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Google's latest "Summer of Code" has ended, and Moodle users are among the big beneficiaries. Begun in 2005, the program pays stipends to student developers 18 or older to write code for open source software projects. The students are teamed up with mentors from the participating projects in order to give them exposure to the nitty-gritty of real-world software development and potential opportunities for future employment. This year about 1,200 students participated over the course of three to four months.
Moodle became involved as one of the open source participants with a list of potential projects seven years ago and has been part of the initiative since then. Currently, there are 177 "mentoring organizations." In 2013 Moodle was matched up with seven students, six of whom completed their projects.
Moodle Development Manager Michael de Raadt, based in Australia, announced the final outcome last week. The projects include four plugins, one function, and a rewrite. All are works in progress.
Self-assessment activity using the question bank, a plugin by Jayesh Anandani, lets students test their understanding of a topic in practice sessions and allows teachers to add and update questions in the question bank and create new practice sessions.
Course search, a plugin by Shashikant Vaishnav, adds advanced features that go beyond the basic core search. It's intended to be fast and flexible and able to sort results by relevance. It's also meant to work on different database engines and with different content languages.
BioAuth, a plugin by Vinnie Monaco, provides a mechanism for verifying a user's identity based on "behavioral biometrics," useful for determining who actually took a given quiz. The program captures keystrokes from a user and matches those against a known template for that user. The initial release was intended to support biometric authentication for essay-type questions.
Evernote Portfolio, a plugin by Vishal Raheja, allows users to sync Moodle and cloud service Evernote activities more efficiently by allow them to upload content to their Evernote accounts.
SCORM player rewrite, a project by Mayank Gupta, revises the current implementation. Sharable Content Object Reference Model, or SCORM, is a set of standards for digital curriculum that enables it to be used across learning management systems and other applications. A SCORM player delivers that content using the Yahoo user interface library (UIL). This effort updated the SCORM player to the latest edition of the UIL and added a new HTML5 player for delivering SCORM content.
Global search, a function by Prateek Sachan, enables search for keywords across the entire Moodle site while still maintaining security.
Typically, Google's Summer of Code timeline begins early in the calendar year when mentoring organizations submit applications to the company. The student application process will open in the spring.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is like the air: It is so ubiquitous that it tends to be overlooked. But the reality of the IoT, and the machine-to-machine (M2M) sensors that are its heart and soul, is that it is transforming much of what we do and how we do it.
Strategy Analytics released a report last month that predicted M2M connections will grow from 368 million this year to 2.9 billion by 2022. At that point, the firm said, 78 percent of those connections will be on 3G or faster networks. Despite its ability to hide in plain sight, the IoT is a massively important topic. This slideshow merely scratches the surface of the rapidly expanding uses of the IoT.
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Lavigne opens up about bar scuffle
Canadian singer AVRIL LAVIGNE has revealed she was left bloody and bruised after a bar scuffle in Los Angeles over the weekend (05-06Nov11), alleging she was brutally targeted by five others in an unprovoked attack.
The Complicated hitmaker and her boyfriend, reality TV star Brody Jenner, were enjoying a night out at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel when Lavigne allegedly became involved in an argument with another woman in the early hours of Sunday morning (06Nov11).
Jenner reportedly attempted to intervene and was allegedly struck on the head with a bottle during the commotion. He later sought hospital treatment for his injuries.
Lavigne has now addressed the reports, confirming she was involved in a brawl but denying suggestions she started the altercation, which she claims left her with a black eye and a bloody nose.
In a series of posts on Twitter.com she writes, "I don't fight. I don't believe in it. To clear things up I got attacked by 5 people last night out of nowhere. Not cool. My face is f**ked. As in black eye, bloody nose, hair ripped out, scratches, bruises and cuts.
"So not OK to be abusive to others. Violence is NEVER the answer."
Jenner adds, "Interesting Saturday night... Just got (out) of the hospital with a new scar on my face... Charges/chargers!!!"


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Stimulus (ARRA) Funding for Research Development
In President Obama 's speech on research given yesterday at the National Academy of Science, the President offered a series of proposals that are what the research university community and others have long hoped and desired. It could well be a historic speech.
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June 10, 2009 – The full House Appropriations Committee cleared the asure. Many items are of interest in that they coincide with UW System federal priorities. The bill includes, among other items:
$6.9 billion for the National Science Foundation (NSF), $446 million above the current FY2009 level and $108 billion below the administration request.
$18.2 billion for NASA, $483 million above the current level and$483 million below the request.
$781 million for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), $57.5 million below FY2009 levels and $65 million below the administration request. Within NIST, the bill would fund the Technology Innovation Program at $70 million.
NOAA would be funded at $4.6 billion, $238 million above the current level and $129 million above the request.


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As one rally rolled out of the Houma area, another rolled right in.
For about a week and a half, the Cajun Paradise Mega RV Rally is being held at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center. Last week the Louisiana Harley Owners Group rally was there.
As one rally rolled out of the Houma area, another rolled right in.
For about a week and a half, the Cajun Paradise Mega RV Rally is being held at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center. Last week the Louisiana Harley Owners Group rally was there.
About 160 travelers from the U.S. and Canada are part of the rally organized by Adventure Caravans, a travel agent for motor home owners.
One couple is even here from Mars — Pennsylvania, that is.
"It's about 20 miles north of Pittsburgh," said Susan Cox who is joined by her husband, Bob.
Through April 19, you'll see about 80 RVs parked in the Civic Center's parking lot as their owners travel by bus for tours of Terrebonne Parish, New Iberia, New Orleans and other places.
"This is the second time we've been in Houma. The first time we were here was in 2006," said Adventure Caravans' owner Tina Poole. "We thoroughly enjoyed it. The people here opened their arms to us, so we thought we would come back."
Poole said what first drew the rally to Houma was her company's quest for "something different."
"We're always looking for something a little bit off the beaten path," she said. "It's close enough that we can go to the French Quarter or Mardi Gras World and get a sample of all that."
Originally from California, Poole and her parents eventually moved to southeast Texas where, she said, she became fond of southern hospitality.
"I personally like the hospitality of the South. I think it's very genuine," she said. "There are not too many places you can go and eat barbecue and somebody calls you 'baby.' And this happens to be one of them."
Guided tours and activities for the travelers will promote local food, music and culture. And visitors said they're excited to see all that Terrebonne and the surrounding parishes have to offer.
Bob Cox said he'd really like to see alligators and "swamp people like the ones on TV."
The tour on Day 7 of the rally will bring them to the Greenwood Gator Farm in Gibson, but Bob's more interested in seeing alligators "on the side of the road," he said.
Susan is ready to taste beignets from Caf� Du Monde in New Orleans, she said. The couple have plans to separate from the group a few times during the rally to explore on their own.
"We want to see some native crafts, you know, stuff I won't see 'Japan' stamped on," Bob said. "We're also after some crawfish and other things we don't have at home."
Susan said it's important to try something other than what's normally available to them.
"We don't go to Applebee's and places like that," she said. "Although, we did go to Waffle House because we don't have it near our house, and it's such a treat when we come down South."
Horace Guidry, 85, and his wife, Norma, 75, of Lafayette, are familiar with Houma, but they came for the rally because they "just can't get enough."
The couple arrived in town about five days before the rally started to have more time to enjoy Terrebonne Parish. For lunch Tuesday, they went to 1921 Seafood and tried as many dishes as they could eat.
They said they plan to return to the restaurant for more before they leave.
The rally's activity schedule includes a Cajun Fais-Do-Do and seafood boil, a mini Mardi Gras celebration, plantation and swamp tours, and entertainment by local performers.
Jan Rice, of Tucson, Ariz., said she's looking forward to it all, specifically the visit to New Orleans.
"My mom and I are here together. We have friends in Chauvin we're going to go visit," said Rice, 52. "And I'm looking forward to trying all the Louisiana food — seafood, gumbo, jambalaya."
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Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Release: St. Louis Bi-Weekly Reserves and Monetary Base
The Adjusted Monetary Base is the sum of currency (including coin) in circulation outside Federal Reserve Banks and the U.S. Treasury, plus deposits held by depository institutions at Federal Reserve Banks. These data are adjusted for the effects of changes in statutory reserve requirements on the quantity of base money held by depositories.
This series has been reconstructed starting July 14, 2003. For further information, please refer to https://files.stlouisfed.org/research/publications/review/03/09/Anderson.pdf. Historical data and components are available at https://files.stlouisfed.org/research/publications/review/03/09/0309ra.xls.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, St. Louis Adjusted Monetary Base [BASE], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BASE, June 19, 2019.


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I have been convicted lately considering how much thought and intentionality I love to put into preparing our hearts for the birth of Christ during the Advent season and then how little thought I take to preparing for the ultimate accumulation of Christ's life in his death and resurrection that is the focus of our Easter celebrations. It usually just comes upon me with little to no thought or preparation. In light of this, I felt like this was the year to begin cultivating more intentionality in celebrating this glorious occasion which is the foundation for our faith. I am beginning early by preparing a list of activities that our family could complete during the lent season of preparation. There are 40 days of Lent, which starts on Wednesday, February 22, this year. I have decided to compile these activities on cards that could be completed throughout this 40 day period. These activities are primarily for young children but could be adapted as necessary. Pick and chose any of these ideas for your own use as desired. I hope to do 2-3 of them each week during Lent.
1. Make a Jesus Tree.
During the Advent season, we like to make a Jesse tree with symbols representing stories throughout the Old Testament that led up to the birth of Christ Jesus. For Easter/Lent celebration, why not make a Jesus Tree with images or symbols from the life and death of Christ. Find ideas to make your own Jesus tree here or buy a complete kit here.
2. Start a Garden.
Start a garden indoors to help your children understand the death and rebirth of Christ. Plant little lettuce seeds or whatever seeds you desire. Explain how the planting symbolizes the death of Jesus and how the sprouting seed symbolizes His rebirth. When Easter arrives, transplant your seedlings to your yard.
3. Make pretzels.
Pretzels were a common fasting food among early Christians, and they were traditionally made of flour, water and salt. The shape of the simple food signifies the arms crossed in prayer. Share your pretzels with a neighbor or family you are seeking to reach out to.
4. Make hot cross buns.
Hot cross buns are also a traditional Lenten bread. Make some with your children while explaining how they are important in the celebration of Lent. The buns may have originated in the 12th century, and the frosting is applied as a cross. Younger children can make simple, bread-shaped crosses to give to grandparents, friends and other family members.
5. Make Easter Story Cookies.
6. Make a Salt Dough Crown of Thorns. An alternative idea: make a crown out of playdough and toothpicks.
7. Make a "Stained Glass" Cross.
8. Encourage a Heart for World Prayer.
Lent is a season of focused preparation and a great opportunity to focus on praying for the world around us. Traditionally, the first Friday in Lent is celebrated as a World Day of Prayer. Chose a continent to focus on during each week leading up to Easter.
9. Take a Nature Scavenger hunt and collect items that remind you of the life of Jesus.
Two sticks could be used to form a cross, a stone could represent the stone across the tomb, a thorn could represent the crown on Jesus' head, an acorn shell to represent the cup at the Last Supper, long branch to represent a whip, something black (for sin), something red (blood), something white (a clean heart), something green (growing in Christ). Older children can go on a digital scavenger hunt, taking photographs of items that remind them of Easter.
10. Have a foot washing for your family.
Fill a bucket with water. Grab a few towels, and discuss how Jesus washed the feet of His disciples and commanded them to love one another (John 13:34-35). Pray for one another.
11. Read an Easter related book. (See recommendations below)
12. Paint your doorpost for Passover.
Allow your kids to paint red paint on the (paper covered) doorpost to a particular room or the front door of your home to represent the Passover. Read Exodus 12:1-42. Explain Christ's death as the ultimate sacrifice for sin and discuss the significance of God giving up His firstborn son.
13. Help your child understand that Jesus was called "the Lamb of God" (John 1:29; 1 Cor. 5:7-8). Make a lamb craft project with your kids by gluing cotton balls to a paper plate, then add pink and black construction paper eyes, ears, muzzle, nose and hooves.
14. Discuss as a family something that you could give up and give to another or use the money saved on that regular purchase to give to a charity ministry.
15. Listen to Handel's Messiah.
16. Make a "He Is Risen" or "Our Redeemer Lives" poster and hang in a prominent place in your home on Easter morning.
17. Bake something for a shut-in or needy family.
18. Make palm leaf crosses.
19. Act out the "parade" of Palm Sunday as a family.
Take turns being the donkey, Jesus, and the part of the crowd. Discuss that "Hosanna" means "Save us, we beseech thee." Read John 12:12-13. Make palm branches out of green construction paper and decorate the dinner table with your creations.
20. Dye Easter eggs and discuss the new life that has been a symbol of spring since ancient times. Discuss the "new life" that we experience in Christ.
21. Make a sand craft.
Sand is a Lent symbol of how God led the Israelites in their journey in the desert and how Jesus faced temptations for 40 days in the dessert.
22. Collect purple things from around your home.
Discuss how purple is the color of Lent. Purple symbolizes the pain and suffering leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus. It is also the color of royalty and symbolizes the kingship of Jesus in our lives. Wear something purple for the day.
23. Make a Jesus is Risen Tomb Craft. Discuss the significance of Christ's resurrection.
24. Watch The Passion or Animated Passion as appropriate for your family.
25. Get Buried in Grave-clothes.
Read Matthew 27:57-61. Wrap up one of your children in toilet paper, or "grave clothes". Allow the child to break free from the toilet paper and talk about how sad the disciples must have felt and how happy they must have been when they saw that Jesus had conquered death.
26. Find your own grave stone.
Go to a park, search for an oversized boulder and try to move it. Read Matthew 27:62-66; 28:1-4. Discuss how a large stone couldn't keep Jesus in the tomb and how surprised the soldiers must have been when it was rolled away.
Christian Lent Activities for Children
Great Books/Resources for Easter:
The Animated Passion Film
The Passion Film
The Gospel of John film (this is our favorite adaption of the life of Jesus)
From Trail to the Tree: A Family Devotional for Lent from Ann Voskamp (with printables for your own Easter/Jesus tree)
Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter - deep thoughtful articles from many classic authors (C.S. Lewis, Bonhoeffer, Chesterton, etc.). A great choice for a couple to read together or for families with older children.
Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross by Nancy Guthrie – another wonderful compilation of short articles by various authors that will help draw your heart to the Cross during this season.
A Season of Lent - devotional guide for the seven weeks leading up to Easter with a focused thing to fast from each week
The Very First Easter
The Tale of Three Trees – a fun children's story
Benjamin's Box (best used with the Resurrection Egg symbols)
The Legend of the Easter Egg – a fun children's story
Resurrection Eggs – we have used these cute visual and select Scripture passages for meaningful discussion on Easter. Hide them and have kids find them and open one by one as you retell the story.
Felt Easter Banner – check our the Heart Felt Truths etsy shop for this fun homemade easter banner that provides you with meaningful visuals for Holy Week with felt icons and Scriptures passages for discussion. Very cute! Make your own instructions here.
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text: First established as a private hospital in 1919, the Regional Medical Center (RMC) has grown into a regional healthcare system with a 286-bed acute care hospital and 23 primary care and specialty care practices. Owned by Orangeburg and Calhoun counties, the non-profit hospital has more than 100 physicians on staff, over 1,200 employees and 150 volunteers. RMC is clinically affiliated with MUSC Health, South Carolina's most nationally recognized and comprehensive academic medical center, to further enhance select healthcare services for patients in the region. Accredited by The Joint Commission with Advanced Certification as a Primary Stroke Center, RMC is also designated as a Level III Trauma Center. RMC's full range of medical services include 24-Hour Emergency Care, Breast Health, Cancer Care, Cardiology, General and Vascular Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Occupational Medicine, Orthopaedics, Physical Therapy, Psychiatric Care, Rehabilitation, Wound Care, Employer Relations, Community Outreach and Wellness. RMC's Healthy Living Center helps patients manage diabetes while the RMC Dialysis Access Institute, led by renowned surgeon Dr. John Ross, provides kidney disease patients with life-saving access procedures. The RMC healthcare system includes seven Primary Care practices in Orangeburg, Calhoun and Bamberg counties; two Urgent Care practices with physician, lab and X-Ray; specialty practices in Cardiology, Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Urology, Pathways to Behavioral Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well as Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology; and five HEALTHPLEX Wellness and Fitness Centers. RMC's Home Care delivers a variety of home health care in Orangeburg, Calhoun and Bamberg counties. Learn more about the RMC and MUSC Health Affiliation.


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Gavin DeGraw Hospitalized After Assault in NYC
On Sunday night, Gavin DeGraw met up with some friends for a night out in Manhattan.
On Monday morning, he was in the hospital with a broken nose.
Police say DeGraw was assaulted on the street by a "pack of thugs" around 4:30 a.m. on Monday — and then hit by a cab as he tried to get away from his attackers. According to a statement later issued by his representatives, "Gavin DeGraw was assaulted … and was taken to the emergency room at Bellevue Hospital by ambulance. He is currently under observation. We have no additional information at this time."
DeGraw, who has recently been on tour with Train and Maroon 5, is described as being in "stable condition." His next album, 'Sweeter,' is scheduled for a September 20 release.


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Pedal alongside sparkling glaciers and through the quiet trails of countryside in the spectacular Whistler Valley. Experience the joy of skiing and snowboarding on the majestic mountains of Blackcomb spread over 8,100 acres of snow covered slopes. In peak season, there is up to 25 feet of snow, which makes it a perfect choice for adventure lovers. The thrill of dining at 6000 feet is definitely not to be missed while in Whistler.
Don't wait for anniversary or Valentine's Day. Just plan a surprise holiday for your partner. Choose from our adventure vacations for couples where romance and creativity are woven together for an unforgettable experience. Let your soul connect to the divine as you walk through the ancient forests of Callaghan Valley and relax sipping on simple herbal teas from medicinal plants. The hike to the top of Joffre Lake proves worthwhile when you look down at the lake. The water is so clear that you can actually see right through to the bottom of the lake. And if you are courageous enough, take a dip in the freezing cold water of Joffre's glacier fed lakes. Hike through the rainforests in Alice Lake Provincial Park and spend a lazy day admiring the beauty of its grassy forests and fresh water lakes.
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This pattern uses a silky 100% cotton DK yarn (light worsted weight) called Rico Design Essentials Cotton DK which gives a lovely finish for finer projects. Perhaps a little 'strandy' to work with but it is worth sticking with for the results.
So I picked colours Berry and Silver and I used a 2.5mm crochet hook, you can use up to a 3.5mm crochet hook though but bigger hooks will make slightly bigger hearts.
To start you need to make on average about 10 hearts, you may need to crochet more or less hearts depending on your required sizing.
To make the hearts you will be working different stitches into a magic circle which can be tricky so you may prefer to chain 4 stitches to start, slip stitch into your first chain to form a loop and then work these stitches into that loop. Whatever is easiest for you.
Step 1 - Making your hearts
Crochet [4tr, 3dc, 1tr, 3dc, 4tr] into your magic circle, pull to tighten and sl st into the centre of your loop to finish. Leave long tails at the beginning and the end to sew your hearts together.
You can watch my video here on how to make the hearts as well.
Then all you need to do is to use the remaining tail ends to tie your bracelet onto your wrist. You may prefer to sew your starting heart's tail ends to the bottom of your heart.
And now you're done!
I hope you enjoyed that quick tutorial. Stay inspired and happy crocheting!
© HappyBerry This pattern can not be reproduced in any way without credit given to HappyBerry. This includes copying and pasting into another blog or website, and filming the pattern for use on YouTube. You can however print it off for personal use or for use in a crochet group. Thank you.


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Bears rookie receiver Alshon Jeffery didn't believe his hand injury was significant.
Define "significant."
Jeff Dickerson of ESPNChicago.com reports that Jeffery suffered a fracture in his right hand in Sunday's 41-3 win over the Jaguars.
Per the report, Jeffery won't need surgery. But the hand is in a cast, and he likely will miss a couple of games.
Per Michael C. Wright of ESPNChicago,com, the Bears may sign another receiver as soon as Tuesday.
So who will it be? Make your best guess(es) below.


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You've seen the highlights and taken stock of your fantasy teams, but there's more to digest. Here are the inner workings of four plays that determined who won and lost on Sunday
Cincinnati at Chicago
Score: Bengals 21, Bears 17
Time: 8:06 in the fourth quarter
Situation: Chicago's ball, 1st-and-10 at Cincy's 19
Result: Jay Cutler throws a 19-yard touchdown to Brandon Marshall
Bears personnel: Regular (two backs, one tight end, two receivers)
Bengals personnel: Base 4-3
What happened: When Bears quarterback Jay Cutler and receiver Brandon Marshall saw Bengals linebacker James Harrison covering Marshall in the slot, I'm surprised they didn't false start out of excitement. They were probably even more thrilled when Harrison showed for all to see that he was blitzing Cutler, meaning one less man in coverage. It would have been a mismatch for Harrison to cover Marshall even with help from safety Reggie Nelson. It became a no-brainer for the Bears to attack Nelson (5-11) going one-on-one against Marshall (6-4).
"I didn't understand (the coverage)," Marshall said after the game. "Fourth quarter, with a safety on me one-on-one, I can only ask for that and dream about that."
This was really quite simple. With Alshon Jeffrey and Marshall aligned away from the tight end, it resulted in man coverage, and a simple smash concept was easy pickings for the Bears. Jeffrey, the outside receiver, ran a hitch (in-breaking route) at about six yards, while Marshall ran a corner route. A smash route concept is the two routes in combination (some refer to just the hitch as a smash, but I like to refer to the overall concept). Nelson tried to play outside leverage against Marshall to force the route toward the single-high safety, George Illoka, but Marshall crossed Nelson and forced him to turn around, making the play even easier. Cutler, who didn't have a defender within six yards of him despite the Bears not keeping an extra sixth blocker in against the five-man pressure, made the play interesting with a slightly late throw. Cutler said his read progression was tight end Martellus Bennett (doubled), then Jeffrey in the flat and finally Marshall, which is strange. Usually the corner route with Marshall is the first read.
"Marshall was one-on-one in the corner, which you love to throw," Cutler said. "I put one up for him. Wish I could have thrown it sooner so he might not have had to take that hit, but he did good job of catching it, clutching it."
The Bengals were likely supposed to check out the blitz and into a different coverage. But missing these kinds of audibles certainly happens from time to time, especially in the first game of the season. Defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer probably would have preferred to call a timeout, but Cincy had spent their final one a few plays earlier. Just a rough stretch for the Bengals.
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Seattle at Carolina
Score: Seahawks 12, Panthers 7
Time: 2:14 in the fourth quarter
Situation: Seattle's ball, 2nd-and-10 at Carolina's 37
Result: Marshawn Lynch runs for 14 yards
Seahawks personnel: "12" personnel, or "Ace" (one back, two tight ends, two receivers)
Panthers personnel: Base 4-3
What happened: Who said the read-option won't survive because edge defenders will put a hurting on quarterbacks? This play is a perfect example of how read-option teams can fool the defense and keep the QB clean.
On a basic read-option play, the quarterback reads an unblocked edge player, an end or linebacker. But the read-option at the college level is far more advanced; they've been reading other players (interior linemen) for a few years. The Redskins did this some last year, and with this play, the Seahawks have shown they will do it as well this season.
Thanks to a formation that puts the two tight ends wide and the receivers in the slot, the Panthers' two outside linebackers have left the middle of the field, leaving only middle linebacker Luke Kuchley (59).
At the snap, Seahawks left guard James Carpenter slips to his right and inside first-round defensive tackle Star Lotulelei, avoiding him completely. Quarterback Russell Wilson reads Lotulelei, who charges up field, and gives the ball to running back Marshawn Lynch. Carpenter now has Kuechly in his sights on the second level. Lynch easily sidesteps Lotulelei, who freezes because he's worried about Wilson taking off. Beast Mode then runs through the gap Lotulelei has vacated and works off Carpenter's block of Kuechly, and the game is over. The play could have been even better if receiver Golden Tate showed any interest in run blocking.
This was the Panthers' final shot. They had burned their timeouts and were hoping to use the two-minute warning to set up a third-and-long. The Seahawks had other ideas thanks to a tough-to-defend wrinkle in the read-option.
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Green Bay at San Francisco
Score: 49ers 31, Packers 28
Time: 3:26 in the fourth quarter
Situation: San Fran's ball, 3rd-and-4 at its own 41
Result: Colin Kaepernick completes a 15-yard pass to Vernon Davis
49ers personnel: "11" or Posse (one back, one tight end, three receivers)
Packers personnel: Dime (six defensive backs)
What happened: With outside linebacker Clay Matthews (52) and Nick Perry (53) on the line with two linemen, the Packers had a four-man front. Since Brad Jones (59) was the only inside linebacker on the field, along with six defensive backs, cornerback Jarrett Bush drew coverage against 49ers tight end Vernon Davis.
This is a really nice route concept by 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman against the Packers' man coverage. By motioning Davis into the backfield, it becomes much harder for Bush to cover Davis. Roman also seemed to take well-timed advantage of Matthews' aggressiveness toward the read-option on this play.
The play looks like a read-option, but it's a play-action pass; you can tell because running back Frank Gore never even looked for the ball. But since it looks like the read-option, Matthews comes barreling at Kaepernick at the snap, only to get taken out of the play by Gore's block. Not sure if Matthews had the option to get a piece of Davis on his way by, but it would have been helpful if he wasn't so aggressive, recognized it was a pass and made contact with Davis as he crossed the formation. The Packers were playing man coverage in the secondary, so this was basically their only hope of stopping the play outside of Bush making a superhuman run at and tackle of Davis in the open field. That's far from a strength for Bush: he's a special teams hero.
In any event, the play is largely over at the snap. Two clear-out routes to the top of the formation and a free release by Davis left no one in the flat. Bush gets caught with his eyes in the backfield, and it took him 1.4 seconds after the snap to start running toward Davis. That's way too late. Kaepernick and Davis had an easy toss and catch for a first down that was more crucial than the subsequent 4th-and-2 pass to Anquan Boldin that sealed the 49ers' victory.
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Oakland at Indianapolis
Score: Colts 21, Raiders 17
Time: 1:12 left in the fourth quarter
Situation: Raiders' ball, 1st-and-goal at Indy's 8
Result: Quaterback Terrelle Pryor is sacked for a 16-yard loss by outside linebacker Robert Mathis
Raiders personnel: "11" or Posse (one back, one tight end, three receivers)
Colts personnel: Nickel (five defensive backs)
What happened: Everyone is still talking about the 19-yard, game-winning touchdown run by Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, but there was still 5:20 remaining in the game when the Raiders got the ball back. And they marched down the field thanks to quarterback Terrelle Pryor hitting on passes of 41 and 21 yards—the latter coming on 4th-and-9—to get inside the Colts' 10-yard line with 1:50 left to play and a timeout to spare. The Colts were reeling when defensive coordinator Greg Manusky dialed up a nifty pressure with the game on the line.
Indianapolis showed blitz as both linebacker Jerrell Freeman (50) and safety LaRon Landry (30) crept up to the line. Just before the snap, outside linebacker Robert Mathis (playing end in the nickel defense) made a key adjustment when he slid to his left to play head-on with left tackle Khalif Barnes.
At the snap, neither Freeman nor Landry rush—both are in man coverage against tight end Mychal Rivera and running back Darren McFadden, respectively. But someone does rush: linebacker Kelvin Sheppard (52), who was playing behind Mathis.
Right defensive tackle Ricky Jean-Francois does a great job of blasting the gap between center Stefan Wisniewski and left guard Lucas Nix, consuming attention from both. Meanwhile, Mathis and Sheppard run a "game" where they play off each other's actions. Mathis takes a path on the inside shoulder of Barnes, while Sheppard runs to the outside shoulder.


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If there ever was a Hollywood kingpin — Lawrence Kasdan fills the bill.
He's participated in writing and directing so many great movies, including "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "The Empire Strikes Back," "Return of the Jedi," "The Bodyguard," "Body Heat," "Silverado" and "The Big Chill," to name a few.
Often, his writing and production partner has been his wife, Meg. You'd figure the studios would clamor for any script hot off their computer.
Kasdan laughs and says, "Not if the script isn't an extravaganza big picture."
His latest movie, "Darling Companion," which opens in L.A. and New York on April 20 (later in other markets) is a story about people of a certain age, co-starring Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Dianne Wiest, Richard Jenkins and Sam Shepherd.
Earning top billing, over all these stars, is a dog.
The movie begins with Keaton's character and Elizabeth Moss (who plays her daughter) discovering a lost dog at the side of the road in Colorado. Keaton winds up adopting the pet, who her husband (played by Kline) loses a year later. Family dynamics are turned upside down as everyone searches desperately for the dog.
Why such upheaval over a lost dog?
"I learned it's one of the most emotional things that can happen," Kasdan says,
He knows because about five years ago, he and Meg lost their dog, Mac.
"While attending a wedding, we left Mac with a friend," he says. "They were hiking when a mountain biker spooked the dog and he ran off. We thought he'd show up immediately. We searched and searched and put up posters and made announcements on local radio. We did everything."
Kasdan says that while he knew he loved Mac, he wasn't prepared to be as "devastated" as he was by the loss.
"We were worried something could happen to him in the mountains, but also it's that bond, that relationship you develop; you don't know how much it means until it's gone. After about 10 days, we were getting very discouraged when we were given renewed hope by a friend of Meg's who said, 'Mac's all right; you're going to find him.' Meg asked, 'How do you know?' The friend replied, 'I know things.'"
It turned out the friend was right. Three weeks later, Mac was discovered.
Or was it that the friend (either clairvoyant or crazy) motivated the family to keep on looking? In the movie, the same thing happens. The housekeeper (played by Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer) says she "knows things." She offers "sightings" of the lost dog in her head.
Does she really? Well, it's a topic for discussion, perhaps after seeing the movie. Was the housekeeper truly "seeing things," or a bit daffy, but still offering hope?
While the Kasdans adopted Mac from a shelter, Meg's sister saved her own dog, a Chocolate Labrador, from the side of the road in Detroit. Without any ID, there was no absolute way to find the owner. She dubbed the pet Freeway -- the same name used for the dog in "Darling Companion."
So much is based on real life in this film that you wonder what the Kasdans really had to write. Kasdan points out that several of his movies are based on real life.
"The Big Chill" featured an ensemble cast of characters describing their ups and downs in their 30s. The characters in "Grand Canyon" talked about life in their 40s. "Darling Companion" stars a group of people in their 60s, talking about everything from beginning a new career to what seems like a lifetime of being married. The difference is that big studios were behind the first two titles.
"Darling Companion" is Kasdan's first independent film. This meant no frills for the actors; in fact, they were pretty much paid scale. Kasdan never expected to get the seasoned stars he did.
Kasdan himself was probably the main attraction, although he maintains, "It was the story, and these actors also wanted to work with one another."
After the film wrapped, the crew presented Kasden a gift — a photo album with pictures of all their pets.
"You can't get any better than that," he says.
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In other cases, the service provider may put up most of the equipment, but gets an exclusive franchise, meaning no competition and no service alternatives. The companies that thought free WiFi could be supported by ads are finding out that that is a tough business to be in.
Waukesha, Wisconsin can be added to the list ever growing list of cities that have had a wireless service provider pull out because there was no money in free WiFi. Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Houston have all had to pull back on wireless plans recently. St. Cloud, Florida has been trying to give away free WiFi service to residents with little success; residents have complained that the wireless system is slow and unreliable compared to fee-based copper systems (DSL and cable).
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May 26, 2013
Wild and lonely, on the Central Coast about 45 minutes southwest of Lompoc, Jalama Beach County Park is one of those places that puts the golden in the Golden State. Getting here over mounded hills and through moss-bearded oak thickets is glorious enough, and then you see the beach stretching for miles from Point Arguello to Point Conception. The 23.5-acre park, donated to Santa Barbara County in 1943 by the Richfield Co., has a small restaurant and store, a handful of cabins and camping sites, but nothing more to break the spell of clashing coast and ocean. Swimming is allowed, but the surf is often rough, better for body and kite surfing, fishing and beachcombing. The tab: Two nights in a prime tent-camping spot, $86, plus a $6.50 reservation fee. A cooler full of beverages and snacks, $50. Two dinners and breakfasts for two at the grill, $75. Plus the cost of gasoline to get here.
The bed
Campsites 53 to 64 ($43 a night) are prime, directly overlooking the beach. There are seven cabins ($110-$210 a night) and 109 sites for tent campers and RVs ($23-$43), each with a grill and picnic table; 31 of the sites have electrical hookups ($38-$43). Reservations are accepted no more than six months in advance; there are minimum stays for weekends and holidays (www.sbparks.org/reservations, [805] 736-3504).
The meal
Sure, you can cook out; that's what the fire pits are for. But for my money ($5.95), if I never eat another hamburger in my life, let my last be a "World Famous Jalama Burger," served at the Beach Store & Grill. McDonald's empire builder Ray Kroc once called it the best burger he'd ever eaten but was rebuffed when he asked for the top-secret sauce recipe. The grill also serves tasty fries, halibut burgers, homemade clam chowder and a variety of breakfast burritos. Open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
The find
When the tide goes out, a Whoville of sea creatures is revealed among the rocks and reefs that punctuate the long stretches of empty beach. The fascinations are endless, including living sea urchins and stars, clam colonies, sand dollars and the occasional beached baby seal. Consult a tide chart first to make sure you don't get stranded by incoming waves.
The lesson learned
Spring is the windy season, drawing deliriously happy kite surfers. But camping, I had to pile boulders in my tent to keep it from blowing away; to sleep, ear plugs and a sedative were required. For reference: Summer is the busy high season, winter sometimes inclement. Best time to visit? September and October.


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Fiction or not, Vetere, who has written dozens of plays and two novels, will admit that he pours a little bit of his soul into every single piece he does.
"I think everything you write about is about you. Sometimes it's you working out things in your life about who you are," said Vetere. "With The Third Miracle I was questioning my own faith, and that's what the priest does. In my play 'Caravaggio,' I was dealing with my faith as an artist. In the book Baroque, I was dealing with what it must be like to be an artist and see successes that aren't yours."
Baroque explores the concept of the starving artist, which is essentially what the main character Minniti is. His claim to fame is his friendship with Caravaggio and the fact that he was painted by Caravaggio.
"I wanted to write about what young artists do when they move to a big city. They want to be famous and it's how they start to tear apart the authority of the artists before them," said Vetere.
He related it to his own experience in the '70s, when he and other writers worked hard to do something different from that before them, to get out from under the shadow of playwright Neil Simon, much like Minniti tried to establish a reputation independent of his relationship with Caravaggio.
Vetere's fascination with Minniti began when, in his youth, someone showed him a photo of the painter and he realized they shared a strong physical resemblance. The connection grew stronger when Vetere started relating to Minniti as a fellow struggling artist.
He explained that the word 'baroque' means confusion dignified by a certain central idea. The characters in the book are in Rome for their own reasons and in their quests for love and fortune, they create a living, breathing city that makes sense to them.
"Rome was like New York a bit in the '70s; dangerous, violent and yet artists still came here. They still come here," he said.
Over three decades later, Vetere is enjoying his share of successes. In addition to the recent release of Baroque, The Third Miracle was made into a movie, he's acted in movie roles and he's just finished writing his television pilot. He hopes to show his play "Caravaggio" in New York in 2010, the 400th anniversary of Caravaggio's death.
"When I was writing plays in the beginning, I had friends that were jealous. They were like, 'How'd you do that? How'd you get to that producer? How'd you get to that agent?' That must have been hard for them," said Vetere. "I've been on both sides of that."
Vetere's level of fame is at the point where he receives ballots to vote in the Oscars, but he prefers not to live extravagantly. He lives in Queens, just miles from his hometown of Maspeth, and teaches screenwriting and playwriting courses at Queens College, Monclair State University and New York University.
He knew from the time he was five years old that he wanted to be a writer. As a young adult, he took jobs filling graves, unloading UPS trucks and worked as a security guard for some time. Success came later, but it was definitely worth the wait.
"You have to be self-assured, self-involved and selfish," said Vetere. "I've made a lot of good and bad decisions, but I never put it aside for anyone."


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Microsoft replaces Xbox 360s after disc-format switch
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Microsoft has confirmed rumours that Xbox 360 users who find their console to be incompatible with a new Xbox disc format will be offered a replacement machine.
With current anti-piracy methods unsuccessful, the company has decided to go back to the drawing board and devise in a new disc format. Currently, 1.15GB of every DVD is dedicated to a DVD Video partition and DRM tech. Microsoft's new format, XGD3, adds roughly 1GB capacity to a DVD disc and ushers in a new method for tackling those pesky pirates.
A firmware update that enables the new discs will be available tomorrow. However, several users involved in the beta test in North America have been hit with errors. It seems in some cases, the firmware has been preventing systems from playing standard discs.
"Following a recent update to our system software, we have become aware of an issue that is preventing a very small number of Xbox 360 owners from playing retail game discs," Microsoft stated today.
The company can detect the issue over Xbox Live and are reaching out to impacted customers to offer a replacement console. According to his Twitter , one tester has been offered a replacement Xbox 360 and a year's subscription to Xbox Live.
By the time the firmware update rolls out tomorrow, these bugs should have been fixed. However, just in case, if you update and get stung with a "disc unreadable" or "disc unsupported" message, you're encouraged to contact Microsoft, so it can verify the problem and issue a replacement console if need be. ®


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Leave it to Kate and Laura Mulleavy to not only draw a star-studded front row — hello, George Lucas, Natalie Portman, and Dakota Fanning — but to deliver a stellar, 1940s-inspired Fall '12 collection too. One part cave-drawing-infused, one part retro femme, and one part Australian outback-reminiscent, Rodarte showcased a beautiful mix of totally girlie pieces with both red-carpet appeal and wearable ladylike style. The sister duo paid close attention to feminine details á la Peter Pan collars, artfully structured ruffles, and metal star appliqué hair combs. Yet, never ones to shy away from throwing some quirk into the picture, they added literal hand prints to long, flowy evening gowns and added cowboy buckles to double-strap leather belts. The biggest covet-worthy takeaway from today's show? After several seasons of collaborating with key shoe designers like Nicholas Kirkwood and Christian Louboutin, the Mulleavy sisters debuted their first-ever in-house shoe collection. We're calling it: Rodarte's two-tone pumps with heels made of plexiglass, sexy dominatrix-inspired spat heels, and lace-up boots will be Fall '12 It girl items. All in all, it's a gorgeous autumnal lineup, just begging to be worn.
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District of Columbia officials have re-opened the cradle-to-grave-in-education debate by resurrecting a bad old idea—mandatory pre-school for toddlers.
The D.C. Council operates as the legislative body for the nation's capital but is subject to congressional oversight. It is yet again considering legislation that would force children barely able to talk and probably not even potty trained to attend school. D.C. already has one of the lowest age requirements for compulsory school attendance, currently mandating that all 5-year-olds and some 4-year-olds be enrolled in a school. Bill 178 would lower the compulsory age of attendance from age 5 to age 3.
Same Bad Idea
Sadly, this is not the first time the D.C. Council has considered lowering the compulsory attendance age. In 2002, HSLDA worked with many D.C. citizens to defeat Bill 14-261 which would also have required 2- and 3-year-olds to attend mandatory preschool programs. Unlike the children it seeks to control, this bad idea hasn't matured with age.
For homeschoolers in the District, the bill would require an additional two years of homeschool notification and restrict parents' options for the education of their children. Current homeschool regulations include a requirement to teach specific subjects during the period of time that public schools are in session. If this bill passes, homeschool parents would now need to start teaching their 2- and 3-year-olds subjects such as math, science, and social studies.
While most moms already teach their 2- and 3-year-olds to count and more, requiring them to be shipped off to a government run "pre-school" isn't a likely a recipe for success. Studies have shown that lowering the compulsory attendance age does not improve academic achievement and can even hurt the long-term educational potential of students.
With some of the worst academic performance in the country, Washington, D.C. has nothing to show for its current record low compulsory school attendance age. The proposed bill would simply take decisions for children out of the hands of parents and give it to the state. (Read HSLDA's Issues Library entry on early education.)
Taking a Stand
Last week, HSLDA's staff attorney for the District of Columbia, Mike Donnelly, filed testimony to the D.C. Council documenting the empirical evidence against lowering the compulsory school attendance age.
This bill adopts a one-size-fits-all compulsory attendance requirement that will not help child development. Children so young simply do not benefit from formal schooling. Research points to social pathologies and behavioral problems that are linked to lack of time parents spend with their children. Lowering the compulsory school attendance age is nothing short of government subsidized babysitting—something that D.C. residents already qualify for.
In fact, a District policy currently guarantees access to preschool for any 3-year-old. Many parents already choose to utilize the public school's voluntary preschool program. In February, the Washington Post reported that over 85 percent of the District's 15,000 3- and 4-year-olds attend a public preschool.
The problem with lowering the compulsory attendance age is that it changes this option into a requirement, robbing parents of the right to choose the best for their individual children. Parents are the ones who should determine when or if their children should attend a traditional school. Requiring preschool attendance undermines the ability of all parents to make these choices and provide their children with the best care and education.
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On Feb. 9, 1964, an unprecedented 73 million viewers tuned in to �The Ed Sullivan Show� to watch The Beatles make their live American debut before a studio audience packed with screaming teenage �Beatlemaniacs.�
Youth aside, for most people the lovable mop tops were a novelty, noteworthy more for their locks than their lyrics. American record labels had certainly seen little chance for fortune with the band in the months leading up to its historic television appearance.
The band�s lasting popularity today obscures the fact that initial success in the United States eluded The Beatles. Despite their bona fides across the Atlantic, where EMI, the British music recording and publishing company, was cashing in on the group�s record-breaking sales for its subsidiary, Parlophone Records, producer George Martin tried in vain for months to get EMI�s U.S. subsidiary to issue The Beatles� music.
Capitol Records had suffered mediocre sales with a number of British teen idols, including heartthrob Cliff Richard, and executives rebuffed Martin�s advances. Martin then shopped several singles to smaller, competing labels, which lacked the resources to adequately promote them. Predictably, �Please Please Me,� �From Me To You� and �She Loves You� all met the same dismal fate, quickly disappearing from the U.S. singles charts � luckily for The Beatles.
Lucky? Yes, indeed.
Capitol�s initial failure to see what it had on its hands set the table for unprecedented chart and sales success. With �I Want to Hold Your Hand� hitting No. 1 on the U.S. singles charts and the remarkable reaction to the Ed Sullivan telecast, anyone with commercial interests in The Beatles immediately dumped their products onto the market.
The singles that had gone nowhere a few months before flooded back as labels exploited soon-to-expire rights to the recordings. By early April 1964, The Beatles held the top five positions in the Billboard singles charts under four different labels: �Can�t Buy Me Love� (Capitol), �Twist and Shout� (Tollie), �She Loves You� (Swan), �I Want to Hold Your Hand� (Capitol) and �Please Please Me� (Vee-Jay).
Capitol soon vied with other labels for album chart position. Its �Meet The Beatles!� and �The Beatles� Second Album,� along with United Artists� soundtrack to the group�s first movie, �A Hard Day�s Night,� dominated sales. In total, Beatles albums that year spent an astounding 30 weeks atop the U.S. album charts. Their sway was such that record industry professionals bemoaned how they could not break The Beatles� lock on radio play.
Capitol�s earlier unwillingness to market the band ironically made it possible for The Beatles to appear an irresistible force, and in entertainment, appearance is everything.
Success begat success and The Beatles commanded headlines throughout their touring years. By the time John, Paul, George and Ringo retired from the road in 1966, unparalleled commercial achievement had made them a touchstone for baby boomers. Relieved of the rigors of life onstage, the band was free to expand the boundaries of pop music � just think of �Sgt. Pepper�s Lonely Hearts Club Band� � in the process transforming rock �n� roll into art and assuming de facto leadership of the burgeoning counterculture.
Which brings us to today. As brisk sales of re-releases and various commemorations of their appearance on Ed Sullivan�s variety program make clear, 50 years after coming to the United States, the Fab Four still fascinate and remain a commercial and cultural force.
Count your blessings that they failed so miserably in the first place.
Michael R. Frontani is an associate professor of communications at Elon University and author of the award-winning book �The Beatles: Image and the Media.� He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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On a recent attic cleaning expedition, I encountered a box of Scientific American magazines from the late 70s. Each magazine is full of computer advertisements that provide an interesting peek back at the beginning of the computing industry. In this gallery, I will show you what I found.
Originally published in April 2011.
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I was wondering what is the difference between the Clausius-Clapeyron equation and the Van't Hoff equation. They appear to have the exact same physical meaning and are often used interchangeably.
They're two forms of the same equation, but Clausius-Clapeyron uses vapor pressure ($p^*$) where Van 't Hoff uses the reaction equilibrium constant ($K$).
Why does this work out? Well, think of vaporization as a chemical reaction:
$$ \text{X} (l) \longrightarrow \text{X} (\text{g}) $$
The equilibrium constant is defined in terms of activity (a):
$$ K=\left.\frac{a_\text{X(g)}}{a_{\text{X}(l)}}\right|_\text{equil} $$
For an ideal liquid solution at modest pressure, a is just the mole fraction x. And for an ideal gas, a is just its partial pressure in bar:
$$ K=\left.\frac px\,\right|_\text{equil}$$
One equilibrium condition is $x=1\ $ and $p=p^*,\ $ so...
$$ K=p^* $$
Or $p^*$ is the equilibrium coefficient for vaporization. Now since K is characteristic of a reaction at a given temperature, this would imply that if we change x, then the new partial pressure at equilibrium would change according to
$$ K=p^*=\frac{p}{x} \qquad\Rightarrow\qquad p=xp^*$$
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Pvt. Joshua Souder graduated on Nov. 12, after 15 weeks of training at Ft. Sill, Okla., with Delta battery 19th field artillery 4th platoon. He is a 1997 graduate of Grant County High School. Souder is the son of Bill and Brenda Souder of Corinth.
December 25, 1997
Navy Lt. Marcus C. Camacho, a 1988 graduate of Grant County High School in Dry Ridge is scheduled to spend the holidays forward deployed to Atsugi, Japan with carrier Early Warning Squadron 115. He joined the Navy in May 1988. Camacho is a 1992 graduate of the U.S. Navel Academy in Annapolis, Md. with a bachelors degree.
If there was anything that I came to understand more profoundly this year it would have to be the power of instinct: mine, our animals and the forces of ideologies of which I agree and disagree. I reread my year end column from 2011 which reminded me of where I was 12 months ago; it helps me better appreciate where I am today. It seems we didn't do too badly, after all, and it's all because both Andy and I recognize the power of instinct.
Last Sunday I felt like I was under siege! There were starlings everywhere; so much so that I feared being splattered with poop at every turn. The surprising thing about starlings is that they are everywhere yet not from here. It's another story of one good intention going bad. Apparently back in 1890, in honor of a Shakespeare festival in New York City's Central Park, 60 European starlings were released. The following year another 40 were released and today the bird is one of the most numerous species in North America.
December 18, 1997
Dry Ridge family physician Darl T. Shipp, M.D. has joined Summit Medical Group. Dr. Shipp will continue to see patients at the same location in Dry Ridge. Dr. Shipp specializes in family medicine and is a native of Grant County. Shipp is also a graduate of Mason High School.
Corinth will get it's grocery store back. That is, once Terry and Linda Allen, owners of Allen's Country Store get through the legal hoops to rebuild.
The next step is a City Board of Adjustments meeting, which will be held Dec. 13 at the Corinth City Building.
Picking out the perfect Christmas tree was something that I used to take very serious: all the cleaning and moving of furniture and packing of boxes and light-stringing and unstringing required a tree worth the effort! I have scaled back in recent years but still see the fun in finding a tree that fits your space and holds precious ornaments with style.
December 11, 1997
Marian Wilhoite is the cheesiest. That's what the letter telling her she had won the "I am a Velveeta Mom" said. The letter won Wilhoite $1,000 and a six-month supply of Velveeta cheese. Wilhoite was named one of 18 grand prize, first place winners. With four children Wilhoite has always used Velveeta.
December 4, 1997
Students, staff and parents of Dry Ridge Elementary School have a reason to be smiling. DRE was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence an honor shared with only three other schools in Kentucky. This award took a lot of hard work from the staff, administrators and parents.
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Here in Canandaigua is the New York Wine and Culinary Center is a great place to learn about our state's agriculture, as well as experience New York State wine and culinary trends. In downtown Canandaigua, about 12 miles from our bed and breakfast New York, the center holds all sorts of fun classes for learning about and enjoying food, specifically local food and products. This weekend they are having a tasting of NY beer and food with the class NY on Tap. Sample beers from New York State Breweries and enjoy local cuisine. The class includes a commemorative glass that you can keep to get a free beer the next day at the New York Beer Garden. This is going on all day from 12 pm to 5 pm.
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There are reasons for traditions and arrangements. Sometimes they are good and sometimes not, but they are reasons, explanations grounded in some sort of experience. I had a conversation about this a few years ago with a young senior at Harvard who on graduation would go to work for a great consulting firm that studies the internal systems of business clients to see if they can be bettered. He asked if I had any advice, which I did not. Then I popped out, with an amount of feeling that surprised me because I didn't know I had been thinking about it, that he should probably approach clients with the knowledge that systems and ways of operating almost always exist for a reason. Maybe the reason is antiquated or not applicable to current circumstances, but there are reasons for structures, and if you can tease them out they will help you better construct variations or new approaches. I can't remember why but this opened up a nice conversation about how consultants walk into new jobs with a bias toward change—the recommendation of change proves their worth and justifies their fees—but one should be aware of that bias and replace it with a bias for improvement, which is different.
Connected to that, I've spent a lot of the past 10 years reading histories of war—how and why they came about, what happened within them, how it all ended, and what the ending produced. This led, somewhat to my surprise, to becoming engrossed in histories of battles, and discovering a natural and previously unplumbed interest in topography, artillery, logistics, generalship, the readiness of armies, transport, field communications, provisioning, etc.
One thing you find yourself interested in as you read histories of the British armed forces is why the army, the establishment and the people of the country put up with the purchase system, the tradition whereby England's wealthy aristocrats and noblemen bought commissions in the army and paid lump-sum amounts for increases in rank.
The historian Cecil Woodham-Smith, a writer of magnificent ease, style and wit, addresses this in "The Reason Why: The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade," published in 1953.
"The purchase system . . . which enabled a rich man to buy the command of a regiment over the heads of more efficient officers, appears at first sight as so childishly unjust, so evidently certain to lead to disaster, that it is almost impossible to believe that sensible people ever tolerated much less supported it," she observed. And yet, she wrote, the system expressed an important British principle; famous victories were won with it in place; and even the Duke of Wellington, that master of administration, backed it.
Why? For what were at the time good reasons.
"No sentiment is more firmly rooted in the English national character," writes Woodham-Smith, "than a hatred of militarism and military dictatorship." Edmund Burke reflected this when he declared, in Parliament: "An armed disciplined force is in its essence dangerous to liberty." The attitude was pervasive and sprang from the 17th century experience of Cromwell's Major-Generals. Woodham-Smith: "The people of England were then subjected to a military dictatorship, they were ruled by Army officers who were professional soldiers, and, who, though admittedly the finest soldiers in the world, usually had no stake in the country, and often were military adventurers. Their government was harsh and arbitrary, and the nation came to detest the very name of the Army."
Restoration of the crown followed. So did a national determination never again to allow the army to be led by men who would lead a military revolution and impose military dictatorship.
And so the idea of the purchase system, introduced in 1683 when the standing army was formed. Men could become officers if they came up with enough money to buy a commission or make a significant down-payment. This, writes Woodham-Smith, meant officers would, by definition, be "men of property with a stake in the country, not military adventurers." Additionally, the price of a commission functioned as a spur to good behavior: A man dismissed for bad actions lost what he had paid. Shallowly perhaps, but for the English not insignificantly, wealthy officers put on a good show: they dressed their regiments in colorful, well-tailored uniforms and saw they had the best horses.
From 1683, both Crown and Parliament agreed that officers of the British army would be drawn from "the class that had everything to lose and nothing to gain from a military revolution."
This approach was very different from that of the other great powers of Europe, which used as officers professional soldiers who were dependent on their salaries, who used high military rank to enhance their social standing and often used it to build fortunes. The officers of the English system didn't have to do that: They were already rich and titled.
The purchase system was adopted to help prevent revolutions and the rise of Napoleons; the system, existing within an army that was well-managed, well-led, properly administered and populated by troops with a fighting spirit, would in fact defeat Napoleon at Waterloo.
It worked, haphazardly and not without problems—some officers were fools or second raters, and some men of talent, vision and even military genius never rose because they lacked the money to buy the position that would give a stage to their gifts—for almost 200 years, being more or less abolished by 1870.
Why? Because even though the government by nature held a bias for the wealthy and aristocratic, the system in the end was recognized to be not only abusive of humble talent, but increasingly abused and rigged by the wealthy, some of whom bought captaincies, never bothered to show up, and started swanning around London calling themselves Captain. There were bribery scandals. The system was finally judged to be destructive to the operations, efficiency and spirit of the entire army.
So it was abolished.
But the system existed for a reason, as all structures, systems and ways of operating do.
Bonus information: Cecil Woodham-Smith was a woman. Cecil was really her first name. From the author page of "The Reason Why": She was from an Irish family, the Fitzgeralds, with deep military ties: Her father served in the British Indian Army, her mother's family included a general who fought under Wellington and was killed at Waterloo. She wrote a greatly admired biography of Florence Nightingale, bearing the name of its subject, published in 1950, and "The Great Hunger," a history of the Irish famine of the 1840s, published in 1962. She was named a Commander of the British Empire in 1960. Did Woodham-Smith know most readers thought her a man? Probably. Certainly. But being a woman in her field and area of expertise wouldn't have been seen by readers, critics or academics as a plus, so she was luckily named. Anyway, this too speaks of a system and tradition that had poor reasons.


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It's that time again ladies and gentleman! Team Fortress 2 updates are back. All those hats you HAVEN'T been finding just might turn into more hats you're not going to get! Well, we hope hope that's not the case anyway. Valve is releasing eighteen new hats, since they seem to be such a popular item this is not a surprise.
The TF2 team has released photos of some of the new upcoming hats in this update. It seems they've listened to the players and are going to give the Pyro his freakin' fire hat.
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