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News Archives - 2011
Celebrating undergraduate research
It's Undergraduate Research Week, as resolved by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010. Across the nation, colleges and universities will be highlighting student research projects and hosting events this week to discuss the importance of research in undergraduate education. Find more information on the Council of Undergraduate Research website.
At Augsburg, we will mark this week with a series of events including Zyzzogeton, the annual celebration of student research and creativity. Events will be held Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, Apr. 15 at 4:30 p.m., we also will recognize Day and Weekend graduating seniors who have achieved departmental or Latin honors as well as those who have been inducted into national honor socieities at the honors convocation ceremony.
In addition, mathematics professor John Zobitz and Jeremy Anthony, a senior mathematics major, will meet with Minnesota's Congressional representatives and present Anthony's research work at the Council of Undergraduate Resarch's Posters on the Hill event on Wednesday, Apr. 13 in Washington, D.C.
And if you need just a little more information about research at Augsburg College, read the Under the Lens feature in the Spring 2011 issue of the Augsburg Now magazine.
Wednesday, April 13
10:20-10:40 a.m. Prelude and Postlude in Chapel
Kate Adornato, flute; Anna Peterson, oboe; and Sam Cantrall
Hoversten Chapel
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Becky Shaheen, Music
"Exploring Techniques to Express Poetry Through Music by Analyzing Successful Art Songs and Experimental Composition"
Hoversten Chapel
1-1:30 p.m.
Thomas Westcott, Religion
"The Extraordinary Way of the Cross: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's View of Loving the Enemy and Responsible Action"
3-5 p.m.
Undergraduate Research Poster Session
Over 70 posters featuring undergraduate research and creative projects
OGC Atrium
7 p.m.
Ulysses Reading
Part of the two-week marathon reading of James Joyce's Ulysses
Lindell Library, Room 301
Thursday, April 14
11 a.m.
Ulysses Reading
Boneshaker Books (Franklin and 23rd Avenues)
12:30-1 p.m.
Elle Thoni, Theater for Social Change
"Give Me Your Hands, If We Be Friends: Performing Shakespeare with Haitian Youth"
1-1:30 p.m.
Nathaniel Schenheit, Mathematical Economics
"An Economic Analysis of School Resources and Student Achievement"
4-5 p.m.
Murphy Square Writers and Friends: An Open Mic
(5 minute limit)
4 p.m.
Ulysses Reading
Mississippi Riverbank (S. 4th Street and W. River Parkway)
7 p.m.
Kou Lee, Music
Senior Recital
Sateren Auditorium
7 p.m.
Anything Goes
Augsburg College Theater Department
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater
8:30 p.m.
Susan Druck's students in Liederabend, a recital
Sateren Auditorium


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Melanie Yergeau Awarded MLA Prize for a First Book
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Melanie Yergeau has been named the cowinner of the MLA Prize for a First Book for her work Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness. Professor Yergeau's scholarly interests include digital studies, queer rhetorics, and disability studies.
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Daylin Carter necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 80 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
In general, the health and safety industry is a little bit dry and "old fashioned" in it's ways especially when it comes to training. I'm a young health and safety professional who has brought a new perspective to this entire culture and having worked in the industry for 15 years (started at 18), have found a way to deliver high quality and interesting content to employees. While there are a few players offering similar services, they do not offer the "complete" package as our company does. We need a simple, yet memorable logo that can be a stepping stone for building our brand. This business is guaranteed to become a leader in the industry in a relatively short period of time
There's actually two markets that our business caters to. Employers who wish to provide several types of training courses to their employees via a web-based system, as well as individuals who would like to receive certifications on various topics (fork lift, crane, etc)
As stated, a simple design is required but should at the same time demand attention and convey professionalism. I've done some combining of colors and green and orange seem to go together nicely for me. These colours are not an absolute necessity, however seem to stand out to me. The green conveys the direction that many businesses are going to as far as being "green" and is somewhat align in with what we do (considering that by training individuals online, we are in essence reducing the amount of paper that we use dramatically). The orange seems to convey a "new" feeling or a sense of youth and vitality which is missing from the industry. I'd liek to stay away from typical symbols used in health and safety such as stop signs, crosses, etc unless they can be portrayed in a "cooler" sense and not in the typical, boring cliche'd manner that is so prevalent.
The site itself falls under a "parent company" which is eversafe media inc. (providing various types of media for the health and safety industry) so the design would have to be congruent when either as "eversafe.ca", or "eversafe media inc".
Thanks in advanced everyone, and good luck!
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American & European Flour Rough Equivalents
I've had numerous requests to put up some sort of table comparing American flour types with their French, German and Italian counterparts. And while I'd love to comply, I'm not sure that much real data exists on that, for all the reasons I spelled out last week. However, because there are no lengths I won't go for my readership (as long as it's, you know, convenient for me), I spent the weekend scouring available sources for the following information:
American all-purpose = French Type 55 = German Type 550 = Italian 00
American pastry flour = French Type 45 = German Type 405 = Italian 00
American bread flour = French Type 80 = German Type 812 = Italian Type 1
American whole wheat = French Type 150 = German Type 1700 = Italian "Wheat"
Now then, I know I have an increasingly international readership here at joepastry.com, so if anyone wants to correct and/or add to what I've started here, by all means, weigh in.


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Established in 2002, Yerba Buena Engineering and Construction specializes in general construction services.
Yerba Buena Engineering and Construction, Inc. (YBEC) is a growing SBA 8(a) certified, small disadvantaged business, and HUBZone contractor headquartered in San Francisco, California. Company founder and President Miguel Galarza is a 22-year veteran in the construction industry who has managed more than $100 million in projects for the Army Corps of Engineers, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, National Park Service, and other federal government agencies. Yerba Buena Engineering and Construction is committed, capable, and stands ready to provide Design-Build capabilities while making sure the projects delivered meet all cost, schedule, and quality objectives, and are performed in accordance with client solicitation requirements and schedule.
Yerba Buena Engineering & Construction Inc., performed for the NPS at Fort Cronkhite, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, repairs to the foundations of 18 historic buildings, including removal of designated portions of existing foundation piers and existing wiring, piping, ramps, landings and other existing utilities and facilities to access the work areas.
YBE executed the relocation of the mainline railroad track crossing the Petaluma River. The scope included retaining wall floodwall drains, water line, earth fills, track approach, relocating signals and warning devices for all grade crossings, curbs, gutters, and sidewalks.


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As Yogi Berra might have said, "You gotta be careful about who you interview because you might hire them."
That's the problem faced by club managers across the country as they look for trainers, sales people and support staff members who will contribute to the revenue line without destroying the bottom line of the club's income statement. It's not an easy process. Finding candidates, interviewing them and making the hiring decision each present hard-to-solve problems.
"The most important thing is the personality and their demeanor," says Brett Shaw, assistant general manager of Lynmar Racquet & Health Club in Colorado Springs, CO. "Their experience matters as well, but you can have all the experience in the world, and, if you don't have a personality, you're not going to last."
Hiring Procedures Evolve
As the fitness industry consolidates, hiring practices are changing. Chris Lechner, regional director of human resources for Wellbridge Fitness in Minneapolis, MN, says that in the past, each Wellbridge club did its own hiring, but people would leave within two to three months so the company moved much of the hiring responsibility to the corporate level.
"We decided that we needed to invest more in the recruiting process, so we would get more qualified people who would stay and decrease our turnover," Lechner says.
Today, Michelle Kerr, regional recruiter for Wellbridge, handles much of the hiring process for management, sales and trainer positions. Many of the applications come from online job sites or local newspapers' Web sites. Kerr interviews possible candidates over the phone asking qualified candidates to do a second interview in person and then forwarding the best candidates to one of the clubs. Applicants for hourly positions often apply directly with the club manager.
One set of eyeballs on a job candidate isn't enough, according to Lynmar's Shaw.
"We do several interviews," he reports. "One will be with that area's manager, one will be with the club's owner, and, if need be, we'll do a third."
Wellbridge also tests massage therapists and personal trainers and requires group fitness applicants to audition, says Lechner.
Julie Webber, health club manager at the Landmark Racquet & Health Club in Peoria, IL, says her club has just started using a new evaluation tool: psychological testing. The 50-question test takes 15 to 20 minutes and is digitally graded within a couple of days. The questions assess the applicant's dependability, honesty and ability to handle stressful situations and make sound decisions.
Eliminating the Hit or Miss Factor
Personnel decisions may be the most important decisions that club managers make, so it pays to take extra care in evaluating candidates, even for lower paid employees such as those at the hospitality desk, says Kerr.
"They're the ones who have the most contact with the members, and they're the ones who can make or break the members' experience with the club," she says.
Lechner agrees that taking extra time and paying extra attention is important. "If they're just hiring warm bodies, they will not be successful," she says. "It comes back to bite them in the end."
Hiring isn't getting any easier, though, because the quality of the workforce seems to be declining.
"I've been in this business a long time," Lechner says, "and I'd say the work ethic is worse (now than in the past). We have pockets of people who will come in and shine and do a great job, but a high percentage of people just come in to collect a paycheck."
Shaw agrees, "We're having more people, especially of the younger generation, who aren't willing to put in the hours. Work is more of a have-to than a want-to."
Finding Qualified Candidates
Help-wanted ads, according to many club managers, are seldom the best place to find candidates for anything other than an entry-level position. At Landmark, the sales employees are usually promoted from within — often from the front desk — because they must have an intimate knowledge of the club to sell memberships, says Webber.
She points out another preferred source of employees — club members.
"We've hired many members who were qualified," Webber says. "Our current fitness director was a member first, then an instructor and eventually moved up."
When it comes to finding good trainers, more creative approaches often are needed. Wellbridge sends out mailings, advertises on industry-specific Web sites and in industry periodicals, and works with schools that have programs for personal trainers, says Kerr.
Picking the Best
When it comes to finding the best candidate for the busy front desk, Webber looks for someone who is enthusiastic and wants to work, she says. Front desk positions require a lot of energy and contact with members, so Webber looks for energetic people who are dressed professionally and are groomed neatly.
When Shaw hires personal trainers, he asks about their philosophy.
"Eight-five percent of our members are forty-five or older," he says, "So, they're looking more to get into shape, tone up. They're not the 'no-pain-no-gain' crowd. That takes a different kind of mentality in a trainer."
Lechner points out that trainers must be able to sell themselves to members, but most trainers don't learn to do this in school, so Wellbridge offers them training in this area.
For sales positions, Kerr says a sales background is great, but she values communications skills more than anything else. Candidates with a strong communications background can often be a good fit for a club sales position.
Regardless of the position being filled, Webber recommends patience.
"Be patient in your hiring process," she says. "You don't have to hire the first person that walks in. I look for quality over quantity."
Dave Donelson is the author of Creative Selling (Entrepreneur Press) and speaks frequently about marketing and management.


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Over the past week, Matt Barnes is averaging 13 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks. Can you dig it? Even a one armed prospector could dig it. I also humorously confused the names of Harrison Barnes and Matt Barnes. Hopefully, you missed that part. Pick up Matt. Matt. Anyway, here's a handful of other names for your weekly Buy/Sell…
Nate Robinson – I was not kidding yesterday. Over the past week, he's producing 15.3 PPG, 2.3 3PG, 4.7 APG, and 3.0 SPG. That's Jason Kidd with the bonus of points. I wouldn't just buy him for the short term, either. While his good output comes in spurts, those spurts are frequent, like a teenager's.
Andray Blatche – He has recently been a double double monster, gifting savy owners with 16 points and 10 rebounds every night. He's already owned in the more competitive leagues, but his ownership numbers are still low.
J.J. Redick – His value has never been higher, as he has become a three point machine over the past 2 weeks. He's hit 26 threes over the past 7 games. If you can find a good piece (or pieces) to move him for while he is at maximum production, then jump on it. He'll still remain a solid source for FT%, threes and assists, so don't think you have to dump him.


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National Scenic Trail
Maine to Georgia, CT,GA,MA,MD,ME,NC,NH,NJ,NY,PA,TN,VA,VT,WV
The Appalachian Trail is a 2,180+ mile long public footpath that traverses the scenic, wooded, pastoral, wild, and culturally resonant lands of the Appalachian Mountains. Conceived in 1921, built by private citizens, and completed in 1937, today the trail is managed by the National Park Service, US Forest Service, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, numerous state agencies and thousands of volunteers.
National Scenic River
Athens, Pipestem, and Hinton, WV
The Bluestone River and the rugged and ancient gorge it has carved is a richly diverse and scenic area of the southern Appalachians. Bluestone National Scenic River is preserved as a living landscape that provides an unspoiled experience for visitors and a haven for a variety of plants and animals. The park protects a 10.5-mile section of the Bluestone River in southern West Virginia.
National Historical Park
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Potomac River, DC,MD,WV
Preserving America's early transportation history, the C&O Canal began as a dream of passage to Western wealth. Operating for nearly 100 years the canal was a lifeline for communities along the Potomac River as coal, lumber, and agricultural products floated down the waterway to market. Today it endures as a pathway for discovering historical, natural, and recreational treasures.
Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay Watershed, DC,DE,MD,NY,PA,VA,WV
NPS helps you learn about and enjoy the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in North America. Here, you can visit major league cities, colonial towns, American Indian landscapes, farms and fishing villages. You can learn to kayak, pick crabs, go fishing, tour a lighthouse, slurp oysters, and slow down to enjoy the natural beauty of the Chesapeake.
National Heritage Area
The 5300 square mile National Coal Heritage Area lies in southern West Virginia, a region shaped by the history of coal deposits found in its ancient mountains. Today, the area's communities retain much of their original character as "company towns," reflecting local traditions, immigrant laborers and the dominance of the coal industry.
National Recreation Area
Gauley River
Summersville, WV
The 25 miles of free-flowing Gauley River and the six miles of the Meadow River pass through scenic gorges and valleys containing a wide variety of natural and cultural features. The Gauley River contains several class V+ rapids, making it one of the most adventurous white water boating rivers in the east.
National Historical Park
Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry, WV,VA,MD
A visit to this quaint, historic community, at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, is like stepping into the past. Stroll the picturesque streets, visit exhibits and museums, or hike our trails and battlefields. Spend a day or a weekend. We have something for everyone, so come and discover Harpers Ferry!
National Historic Trail
Lewis & Clark
Sixteen States: IA,ID,IL,IN,KS,KY,MO,MT,NE,ND,OH,OR,PA,SD,WA,WV
The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail is approximately 4,900 miles long, extending from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the mouth of the Columbia River, near present day Astoria, Oregon. It follows the historic outbound and inbound routes of the Lewis and Clark Expedition as well as the preparatory section from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Wood River, Illinois.
National River
New River Gorge
Hinton, Beckley, Glen Jean, and Fayetteville, WV
A rugged, whitewater river flowing northward through deep canyons, the New River is among the oldest rivers on the continent. The park encompasses over 70,000 acres of land along the New River, is rich in cultural and natural history, and offers an abundance of scenic and recreational opportunities.
National Heritage Area
Wheeling, WV
The Wheeling National Heritage Area celebrates the city's dramatic setting along the Ohio River, providing experiences in Victorian architecture, waterfront park development, historic city markets, renovated industrial buildings featuring retail shops, restaurants and interpretive exhibits, and West Virginia Independence Hall, the birthplace of the state of West Virginia during the Civil War.
By The Numbers
- 6 National Parks
- 1,635,330 Visitors to National Parks
- $85,800,000 Economic Benefit from National Park Tourism »
- $216,946,666 of Rehabilitation Projects Stimulated by Tax Incentives (since 1995) »
- $48,500,416 of Land & Water Conservation Fund Appropriated for Projects (since 1965) »
- $30,798,404 in Historic Preservation Grants (since 1969) »
- 53 Certified Local Governments »
- 88 Community Conservation & Recreation Projects (since 1987) »
- 531 Acres Transferred by Federal Lands to Parks for Local Parks and Recreation (since 1948) »
- 115,334 Hours Donated by Volunteers »
- 3 National Heritage Areas »
- 1 Wild & Scenic Rivers Managed by NPS »
- 2 National Trails Managed by NPS »
- 1,050 National Register of Historic Places Listings »
- 16 National Historic Landmarks »
- 15 National Natural Landmarks »
- 510 Places Recorded by Heritage Documentation Programs »
- 5,886,250 Objects in National Park Museum Collections »
- 544 Archeological Sites in National Parks »
- 6 Threatened & Endangered Species in National Parks »
- 2 Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plans »
- 5 Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itineraries »
- Print the summary »
These numbers are just a sample of the National Park Service's work. Figures are for the fiscal year that ended 9/30/2018.


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RedWolf sponsors Operation Broken Arrow (2002-10-31)RedWolf again proudly sponsors another big game on the East coast of the USA. Operation Broken Arrow was a huge success with full support from our partner The Q Project and FPS magazine. Lots of players were on hand to make the event another smashing success. As you can see from the pictures, the weather was not exactly cooperating and participants had to suffer harsh cold and rain. (28 degree nights and cold rain during the days). Tough but how much more realistic could we get? Bravo to you all!
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Touring the city: Walking in Jerusalem takes listeners there
The walls surrounding Jerusalem are pocked with thousands of tiny craters. They're bullet holes, vivid reminders of the volatile frustrations enclosed within this city of ancient conflicts.
As for what life is like in this crucible... we base our assumptions on the frequent headlines about tanks, bombs, and religious extremism. These tallies and tolls of retaliation and strife slant our view to the front-and-center, and, as a result, we often miss the outlying context– the richness of its contained cultures. We can't exactly put a face on Jerusalem. It seems remote, otherworldly, cursed.
Random Inc., aka Sebastian Meissner, has sought to capture the holy city's humanity in his latest release, Walking in Jerusalem. The sounds of everyday egress– snippets of conversation, bird songs, traffic, children's laughter– were plucked from the breeze, minced, and scattered over resting heartbeats of electronic blips and synth washes.
An afterthought to last year's Jerusalem– Tales Outside the Framework of Orthodoxy, Walking furthers Meissner's explorative attempts at capturing the essence of the city. The album, diving into the warm seas of ambient dub, provides a welcome change of pace for Ritornell, a label known for its "difficult," glitchy, experimental electronic ventures.
Meissner is no stranger to unusual combinations; in the late '90s, the German-born artist composed an audience-participatory score for the Ballett Frankfurt. Here, his refined soundscape, created by the "clicks and cuts" method of digital production, splices Muslim and Jewish song fragments in musical metaphor. "Meets Electric Birds in Mamillah," the stand-out track, marbles sounds from a market over a snaking loop of warping tones.
Avoiding any interplay of personal allegiances, Meissner provides an overdue, multi-faceted glimpse of existence behind the scarred walls. In fact, the CD booklet features a thoughtfully selected array of texts on the various districts of Jerusalem, areas that served as inspirations behind specific tracks.
Walking in Jerusalem portrays the diverse residents of this fractured city as who they are– people who long to keep their normalcy whole.


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There's a smattering of good news coming out of Asia. It seems that the death grip of the global financial crises may be easing its hold on the gasping throat of the technology industry.
According to a series of reports from Taiwanese industry-watcher DigiTimes, orders are piling up at some tech companies, and forecasts of future sales are looking far rosier than during the hideous last three months of 2008.
Semiconductor designers, for example, are feeling downright perky. The 3,000 employees of the fabless design firm MediaTek are looking forward to a 10 to 15 per cent growth in orders this month, thanks to increased demand from China.
IC designers Realtek (1,800 employees) and Integrated Technology Express (1,300) are seeing the same level of growth this month due to an unexpected bump in motherboard orders.
Smaller companies are seeing even larger improvements, according to DigiTimes' sources. Power-management IC designer Richtek's 440 employees are benefiting from a boost in orders of about 40 per cent, and a number of other small tech companies are looking at improvements in the 30 to 40 per cent range.
The netbook boom is pumping up boutique LED-driver manufacturer Global Mixed-mode Technology (140 employees) and LED-backlighting sales are boosting one of the bigger boys in that field, Epistar, with over 3,000 employees.
Another relatively large company, the 4,800-employee battery-maker Simplo, sees 2009 to be a growth year - they estimate that their battery sales will increase by 5 to 10 per cent this year. That may not be a breathtaking growth rate, but it certainly beats 5 to 10 per cent in the other direction.
It's also important to note that most of the companies who are seeing growth in orders are component manufacturers and not finished-goods vendors. This means that the companies that assemble these components into the products we all buy are also forecasting growth - although theirs will come a bit further down the road.
Of course, not all - or even many - tech companies are looking into the future with smiles on their faces. Just check out the latest layoff news from Vodaphone, Spansion, and others.
Still, with all the gloom and doom that's filled the financial pages in the last few months, the news that some companies are experiencing brighter days is cause for celebration. ®
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Ok, our new build is having 100% cpu spikes on each server at random intervals. For long durations it make the site totally unresponsive - this will be at peak times as people in different countries log on to the site etc.
We've looked at perfmom, memory profilers, CLR profiler, sql profilers, Red gate ants profiler, tried load testing in UAT - but cannot even reproduce the problem. This could mean only thousands of users hitting the live site causes it to happen.
One pattern we did notice was that the new code - the broken build - actually uses noticably less threads.
We are also using spring for IOC - does this have a bed reputation?
To make things worse, we cannot deploy to live due to the business impact - so cannot narrow the problem down to subset of the new features we've added.
We truly are destroyed - has anyone got any battle scars that may save us a few lives?


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17-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Tuesday, May 28, 1912: Had to stay out in the rain this afternoon and therefore got a little wet. Ruth and I went up to Oakes' this evening.
Her middle-aged granddaughter's comments 100 years later:
Yesterday I was in the McEwensville area for reasons unrelated to the diary. On my way into town I passed the Watsontown Flea Market; and, on a whim, decided to stop to see if I could find any hundred-year-old issues of Ladies Home Journal.
No luck with the magazines, but a vender was selling red geraniums.
The geraniums reminded me of how my mother and I used to put red geraniums on the graves of deceased relatives for Memorial Day.
I haven't put flowers on graves since I was a child; but–before I'd really thought things through–I'd purchased nine red geraniums.
I made a short detour to locate a shovel. I could only found a rusty old shovel, but I decided that it would work. It probably was the same one I'd once used with my mother to plant geraniums.
I then headed to the McEwensville Cemetery.
I began to plant flowers on the graves of my paternal grandparents (Helen–she'd dropped the "a" long before she died– and Raymond Swartz), maternal grandparents, and other relatives.
I rushed because I only had a few minutes before I was supposed to be elsewhere for lunch. But somehow it felt right.
It was humid and the temperatures were in the 80's. I started to sweat—but thought—I can't be late, I've got to get this done quickly.
The last grave I got to was my mother's. I rapidly planted the last two geraniums as the sweat beaded up on my forehead. I thought, "I'm going to only be a couple minutes late."
At that moment the sweat rolled off my forehead and into my eyes—and stinging tears caused by the sweat started flowing. I couldn't see and I knew that I couldn't drive.
I was going to be very late getting to lunch, but suddenly was grateful.
It was good to remember all of my ancestors who'd gone before me—my paternal and maternal grandparents, my mother . . .


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Barkley, USC take care of Hawaii in opener
Los Angeles, CA – Matt Barkley and Marqise Lee hooked up for a 75-yard touchdown on the game's opening play and Southern California began its season with a 49-10 romp of Hawaii.
Barkley completed 23-of-38 throws for 372 yards and four touchdowns. Lee, who also returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, ended with 10 receptions for 197 yards.
At 10-2, USC was one of the best teams in the country last season, but the Trojans (1-0) were banned from the postseason for a second straight year due to NCAA violations.
They're now eligible for the BCS, and third-year coach Lane Kiffin got his team off to a strong start Saturday.
"He did really well," Kiffin said of Barkley. "He was a couple of drops away from some big time numbers. He handled the hype really well."
Silas Redd, a transfer from Penn State, rushed nine times for 57 yards and a score.
Sean Schroeder finished 24-of-39 for 208 yards with a TD and a pair of interceptions for the Warriors (0-1), who began their inaugural season in the Mountain West after 33 years in the Western Athletic Conference. Hawaii went 6-7 last season.
Hawaii coach Norm Chow made his debut against USC, where he spent four seasons as offensive coordinator (2001-04).
"We made too many mistakes early in the game with some dropped balls and special teams and missed tackles," Chow said. "But there's a long way to go."
Lee took a short quick pass from Barkley on the left side of the field, faked out a tackler and dashed down the sideline to the end zone.
Later in the first quarter, Barkley led the Trojans on a 99-yard scoring drive, and capped it with a 20-yard TD pass to Robert Woods on the left side.
Redd fumbled the wall away later in the opening quarter, but Hayes Pullard returned an interception 27 yards for a touchdown and a 20-0 lead. Barkley failed on a pass for the 2-point conversion.
Redd scored on a 31-yard run to the right side of the field early in the second quarter, and it became 32-0 on Barkley's two-yard scoring toss to Woods with five minutes left in the half.
The Trojans forced a Schroeder fumble after a sack by George Uko, and Andre Heidari kicked a 28-yard field goal on the final play of the half.
"I agree with Woods, the offense was in the 'C' range," Barkley said. "We left a lot of points on the table. It felt like we could have scored 100 points in the first half."
Schroeder found Scott Harding for an 18-yard score on the opening possession of the third quarter, but Lee picked up a block near the USC 10-yard line on the ensuing kickoff and was off to the races down the right sideline to extend the lead to 42-7.
Tyler Hadden's 36-yard field goal in the third quarter and Barkley's 11-yard TD pass to Randall Telfer in the fourth finished the scoring.
"I thought we were prepared and came out with good energy," said Schroeder, a former Duke quarterback who graduated in only three years in Durham. "I'm proud of how the team played and fought until the end. We've got to execute more and cut down on the mental mistakes, myself included."
Game Notes
Hawaii is 29-52 all-time against current members of the Pac-12 conference, including an 0-8 mark against USC ... The Trojans have won their last 15 season-openers ... The Trojans outgained Hawaii 353-83 by halftime and finished with a 481-264 yardage advantage.


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SEATTLE — By a 2-to-1 margin, Machinists union members in the Puget Sound region Wednesday rejected Boeing's proposed eight-year contract extension that would have cut pension and other benefits in exchange for Boeing's commitment to build the planned 777X airliner and its advanced-technology wing in Washington state.
Sixty-seven percent of those 31,000 union members in the region voted no on the proposed contract extension, the union announced Wednesday night.
There will be no strike, because the workers' current contract does not expire until 2016, but the big question now is whether Boeing will seek to assemble the 777X in another state.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner said after the vote: "We are very disappointed in the outcome of the union vote … But without the terms of this contract extension, we're left with no choice but to open the process competitively and pursue all options for the 777X."
At a news conference in Olympia after the vote, Gov. Jay Inslee said Boeing told him the company would consider "multiple sites, including Washington" for the assembly of the new airliner and that he wasn't about to give up in trying to gain the 777X production in the state.
"We intend to be competitive in the weeks to come," Inslee said. "We know how to compete in the state of Washington."
He added, "We could have won this tonight without any competition (but) that didn't happen."
Tom Wroblewski, spokesman for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751, issued the following statement:
"Today, the democratic process worked and our members made the decision to not accept the company's proposal. It is my belief that we represent the best aerospace workforce in the world and hope that as a result of this vote Boeing will not discard our skills when looking to place the 777X.
"We preserved something sacred by rejecting the Boeing proposal. We've held on to our pensions and that's big. At a time when financial planners are talking about a 'retirement crisis' in America, we have preserved a tool that will help our members retire with more comfort and dignity."
As workers were casting votes Wednesday afternoon, one of the 31,000 Machinists union members in the region, Randy McFadden, said at the union hall voting site: "Boeing is asking us to get rid of all the things we worked 20 years for — flush it down, just so they can make more money."
Another worker called Boeing's offer "an extortion, a take-it-or-leave-it thing. I'm not going for it."
Camy Badr, the owner of Good Guys Pizza near the Boeing plant in Everett, said he's worried about what might happen if Boeing lives up to that threat to move business elsewhere.
"During the last strike, business dropped 30 percent," Badr said. "The economy is just picking up and I depend on Boeing workers a lot."
Snohomish County Executive John Lovick said losing the 777X work and thousands of jobs to another state would be devastating.
"We are talking about an economy that is very fragile right now," Lovick said. "And the fact that we would be taking those jobs out of this region, it would be huge to Snohomish County."
On Monday, Inslee signed a bill into law that gives billions in tax breaks for Boeing — a move to sweeten the deal for the company to produce the 777X here.
The production of this new, efficient aircraft would secure at least 56,000 jobs and more than two decades of work, analysts have projected.
Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., issued this statement following the union's vote:
"I believe Washington is still the best place to build the 777X, but the hill just got steeper. We now need to be prepared for an intense competition with other states and countries that want these jobs."


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ICD-9 code 756.79 for Other congenital anomalies of abdominal wall is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -CONGENITAL ANOMALIES (740-759).
Excludes: umbilical hernia (551-553 with.1)
Excludes: congenital myotonic chondrodystrophy (359.23)
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CORSAIR VENGEANCE K70 offers a full set of CHERRY® MX Brown key switches, key-by-key adjustable brilliant red backlighting, and 100% anti-ghosting, all in a rugged, professional-grade brushed aluminum chassis.
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CORSAIR VENGEANCE K70 offers a full set of CHERRY® MX Brown key switches, key-by-key adjustable brilliant red backlighting, and 100% anti-ghosting, all in a rugged, professional-grade brushed aluminum chassis.
Cherry MX Brown mechanical key switches provide fast and precise actuation, along with light tactile feedback for comfortable typing. Since the K70 is fully mechanical, you'll get that response with any key you press. There's a full key matrix anti-ghosting mechanism for perfect signal quality, and the full key rollover on USB ensures accuracy no matter how fast you play. The aluminum frame is lightweight and durable for hours and hours of intense play.
The all-important WASD and 1-6 keys are contoured and textured, so you can find them fast, and enjoy fast gaming action with less chance of your fingers missing their mark. You can program backlighting for each key independently, so you can set up a custom-lit key binding and save it to onboard memory.
Not only is the K70 a remarkable gaming keyboard – it looks amazing, too. The brushed aluminum frame is black anodized for an impressive look, and the brilliant red backlighting gives it the unmistakable look of serious gaming machinery.
Cherry MX Brown switches provide fast and precise actuation for fast, competitive play. There's light tactile feedback for comfortable typing, but no audible click that might be a distraction.
Deep red LEDs with adjustable brightness and key-by-key programmability to light up just the keys you need. It's great for illuminating your key bindings for each game, and you can store multiple presets. They're saved directly to the K70 onboard memory, so you can take your light maps with you.
The K70 frame has a professional-grade look and feel, plus the rugged durability you need for hours of gaming.
Every keystroke translates into accurate gameplay—even when multiple keys are pressed. There's no signal degradation, and it keeps up with you, no matter how fast you play.
You don't just play games – you play music and video, too. Play, stop, pause, skip tracks and adjust volume directly from the K70.
Keep your eyes on the action with easy to locate FPS keys. An extra set of standard typing keycaps and a keycap replacement tool are provided for general typing.
Give your wrists a break, or take it off if it gets in the way.
An extra USB connector is provided. It's great for attaching a Vengeance gaming mouse or headset.
Corsair Vengeance K70 is available in three choices of Cherry MX key switches:
Choose this model and you'll get smooth, linear key response for ultra fast double and triple taps without a distracting audible click. There's no tactile "bump" that's traditionally built in to general-purpose keyboards.
Want superior gaming performance on a keyboard that's also good for typing? Cherry MX Brown switches provide fast and precise actuation for fast, competitive play. There's light tactile feedback for comfortable typing, but no audible click that might be a distraction.
If you do a lot of gaming when you're not writing long forum posts or working on your novel, Cherry MX Blue switches provide a combination of great gaming performance along with tactile feedback and an audible click that can be helpful when you're typing.
When it comes to gaming keyboards, it's all about the mechanical switch keys. Corsair have used them to make some seriously good boards but the new Vengeance K70 is my current favourite. I've been using its keenly admired predecessor, the Vengeance K60, as my main workhorse since the range launched in spring 2012. That wasn't without its problems, but Corsair have listened, and polished up almost all of those faults in this pricey but excellent addition to the series.
"We like the rubberized swappable WASD & 1~6 keys and that back-lighting system is just downright hot stuff. So with all factors and features combined we again recommend the K70 to the masses of FPS players out there."
"The Corsair K70 is a comprehensive yet modestly-sized gaming keyboard with mechanical keys. It doesn't feature any extra gaming keys, but you do get key-by-key customizable backlighting, a wrist support, media keys and special keys for the WASD and 1-6 keys. The Cherry MX Red keys are great for typing and gaming, and the build quality is solid with the aluminium top. The same keyboard will soon also be available with Cherry MX Brown or Blue keys. The average price of £123 or € 134 for a mechanical keyboard of this level of quality is very reasonable, especially considering the material. The Corsair K70 therefore walks away with the Hardware.Info Silver Award."
"Gaming wise this is a samurai sword in terms of performance, the response is quick, the ergonomics are good and the build / key quality is best in class, you couldn't ask for much more from your keyboard."


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Whether you have a full-time craft business or some part-time projects you run alongside your day job, you might want to check out Weave, Intuit's new app for iPhone and iPod. It's designed to track your projects, tasks, income, and expenses.
The app centers around the Projects you set up. These might be individual freelance projects, or an upcoming craft show, or you could create a project for your entire Etsy shop for this month, quarter or year. There's a lot of flexibility so you can set the app up for your business.
Within each Project, you can create "Todos" and schedule them for any future date and time. If you're consistent about this, then Weave can generate a nice daily list of the tasks you need to complete. (It'll even send you friendly reminder messages.)
As you complete each task, you can mark it as done, and that will generate a display showing you what percentage of your overall project you've completed.
Where I think Weave really excels, though, is in income and expense tracking. With this mobile app, you can easily make an entry each time you spend money on a project, no matter where you are. Again, with consistency, you can then keep a running total of how much each project has cost you. When you get paid, you can enter this information as well and see at a glance how profitable each project is.
Weave is in its early stages and is actively looking for input from small craft business owners. How can this kind of tool help you better? You can download Weave for free from the iTunes App Store, and then join in the conversation on the Weave Facebook page.
Review: Weave App for Craft Businesses


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Backing up files and folder can be a lengthy and time consuming process, and there is always the danger that a folder containing a selection of irreplaceable files will be missed and not included in the backup. This can be avoided by take more care when selecting backup sources, but a far more reliable option is to simply backup your hard drive in its entirety.
This is where Paragon Drive Backup 9 Personal can help, making it possible to create a complete rescue kit for your computer in case disaster should strike. The program can be used to create a backup of your entire hard drive, but the option of backing up a selection of files is also available. The backup also safeguards your operating system and can be restored from bootable media. This means that if a computer problem renders your machine unbootable, you will still be able to restore it to a working state in a matter of minutes.
The program can also be used to restore data to another computer, so if you buy a new machine there is no need to install all of your software from scratch. Backups can be created on CD, DVD, Blu-ray, USB drive, or a separate drive or partition, making this an incredibly versatile tool. Backups can also be scheduled so there is no need to remember to keep doing so manually. If you have files you value on your computer, or want to speed up the process of reinstalling Windows, Paragon Drive Backup is the program for you.
A complete backup solution to ensure that your valuable files are kept safe


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Troubleshoot phpMyAdmin timeout errors
If you try to import a zipped database, you might see a timeout error because phpMyAdmin takes too long to execute the script. To fix this:
Set the ExecTimeLimit setting to 0 (infinite) as described here.
- Try to import the file again.
Remember to change the ExecTimeLimit setting back to its original value once the import process ends.
#1045 error when logging in
This error occurs because you probably changed the default password for the bitnami account when building a new server, and phpMyAdmin's configuration is not updated with your chosen password value. Resolve it by following the steps below:
Log in to the server console via SSH.
Edit the phpMyAdmin config file at /opt/bitnami/apps/phpmyadmin/htdocs/config.inc.php.
Change the default bitnami password to the one chosen during the server build process, by finding the line below and replacing the PASSWORD placeholder with the correct value:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'PASSWORD';


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Photograph and sharpness are far too often used in the same sentence... Why do always want a perfect sharp picture of our subjects?
On my way back from New York, somewhere over the North Atlantic with my little Fuji X-E1 on the side, I felt the urge to be creative. Making something that is different. Something we don't get to see every day...
Being limited to the small space of the Airbus A380 flight-deck, I came up with the following "Zoom burst" image of the Primary Flight Display (PFD). Zoom burst is a creative technique where one zooms out while clicking the shutter. A relative slow shutter speed (min 1/10s or so) is needed to have a pronounced zoom effect. Whatever is in the centre remains there, the rest becomes blurred.
For the ones that have a problem visualising the environment this image was made in, please click here.
Image details:
FujiFilm X-E1 with 18-55 lens
ISO 400, varying focal length between 60 and 30mm, f10, 1/5s
RAW development in Lightroom 4.3
After coming back from the Big Apple, I uploaded some recent images into my "New York" gallery.
On the subject of creativity in photography, check out the latest video made by +Zack Arias : "Signal & Noise". Zack you are such an inspiration!
On the subject of creativity in photography, check out the latest video made by +Zack Arias : "Signal & Noise". Zack you are such an inspiration!
Remember; " Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep" - Scott Adams
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text: Made in the U.S.A. Our thong is made for strutting! Perfect for any type of low rise pants, these panties from American Apparel are made to fit low. Combed cotton baby rib with an exclusive high end woven trim makes these panties look and feel like no other. 100% combed cotton baby rib.


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Funny. I was at a hospital to which I rarely travel, and had to get changed in the male locker room. I had no idea what the combination was on the lock of the door, but glanced, and figured it out pretty quickly.
If one assumes the buttons to be pressed on the lock are numbered consecutively from the top to bottom as 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, what's the combination?
Thursday, October 04, 2007
High Security
3 comments:
- Allen said...
My residency had these all over. The trick was to look at the door jamb at eye level, where invariably someone had written the combo so they wouldn't get locked out.
- Thu Oct 04, 11:44:00 AM CDT
- Dr. A said...
I didn't know you were at my hospital!
- Thu Oct 04, 12:25:00 PM CDT
- Scott said...
Ha ha ha! As a former locksmith I can tell you that really helped us out. And then there are the folks that have us install the locks and never change the combo from the factory default. That's always a fun one, too!
- Thu Oct 04, 10:15:00 PM CDT
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by Shawn Waggoner
Photography by Rozarii Lynch
The Glass Art Society celebrated its 41st annual conference, Creative Crossroads, in Seattle, Washington, that was packed with pre- and post-conference tours, events, and workshops. The main conference provided inspiration from many presenters including Scott Benefield, Derrick Cartwright, Dante Marioni, Karen Wilenbrink-Johnsen and Jasen Johnsen, Cappy Thompson, and Ginny Ruffner.
This article was originally published on page 46 of the September/October 2011 issue of Glass Art.


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2013 News Releases > September 2013 > Wayland emphasizes civility in chapel
Wayland emphasizes civility in chapel
September 16, 2013
PLAINVIEW -- Wayland Baptist University addressed the issue of civility in its weekly
chapel service on Wednesday in Harral Auditorium.
Entitled "Wayland the Barbarian," Dr. Marti Runnels, Dean of the School of Fine Arts, said the theme and title of the service was meant to make students, faculty and staff "think about things large or small that you might do that may make people think you are a little less than civil."
Wayland theatre students performed a number of scenes dealing with uncivilized behavior. The group addressed issues such as littering, gossiping, making fun of other beliefs, mocking people's style of worship, rude behavior, disrupting class and even disrupting chapel service. Video clips of people discussing classroom behavior and workforce behavior also were used to make a point.
Following the performances, Dr. Estelle Owens, Dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Dr. Otto B. Schacht, Dean of the School of Business, and Dr. Jim Todd, Dean of the School of Education, gave a faculty response, discussing their thoughts on civility.
Dr. Owens said the performance impressed upon her how widespread incivility can be. She said there are probably only two places in which you don't have to behave in a civil manner and those would be when you are dead, or when deserted on an island with no other inhabitants. In those instances, "we can behave any way we like."
One particular scene depicted students behaving rudely while a chapel service was taking place on stage.
"When we are rude," Owens said, "those of us who claim Jesus as Lord crucify him all over again."
Many of the scenes showed the impact one's actions have on other people. Dr. Schacht challenged students, asking rhetorically how one replaces an inappropriate action.
"The actions we express to others cannot be taken back any easier than the words we speak," he said.
Dr. Todd said there typically are three reasons people behave in an uncivilized manner: to get attention, to gain power, or to hurt someone else out of anger.
"I think the goal of civility is to pray, think and listen and ask ourselves who we want to be," Todd said.
Dr. Owens summarized things, reminding students that while they each have rights, their actions affect those around them, and that must be taken into consideration.
"There is no such thing as unlimited rights in a civilized society," she said.
The theatre department will present a follow-up chapel service in the spring, looking at the positive aspects of civility.


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Have you ever been snubbed by your dog?
It kinda stinks.
Guess who totally gave me the cold shoulder this weekend?
She HATES it when it's time for her flea treatment. You know those little vials of liquid that you put on a dog's back to prevent fleas/ticks… It smells sort of like orange-scented Pledge. I guess the smell drives Haley bonkers. For two days afterward, she avoided me like the plague. When I walked toward her, she'd get up and walk away.
Geez, she's dramatic. Like dog, like owner.
I finally won her back Sunday afternoon by taking her on a 30 minute walk and giving her peanut butter. At least I know the secret to her heart.
You can also win over hearts with these easy cake mix cookies! I recently made these cookies to take to a friend's dinner party. The cookies went over well and no one was the wiser that they took just a hot minute to make. Nothing wrong with letting people assume you slaved away in the kitchen!
Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
Recipe from Cookies & Cups
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.


text: Friday, March 04, 2011 House Passes Repeal of 1099 Tax Reporting Yesterday the House of Representatives passed the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011 (HR 4) by a vote of 314-112. The large bipartisan support signifies the importance of repealing the burdensome 1099 IRS tax filing requirement that would compel businesses, including physical therapy practitioners and business owners, to file an Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 for all business transactions of $600 or greater in aggregate with the same entity for each given year. The requirement was enacted through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The language of this bill differs from a separate repeal measure that was passed by the Senate earlier in the year, thus HR 4 must go to the Senate for consideration and passage before it can be signed into law.


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Inter-religious ed: Muslims at Catholic colleges and universities
A growing number of Muslim students are putting their faith in Catholic universities.
As a senior at Loyola University in Chicago, Mariam Choudhry is well aware of her school's Catholic identity. She sees it in the crucifixes hanging on every classroom wall, in the faces of the Jesuit priests walking through campus, and, of course, she's seen it when visiting the university's Madonna della Strada Chapel.
Thanks in part to Loyola's focus on spirituality, Choudhry has attended retreats and faith discussions and dedicated many hours to community service and campus ministry. All in all, she says, her faith has grown tremendously.
Much of that, she believes, is thanks to the university's Muslim Students Association (MSA), a group she has been active with since her freshman year. Choudhry, a practicing Muslim, is currently vice president.
Before coming to Loyola, Choudhry knew very little about Catholicism, other than what she picked up from pop culture and books like The DaVinci Code. Her reasons for choosing the university had more to do with finances than its Catholic identity.
Now that she's taken classes taught by priests and befriended her Catholic classmates, Choudhry has a much deeper understanding of Catholicism. After attending public schools her whole life, she says she enjoys being in an atmosphere where religion is embraced. She's even attended prayer services, like the Taizé service held on campus every Wednesday.
"It was really nice," Choudhry says. "I had never attended any other service outside of the mosque before. The only reason I did attend was because it was available on campus."
By enrolling in an "Introduction to Islam" class, she's learned about her own faith as well.
"I've always learned Islam from a religious setting, so I wanted to see it from an academic perspective," she says. "I learned a lot about Islam in that class, and I have been Muslim my whole life."
While Choudhry knows her faith is not the norm at her Jesuit-run university, she says she has never felt out of place.
"Loyola is a home to all faiths," she says. "You learn so much, not only from your own faith, but also from the other faiths that surround you."
The experience of students like Choudhry has become more and more common at Catholic colleges and universities around the country within the past decade. An annual study by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California in Los Angeles shows that about 5 percent of freshmen at Catholic colleges and universities identify themselves as members of a non-Christian religion.
While it is difficult to know for sure exactly how many of those students are Muslim, since not all campuses track the religious affiliations of students, in recent years many schools have noticed an increasing presence of Muslim students.
"We know that many Catholic campuses have been experiencing significant increases in enrollment by Muslim students, who recognize the inclusive, welcoming environment that they find at a Catholic university," says Michael Galligan-Stierle, president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities.
Take Catholic University of America in Washington. There the number of Muslim students doubled in only four years—rising from 56 to 122 between 2007 and 2011. Loyola University Chicago has also seen an increase. In 2004 the Chicago Tribune reported the total number of Muslims students there to be 300. This year the Loyola MSA received a list of 211 Muslim students in the freshman class alone. According to Choudhry, more than 300 Muslim students attended the MSA's annual welcome dinner in September.
The new numbers have resulted in both challenges and opportunities for Catholic universities. While administrators must decide how best to accommodate Muslim students, the students—both Catholic and otherwise—are enriched by the opportunity to learn about Islam firsthand.
Campus ministry
One of the biggest ways Catholic universities are reaching out to support Muslim and non-Catholic students is by providing prayer spaces where students can worship according to their own faith traditions without being surrounded by Catholic imagery.
At some schools non-Catholic students are given access to nondenominational interfaith prayer spaces. Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, for instance, has both a multifaith sanctuary for religious gatherings and a smaller soundproof meditation room, which is stocked with ottomans, prayer rugs, and writings from various religious traditions.
At universities with greater numbers of students practicing Islam, Muslims are given prayer spaces specifically designed for them. At Loyola, Muslims can worship in a student-run mosque in the Mundelein Center, alongside classrooms, conference rooms, and an auditorium.
And since 2009 Muslim students at DePaul University in Chicago have had a home in the Lincoln Park Muslim Life Center, located in the student center. Consisting of a prayer room, a lounge area, and a chaplain's office, the center is intended to be a place for Muslim prayer, study, and socializing.
Abdul-Malik Ryan, a graduate of DePaul's class of 1995, serves as the part-time chaplain for the university's more than 700 Muslim students. Every week he plans discussion groups and classes, leads Friday prayers, and advises the 150-member student group, United Muslims Moving Ahead (UMMA).
Though official numbers haven't indicated a large increase in Muslim students at DePaul, Ryan believes the Muslim community is much more visible now than when he was a student. At that time, UMMA was in its earliest stages, with only 20 to 25 students involved. Now, he says, the Muslim students are thriving.
"The center is pretty much full all the time during the week with people talking or hanging out. The prayer space is always available and the Friday prayers regularly have up to 50 people attending," Ryan says. "I think the Muslim students over time have really established a reputation as being some of the most active students on campus. . . . They are open to interfaith activities, very committed to their faith, but respectful of others."
So why is it so important for Catholic universities to reach out to these Muslim students? Mark Laboe, assistant vice president of university ministry at DePaul, believes ministering to non-Catholic students is a reflection of the early days of Catholic education in America. DePaul, he says, was founded initially as a reaction to religious discrimination against Catholic and Jewish immigrants.
"We were founded on this sense of anyone being welcome here, regardless of religious background," Laboe says. "We talked about there being no religious litmus test for people to come to DePaul —from the beginning, a Catholic institution that's not just for Catholics."
Jesuit Father Jack Treacy, director of campus ministry at Santa Clara University, believes serving those of other religions goes back to the very fundamentals of Catholicism. "I speak to every new student at orientation sessions and I tell them, if you hear nothing else from me, know that whatever your religious tradition, if any, you are welcomed, honored, and affirmed on our campus," Treacy says.
"That's our baseline for operations on campus ministry," he says. "Here we are at the 50th anniversary of Vatican II, which changed the mentality from fear or a discounting of other faiths and really shifted to one of reverence for other faiths. I think that one of the real gifts of Catholicism is the fact that we've stated very explicitly that we do recognize those who have other paths to God as holy and worthy of our love and our regard."
'A safe space'
Those welcoming attitudes are certainly appreciated by students like Dana Jabri, a practicing Muslim and DePaul sophomore. She was first attracted to her university because of its emphasis on community service. Since coming to DePaul, she has grown to appreciate how accepting the students and faculty are of her religious beliefs.
That's important for Jabri, who wears a head scarf and, though she frequents the school's prayer space, is not afraid to say her prayers in an empty corner of campus if necessary.
"Because it's a type of religious institution, DePaul embraces the idea of religion in and of itself," Jabri says. "I think people see that as important in this time and age. It's a safe space, a place to say, 'I have a faith journey and you do, too, even if it's not the same.' "
That's not to say some Catholic schools haven't had complaints about accommodating Muslim students. At Catholic University of America in Washington, controversy came in 2011 when a lawsuit was filed that alleged discrimination against Muslim students because of a lack of Muslim prayer rooms or a university-recognized Muslim student group.
But while the lawsuit made headlines in Washington, university officials say it did not reflect the actual experiences of Muslim students on campus. The suit was filed by John F. Banzhaf, a professor at George Washington University known for filing dozens of human rights complaints, and the Washington Post reported that Banzhaf had not actually received any grievances about the matter from Catholic University students. University president John Garvey issued a statement calling the lawsuit a "manufactured controversy" and reiterated that no student had filed any complaint with the university regarding the free exercise of religion on campus.
Reef Al Shabnan, who received her master's degree in political science from Catholic University this summer, certainly didn't feel any discrimination as a Muslim student. In fact, she believes her school's Catholic identity helped her to maintain her faith through the college years.
For Al Shabnan, the signs of Catholic life she saw on campus—the bells ringing from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the priests and religious walking around campus, and the Catholic references in class discussions—were reminders to reconnect with her own religious practices. "Being a religious school, there's a religious environment and practicing religion is expected," she says. "A lot of students are practicing religion in some shape or form, so praying on campus wasn't a problem really, in terms of getting weird stares or something."
Making the adjustment
Still, practicing Islam at a Catholic university is not entirely without challenges. Ryan believes the issues faced by Muslim students on Catholic campuses are often the same ones they would face at a public university. He says common difficulties include financial strain—due to Islamic traditions which discourage Muslims from taking out loans—and resisting temptation in college settings where drinking and partying may be the norm. (Islam prohibits the consumption of alcohol.)
If they are coming from conservative backgrounds, Muslim students can sometimes be taken aback by the casual gender interactions on campus. DePaul senior Saifa Hussain remembers feeling awkward when asked to hold hands with a male classmate during a freshman year "getting-to-know-you" activity. And when Choudhry went off to college at Loyola, she had to find an off-campus apartment where she could live since her family considered staying in a co-ed dorm to be out of the question.
Other problems stem from political tensions on campus, Ryan says. Often that tension is due to misconceptions about Islam related to terrorism, like the events of September 11. For some students, the college years are the first time they might have to deal with these stereotypes and respond to them.
"You always feel like you're in the spotlight and people are examining you since September 11, and that is heightened every time a new event like that happens," Ryan says. "It is something that young people forming their identity have to deal with. Even if a lot of people aren't asking you about it or telling you about it, you kind of have to ask yourself, 'What would I say?' "
That thought was echoed by Mohamad Kanaan, who graduated from Catholic University in May 2012 with a master's degree in biomedical engineering. Originally from Saudi Arabia, Kanaan lived in Lebanon before moving to the United States. He chose Catholic University for its engineering program and because he was interested in experiencing other religions.
While there, he was impressed with how open and accommodating the university was to Muslim students. Still, he did have occasional run-ins with people who equated Islam with terrorism.
Because of situations like that, Kanaan says he learned that Muslim students must be open to other viewpoints since, in many ways, they are representatives of their religion on campus. Sometimes in classes he's been asked questions which he found offensive, but he says he tried to answer them respectfully so as not to reflect poorly on Islam.
"You have to be open-minded because by answering those questions (negatively), you're not going to hurt yourself, but you're going to hurt the Muslim perspective," Kanaan says.
Learning through conversation
Muslim students say they are often asked about Islam by their classmates. During her time at DePaul, Hussain has been challenged through conversations with classmates of other religions. As a result, she has asked questions she had never even thought about before—questions about difficult topics like death and salvation. She's also been exposed to different ideas about Islam and had to consider how to fit them into her life.
"Before I went to DePaul, I probably had a more narrow version of God," Hussain says. "Now I've learned this idea of thinking outside the box and challenging everything before you know what you believe in. The more you interact with different things, the more questions you may have that you never really thought about before."
Seher Siddiqee, a junior at Santa Clara, encourages her friends to question her about Islam.
"I try to keep it open," she says. "I say, 'Ask me any question and I really won't get offended.' I really try to emphasize that it's an open space, and I really try to be open and honest with my experience and my faith."
Siddiqee says that talking about her faith with other students has helped her to better understand her own beliefs. Sometimes she doesn't know the answers right away and is forced to do more research, which helps her learn.
"My faith and my journey is continually changing because of those interactions," she says. "I feel like all of the discussions are fruitful to me because I get to ask questions and so do they."
The Rev. Aimee Moiso, director of interfaith and ecumenical ministries at Santa Clara, believes interfaith discussions can be valuable to college students, who are often still growing into their belief systems.
"The biggest way I think students grow and change in engagement with someone different than them is that they clarify what their beliefs are," she says.
"If we hang out with a bunch of people with whom we agree, we don't often get to question ourselves. [These conversations] tend to sharpen our way of thinking and broaden our understanding of ourselves in a way we never expected."
Interreligious benefits
In addition to learning about Islam, Siddiqee says those conversations have taught her a lot about what it means to be Catholic. "In high school I feel like I learned the basic principles of Catholicism, and I think Santa Clara has really allowed me to see those principles put into practice. It has shown me what it means to be Catholic and the different ways individuals incorporate Catholicism into their lives," she says.
At Catholic University Al Shabnan says she had lots of interaction with other non-Muslim students. In classes for her major she only knew of one other Muslim. And on a study abroad trip, she traveled with a group of mostly devout Catholics, who on Easter taught her about Good Friday and the resurrection. By spending so much time with Catholic students, she learned how diverse the faith can be.
"Most of my friends from my major are not Muslim. They're not all Catholics, but some of them are, and even the Catholics are not all the same," she says. "They're divided between pro-choice and pro-life, Democrat and Republican."
Hussain says she was drawn to DePaul because of the school's focus on political and social consciousness. During her time as a student, she has really learned to embrace the Catholic ideals of the school, which are drawn from the life and teachings of St. Vincent DePaul.
"I really like the idea of doing good works and being ambassadors in this world by helping humanity and helping creation, and that's really a part of the faith," she says. "It's not just about me having a certain belief system, it's about serving, and that's something that really resonated with me being Muslim. Serving others and doing good works for other people is about two thirds of the Quran."
Laboe believes the presence of the Muslim and other non-Catholic students on campus can also benefit Catholic students. Muslim students, in particular, can be a good example because of their reverence for the divine and their dedication to prayer.
"Our Muslim students have helped us here at DePaul become better Catholics and better people of faith, partly because they have shown us faith is something you don't have to hide when you walk in the door, that you can become a person of faith and not be ashamed, that you can be a person of faith and pray often," he says.
"College campuses, even at Catholic universities, are not necessarily places where people feel comfortable showing their religion publicly," says Ryan. "I think when other students see that, it enables them to feel more comfortable doing the same thing—talking about their faith, showing their faith, and realizing there's no reason to be shy."
Conversion experience
On the other hand, of course, there is the question of conversions. Laboe has heard the concern that by exposing Catholic students to the religious beliefs of others, they might lose their faith or end up leaving the church.
From time to time it does happen. Before becoming DePaul's Muslim chaplain, Ryan grew up Catholic and converted to Islam as a DePaul student. His conversion, he says, was entirely self-driven. He had stopped practicing his faith before setting foot on campus, and his interests in African American history and the life of Malcolm X eventually led him to Islam.
Though conversions do happen occasionally, Ryan says experiences like his are not the norm. More often, non-Muslim students involved with UMMA come for nonreligious reasons. They may be studying Islam or tagging along with a friend. In typical college fashion, some come primarily for free food.
No matter what their motivation is, though, both Laboe and Ryan believe students should be given the opportunity to think for themselves, to question what they believe and to explore other traditions. Though some students may eventually switch religions, Laboe finds more often that the interfaith dialogue ends up renewing a person's commitment to their own religion and helping them become "religiously mature adults."
"I think that exposure (to other religions) calls them back to deepen their understanding of their own faith and deepens their own desire to understand a little bit more who they are and what they are about," Laboe says.
Part of what comes with being a religiously mature adult is understanding and respecting what other people believe. Moiso believes it is necessary for students to understand other faith traditions so that after college, they can become informed voices in their chosen fields.
"In this day and age people need to be religiously literate," she says. "They need to know what religions believe and what they are about. They need to understand the relationship between religion and culture, which makes a big difference in immigrant communities. Being able to be fluent in all of those different areas is critical to being successful in this world and being peacemakers."
In her time at Loyola Choudhry says she has benefited greatly from the interactions with her classmates of other faith traditions. After college she hopes to earn her medical degree and eventually provide medical care for those living in impoverished areas. She believes the interfaith encounters she's had as a college student will make a difference in how she treats her patients.
"When I go into one-on-one contact with patients, I'm not going to go in having those misconceptions that I might have initially had, and I think that will clear a lot of explaining the individual would have had to do," she says. "[This interfaith dialogue] really opens your eyes to the diversity, and shows that just because you are Catholic or Muslim or whatever, there is so much more to you than just that faith label."
This article appeared in the February 2013 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 78, No. 2, pages 12-17).
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Named in honor of alumnus and standout athlete Louis A. Mitchell '57, Denison's Mitchell Center is the centerpiece of Denison Big Red athletics. The expansive Mitchell Center houses Livingston Gymnasium, the new Trumbull Aquatics Center, Mitchell Fieldhouse, the Crown Fitness Center, and Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse. Mr. Mitchell was the lead donor for both the original Mitchell indoor track construction which opened in 1994 and the most recent facility renovation and expansion that was completed in 2013.
A focal point of the new $38.5 million construction and renovation, is the Trumbull Aquatics Center. One of the finest aquatics facilities in the Midwest, the Trumbull Aquatics Center features a 50-meter long, 25-yard wide competition course; a large diving well with four springboards; and spectator seating for more than 1,000. The facility is four-times larger than the college's former natatorium, Mike Gregory Pool. The new aquatics center is named for Scott Trumbull '70, the pool's lead donor and one of Denison's first NCAA Postgraduate Scholars as a Big Red football standout. Also included in the new construction is an office wing for the college's coaching staff, an athletic training suite, as well as a new sweeping entry and lobby featuring a magnificent Varsity D Association Hall of Fame display and "The Red Zone," a large-scale interactive video experience.
The Trumbull Aquatics Center sits adjacent to the 81,000 square-foot Mitchell Fieldhouse, which was built in 1994. The track area houses an Olympic-sized 200-meter Mondo surface track and four indoor tennis courts, as well as two regulation international squash courts. The facility remains one of region's top indoor track facilities. It has hosted the North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Championships 15 times since 1995.
Down the hall from the aquatics center and the indoor track, is the home of Denison basketball and volleyball, Livingston Gymnasium. The facility, which opened in 1949 and seats 1,500, underwent a major renovation in 2005, highlighted by new bleachers and chair-back seating. Over the years the venerable gym has played host to local high school tournaments, collegiate postseason contests, speakers, and musical acts. In 1966, Diana Ross and the Supremes performed in front of a packed house at Livingston Gym. The facility is named for alumnus and longtime athletic director, Walter J. Livingston, a 1905 Denison graduate.
Next to Livingston Gymnasium is Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse, or the "Rec Gym" as it is known by most Denisonians. It features three hardwood basketball and volleyball courts, a jogging track and an alternate indoor practice venue for Denison's outdoor sports. Inside of Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse is the new Waddell Golf Facility which opened in 2013. The multifaceted indoor training facility is available to the Denison men's and women's varsity golf teams allowing for year-round training.
The 8,000 square-foot Crown Fitness Center sits on the footprint of the former Gregory Pool. It offers more than 100 pieces of equipment, including treadmills, ellipticals, stationary bikes, rowers, climbers, strength equipment and free weights. Named for 1985 graduate and trustee, Janet Crown, the state-of-the-art facility gives all Denison students, faculty, and staff an opportunity to strengthen the body as well as the mind.
The entire Mitchell Center renovation project was constructed according to the LEED standards, a national benchmark for sustainable design by the U.S. Green Building Council.


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Wes Brown's last-minute header earned Sunderland the victory at Loftus Road - just when it looked like they had gifted QPR a point.
Sunderland were 2-0 up and in control courtesy of goals from Nicklas Bendtner and Stephane Sessegnon when slack defending allowed QPR back into the game.
QPR had been toothless for the best part of an hour but launched an unlikely comeback when Heidar Helguson bundled Alejandro Faurlin's cross into the Sunderland net.
The Icelandic striker then provided the knock-down for Jamie Mackie to draw QPR level before Rs goalkeeper Paddy Kenny kept it that way with two magnificent saves.
But Brown clinched the victory for Sunderland with a header from Kieran Richardson's corner which Faurlin could not keep out, despite his best efforts on the line.
There were no pre-match indications of the drama to come, with both sides struggling for wins and QPR the lowest-scoring team in the Barclays Premier League.
After an hour it was easy to see why and manager Neil Warnock will need to sharpen QPR's cutting edge in the January transfer window if they are to move away from the relegation zone.
For Sunderland, Martin O'Neill has now overseen two wins from his first three matches in charge and he elicited an immediate reaction from Bendtner.
The Danish striker and midfielder Lee Cattermole both returned to the side for the first time since being arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.
O'Neill told on-loan Bendtner the best way to impress him would be to behave himself off the pitch and score more goals on it, challenging him to "win us some football matches".
And Bendtner set the ball rolling. He had already hit the post with a stooping header from Sebastian Larsson's free-kick when he put Sunderland ahead.
Sunderland counter-attacked, won a corner and Bendtner muscled past Matthew Connolly to meet Richardson's delivery from the the right-hand side with a powerful near-post header.
QPR's confidence drained after conceding such a simple goal. Passes were woefully misplaced, corners needlessly conceded and the patience of the home support was growing thin.
Sessegnon came close to doubling Sunderland's lead when he cut inside and saw his shot deflected over the bar while Danny Gabbidon conceded a corner from Richardson's weak cross-shot.
Faurlin combined well with Armand Traore down the left to force a corner but Helgusson's header went straight at Sunderland keeper Keiren Westwood.
Warnock sent on Adel Taarabt at half-time and that enlivened QPR, who came close to drawing level when Helguson's header was cleared off the Sunderland line by Titus Bramble.
But Gabbidon then misjudged a header and Sessegnon latched onto the ball and rounded Kenny to fire Sunderland 2-0 and seemingly seal the win.
But from nowhere QPR hit back. Westwood and Brown failed to deal with Faurlin's cross and Helguson bundled it home.
Four minutes later, Helguson turned provider, heading the ball down for Mackie to score his first goal since breaking his leg in January.
Having battled their way back to level terms, QPR had Kenny to thank for keeping it that way until the last minute with two magnificent acrobatic saves.
Craig Gardner had Bendtner available but tried to curl his shot inside the far post - only to see Kenny palm his effort around the post.
Sunderland still had more pace about them in attack and Sessegnon almost picked out Richardson with a reverse ball before Phil Bardsley was denied by more Kenny acrobatics.
But neither Kenny nor Faurlin on the line could do anything to deny Brown, who met Richardson's corner and directed his header inside the far post.
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Earlier this week we told you that scientists who do research in Antarctica have been on pins and needles, worried that the government shutdown would effectively cancel all of their planned field work this year.
Well, those scientists just got the news they didn't want to hear.
Today, officials at the U.S. Antarctic Program posted a statement online saying they are moving to "caretaker" status at the three U.S. research stations, ships and other assets, and all research activities not essential to human safety and the preservation of property will be stopped.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is responsible for managing and coordinating the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) on behalf of the nation. This includes providing support personnel and facilities and coordinating transportation and other logistics for scientific research. Due to the lapse in appropriation, funds for this support will be depleted on or about October 14, 2013.
Without additional funding, NSF has directed its Antarctic support contractor to begin planning and implementing caretaker status for research stations, ships and other assets. The agency is required to take this step as a result of the absence of appropriation and the Antideficiency Act.
Under caretaker status, the USAP will be staffed at a minimal level to ensure human safety and preserve government property, including the three primary research stations, ships and associated research facilities. All field and research activities not essential to human safety and preservation of property will be suspended.
As NSF moves to caretaker status, it will also develop the information needed to restore the 2013-14 austral summer research program to the maximum extent possible, once an appropriation materializes. It is important to note, however, that some activities cannot be restarted once seasonally dependent windows for research and operations have passed, the seasonal workforce is released, science activities are curtailed and operations are reduced.
NSF remains committed to protecting the safety and health of its deployed personnel and to its stewardship of the USAP under these challenging circumstances.
Most research in this remote, icy continent at the bottom of the world takes place from October to February, when it's warmer and there's enough daylight. Scientists who go down there depend on things like housing and transportation provided by the U.S. Antarctic Program. It supports three research stations, including one at the South Pole, that are staffed year-round.
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"Wow, it's looking pretty bad right now. I was a lot more optimistic yesterday," John Priscu, a Montana State University biologist who has been to Antarctica about thirty times, told us after he heard the news.
He says he was stunned by the announcement and was still trying to understand what this will mean both for his research and the entire field season down there. "I don't think anybody really knows," Priscu says.
"It's a thing that's never happened before," says Peter Doran, a professor of Earth sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who was scheduled to go to Antarctica later this year. "I'm still hoping that something will happen middle-of-the-month in Congress that will turn this around."
But he says it's a huge operation to fly people in and out of McMurdo Research Station, and plans can't be made and unmade quickly.
"There's things that really that they have to do. There are people still at the South Pole Station that have been there all winter. They need to get visited to have supplies refreshed. They need fuel, all that kind of stuff," says Doran.
Research that could be affected includes biological studies of animals like penguins, as well as astrophysics and studies on the effects of climate change.
This is the time of year when scientists make the long trek down to the bottom of the world to study Antarctica. They have just a few months to do their work before the icy continent sinks into its dark, frigid winter. These researchers are used to dealing with all kinds of hardships - extreme cold, fuel shortages - but this year they've been hit by something unprecedented.
The U.S. Antarctic Program says it is stopping most research activities because of the partial government shutdown. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce is here to tell us what's going on. Good morning.
NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE, BYLINE: Good morning.
MONTAGNE: Now, how is the shutdown affecting this remote place?
GREENFIELDBOYCE: Well, as you can imagine, the fact that it's so remote means that it's very difficult to get there and move scientific equipment around. So all the logistics like housing and transportation for the scientists are handled by the U.S. Antarctic Program. It runs three research stations and things like ships. That whole program is paid for by the National Science Foundation, which is shut down. So there's a funding crunch.
The government contractor for logistics in Antarctica is Lockheed Martin and Lockheed Martin's support program there is going to run out of money soon, around October 14th. Yesterday, the National Science Foundation announced that they were putting research on hold, pulling people out of Antarctica and going into what's called caretaker status.
MONTAGNE: Well, I want to ask you about caretaker status. I mean, I'm not quite sure what that means. But pulling people out? That sounds really hard.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: Yeah. So caretaker status, that would mean just skeleton crews at the research stations, the bare minimum to keep things going. Everybody else comes back home. And that's a big deal because this is the time of year when activity normally is ramping up.
I mean, there's advanced teams that have been going to McMurdo Research Station since August getting everything ready for the scientists to arrive. And the research season only runs from October to February. That's basically the Antarctic summer. There are some things that have to get done. For example, there are people who have overwintered at the South Pole. That station needs to be visited and supplied with things like fuel. But other than that, it's not clear what, if anything, will happen down there this year.
MONTAGNE: So how have the scientists been reacting?
GREENFIELDBOYCE: The ones I talk to are floored. I mean, they're stunned. One person who's worked in Antarctica for 30 years said that he's never seen anything like this and that it looked really bad. The National Science Foundation says that if the shutdown ends and it gets more funding, it will try to resume research. But doing work in Antarctica usually takes a ton of logistics and planning.
I mean, you're moving around airplanes and helicopters and icebreakers. Scientists say once you turn all that off, you can't just flip a switch and bring it all back online.
MONTAGNE: Right.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: Some projects probably just won't be able to be restarted. Researchers worry that if they miss their narrow window to go they're basically going to miss their one chance to see what's happening in Antarctica this year.
MONTAGNE: Well, just briefly give us some idea of what kind of research we are talking about here that might be missed.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: Oh, all kinds of things. I mean, they have telescopes down there for astrophysics. They're studying lakes under the ice sheets, looking for signs of life. They're tracking the effects of climate change. Other countries have programs down there too, like the United Kingdom and Russia, but scientists say the U.S. has the best and biggest Antarctic program in the world. And now it's on hold.
MONTAGNE: OK. So the shutdown hits the Antarctic. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce, thanks very much.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: Thank you.
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