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Rhode Island Enacts Legislation to Prohibit Extreme Confinement Crates for Pigs and Calves and the Routine Docking of Cows' Tails
The HSUS applauds lawmakers for making Rhode Island the ninth state to pass farm animal protection legislation
The Humane Society of the United States applauds Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and state lawmakers for enacting S.2191/H.7180, legislation that prohibits the extreme confinement of breeding pigs and veal calves in small crates, and S.2192, legislation that prohibits the unnecessary and inhumane practice of cattle tail docking. Tail docking involves the partial amputation—typically without pain killers—of up to two-thirds of a cow's tail.
The bills, introduced by Senate Majority Leader Dominick J. Ruggerio (D-Dist. 4, North Providence, Providence) and Rep. Patricia Serpa (D – Dist. 27, Coventry, Warwick, West Warwick), passed the Senate and House with overwhelming support and the governor has signed them into law. This makes Rhode Island the ninth state to ban gestation crates for breeding pigs, the seventh to ban veal crates for calves, and the third to ban cattle tail docking.
"Rhode Island is sending the message loud and clear that inhumane factory farming practices simply aren't sustainable and should be banned," said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The HSUS. "The Humane Society of the United States is grateful to Senator Ruggerio and Representative Serpa for their leadership on these important animal protection policies and to Governor Chafee for signing this collection of farm animal welfare bills."
"Rhode Island's decision is further evidence that these cruel systems have no future. Cramming animals into crates so small that they can't even turn around is horribly abusive," said Bruce Friedrich, senior director for strategic initiatives at Farm Sanctuary. "These systems have no place in a just society."
In the pork industry, the vast majority of mother pigs are confined day and night during their four-month pregnancy in gestation crates, cages roughly the same size as the animals' bodies. They are then placed into another crate to give birth, are re-impregnated, and put back into a gestation crate. This happens pregnancy after pregnancy for their entire lives, adding up to years of virtual immobilization.
Many calves raised for veal suffer nearly their entire lives inside individual crates. Like gestation crates, veal crates are so small the animals are unable to even turn around. These calves are often tethered by their necks for most of their four- to five-month lives.
"Gestation crates and veal crates are unnecessarily cruel and have no place in the Ocean State," said Rep. Serpa. "It's inhumane and inconsistent with how Rhode islanders feel about animals."
"Cruelties such as locking animals in tiny cages for their whole lives and cutting their tails off without painkiller aren't acceptable to Rhode Islanders, and we're proud to have taken action to prevent them," said Majority Leader Ruggerio.
Scientific studies show that tail docking causes distress, pain and increased fly attacks, and that it offers no benefit to the animal. The American Veterinary Medical Association and numerous dairy industry representatives oppose routine tail docking of dairy cows and major dairy states like Ohio and California have taken regulatory action against the practice.
- Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Maine, Michigan, Ohio and Oregon have all passed laws to phase out gestation crates. In addition to Rhode Island, bills on this issue are currently pending in Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey.
- Since February, McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Cracker Barrel, Denny's and Sonic have announced that they will eliminate gestation crates from their supply chains, as have Kroger and Safeway, the nation's top two supermarket chains, and Compass Group, the world's largest foodservice company.
- Renowned animal welfare scientist and advisor to the pork industry, Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is clear on this issue, stating: "Confining an animal for most of its life in a box in which it is not able to turn around does not provide a decent life." Grandin further states, "We've got to treat animals right, and the gestation stalls have got to go."
- The American Veterinary Medical Association, Canadian Veterinary Medical Association and many industry representatives oppose the routine tail docking of dairy cows. The AVMA explains: "Current scientific literature indicates that routine tail docking provides no benefit to the animal, and that tail docking can lead to distress during fly seasons." The CVMA states that "it has been shown that cows are unable to effectively keep flies away once the tail is docked."
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Unfazed by Yankees, Elias K's 10 in win
NEW YORK -- Roenis Elias had never pitched in Yankee Stadium. Never faced any member of the current Yankees. Never stepped onto the big stage in the Big Apple.
But the Mariners rookie didn't seem fazed by any of that Thursday night as the 25-year-old Cuban held the Yankees to two runs (one earned) over seven sterling innings of work as Seattle swept a rain-shortened series in the Bronx with a 4-2 victory.View Full Game Coverage
NEW YORK -- Roenis Elias had never pitched in Yankee Stadium. Never faced any member of the current Yankees. Never stepped onto the big stage in the Big Apple.
But the Mariners rookie didn't seem fazed by any of that Thursday night as the 25-year-old Cuban held the Yankees to two runs (one earned) over seven sterling innings of work as Seattle swept a rain-shortened series in the Bronx with a 4-2 victory.View Full Game Coverage
Intimidated at all by the aura of Yankee Stadium?
"Nothing," Elias said through an interpreter. "Nothing at all. It's just baseball."
But when pressed, the youngster who was pitching Double-A ball for the Jackson Generals last year acknowledged it did mean a little something special to not just pitch in front of 43,121 at Yankee Stadium, but to beat the team he grew up watching in Guantanamo, Cuba.
"That's where the adrenaline comes from. That's when I feel good," he said of being in the spotlight. "I've never been to this stadium. It was good to beat the Yankees. I'd seen them on TV, but I'd never been here. It's not only the stadium, but the team."
Seattle has won five of its last six since snapping an eight-game losing streak to improve to 12-14, while the Yankees fell to 15-12. The Mariners have won four in a row at Yankee Stadium dating back to last season, their longest winning streak in the Bronx since taking six straight from 2001-03.
After surrendering a leadoff home run to Jacoby Ellsbury, Elias settled in and allowed just six hits with two walks and a career-best 10 strikeouts in a 110-pitch night.
"The young man threw a tremendous game, that's for sure," said Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon, who opted to stay with Elias after Wednesday's rainout rather than go with Felix Hernandez for the series finale. "We thought he'd be OK in this atmosphere. This is a tough venue. But we thought he'd be OK. The fact we had an opportunity to get Felix an extra day weighed heavily in my decision.
"Coming into Yankee Stadium or getting off a boat, I think he's pretty tough," McClendon said of the Cuban defector. "And my hunch was right. I didn't think Yankee Stadium would bother him that much."
"Best I've seen him," said catcher Mike Zunino. "He's a guy that definitely feeds off a lot of energy, and what better place to do it? The last two to three starts he's been feeling really confident with the breaking ball along with the changeup, so with him being able to go along and do that today just shows how good he is."
The young southpaw was making just his sixth Major League start since making the jump from Double-A ball this spring. He improved to 2-2 with a 3.09 ERA and impressed the Yankees in the process.
"He's not a typical lefty where he's up there trying to trick you," said Derek Jeter, who struck out twice against Elias in a 1-for-4 night. "He gets it up there pretty good, and when he gets ahead, he's got a strikeout pitch. He was better than us today."
Elias' strong outing took some of the spotlight away from teammate Robinson Cano, who went 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs in his second game back in the Bronx with his new club.
Cano was met with boos again as he stepped to the plate in the first inning, and the jeers had barely died down when he drove an RBI double into right field, scoring Stefen Romero from first base for a quick 1-0 lead.
The Yankees wasted no time tying things back up with a leadoff home run to right by Ellsbury, his first homer since becoming one of New York's own free-agent additions over the offseason.
"Wow," said Elias. "I was shocked that the first batter, Ellsbury, was able to come around on me."
Elias didn't let that Bronx greeting get to him, however, as he proceeded to strike out Jeter, Carlos Beltran and Alfonso Soriano in order to set the tone for the rest of his night.
Cano also drove in Seattle's second run with a fielder's choice in the third, giving the Mariners a 2-1 lead. Cano extended his hitting streak to nine games and is now batting .294 with 14 RBIs in his first 26 games for Seattle.
The Mariners added two more in the fourth off Hiroki Kuroda, with Brad Miller pushing an RBI single to left and Michael Saunders following with a run-scoring double to left-center. Saunders' shot easily would have scored two, but it took a big hop off the warning track and over the fence for a ground-rule double that forced Miller to hold at third.
Saunders, leading off and playing center field in place of the struggling Abraham Almonte, went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
"Unlucky placement," Saunders said of his ground-rule double. "But it felt good tonight. I learned from my first at-bat I needed to get [Kuroda's] stuff up. His splitter is his out pitch, and the first time through the order I feel like we all learned to get that ball up. After that, we put some pretty good swings on it, especially after seeing some pitches."
Saunders appears to have earned another start again Friday when the club heads to Houston.
"True to my word, players make out the lineup, managers don't," McClendon said. "You get three hits, you find your way into the lineup the next day."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog.


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Ian Clark's On Hockey: Monarchs' Derek Forbort in the right place at the right timeBY IAN CLARK
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 11. 2014 8:15PM
MANCHESTER -- YOU'D be hard-pressed to find a better situation for a rookie defenseman than the 2013-14 Manchester Monarchs.
That's where Derek Forbort finds himself; on a team that leads the AHL standings, is deep with veteran defensemen to learn from, has great goaltending and excellent coaching with a track record of developing NHL players.
"It's been good. I think I've been playing well and taken the next step in my game from college," Forbort said. "I'm just trying to work on being a complete player every night. There's a lot more games than college, so that's a challenge. But I think I've adapted pretty well."
The 22-year-old Forbort is a Minnesota native who played college hockey at the University of North Dakota. He was a first round pick of the L.A. Kings (15th overall) in 2010. Forbort played in 10 games at the end of last season (four in the playoffs), registering an assist.
Now in his first full pro season, the 6-foot-4, 218-pounder is progressing nicely at the AHL level. "I think steadily he's improved. He's big and he's applying himself and using his size. I think his play selection has improved," Monarchs head coach Mark Morris said. "(Assistant coach) Freddy Meyer has been working with him on his reads and his passing ability and making plays that are steady and reliable. He's coming along nicely."
Forbort said he sees how far his game has come in one season.
"I feel like I skate pretty well and defend pretty well. I've just got to get my puck skills better and try getting pucks to the net," he said. "The coaching staff here does a great job. It's just going to take some time and I've got to put in the hard work and hopefully I get there."
Never a high points production guy in college — he topped out at 17 on four goals and 13 assists as a senior — Forbort's forte has always been playing well in his own end. That has continued in the AHL where Forbort has a solid plus-13 rating through 62 games to go along with a goal and 15 assists.
The Monarchs, who host Bridgeport Friday night at 7 p.m. at Verizon Wireless Arena, are deep with veteran defensemen such as captain Andrew Campbell, Andrew Bodnarchuk and NHL veteran Jeff Schultz.
Those players have acted as mentors for Forbort and fellow blue line rookie Colin Miller.
"Guys like Campbell and Schultz have shown me a lot. I work with them on little things to find my game," Forbort said. "They've helped me a ton. It's been great having them here."
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Spaulding scores twice late in come-from-behind hockey win at BedfordBy MARK QUIRK
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 12. 2013 11:32PM
GOFFSTOWN - It took a while, almost too long, but in the end it all came together for the Spaulding High School of Rochester hockey team.
Justin Jewell scored two goals in the final 3:26 to lift the Red Raiders to a 4-3 come-from-behind win over Bedford in a battle of Division II heavyweights at Sullivan Arena on Tuesday.
"I think we started slow," said Spaulding coach Paul George, whose team hadn't been on the ice since Thursday. "I think the third period is more conducive to the style that we play. They played better as well, but it looked like they got a little winded."
Bedford took a 3-2 lead on a goal by Brian Collins with 5:28 left, then Spaulding raised its play to another level.
Jewell got the equalizer on a shot from the slot that beat Bedford goalie Stevan Tempesta (28 saves) glove side with 3:26 left and then netted the winner with 52 seconds left.
That one came off the rebound of a shot by Drew Pepin that was left right in front of the net. Jewell pounced on the puck and popped it in.
"It was a great shot by (Drew) Pepin from the point," Jewell said. "It kicked out and came right to me. It was an empty net."
It was one of three goals in the third for the Red Raiders, who recently rallied for a similar win over archrival Dover, another one of the elite teams in the league.
"We just kicked it into t new gear," Jewell said. "We just brought it to that next level."
The win gives the Red Raiders a record of 13-1-1 and the Bulldogs dropped to 9-3-1 with their second loss in a row.
Bedford never trailed until the final minute of the game. It got on the board first with a goal by Mike Dee at 3:46 of the second and then took a 2-0 lead when Jason Campbell beat Spaulding goalie Derek Scott (33 saves) with 7:12 left in the period.
Kyle Carignan got the Red Raiders on the board when he scored with 5:27 left in the second and the Bulldogs carried a 2-1 advantage into the final frame.
It could have been worse if not for a few timely saves by Scott late in the period. He robbed Bedford's Nate Boyd with a fantastic glove save with 1:45 left, and then made a couple of crucial stops in the final seconds after the Red Raiders failed to clear the puck.
Spaulding pulled even five minutes into the third period on a goal by Brian Chick that was set up by Brendan Colson.
Colson worked for the puck along the boards behind the net and won it. He centered a pass to Chick, who was cutting through the slot, and Chick buried the shot to make it 2-2 with 9:56 left to play.
The Bulldogs pulled ahead once again a few minutes later on the goal by Collins, who was trailing a rush by his teammates and flipped a backhander in for the score.
That was it for the Bedford offense. After that the Red Raiders took control and grinded out a couple of goals for the win.
"They didn't die. They didn't quit," Bedford coach Marty Myers said of Spaulding. "I thought we did a good job offensively putting the pressure on them. I thought we limited their opportunities, but the opportunities they had they certainly capitalized on."
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Spaulding 4, Bedford 3
Spaulding (13-1-1) 0 1 3 -- 4
Bedford (9-3-1) 0 2 1 -- 3
First: none
Second: B - Mike Dee (Chris O'Hara, Chris Viola) 3:46; B - Jason Campbell (Nate Boyd) 7:48; S - Kyle Carignan (unassisted) 9:33
Third: S - Brian Chick (Brendan Colson, Zach Poisson) 5:04; B - Brian Collins (Ben Philbrick, Ben Desrosiers) 9:32; S - Justin Jewell (Zander Allen, Carignan) 11:34; S - Jewell (Drew Pepin) 14:08
Goalies: S - Derek Scott 33; B - Stevan Tempesta 28


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Events celebrate black history and culture, and kick off Monday, Feb. 4.
A series of events in February 2013 will recognize Black History Month at the University of Minnesota, Crookston and the community and region are encouraged to attend these special events on campus.
On Monday, February 4, is Multicultural Monday and features a panel discussion on "The Evolution of Africa" that will also include African food, the opportunity to wear authentic clothing, and a display of artifacts. The panel discussion will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Bede Ballroom in the Sargeant Student Center. Lunch may be purchased in Brown Dining Room for $5 per person. All are welcome.
On Friday, February 8, the theatrical performance, "Daughters of Africa" presented by the Mixed Blood Theatre Company. The performance, to be held at 7 p.m. in Kiehle Auditorium, is a commemoration of the triumph of pride, determination, and courage. Fueled by the songs of Lena Horne, Aretha Franklin, Queen Latifah, and many others, this exuberant, music-driven celebration of African American women's triumphs and accomplishments features a striking collection of profiles of the famous and the forgotten. The event is free and open to all. To learn more about Mixed Blood Theatre, visit http://www.mixedblood.com.
Monday, February 25, Ron Spriggs will present the impressive history and legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen. Spriggs is an oral historian, lecturer and curator of Ron Spriggs Exhibit of Tuskegee Airmen (RSETA). He continues to bear the torch illuminating these "Gladiators of the Skies." He will be at the Crookston High School Auditorium at 9:30 a.m. and the Kiehle Auditorium at the U of M, Crookston at 7 p.m. There will be no admission charge. To learn more about RSETA, visit rseta.org.
To conclude the month's activities, on Thursday, February 28, there will be a dinner theater featuring a "Celebration of Black History and Culture." The dinner theater will be held in Bede Ballroom at 6 p.m. Anyone interested in attending should contact members of the Black Student Association or Lorna Hollowell, director of Diversity and Multicultural Services at firstname.lastname@example.com or 281-8580. The cost of the tickets is $12.00 for adults, $3 for students with ID.
To view all events taking place during Black History Month at the U of M, Crookston, visit umcrookston.edu/today.
This year marks two historic anniversaries, the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) and the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington (1963). These two significant events influenced the theme for the month which is "The Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington."
Americans have recognized black history annually since 1926. The commemoration originated with historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson. He established what is now known as the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History in 1915, and a year later founded the widely respected Journal of Negro History. In 1926, he began an initiative for a special week to bring national attention to the contributions of black people throughout American history. It became a month-long recognition in 1976.


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A grown man feels kind of odd sitting in his office with songs from the musical "Annie" running through his head all day.
I'm trying to do serious work here, editing stories, writing editorials and collating expense reports, and the whole time I've got songs from a musical about a spunky little orphan in 1930s America playing in my head.
I resist the urge to sing the songs aloud, with varying degrees of success.
I've been to see the Stage Coach Players' production of "Annie" twice already, and I have tickets to see it again Saturday.
Yes, my daughter Alayna Olson is in the cast as one of the many orphans. It's a hard knock life for those little girls.
So many people from our community have teamed up to put on the show. We're lucky to have so many talented people in our community, and Stage Coach gives them a great outlet to perform.
Both Maggie Madziarczyk and Kaitlin Jacobson have been great in the title role, which is a big challenge for an actress not yet in high school.
Larry Breidenbach has committed to the role of Daddy Warbucks, shaving his head and belting out some good solos. Shela Lahey has a powerful voice in the role of his assistant, Grace.
Terri Crain Goodman is Miss Hannigan, and her rendition of "Little Girls" is my wife's favorite, as we're also dripping with little girls at our house. Her daughter, Alise, is a tremendously cute Molly.
Personally, I'm a fan of Frank Judd's portrayal of that old softie, Burt Healy. Smile, darn you.
There's so much work that goes into putting on live theater. The actors work hard, but others including the director and her assistants, the tech crew and musicians play critical roles, too. Everyone has to work together and put in the rehearsal time to get it right.
What's also fun about these shows is immediately after the curtain drops, the actors come out into the lobby, and they're people you know. I had a short conversation with cast member and DeKalb interim City Manager Rudy Espiritu after one of the shows. He makes a fine hobo in the number "Hooverville," and the chorus of that song is now in my head.
Beckett, the golden retriever and therapy dog who plays Sandy, is usually a big hit with the audiences afterward.
Director Susan Price Johnson has done a great job leading the effort, and the community has supported the show. The remaining performances are completely sold out, although, if you go to the box office at the theater at 126 S. Fifth St. in DeKalb before a show begins, someone may have turned in some tickets.
Stage Coach's next performance is "A Christmas Carol," on Dec. 12-15. We'll be there and hope you will be as well.
Unfair weather fans: It's warm inside the Stage Coach Theater. That wasn't the case for the 18,000-plus who attended Wednesday's game at Huskie Stadium at Northern Illinois University.
If I'm going to keep going to those games, I'll have to get a cushion or something to sit on. It took my backside about 30-45 minutes to thaw out after the Huskies' 48-27 win.
What's going on with NIU football, though, is worth braving the cold.
I heard some discussion the day after on WSCR-AM 670 "The Score" about how there's not much interest in NIU football for some. I find that view perplexing.
Look, I'm an Illinois guy, and proud of it, and if the Illini were playing the Huskies I'd have to wear the blue and orange. Then you all could mock me after NIU won.
Yes, the Illini have had a rough couple of seasons – as many of you Huskies fans delight in pointing out – and NIU is doing something special. Not just because they have more Big Ten wins than Illinois this year.
They've won 25 games in a row at Huskie Stadium. Quarterback Jordan Lynch is a special player, and I agree with Coach Rod Carey when he says Lynch deserves to be part of the Heisman conversation. The Huskies are 10-0, and the way they've played, particularly in the second half all year, has been exciting to watch.
We're not just out watching a football game, either. These games are often a showcase for our community, including its generosity.
The firefighter/paramedics from DeKalb Firefighters Union Local 1236 raised enough money from T-shirt sales to give a new Chevy Silverado pickup truck to wounded veteran Charles Ligon on Wednesday. A great video of the presentation, along with Jim Cornelison's always-impressive rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner," is online now at Daily-Chronicle.com.
Kudos to DeKalb firefighters Patrick Eriksen and Noah Millard, who took a leading role in the effort, and their comrades, all of whom pitched in to help.
We're lucky that NIU football has given DeKalb a big stage. The Huskies are a great college football team, and this is a great community, and we're lucky to have both.
Confidence crisis: And yet, despite the winning streak and the talent on the team, some fans still suffer that crisis of confidence when the home team falls behind.
I blame those lovable losers, the Cubs.
That team has conditioned their fans to expect defeat. As a self-defense mechanism, they learn to mentally brace themselves for it well in advance so it doesn't sting quite so much when the inevitable happens.
The inevitable has happened for Cubs fans, at various stages of the season, for more than 100 years. It permeates how you see sports if you're not careful.
Sports fans must fight this when they are watching a team that is not the Cubs. You are allowed to believe in NIU, and probably the Blackhawks, as well, if hockey's your thing.
If you are watching the Cubs and actively cheering for them, however, it is still best to brace yourself for the inevitable.
• Eric Olson is editor of the Daily Chronicle. Reach him at 815-756-4841, ext. 2257, email email@example.com, or follow him on Twitter @DC_Editor.


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K2PM needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 352 designs submitted by 86 freelance designers.
K2 Print Media LLC
I am in the printing and publishing industry and produce a variety of corporate marketing collateral, catalogs, publications and books. I source projects all over the United States as well as Canada, China and South Korea.
Many of my clients and vendors are eco-conscious, so I would like the logo to express an environmental look, but not overly done. I would like it to accent the brand, not take it over.
The winning designer will also have opportunities for more design work if allowed by 99 Designs.
Primarily corporate marketing directors, Independant Publishers, Producers of High-End Catalogs and publications.
Here is a list of likes and dislikes for my identity:
1. Clean font, no serifs
2. Able to be reproduced legibly through a fax machine
3. If the logo has PMS color, it must be accurately reproduced as CMYK build.
4. Must be able to convert legibly to grayscale
5. Must copy legibly on a copy machine.
6. If designing a logo, please do not have it overpower the brand name.
7. I like the idea of having the "2" in K2 to be lower, similar to the "e" in Intel's brand, although it is not a requirement.
8. Please make "LLC" smaller size font.
9. Include an environmental element in the design like a leaf or sprouting plant etc..
10. The "2" should not overpower or be larger than the "K".
I desire a logo that is clean, sophisticated and original, e.g., the Intel brand, Apple, MSN, etc..
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text: Francisco Grant Martínez was a Cuban comic artist, who worked mainly under the pen name Tristán. He began his career in 1919 and has contributed to El Tiempo from Cárdenas, Policía Gráfica, Política Seria, Candela, the Marianao daily El Sol, La Semana, La Política Cómica, El Día, La Lucha, Crítica, Heraldo Liberal, Chispa, Zig Zag, Bohemia, Billiken and Ataja. He was the creator of the character 'Senén' for the children's comics monthly Muñekitos de Billiken in 1954.


text: Summers-a-coming so I'm going to be picking out key pieces for this season for you. Some may be slightly OTT but there's nothing scary about Ray Ban Wayfarers. Anything that's worn by Roy Orbison must be brilliant, apparently the legendary songwriter while on tour with the Beatles forgot his thick prescription specs and so put the prescription Wayfarers at the last minute where they remained for the rest of his career. Wayfarers are the trendiest sunnies around at the moment, and will add a bit of retro chic to any simple summer outfit.


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The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® series continues by celebrating the life of one of the greatest Tigers in Tennessee State athletic history.
Dr. Jesse Charles James tried on many different hats during his time at TSU including player, coach, administrator and professor. Every hat he tried fit perfectly and he helped shape the TSU athletic department into what it is today.
James was born Dec. 5th, 1950 to the late Agripper and Minnie Lee James in Silver Springs, Fl. He was a 1968 graduate of Howard High School in Ocala, Fla. where he excelled in the classroom and in sports, earning a scholarship to play football at Tennessee State University.
After graduation he was hired as offensive line coach at the University with a very successful tenure. As a student-athlete, James' record was 37-4-1 while he boasted an impressive 131-42-3 mark, including three undefeated seasons, as a coach.
He received his Doctorate of Education in Administration and Supervision from TSU, and served as a Professor in the Department of Human Performance and Sport Sciences.
He was a long-time director of the NYSP program and served as the Faculty Athletic Representative for the university for more than 15 years. James was also a recipient of the All-American Football Foundation's Outstanding Faculty Representative Award in 2007.
In November 2010, James was inducted in to the TSU Athletic Hall of Fame. He played football under legendary coach John Merritt in 1968 and from 1970-72. He also served as an assistant coach with Merritt and Bill Thomas.
James lived as Tiger every day until his sudden death in October of last year. He even held his funeral service in Kean Hall so that he could still be with the school that he loved so dearly.
TSU has since set up the Dr. Jesse James Scholarship Fund in his honor so that others could have the same opportunity to become a Tiger that James was provided.
The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® highlights some of the greatest moments in honor of Tennessee State's centennial celebration. A new moment will be released each weekday for a total of 100. These moments were chosen by the TSU 100 Moments committee, which consists of alums from various departments. TSU has so many great moments, not all can be represented in these 100.
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Gloria White-Hammond to deliver Ruth First lecture
Annual talk honors the memory of a South African freedom fighter
Gloria White-Hammond, an impassioned advocate for women and children from urban America to the frontiers of Sudan, Darfur and Chad, will deliver the annual Ruth First Memorial Lecture at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 7, in International Lounge, Usdan Student Center.
Pediatrician, co-founder and co-pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston, founding co-chair of the Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur and leader of the national Million Voices for Darfur Campaign, White-Hammond combines the speaking ability of an evangelical preacher with the dynamism of a first-rate social organizer.
She has spoken at Brandeis several times previously, delivering a talk in the Social Justice Lecture Series in 2010 and keynoting the annual Martin Luther King Day observance in 2011.
Her talk this week will be about the work of My Sister's Keeper, a faith-inspired multiracial collective, co-founded by White-Hammond, that provides humanitarian assistance to communities of women globally, with a focus on Sudan.
Ruth First, to whose memory the annual lecture is dedicated, was a heroine of the struggle for racial equality in South Africa who was assassinated in 1982.
White-Hammond has a long history of involvement in community service. She is the founder of the church-based creative writing/mentoring ministry called Do The Write Thing for high-risk black adolescent females. The project, which began in 1994 with four girls, now serves over 550 young women through small groups in two Boston public schools, two juvenile detention facilities in Boston, and on-site at Bethel AME Church. In 2003, she became co-convener of the Red Tent Group, which brings together Christian and Jewish women for small group Torah and Bible study.
White-Hammond has worked as a medical missionary in several African countries including Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire and South Africa. Prior to South Sudan gaining its independence, she made multiple trips into the war-torn region and was involved in obtaining the freedom of 10,000 women and children enslaved during the two-decade-long civil war there.
My Sister's Keeper, which was founded in 2002, operates under the auspices of Bethel AME Church. Organizers say that religious faith is neither a prerequisite nor a mandatory feature of the organization's programs, but that faith "is the bedrock upon which the work was formed, is sustained, and through which community transformation through sisterhood becomes possible."
During her MLK Day speech at Brandeis, she told a rapt audience in the campus center theater that "well-behaved women rarely make history" and challenged female members of the audience to be "warrior women."
"I am looking for women who are poorly behaved and willing to act out and speak out in the cause of social justice," she said, recalling early trips to conflict zones in Africa, when she first saw the face of genocide, and had to become accustomed to getting off a plane and looking for a fox hole. "I cried and cried and said, 'God, I can't do this,'" White-Hammond said. "And in that moment God began to minister to me."
"Warrior women must step forward with determination," she said, "because the reality is that this is very hard work."
|Ruth First
Ruth First was a white, Jewish South African who was dedicated to the freedom of all South Africans. The child of Communist South Africans, she devoted her life to the Communist Party and, as the Johannesburg reporter for the radical weekly Guardian, exposed the Bethal farm labor scandal, in which persons sentenced for petty offences under the Pass Laws were covertly sent to work in terrible conditions in farm-prisons. She helped to organize the resulting potato boycott campaign. The newspaper was repeatedly banned and reappeared under different names.
In 1963, First was arrested, imprisoned and released on condition that she would leave South Africa permanently. She continued to work against apartheid in exile in Mozambique, where she was killed by a letter bomb in 1982.
The endowment supporting the lecture series was established by Rose Schiff, Eileen Schiff Wingard and Zina Schiff Eisenberg in memory of their beloved daughter and sister, Louise Joy Schiff. It provides for annual lectures on black liberation in southern Africa. Faculty of the Department of African and Afro-American Studies, which arranges the lectures, decided to name the series in memory of First.
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Who do you support for Governor in Wisconsin in 2010?
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#1 Oct 11, 2010
Doyle is the worst governor we ever had, and Barrett is his clone. Why is it the working man has to tighten his belt, when government doesn't even try to tighten theirs? Spend, spend, spend, Stop it already!
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#5 Oct 12, 2010
It's the only choice, Lib's are the death for the American way.
#6 Oct 12, 2010
I don't like how the republicans are against the high speed rail system. This would create more jobs and would allow people to get jobs farther from home. The job market here in Beaver Dam seems pretty stagnant.
#7 Oct 12, 2010
Walker for Governor? NO No No. Walker for Dog Catcher. MAYBE.? Of course Walker doesn't support high speed rail. The man doesn't know that anything matters outside of the Milwaukee area. Republicans spend spend spend on their benefactors while they cut schools, police, and people programs.
#8 Oct 12, 2010
A Republican governor would never serve the needs of the average Wisconsinite. Most politicians are too influenced by those with the money, but at least the general philosophy of the Democratic Party is that government should promote the general welfare, not support the greed of the richest among us. How can any thinking person not see that Republicans are self-serving and completely uninterested in doing what's best for the country as a whole.
#9 Oct 12, 2010
Walker's proven he can make those tough decisions to get us on the right track
#10 Oct 12, 2010
Scott Walker is the lesser of two evils. As a Republican, I'm worried about his run. This is largely due to the fact that the Milwaukee County Government is going bankrupt under his watch. He can, rightly, blame the County Board all day - but do we really want a Governor who blames the Legislature for all of the States problems. I'll vote for the sniveling Milwaukee Exec - but only because Barrett is worse.
#11 Oct 12, 2010
Mr. Mayor can't even proyect himself, how do you expect him to protect the citizens:)
Kidding aside, He's a tax and spend liberal, I'm a conservative.
#12 Oct 12, 2010
Wisconsin needs an overhaul
#13 Oct 12, 2010
I feel that Wisconsin is being destroyed by unconstitutional laws and mandates. I believe that we need common sense back in our state government!
#14 Oct 12, 2010
I'm curious, Mr. Joyner: To what "unconstitutional" laws and mandates are you referring? And, can you give us an idea of what our government will be like when "common sense" is restored?
These phrases are used repeatedly by the conservative right, but there's never any real explanation of what you're getting at.
#15 Oct 12, 2010
I thought in the governor's race there was a "None of the Above" option? Both major candidates are career politicians that do not understand liberty.
#16 Oct 12, 2010
We don't need career politicians but a new start in Madison with citizens serving citizens not serving special interests and self interests.
#17 Oct 12, 2010
It's not about left or right it's about the Constitution and liberty -- "Classical Liberalism" if you will. Neither party gets it right when it comes to the Constitution and individual liberty. The healthcare bill is Unconstitutional as well these never ending undeclared wars. The Partiot Act is Unconstitutional as well. The whole welfare/warfare state is breaking us economically and is not supported by the highest law of the land -- The U.S. Constitution! There's no difference between either party, they just want to argue in which ways they will destroy our liberty.
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#18 Oct 12, 2010
Doyle 2 is a fate we cannot survive with!
#19 Oct 12, 2010
Mr. Baber, I understand where you're coming from, and can agree with you on some points-such as the destructive nature of our undeclared wars. However, to argue against these and other ills on the basis of a strict interpretation of the constitution is, in my opinion, unrealistic. To function under a Constitution written more than two hundred years ago, we are required to read between the lines. We must try to apply its basic principles to 21st century America. And, the nation has been doing that kind of interpreting since the Constitution was ratified, for heaven sake
Secondly, I disagree that "it's not about left or right..." The right continually propagandizes by claiming to stand for a "return to our constitution" when it suits them. They have no problem, however, in arguing for banning gay marriage or abortion. Where in the Constitution are the words which allow for such government control of our private lives?
The left is much more consistent in assuming a liberal interpretation of the Constitution, with a strong emphasis on "promoting the general welfare".
#20 Oct 12, 2010
He's everything Doyle and Barrett are not.This state NEEDS business to stay here. On and On and we do not need a highspeed train that the entire state will pay for and most will never use, especially for the cost of a round trip ticket.
#21 Oct 12, 2010
screw the main parties
#22 Oct 12, 2010
If you want all Wisconsin to look like Milwaukee, then vote for Walker. Walker's plans will: Increase the number of people in poverty in Wisconsin especially children, our roads will falter even faster. He did a lousy job in Milwaukee, now he wants to be governor.
I don't understand this negative philosophy.
#23 Oct 12, 2010
If you want all of Wisconsin to look like Milwaukee, vote for Walker.
If you want to increase the number of people living in poverty in WI, have our roads and bridges fail faster, vote for Walker.
Do you want more failures like the county mental health facility, vote for walker.
He did a lousy in Milwaukee and you want to vote for him?
I don't understand this negative philosophy.
It's very scary.
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Storage startup Whiptail, which specializes in all-flash-based storage arrays, closed a $31 million Series C round of venture capital. That brings Whiptail's total VC funding to date to $46 million.
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"We're old school," Crain told CRN. "We run this like a real business. We don't spend capriciously. We invest in R&D, in our people and in our customers. We're focused on making this a valuable company for customers to work with."


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Good Joe: Kenney for Executive Council
March 05. 2014 4:23PM
Mike Cryans, candidate for Executive Council in next Tuesday's 1st District special election, might make a good pick in a Democratic primary for State Senate. For Exective Council, he promotes an agenda that is heavy on his party's pet issues of the moment, such as expanding Medicaid and raising the minimum wage. What those have to do with keeping a check on New Hampshire's governor and executive branch spending is anyone's guess.
Republican candidate Joe Kenney, by contrast, gets the purpose of the Executive Council. He is running to serve as the people's appointed watchdog in the executive branch. Both Cryans and Kenney say they will keep spending in check, but Kenney is the one who has a lengthy and proven record of doing that. He also does not undermine that claim by then talking about all the new stuff he wants to spend taxpayer money on.
The late Ray Burton, who vacated the 1st District seat only upon his death, endorsed Kenney in his races for state Senate and governor. That should give North Country voters some comfort that Kenney would, as he promises, continue in the Ray Burton tradition of being a tireless and vigorous champion of the district in Concord.


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World cricket's outgoing chief Haroon Lorgat Thursday admitted spot-fixing scandals were a low point of his tenure -- but insisted the sport was now in better shape to fight corruption.
Lorgat, who handed over to new International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson in Kuala Lumpur, said the sport's response to its worst betting controversy in years would act as a deterrent to cheats.
"It's a lowlight, but in the manner we responded we demonstrated we will not tolerate any form of corruption and that we're going to pursue it to a logical conclusion," the South African told AFP.
Three Pakistani players were jailed in England over the spot-fixing affair after they were caught arranging no-balls to order during the 2010 Test series against England.
During its annual talks, the ICC also ordered all its members to uphold a lifetime ban slapped on Pakistan's Danish Kaneria by English authorities over a separate scam which left English player Mervyn Westfield in prison.
The reappearance of cheating, which has also been alleged in several other competitions and international series, badly damaged the image of a sport which was left reeling by a series of similar scandals at the turn of the century.
But Lorgat said the prison terms and the reforms made by domestic bodies, including the adoption of new anti-corruption codes, had left cricket better placed to battle corruption.
Mohammad Aamer, the young Pakistani caught and jailed for deliberately bowling no-balls in England, has also appeared in a cautionary video warning players about the consequences of spot-fixing.
"There's a far greater appreciation from (players) to be responsible and to respond to approaches that they might face," Lorgat said.
"I think the positive out of that scandal is that we've dealt with it and strengthened our processes. Part of that is the education process that we've also improved upon."
Lorgat said he considered last year's successful one-day World Cup in South Asia as one of the best achievements of his four-year term.
But he warned not to expect quick progress towards reform of the ICC, which has been strongly criticised over the power exercised by India, it's main revenue-provider.
"I think it would be unfair of any of us to expect overnight change," he said.
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World cricket's outgoing chief Haroon Lorgat Thursday admitted spot-fixing scandals were a low point of his tenure -- but insisted the sport was now in better shape to fight corruption.


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Firefighters were called to a blaze in Sherburn Road last night that caused significant damage to a house.
Fire crews from Cleckheaton and Batley attended the fire at a five-bedroom property at 9.40pm, which took three hours to extinguish.
A family of four escaped unharmed after a neighbour raised the alarm.
West Yorkshire Fire Service said the fire was likely caused by an electric fault in the loft, where the house did not have a smoke alarm.
Watch commander Damian Cameron said: "If there is no smoke detector in the loft a fire can burn for a considerable amount of time before it is detected.
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Cardiff City are closing in on automatic promotion from the Championship after a late 2-1 home win over Nottingham Forest lifted them back into second.
Aron Gunnarsson turned home the winner in the 74th minute to secure a vital triumph that moves Neil Warnock's men a point ahead of Fulham, who have played an additional match.
Forest midfielder Liam Bridcutt had earlier netted at close range to cancel out Sean Morrison's first-half header, but the Bluebirds responded to secure a second successive victory ahead of Tuesday's trip to seventh-placed Derby County.
Should they prevail in that match, Cardiff would then only need a solitary win from their remaining two fixtures against Hull City and Reading to end a four-season absence from the Premier League.
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Food Trends for 2013Originally Published January 10, 2013 at 12:00 a.m.
Updated January 8, 2013 at 2:10 p.m.
Just as hemlines and fashion have a season, so does food. Fads go in and out, but the classics endure. Who can argue with perfectly fried chicken, medium-rare roast beef topped with tangy horseradish sauce or chocolate cake? Even the most cursory look at history proves that what is "old" will sometime be "new" again.
Established food experts such as Bon Appétit, the Food Network, Martha Stewart and Epicurious concur that several foods and trends are hot for 2013. Looking over the list, most have been around as long as our taste buds can remember, but either preparation techniques, seasonings or quality improved versions will move these foods to the forefront in the new year.
Smoke is being used to preserve and flavor ingredients all over the menu. Smoked salt and spices, nuts, fish, pork, beef — the possibilities are limitless.
And you don't need a fire pit or a cord of wood or even to leave the comfort of your kitchen to try your hand at the trend. Stovetop smokers are readily available at all price points, and all you need is some wood chips and water to get started.
The infinitely flexible bird has come a long way. Agricultural science has given farmers ways to make chickens more tender, moist and flavorful than fryers of the past. Organic, free-range and grain-fed chickens are reputed to have a superior flavor. More importantly, with the sharp price increases in beef and pork, chicken is a less-expensive alternative.
The favorite movie snack is promoted from supporting status to star of the show with exotic spices and flavorings transforming the crunchy kernel. Barbecue, Parmesan and garlic, and wedding cake are just a few of the varieties you can expect at quickly expanding mall kiosks and gourmet stores alike. Expect to see a few carefully seasoned and artfully placed pieces on your plate in a restaurant as well.
Good-for-you greens
In 2012, you couldn't open a magazine or catch a cooking program without seeing kale on the menu. The cruciferous curly leaf packs a punch on the nutritional scale, providing an excellent source of calcium, vitamin C, vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin A, vitamin K, potassium, manganese and copper. Kale will continue to be big, as will other members of the cabbage family, such as chard, turnip greens and mustard greens. Cook until just tender to get the maximum nutritional benefit and maintain the texture.
Teas used as a rub or marinade, as well as a beverage; homemade yogurt spinoffs from the Greek version's popularity; artisan breads; and every manner of hot sauce creation are all expected to be a big part of our culinary curiosity in 2013.
Adapted from Nigella Bites, by Nigella Lawson
2 cups chicken broth
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, poached
1 cup kale, trimmed
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
6 ounces chorizo sausage (sliced, then chopped)
14 ounce cannellini beans (drained)
1 teaspoon smoked, sweet paprika
In a saucepan, bring the stock to a gentle boil, lower in the chicken portion and gently poach the chicken until all trace of pink has disappeared, approximately 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and set aside.
Tear the kale into bite-size or manageable pieces. Boil salted water for about 5 minutes (if it's tough) and drain. Heat the oil in a frying pan. Add the chopped chorizo sausage, then the drained cannellini. Heat everything through, adding moisture with a 1/4 cup or so of the chicken stock until the beans are as "soupy" as you want.
Transfer the beans and chorizo into two shallow bowls or lipped plates, arranging the kale on top, and top with poached chicken. Sprinkle the chicken breast with the paprika and serve.
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 cup popping-corn kernels
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 teaspoon sweet, smoked paprika
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Combine spices in a small dish and set aside.
Heat oil in deep pot over medium-high heat. Add three kernels of corn and cover. When all three pop, add remaining corn and pop, shaking pan often. Remove from heat.
Pour melted butter over the popcorn slowly, shaking the bowl. Sprinkle paprika mixture over popcorn and toss to coat.
Serve at once.


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Last week (September 17-21) was quite a week for SQL Server and Microsoft business intelligence (BI) folks. Two big events happened: the 2007 Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) Community Summit and the Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 launch.
PASS is the largest annual SQL Server community and education event in the world. The content and speaker selection and quality get better every year. The Summit includes two days of pre-conference seminars and three conference days with daily keynotes and a wide selection of breakout sessions covering four tracks: Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, Database and Application Development, Enterprise Database Administration and Deployment, and Professional Development. For an insider look at the conference and information about upcoming trends, check out Diana May's blog "Kevin Kline Gives Highlights of the 2007 PASS Community Summit," and for in-depth coverage of general sessions and selected breakout sessions, be sure to peruse the Universal Thread's conference coverage at www.utcoverage.com/PASS/2007.
One bit of news that was announced during Thursday's general session was Dell and Microsoft's new BI offering. Dell and Microsoft are making a deliberate step toward offering a turnkey BI server similar to the "SQL Server Microwave" I wrote about in March 2006 in my commentary "Are you ready for the 'SQL Server Microwave?'" InstantDoc ID 49561. Dell worked with Microsoft to create and test reference configurations that combine a Dell hardware stack (i.e., Dell servers with Dell direct-attached storage) and a Microsoft software stack (i.e., Windows Server 2003 with SQL Server 2005 Database Services, Analysis Services, and Reporting Services) to provide a simplified low-cost, high-performance platform essentially guaranteed to work. (Learn more about the platform at Dell's SQL Server BI sub-site.) I had the opportunity to host a video interview with Dell's Andrew Hargett and Paul Rubin and Microsoft's Manish Kedia and Paul Simpson in which we discussed the new BI offering. (Look for the interview on sqlmag.com and dell.com later this month.)
PerformancePoint 2007
Stepping a little outside of the SQL Server world, September 19 was the official launch date of PerformancePoint Server 2007 (PPS). Throughout the last year, I've been faithfully updating you on the progress of PPS through four Community Technology Previews (CTPs), and now we see its final release. If you're interested in the messaging surrounding the launch activities, see "Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Extends Microsoft's Business Intelligence Solution." SQL Server Magazine's sister publication Windows IT Pro was in the thick of the buzz with Microsoft hosting a New York City launch event on September 20 and another in London coming up on October 16. (See "Drive Business Performance with Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007" for more information about the roadshow.)
PPS is an amalgam of Business Scorecard Manager (BSM) for monitoring (scorecarding), ProClarity for analysis (ad-hoc), and a new application called PerformancePoint "Planning"--formerly code-named Biz# (pronounced "Biz Sharp")--for planning (forecasting and consolidation). Overall, PPS is a good platform but is still a version 1.0 product. The BSM component is a mature 2.0 product, but there are few ProClarity components within PPS and Microsoft will continue to ship and support ProClarity 6.3 in parallel with PPS 2007, and Planning is an entirely new product component in its first release. All together, 2007 is an important step in a solid roadmap for performance management with Microsoft.


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Beau Garrett (born December 28, 1982) is an American actress who plays the Siren, Gem in TRON: Legacy.
Garrett was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in Topanga, California, with her parents, Randi and David Garrett, older sister Autumn, and numerous dogs. She loves horses and, as a child, was an accomplished equestrian riding her family's horse, Dankeshoen.
She was first hired by GUESS in the late 1990s. She is currently a spokesmodel for Revlon cosmetics, along with Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Connelly and Jessica Alba. Garrett has also modeled for Double D Ranch and CosmoGirl. She is signed to Vision Model Management L.A.
Garrett was the female lead in a music video for the song "Cold" by the band Crossfade. She starred in the horror film Turistas (2006) after beginning her career with three appearances on television episodes including a pilot, as well as appearances on Entourage. She also appeared as Frankie Raye in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the sequel to Fantastic Four.
In the spring of 2009, she filmed the 2010 movie TRON: Legacy in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her Turistas co-star Olivia Wilde.
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Sept. 17, 2012
TOLEDO, Ohio –The Florida State men's golf team opened the fall season by playing two rounds at the Inverness Intercollegiate at the historic Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. The Seminoles sit at third place out of ten teams while senior Chase Seiffert currently leads the team to sit in a tie for eighth place. The Seminoles carded at 10-over 578 through two rounds.
Seiffert (Panama City, Fla.) shot a 2-over 73 in the first round that included three birdies in the front nine. After playing the course through once, he improved on his score with 13 pars and three birdies en route to a second round 1-under 70 total. He carded a 1-over 143 on the first day of action.
"Chase came out and played a good second round after a little bit of a slow start in the first round," head coach Trey Jones said. "I wouldn't be surprised if he came out and scored a good third round tomorrow."
Perhaps the most improved Seminole of the day was senior Doug Letson (Tampa, Fla.). After shooting a 5-over 76 with only one birdie in the first round, he came back out to card an impressive 2-under 69 by making six birdies and eight pars. At the end of the day he jumped up the scoreboard and sits in a tie for 15th with a 3-over 146.
"We talk to our players all the time about getting better as the day goes on," continued Jones. "Doug and Chase are older guys and came out of the second round to lead us. There is really no reason why they shouldn't have scored what they did."
Freshmen Collin Engelhardt (Orlando, Fla.) and Hank Lebioda (Winter Springs, Fla.) made their debuts for the Seminoles Monday and both had a strong first round. Engelhardt had 12 pars and birdies on holes two, eight and 12 en route to an even par 71 round one total. Despite a double bogey on the eighth hole Engelhardt still shot a 4-over 75 for the second round. He is in a tie for 19th with a 4-over 146 36 hole total.
Lebioda also had a successful first round. He shot three consecutive birdies on holes No. 10, 11 and 12 while shooting 11 pars. He ended the first round 1-over 72 total. In the second round, he carded 14 pars but a triple bogey on 14 dropped him back. He finished the day in a tie for 25th with a 5-over 147.
"I saw some good things from Collin and Hank and it showed why we recruited them," finished Jones. "I like where their potential can be. They're not too far away. I don't like where the team is at right now but I like where the team is going to be later on this season."
Wrapping up the squad at Inverness was Bjorn Hellgren (Vasteras, Sweden) whose highlight of the day came in the second round when he shot an eagle on hole No. 13. The junior carded a 7-over 149 on the day.
The Inverness Intercollegiate is a two-day tournament playing a total of 54 holes, 36 on Monday and 18 on Tuesday. Inverness Club is a 71 par, 7,255 yard course that was founded in 1903. The prestigious course has hosted four U.S. Opens, two PGA Championships, two U.S. Senior Opens, one U.S. Amateur and the 2009 NCAA Men's Golf Championship. Former Seminole Paul Azinger won the PGA Championship on the course in 1993.
Live stats can be viewed here: http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=3810. Check back to Seminoles.com for all your information on the golf team and follow the team at twitter.com/fsugolf.


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Elvis Presley expert murdered
What happened?
The Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department is investigating the apparent stabbing death of Elvis Presley expert Jared Plunk. His bloody body was found in a hallway at the Yoknapatawpha County Conference Center early Saturday morning, January 5, 2013.
YCCC Accommodation Manager Yvonne Boyd made the gruesome discovery just after 6:00 a.m. and called 911.
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The health of a marriage is not an all or nothing state. People often think that if they see a marriage counsellor or a couple counsellor it's an admission that their marriage is totally unwell and a personal sign of failure to get help. People fear the marriage counsellor judging them or allowing a lot of complaining and blaming in the therapy session—nothing could be further from the reality of couple counselling.
Just as you seek an accountant for your taxes, or a doctor for your health, seeing one of these experts does not mean that your entire life is completely unwell or failing. Everyone has sought experts for help in areas that he/she lacks specific skills to solve important problems. We seek experts for problems as we lack the tools to solve.
Too often people will endure the pain and discomfort of an unhappy marriage because they fear getting outside helpfrom a good marriage counsellor. Research shows married couples endure 6 years of declining marriage before seeking help from a couple counsellor and at this point it can be too late even for marriage counselling to work.
Nowhere do we learn how to be effective in marriage. The marriage models we get come from our family of origin, culture and our own personal trial and mistake. The global divorce rate is 50% for 1st marriages and 70% for 2nd marriages. The outcome of marriages suggests that people can benefit from what a professional trained marriage counsellor can offer. Marriage counselling earlier often requires less effort and results are faster, just like when you see a doctor soon for a medical problem rather than waiting too long and now the treatment is longer, more costly and painful.
Couple counselling is about building communication skills and conflict management skills, not complaining, blaming or fault finding in the relationship—this doesn't help anyone. Counselling helps couples to get to the root of the nonproductive conflicts and poor communication. It treats more than the symptoms of the marriage and helps to find and repair the root cause of the issues.
Professional marriage counsellors assess patterns of communications, beliefs systems and behaviours in the relationship that may be ineffective for how the couple communicates and manages conflict. The good couple counsellor then shares with the couple more effective skills that target the root cause.
Ultimately the marriage counsellor is working on behalf of the couple's marriage and helping them to achieve the goals and marrige they want. A couple counsellor isn't going to repeat ineffective behaviours that the married couple is already engaged in. Often couples find couple counselling to be very strength based with an emphasize on the positive.
If your relationship isn't working and the things you've tried to fix aren't helping, this is also painful. The question, a couple really needs to ask is: "Can this relationship get better without outside help from a professionally trained counsellor given that what you are currently doing isn't working?" "Do you want to rely on time or hope to fix this marriage? Is 'hope' enough to save this marriage?" If the answers are no, consider speaking to our expat marriage counsellor about how we can help you get communications skills to improve your relationship and marriage
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Dr. Seungdeog Choi
Title: Associage Professor
Dept/Program: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phone: 330-972-7010
Fax: 330-972-6487
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Website: http://blogs.uakron.edu/aecl
Before joining the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Akron as an assistant professor, Dr. Choi was a power electronics R&D engineer and later project leader at Toshiba international Cooperation in Houston, Tx, U.S.A. from 2008 to 2012. He was with LG electronics as R&D engineer in Korea from 2006 to 2007. He has earned Ph.D. degree in electric power and power electronics program at Texas A&M University – College Station in 2010. He has served as reviewer for the IEEE Transaction on Energy Conversion, the IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics, the IEEE Transaction on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, APEC conference, IECON conference, etc. He is member of IEEE Industrial Electronics society, IEEE Working Group, and the Korea Institute of Power Electronics (KIPE). His research interest includes various renewable energy systems, high power energy system, Hybrid/Electric Vehicle, electric motor drive system, and IT-based power electronics system with emphasis on their system reliability.
Research Accomplishments
Renewable energy system, Motor driver design & control, power converter design & control, electric machine design, DSP application in HEV/EV system and diagnosis of electric machine system based on information technology and signal processing algorithms.
B. Akin, S. Choi, and H. Toliyat, "DSP Applications in Electric and hybrid electric vehicle," Invited paper, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, May, pp. 136 – 133, 2012.
S. Choi, B. Akin, M. Rahimian, and H.A. Toliyat, "Performance-Oriented Electrics Motor Diagnostics in Modern Energy Conversion System," IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 59, pp. 1266-1277, Feb. 2012.
B. Akin, S. Choi, U. Orguner, and H. Toliyat, "A Simple Real-Time Fault Signature Monitoring Tool for Motor Drive Embedded Fault Diagnosis Systems," IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 1990 - 2001, May, 2011.
S. Choi, B. Akin, M. Rahimian, and H.A. Toliyat, "Fault Diagnosis Implementation of Induction Machine based on Advanced Digital Signal Processing Techniques," IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 957 – 963, Mar., 2011.
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Electric machines – Modeling, Condition Monitoring, and Fault diagnosis – By Hamid A. Toliyat, Subhasis Nandi, Seungdeog Choi, Homayoun Meshgin-Kelk, CRC Press
Texas A&M University - College station, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas, USA (GPA: 4.0/4.0), Ph.D., Electrical Power & Power Electronics, 2010 Dissertation: "Robust Condition Monitoring & Fault Diagnosis of Variable Speed Induction Motor Drive"
Ph.D. Research Assistant (RA) Position Openings at The University of Akron, Ohio, USA
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Successful candidates should have or will receive a MS degree in Power electronics program at the time of admission and should be eligible to enroll the Ph.D. program in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at The University of Akron. Scholarship will be provided.
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March 11. 2014 8:10PM
Educators, advocates speak to new standards for use of force
By GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
— A varied group of educators, advocates for the disabled and social service providers have agreed on changes to state laws governing the restraint and isolation of problem, mostly disabled students.
However educators are concerned that new standards for the use of force and reporting requirements may interfere with school operations.
Senate Bill 396 revises state law passed in 2010 limiting the use of child restraint practices in schools and specialized facilities like the Youth Detention Center and Crotched Mountain School. The law regulates the use of seclusion, restraint and the use of force.
The proposed bill changes the definition of restraint and seclusion and clarifies what has to be reported and parents notified and what does not.
Under the bill the departments of education and health and human services would be required to write rules to carry out the program and the Education Department would investigate incidents of inappropriate use of restraint and isolation.
The bill limits the use of seclusion, which is putting a child in a room by him or herself, to schools and facilities with adequate space and equipment.
Michael Skibbie, Policy Director for the Disabilities Rights Center, said the bill does not prohibit restraint or seclusion, but noted many schools do not use either method.
"There are plenty of tools available to educators that remain in the box," he told the committee, while restraint and seclusion can be used "only for the safety of the child and others."
There is a clear need to beef up the requirement that schools notify parents if restraint or seclusion has been used on their child Skibbie said.
At a public hearing Tuesday, parents of disabled — mostly autistic and non-communicative — public school students testified they were not informed about the use of physical restraints on their children until well after the incident, if at all.
Robert and Judith McSheehan of Rochester said their middle-school age son was restrained 13 times in a month. They decided to revoke the permission they had given to the school, she told the committee.
Often it is easier to go to the strategy of physical restraint, she said.
They are exploring an out-of-district placement to meet their son's needs, McSheehan said.
Jennifer Bertrand of Mont Vernon and a teacher told of her daughter's experience in public school.
"Most school districts don't need to use these restraints," Bertrand said, but those that do come to rely on these practices.
"This is serious stuff, eight to 10 children die every year," she told the committee. "This has a serious impact on kids. I need to know about it as her mother."
But Dean Michener, director of governmental affairs for the NH School Boards Association, said the definition of use of force would apply to almost any touch used to get a child's attention or to move him along.
While the intent of the bill is good, he said, the reporting requirements and definition of use of force are overreach.
"Let's not put difficult restrictions on teachers and staff," Michener said.
Mark Joyce of the NH School Administrators Association agreed with Michener that the use of force standard was overly restrictive and would not allow educators to intervene when imminent danger is expected, only when there is the threat of actual harm.
"This could interfere with the general operation of schools and may work against the good intentions of this bill," Joyce said.
But David Villiotti, executive director of the Nashua Children's Home, said the primary goal is to train staff not only in restraining students but also deescalating situations.
He noted most of the fatalities that occur happen with untrained staff. "Training is the key," Villiotti said. "You play a dangerous game with untrained staff."
Only trained staff would be able to restrain a child in the bill and then only as a last resort.
Under the bill, brief holding or touching to calm, comfort, encourage or guide a child would be allowed as would the temporary holding of a hand, wrist, arm, shoulder or back to induce a child to stand or move to a safe location.
Self defense is allowed as is force to defend another person.
The bill requires each faculty and school to have a written policy and procedures.
The committee did not make an immediate recommendation on the bill.
The Senate must act on the bill by the end of the month.


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A new novel by Pearl S. Buck will be published in October, more than 40 years after her death. Buck, best known for her novel "The Good Earth," won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1938.
"The Eternal Wonder" was discovered in storage and will be published as an e-book original by Open Road Media. Buck finished the novel not long before she died in 1973.
The novel is, the publisher writes, a coming-of-age story of "an extraordinarily gifted young man whose search for meaning and purpose leads him to New York, England, Paris, on a mission patrolling the DMZ in Korea." He crosses paths with a young woman who has grown up in Paris, daughter of a Chinese father and an absent American mother.
Buck often wrote of issues of intersecting cultures and identities. She was born in West Virginia in 1892 but grew up in China, where she and her missionary parents moved soon after her birth. "The Good Earth," which won the Pulitzer Prize and became an international bestseller, portrayed a farmer's journey across China in the 1920s.
Buck had been driven to begin writing after surviving the 1927 Nanking incident, in which the Chinese revolutionary army's descent on Nanking led to violent attacks against foreigners there. Continuing unrest and conflict compelled her to leave China in 1935.
In her Nobel acceptance speech, Buck spoke of the traditions of literature in China, where novels were not considered high art -- something she embraced. She said, "for the novelist the only element is human life as he finds it in himself or outside himself. The sole test of his work is whether or not his energy is producing more of that life. Are his creatures alive? That is the only question. And who can tell him? Who but those living human beings, the people? Those people are not absorbed in what art is or how it is made-are not, indeed, absorbed in anything very lofty, however good it is. No, they are absorbed only in themselves, in their own hungers and despairs and joys and above all, perhaps, in their own dreams. These are the ones who can really judge the work of the novelist, for they judge by that single test of reality. And the standard of the test is not to be made by the device of art, but by the simple comparison of the reality of what they read, to their own reality."