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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kentucky reached the brink of an NCAA title with five freshman starters, including the cool right hand of Aaron Harrison and his decisive 3-pointers in three straight games.
Connecticut got to Monday night's championship game behind a pair of starters with Final Four experience, and a strong dose of defense.
Wisconsin and Florida rode rosters heavy on upperclassmen to the final weekend, and the Badgers were in position to beat the young Wildcats thanks to their 3-point shooting after 7-foot stalwart Frank Kaminsky was shut down.
Bottom line: There are plenty of ways to make a run in the NCAA tournament. And there will be another batch of potential "one and dones" in the nation's elite programs no matter how many in the current crop jump to the NBA.
"There's a lot of different ways to play this game and there's a lot of different ways to teach it and coach it and play it," said Kentucky's John Calipari, the one-and-done king who says the term is too negative and redubbed it "succeed and proceed" during Final Four weekend. "My whole thing is I'm coaching the hand that's dealt."
Calipari's hand has a lot of aces, and he's facing the annual question of how many will still be there after the NBA draft. Julius Randle, playing for the title in the Dallas area he calls home, seems the most likely to make the jump.
Aaron Harrison is certainly getting a lot of attention after last-second 3s to beat Michigan and Wisconsin and another late shot from long range that put the Wildcats in front of defending national champion Louisville.
Connecticut's Shabazz Napier and Niels Giffey are seniors who had roles on the Huskies' national title team in 2011.
"The scope of talent is always a funny word," said retired UConn coach Jim Calhoun, who won three national titles. "They have that experience. That's part of the talent."
UConn fell behind 16-4 before a suffocating defense took Florida leader Scottie Wilbekin out of the game. DeAndre Daniels, a junior, scored from inside and out to keep the Huskies afloat.
Kaminsky had just eight points and five rebounds after being named the outstanding player of the West Regional, but the Badgers made eight from long range and Traevon Jackson forced a foul by Andrew Harrison on a 3-point shot with the score tied in the final seconds.
Jackson, a junior with an NBA pedigree in father Jim Jackson, missed one of the free throws and then a potential game-winner at the buzzer after Aaron Harrison's shot. That's the razor-thin difference between programs with vastly different makeups.
"In basketball it might look like there's different styles, but I'll tell you, we're trying to do two things," Wisconsin's Bo Ryan said. "We're trying to get more shots than the other team and we're trying to get better shots than the other team."
Chances are the conversations will be similar in a year.
Jahlil Okafor, a top high school prospect out of Chicago, is one of two leading recruits headed to Duke. Kentucky, North Carolina and Kansas have signed a pair each as well.
So even if Randle, Duke's Jabari Parker and Kansas star Andrew Wiggins — who has already announced he's leaving — are in the NBA, a new batch of freshman stars will be on campus.
Even SMU and Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown might be part of the one-and-done crowd with Emmanuel Mudiay, a point guard. Another top prospect from the Dallas area, Myles Turner, has the Mustangs on his list.
"You need to have an unusual personality in my opinion, patience, to be able to coach that many young kids," Calhoun said. "Everybody thinks there's different wants to do it. And there are different ways."
The Final Four in North Texas is showing it. Next year's event in Indianapolis probably will, too.


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My English degree qualified me for my position as a Media Specialist because, first of all, I knew how to effectively present myself as a viable candidate; I was well prepared to write a resume and to communicate effectively during my interview. My English degree specifically helped me get my job in the Media Center because of my familiarity with the library setting, my ability to conduct research, my familiarity with cataloguing, and my facility in both verbal and written communication. I continue to use all of these skills on a daily basis, as well as those of critical thinking and problem solving, which my English major also helped me to foster.
Nedra Wrayno (2006): Management Position, Cleveland-Based Insurance Company
I coordinate and monitor continuing education needs for our internal insurance agents, which includes communications to these individuals as well as to various individuals in Human Resources, Legal, and Management. As changes occur in our processes, it is my responsibility to document these accordingly and draft general communications that will be posted on our internal website. I also work with various external vendors and Department of Insurance contacts to resolve issues that arise. As a process expert, I also participate in various project initiatives that involve research, providing documentation and making recommendations.
My English major has been very practical in the business world. In the current corporate environment, most communications are done through email. It is important to be able to express your thoughts concisely and to be able to write email messages quickly. The ability to put my thoughts down clearly is essential to helping the people I work with understand their roles and guidelines for executing their daily responsibilities. It has also afforded me the confidence to be able to write communications directed toward various levels of the company and feel that I am able to write effectively for each specific audience. I also feel that my degree in English helps me when researching state information and understanding new processes as it has helped me develop my level of comprehension. The key to being successful in business is the ability to communicate well. A degree in English has provided me with fundamental skills required in the real world and also opens up new opportunities as businesses continue to expand their online products and internal web-based structure.
Elizabeth Corrao (2004, Art and Psychology Major, English Minor): Editor and Research Fellowship Coordinator, The Cleveland Clinic
As an editor and research fellowship coordinator in the department of colorectal surgery, I am responsible for editing medical manuscripts, grants, personal statements, posters, and slide presentations written by our staff physicians and fellows, as well as training our physician fellows on the process of conducting research at the Cleveland Clinic. I earned my B.A. in psychology and art, with a minor in English, at Ursuline College in 2004 and completed an M.A. in English at the University of Akron in 2012. My combination of degrees has proved to be an invaluable asset to my job. In the medical research field, organization and communication skills are no less valued than skill in the sciences, especially in cases where information must be relayed clearly and concisely. An understanding of how to write effective prose is crucial in medical research, since a grant application or research manuscript, once submitted to a panel of reviewers, must stand alone as an effective argument. In such cases, quality writing can make all the difference between whether or not a project is funded, published, or rejected by the journal or committee to which it was submitted.
I began working at the clinic as a research assistant in 2008 and was told that the department was in need of someone who could assist our international research fellows by editing their manuscripts. I began to edit part-time, while also working on departmental databases and clinical research studies. Since then, I have begun a freelance medical editing business and been promoted to edit full time, as well as coordinate the departmental research fellowship program. My other duties include writing and working with a publisher to produce our patient education newsletter, which is sent annually to several thousand surgical patients throughout the US. I have also had the opportunity to develop various educational tools to assist our fellows as they learn how to conduct research in the United States. By far the most rewarding aspect of working in medical research is that I continuously see the positive impact that the work we do has on people's lives.
Here is a link to the clinic website featuring PDFs of my past newsletter issues: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/digestive_diseases/patients/newsletters.aspx
Aimee Jannsohn (2004): Marketing Communications Associate, The Pilgrim Press & United Church Press
As a Marketing Communications Associate, I write and edit copy for the back covers of books, two seasonal trade catalogs, an annual curricula catalog, print and other media advertising, flyers, signage, and other marketing materials. In addition, I prepare and distribute press releases for all new books and authors and maintain review lists as well as send out books for review. With our Marketing Director, I plan marketing campaigns for new and backlist books. When necessary, I also travel to staff sales exhibitions, conferences, meetings, and other events.
Ursuline College's English program has prepared me for my career in numerous ways. The high quality and diversity of the English courses I took—everything from literature to writing to grammar and usage—continues to play a major role in my everyday responsibilities. Furthermore, the skills I developed and the knowledge I gained throughout my education at Ursuline have given me the confidence to handle the challenges that lie ahead in my career. In this sense, Ursuline continues to prepare me for my career.
Carole Nittskoff (2003): Human Resource Manager and Grant Administrator, Cleveland Medical Devices, Inc.
When I entered Ursuline College as a nontraditional student, my love of literature, diversity of knowledge, and communication skills soon became realized as an English major. I had worked in medical education at major hospitals but never realized the growth potential available through a liberal arts education, particularly in English, until I began at Ursuline.
In my current position as human resource manager and grant administrator at Cleveland Medical Devices, Inc., I negotiate and manage all benefits regarding healthcare, life insurance, long-term disability, and 401k programs, to mention a few. I wrote our Policies and Procedures manual and keep it updated, as well as provide ongoing staff reviews of its contents. I recruit new employees and manage a strong internship program, maintained by outside funding. When we hire new employees, I work with them during orientation and as they get started, I then monitor their progress. Because we are a small business, I "wear several hats" and also administer various grants from the National Institute of Health (NIH) and oversee our regional Institutional Review Board (IRB), a governmental compliance committee that assures safety in medical clinical studies. I spend a good portion of my time reviewing, understanding, orchestrating rulings, and editing information from governmental agencies.
Clearly, my position at Cleveland Medical Devices, Inc. provides me with many opportunities to use the analytical thinking, writing, and problem-solving skills I developed by majoring in English. Also, my abilities in editing, proofreading, consolidating, and establishing procedures have proven to be advantageous in the changing world of business. Mostly, the self-assurance I gained as a result of the excellent education I received as an Ursuline English major gave me the ability to "stand in front of the crowd," an asset that cannot be quantified and is truly valuable every day on the job.
Charlotte Blasier (2001): Children's Librarian, Charleston County Public Library
As a children's librarian, I use my English degree on a daily basis; for example, I exercise my writing skills when preparing press releases or book reviews. I enjoy helping young adults pick out "classics" for reading assignments and sharing with them some of my favorites. The creativity I utilized in various English classes I now apply to developing story times for young children or programs for school-age children. I employ critical thinking skills in maintaining a collection or creating reading guides for students.
Being a good writer means being a good communicator. I believe that my communication skills were among the main reasons I was hired as a children's librarian. Whether it is communicating effectively with my coworkers about various projects or communicating with the public to determine their needs, a librarian must exhibit good communication. My knowledge of literature also enabled me to find my career. English majors, of course, love to read, so the library is like a utopia to them! My love for books was just another quality that made me perfect for my profession.
Sarah Lovequist (1998): Client Relationship Director, Litigation Management, Inc.
Currently, I am a litigation attorney practicing in the areas of insurance subrogation, business and commercial law, and international business and commercial law. I am responsible for all new insurance files that come into the firm and am involved in most other litigation matters. When a new file comes in, I review it, file the initial pleadings, conduct depositions, write motions, and handle the matter through to settlement or trial, which includes attending court hearings and negotiating with opposing counsel. I am also responsible for writing articles for the firm's website and listserves.
Ursuline College prepared me for my career by providing me with a safe environment in which to explore varied interests while also encouraging me to take risks and develop new interests. Ursuline, in general, is a supportive community that is concerned with fostering and preparing women to be confident and successful in their chosen careers. The English Program in particular helped me develop my writing and communication skills, which I use daily in my profession, and also taught me how to think critically and analyze situations, depicted in novels, poems, essays, etc., to find deeper meanings and underlying themes. This critical-thinking process prepared me for the demands of law school and a litigation career as I am constantly prepared to think quickly and critically and know how to "look below the surface" for underlying issues and meaning--skills required by the legal world.
Sarah-Catherine Maher Welty (1998): Director, Methods and Procedures, The Sherwin-Williams Company
As Director of Methods and Procedures for Paint Stores Group at Sherwin-Williams, I am responsible for overseeing the research, writing, and publication of both our Paint Store Manager Policy and Procedure Manual and District Manager Handbook, reference materials which document our business practices and system procedures used in managing a paint store and also provide the basis for our internal audit process. As a liaison between the technical groups and the business, I lead the group that develops and presents live training and e-learning for new software and acquisitions. Rounding out my team's role in documentation and communication, I manage all electronic communication media between management and our field employees including content management and publication for our stores' intranet, forms repository, calendar, mass emails and messaging, and web conferencing.
I'd turn to Samuel Beckett to best describe my work: "James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I am an analyzer, trying to leave out as much as I can." However, technical writing requires one to play both authors: first, Joyce, gathering facts and ideas while drafting; then, Beckett, distilling to the core message.
Effective communication underlines every role I play. While writing is a base skill required for the responsibilities of my position, I find that other skills I learned as an English major at Ursuline prepared me in useful ways I could not have foreseen as a student. Exhaustive research and due diligence in fact-checking are requisite to development of policy and procedure. Adjusting my writing style to tailor a single communication for publication in multiple media or to address the needs of different employees ensures that messages are created in the most appropriate medium and are clear to the reader. No single skill set has better served me than that of critical thinking and analysis. The ability to assess situations and measure them against pre-existing conditions and make recommendations and suggestions has provided me a solid foundation on which to build a career.
Eva Susnjar-Hendricks (1994): Senior Brand Planner, GSW Worldwide
As a Senior Brand Planner at an advertising agency, my main responsibility is to translate all forms of knowledge (research data, journal articles, blog entries, or just word of mouth) into valuable nuggets of information for the other departments at the agency. For instance, I might find an interesting way to look at some market research data and turn it into a consumer insight for the creative team to use as the foundation for an ad, or I could brainstorm with the media department to help them determine which consumers we need to communicate with and the best way to reach those consumers. Sometimes, I'm asked to help out on new business pitches where the team needs to determine the business challenge a client is facing and which marketing solution(s) will help him or her be successful. And finally, as the title brand planner implies, I need to look at ways to position my clients' brands in the most unique and meaningful way in the marketplace.
My English degree from Ursuline has helped me in my career--and sometimes in surprising ways. Obviously, I'm writing every day whether it's simply an email or a more complex proposal/presentation. I gained a love of writing and the skills for successful writing from all the great English professors at Ursuline. There are also more subtle gifts from studying English, one of which is a love and appreciation of literature and culture. This is important in my position because very often, it is a cultural insight that becomes the catalyst for developing really creative and interesting advertising. And maybe the most important benefit from my English degree is just the ability to think critically and creatively in any situation. Not only did this ability help me achieve my position in advertising, but it is a critical skill that I use every day to complete my work.

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South African Olympic and Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius will appear in court tomorrow after being charged with murdering his girlfriend in Pretoria.
Police opened a murder case after a 30-year-old woman was found dead at the athlete's house after an incident in the upmarket Silverlakes gated complex on the outskirts of the capital.
Mr Pistorius and his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, had been the only people in the house at the time of the shooting, police brigadier Denise Beukes told reporters.
Witnesses have been interviewed about the incident, which happened in the early hours of the morning.
"We are talking about neighbours and people that heard things earlier in the evening and when the shooting took place," she said.
Ms Beukes said police were aware of previous incidents at the Pistorius house.
"I can confirm that there has previously been incidents at the home of Mr Oscar Pistorius, of allegations of domestic nature," she said.
His lawyer Kenny Oldwage told SABC TV that Mr Pistorius is "doing well but very emotional", and gave no further comment.
Earlier, police said a 9mm pistol had been found at the scene.
Mr Pistorius was born without a fibula in both legs and races wearing carbon fibre prosthetic blades.
He was the first double amputee to run in the Olympics and reached the 400 metre semi-finals in London 2012.
Before the murder charge was announced, Johannesburg's Talk Radio 702 said the 26-year-old may have mistaken Ms Steenkamp for a burglar.
South Africa has some of the world's highest rates of violent crime, and many home owners have weapons to defend themselves against intruders.
Mr Pistorius' complex is surrounded by a 3m wall and electric fence.
In 2004, Springbok rugby player Rudi Visagie shot dead his 19-year-old daughter after he mistakenly thought she was a robber trying to steal his car in the middle of the night.


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Gov. Dennis Daugaard proposed a 3 percent increase in state aid to K-12 education during his budget address last week. His plan also includes efforts to hold down tuition costs for students at the state's technical institutes and public universities.
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Schopp said that within the proposed budget package, there are also dollars earmarked for upgrading the current egrant system (consolidated application) and for expanding the number of dual credit classes offered by the state's technical institutes and universities.
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I wish that I would have had more books, perhaps eighty four, to give away. Really, I wish that I could send a book to everyone that wanted it. Unfortunately, I had one book, and chose one name. My sweet mother wrote everyones name on a piece of paper, and Libby chose the winner. Amy, of My Zoe Bug, you are the recipient of I heart felt.
Yes, time for my favorite getaway. Spring break. The perfect time to leave the mundane tasks of everyday living. And my favorite place to visit. My parents.
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Tiny tools—small enough to poke an individual lens on a ladybug's eye—are getting more durable, thanks to ultrathin nanocrystalline diamond coatings developed by materials science graduate Patrick Heaney (MS '07, PhD '09) and his new company, NCD Technologies.
Heaney is refining techniques he developed and patented as a graduate student to enhance the performance of micro-cutting tools that one day could be used to shape ever-shrinking components employed across all industries.
Currently, tools made on this tiny scale break almost immediately unless given a protective coating. Diamond is the protective coating of choice. "Diamond is my real goal and my real passion," Heaney says. "I guess since I was a kid I always joked that I wanted to come up with a material better than plastic that was universally used. I really think diamond has that potential. Diamond is good because it has the lowest coefficient of friction and the highest hardness. It also has extremely high thermal conductivity and if you dope it right, it has electrical conductivity. So it really could be used in all of the nano- and microelectromechanical systems and in everyday devices like our phones and computers, cars and appliances."
But getting diamond to stick to a tool without changing the tool's shape is extremely challenging. Working in the lab of Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Frank Pfefferkorn and former Engineering Physics Associate Professor Rob Carpick, Heaney developed a method of hot-filament chemical vapor deposition that not only reduces the coating thickness but also improves its adhesion.
In chemical vapor deposition, a tool is placed in a methane-filled chamber with a small amount of hydrogen. The gas flows over a hot filament. At the proper temperature and pressure, the carbon from the methane forms and grows on the tool as diamond. "One of the problems with most tooling is that the substrate material is tungsten carbide, which is a very brittle material. Cobalt is added to improve the ductility and make the tools last longer, but that cobalt negatively affects the diamond growth," Heaney says. "So you have to come up with some strategy to get rid of the effects of cobalt to allow you to grow diamond."
The standard technique that allows diamond to grow involves first etching the substrate, but etching weakens the substrate before the diamond coating can be applied. Heaney found a way to apply diamond without etching, thereby improving the strength.
With a $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation, Heaney is working with Janesville-based Performance Microtools to test his process. His company can apply coatings as thin as 50 nanometers to cutting tools—whereas the industry standard is between 2 and 10 microns. That's an important difference when dealing with a cutting-edge radius as small as 1 micron.
Heaney says applying a 2-micron coating to such a small tool would blunt its sharpness and ruin its effectiveness. "With a diamond coating you see almost no burring. You get a very predictable clean surface finish, and the forces required to machine are reduced by as much as a factor of 10. That allows us then to increase the machining speeds by a factor of 10. So you can significantly decrease the machining costs," he says.
After testing is completed, Performance Microtools could become NCD's first customer. Based on the results of tests, Heaney hopes to move off campus and into his own commercial production lab, a goal that received a boost in summer 2010 when he finished in third place in the advanced manufacturing category of the Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Competition.
NCD could start selling coatings as early as spring of 2011. "But I'll always stay tied to the university and Frank Pfefferkorn, hopefully to develop some new techniques that we're thinking of and to see if we can make any significant improvements on the coating process," says Heaney.
Heaney is no stranger to the research and development process. Growing up in Neenah, Wisconsin, he gained a lot of experience working for his father's engineering firm. One of the projects he worked on there resulted in a patent for splicing Lycra as it is dispensed in diaper machines. He worked extensively with DuPont, Procter and Gamble, Kimberly Clark and major diaper manufacturers to make his process work better for those companies.
After earning a degree in physics and mathematics from Colgate University in New York, he returned to his father's firm and worked on what he calls "random engineering." "I worked on a variety of machines," Heaney says. "One machine made tinsel, another made heavy luggage tags at the airport. After a few years of that, I decided it was time to go back to school and get a PhD."
Heaney looked at many programs, but with a math and physics degree from a liberal arts college, he found some were not taking him seriously. Most programs required him to take an additional year to 18 months of prerequisites before being admitted to the program. The
UW-Madison Materials Science Program caught his eye because it requires students to take courses from more than one department. "I really liked the feel of that," Heaney says. "I liked the idea of collaborating with a lot of people. I've always been excited about engineering and taking lots of different ideas and merging them together to come up with the best solution. I thought that was really the strength of the program at Wisconsin and I was excited to move back to Wisconsin as well as get one of the better educations that I could find as I was exploring different PhD options."
Now, with his doctorate in hand, Heaney is focused on developing new diamond coating technologies and new markets for the coatings. Beyond coatings for machine tools and parts, he sees potential in medical applications where non-biocompatible parts are coated with diamond and used in the body. Because current diamond-coating techniques result in premature delamination, diamond is not used in medical applications. But Heaney and Pfefferkorn have developed a new step to greatly improve adhesion, which could open the doors to myriad applications. "Really, what it comes down to is that you could make a part out of anything you wanted and then coat it with diamond," says Heaney. "It would be a superior part because it doesn't matter what is on the inside, as long as you have great properties on the outside."


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The 1970's: Disco is at the top of the charts, nobody is laughing at the Bee
Gee's yet, and bell bottoms become popular for the first time (shudder). It's
the decade of Afros, leisure suits, and large levitating cars with really big
weapons. That's right, Slick, the head honcho at the OMAR oil company, has sent
back a legion of his worst baddies from 2010 to take over the US oil industry
in the '70s. The Vigilante 8 series has taken a page from "Back to the
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gameplay will be familiar to anyone who has ever played a car combat game: go
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palm trees, police cars, and a drive-in movie theater. In addition to this, you
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yourself off of one of the launch pads at Cape Canaveral, or hook on to a ski
lift to lug yourself to the top of the Utah mountains.
There are a multitude of power-ups to give you the edge on your opponents.
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change your wheels into different configurations. For example, in the Utah level,
you can get snow tires and skis as your wheels. In levels with water, you get
some floaties [Floaties? That's not a real word either. Don't make me blow
up your car. ~Ed] and a propeller, and you can even get a levitating wheel
mod (Marty McFly, eat your heart out!). There are also shield power-ups and such,
not to mention a truckload of different types of secondary weapons, including
(but not limited to) flame throwers, mines, homing missiles, mortars, and rockets.
Although not quite as varied as some other games, it's enough to keep the game
be happy to hear that the physics are pretty sharp. Everything, including your
car's suspension feels realistic. There are a few problems with flipping over.
When you do, it's random whether you flip back over, or move forward, or one of
several other things. Fortunately, you don't flip over very often.
Sound is well done, but not outstanding. There are the standard set of things
going boom, crash, snap, crackle, and pop. The music is another story. Most of
the selections are great, from funk tunes (oh yeah!), to a rock version of Toccata
and Fugue in D minor (y'know, the Dracula theme).
The quest mode is good also, with separate quests for all the main characters
– lots of one player game for when your friends aren't over.
Of course, there are problems with this game, too. First off, it isn't as breakthrough a game as the first one. Most things have stayed the same. Particularly, there aren't many new weapons, and the graphics are pretty similar to the original.
Although the textures are better on the Dreamcast than the were on the Playstation,
the graphics in Vigilante 8 Second Offense still could use some improvement.
The basic problem lies in the collision detection. Numerous times, cars would
pass through each other or even through walls. One time, my car was stuck in
a vertical position because the rear half of the car sunk into the ground! The
horrible collision detection really detracts from the game.
Control can also be a problem. When you use one of the light vehicles, you
can turn too fast to actually control your vehicle well. And with larger cars,
it's really hard to turn the dang things. Although this is sort of realistic,
it goes a little too far to be playable.
So in the end, Vigi 8: 2nd Offense is a very fun game, but with a host
of little problems. On the other hand, it's still superior to anything from
the Twisted Metal series, with better physics and much larger arenas,
and the only car combat game currently available on the Dreamcast. If you loved
the first game, or are looking for some auto combat without Rob Zombie,
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It would probably be easier if we told you what Hopsin doesn't do, but Hop is an MC, producer, director, actor, and editor. And his journey has been anything but painless.
Stuck in special education classes, Hopsin did not see much of a future in high school. His teachers did nothing but reinforce the feelings that he wouldn't amount to anything; especially if he continued to waste his time attending classes where nothing was actually being taught. So with no money and only a few real friends, Hopsin dropped out of school in 2004.
Determined to be one of Southern Cali's premier MCs Hopsin bought an $8 microphone from Wal-Mart, installed Fruity Loops on his computer, and locked himself in the basement. As time went by he knew that his lyrics and production had surpassed what he was hearing on the radio. He combined his skills with a new image [often seen wearing white contacts] and emerged from the basement. In 2007, Hopsin signed a major record deal with Ruthless Records, and released his freshman album, "Gazing at the Moonlight" in October 2009.
Unfortunately Hopsin was never able to get on the same page as Ruthless, so in 2010 he decided to cut ties, and join his own label, Funk Volume. In November 2010, he released his sophomore album, RAW, and has not looked backed. In 2011 he headlined over 60 shows around the world, grew his Facebook page to over 140,000 fans, racked up millions of YouTube views, and earned a feature on Tech N9ne's "All 6's & 7's" album with B.o.B.
Hopsin's momentum is only going to continue to build in 2012. His fans are already anticipating the release of his next album, "Knock Madness". He has described it as a "game changer", and although he has been doubted before, people know now that he delivers on his promises.
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Instead, the Phillies are still looking for that eighth-inning reliever as well as a center fielder and possibly a third baseman. Lots of work for general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. to do as the winter meetings in Nashville draw near. The meetings officially open Monday.


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On November 20, 2003, the Department of Homeland Security released final rules that allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect cargo information necessary to identify high-risk shipments, which could threaten the safety and security of the United States. The final rules for cargo security address the timeline of presentation for electronic advance manifest information.
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Passenger aircraft that transport cargo and all-cargo aircraft, foreign and domestic, that plan to fly in to, out of, and within the United States will be subject to inspection. TSA standards also require air carriers to follow pre-approved security plans. Carriers must also verify the identities of all persons with access to their aircraft.
These new requirements are the first step in TSA's Air Cargo Strategic Plan, which is a layered approach to securing the entire air cargo supply chain. The plan calls for a threat-based risk management approach similar to that used by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to ensure that all "higher risk" cargo is inspected.
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DOHA (Reuters) - Briton Chris Wood will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Qatar Masters hoping to end an elusive five-year search for his first win on the European Tour.
The 25-year-old Englishman looked set to have a promising career when in 2008, while still an amateur, he finish tied for fifth place behind Padraig Harrington in the British Open at Royal Birkdale.
Since then his progress has been hampered by a series of back complaints caused by the wide swing arc his 6 foot 5 inch tall frame creates.
In 2012 he did record his first professional victory in the Thailand Open on the OneAsia Tour but then the injury returned.
"Two or three weeks after I won. I had to withdraw from a couple of events as my back went," he said after reaching 15 under par on Friday.
"All of a sudden from going on a bit of a high after winning a tournament I had to pick myself up and start again.
"The confidence seemed to be short-lived then but I hope fully I can look back on that win and it will help me in the final round."
Wood was two shots off the lead at the start of the day but worked his way to the top of leader board with five birdies in his first eight holes and an eagle at the par five tenth in a round of 64.
For most of the third round his nearest challenger was Spain's Sergio Garcia but he dropped back four shots off the pace after finishing his 70 with a bogey after finding water by the 18th green.
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Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to AAPT will be Presented to Taha Mzoughi
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECollege Park, MD, October 16, 2013—AAPT has announced that Taha Mzoughi will receive the association's Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to AAPT during the 2014 Winter Meeting in Orlando, Florida.
Mzoughi is Professor of Physics at Kennesaw State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of South Carolina, Columbia in 1990. He is devoted to the cause of physics literacy and has been energetically working in physics education for the last two decades. His experience covers both high school physics teaching and university teaching.
Before moving to the Atlanta Area as a faculty member at Kennesaw State University, he was the co-PI of the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded 'WebTOP' project that involved 3D interactive simulations of optical phenomena at the Mississippi State University.
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It appears that Corben Bone will look to call Toyota Park his home once again in 2013 after the 23-year-old midfielder opted out of Friday afternoon's Stage Two draft in the MLS Re-Entry process.
The team's first round selection in 2010, Bone's name has been on every list put out by the league since the initial release last Monday, December 3.
Having passed through the first stage of the Re-Entry process last Friday, Bone's decision to opt out of Friday's draft signals that the player and club are continuing negotiations with a view towards signing a new contract.
Though having appeared in just two MLS regular season matches this season, Bone also scored in the team's 3-2 loss to the Michigan Bucks in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on May 29 as well as scoring the equalizer in the Fire's 2-2 friendly draw vs. Santos Laguna on September 8 at Toyota Park.
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Five-Drug Anti-HIV Treatment Followed by Treatment Interruption in Patients Who Have Recently Been Infected With HIV
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|Phase 2
Acute, primary HIV infection represents a potentially unique opportunity to eradicate the infection. Although plasma viral load rises rapidly, the dominant infecting virus is relatively uniform genetically, and infection may not be fully established in all tissue sites until some time after exposure. Current antiretroviral therapy is able to reduce plasma viral load to unmeasurable levels in established infection. However, there are many questions that remain about the treatment of primary HIV infection. While it is assumed that aggressive antiretroviral regimens are required, it is not known how long they must be continued. It is hoped that after an interval of aggressive therapy, the number of agents could be safely reduced. This study evaluates if viral suppression can be sustained after study therapy is withdrawn.
Participants in this study will receive lamivudine (3TC), stavudine (d4T), abacavir (ABC), amprenavir (APV), and ritonavir (RTV) for at least 52 weeks. During this induction phase, participants will be followed through regular study visits every 4 or 8 weeks. If the participant's viral load and CD4 counts are within study parameters at the end of 52 weeks, the participant will discontinue all antiretroviral medications simultaneously. Participants in the treatment interruption phase will be followed weekly initially, every 2 weeks for 8 weeks, and then every 4 or 8 weeks. Treatment may be restarted if necessary during this phase based on viral load and CD4 counts. If treatment is restarted, the participant will receive 3TC, d4T, APV, and RTV but not ABC. During this reinduction phase, participants will be followed every 4 or 8 weeks.
Depending on viral load and CD4 counts, participants may be eligible for a second treatment interruption phase following the reinduction phase. Participants will once again stop all antiretroviral medications simultaneously and will have the same monitoring as in the first treatment interruption phase. Following this second treatment interruption, participants will be restarted on 3TC, d4T, APV, and RTV and will be evaluated at Weeks 4, 8, 16, and 24, at which time participants go off study.
The length of study participation for individual participants will vary. The length of each phase will be highly dependent on the participant's laboratory parameters. In general, participants will be enrolled in the study for 3 to 4 years. Participants may also enroll in immunology, compartment, pharmacology, and medication compliance substudies.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|121 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Induction Treatment With Lamivudine Plus Stavudine Plus Abacavir Plus Amprenavir/Ritonavir Followed by Supervised Treatment Interruption in Subjects With Acute HIV Infection or Recent Seroconversion
|Study Start Date :
|May 1999
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|October 2006
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|16 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Acute HIV infection (recently infected with HIV or recent seroconversion)
- Karnofsky status of 80 or greater within 14 days prior to study entry
- Acceptable methods of contraception
- Able and willing to give written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previously received anti-HIV drugs
- Hepatitis within 30 days prior to study entry
- Pancreatitis within 120 days prior to study entry
- Radiation or chemotherapy within 30 days prior to study entry
- Certain medications within 14 days prior to study entry
- Experimental or investigational therapy within 30 days prior to study entry
- Illness (non-HIV infection, cancer, etc.) at the time of study entry
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00000940
|United States, California
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
|UCLA CARE Center CRS
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90035
|Ucsd, Avrc Crs
|San Diego, California, United States, 92103
|Ucsf Aids Crs
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94110
|United States, Colorado
|University of Colorado Hospital CRS
|Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
|United States, Hawaii
|Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Leahi Hosp.
|Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 96816
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital ACTG CRS
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|SSTAR, Family Healthcare Ctr.
|Fall River, Massachusetts, United States, 02720
|United States, Missouri
|Washington U CRS
|St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
|United States, New York
|Beth Israel Med. Ctr. ACTU
|New York, New York, United States, 10003
|NY Univ. HIV/AIDS CRS
|New York, New York, United States, 10016
|Columbia P&S CRS
|New York, New York, United States, 10032
|AIDS Care CRS
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14607
|McCree McCuller Wellness Ctr. at the Connection, Infectious Disease Unit
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
|Univ. of Rochester ACTG CRS
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
|United States, North Carolina
|Unc Aids Crs
|Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27514
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Hosp. of the Univ. of Pennsylvania CRS
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|United States, Rhode Island
|The Miriam Hosp. ACTG CRS
|Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02906
|Study Chair:
|Paul Volberding, MD
|San Francisco Veterans Medical Center
|Study Chair:
|Elizabeth Connick, MD
|Infectious Disease Division, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Publications of Results:
Other Publications:
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000940 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
10099 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES )
ACTG 710 (substudy)
ACTG 711 (substudy)
ACTG 729 (substudy)
ACTG 709 (substudy)
|First Posted:
|August 31, 2001 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 7, 2016
|Last Verified:
|January 2016
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Drug Therapy, Combination
Protease Inhibitors
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Anti-HIV Agents
Viral Load
Abacavir Sulfate
Acute Infection
Treatment Interruption
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Slow Virus Diseases
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors


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Pelham voters debate increasing teachers' payBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
February 06. 2013 9:35PM
HUDSON - With many changes under way in the Pelham School District, those attending Wednesday night's school deliberative session had much to say when it came to a new contract for the town's 160 or so teachers.
Around 60 people attended the meeting.
Pelham Superintendent Amanda Lecaroz said school officials have been working hard in recent months to set the tone for the new Pelham School Administrative Unit No. 28. The district will separate from Windham in July. Highlights of next year's $27,491,453 operating budget and separate warrant articles include the opening of a new SAU office at Pelham Town Hall and new contracts for the district's teachers and support staff.
A collective bargaining agreement with the Pelham Education Association, the town's teacher's union, would cost zero dollars in the coming year but would increase the budget by $363,283 in the following year to reflect increases in salaries and benefits, school board vice chairman Deb Ryan said. Ryan, who spoke in favor of the new contract, said the district saw three longtime teachers leave for greener pastures over the past year in hopes of earning more competitive salaries.
"A well-constructed salary system rewards classroom experience," she said. "And the costs of teachers leaving are costs that cannot be ignored."
Susan Harden, vice president of the town's teacher's union, said seeing students succeed is the most important part of her job.
"We need to have a partnership, and we need to know the town has faith in us," Harden said. "We're giving our all and our best to the children of Pelham, and we're hoping to get support with this contract."
Resident Tom Gellar said while he understood the desire to match salaries with other districts, he asked whether an increase in salaries was the only way to address this issue.
"Is this the sole, most beneficial solution to this problem?" he asked the board.
"We'd love to match salaries, but we'd need four more contracts to do that," board member Rob Hardy said. "But if this warrant passes, we'll still just be almost competitive."
Resident Jim Bundock suggested having merit-based pay raises rather than step-based increases.
"Incentives for superior performance need to be rewarded, if you ask me," he said.
Resident Bill Scanzani said he doesn't support the new contract due to cost implications.
"After four years, the operating budget will be $2.2 million dollars higher than it is today, period," Scanzani said. "What you can't calculate is the costs of medical insurance (four years from now)."
Resident Mary Alice Cookinham said it's tough to put a price tag on true value of the district's teachers.
"Especially in the Pelham school district, we don't support our educators as much as we should," Cookinham said. "Let's put education and our students first."
Following a lengthy discussion, the warrant article was moved to the March ballot without amendment, as was a separate contract for the Pelham Education Support Personnel Association.
If passed, the contract with the support staff union would cost an additional $60,280 next year to reflect salary and benefits increases.
Voting on all school warrant items will take place at Pelham High School on Tuesday, March 12. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.


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The evolution of IT can take place at revolutionary speed, and when systems don't keep up with the pace of change they can become vulnerable to serious risks, says retired Lt. Gen. William T. Lord, former Air Force CIO.
"I think that the next Achilles' heel is legacy software," Lord said.
A combination of unsupported software, well-known vulnerabilities and new applications that expose old platforms to networks can create unnecessary complexity and open critical systems to threats, he said.
Not every piece of old software is a risk, however. "Some of the things we use in our nuclear command and control are so old, but so reliable and unconnected to anything else, that it probably does not pose a threat," Lord said. "But our problem is that most of our legacy systems in government are 20 or 30 years old," and need to be updated.
Fixing this installed problem will requires more flexible contracting to let government take advantage of smaller, more nimble contractors. Lord, who now is an IT systems and services consultant, is making legacy software something of a crusade in his post-military career, calling it the greatest obstacle to IT progress in government.
Defining "legacy software" can be difficult. Some would argue that any software in use can be called legacy, because if you're using it, it's already old. Most would agree that any software still in use that is not supported by its developer or vendor could be classed as legacy. There is a huge installed base of this. A recent analysis by the Web Security company Websense, for example, found that three quarters of government computers are running unsupported versions of Java.
Getting rid of legacy software is even harder than defining it. Wholesale programs can be expensive and often end in failure. The Air Force in 2004 began a program to replace 240 outdated systems in its Expeditionary Combat Support System with an Enterprise Resources Planning system. A contact was awarded to Computer Sciences Corp. in 2006 and terminated six years and $1 billion later. "The effort got stopped," Lord said.
The problems included "budget doldrums," which complicates almost any kind of project, and the difficulty of finding a good time for replacing operational systems. This can be particularly difficult with combat support systems when the combat never stops, Lord said. "In my experience in the Air Force, there was no end to the battle."
The skills needed to update, modernize or replace legacy software can come from non-traditional service providers, he said — smaller software companies that often do not have the resources to compete in the government market. It would help to have major league contractors partner with the minor league companies for government contracts, but there often is little government incentive for this.
Agencies are supposed to make small and minority-owned business contracts, but accounting policies give contracting officers little credit for acquiring services from small companies through a larger contractor, Lord said.
Another problem is a lack of dedicated money for fixing vulnerabilities in old applications. The Air Force sets aside money for hurricane damage, but not for software bugs, so that maintaining old software is difficult. Government needs to realize that vulnerabilities are as inevitable as bad weather, Lord said. "We haven't caught up with that kind of thinking."
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You must be a subject matter expert (SME) supporting one or multiple legacy systems. And you are right that without SMEs replacement or even maintenance of any system is risky and dangerous. However even SMEs by themselves are not enough. You need to give them an automation tool with features that will aid the extraction, modernization and transformation of such systems. Else most likely you will fail due to the sheer volume of code you have to analyze.
It's sad to see that when a retired General has a great idea it's immediately dismissed as personal enterprise. This article addresses two important issues. One being the broken government acquisition process and the second is the growing amount of "legacy software" in public systems. Complex problems such as this are the ones senior leaders should be discussing. Legacy software impacts every aspect of daily life. Power grids, water supplies, even sewer systems have issues with outdated, vulnerable software. I sincerely hope this issue is taken more seriously in the future.
If migrating legacy software was as simple as the solution stated by eph there would be no failed legacy migration projects. More complex issues stem from the years of patches applied to programs. These patches leave thousands of dead code lines which easily hide malware and slow down functions. A simple migration not only brings over the original processes, but all of the redundant and non functional ones as well. Bringing in consultants to look at what is inside the system and pick out every line of code not only takes years, but is prohibitively costly. Organizations bogged down by these ancient systems need to not only use an automated program, they need one that gives the user a look at what's inside the existing programs.
How convenient for a retired general to set himself up in a software consulting business and make recommendations about replacing "legacy" software. The issue with replacing code is not with the size of the business, but with contractor personnel, who have little or no knowledge of these systems. The best way to replace legacy software is to use integral resources augmented by consultants that have expertise in the language(s) and DBMS used to replace the old software. There is no substitute for institutional knowledge.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of the Mandee, Annie Sez and Afaze clothing stores cited effects from Superstorm Sandy as it sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday.
Big M Inc., of Totowa, N.J., filed the petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Jersey. It said in an emailed statement it intends to continue to operate its stores and expects to "emerge as a stronger company."
Court papers, however, state that the company "intends to consider all strategic options to maximize the value of its business and properties," language often seen as an indicator that a sale of the business is possible.
The family-owned retailer said in the court filing that it started a restructuring process in November 2011, after the economic downturn eroded its business and left it unprofitable. It cut expenses, refinanced debt, renegotiated leases, sold property and closed 27 underperforming stores in 2012.
Court papers said those steps had put it on a path toward profitability when Sandy hit. The late October storm closed most of its stores in in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut for a week or more, along with its offices and distribution center. Three stores were shuttered for a month and continue to operate on a limited basis.
Big M said it depleted its resources in getting its stores back into operation but business never rebounded. The company also said in the filing that it hasn't collected from its insurance carrier, in part because of a disagreement over the amount owed by Westport Insurance Corp., a unit of Swiss Re America Holding Co.
Westport said in an emailed statement it was having ongoing talks with Big M following the storm and was "committed to promptly and fairly resolving Sandy related claims."
The bankruptcy filing claims the combination of the reduced business and the lack of insurance payments left Big M without the needed cash to operate, especially during the critical holiday period. Clothing retailers typically take in more than 20 percent of their annual sales during the holiday period, according to the National Retail Federation.
Big M estimated revenue for 12 months ending Jan. 26 will be about $192 million. It reported debt of about $15 million.
The company said it has an offer for up to $13.2 million in credit to see it through the bankruptcy process arranged through Salus Capital Partners, which helped finance the 2011 restructuring.
Mandee, an off-price clothing retailer, caters mainly to young women. Annie Sez and Afaze appeal to slightly older female shoppers.
Big M, founded in 1948, operates 129 stores in eight states and employs about 1,200 workers, including roughly 490 full-time employees. About 250 of its staffers are unionized.


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Hedge funds and other companies seeking private investments would be freed to advertise publicly for funding under a rule set for a vote today by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The rule, which is expected to pass because the commission rarely schedules votes that lack support for approval, would be the first one mandated by last year's Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act to be completed by the SEC. A deadline for the regulation set by Congress lapsed more than a year ago.
The rule would ease 80 years of advertising restrictions that help ensure small investors aren't lured into taking inappropriate risks. Under the new rule, startups and other small companies would also be able to use advertising to raise unlimited amounts of money.
"It changes the whole paradigm of who you can talk to," said Brian J. Lane, a former division director at the SEC and now a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Washington. "Hedge funds will benefit because they have the most restrictions on their ability to communicate more broadly about different funds coming to market."
The rule affects how companies raise money through private offerings, which are exempt from requirements to publicly report financial statements. Private offers are restricted to wealthy investors, who are considered better positioned to understand the risks of investing with less information.
Raising Capital
Companies raised $899 billion through private offers last year, compared with $228 billion through registered sales of stock and $976 billion through sales of public debt, according to the SEC. Firms raising capital through private offers decide what information to share with investors.
State securities regulators say private offers were the most common product leading to enforcement actions in 2011. The North American Securities Administrators Association protested the SEC's plan for lifting the advertising ban after it was proposed in August. The state regulators said the SEC's plan failed to provide guidance to companies about appropriate advertising and didn't include any investor protections.
The proposal also divided the five-member commission. Two Republican commissioners have said the proposed rule should be completed as written. Democratic Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar said in April that a rewrite is needed because last year's proposal resulted from an "aggressive effort to exclude pro-investor initiatives," while fellow Democrat Elisse B. Walter has also voiced concern that fraud risks would grow.
"Without common-sense protections, general solicitation will prove be a great boon to the fraudster," Aguilar said in a statement prepared for today's meeting. "Experience tells us that this will lead to economic disaster for many investors."
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