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No, your television wasn't malfunctioning — that was Blue Jays pitcher Dustin McGowan donning a helmet and jogging out to second base as a pinch runner in the eighth inning on Monday night. Now, the decision to use McGowan in that situation wasn't completely asinine, but to use the next day's starter as a pinch runner did seem a little strange.
"He's our fastest runner," said Toronto manager John Gibbons, who was hardly in the mood to break down the decision after Toronto dropped a 6-4 decision to Oakland.
Bare with me here on the logic, though.
A's reliever Andrew Brown is tanking it, while Oakland is clinging to a 6-2 lead in the eighth. Brown then gives up a double to Frank Thomas to cut the lead to 6-3. With two outs, Toronto needs runs and there's no way Thomas makes it home on a base hit. So, the Jays need a pinch runner.
On the bench is A. Aaron Hill, B. Matt Stairs, C. Gregg Zaun, and D. Ray Olmedo. With Brown slipping fast, and lefty Alan Embree warming in the bullpen, Gibbons knows he's probably going to want to pinch hit for left-handed hitting Russ Adams. Another hit probably means the showers for Brown and an entrance for Embree.
If that's the case, Gibbons will want to use the right-handed hittiner Hill, who can then replace Adams at second base — it's the natural choice. Whether or not Hill comes through, the A's are then likely to turn to right-handed closer Huston Street, which means Gibbons will want to save his lefty bats — Zaun and Stairs — as pinch hitters to replace righties Thigpen and McDonald, who are up after Hill.
So, that leaves Olmedo, right? Well, if you insert Olmedo as the pinch runner, he becomes the DH. That means, when you pinch hit Stairs for McDonald, you would need to shift Olmedo to shortstop. If that happens, Toronto would lose the DH and its pitcher would be forced to bat if the game extends into extra innings.
That's where McGowan comes in.
Considering starter Shaun Marcum only lasted three innings, the Jays need all the relievers they can get. So, no one's going to be making the jog from the bullpen to replace Thomas at second. And, you're sure as heck not going to see either Roy Halladay or A.J. Burnett, and all their millions of dollars in multi-year deals, out there on the basepaths. Unfortunately, that leaves McGowan.
The play worked. McGowan ran out there and Troy Glaus doubled him home to cut the score to 6-4 — and Thomas would've had to stop at third base. Of course, Hill then popped out against Embree, and Zaun and Stairs were quickly set down by Street in a scoreless ninth. Game over.
It made some sense, but it certainly was risky. I'm not saying I agreed with the move — I didn't — but I can see the sort of logic that led to the decision. It just would've been terrible had Glaus' double been the type that led to a collision at the plate involving McGowan, when he's supposed to start on Tuesday.
Anyway…crisis averted.
And, for what it's worth, where's the offense? Sure, Joe Blanton dominated for the A's, but the disappearing act by Toronto's bats has hindered this team all season. It would've been a nice story to see the offense finally helped out the pitching staff, when it's been the other way around all year.
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JP has to open his eyes and realize, although the whole league in general is short on power this year, this team is built to be consistently inconsistent. That's just how power is. If Jays were a little more versatile with speed and playing some small ball when they struggling for the big hit, they would be a playoff team with the pitching looking rock solid.
Driving in runners from scoring position has been a problem for this team. Spending outs to put men in scoring position doesn't improve your clutch hitting.
The Jays' power hitters have suffered the following:
1) Flulike symptoms
2) Broken Hand
3) Another broken hand
4) Plantar fasciitis
5) Benched
6) Moved out of lineup positions where he was successful
Frank Thomas is the only player who's underperforming expectations and hasn't suffered any injury or illness that we're aware of. Then again, since we know Wells, Halladay, and Overbay all had the flu at around the same time, it would not be surprising if other team members caught it on the flight to Cleveland and the front office hasn't been forward with that info.
Last time I checked the Flu doesn't make you **** for an entire year!!! You might **** for a week or two but that's it.
It's apparent that we need a new hitting coach cause I've never see an entire team (-Rios) struggle when these guys are proven hitters.
I liked the move by Gibbons… I was going through the machups in my head and was thinking he needed a pitcher to run. I was leaning towards A.J since he can out run the hot dog masscots but Magowan was just fine in my books.
Vernon lost several pounds when he had the flu. Remember when Rios had that staph infection last year? He lost several pounds and wasn't the same the rest of the year.
I agree we need a hitting coach who had a successful major league career, but our hitters didn't have a problem last year.
I figured McGowan was running because even if the game went to 18 innings, there was no way the next day's starter was going to pitch in relief, whereas other starters might be forced to.
Nice loss!!!! I'm loving it!!!! Will guys stop this garbage about overtaking the Yanks and getting into the playoffs? It's just a sick fantasy especially the way the Yanks have been playing lately especially against the pathetic Jays. Just forget it!!!!
Nice loss!!!! I'm loving it!!!! Will you stop this garbage about overtaking the Red Sox and getting into the playoffs? It's just a sick fantasy especially the way the Yanks have been playing lately especially against the Angels. Just forget it!!!!
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Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya
Born: 15 January 1850
in Moscow, Russia
Died: 10 February 1891
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Sofia Kovalevskaya was the middle child of Vasily Korvin-Krukovsky, an artillery general, and Yelizaveta Shubert, both well-educated members of the Russian nobility. Sofia was educated by tutors and governesses, lived first at Palabino, the Krukovsky country estate, then in St. Petersburg, and joined her family's social circle which included the author Dostoevsky.
Sofia was attracted to mathematics at a very young age. Her uncle Pyotr Vasilievich Krukovsky, who had a great respect for mathematics, spoke about the subject. Sofia wrote in her autobiography:-
The meaning of these concepts I naturally could not yet grasp, but they acted on my imagination, instilling in me a reverence for mathematics as an exalted and mysterious science which opens up to its initiates a new world of wonders, inaccessible to ordinary mortals.When Sofia was 11 years old, the walls of her nursery were papered with pages of Ostrogradski's lecture notes on differential and integral analysis. She noticed that certain things on the sheets she had heard mentioned by her uncle. Studying the wallpaper was Sofia's introduction to calculus.
It was under the family's tutor, Y I Malevich, that Sofia undertook her first proper study of mathematics, and she says that it was as his pupil that
I began to feel an attraction for my mathematics so intense that I started to neglect my other studies.Sofia 's father decided to put a stop to her mathematics lessons but she borrowed a copy of Bourdeu's Algebra which she read at night when the rest of the household was asleep.
A year later a neighbour, Professor Tyrtov, presented her family with a physics textbook which he had written, and Sofia attempted to read it. She did not understand the trigonometric formulae and attempted to explain them herself. Tyrtov realised that in her working with the concept of sine, she had used the same method by which it had developed historically. Tyrtov argued with Sofia's father that she should be encouraged to study mathematics further but it was several years later that he permitted Sofia to take private lessons.
Sofia was forced to marry so that she could go abroad to enter higher education. Her father would not allow her to leave home to study at a university, and women in Russia could not live apart from their families without the written permission of their father or husband. At the age of eighteen, she entered a nominal marriage with Vladimir Kovalevski, a young palaeontologist. This marriage caused problems for Sofia and, throughout its fifteen years, it was a source of intermittent sorrow, exasperation and tension and her concentration was broken by her frequent quarrels and misunderstandings with her husband .
In 1869 Sofia travelled to Heidelberg to study mathematics and the natural sciences, only to discover that women could not matriculate at the university. Eventually she persuaded the university authorities to allow her to attend lectures unofficially, provided that she obtain the permission of each of her lecturers. Sofia studied there successfully for three semesters and, according to the memoirs of a fellow student, she
immediately attracted the attention of her teachers with her uncommon mathematical ability. Professor Königsberger, the eminent chemist Kirchhoff, .... and all of the other professors were ecstatic over their gifted student and spoke about her as an extraordinary phenomenon .In 1871 Kovalevskaya moved to Berlin to study with Weierstrass, Königsberger's teacher. Despite the efforts of Weierstrass and his colleagues the senate refused to permit her to attend courses at the university. Ironically this actually helped her since over the next four years Weierstrass tutored her privately.
By the spring of 1874, Kovalevskaya had completed three papers. Weierstrass deemed each of these worthy of a doctorate. The three papers were on Partial differential equations, Abelian integrals and Saturn's Rings. The first of these is a remarkable contribution which was published in Crelle's Journal in 1875. The paper on the reduction of abelian integrals to simpler elliptic integrals is of less importance but it consisted of a skilled series of manipulations which showed her complete command of Weierstrass's theory.
In 1874 Kovalevskaya was granted her doctorate, summa cum laude, from Göttingen University. Despite this doctorate and letters of strong recommendation from Weierstrass, Kovalevskaya was unable to obtain an academic position. This was for a combination of reasons, but her sex was a major handicap. Her rejections resulted in a six year period during which time she neither undertook research nor replied to Weierstrass's letters. She was bitter to discover that the best job she was offered was teaching arithmetic to elementary classes of school girls, and remarked
I was unfortunately weak in the multiplication table .In 1878, Kovalevskaya gave birth to a daughter, but from 1880 increasingly returned to her study of mathematics. In 1882 she began work on the refraction of light, and wrote three articles on the topic. In 1891, Volterra discovered that Kovalevskaya had made the same mistake as Lamé, on whose work these papers were based, though she had pointed out several others which he had made in his presentation of the problem. The first of these three articles was still a valuable paper however, because it contained an exposition of Weierstrass's theory for integrating certain partial differential equations.
In the spring of 1883, Vladimir, from whom Sofia had been separated for two years, committed suicide. After the initial shock, Kovalevskaya immersed herself in mathematical work in an attempt to rid herself of feelings of guilt. Mittag-Leffler managed to overcome opposition to Kovalevskaya in Stockholm, and obtained for her a position as privat docent. She began to lecture there in early 1884, was appointed to a five year extraordinary professorship in June of that year, and in June 1889 became the first woman since the physicist Laura Bassi and Maria Gaetana Agnesi to hold a chair at a European university.
During Kovalevskaya's years at Stockholm, she carried out what many consider her most important research She taught courses on the latest topics in analysis and became an editor of the new journal Acta Mathematica. She took over the task of liaison with the mathematicians of Paris and Berlin and took part in the organisation of international conferences. Her status brought her attention from society, and she began again to write reminiscences and dramas that she had enjoyed doing when young.
The topic of the Prix Bordin of the French Academy of Sciences was announced in 1886. Entries were to be significant contributions to the problem of the study of a rigid body. Kovalevskaya entered and, in 1886, was awarded the Prix Bordin for her paper Mémoire sur un cas particulier du problème de le rotation d'un corps pesant autour d'un point fixe, où l'intégration s'effectue à l'aide des fonctions ultraelliptiques du temps Ⓣ. In recognition of the brilliance of this work the prize money was raised from 3,000 to 5,000 francs.
Kovalevskaya's further research on this subject won a prize from the Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1889, and in the same year, on the initiative of Chebyshev, Kovalevskaya was elected a corresponding member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Although the Tsarist government had repeatedly refused her a university position in her own country, the rules at the Imperial Academy were changed to allow the election of a woman.
Kovalevskaya's last published work was a short article Sur un théorème de M. Bruns Ⓣ in which she gave a new, simpler proof of Bruns's theorem on a property of the potential function of a homogeneous body. In early 1891, at the height of her mathematical powers and reputation, Kovalevskaya died of influenza complicated by pneumonia.
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UH awarded $9 million federal grant to continue efforts to enhance state's research infrastructureUniversity of Hawaiʻi
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HONOLULU — The University of Hawaiʻi has been awarded a second grant of $9 million from the National Science Foundation's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR). The three-year grant will continue to support activities of "Investing in Multidisciplinary University Activities through NSF Hawaiʻi EPSCoR: IMUA NSF Hawaiʻi EPSCoR," an NSF program administered by UH, as well as create more opportunities to obtain research funding from the federal government. IMUA NSF Hawaiʻi EPSCoR is intended to aid the state with its efforts to increase research infrastructure in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
The NSF grant will enable UH to improve Hawaiʻi's research infrastructure under the theme of "Collaborative Research for Ecology, Evolution and Cyberinfrastructure." The grant will provide support for research in evolutionary and ecological genetics, ecosystem responses to environmental change, and cyberinfrastructure for environmental research and education.
Additionally, the grant will be partially matched by funding support from the State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism to enhance Hawaiʻi's workforce skills through private sector internships, mentorships, and other experiential learning programs in strategic technology areas that have the greatest potential for development statewide.
The principal investigator on the grant is Dr. James Gaines, Interim Vice President for Research of the University of Hawaiʻi System. The project co-directors are Dr Donald Price of University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo and Dr. Kenneth Kaneshiro of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
"We are most pleased for the National Science Foundation's continued support for Hawaiʻi's IMUA EPSCoR program," said Hawaiʻi Senator Daniel Inouye. "This program will enable our state to continue to expand and diversify our State's research infrastructure, making us significantly more competitive in future bids for federal research funding."
Hawaiʻi Governor Linda Lingle reflected, "Our state is unique in the breadth and diversity of its environmental resources, and the EPSCoR IMUA II program will enable us to build on these strategic assets to strengthen Hawaiʻi's research and educational programs statewide."
"Our faculty and researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi are among the nation's finest. On a daily basis they contribute their expertise towards the betterment of Hawaiʻi's research infrastructure, particularly in our work relating to the islands' unique biodiversity," said UH President David McClain. "This additional funding from the National Science Foundation will ensure that we will continue to build upon existing EPSCoR projects, expand our scientific partnerships and further develop innovative research strategies of national significance."
UH Hilo Chancellor Rose Tseng is widely credited with being the impetus behind the initial effort to bring EPSCoR to Hawaiʻi. NSF EPSCoR was originally funded in 2001, under the auspices of a planning grant that allowed the state to identify its specific area of research through which to pursue a targeted infrastructure improvement. Tseng has continued to serve as Chair of the Statewide EPSCoR Committee, a task she now shares with Maurice Kaya of DBEDT.
Tseng states, "EPSCoR has enabled the Mānoa, Hilo and Community Colleges campuses to work together as a System to improve the science and technology research climate in the state. It has given recognition to the fact that UH Hilo is a place where research is carried out, and that has a direct tie-in to its community. We are excited to continue our participation in this project that allows the research, education, and economic development interests of Hawaiʻi to work together with such focus and drive."
Principal Investigator James Gaines states, "The EPSCoR program's vital strategic focus on improving our scientific and technological capabilities supports Hawaiʻi's involvement in EPSCoR and, in turn, is supported by it. Improving the competitiveness of local researchers is imperative if we are to remain the premier center for scientific inquiry in the Pacific Basin. The EPSCoR program is not only helping us expand our competitiveness, but also extending and enhancing collaborative partnerships among academia, private industry, and government statewide."
The grant follows the original IMUA I EPSCoR-funded project in 2003-2006 which focused on three research thurst areas: Envolutionary Genetics, Ecosystems Research and Information Technology for Environmental Research. A cadre of researchers and educators throughout the UH system who shared a vision and desire to improve research in Hawaiʻi, education about environmental sciences and the environment itself, combined their efforts to execute a number of projects in these areas.
Highlights resulting from the IMUA I EPSCoR award include:
· 14 new faculty members hired at the Mānoa and Hilo campuses;
· Establishment of four core research facilities at Mānoa and Hilo that implemented a "shared use" philosophy, enabling researchers access to state-of-the-art equipment for a wide range of projects;
· Establishment of the interdisciplinary graduate program in Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science (TCBES) at the UH Hilo campus that involves 33 faculty from the disciplines of Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Marine Science, and the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management, and 26 affiliated faculty in federal and state agencies;
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Since its founding in 2000, EPSCoR Hawaiʻi has met its goal of increasing amounts of extramural grants that are awarded to the UH system with an overall increase of 118 percent system-wide, and a 107.5 percent increase at UH Mānoa. UH Hilo's funding significantly increased 484.4 percent and the UH community colleges 193.8 percent.
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Unfortunately, our pets do not live as long as we do. In fact, compared with us they live relatively short lives and although we realize this, nevertheless when the time comes to say goodbye, we experience feelings and emotions that sometimes embarrass us, and often confuse us.
"...stages of mourning and grief that are universal and are experienced by everyone...following the loss of a loved one..."
These feelings actually follow a well-recognized cycle, with stages of mourning and grief that are universal and are experienced by everyone to a greater or lesser extent following the loss of a loved one, be it a person or a pet.
What are these stages of grief?
There are 5 stages of grieving; the length of each stage may vary in any individual case.
1. Shock and denial
The first reaction to loss of a loved companion is one of shock. You cannot believe it and initially deny the reality of the situation. Obviously, there must be an alternative explanation! Remember that shock followed by the stages of denial and isolation helps to carry us through the first wave of pain.
2. Anger
This commonly follows our initial shock reaction. You may direct your anger within (I did not do enough), at your veterinarian (they did not do enough) or at the animal who is the subject of your grief. If you direct your anger inwards, you are likely to also feel the pain of guilt. Remember that feelings of guilt and helplessness are quite normal and are part of the grieving cycle. During this period, you might want to discuss your concerns with your veterinarian, especially if you have any worries or doubts. Often a heartfelt discussion will do much to ease your pain and distress, and help with the emotional loss of your animal.
3. Bargaining
In order to overcome feelings of helplessness, it is not uncommon to try to strike real or imaginary deals in order to change the circumstances. "If only I had sought medical attention sooner", "if only I had asked for a second opinion", "perhaps I should have changed my pet's diet", etc. These again are all normal reactions under the circumstances, but do not be afraid to discuss them.
4. Depression
This is a very common and often prolonged part of the grieving process. Actually two types of depression are recognized with mourning. The first concerns the practical implications relating to the loss of the pet. Sadness and regret predominate. You worry that while caring for the animal you have just lost, you have neglected your other commitments. The second type of depression is perhaps more subtle and is certainly more private. You feel isolated and unable to express your feelings. There is a general sense of confusion and an inability to concentrate or normally routine matters. A change in appetite and insomnia are also common signs.
5. Acceptance
This is the recovery stage. You can talk more freely about the loss of your pet and furthermore begin to realize the benefit of communicating your feelings. You soon realize that you are assessing the situation more objectively and rationally. Unfortunately, in the case of a sudden or unexpected death, for example if your pet is run over and killed, you may get stuck in the stage of anger or denial. It is important to remember that other people understand the bond you had with your pet and can offer you support and understanding.
Should I seek help?
"It is important to talk to somebody sympathetic to your feelings when you have suffered a loss."
By now, it should be clear to you that your mixed and confused feelings are really quite normal. Do not be ashamed of them or bottle them up inside. It is important to talk to somebody sympathetic to your feelings when you have suffered a loss. Talking helps you come to terms with your feelings and accept your loss more quickly. If you feel particularly vulnerable or feel that you are having difficulty with the mourning cycle, do not be afraid to discuss this with your family doctor or your veterinarian; there is nothing abnormal about the reaction and it is amazing how helpful a little bit of counseling can be. Professional bereavement counselors are available in many cities and towns. If you are having difficulty with grief over the loss of you family pet, please contact our veterinary hospital. We can provide assistance and contact numbers of professionals and pet loss support groups in our area that can help you and your family.


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The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) wants you to know what's in the works for the streets and sidewalks on North Beacon Hill. All interested neighbors are invited to a Project Open House at 6 p.m. at Beacon Hill International School, 2025 14th Ave. S.
Planned improvements include a new sidewalk on Beacon Avenue South, changes to the intersection at Beacon Avenue South and 14th Avenue South, curb bulbs at 14th and South College Street, and a new ramp on the Holgate overpass.
Construction of the improvements is scheduled to take place starting next summer.
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"Listen," said Pep. "I dreamed I was engaged to an infant and—"
"Yes," said Peppi. "An infant."
"Continue," said Meth looking around for witnesses.
"So I'm talking to her, to the infant, my fiancé, and she says to me, 'My parents want us to live here.' You know, here in her parents' house. So I said okay, sure, that's fine with me. And then her mother walks into the room and I'm looking at her and I see she's a famous actress. But I can't recall anything she was in."
Peppi coughed lightly, one of his two gestures. "She looks at me, the mother, and she says, 'My husband and I insist—we want you both to live here with us. Right away.' Right away? But we're not married yet, I tell her."
"Geez, you're old fashioned," I said.
"In my dreams I'm old fashioned. In real life I'm a prude." Peppi wiped his nose, his other gesture. "So where was I?"
"About to commit a felony with an infant," I said. Gilgamesh dreamed of axes falling from the sky. Peppi Marchello dreams of carnal knowledge with a weanling. So this is what it's like to be a rock star. Or maybe just a rock star from Long Island. I mean, even Caligula had boundaries. I'm wondering what laws I'm breaking just by listening to this.
"Anyway, all of the sudden she's not an infant anymore," says the maestro. "She's a beautiful young woman. You know how dreams are."
"Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're trying to be so quiet," I wax.
"So I turn to Gene, my son," says Peppi, as if I didn't know who Gene was, "and I say to him, 'Hey Gene—am I nuts or is this a beautiful woman?' And he says, 'You're not nuts, Pop.'"
"Charles Manson walks into a room and says, 'Is hot in here or am I crazy?'"
"Do you want to hear this or not?" Peppi asks, interrupting my interruption.
"Continue," I said.
"So the next thing I know her old man walks in and he says, 'Look—I want to show you something. And he leads me down a flight of stairs to this new bathroom with six toilets lined up next to each other. No stalls or dividers—just six toilets. I look at him and said, 'What is this?' and he says, 'We're expecting a lot of people.' And I said, 'Wait a minute—I can't live like this.' And he said, 'We're Jewish. This is our tradition.' And I said, 'Hold on buddy—you're not the only Jewish guy I know. I've never seen this before.' But he insisted. So I was in the middle of this dilemma. That's when I woke up."
"And for this you need a Jew," I lamented.
"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar," I suggested.
"Who said that?"
"Didn't you just hear me say it?"
"Perhaps you should prepare for six years of irritable bowel syndrome," I suggested. "Did the toilets eat six skinnier toilets?"
"I'm really bothered by the toilets," said Peppi.
"But you're okay with the infant?"
"Maybe it has something to do with sitting shiva?"
"Shiva means seven," I explained. "You're missing a toilet."
"Go back to sleep," I suggested. "Maybe you miscounted."
The newest Good Rats / Peppi Marchello song "Boom Boom" is available now through iTunes.


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I squirmed in my seat throughout "Identity Thief," a colossally unfunny and misguided comedy starring two comic actors who deserve a lot better. Jason Bateman plays Sandy Patterson, a nebbishy Denver corporate accountant whose identity is stolen by Diana, a serial rip-off artist played by Melissa McCarthy in full cry. In order to restore his life, he tracks her across the country and attempts to bring her to justice.
What is it about road-trip movies these days that makes them so bad? I had only recently recovered from "The Guilt Trip," and now this. (Rent "Something Wild" if you want to see the real road-trip deal.) The premise is far from funny, the way in which it is carried out is even less so (subplots include pursuits by bounty hunters and contract killers), and Bateman and McCarthy are left stranded onscreen while we are supposed to be chortling at slobber comedy and fat jokes. Your identity may remain intact after sitting through this thing, but afterwards you'll feel like your pocket's been picked. Grade: F (Rated R for sexual content and language.)


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There were 2 contests held while we were in Estonia, one was a 2m "on-air" contest between licensed YOTA participants. This was organised by the Lithuanian team who also checked and cross-checked the logs at the end. The contest began at 8pm and finished at 8.30pm local time. It involved contesters finding a quite place to operate from, finding a frequency on 2m and calling CQ, which resulted in contestants running wildly throughout the hotel trying to find a suitable spot to transmit. The band got quite confusing with so many operators on at the same time, and even QSOs became confused with operators not sure who they were talking to. The winner of this contest was Ger EI4GXB with a confirmed 35 QSO's within the 30 minute contest.
The other contest was an off-air contest for all participants, licensed or not, with 2 benches representing 40m and 80m bands. The aim was to make as many QSOs as possible whilst sitting on a particular bench. Once you made your contact and you had your serial number, you were allowed to race to the other bench to make a new QSO for that "band". Whilst contestants raced from one bench to the other having QSOs, non-participating members were causing QRM (usually making large "la la la" sounds and also whistling). There was also a bit of "stamping" on the band with contesters pushing each other lightly to gain control of the "frequency". It was hilarious and the funniest event by far of the week.


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Oklahoma Court Records
This entry was originally written by Wendy Bebout Elliott Ph.D., FUGA for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
The western district of Arkansas at Fort Smith covered present-day Oklahoma as early as 1844. U.S. Federal District Courts served as the official criminal and civil courts for non-Native Americans until land was opened in 1889. Congress established federal courts at Muskogee in 1889 for crimes except those punishable by death or imprisonment. Cases for felonies were tried at either Fort Smith, Arkansas; Paris, Texas; or Fort Scott, Kansas. For nonnatives, the laws of Arkansas were applicable.
Between 1890 and 1895, federal law divided Indian Territory into the three judicial districts of South McAlester (Choctaw Nation), Ardmore (Chickasaw and Seminole nations), and Muskogee (Cherokee and Creek nations and the Quapaw Agency). Judges from these three jurisdictions heard all appellate cases, including those from Fort Smith, Paris, and Fort Scott. Until 1898, tribal courts continued hearing cases in which both parties were Native Americans. Thereafter, all persons in Indian Territory, no matter their race, were subject to federal laws and the laws of Arkansas.
In 1883 Congress changed the jurisdiction for the northern half of the western section of Indian Territory to that of the U.S. District Court of Kansas. The U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, was authorized to extend its jurisdiction to the southern half of the western part of Indian Territory.
During the first few years, a district court in Oklahoma Territory frequently served more than one county.
Most original, pre-statehood, district court records are in the National Archives'Southwest Region. Some are on microfilm at the Oklahoma Historical Society, Archives and Manuscripts Division.
Civil and criminal court records after statehood are available from the clerk of the court for the respective county. They maintain records such as proceedings, dockets, cases, and indexes to civil court matters. Jurisdiction may include probate, felony, civil, divorce, adoption, naturalization, small claims, licenses, juvenile, notary, minister's credentials, traffic, and misdemeanor cases. The appellate courts for Oklahoma are the state supreme court, court of appeals, and the court of criminal appeals.
Some early court records may include non-court related records. A volume stored in the basement of the Logan County courthouse contains the first court minutes, but the frontispiece lists a few marriages that occurred during that period. A few reference books include:
- Bowen, Jeff. Cherokee Citizenship Commission Docket Books, 1880'1884 and 1887'1889. N.p.: the author, 1997.
- Burton, Jeffrey. Indian Territory and the United States, 1866'1906: Courts, Government, and the Movement for Oklahoma Statehood.
Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995.
- Downs, Marion. Chickasaw [Nation] Court Records. Calera, Okla.: Bryan County Heritage Association, 2000. Includes Indian and county court records.
- Ford, Jeanette W., comp. Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the United States District Courts for Oklahoma. Fort Worth, Tex.: National Archives, Central Plains Region, 1980.


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I did not think there were emulators PC / dos with support of protected disk images.
Now I'll try to do testing.
coolhaken wrote:Every dump of the other one doesn't contain the protection tracks, so doesn't work.
It's a shame because it was a rare version with high-resolution EGA support instead of the Tandy mode
you can bypass the protection system with a crack?


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A law like this makes sense in theory, but in reality it may not be very effective. Employers can simply cite other reasons to say no. The good part of the bill is that employers would not be able to state in writing that an applicant be employed in order to first apply for a job. Making present employment a requirement makes no sense at all. By nixing applicants without current employment, an entire category of people who may have just moved here would be ineligible.
This has happened on the federal level as well. One would think the federal government would be the first to ban this practice, since it shells out all of that unemployment insurance. The bad part about legislation that bans the unemployed is that those doing the hiring can find other reasons to never call a person in for an interview. The people first reading a submitted resume are almost never the person who interviews or hires a person. This means that the best candidates can be overlooked right away.
Those lengthy lists of qualifications are there for a reason. They know that nobody could have gained all of that experience. They sometimes make those lists so there is always a reason to say no to somebody. I once left a position and then saw my old job posted online. The requirements listed were things I never did before. How often do major financial companies – right here in New York City – ask for 8 to 10 years of experience for a position and then turn around and hire someone fresh out of an Ivy League college or top business school? And the results of these practices speak for themselves. That industry does not mind finding the rest of us when they need to be bailed out though.
Human resources people can sometimes make broad assumptions right away. A hiring professional at a company where I once worked told me that if someone came into an interview with minty breath, she took it as a sign that they had an alcohol dependency issue. This woman creates a whole back story for a person who might just have fresh breath. But if you find yourself at this point, you are at the interview stage, so it's on you to make it.
There are all kinds of discrimination that government may not be able to quell. Take political science professor Keith Whittington, for example. If you think you have great credentials, Whittington had his master's degree and Ph.D. from Yale University and still had trouble getting hired in academia.
Whittington's crime was that he once wrote a published article about Senator John C. Calhoun. Calhoun was a Democratic senator who died in 1850, but that was enough for many political science departments to think that Whittington might be too conservative because Calhoun was from the South.
Might be conservative.
Whittington found work at a smaller university, but only getting that gig by a slim margin. The man who hired him told me that nobody would give him a shot. Today, Whittington is a popular professor at Princeton University, and most academies would love to have him.
If they had only interviewed him in the first place, they would have known who he was. So there is discrimination in all kinds of places, but we cannot expect government to focus too greatly on it. The mayor opposes this legislation because he feels that it would add a bunch of petty lawsuits to an already packed legal system. If employers cannot ask a person if they are unemployed, they may just assume it – and then make up their own reasons to not hire someone. But the part of the bill that focuses on how job postings are written is still worthwhile. The City Council should be applauded for taking a step in the right direction, even if this gets vetoed.


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( school bell ringing )
Oh, boy, it's over,it's over !
Oh, man, I thought thatday would never end !
Hey, Stan, you wanna maybestudy together after school ?
What ?!
No way, Wendy,today's The Day !
What day ?
The day they're showingpart two of last week's
Terrance and Phillip show !
They're gonna finally revealwho Phillip farted on
to get out of jail !
Oh, God,that show is so dumb.
Dumb ?!
Phillip farted insomebody's face super-hard
but you don't know who untilthis week's episode !
Ugh, this has beenthe longest week of my life !
Why do boys thinkfarts are so funny ?
They're juvenileand gross !
No, no, no, no,you're right, Bebe.
Farts totally aren't funny.
( farts )Eww !
( boys laughing )
( laughing hysterically )
Come on, guys,we gotta go !
We're finally gonna learnthe shocking truth
of who Phillip farted on !
Let's get to my house !
Come on !We gotta buy chips !
God, they're so stupid.
Oh, boy !This is gonna be great !
Ahp-ahp-ahp,that's my seat, Craig.
Dude, I was here first.
It's my goddamn house.
Now get your bitch-asson the floor !
It's on, it's on,it's on !
( announcer ) You are watching the Canada Channel.
The only Channel in Canada.
( narrator )Terrance farted onthe American President
but Phillip took the heat.
( farts )
( laughing )
It wasn't me !
( farts )
( laughing )
And now thethrilling conclusion of...
will not be seen tonight
so that we may bring youthis Queef Sisters special !
( horn honking )
What ?
( announcer )Canada Channel presents:The Queef Sisters.
Katherine and Katie Queef.
Two Toronto Girls who loveshooting air out their vaginas.
It's a Queef Sisters Specialon Channel Canada.
All right, Queef Sisters,
it's time for your yearlyPap smear and vag exam.
All right, Doctor.
I'm ready, Doctor.
Now, I'm just going tocheck for cysts.
( queefs )Agh !
Ha hah ahahahaahaa !!
What the fuck is this ?
Now listen here,if you queef in my face
then I refuse to be yourgynecologist !
I'm sorry, Doctor.
I had air trappedin my vagina.
Haahaha !
Well, just don'tlet it happen again.
Now I'm just going tocheck for cysts.
( queefs )Ugh !
Ha hahaahahahahaa !
Now stop it,that isn't funny !
Babies come from there !
( queefs )
Hahahah !
That's it,no Pap smear for you.
But, Doctor,what if I have cancer ?
You should'vethought of that
before you queefedin my face three times.
They... they aren'tgonna show
part two of theTerrance and Phillip show ?
Doctor, my sisteris just being difficult.
Maybe you could just examinemy cervix instead ?
Oh, all right,let me check for cysts.
( queefs )No !
Ha ha ahAhahaaaaaaaa !
That does it,Queef Sisters !
I'm not your vaginal doctoranymore !
Oh, Katie, I do believewe made the doctor angry !
I guess so, Katherine.
Dude, what the hell isthis disgusting crap ?
What the hell is thisdisgusting crap ?
Queef Sisters ?!
That's right, it's a hot, newCanadian show we're trying out.
You replaced our showwith this ?!
But they aren't funny.
All they do isqueef all the time !
That's sick !
You think farts are funny,why not queefs ?
Because babiescome from there !
Aye, look, guys, women arestarting to be the driving force
behind the television audience.
Y'know, womenempowerment and the get-go.
So we want to try to appealto the female sensibility.
Sorry, guys, but if you ask me,your farts have gotten stale.
( school bell ringing )
I've been on holdfor 35 minutes !
Well, we want some goddamnedanswers, that's what we want !
Like why did you showthat smut instead of
the Terrance and Phillipconclusion, you asshole ?!
What's going on ?
We're complaining tothe Canada Network
'cause they putsomething really gross on TV.
You wanna tell me what's funnyabout two women shooting air
from their vaginainto a man's face ?!
No, no, see, some of us wereeating when you showed that !
I threw upon my way home.
Clyde threw upon his way home !
What makes you think you canput that kind of
filth on television ?!
You tell 'em, Cartman !
What happened ?
They didn't show part twoof Terrance and Phillip !
They replaced itwith the Queef Sisters !
It was just 30 minutes of twowomen queefing on people !
Oh, what,so farts are hysterical
but queefs are gross ?
You know that little kids couldhave been watching that !
What kind of network areyou running there in Canada ?
Don't call me "buddy,"I'm not your buddy !
I can't believethey're this upset.
God, they're annoying.
I don't even knowwhat a queef is.
It's when a woman blowsair out her vag, Annie.
You know that girlSamantha Dunskin,
she can make herselfqueef whenever she wants.
Really ?
Wait a minute,I've got an idea.
And to that end, by resortingto filth and garbage,
the CanadaChannel has thusly...
Robbed us of ourinnocence.
Yes, that's good.
"... robbed us ofour innocence..."
Hey, guys, we have alittle surprise for you.
What ?
( queefs )
Wahhghghhghghh !
Ahgghghghgghghghgh !
( door slamming )
Butters ?
Oh, my God,well, how is he doing ?
Yeah, yeah, I'm sure.
Okay, well, thank youfor telling me, Mr. Stotch.
I'll spread the word.
Yeah, you take care,bye.
We need to cancelour plans, Sharon.
There's gonna be an emergencyall-parent meeting
at the school tonight.
Why ?What happened ?
A girl at school,she queefed on
one of Stan'sfriends today.
So ?
( knocking )
Hey, pal.
I heard about whathappened at school today.
You wanna talkabout it ?
Butters was justsitting there, Dad.
He-- he didn't evenknow it was coming.
I know, pal.
Sometimes bad thingshappen to good people.
But, you know, Buttersis still Butters
and he needs you guysright now more than anybody.
It was so gross, Dad.
I mean, what if anothergirl at school tries to--
Hey, we're getting allthe parents together.
We're gonnatake care of this, okay ?
Nothing like this willever happen again.
Okay, parents, some of youhave already heard
but most ofyou have not, m'kay.
We've had a terrible incidentoccur at the school.
Apparently a young girl
went up to a young boyhere at the school, m'kay,
and queefed in his face.
What ?Oh, my God !
How did this happen ?
Where werethe teachers ?
Whoa, whoa, wait a minute,are you saying we're all here
just because a girlqueefed on a boy ?
Just ?!
We're here tofind out why !
The question is how dowe send a message
to other girls in the schoolso this doesn't happen again ?
( all talking )
... not happen again.
Now hold on a minute.
I think we're beinga little drastic here.
You know, I probably seea boy in my office
once a week forfarting on a girl.
What does that have todo with anything ?
Oh, my God !This is ridiculous !It's the same thing !
Our next guests have reallytaken America by storm.
Their new hit showis being tuned in
by womenall over the world.
Please welcome,the Queef Sisters !
( applause & cheering )
Oh, hello, Regis !Hello, Kelly !
( queefs )
( cackling )
So, uh, gals, you seem toreally like queefing.
Well, Reeg,it's like this,
we think that queefingis a perfectly normal
female bodily function.
Why not have funwith it ?
( queefs )
( cheering )
But I mean, really, isn'tqueefing a bit juvenile ?
Men enjoy farts,
so why shouldn't womenenjoy their queefs ?
( applause )
That's right.
We've written all aboot itin our new feminist book
"Eat, Pray, Queef."
Well, I think that whatyou gals are doing
for the feministmovement is amazing !
And that's why women all overAmerica stand behind you !
( queefs )
Noooo !
Terrance and Phillip,you've put on a terrific show
for many, many years.
You've made Canada Channelwhat it is today.
You're fired.
Fired ?!Fired ?!
Sorry, guys, but this queefingthing is really catching on.
Queef Sisters ratingsare through the roof.
And to pay themwhat they're asking,
we've gotta get rid of you.
Good-bye,here's some cookies.
Brian, don't do this !
You can't letCanada Channel be soiled
by that perversegarbage !
You know it's sick !
Yes, I know it's sick.
To be honest, I gag every timeone of them lets out a queef.
But it's money, goddamn it,and this channel needs it.
I'm sorry,Terrance and Phillip.
Your show is done.
I always love whenSpring is on the way.
Such a fun and inspiringtime to decorate.
Just like most women out there,
I've really gotten intoqueefing lately.
There's a lot offun and interesting ways
we can decorate our queefs
and just make them moredynamic for the holidays.
What we're gonna do is justcut up some paper...
like this.
You can cut out little starsor little moon shapes...
and then just...jam those... up.
And then I've got some simplelittle sparkles
from the hobby store.
They come ina little tube,
which make them veryeasy to just...
shoot...right up the ol'...
There we are.
And, of course, you can feelfree to add little flowers
or maybe somefestive Easter grass.
But the point is that whenwe're done,
we can let one rip.
( queefs )
See how prettythat was ?
It's a good thing.
( queefs )
What was that ?
Oh, excuse me, I--
I had a littleair trapped.
( giggling )
Oh, my God.
Did you just--at the table ?
Par-pardon me.
( giggling )
Mom, gross !
( snickering )
Okay, that's enough,girls, all right ?
I mean,how old are you, Sharon ?
I'm sorry, it's just--
it's kind of funnyhow much it bothers you.
Oh, yeah, yeah,that's really funny.
Stop it, Mom.
Yeah, okay, let's just try tohave a nice dinner, okay ?
Okay, okay,I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
( queefs )
( snickering )
Sharon Marsh !
Excuse me.
Hey, Mom, do youlike Australia ?
'Cause that wasa Great Barrier Queef !
( laughing )
That's it, I'm leaving.
I'm going too.
Oh, oh, please, Randy !
How many times have youfarted in the bed
and held my headunder the covers ?!
That's completelydifferent !
Yeah, it's different, Mom !
All right, tell meexactly where the line is !
Okay, how about this ?
I have a friend Abby.
She had a baby boyand it farted.
( chuckling )Yeah...
But she was actually stillpregnant with the baby boy
and it farted inside her.
( chuckling )Yeah...
And then the gasfrom the baby's fart
traveled down and shot outher vagina !
Ha-ha !
Come on, Stanley,let's go.
Oh, oh, so when doesthat stop being funny ?!
It stopped being funny
the second that air cameout her vagina, Sharon !
But those are justgingersnaps, Katie !
( queefs )
( cackling )
( doorbell ringing )
Could you get that,Katie ?
( queefs )
Oh, my God,look, Katherine !
It's Canadian Television starsTerrance and Phillip !
Oh, my God,they're famous !
Oh, hello, sirs !
It is such an honorto meet you !
Oh, Katie, I'm gettingall goose bumpy and queefy !
( queefing )
Ooh !
May we come in, please ?
Oh, certainly, thoughI fear we look a mess !
Pretty nice placeyou have here.
Network must bepaying you well.
Oh, yes, the show is going aboot as well as it could !
( queefs )
All right, enough withthe queefing !
We didn't comefor a social call !
That's right,we've come to kill you.
( gasping )
Why kill us ?We love you !
Because you've reducedCanada Channel
to smut and toilet humor !
Well, I supposeif we're going to die,
we should die by the handsof our idols.
Your idols ?
We grew up watching you.
You meantthe world to us.
We used to fantasize aboutpleasing you
in all different ways.
Know that it is an honorto die by your hand.
I don't think I cando it, Phillip.
Why not ?
Because I'm suddenlyfinding myself
strangelyattracted to Katherine.
What ?!
That's crazy, Terrance.
Katie is obviouslythe hot one.
Hey, Butters,how you holdin' up, man ?
Aw... hey, fellas.
We got youa present, Butters.
I'll put it here on yournightstand
'cause none of us wanna touchyou since you got queefed on.
Aw, thanks.
Butters, I'm afraidthings have gotten worse.
All the women suddenlythink that...
queefing is funny.
Ohhhh !
Oh !
Calm down, Butters !
The men aretaking action.
But we need to takeyour picture.
My picture ?
You're going to be the faceof queef abuse, Butters.
So that we can makepeople open their eyes.
( farts )
( cackling )
( queefs )Ahh !
( cackling )
( farts )
Damn it, I'm trying toenjoy my wine, Katie !
No, that was me, Phillip,I farted.
Oh, ha ha ahahah !
Hahhahaahh !
Oh, this isa dream come true !
I've always wanted tomeet you, Phillip !
( tires screeching )
Phillip ?!I'm Terrance !
What ?!
I thought youwere Terrance !
No, I'm Phillip !
Oh, dear.
is taking over our city,our state, our nation.
Queefing has becomean acceptable evil.
"Last week at our... school,
"a girl queefed rightinto our friend's face.
"That is why we are hereto tell you,
"it's not a joke.
"On television,us children are starting
to see and hear more and moregraphic queefing."
I would like totake this opportunity
to explain why farts are funnyand queefs are not.
Men have alwaysjoked about farts
and we, in fact,name our farts.
We have the "Squeaker."
( squeaking fart )
And then there'sthe "Fog Horn."
( bellowing fart )
And the "Don't Be Scared."
( staggering fart )
And of coursethere's the--
Excuse me !
If that reallyis your argument,
it isn't a very sound one.
Women name theirqueefs too.
That's right !Yeah, that's right !Of course we do !
For instance, we havethe "Sneezing Unicorn."
( sneezing queef )
And the "Resuscitator."
( stuttering queef )
Sick !Stop it, lady !
That's not the same !
We've got the"Chinese Firecracker."
( explosive fart )
That's all well and good,
but we can do"The Road Warrior."
( queef )NOOOO !
We go innnnn !
We killll !
No more talk !We killll !
Soon my dog of war !
But we have todo it my way !
Losers !Losers wait !
Ahghghgghh !Ahghghgghh !Ahghghgghh !
You stupid bitch !
What the fuck iswrong with you ?!
I'm not your sex toy,you fucking pig !
You don't queef in bedwhile we're having sex !
Fuck you, you don'tfucking slap me !
Could you pleasekeep it down ?
We're trying tohave sex over here.
She queefed while we werehaving sex, Terrance !
Sick !
What's the big deal ?
I've been queefing in thisbed the entire time !
What ?!Gross !
How dare you ?!
Ahh !
Get out !Get out, both of you !
We never want tosee you again !
After everythingwe've been through ?!
( sobbing )
( queefing )
What the hellam I going to do, Phillip ?
She makes me so madsometimes.
Katherine just won'tstop queefing.
But I don't know ifI can live without her.
( crying )
( queefs )
Katie, I'm sorry.
I was wrong.
Me too, Katherine.
I don't loveyour queefs,
but, damn it,I love you.
Oh, Terrance !Phillip !
( moaning & queefing )
( gasping )Oh, my God !
Oh, my God, Stan !
Stan, we did it !
Colorado Senate movesto ban queefing !
No way, we did it ?
Yeah !All right, son !
Yeah !
What's going on ?
Ha-- read itand weep, Sharon !
No more queefing !
Well...congratulations, guys.
Looks like you got us.
Good job.
Aw, come on, just 'causeyou can't queef anymore...
You really think women caredthat much about queefing ?
Is that reallywhat you think this
has all been about ?!
This has been about womenhaving a little bit of fun
for once at your expense.
For just this one time,we could be the immature ones
to make you feeluncomfortable.
But, no, you justcouldn't let us have
that one little thing,could you ?
Because even though thingsare getting better for women,
you still think of us aslesser people sometimes
and we always have toprove ourselves twice as hard.
Congratulations, guys,
for getting your way...again.
Mom, we didn't mean...
Boy, oh, boy...
I think we might havescrewed up royal, Stan.
Yeah, we all got socaught up in how we felt
that we didn't realizewomen actually cared
about somethinga lot deeper.
Stan, let's callthe guys together.
Maybe we can makethis right.
♪ When we mustlisten to the oppressed ♪
♪ And realize
♪ We've been keepingwomen down ♪
♪ They have powerand they have courage ♪
♪ And we must all stand bythe belief ♪
♪ That a woman is strong
♪ And she hasthe right to queef ♪
♪ Fly free
♪ Free to queefaloud ♪
♪ Fly Free
♪ Let every queef showthat you're proud ♪
♪ You facedso many challenges ♪
♪ To put an endto your grief ♪
♪ You're a woman now
♪ And you are freeto queef ♪
♪ It's time for equality
♪ We must give themthe respect they deserve ♪
♪ They're just the sameas you and me ♪
♪ Their rightsmust be preserved ♪
♪ Queef Free
♪ Queef Free
♪ Every womanhas the right ♪
♪ Queef Free
♪ Queef Free
♪ Let your queefing starshine bright ♪
♪ You are womanhear you roar ♪
♪ Queef Free
♪ Queefing too loudto ignore ♪
( queefs )
♪ Queef a littleeach day ♪
♪ And let yoursoul take flight ♪
♪ Aaahhhhh
♪ Ahhhh
♪ Queef Freeeeeee
For this reason,
a man will leavehis father and mother
and be united to his wife
and the two willbecome one flesh.
( queefs )No !
( cackling )
Stop it, Katherine !
This is a seriousmoment !
Therefore what God has joinedtogether let no man--
( farts )Aghgh !
( cackling )
( queefs )Oh, sick !
( farts )
( queefs )( farts )
That's it !
I now pronounce youfarts and queefs !
( all cackling )
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1 lb fresh green beans*
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons olive oil
Bring a large pot of water to boil. Boil the green beans about 2 minutes then blanch them in ice water. Meanwhile, whisk together the balsamic, oil and garlic to make the dressing. Drain the beans, toss with the dressing. Serve immediately or refrigerate.
* I was excited to see purple "green" beans at the farmers market and bought them and some regular beans. Then I got home and remembered that they don't stay purple after you cook them-the turn the same green as the regular ones. Still tasty, though!


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History is more or less bunk. It is tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that's worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today.
In 1916, as the U.S. was gearing up to enter World War I, Henry Ford, who had applied new technologies to mass manufacturing of cars while earning profits for his company, said those words. He wanted the kind of history that would speak to the present, not those school-taught accounts of kings, queens, generals, and diplomacy students learned. To Ford, that kind of history was ""more or less bunk." He wanted a different history that was relevant to the here-and-now, that could answer tough questions today (p. 1).
Today, political, military, social, economic, and education historians gather, analyze, and interpret facts to answer questions about the past as objectively as they can. The past, then, never speaks for itself in coughing up answers; historians establish facts, interpret the past, some even rendering their judgments, to inform the present.
Yet those in authority who make decisions then and now pursue a different view of the past.
Case in point. Before the housing bubble burst and cascaded through the financial community here and abroad leading to the crippling Great Recession in 2008 economists, investments bankers, Federal Reserve officials, the President of the U.S., and hundreds of other policymakers had been warned time and again about the housing boom. For example, Yale University economist Robert Shiller examined historical records dating back centuries–yes centuries–when housing prices spiked and then plunged in the Netherlands, Norway, and other countries. As recent as the early 1990s, another housing bubble burst in Japan. These popped bubbles damaged these nations' economies badly.
Shiller said the same thing had been occurring in the U.S. since the early 1990s. He told that to Federal Reserve officials; he gave interviews to network journalists; he wrote op-ed pieces. He talked to hedge funds CEOs and top officials in investment banks all of whom were hip-deep in packaging subprime mortgages for sale to investors even though few understood what was being bought and sold. When did he say all of these things? 2005. His research findings were ignored.
But the housing bubble did pop in 2008 and the near-financial collapse of the nation has led to high unemployment and a severely damaged economy that is just barely recovering in 2013.
Why did so few hedge fund managers, CEOs of financial institutions, and investors–much less top federal and state officials and legislators–heed these lessons from the past. Because these policy elites had a different view of the past in their heads. To them, accelerating housing prices was not a bubble it was economic growth in the American way. What happened elsewhere couldn't happen in the U.S. because it was different. Rising housing prices were another mark of American exceptionalism. The U.S. had won wars with Britain, Mexico, and Spain in the 19th century, and twice defeated Germany in the 20th century (Vietnam was a forgettable error while the 100-hour first Gulf War in 1991 was the historical pattern). U.S. capitalism had triumphed over Soviet Union. That was the historical map that these very smart people had in their heads. So why take heed of a Yale economist and other Cassandras warning about an economic debacle around the corner?
So the issue in front of policymakers who influence the economy–like those who seek school reform–is not ignoring the past. They like voters, taxpayers, and those interested in school reform such as practitioners, parents, researchers already have historical maps in their heads.
Years ago, David Tyack and I wrote about the history of school reform. We said:
Whether they are aware of it or not, all people use history (defined as an interpretation of past events) when they make choices about the present and future. The issue is not whether people use a sense of the past … but how accurate and appropriate are their historical maps. Are their inferences attentive to context and complexity? Are their analogies plausible? And how might alternative understandings of the past produce different visions of the future? (p. 7).
The questions we asked nearly two decades ago about the accuracy of the historical maps that reform-driven policymakers use in shaping the future of schools apply to K-12 and higher education rhetoric and action in either championing new technologies or using student test scores to evaluate teachers. Are the inferences policymakers make attentive to school contexts and complexity? Are the analogies plausible? Do other interpretations of past reforms contain different visions of the future?
After living through the housing bubble and its popping and now listening to the rhetoric of those committed to technology transforming teaching and learning, I do not hear these questions being asked. The historical maps advocates of "disruptive" technologies have in their heads do not permit such questions. Not asking these questions lead me to slightly amend Henry Ford: Their history "is more or less bunk."


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I've had the chance to use the internal beta of the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet OS 2.0 for some time now both as a personal device and a work tool. Reflecting back on how it has found its way into countless areas of my life and usage scenarios, I must say that the Video Chat functionality on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet surprised me in its ability to improve business communications. Sure, I have the ability to connect with friends across the country to stay in touch – but I also have the ability to have a face-to-face conversation with anyone in the company, which is something that's proven extremely valuable to my work. If you can find me, it'll be at my desk, in a meeting, in another building altogether, at home, or on the road – and I know that many others operate in a similar fashion. Video Chat included in the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet – as well as the enhancements made with the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 software update – has the potential to take your business communication to a new level.
What is BlackBerry PlayBook Video Chat?
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet Video Chat application allows you to communicate with another BlackBerry PlayBook tablet owner using the HD video cameras and stereo speakers equipped on the device. If you set your status as available, individuals can place a video call to your device, which will notify you of the incoming call and allow you to instantly connect.
What's New?
Several areas of BlackBerry PlayBook Video Chat have been improved with BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, making it an even easier app to use for collaborating and communicating with friends and colleagues. Check out the new enhancements below:
- Improved user interface, which is now designed to provide an experience similar to that of the built-in Contacts application
- Filtering within the Contacts application to display only contacts with access to the BlackBerry PlayBook Video Chat. Existing Video Chat contacts are merged into the new Contacts application
- The contact's availability is now displayed: see who is online and start a conversation right from within the Contacts application
- Invite based on PIN, in addition to BlackBerry® ID email addresses
- Leverage Presenter Mode while inside Video Chat to display the conversation feed on an external screen through the HDMI connection. This allows you to run another app on your BlackBerry PlayBook tablet while continuing the video conversation on a monitor or projector.
Use Cases of Video Chat for Business
I've explored a few use cases for BlackBerry PlayBook Video Chat in business already, but I'm sure that you can think of more (and please share them in the comments!). With the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, I've made sure to stay reachable and online within the application. Sure enough, I've had my share of video calls from colleagues to discuss work-related issues.
The Video Chat app is designed to enable rich communication for remote workers. Many of my Video Chat calls have taken place while I was working from home, and it felt like we were talking face to face. With the ability to see facial expressions the conversation becomes more personal and improves immeasurably. In short, collaborating becomes much more intuitive.
Remote workers may often be on one end of the conversation, but on the other end, the boardroom meeting benefits from the technology as well. An individual who can't make it to the meeting can still take a virtual seat in the room and contribute to the conversation while the meeting is being displayed on a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet or HDMI monitor/projector.
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Car, truck collide on Route 18 in Hanover Township
A 57-year-old woman was killed Thursday afternoon in a head-on crash in Hanover Township, Washington County.
The collision, which involved a car and a truck, happened along Route 18, near the Pepsi-Cola Roadhouse, at 1:15 p.m., police said.
Photos: Car, truck collide head-on
Washington County Coroner Tim Warco said a Chevrolet sedan was traveling northbound on Route 18 when it passed another vehicle and struck a GMC pickup truck going southbound head-on.
The passenger in the sedan was pronounced dead at the scene. She has been identified as Debra L. Strong, 57, of Burgettstown.
The driver of the sedan and a passenger in the truck were flown to UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh, police said. Their conditions were not immediately known.
The second driver suffered minor injuries and was not taken to the hospital, police said. Authorities on scene said that driver is extremely lucky to have escaped injury, considering the head-on impact between two cars which were likely driving at least 50 mph (the posted speed limit in that area).
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- Asthma
- Colds
- Cough
- Crohn's Disease
- Skin Inflammation
- Sore Throat
- Ulcers
The similarity in name between the herb marshmallow and the sweet treat is more than a coincidence, although the modern sugar puff ball no longer bears much relationship to the old-fashioned candy flavored with marshmallow herb.
Besides inspiring makers of campfire food, the marshmallow has also been used medicinally since ancient Greece. Hippocrates spoke of it as a treatment for bruises and blood loss, and subsequent Roman physicians recommended marshmallow for toothaches, insect bites, chilblains, and irritated skin. In medieval Europe, herbalists used marshmallow to soothe toothaches, coughs, sore throats, chapped skin, indigestion, and diarrhea.
What Is Marshmallow Used for Today?
Marshmallow contains contains large sugar molecules called mucilage, which are thought to exert a soothing effect on mucous membranes, and this is the basis of most proposed uses of the herb. However, only double-blind, placebo-controlled studies can prove a treatment effective, and no such studies of marshmallow have been reported at this time. (For information on why double-blind studies are so important, see Why Does This Database Rely on Double-blind Studies? )
On the basis of its supposed soothing properties, tea or lozenges containing marshmallow tea are often recommended for asthma , cough , colds , and sore throat. Marshmallow taken as tea or in capsules is sometimes recommended for Crohn's disease or ulcers , on the theory that mucilage might sooth the lining of the digestive tract. Finally, marshmallow ointment is sometimes recommended for irritated skin.
Marshmallow can be made into a soothing tea by steeping roots overnight in water and diluting to taste. This tea can be drunk as desired for symptomatic relief. Alternatively, you can take marshmallow in capsules (5 to 6 g daily) or in tincture according to label directions.
Marshmallow ointments can be applied directly to soothe inflamed or irritated skin.
Safety Issues
Marshmallow is believed to be entirely safe. It is approved for use in foods, and its chemical makeup does not suggest any but benign effects. 1 However, detailed safety studies have not been performed. One study suggests that marshmallow can slightly lower blood sugar levels. 2 For this reason, people with diabetes should use caution when taking marshmallow. Safety in young children, pregnant or nursing women, or those with severe liver or kidney disease has not been established.
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Vision plays an important role in children's physical, cognitive, and social development. More than one in five preschool-age children enrolled in Head Start have a vision disorder. Uncorrected vision problems can impair child development, interfere with learning, and even lead to permanent vision loss; early detection and treatment are critical. Visual functioning is a strong predictor of academic performance in school-age children, and vision disorders of childhood may continue to affect health and well-being throughout the adult years.
The economic costs of children's vision disorders are significant, amounting to $10 billion yearly in the United States.Learn More
Prevalence rates for the most common vision problems and eye disorders in children.Learn More
Both genetic and environmental factors play a role in the development of vision disorders.Learn More
Too many children with vision disorders have unmet needs for care, leaving them vulnerable to negative effects on learning and development. Racial and socioeconomic inequities in access to care are evident across a variety of measures and studies.Learn More
Because young children and their parents may not be aware of reduced visual functioning, routine vision screening and/or eye examinations are vitally important to detect problems before the child's development is compromised. Any possible problem identified by vision screening must be followed up with a comprehensive eye examination. Together, vision screening and eye examinations are complementary and essential elements of a strong public health approach to vision and eye health.Learn More
A look at state system change for children's vision health in Ohio, Massachusetts and Arizona.Learn More
Vision screening, eye examinations, population-based data systems, and measures of accountability are the cornerstones of a comprehensive system to ensure children's vision and eye health.Learn More
Download a complete copy of the Children's Vision and Eye Health report.
The pdf file includes a complete list of sources for all data used in the report.


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The Sponsor A Pet program encourages the community to help homeless pets by sponsoring their shelter and care until the day they find a forever home. When someone has found a homeless pet that has touched their heart but they are unable to provide that pet their forever home this program gives them the avenue to help. It costs an average of $150 a day to provide care for a homeless pet while they await their forever home. Even a small contribution can give a homeless pet the chance that they deserve.
The Petfinder Foundation helps homeless pets by saving lives through adoptions, helping shelters prepare for and recover from disaster and works to make shelters across the country more sustainable. The Foundation provides direct funding as well as training, education and grants of equipment and supplies to help support thousands of animal welfare organization that are members of Petfinder, the largest online database for adoptable pets. Learn more »


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"Holidays are coming we need you in our team. We are hiring holiday shoppers. No experience needed, just an honest opinion. The job requires you to shop and evaluate our employees. You will get paid to shop and keep the products."While there are legit mystery shopper jobs out there, we almost never see them in offers that show up in your inbox. Or in the classified ads. Or on telephone poles. Or on your phone. So, before you apply, here are some things to think about:
- Don't click on links in unexpected emails, which could be phishing for your money or personal information. Or both.
- Never pay for access to a job, a directory of shopping jobs, or any kind of certification to work as a mystery shopper. Legit companies pay you to work for them; they don't charge you.
- Don't wire money or send a prepaid debit card to a stranger. Ever. For any reason.
- If you're still curious, do some research. Contact the company directly. Find their information online through your own search, not by following a link from the email.