exploits earned his first of many monikers - "Johnny Hurricane" - on the Hubbard Middle School grounds. Lee said on Johnny's first play in his first practice, he rolled to his left and then threw right.
"That's a hard throw for a righthanded quarterback to make," Lee said. "But he threw a pass that looked like it was on a clothesline.
"His ability to do that comes from being a shortstop in baseball."
That's another legend concerning the phenom A&M receiver Uzoma Nwachukwu has dubbed "Captain Amazing." Some longtime observers claim football might be Manziel's third-best sport, behind baseball and golf. Lee, an Aggies golfer in the early 1980s, said Manziel easily would start for A&M's nationally ranked baseball team, and that he was shooting par on the golf course by the time he was 11.
"He's some kind of special to watch," Lee said.
Had Manziel not won the starting quarterback gig this summer over sophomores Jameill Showers and Matt Joeckel, he might have played baseball for A&M this spring, a family member said.
When Johnny was in junior high, Paul took a job in Kerrville, and the family, including younger sister Meri, uprooted from Tyler and headed for the Hill Country.
That's where Julius Scott, Tivy's then-offensive coordinator, first laid eyes on the rangy youth with the smile as wide as Tyler's Earl Campbell Parkway.
"Johnny played all of the sports, and excelled in everything he did," Scott said. "I didn't start working with him until he was a sophomore, but I told another coach at that time, 'You remember the name Johnny Manziel. He will be the greatest football player ever from Tivy.'
"He just had this magnetism about him, in addition to being a tremendous athlete. He wasn't selfish at all, and that made him special. You'd think a star would want all the glamour and glory, but not Johnny. All he wanted to do was win, and that was the trait I loved about him the most."
A tough sell
Win he did, in leading the Antlers to the Class 4A semifinals as a junior and the second round of the playoffs as a senior. Manziel threw for 3,609 yards and 45 touchdowns and rushed for 1,674 yards and 30 scores his final season.
"Johnny always deflected any attention to his teammates," said then-Tivy head coach Mark Smith. "He has this great confidence about him, but at the same time doesn't beat people over the head with it."
Manziel, whom A&M coach Kevin Sumlin hasn't made available for interviews this season, grew up a Texas Longhorns fan. He often sported UT gear around Tyler, but Texas didn't heavily recruit him.
Florida coach Will Muschamp told his players during halftime of this year's A&M game that UT, where Muschamp had previously served as defensive coordinator, only wanted Manziel as a defensive back.
In June prior to his senior year at Tivy, Manziel pledged to Oregon, primarily because he didn't have any offers from prominent schools in the state.
Then Tom Rossley, who recruited the San Antonio area for then-A&M coach Mike Sherman, caught Manziel Fever after watching him light up opponents early in his senior season.
Still, Rossley's early pitch to Sherman on offering Manziel a scholarship wasn't greeted with open arms, because Sherman preferred a prototypical, tall passer in his NFL offense.
"He wanted that perfect fit at quarterback," said Rossley, then the A&M quarterbacks coach. "The 6-foot-3 quarterbacks look real pretty, and Johnny didn't look real pretty. So it took me a while, but you can't measure Johnny's intangibles."
Shades of Favre
Rossley also invoked a name dear to Sherman in a comparison to Manziel, who's 6-1 and 200 pounds. Sherman had served as Brett Favre's coach at Green Bay, and Rossley was Favre's offensive coordinator for six years.
"Johnny reminds me a lot of Brett Favre," Rossley said. "Johnny would play every down in practice (last year) like he was in the Super Bowl, and that's how Brett was in practice. They're guys who just have so much fun, and who just love the game.
"I told some Aggies last year not to worry about losing Ryan Tannehill, because Johnny Manziel was going to make them forget about Tannehill."
As for Rossley prying Manziel away from his Oregon pledge?
"Johnny's going to be a legend from Texas, and he needed to play in Texas," Rossley said, laughing. "We didn't need to share that legend with Oregon."
The legend is growing under Sumlin.
After redshirting last year behind Tannehill in what turned out to be Sherman's final year - he was fired following a 6-6 regular season - Manziel in only six college games has snapped the Southeastern Conference single-game record for total yards. Twice.
Top dog a 'Chihuahua'
A week ago, Manziel broke his own record set two weeks before against Arkansas with 576 yards - 395 passing and 181 running - in a 59-57 victory over Louisiana Tech in Shreveport, La.
Saturday, he will face his stiffest challenge to date in the big, swift defense of LSU starting at 11 a.m. at Kyle Field.
His family will root him on from the stands, and occasionally scrunch their eyes when he dodges much bigger tacklers in what has become his signature - much like Favre.
"I cringe because I know the other teams' players are out to get him now," said Manziel's step-grandmother, Tammie Manziel. "I really worry about him, because he's like a Chihuahua out there who thinks he can beat up a Labrador."
On his mother's side of the family, Loggins would sometimes rather be fishing than watch Manziel in another daring performance.
"I saw Johnny after the Louisiana Tech game," Loggins said of A&M clinging to victory over the Bulldogs. "I told him, 'You're about to give this old man a heart attack.' He started laughing, but I said, 'It's not funny.' "
With that, a grinning Manziel disappeared behind the locker room door - much like the old days back in Tyler following an afternoon of fishing - this time quite rosy from a wild win.
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Show & Tell: Mirrored Cabinet
Last week I found this amazing project that Rachel of Southern Exposure featured back in Sept.
I've been completely jealous that her latest before and after project is not currently residing in my dining room.
Check it out.
Here is her before:
She found a cabinet at one of her favorite home town shops and knew she had to have it. It came in two pieces.
Greek god artwork included of course.
I was so excited to continue scrolling and see what she had done with it. Let me tell you Rachel did not disappoint.
She got to work with some paint, mirrors, mouldings, liquid nails and a bit of super glue she got this:
Jaw dropping! I want one please!
Bravo Rachel! You can check out more details on the project here.
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Wasps' Nic Berry forced to retire
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October 1, 2012
Nic Berry has called time on his career © PA Photos
London Wasps half-back Nic Berry has announced his immediate retirement from the game due to a series of concussions.
The scrum-half has suffered numerous knocks to the head over the years but was passed fit to start this season for Wasps. But in their opening match of the campaign with Harlequins, he was forced from the field with concussion in the 72nd minute of the match. Following consoltations with a specialist, Berry has opted to call time on his career.
He made 45 appearances for Wasps since joining the club ahead of the 2010-11 season and he has wished the team well going forward. "It is with great sadness that I have been forced to retire from the game that I love," Berry said. "As players we understand that injury forced retirements are a reality of the sport, but it's still hard to believe that I've played my last game. Rugby has been a huge part of my life up until this point and I have been fortunate to play for some incredibly proud clubs.
"I wholeheartedly believe that with the coaches and playing squad Wasps currently have, the club is capable of achieving some great things. I would like to thank all the supporters, players and staff, in particular Dai Young and Doug Jones for all the support they given my family and I throughout my time here at Wasps."
Wasps boss Dai Young had to cope with a number of his players retiring last season with Joe Worsley, John Hart, Tom Rees, Dan Ward-Smith and Steve Thompson all calling time on their careers and he paid tribute to the scrum-half.
"It's very sad news for everyone at the club that someone as talented as Nic has been forced to retire in his 20s," Young said. "He has been a fantastic player for Wasps over the past few seasons, but more importantly he's a fantastic person to have in your squad, someone who always works incredibly hard to get the best out of himself and those around him. We'll do everything we can to support him through this transition."
Dr Tim Anstiss, the Rugby Players' Association independent medical advisor, added: "It is always incredibly disappointing for a player to be forced to retire far sooner than they had planned.
"Concussions are to be taken seriously and the RPA is working closely with the RFU, Premiership Rugby and the IRB to fully understand this area and to ensure the sport is doing all it can to prevent concussions, assess them properly and provide proper care for athletes experiencing them. Recent rule changes will enable better assessment during a match, and a clear return to play protocol exists to protect players."
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Books recommended and those not on the subject in a thread by the Rev Eijo, a Shingon priest, of E-Sangha Forum:
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Short answer:read Hakeda's Kukai: Major Works several times. (see below)
Long answer: Some books to look at (there are a couple others I know of that I haven't been able to see yet):
Abe, Ryuichi. The Weaving of Mantra, Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Discourse. Columbia University Press: New York, 1999.
Astley-Kristensen, Ian. The Rishukyo: The Sino-Japanese Tantric Prajnaparamita in 150 Verses (Amoghavajra's Version). The Institute of Buddhist Studies: Tring, UK, 1991.
Giebel, Rolf. Two Esoteric Sutras. Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2001.
———— . et. al. Shingon Texts. Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2004.
Hakeda, Yoshito. The Awakening of Faith. Columbia University Press: New York, 1967. (not exclusively a Shingon text, but key to Shingon)
———— . Kukai: Major Works. Columbia University Press: New York, 1972.
Hodge, Stephen. The Maha-Vairocana-Abhisambodhi Tantra: With Buddhaguhya's Commentary. Curzon Press, 2000.
Kiyota, Minoru. Shingon Buddhism: Theory and Practice. Buddhist Books International: Los Angeles-Tokyo, 1978.
———— . The Tantric Concept of Bodhicitta: A Buddhist Experiential Philosophy. Wisconsin-Madison, 1982.
Payne, Karl Richard. The Tantric Ritual of Japan. Aditya: New Delhi, 1991.
———— . ed. Re-Visioning "Kamakura" Buddhism. University of Hawaii Press, 1988.
———— . ed. Tantric Buddhism in East Asia. Wisdom, 2000.
Sawa, Takaaki. Art in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism. Weatherhill/Heibonsha: New York/Tokyo, 1972.
Snodgrass, Adrian. The Matrix and Diamond World Mandalas in Shingon Buddhism. Aditya: New Delhi, 1988.
Tanabe, George, Jr., ed. Religions of Japan in Practice. Princeton University Press: Princeton, 1999.
Unno, Mark. Shingon Refractions: Myoe and the Mantra of Light. Wisdom Publications: Boston, 2004.
van der Veere, Hendrik. A Study into the Thought of Kogyo Daishi Kakuban. Hotei Publishing: Leiden, 2000.
Wayman, Alex & Tajima, R. The Enlightnment of Vairocana. Motilal Banarsidass: Delhi, 1992.
Yamasaki, Taiko. Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism. Shambhala: Boston & London, 1988.
Some books I don't recommend:
Gibson, Morgan. Tantric poetry of Kukai (Kobo Daishi), Japan's Buddhist saint: With excerpts from the Mahavairocana sutra and I-Hsing's Commentary. Mahachulalongkorn Buddhist University, 1982
Miyata, Taisen. A study of the Ritual Mudras in the Shingon Tradition: A Phenomenological Study on the Eighteen Ways of Esoteric Recitation (Juhachido nenju kubi shidai, Chuin-ryu) in the Koyasan Tradition.
Oda, Ryuko. Kaji: Empowerment and Healing in Esoteric Buddhism.
Yamamoto, Chikyo. History of Mantrayana in Japan (Indian reprint)
———— . Mahavairocana-sutra: Translated into English from Ta-p'i lu che na ch'eng-fo shen-pien chia-ch'ih ching, the Chinese version of Subhakarasimha and I-hsing, A.D. 725 (Indian reprint)
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Shingon Buddhism (眞言, 真言 "true words") is a major school of Japanese Buddhism, and is the other branch of Vajrayana Buddhism besides Tibetan Buddhism. It is often called "Japanese Esoteric Buddhism". The word shingon is the Japanese reading of the kanji for the Chinese word zhen yan, literally meaning "true words", which in turn is the Chinese translation of the Sanskrit word mantra.
Shingon Buddhism arose in Japan's Heian period (794-1185) when the monk Kūkai went to China in 804 and studied tantric practices in the city of Xian and returned with many texts and art works. In time, he developed his own synthesis of esoteric practice and doctrine, centered on the universal Buddha Vairocana (or, more accurately, Mahavairocana Tathagata). He established a monastery on Mount Koya, which became the head of the Shingon sect of Buddhism.
Shingon enjoyed immensely popularity during the Heian Period, particularly among the Heian nobility, and contributed greatly to the art and literature of the time, as well as influencing other communities, such as the Tendai sect on Mt. Hiei.[1]
Also, Shingon's emphasis on ritual found support in the Kyoto nobility, particularly the Fujiwara clan. This favor allotted Shingon several politically powerful temples in the capital, where rituals for the imperial family and nation were regularly performed. Many of these temples such as Toji and Daigoji in the South of Kyoto and Jingoji and Ninnaji in the Northwest became ritual centers establishing their own particular ritual lineages.
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SHINGON BUDDHISM is a religion that was established by Kôbô Daishi (Kûkai) at the beginning of the Heian period (9th century), and its teachings are known as Shingon Esoteric Buddhism (Shingon Buddhism).
This form of Buddhism is also known in Japanese as mikkyô, meaning "secret teaching". Mikkyô is one of several streams of practice within the Mahâyana Buddhist tradition. Mikkyô blends many doctrines, philosophies, deities, religious rituals, and meditation techniques from a wide variety of sources. Assimilation of Hindu and local deities and rituals was especially marked in the Buddhism that became Mikkyô. Such diverse elements came together over time and, combining with Mahâyåna philosophical teachings, formed a comprehensive Buddhist system of doctrine and practice.
Shingon represents the middle period of esoteric Buddhist development in India. This, extending from the seventh into the eighth century, was the time when the Mahâvairocana Sutra and Vajra Sekhara Sutra were compiled. Esoteric Buddhist history was practiced from India to Central Asia, Ceylon, China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and Tibet. The Mikkyô tradition continues in Japan today, but in other lands where the Indian source tradition developed in varying ways, the esoteric Buddhist teachings have mostly declined, some to the point of extinction.
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Shingon is a form of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, it is also called Shingon Mikkyo. This school was founded in 804 AD by Kukai (Kobo Daishi) in Japan.
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...in the early Heian Period (ninth century), Kobo Daishi was initiated into all the secrets of the esoteric teachings by the great master Hui‐kuo(746‐805)during his studies in China.
After returning to Japan, he founded the S hingon Sect, which then set up its center on Mt.Koya in present‐day Wakayama Prefecture and propagated its teachings from there.
In the late Heian Period (12th century), however, it temporarily fell into decay.It was Kogyo Daishi who revived the teachings o f Kobo Daishi and threw new energy into the Shingon Sect.
He founded Negoro-Ji Temple near Mt.Koya as a new center, where the teachings of Kogyo Daishi were kept alive.
Thus Shingi Shingon Sect came to be founded by Raiyu Sojo(Archbishop Raiyu) on the basis of "a new interpretation of Shingon(true words or mantras)" in the Kamakura Period(1192-1333).
Shingi Shingon Sect flourished, centering around Negoro-ji temple, which was unfortunately set on fire in the Sengoku Period (from about mid-15th century to about the mid-16th century)and thus thrown into a state of total destruction. As a result,two prominent learned priests, Senyo Sojo and Genyu Sojo left the temple.
The latter founded Chizan‐ha(Chizan Division) at Chishaku‐in temple in Kyoto, while the former founded Buzan‐ha at Hase dera temple in Nara.The name of Buzan-ha derives its origin from the name of the mountain where Hase‐dera Temple was built. In the Edo Period (1603‐1867), Hase‐dera Temple flourished very much as the head temple of Buzan‐ha and also as a place of learning. In the Cantou district, Ryuko Sojo(Archbishop Ryuko) of Buzan‐ha won the strong confidence of the Tokugawa government and founded Gokoku‐ji temple as a big base of religious activities and constructed many other subordinate temples around the district, thereby building up the prosperity of the Buzan‐ha temples.
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Like the Tendai School that branched into the Jōdo, Zen and Nichiren Schools in the Kamakura period, Shingon also divided into two major branches: Kogi Shingon (古儀真言宗 ,Old Shingon?) and Shingi Shingon (新義真言宗 ,New Shingon?).
This division primarily arose out of a political dispute between Kakuban and his faction of priests centered at the Denbō-in Hall (伝法院) and the leadership at Kongōbuji, the head of Mt. Kōya. Kakuban, who was originally ordained at Ninnaji in Kyoto, studied at several temple-centers (including the Tendai temple complex at Onjiyōji) before going to Mt. Kōya.
Through his connections, he managed to gain the favor of high ranking nobles in Kyoto, which helped him to be appointed abbot of Mt. Kōya. The leadership at Kongōbuji, however, opposed the appointment on the premise that Kakuban had not originally been ordained on Mt. Kōya.
After several conflicts Kakuban and his faction of priests left the mountain for Mt. Negoro to the northwest, where they constructed a new temple complex, now known as Negoroji.
After the death of Kakuban in 1143, the Negoro faction returned to Mt. Kōya.
However in 1288, the conflict between Kongōbuji and the Denbōe came to a head once again. Led by Raiyu, the Denbōe priests once again left Mt. Kōya, this time establishing their headquarters on Mt. Negoro.
This exodus marked the beginning of the Shingi Shingon School at Mt. Negoro, which was the center of Shingi Shingon until sacked by Hideyoshi Toyotomi in 1585.
During the initial stages of his predication in Japan, the Catholic missionary Francis Xavier was welcomed by the Shingon monks since he used the word Dainichi for the Christian God. As Xavier learned more about the religious nuances of the word, he changed to Deusu from the Latin and Portuguese Deus. The monks also realized by that point that Xavier was preaching a rival religion.
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The problem is that my posts on the subject have begged disbelief. You see, the scientific literature is not clear on the matter, and not even top climate scientists seem to agree on whether the association exists. That's why I'm making this spreadsheet available.
In particular, there is a graph that is very difficult to deny. Sometimes you can express doubt about mathematical analyses on technical grounds, but clear and easily reproducible graphs are difficult to argue with. The graph in question is that of 17-year central moving averages of northern hemisphere sea surface temperature anomalies, and the number of named storms in the Atlantic basin, from the 1850s to the present time.
In the new spreadsheet I'm making available, I calculated both 15-year and 21-year moving averages of both data sets. You will find comments in column headers with the URLs of where the raw data comes from. Having to do this seems over the top, but there really are people who apparently don't believe the original graph is real; plus they seem to be misunderstanding the graph completely, as you can see in the comments section of this post at AccuWeather.com.
The 15-year and 21-year CMA graphs are posted below, in that order.


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Problem Solving for Instruction & Assessment, K–5: Performance Tasks, Rubrics and Anchor Papers
- Date: November 6, 2018
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- Presenter: Barbara LaSaracina, M.Ed. & NJ State Teacher of the Year
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Through the lens of problem solving, learn how to measure K–5 student performance against the Common Core. Discover strategies for promoting mathematical communication, reasoning and higher-order thinking as well as how to improve teaching and learning opportunities for K–5 students.
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Repurposed pages become art for the highest bidder
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle take on new meaning in Repurposed Books as Art, an auction-exhibit by artist Carolyn McHugh to benefit Calvert Library.
McHugh has created 21 new ways of looking at a book: a clock, a wreath, a matchbook, a framed page, a music box, a planter, a candy dish, a tissue box, bookmarks, a birdhouse, a charging station, a jewelry box, a kitchen-utensil holder, a vase with flowers, purses with pins and Hattie the Hedgehog.
"I saw a tissue box made out of old books probably 30 years ago, way before recycling was in," explained McHugh.
An executive board member of Friends of the Library, McHugh proposed recycling books as domestic art to sell at the library's gift store.
"It took on another life at the book sale," says McHugh. "We sold repurposed books there, and now it's in its third life at the Repurposed Books as Art Display and auction."
Repurposed Books as Art is recycling for McHugh, too. After 14 years running the Calvert County Chamber of Commerce, she's reusing her college degree in Fine Arts, focused on textiles.
A week into bidding, $40 was the high bid on the purse; bookmarks were three for $15. Bidding continues until 8pm, Thursday, October 17.
Register at the circulation desk. Then, sign in and bid with your number at the podium next to the exhibit. Winning bidders will be notified October 18.


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09 September 2013
"A father just ax murdered his son."
This email appeared in my inbox last February. The email's author had been warning me about judges in custody cases. She said they refused to listen to parents and children – even when they had evidence they were in danger. Sometimes, she said, the judges were even taking kids away from moms – just for trying to protecting their kids.
Unbelievable? I thought so , too. She said if I didn't do something, more kids would die. Then 9-year-old Matthew Hernandez was murdered. Yes, with an axe. While he slept on the couch. His father is charged with the murder.
"I told you," my email friend wrote. "Why don't you believe me? "
By then, I did believe her. I had read the clippings she sent, particularly the ones about the murder of Baby Wyatt. That father had posted his death threats all over the internet.
The mother warned judge, who did nothing. The father later shot Wyatt. Then himself.
I read about case after case in Family Court: Judges warned. Mother's desperate pleas – ignored. Children murdered. Two fathers are on trial right now for murdering their kids in these kind of cases.
So when I heard about the funeral for the ax-murdered boy – 9-year-old Matthew Hernandez -- I got in my car and headed north. When I arrived, gospel music filled the large, empty Sacramento church. Matthew's grandmother was draped over Matthew's casket, sobbing right next to his Teddy bear. Soon hundreds of friends, relatives and community members filled the pews. It was standing room only. Matthew's young mother, Jessica, looked shattered. She says she warned the judge her ex was dangerous. But he didn't listen. The family says he didn't even investigate. Matthew paid the price.
I was so moved by Matthew's funeral, I wanted to find out how many other judges were warned before they handed over children to dangerous men. I talked to several moms. Many were too devastated to come on television. But not Andrea Gallegos.
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"That's what we do," Judge Pacheco said, according to the court transcript.
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Video Tutorial: Create 1D Plots in COMSOL
Bethany Nine August 28, 2012
Would you like to plot your own expressions in COMSOL? Have you ever wanted the power to measure parameters from your virtual model at whatever point you'd like, just as you would in a physical model? This new postprocessing tutorial video duo explains how to create 1D plots in COMSOL.
Three example graphs are generated, each demonstrating the versatility of COMSOL's 1D plotting capabilities, including:
- Plotting real and imaginary components of complex values simultaneously
- Plotting results at points and along lines at locations defined by the user
- Plotting user-defined mathematical expressions
- Employing a polynomial-preserving method to recover the accuracy of derivatives in plots
- Adding data point markers to a plot
- Changing the phase of a frequency domain variable
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Malkhaz Meladze
December 15, 2014 9:50 pm
Is it possible to create 1D plot with two y-axis on the same graph?
If this is possible, can we make one axis with a linear scale and another with a logarithmic scale?
David Drouet
October 2, 2015 3:50 am
I'm learning on Comsol and this solution is interesting to tweak my models (comparing on a same graph two curves from different models). The problem is…
My company has a very unfriendly firewall.
So is there a text version or some publication similar to this video article? (Just typing it sound ridiculous)
Walter Frei
October 2, 2015 8:53 am
Hello David,
Although here isn't a transcript of this video, you may find this material accessible and helpful:
Best Regards,
Sagar Patel
March 21, 2016 11:00 am
I am doing time to frequency FFT study and I have time dependent results. How can I draw a frequency spectrum from time dependent results.
Any kind of help would be appreciated
Sagar Patel
March 21, 2016 11:04 am
I am doing time to frequency FFT study and I have time dependent results. I wanted to draw the frequency spectrum. I have time dependent results and wants to convert them in frequency domain.Any kind of help would be appreciated.
Please guide me.
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March 21, 2016 11:21 am
Hi Sagar,
Thank you for your comment.
For questions specific to your modeling work, please contact our support team.
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This exhibit highlights many of the spaces used by RPI performers and the long journey toward establishing a performing arts center on campus. The RPI community has a long history of extracurricular artistic endeavors even though Rensselaer is firmly established as an institute of science and technology. Musical and dramatic performances have contributed to the arts and culture of the institute. Over time comedy shows, dance recitals, poetry and literary readings, avant garde performance art, and multi-media productions have been added to the artistic and entertainment offerings at Rensselaer.
Until the completion of the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) in October 2008, no building had been constructed exclusively to support the arts on campus. Lecture rooms have doubled as music halls, gyms have been decked out to disguise their primary functions, and buildings have been renovated to accommodate artists and entertainers. Instrumentalists, theatrical groups, dance troupes, orchestras, bands, a cappella singers, comedians, Integrated Electronic Arts at Rensselaer (iEAR) faculty and students -- all have struggled to find places to perform, both on campus and off.
Since the completion of EMPAC many groups and their artistic expressions now have a home, while others, like the RPI Players, continue to use spaces carved out for them in previous decades. Together, these sites support the wide ranging creative endeavors of the Rensselaer community.
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Be Afraid: Russia And China Seek To Put In Place Top-Down Regulation Of The Internet
from the pay-attention deptFor all the talk of SOPA/PIPA/ACTA/TPP, there's another much bigger threat to "the internet as we know it." It's a bunch of countries who are seeking to use the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to create a top-down regulatory scheme for the internet. This process began a few months back, but FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell has a pretty good summary of the situation in the WSJ, and why those who believe in internet freedom should be afraid. It is worth noting, of course, that things like ICANN and IETF are far from perfect today, but handing many of their functions over to the ITU with the goal of a pretty broad top-down regulatory plan for the internet is not the solution. McDowell highlights a few of the key points in the plan:
- Subject cyber security and data privacy to international control;
- Allow foreign phone companies to charge fees for "international" Internet traffic, perhaps even on a "per-click" basis for certain Web destinations, with the goal of generating revenue for state-owned phone companies and government treasuries;
- Impose unprecedented economic regulations such as mandates for rates, terms and conditions for currently unregulated traffic-swapping agreements known as "peering."
- Establish for the first time ITU dominion over important functions of multi-stakeholder Internet governance entities such as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the nonprofit entity that coordinates the .com and .org Web addresses of the world;
- Subsume under intergovernmental control many functions of the Internet Engineering Task Force, the Internet Society and other multi-stakeholder groups that establish the engineering and technical standards that allow the Internet to work;
- Regulate international mobile roaming rates and practices.
The fact that this effort is mainly being led by Russia and China should give you a sense of the intentions here. Neither country is particularly well-known for supporting the principles of open communications or freedom of speech.
Unfortunately, as McDowell notes, the US doesn't seem to be taking the issue particularly seriously, and hasn't even assigned a negotiator to handle the discussions (though, I'm afraid to find out who they eventually do assign to that role). McDowell also points out that simply saying "no" to any changes probably won't go over well with many countries -- and all Russia and China need to get this approved are half of the countries to side with them on this proposal. Since doing nothing is often seen as ceding the internet to the US, that could be a problem. Of course, that doesn't mean caving in. It means engaging and getting enough people aware of these issues so they can make a reasonable case for why a top-down management system would have massive unintended (or, um, intended) consequences that the world doesn't want:
As part of this conversation, we should underscore the tremendous benefits that the Internet has yielded for the developing world through the multi-stakeholder model.This issue is going to pick up steam pretty quickly in the next few months, so educate yourselves now...
Upending this model with a new regulatory treaty is likely to partition the Internet as some countries would inevitably choose to opt out. A balkanized Internet would be devastating to global free trade and national sovereignty. It would impair Internet growth most severely in the developing world, but also globally as technologists are forced to seek bureaucratic permission to innovate and invest. This would also undermine the proliferation of new cross-border technologies, such as cloud computing.
A top-down, centralized, international regulatory overlay is antithetical to the architecture of the Net, which is a global network of networks without borders. No government, let alone an intergovernmental body, can make engineering and economic decisions in lightning-fast Internet time. Productivity, rising living standards and the spread of freedom everywhere, but especially in the developing world, would grind to a halt as engineering and business decisions become politically paralyzed within a global regulatory body.
Any attempts to expand intergovernmental powers over the Internet—no matter how incremental or seemingly innocuous—should be turned back. Modernization and reform can be constructive, but not if the end result is a new global bureaucracy that departs from the multi-stakeholder model. Enlightened nations should draw a line in the sand against new regulations while welcoming reform that could include a nonregulatory role for the ITU.
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Justin Bieber was crowned the "Artist of the Year" and Maroon 5 the "Band of the Year," but Sunday night's 40th annual American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles were as much about fashion as music.
This year's show was all about the craziest outfits, wigs and accessories.
While stars kept it conservative to walk the red carpet, all bets were off once they got inside the Nokia Theatre to perform on-stage.
From sequined body suits to Nicki Minaj's three wig changes, musicians really went for it this year.
See who donned the wackiest and most inappropriate awards show wear.


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The show is to kick off its second season in June.
Berenger is best known for his work in the films "Inception," "Platoon," "The Big Chill," "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "Major League." He was recently seen in the television miniseries "Hatfields & McCoys."
"In 'Major Crimes,' Berenger will play Capt. Sharon Raydor's estranged husband of 25 years, Jackson Raydor," TNT said in a news release.
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Not surprisingly, I've been a horse lover since my first pony ride at age 3, but while many little girls fall for the allure of elegant Arabian steeds or swift Thoroughbreds, my equine obsession has revolved around something a little less refined: the long-ear. I can horse around with just about any hoofed creature, but what warms my heart is a mule or donkey with a big personality and a little sass. So when I found out that today is National Mule Day, I couldn't help but round up a few photos of these saucy hybrids hamming it up for the camera. Care to learn a thing or two about these big-eared, big-hearted creatures? Just check out this slideshow.
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Saturday, January 3, 2009
Do You Recognize This Woman?
To Judith Shubert of Genealogy Traces - might this be your grandmother? I know I have seen a photograph very much like the one you posted on your blog at http://genealogytraces.blogspot.com/. My mother's name was Mandy Moore (Roberts after she married her first husband, Dock). She was born and grew up in Texas and later lived in California. Unfortunately I cannot find the actual picture that I am thinking of, but she may have been the same person as the one shown in these photos.
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Well, that's very interesting. Are you thinking of my post about my Grandmother's half-sister, Lula Genevive Roberts at http://genealogytraces.blogspot.com/2008/12/lula-genevive-roberts-sends-christmas.html
I've only seen that one picture of her. But need to look at it a little closer.
Lula was born in Louisiana just over the Texas state line. Would love to find a connection!
The picture that struck me was the one of Edna Alice Puckett Gailey. I know I have seen a photo somewhere among my mother's pictures that looks very much like that (same pose and everything). I have never known who the lady in question was; my cousins and I have been trying to figure out who all the friends and connections in our parents' photograph albums were. I will circulate the pictures I posted among my cousins and see if any of them can remember.ReplyDelete
That leaves the coincidence of the name Roberts. Do you know if Marion Roberts' family was from Tennessee? That is where Dock Roberts' family came from. It is possible that a number of the photos that I have been unable to identify belong to the Roberts side, as my mother's old photograph albums date to the time that she was married to Dock (my father was her second husband). Mom and Dock helped raise a couple of Roberts nephews, and there is a kind of amazing story behind that.
I would also love to find a connection. The Moore family farm was in Baylor County, Texas, but I believe Mom and Dock lived in several parts of Texas before they moved to California. Dock had some family in Knox County, I think.
Thanks for replying. I hope we can solve this mystery!
Greta, I've just posted some Puckett / Gailey pictures on my blog. Wanted you to look at them.ReplyDelete


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Barack Obama will speak live at 10:45 ET today to discuss the American reaction to the Crimean plebescite yesterday, and the imposition of sanctions on Russia. Those emerged this morning after a flurry of diplomatic efforts failed to turn Vladimir Putin from his course to annex the Crimean peninsula:
This new authority expands upon E.O. 13660, which the President signed less than two weeks ago, by authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to impose sanctions on named officials of the Russian government, any individual or entity that operates in the Russian arms industry, and any designated individual or entity that acts on behalf of, or that provides material or other support to, any senior Russian government official. We have fashioned these sanctions to impose costs on named individuals who wield influence in the Russian government and those responsible for the deteriorating situation in Ukraine. We stand ready to use these authorities in a direct and targeted fashion as events warrant.
In response to the Russian government's actions contributing to the crisis in Ukraine, this new E.O. lists seven Russian government officials who are being designated for sanctions. These individuals are Vladislav Surkov, Sergey Glazyev, Leonid Slutsky, Andrei Klishas, Valentina Matviyenko, Dmitry Rogozin, and Yelena Mizulina.
The United States also will seek to hold accountable individuals who use their resources or influence to support or act on behalf of senior Russian government officials. We recognize that the Russian leadership derives significant support from, and takes action through, individuals who do not themselves serve in any official capacity. Our current focus is to identify these individuals and target their personal assets, but not companies that they may manage on behalf of the Russian state.
In addition to the new E.O., the Treasury Department today has imposed sanctions on four other individuals under E.O. 13660, issued on March 6, for their actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine and in undermining the Government of Ukraine. They are Crimea-based separatist leaders Sergey Aksyonov and Vladimir Konstantinov; former Ukrainian presidential chief of staff Viktor Medvedchuk; and former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.
Missing from this list: Vladimir Putin. As head of state, the US would be loathe to apply sanctions directly to him, but Obama is striking pretty close to home anyway, Mark Knoller notes:
Russian Pres Putin not named as US sanction target, because he's Head of State, but US is sanctioning people very close to him.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 17, 2014
Executive Order not only authorizes sanctions against Russian offiicials but also against "Russian Government cronies."
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 17, 2014
Citing over 14% decline in Russian stock market since 2/20, Admin officials say US sanctions imposing "real costs" on Russian economy.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 17, 2014
NBC reports that the administration is selling this as the toughest action against Russia since the Cold War:
President Barack Obama issued new sanctions against Russia on Monday, making good on his threat to punish the Russian government over its actions in Ukraine.
The White House announced a series of sanctions targeting a group of individuals, including senior aides to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the former president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych. A senior administration official described the seven individuals targeted by the sanctions as "cronies" of the Russian government.
"These are by far and away the most comprehensive sanctions applied against Russia since the end of the Cold War," a senior administration official said in a conference call to detail the sanctions.
Expect that to be the message from the podium today, too.
Update: Obama struck a pretty solid tone, but did hold out hope for talks between Ukraine and Russia to deal with Crimea separatism. That's an easy thing to say, and is appropriate while trying to de-escalate the situation. However, no one at the White House can really believe that Putin wants to enter into talks with Arseniy Yatsenyuk, and this still may not be enough to keep Russian tanks from rolling all the way up to the Dniepr.


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Air Asia have cancelled their routes to Bali from Sydney and Melbourne.
They have only been operational since last year and as of September 1 they will cease to exist altogether.
Air Asia say they're doing this in an effort to be more efficient however the move has angered a lot of customers who were due to fly with the company after the cutoff date.
Those due to fly after September 1 were informed by email today that they would no longer be able to do so and instead they would need to either reschedule to an earlier date, claim a refund or take a rerouted flight via Kuala Lumpur, although they would only be able to do so if there were seats available.
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The U.S. Army Aviation Association of America honored its National Award recipients for 2011 during Monday's opening ceremonies of the annual Professional Forum & Exposition (Quad-A) in Nashville. The awards recognize outstanding achievements of aviation units, individual soldiers and civilians. This year six soldiers, five units and two civilians received awards.
The Boeing Outstanding Aviation Unit of the Year went to Task Force Falcon, part of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade in Fort Drum, N.Y. The 10th CAB served in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom less than a year after its deployment with Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Members of Task Force Falcon accept the Outstanding Aviation Unit award. Photo by Andrew Parker
Task Force Six Shooters of the 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment from Fort Drum, N.Y., received the L-3 Communications Active Aviation Unit of the Year award for its work in the Northern Konar Valley of Afghanistan. Task Force Six Shooters flew more than 30,000 accident-free hours, participated in more than 140 assaults, transported more than 50,000 passengers, and delivered in excess of 7 million lbs of cargo.
Honeywell sponsored two awards this year, with the Army National Guard Aviation Unit of the Year going to the 211th Aviation Regiment of Company B, which is part of the 2nd Battalion in Davenport, Iowa, and the Army Reserve Aviation Unit of the Year presented to the 229th Aviation Regiment with the 8th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, based out of Fort Knox, Ky.
The Northrop Grumman-sponsored Robert Leich award landed with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, based out of Fort Campbell, Ky. The 160th provides elite special operations forces with helicopter support.
This year AAAA honored two recipients with Boeing's Department of the Army Civilian of the Year. The first, William Braddy, Deputy Commander for Production at Corpus Christi Army Depot, implemented cost-effective changes to helicopter overhauls and repairs that resulted in increased helicopter production for the Army. The second, Andrew Ksepka, is referred to as "the godfather of aircraft modifications." Ksepka oversaw the modification of 430 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks. He also implemented a program to supply sponson forward looking infrared (FLIR) systems for medevac helicopters.
The James H. McClellan Aviation Safety Award, sponsored by GE Aircraft Engines, recognized CW4 Michael Jones of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, assigned to the 3rd Battalion, based out of Fort Drum, N.Y. The Bell Helicopter Army Aviation Soldier of the year went to Spc. Jason Gustine with the 101st CAB. Gustine, a UH-60M Black Hawk mechanic, led his team in periodic maintenance inspections (PMI), build-ups and tear-downs over several helicopter variants, including Bell OH-58D Kiowas, Boeing AH-64D Apaches and Sikorsky Black Hawks.
Robertson Fuel Systems sponsored the Henry Q. Dunn Crew Chief of the Year award, recognizing Sgt. Chad Gregory with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. The Lockheed Martin Noncommissioned Officer of the Year was Sgt. Clifford Aughe of the 171st Aviation Regiment. Aughe, a flight medic, flew on more than 150 combat medevac missions within the first 90 days of his Afghanistan deployment. Sikorsky sponsored the Army Aviator of the Year award. CW4 Stefan Kadur of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment was honored for his leadership and training as an instructor and regimental assault flight lead.


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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) ? Rosen Plevneliev was declared the winner of Bulgaria's presidential election on Monday in an outcome that now gives his party control over all major government posts and will bolster its push for painful economic reforms.
Plevneliev won Sunday's contest with 52.56 percent vote and his Socialist challenger, Ivailo Kalfin, took 47.44 percent, the Central Election Commission in its final tally. It said the turnout was 48 percent.
Kalfin accepted the result and conceded defeat.
Most of the power in corruption-plagued Bulgaria, a Balkan country of 7.4 million people, rests with Prime Minister Boiko Borisov and Parliament, but the president leads the armed forces and can veto legislation and sign international treaties. He also names ambassadors and the heads of the intelligence and security services.
The governing GERB party now controls Bulgaria's top two executive positions and Parliament.
Plevneliev, 47, is a former entrepreneur who has been lauded for pushing through several large-scale infrastructure projects as regional development minister. He has pledged to reduce the budget deficit and pursue business-friendly policies. He also said he would do his best to unite Bulgarians in pursuit of reforms in the judicial and health care systems, while diversifying energy supplies and improving trade.
Plevneliev said one of his first tasks will be to replace ambassadors who served as agents of Bulgaria's former communist secret service. The outgoing president, Georgi Parvanov, who was named as a former agent by the same panel in 2007, refused to recall them.
Plevneliev will take office on Jan. 23. He will replace Parvanov, the former leader of the Socialist Party who often criticized the government, vetoed legislation or key judicial and diplomatic appointments. Parvanov was barred by law from seeking re-election because he had served two five-year terms.
The center-right GERB party also scored victories in the run-off elections for local mayors in most of Bulgaria's big cities, including in the capital, Sofia.
The election was marred by reports of violations, including allegations of vote-buying, according to the Bulgarian branch of graft watchdog Transparency International.
"Bulgaria's presidential and municipal elections underscored the need for further improving the electoral process," monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said in a statement on Monday.
"It is important to address shortcomings such as persistent allegations of vote buying," said mission head Vadim Zhdanovich. "This should be properly investigated and long-standing recommendations should also be considered."Associated Press
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Like most Palmetto State counties, Lancaster County had a significant increase in its official unemployment rate from November to December 2012.
The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) released the statistics last week.
Lancaster County's December jobless rate was 11.6 percent in December – up from 11 percent the month before.
By comparison, the county's unemployment rate for December 2011 was 12.7 percent.
KERSHAW – The creation of a skatepark in Kershaw remains a divisive issue for town leaders.
Town Council voted 3-3 at its Thursday, Jan. 17, meeting on a request of about $32,000 from the Kershaw Community Park Council. The money would go toward new surfacing on which to install ramps and other skateboarding equipment.
Council members Michael Cook, Mayor Wayne Rhodes and Morris Russell voted in favor of the request. Council members Wade Hunter, Sonya Poole and Randy Seegars voted against it.
Councilman Eddie Coates was absent.
COLUMBIA – A Lancaster man has been sentenced to prison on a firearms possession charge.
Gary Davis, Jr., 25, 1225 Chesterfield Ave., was sentenced in federal court Jan. 18 for being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles.
U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie sentenced Davis to 15 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release and a $100 special assessment, the release said.
HEATH SPRINGS – Heath Springs officials await more details before voting on whether to pay for computer software requested by town judge Johnny Steele.
At its Jan. 15 meeting, Town Council had an item on its agenda to consider a piece of software provided by Nichols Business Systems that aids record keeping.
Heath Springs Mayor Ann Taylor said the city of Lancaster and town of Fort Lawn use the same software.
It's expected to have an initial $2,000 fee, as well as a $200 monthly charge.
A stolen loan fee and a cell phone taken through an Internet auction site are two of the latest scams to affect county residents this month.
In a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office incident report report filed Jan. 16, a 31-year-old Lancaster woman informed deputies of a possible Internet scam after she applied for a $3,000 loan from an online company.
The victim said she spoke with a man who instructed her to send a MoneyGram for $298.86 to be used as a processing fee so she could get the loan.
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A proposed change to the county's code ignited a lengthy debate about peddlers and hawkers at Lancaster County Council's Jan. 14 meeting.
The discussion about transient merchants and roadside vendors emerged this week after a request for a peddler's license was brought to county officials' attention.
Jesef Williams
When it comes to college hoops, every basketball coach's aspiration is to make it to the Final Four.
Frank Martin, first-year coach at the University of South Carolina, would surely like to see his Gamecocks get that far, though his quest has extended beyond the basketball court.
And through the process, a Lancaster organization may benefit.
Martin is one of 48 NCAA men's basketball coaches taking part in this year's Infiniti Coaches' Charity Challenge.
When Lancaster County School District Director of Secondary Education Jonathan Phipps called Indian Land Middle School counselor Curwood Dillingham's name during Tuesday, June 15th's school board meeting, Dillingham jumped from his seat and bounded down front, arms raised like a victorious Olympian.
Deputies charged a Lancaster man twice in one week after an investigation into videos filmed of a juvenile without their knowledge.
Timothy Ward Martin, 42, 1772 Shamrock Ave., was first arrested Dec. 28 on a charge of voyeurism, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office press release.
The arrest came two days after deputies received a report that Martin had concealed a video camera in a room in an alleged attempt to film a juvenile.
Despite being turned down by the U.S. Postal Service for a ZIP code change, an Indian Land resident with a Lancaster ZIP code says she'll continue her effort with a new strategy.
Jan Tacy is one of 68 homeowners in Indian Land's Walnut Creek subdivision off Jim Wilson Road who have Lancaster addresses ending with the 29720 ZIP code. Most other homes and all other neighborhoods in the area have Fort Mill addresses that use Indian Land's dedicated 29707 ZIP code, created in 2007.
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Many Wyoming Households Not Ready For A Rainyday
About 21-percent of Wyoming households are not prepared to weather a storm financially if unexpected big bills pop up.
The nonprofit Corporation for Enterprise Development has issued a report showing that Wyomingites make about seven thousand dollars less per year than the average American worker, and carry an average credit card debt of 76-hundred dollars. Don Baylor with the Center for Public Policy Priorities says that's a precarious situation.
"They're essentially a job loss away from having zero assets."
The report recommends a state tax credit for working families and state support for savings-match programs for low-income families.
Baylor says low college graduation rates play into the picture as well, because quality education equals expanded earnings and savings.


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With the Summer Olympics right around the corner, it looks like these 3-month-old cheetah cubs are training for everything from wrestling to the balance beam to the 100-meter dash. After a risky cesarean procedure in which veterinarians were able to save both the mother and the twins, the cubs were hand-raised when Mom abandoned them (which is apparently quite common in first-time mothers under human care). After the now-strong and speedy cubs' public debut this Saturday, the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC plans to name the duo after the fastest American male and female athletes in the 100-meter dash during the Olympic Games. One thing's for sure: they get a gold medal for cuteness!


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Tech experts fear Obamacare bugs
The glitch-plagued Obamacare rollout might be just the beginning: A series of potential technology problems could thwart the Obama administration's goal of getting 7 million people enrolled in the new exchanges by the end of March.
Millions of people have already encountered error messages, delays, crashes and stuck accounts. Technology experts and Obamacare backers worry that each step ahead in the process — filling out applications, checking on subsidies and selecting a health insurance plan — creates a potential technology choke point. And that doesn't even count any additional chaos when people try to use their new health insurance come January.
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"There is grave concern that many individuals who are intent on securing coverage by [Jan. 1] may not be able to do so by that date," said consultant Dan Schuyler, who helped design a health insurance exchange in Utah and is now the senior technology expert at Leavitt Partners. "There's a small window [the Department of Health and Human Services] has. If the problems persist another three or four weeks, those at the back of the line will not have coverage."
( PHOTOS: 25 unforgettable Obamacare quotes)
The Obama administration and the contractors building the federal website have given scant explanation for the problems, other than blaming early problems on overwhelming turnout.
Senior Hill Republicans, who had been predicting a "train wreck" even as they refused repeated administration requests for money to set up the system, are pressing HHS and the lead Obamacare software contractors — CGI and Quality Systems Software — to explain what went wrong.
"Despite the widespread belief that the administration was not ready for the health law's Oct. 1 launch, top officials and lead IT contractors looked us in the eye and assured us all systems were a go," Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said in a statement Thursday. "Instead, here we are 10 days later and delays and technical failures have reached epidemic proportions."
( WATCH: Kentucky residents react to Obamacare roll-out)
Obamacare advocates knew there would be glitches at the start, but they didn't expect anything like the technological logjam that has kept enrollment to a trickle.
Outside tech experts have offered all sorts of explanations for the meltdown, but only those with direct knowledge of the tech infrastructure know — and they are still working through it. And when they put out one fire, another one could flare up.
Some software engineers have suggested that the consumer end of the website, designed by one contractor, is not "talking to" the back end of the website, developed by a different company.
Diagnostic tools in Web browsers have identified coding issues that may be complicating account creation. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the administration is considering an overhaul of the registration system this weekend to allow people to browse health plan options without first creating an account. The paper said the tech experts are focused on a bottleneck where a flood of data meets an Oracle software component involved in identification verification.
( WATCH: Ben Carson compares Obamacare to slavery)
But no one knows for sure whether or where other serious bugs lurk. Insurers and other businesses involved have complained about inadequate time to test the system after the already ambitious timetable was compressed because of delays in finalizing regulations for the Obamacare insurance exchanges and in signing off on contracts with insurers.
There have been some improvements since the rocky start; wait times are shorter and more people have been able to create accounts. But still, relatively few visitors to HealthCare.gov get through from start to finish — including registration, personal data submission, identity verification, tax credit eligibility and plan selection. And when the first obstacles come down and millions of people log on and try to complete each of these steps — any or all could turn into another choke point. There's particular worry about that tax credit calculation, which determines how much of the premium people have to pay.
"If we are already running into issues at the user account stage, we're going to run into a lot more issues when we get to the more complex operations at the [subsidy] eligibility determination," said Leavitt's Schuyler. "That's the reality. It's a very complex process, and I think it's going to get worse before it gets better."
( Also on POLITICO: Ted Cruz: Hecklers are Obama operatives)
HHS declined to comment on The Wall Street Journal report or to respond to POLITICO's specific questions about possible problems with subsidy determinations or the enrollment transfers to insurers, two of the areas that experts pointed to as of particular concern.
"We know that people are enrolling in coverage and the system works. As individual problems are raised by insurers, we work aggressively to address them," spokeswoman Joanne Peters said.
Part of the problem is that signing up for Obamacare coverage is far more complicated than the online transactions Americans are used to, like checking a bank balance or ordering a book. The Obamacare website must knit together platforms from five huge federal agencies — Homeland Security, the Social Security Administration, HHS, the Treasury Department and the Department of Justice — each of which marches to its own IT specifications. It must also interact with separate systems set up by the 15 states that built their own exchanges, plus all of those outside insurers.
It's an unprecedented experiment in federal information technology.
"If they pull it off, they will be making IT history," said Stephen Parente, director of the Medical Industry Leadership Institute at the University of Minnesota and a former health care adviser to Sen. John McCain. "This has never been done before."
( Also on POLITICO: Musicians singing Obamacare tune)
But it wasn't a pop quiz. The government had 3½ years to prepare, and the warning signs were visible.
Funding, in particular, has been a challenge, given the general budget impasse and the deep GOP opposition to Obamacare. The White House's April budget laid out an impossible request for an additional $1.5 billion for the final push to set up the law. Acknowledging Republican lawmakers would never agree to pony up those funds, administration officials assured the public they could move some money around and make do with what they had.
Whatever the cause of the problems, the first 10 days have given plenty of fuel to the GOP complaint that Obamacare wasn't ready for prime time. "A complete fiasco" is how Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming summed it up this week.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Due to inclement weather, MIT and all DAPER Facilities are closed today. In addition, tonight's New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) basketball games have been postponed. The men's game at WPI and the women's home tilt against Wheaton College will now be played on Thursday, Jan. 13 at 7:00 p.m.


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Thursday, July 22, 2004
Hello, everyone! It is so incredible to be home with Tim - the sweetest MAN on the planet. The last eleven days are best described as AMAZING! Tim has made every minute of every day full of happiness and normality. Believe it or not, normality ranks a close number one to happiness on the list of good feelings from coming home. It is so lovely to see green trees, smell clean air, walk down clean streets, gaze upon cultured gardens, watch happy and prosperous families play with their children, and just open the refrigerator to reach in for a cold German beer when I want one.
My experiences in Iraq were numerous and definitely have changed me in varied ways. Right now, the most significant change in me is a heightened and most intense feeling of how life is so precious and everything in life, especially the little things, should never be taken for granted. I am thankful to God beyond any words that I could use for bringing me and my Gators home safe and sound. Thank you so much to all of you for your prayers, well wishes and many words of encouragement to Tim.
God bless you all and God bless America!
CPT Patti
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Simply, the world is a better place because you and your husband are here. I will never forget all the days of reading your husband's site, recognizing each day of your deployment, seeing your pretty face and finding comfort in your husband's strength.
I sincerely hope that life fulfills all of your dreams. This time in history would not have been the same without the both of you and you deserve nothing but the best. scott holmes
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Welcome Home Patti
I have been one of the silent readers for months. I have truly enjoyed your thoughts as well as what you chose to bring to our attention. Every day I checked in on you and Cpt. Patti. There has been so much more to your writing than what you described, Tim. Just to read your thoughts has been a privilege. I'm sure many of us would love to keep reading if you decide to change your mind and keep writing. Maybe you and Patti could share with us now and then and let us know how you're doing. I am thankful for you that your journey for this mission is over and that you have made it home safely. We still have our son over there. Thank you for all that you did to make the days of waiting and wondering more bearable. All the best to you both.
I was so happy to hear that you and your unit returned safely. Thank you all for your service - we're proud of you. I hope you and Tim won't have to endure any more long separations and that you have a wonderful future together.
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The two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew off course for over an hour last October while working on their laptops have lost all their FAA certificates, but now they have a chance to get them back. Capt. Timothy Cheney and First Officer Richard Cole reached an agreement with the FAA on Monday that will allow them to apply for new certificates as soon as Aug. 29. Under the deal, they agreed to drop their appeals of the FAA's revocation "in the interest of avoiding further publicity." The agreement requires the pilots to re-take all of their knowledge and practical tests, and allows them to begin immediately logging time toward their ratings. The pilots did not admit to any wrongdoing. Officials at Delta Air Lines, which has taken over Northwest, said the two pilots remain suspended with pay until the airline completes its own investigation.
Northwest Airlines Flight 188 went NORDO (no radio communications) for 77 minutes while flying from San Diego to Minneapolis on Oct. 21.The flight overflew Minneapolis by more than 100 miles before re-establishing radio contact with air traffic controllers and landing at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport.There were no injuries to the passengers and crew aboard. The NTSB investigation is ongoing.
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