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Three banks, two certified development companies and two Small Business Investment Companies today received the highest recognition by the U.S. Small Business Administration in Washington, D.C., as they were proclaimed 2013 Lenders and Investment Companies of the Year, during National Small Business Week. Also honored were four winners in the Entrepreneurial Development category.
While overall portfolio performance was an important factor in the lender and investment awards, in-tier performance, job creation and continued support for small businesses were paramount in determining the winners.
"SBA's mission in support of small businesses encompasses much more than financial assistance and includes opportunities for investing and all kinds of entrepreneurial support. Our partners in these important areas are crucial to the success of our mission," said SBA Administrator Karen Mills. "We at SBA are proud of that partnership and pleased to honor these award winners for their role in helping small businesses start up, grow and succeed."
During National Small Business Week, SBA honors State Small Business Persons of the Year from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and recognizes businesses recovering from natural disasters, people who have helped others recover from natural disasters, small business lenders, small business contractors and contracting officers, and advocates for small businesses.
The Large 7(a) Loan Lender of the Year Award went to Wells Fargo of Minneapolis, Minn., which was also the winner in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. Wells Fargo made more than $1.24 billion in loans and supported more than 37,000 jobs in FY 2012.
The Small 7(a) Lender of the Year Award was shared by Village Bank & Trust of Des Plaines, Ill. and Eastern Bank of Boston, Mass. In FY 2012, Village Bank & Trust showed an impressive growth rate in SBA lending of more than 6,000 percent over the previous year and supported more than 940 jobs in its community. Eastern Bank's performance focused primarily on underserved markets, where it made 207 loans and supported 2,297 jobs.
Also honored were two Certified Development Companies (CDCs), or 504 lenders, and two Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs).
The CDCs receiving awards were Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corp. (WBD) of Monona, Wis. which won the Large CDC of the Year Award and Community Development Resources of Lincoln, Neb., which was presented with the Small CDC of the Year Award.
WBD has helped fund over 2,000 projects in Wisconsin and last year worked with more than 100 lenders to become the 3rd largest producer out of 225 CDCs in the U.S. Community Development Resources has provided capital to more than 250 small businesses in Lincoln and last year financed more than $10 million in SBA 504 loans.
Two SBICs were selected 2013 Small Business Investment Companies of the Year. Blue Sage Capital, Austin, Texas, invests in a broad spectrum of small businesses that employ people, advance communities and grow the U.S. economy. Blue Sage has invested approximately $130 million in 13 small businesses from manufacturing to restaurants to healthcare, and more. Plexus Capital, headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., with a satellite office in Raleigh, N.C, provides growth capital to middle market companies. Its investments have resulted in almost 5,000 jobs created and/or retained.
The 2013 Entrepreneurial Development Award winners are:
The Lancaster SCORE chapter is the National SCORE Chapter of the Year for 2013.
The Lancaster chapter, located in Lancaster County, Pa., demonstrated significant growth, showing a 67% increase in total services provided and it more than doubled its number of workshop and roundtable attendees over the last 5 years.
The Louisiana Small Business Development Center (LSBDC) Greater New Orleans Region is the recipient of the Small Business Development Center Excellence and Innovation Award.
Over the last decade, LSBDC has provided nearly 350,000 hours of entrepreneurial counseling to more than 55,000 entrepreneurs and offered more than 5,000 training events and seminars to 92,000 attendees.
This year's Women's Business Center of Excellence Award winner is the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC). Since its inception, WWBIC has served more than 47,000 individuals, directly financed more than 1,660 businesses, assisted in creating or retaining more than 7,600 jobs in Wisconsin and loaned more than $29.6 million to small businesses.
The winner of the 2013 Veterans Business Outreach Center Excellence in Service Award is John A. Narciso, small business adviser at the New York State Veterans Business Outreach Center and The Research Foundation of the State University of New York. Narciso has had a 30-year career as a talented and successful U.S. Naval officer and decorated combat veteran, followed by two decades advising veterans in entrepreneurship.
For more information on National Small Business Week and the award winners, visit www.sba.gov/smallbusinessweek.


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George (Khodr) of Mount Lebanon
His Eminence Metropolitan George (Khodr) of Byblos and Botrys (Mount Lebanon) is the current hierarch of the Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon which is under the jurisdiction of the Church of Antioch.
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The Informix time types do not embed the time zone information within the values themselves; so, once you have a value, you have to know the time zone or you don't really know when the event happened in the real world. One solution to this is to save the time zone information separately, another is to store the value as a string with the time zone appended, and the third is to always store time values in one, known time zone. One solution to the last option is to use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). However, it is not necessarily simple to generate UTC values from within SQL; TODAY and CURRENT return values within the server time zone.
The DBINFO function can be used to obtain the current time in UTC as an integer value that is the number of seconds since the epoch. (See the Informix Guide to Syntax: DBINFO Function > Using the 'utc_current' Option.) Getting from this count of seconds to a DATETIME value may not be straightforward, but here is an example:
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Seton Hall already was short-handed with three injured players, so coach Kevin Willard didn't have anyone to turn to when Brandon Mobley got into foul trouble against No. 21 Notre Dame on Saturday, especially with backup center Kevin Johnson limited in how much he could play just 12 days after undergoing knee surgery.
"Once Brandon leaves us right now we've got no one else to play power forward. So it becomes tough to play in this league with just one power forward and one center. That's why we stuck with the zone," Willard said.
The Irish took advantage as Scott Martin had a season-high 22 points on a career-high six 3-pointers to lead the Irish to a 93-74 victory.
Notre Dame coach Mike Brey had little sympathy that the Pirates had only seven healthy players, pointing out the Irish only used seven players until garbage time at the end of the game.
But he did concede it was difficult for the Pirates to be without Brian Oliver, a transfer from Georgia Tech who is averaging 8.5 points and 4.2 rebounds who has had a sprained ankle the past two games.
"They're missing Oliver," Brey said. "They need him back. But they're going to beat some people because they can score that thing and shoot it. They're making double-digit 3s quite regularly. And the zone, if you're not great with the ball, you're going to turn the ball over with that zone matchup thing."
Jack Cooley added 19 points and 13 rebounds and Eric Atkins had 17 points and 10 assists as the Irish (13-1, 1-0 Big East) won their 11th straight, their second-longest winning streak in 13 seasons under Brey. The loss ended a seven-game winning streak for Seton Hall (12-3, 1-1).
Cosby and Edwin led the Pirates with 21 points each, with Cosby hitting five 3-pointers, and Gene Teague had 17 points and nine rebounds.
"You start off this trip at DePaul, at Notre Dame in the Big East, you're hoping to go 1-1," Willard said. "If you get both, it's great. You just don't want to lose both."
It was the best game of the season for Martin, whose previous high was 14 points with four 3-pointers in a victory over Brown. Martin, a sixth-year senior, said he focused on improving his outside shooting during the offseason with the help of his younger brother, Andy.
"He came over and hung out with me this summer, worked me out, and I was able to get some shots up. We worked on the jumper. He ironed it out. We discussed all of the little mechanics. No big changes, just little things. He did a lot of rebounding for me," Martin said.
Willard noticed the difference.
"He's got a much more fluid release. Plus he's just a very smart basketball player. He doesn't get in trouble. He really complements Cooley really well," Willard said.
The Irish opened a 35-25 lead with 3:40 left in the first half on a three-point play by Cooley to cap a 10-2 run. The Pirates quickly cut the lead to 37-34 with three baskets inside, including a fastbreak by Edwin, and a 3-pointer by Haralds Karlis. But a late run by the Irish opened the 44-36 halftime lead.
Martin started the second half with two quick 3-pointers sandwiched around a 15-foot jumper by Jerian Grant, who had 13 points. Another 3-pointer by Martin 3 minutes into the second half gave the Irish a 58-41 lead. Pat Connaughton then scored on a rebound of his own missed shot to make it 60-41. The Irish later stretched the lead to 66-43 with another 3 by Martin, who was 6 of 7 from 3-point range.
"We kind of lost him a few times, and they did a good job of finding him," Cosby said.


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By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
News spread by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), Reuters and other media indicate the commencement of Islamic State jet operations from Kshesh Air Force Base.
A video uploaded after the first news spread proved to show the planes being operated by the Islamic State. However, the first part shows fighters of Ahrar al-Sham inspecting the hardened aircraft shelters housing L-39s after just capturing Kshesh on 12th of February 2013, the second part shows Jaish al-Islam operating two of the L-39s and the last part shows a L-39 from the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) on a bombing sortie over Aleppo early in the Syrian Civil War.
Kshesh (also known as Jirah or Jarrah) was once home to the SyAAF's 2 Squadron operating L-39ZAs and one unknown squadron operating L-39ZOs. After being captured by Ahrar al-Sham on 12th of February 2013, it saw the birth of the first rebel air force in Syria.
Jaish al-Islam managed to get at least two of the around dozen remaining L-39s operational and briefly showed them in a video. Although aided by former SyAAF personnel, Jaish al-Islam was never reported to have conducted any sorties with the L-39s and the base was abandoned in light of the Islamic State's advance in the Aleppo Governorate in early 2014. After the capture of Kshesh by the Islamic State, the base was transformed into a training base for fresh IS recruits.
According to the original report [1], Iraqi personnel formerly serving in the Iraqi Air Force (IrAF) under Saddam Hussein aided in the training of IS fighters to operate the three planes at Kshesh. And while the IrAF indeed owned L-39s, most of the fleet was already inoperational after the first Gulf War in 1991. Nonetheless, the L-39 is one of the easiest jet aircraft to fly and maintain, making it ideally suited for groups like Jaish al-Islam and the Islamic State.
Given their past experience, the theory of Iraqi personnel solely working on the planes seems much more plausible than the Iraqis giving training to other fighters how to maintain and operate the three L-39s.
However, witnesses reportedly told the SOHR that the planes appeared to be MiG-21s or MiG-23s. But as none of these were ever stationed at Kshesh, this can be quickly dismissed. As every fighter aircraft in Syria automatically gets branded as a MiG, it is likely the witnesses were clueless about the exact type and MiG-21 or MiG-23 got added later on.
Seen below are from top to bottom; The L-39, a MiG-21 and a MiG-23.
The claim of three aircraft being operated by the Islamic State also comes as a suprise as Jaish al-Islam, with aid of personnel formerly stationed at the base, was only known to have managed getting two L-39s in operational condition. As there was no flow of spare parts, Jaish al-Islam likely cannibalized the other L-39s presence at Kshesh to make this happen.
But even if Jaish al-Islam departed the airbase without sabotaging their L-39s, it still doesn't explain the presence of a third aircraft. If the Islamic State really managed to get a third aircraft operational, which should have been non-operational since early 2013, it truly shows the ingenuity and willingness of the group to to turn every possible weapon against its former owners.
The photo below, showing three fighters of the Islamic State (now both KIA) inspecting a L-39 shortly after the capture of Kshesh from Jaish al-Islam indicates that at least one of the two L-39s formerly operated by Jaish al-Islam was, although looking worn-out due to weather elements or bad quality paint, still reasonably intact. The presence of a protective cover suggests the plane wasn't sabotaged by Jaish al-Islam.
According to other testemonies of witnesses [2], the planes clearly took off from Kshesh. If true, and linked to the base while in the hands of the Islamic State and not Jaish al-Islam, L-39s operating from the nearby Kweres airbase, which is already being under siege since December 2012, can be definetely ruled out.
Most flights of aircraft only lasted for about five to ten minutes according to witnesses. The short flightime was likely for tests and out of fear to be intercepted by the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF).
For combat missions, L-39s can carry up to 1.290 kg worth of UB-16 rocket pods for 57mm rockets, bombs or fuel tanks distributed over four pylons. The L39ZA's outer two pylons are wired for R-60 short tange air-to-air missiles. Although in widespread use by Syria, none were seen at Kshesh or Tabqa.
It's difficult to tell if and to what degree the Islamic State is envisaging fast jet operations from either Kshesh or Tabqa, especially with the U.S.-led bombing campaign now in force. Known is that if definite proof of IS operating jet fighters arrives, Kshesh might finds itself on the receiving end of the U.S.-led airstrikes.
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Does anyone know why Gnome is so slow on BSD?
This is kind of a "WTF realisation" kind of thread, if you pardon my American .
I just converted my laptop from FreeBSD RELENG_8 to Ubuntu 10.04, the principal reasons being DropBox, GFire, and not enough time to be shoe horning the suckers into working on FreeBSD. Being able to use google-chrome instead of a resource hogging mozilla firefox is also a huge plus... hehe.
Before the conversion, I had been using Gnome 2 and FVWM 2.5 Devel compiled from Ports. The former for a heavy-weight desktop session and the latter for when working off battery (when a vtty isn't good enough), or as a thin client. Gnome was rigged to run with visual effects turned off instead of the normal (the difference on Ubuntu seems to be none=metacity; normal=compiz stuff). To speed up the startup, I also had turned off unneeded startup apps, like the update checker and what not.
FreeBSD -> about 25-30 seconds from login to when my panels loaded.
I noticed something startling when I booted Ubuntu -> Gnome runs at ludicrous speed! The kind of difference is so big, that when I used it on FreeBSD: Gnome on this laptop reminded me of KDE 3.4 on a 500Mhz/384MB P3 box - yeah man. Now that it's running Ubuntu, Gnome is so fast that I can't even believe I'm still using the same 2.0Ghz/1GB Sempron... it's like jaw dropping.
Ubuntu -> Snap of the fingers from the login to the panels loaded.
I assume that it would be equal or slower on OpenBSD and NetBSD, but this much difference is just freaking insane. Does anyone know what causes it? I can only think of two possibilities: moving more of gnome into the startup sequence, or there is something that Gnome depends on, that FreeBSDs equaliv to is just insanely slow.
*scratches head*
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Hi TerryP,
all I can is to confirm that this is truth. I used to run NetBSD-current. Now I run Arch Linux (not b/c of Gnome but Java and other things). Anyway the Evolution I used under NetBDS was just sloooooow- under Arch Linux Evolution starts like a rocket and the e-mail checking/retriving is also faster (I use Gmail so imap).
I don't know the reason- maybe some "linuxism" behind Gnome?
Have you tried Xfce? If Wikipedia is correct, Xfce is 12x smaller than GNOME and 14x smaller than KDE. I'd like to verify that, but I've used GNOME on OpenBSD and it worked fine but downloading with all 12 pkg_add commands took a while.
I'm curious to the point that I'm going to try installing FreeBSD + GNOME on a laptop. I'll tell you how the performance goes for me.
I've tried FBSD-8.1-rc with gnome-lite.
Time between startx and working DE was about 15sec.
Chrome works on FreeBSD.
Other options if dropbox doesn't work, there are other options. There is also finding what requirements it needs.
Xfire/gfire will work.
Doesn't surprise me. Unless somewhere in the heart of Gnome, there's a wicked #ifndef linux do_it_slow_as_snails #endif group in the code, my best guess is it's in a core dependency.
Maybe sth it needs from ports/pkgsrc is just utterly terrible at doing it's business on BSD. From stuff I googled a few weeks ago, it seems that at least at some point, Gnome 2 startup was mostly I/O bound. I'm still using the same slow hard drive though :-/.
I used Xfce for several months after deciding it was about time to actually try the thing, but left it after getting annoyed with my session crashing back to XDM. Seemed to have something to do with the themeing. Ended up going back to FVWM for ages. Still I think Xfce is one of the best desktop environments for unix systems though . Deffo would use it again in the future though.
Xfce 4 was very fast when I used it, nothing like how Gnome 2 and KDE 4 ran. But Gnome 2 on Ubuntu is running even faster than Xfce 4 had on FreeBSD. That is nuts!
I'm very interested to know how it works out. There's got to be some sense to Gnomes performance...
Between FreeBSD 6.x and 8.x, I've never had any complaints about performance with the OS.
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There's a bit of a difference between Chrome, Chromium, and Windows, Linux, and Native builds of each one - particularly without the port being in wide spread usage. The only reason my laptop followed stable instead of releases, fwiw is a level of trust I have in the project. Stability and maintenance are very important to me, to an extent where a www/linux-f10-google-chrome or equaliv. port is most ideal. In particular one that is widely tested and regularly updated. I've also found Google builds of google-chrome itself much more stable on linux than chromium, which makes me even more leerly of testing a grand experiment.
To get modern versions of GFire working, it needs to be patched because of glibc specifics missing from libc. I'm to busy to be doing this sort of thing every few releases. XFire under Windows sucks enough without throwing WINE at it (didn't work when I tried it under FreeBSD 6.x). My opinions of WINEs usefulness on FreeBSD are still not very high, even if it's gotten 'better'. Every time I try using WINE for something on BSD, it generally falls flat on it's face.
Rather than dropbox, the solution that would likely fit my needs *best* is one centred around rdiff but version incompatibilities between what's available on my different systems, creates a bit of a problem :-P. DriveHQs available info doesn't rub me as gently as Dropbox seems to.
So far I've got about 25MB in chat logs under dropboxes control, out of several GB of $HOME. It's been an exceptional improvement over my rs-vars, rs-touch, rs-pull, rs-push, and rs-mgr wrapper scripts: which were used for automating the question of which machine needs to rsync to the other before/after a session. Once I have things sorted, dropbox will likely be used for variable data sets and more static content will get rsync'd to the file server every few weeks.
Once the inotfy support comes along in the linuxator, dropbox should work fine on BSD. When working hours have settled off in the future, I'll be re-evaluating what can be done there and what I can do to help. For now though, I just need the computer to turn it's head and cough about accessing my data.
All of that however is a side line, compared to this topics interest in Gnomes performance
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Import tetex-texmf and tetex-src- both 3.0.tar.gz from the freebsd.org distfiles in teTex into the local distfiles. There's a Gentoo version of tetex that seems to be missing something with ncurses.
Still building. This seems to be the only trouble so far.
Having used Ubuntu+gnome and FreeBSD+gnome, I just don't see it. Whatever speed difference there is is negligible to me.
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BATON ROUGE — The long and winding regulatory campaign pitting the forces of Houma's television station against a publicly traded company whose market cap is in the tens of billions of dollars appeared to be approaching a conclusion this past Tuesday on the floor of the state Senate.
BATON ROUGE — The long and winding regulatory campaign pitting the forces of Houma's television station against a publicly traded company whose market cap is in the tens of billions of dollars appeared to be approaching a conclusion this past Tuesday on the floor of the state Senate.
That's where and when legislation backed by Martin Folse, owner of HTV-Channel 10, and opposed by lobbyists for DirecTV was scheduled to be heard. It was just a couple steps away from final passage after a long round of pubic debates filled with improbable twists and turns.
But the bill never came up for debate. It was shelved by lawmakers who had just been told that Attorney General Buddy Caldwell might be able to intervene in a tangible way. So, just as Folse's legal journey approached a potential end, a new turn sprouted.
From down the bayou to up a ways in the Capital City and further off on Capitol Hill, Folse told lawmakers this session that he has taken his case many places over the past few years. Initially, he was aided only by friends and family members who shared his belief that DirecTV sales representatives were being "dishonest" with consumers in south Louisiana.
But Folse wasn't alone for long. While he will voluntarily compare his position to that of the biblical David facing off against DirecTV's Goliath, Folse's Class-A television station, in a market serving a potential 400,000 viewers, have afforded him a unique opportunity to build strong political relationships.
Gov. Bobby Jindal, who Folse has made sizable contributions to, wrote a letter on the station's behalf asking the federal government to act on allegations that consumers were being duped into signing two-year contracts. The way Folse and others tell it, consumers were — and possibly still are — being incorrectly told that HTV is a part of DirecTV's lineup.
State Rep. Joe Harrison, R-Napoleonville, who has also received donations from Folse, has sponsored bills and resolutions seeking to address the situation. Harrison's latest push, House Bill 1207, would have forced satellite TV service providers to include in their contracts what channels are being offered at the point of sale.
But that's not how the bill initially started. Earlier this session, Harrison and Folse originally asked lawmakers to pass a bill to require "providers to offer local broadcast channel access through their networks." When that version was rejected, Folse said it wasn't a major blow to him.
"I don't care if they carry us or not," he said. "I just don't want them misleading the public anymore."
Harrison and Folse returned with language to add a new provision to the state's Unfair Trade Practices Act. That approach was criticized and retooled by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs, resulting in the proposed contract changes that were pending action on the Senate floor last week.
That Senate committee hearing, however, set into motion the new options Folse is faced with. During the hearing, Damon Stewart, vice president of state government affairs for DirecTV, testified that his company had searched its customer service system to verify the complaints by consumers that were being alleged, but it unearthed only a few. Harrison had testified that "hundreds" had filed complaints with his district office in recent years.
"We're not seeing this groundswell," Stewart told the committee, adding that contract cancellations don't bear out the problem, either.
Harrison said in an interview Friday that Stewart may have withheld information or not been truthful. He points to a 2010 settlement Caldwell oversaw with DirecTV that included violations of Louisiana's unfair trade practices and consumer protection law. Stewart did not respond to a phone message seeking comment last week.
"What got me the most," Folse said, "is that DirecTV sat in front of that committee and didn't mention a word about it. How much in taxpayer money could have been saved through the hearings and everything else had they just been truthful?"
The consent decree found that DirecTV had mislead consumers and the satellite provider was ordered, from that point on, to "clearly disclose all material terms." Laura Gerdes Colligan, public information officer for the Louisiana Department of Justice, said DirecTV agreed to pay restitution to consumers and to alter its business practices.
The judgment also gave Caldwell's office the authority to monitor DirecTV and subject it to penalties of up to $5,000 per offense. Colligan said the Attorney General's Office has been doing just that over the past two years and that it's aware of the issues being raised regarding HTV.
In the meantime, Colligan asked that any Louisiana consumers who "feel they may have been a victim of deceptive or unfair business practices by DirecTV" to notify the Attorney General's Office by calling its consumer protection hotline at 1-800-351-4889 or by filing a complaint online at www.agbuddycaldwell.com.
As for Folse, he has options. Senate Commerce Chairman Danny Martiny, R-Metairie, who criticized the legislation as unnecessary, suggested that Folse might have a "class- action lawsuit" on his hands, considering the number of people presumably upset about their contracts.
"There are a whole bunch of lawyers I know who would love to sue somebody for this," Martiny said during the committee hearing.
Harrison said Terrebonne Parish District Attorney Joe Waitz "should be able to take care of the local station," especially considering the consent decree. In an interview, Waitz said he would discuss the issue with the Attorney General's Office and is looking into it further.
Colligan said the wheels are already turning on the state level. For Folse, it could equate to answers, one way or the other, to questions he has been asking for many months.
"One way our office monitors DirecTV's compliance with the consent judgment is through our consumer complaint process," Colligan said. "We have received additional complaints regarding DirecTV's business practices and are looking into these issues for consumer protection law violations and for possible violations regarding DirecTV's compliance with the terms of the agreement."
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Unlike most other states, the number of questions on your California DMV written permit test will depend on your age. Those under 18 will receive a test with 46 questions and must answer 38 of them correctly to pass. If you are over 18, your test will only have 36 questions, and you must answer 30 of them correctly. If you fail the written test, you are required to wait seven days before attempting it again. If you fail three times, you must re-start the process of applying for your permit. You will take the test on a touchscreen computer at one of the DMV's Touchscreen Terminals (TSTs). The test is available in several languages, large print English, an audio version, or a video version for those who use American Sign Language. While our other DMV practice tests have hints and explanations, we have disabled them for this exam mode simulator to give you the most authentic testing experience possible.
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Lady Bisons lose to Gardner-Webb
March 27, 2008
The Lady Bisons traveled to Gardner-Webb University on March 27th. They were defeated 7-0. Their next match is versus Campbell on March 29th at home.
Laura Kriett/Monica Walser (GW) def. Claire Landry/Kara Jackson (LU) 8-2
Rita Gouveia/Amy Beavers (GW) def. Olivia Ellis/Raphaela Jann (LU) 8-0
Jenny Gomez/Allie Mills (GW) def. Caitlin Khouri/Mariana Rangel (LU) 8-1
Kriett (GW) def. Jann (LU) 6-3, 6-3
Gomez (GW) def. Jackson (LU) 6-3, 6-2
Gouveia (GW) def. Khouri (LU) 6-2, 6-1
Beavers (GW) def. Ellis (LU) 6-0, 6-0
Walser (GW) def. Landry (LU) 6-1, 7-6 (3)
Mills (GW) def. Kuertz (LU) 6-0, 6-0


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Bulletproof Engines: Are There Any?
Yes, say engine overhaulers, and Lycoming's four-cylinder models own the category. Owning one substantially reduces the cost of flying.
Next to $6 avgas, the cost of routine engine maintenance and overhauls takes the biggest bite out of the aircraft ownership budget. You can always choose not to paint your airplane or live with ratty seats, but if the engine tanks, you've got an 1800-pound radio stack you can't even use because there's no way to spin the alternator.
Our owner reports on various models consistently confirm what we've always known: Some owners spend a lot less on aircraft maintenance simply because they own airplanes equipped with engines we have often considered bulletproof.
This concept is, itself, a misnomer. Nothing in aviation is truly bulletproof, but it's fair to say that some engines have a better service history than others and, conversely, some are simply money pits. That's not to say they don't perform, but it'll cost you more and reliability will suffer.
Define Good
As owning an airplane becomes more of a burden,� buyers gravitate toward airplanes that cost less to maintain, even if it requires giving up performance and/or payload. Rather than give up owning an airplane entirely, some owners are stepping down into airplanes that can be maintained without worrying about a giant unexpected engine repair bill. That means picking an airplane with an engine that either Lycoming or Continental got right from the beginning or fixed as the model matured.
Conversely, if cheap and reliable is the primary requirement, some engines are best avoided. That includes almost anything turbocharged, for even if a turbo'd engine makes its numbers�and some do�it will still cost more to overhaul by dint of having the turbocharger.
We define "reliable," as highly likely to make TBO without need for mid-stream maintenance such as cylinders and/or replacement magnetos or other appliances. Moreover, an affordable engine shouldn't have some quirk that makes it expensive to overhaul, such as hard-to-find cylinders or, gasp, a gearbox.
We have our own ideas on what makes a so-called bulletproof engine and to test our theories, we called four of our favorite field overhaul shops to compare notes. The view from inside the engine shop is often quite different from owner (or our) perceptions because they see an unending torrent of broken� and corroded engines, many done in before their time. We asked these shops about their top picks for various categories of engines, from small output four-bangers to the gas-guzzling six-cylinder behemoths that pull a twin into the teens.
There have been some subtle changes in the market since we last did this survey 13 years ago. For one, some new sub-models of existing engines have appeared from both Lycoming and Continental. For another, Rotax has burst upon the scene to dominate the light sport market with its 912-series engines. And then there are the diesels, the Thielert Centurion, the SMA 305 and, lately, the Austro being used by Diamond in the DA42 twin.
The largest factor in engine wear, however, may be reduced flight hours. Because of fuel prices and other regulatory and economic factors, airplanes sit a lot more than they used to. It's not uncommon to see airplanes in annual with fewer than 20 hours flown in the previous year. Depending on climate and owner care, this leads to what has become an epidemic in piston GA: engine corrosion, but especially pitting and spalling of cams and lifters.
And The Winner Is�
Against this backdrop of reduced flight hours and dwindling owner maintenance, can any one engine really rise above the rest as best of the best? Indeed it can and according to our shops, that engine is the Lycoming IO-360-L2A, the 180-HP parallel valve four-cylinder used in the restart Cessna 172s since 1997. The parallel-valve 360s have always been robust engines because they have strong cases and cylinders that aren't expected to deliver high horsepower.
Although the basis of this engine has been around for years, it seems to have hit the sweet spot in the new 172s.
"It's a 180-HP engine, it's de-rated and I've had them come in here with 4000 hours on them," says Dave Allen of Poplar Grove Airmotive, near Rockford, Illinois.
"American Flyers runs them for 4000 hours, they put cylinders on at 2000 and a fuel servo and run them another 2000 hours. I haven't seen anything else do that," he adds.
Frequent use explains part of this, since many 172s are used as flight trainers. Even some of the lesser favored Lycomings, the notorious O-320-H2AD used in the 1977 to 1980 Skyhawk, will hold up well if flown regularly, and Penn Yan Aero's Bill Middlebrook told us there are still a lot of H2ADs out there.
However, unless you plan to fly an airplane equipped with one regularly -- like a couple of times a week -- we would avoid this engine.
Middlebrook's top pick, by the way, is a similar Lycoming: the 180-HP O-360-A4M used in the Piper Archer. This is another parallel valve engine. "I compare it to a Chevy 350. It just runs. They've got a solid crankshaft so you don't have any internal rust. Parallel-valve Lycoming cylinders last. It's carbureted, it's simple, it's cheap," says Middlebrook. Penn Yan likes the engine so much that it developed an STC to convert Skyhawks to the A4M, an upgrade called the Superhawk. Although sales of this mod have declined sharply, it's an option for owners who want to rid themselves of an H2AD or who just want more power.
That brings us to another Skyhawk engine and another Lycoming: the O-320-E2D used in the 172 as far back as 1968. When we asked for his top pick, Zephyr Engines' Charlie Melot didn't hesitate to settle on the E2D, but he says he would expand that to include all of the parallel-valve Lycomings right up into the lower-horsepower 540 series.
"I've seen those things with 4000 hours on them. It's amazing what you can do if you can overcome the yellow strip down your back that says 'I'm not gonna fly this anymore,'" Melot told us. "For maintenance, there's not much to do. Keep it in time, keep dirt out of it with a good air filter and change the filter and oil regularly. Nothing against the 200-HP 360, but I'd give the extra 100 hours to the 180-HP 360," he adds.
Speaking of the 200-HP IO-360s�these are found in J-model Mooneys, post-1969 Arrows and the Cardinal RG�aren't they just as good? Not quite. "Case cracking," says Allen Weiss, of Certified Engines in Opa-Locka, Florida.�
"There aren't enough new ones coming out to improve the case pool," he adds, explaining that what "good" cases are out there are often tired.
Weiss, by the way, isn't quite as enthusiastic about the IO-360-L2A or the A4M as being truly bulletproof. He said "none of the above" when we asked for his number one top engine. Why? "Because in one out of every three engines we see coming through here, there's tappet and cam spalling," Weiss answered. We heard this from the other shops as well, but Weiss elevates it to the status of epidemic and bad enough to eliminate any engine from the status of foolproof. He agrees that the IO-360-L2A is the closest to the definition of most reliable.
There is one bright spot. Lycoming's roller tappets�available on many Lycoming engines for new aircraft and for replacement engines in legacy airplanes�appear to be doing well. All of the shops we spoke to have overhauled these engines and report that they show no signs of cam wear that seems to tank flat-tappet engines. While that's a good thing, it doesn't necessarily save money at overhaul because although the cam might not be worn, the roller tappets (at $260 per) are required replacement items.
How About Continental?None of the engine shops we spoke to elevated any Continental engines to the exalted status of the IO-360-L2A. But some come close, such as the venerable O-470 used in the Cessna 182.� "The 470? It's upper middle, I'd say," says Certified's Allen Weiss. "I wouldn't put it in the bulletproof category, though. The cases have been around for a long time. There's lots of cracking and lots of old cylinders," he adds. "If you put them side by side, the Lycoming is just a better value pound for pound."
The same advice applies to the six-cylinder 360 series from Continental. These engines get the "just okay" grade from the shops, but aren't exceptional. "Weak cylinders," says Charlie Melot. The IO-550 seems to get better marks. It is, in our view, the smoothest running and most economical engine in GA, with the 520 series running a close second.
But smooth and bulletproof aren't the same thing. Five years ago, we heard complaints in the dozens about Continental cylinders losing compression prematurely. "Now that Continental has put some choke back into the cylinders, that's pretty much over," says Melot at Zephyr. Nonetheless, neither he nor any of the other shops were willing to compare any Continental engine to the best Lycoming four-bangers, even the dowdy O-200, the engine that launched a thousand pilot careers.
Which to Avoid?
If we turn the question around and ask which engines are the opposite of bulletproof, the list is a little longer.
"Any geared Lycoming engine," says Melot, explaining that because Lycoming no longer supports these engines, overhauling them is an expensive frustration that his shop won't take on. The Lycoming O-320-H2AD is another one to avoid, unless you plan to fly it several times a week. So don't buy a late 1970s Skyhawk; there are other choices. Similarly, some shops don't like the Continental O-300 used in earlier Skyhawks, so check on overhaul options before buying one.
"Let's see," says Allen Weiss, "the IO-346 in a Musketeer, the GO-300 in the Cessna 175, the H2AD and GTSIO-520-C in the Cessna 411. We might still do them, but I have to be talked into it." Some shops won't do the E-series engines found in early Bonanzas, such as the E-225. But Dave Allen says Poplar Grove specializes in these engines, at a slight premium. Poplar Grove has some FAA and DER approvals to bring the engines back into new limits.
"But it's a dying market. We used to do one almost every month, now I'm lucky if I do half of that," says Allen.
Which leads us to conclude with the best advice we've heard in awhile, from Charlie Melot: "Don't buy something that's cheap with an engine outside the mainstream without talking to engine shop about overhaul options first."
This article first appeared in the March 2012 issue of Aviation Consumer magazine.


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these are from the Salford Lads club 2004.
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How GPE is Enabling Dynamic Visualizations of Open Education Data
After a successful collaboration with Development Gateway, the Global Partnership for Education has launched its first data visualization venture.
From its work with developing country partners, GPE has collected vast amounts of data and education indicators representing all aspects of a countrys education sector. These data are usually only available in the traditional documentation: education sector plans, joint sector reviews, aide memoires and financial reports, which means that it is not easily accessible.
A team from GPE, the World Bank Development Data Group and Development Gateway has worked hard to unearth this data and bring it to light. The result is the GPE Open Data project, which provides instant access to 29 country profiles.
To read the full blog, visit the Development Gateway by clicking here.


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Upholstery and draperies are among the biggest investments in decorating. Paint, on the other hand, is relatively inexpensive and transforms a room more quickly than anything else you can do.
To make a change, let your fabric be your guide. In fact, this is a good approach to take even if you're starting from scratch. Fabric, carpeting, and tile are available in a more limited range of colors than is paint, so choose them first and then decide on your paint color.
Any fabric can suggest at least three options for wall colors, each of which will produce a different feeling in the room. Once you identify the options your fabric offers, decide which one creates the mood you want to evoke -- cozy, calm, relaxed, energetic, playful?
Of course, starting with the fabric works for any room in the house, not just a room with a sofa. Bedding and draperies provide easy starting points for adding color to bedrooms and adjoining baths, and even in a powder room, the window treatment can suggest an exciting wall color.
Paint swatches are also a key tool to use when selecting a wall color. Watch this video to learn how to use them like a pro:
To use your fabric as a starting point, take a fabric swatch (from a sofa or draperies) to the paint store. Look for paint chips that pull out the different hues in the fabric. The paint color doesn't have to match the fabric exactly -- in fact, if the wall color is slightly lighter or slightly darker than the color in the fabric, the results will seem "evolved" but harmonious.
The major exception is when the wall color and draperies match exactly. This approach enlarges the sense of space in the room by creating an unbroken envelope of color while softening the walls with dimension and depth.
To match a solid-color fabric exactly, take a swatch to the paint store or home improvement center; there, a spectrometer, which measures heat and light to determine color, can translate the fabric hue into a formula for matching paint. This only works on solid fabric, however. Any variations in tone will prevent the machine from reading the color.
Choosing a darker tone for the walls makes light-color upholstery pop by contrast, creating a more dramatic environment. If the draperies match the paint or are close to the same shade, the walls and draperies work together to form a consistent background, against which the sofa stands out as the focal point. If you choose a lighter value for the draperies, then the darker wall color will draw more attention to the windows.
As you narrow your choices, remember that a paint chip is only a general indication of how a color may look on the walls. Always test the color on the wall, or on a large piece of poster board, then view it in daylight and at night to see if the color is right.
Conversely, if you're considering neutrals, particularly for a large room, test a hue that's one or two shades stronger than the one you really like. Neutrals tend to become too bland in large spaces, so deeper tones will help punch up the room's personality.
Keep in mind your walls' texture too. Rough surfaces, such as stucco or brick, do not reflect as much light as smooth walls, so they'll look darker than smooth walls painted the same color.
What if your primary fabric (on a sofa or bed) is a solid color? Suddenly you're faced with too many choices. To narrow the field, refer to the color wheel for ideas about which colors will harmonize with your solid.
Think about how those colors make you feel. Are you comfortable with intense color on the walls or do you prefer softer, lighter, or more muted shades? After you narrow your choices, apply test swatches to the walls or to pieces of poster board to see how the colors work with your furnishings.
Denim blue upholstery with red piping, for example, might suggest yellow, red, coral, or periwinkle for the walls. Yellow would be warm, red or coral would be vibrant, and periwinkle would be calming.
Starting with a solid-color fabric yields a more evolved, less matched look. It also gives you more freedom to choose a color you love.
You can apply this approach to any color of upholstery fabric: Work your way around the color wheel or connect across it to find a partner for the fabric. Repeat the wall color in some other element of the room, whether accessories or floor covering, and do the same for the upholstery fabric to weave the separate strands of color into a unified whole.
Color is light, and the color you perceive an object to have will change with the amount and type of light falling on the object.
The artificial light you rely on in your home is most likely to be incandescent. This light is yellowish and warm, although a new type of bulb corrects the yellow so colors appear truer and clearer.
Halogen bulbs produce crisp white light that makes colors look more intense. But halogen bulbs are expensive compared to other types, and they must be used and handled with care.
Fluorescent light is typically bright and clear. Buy warm bulbs or daylight-balanced bulbs rather than cool-light bulbs, which give a sickly greenish cast.
Natural light varies with the time of day, the weather, and your geographic location. (The light in the Southwest really is different from that in Maine or the Midwest.) To test the effect of natural light on the colors you plan to use, buy a quart of each and paint samples on poster board to move around the room.
If your house is surrounded by trees, the light that enters will have a greenish cast, which can change certain shades of yellow to an unappealing yellow-green in summer. Other colors may not be as affected by the filtering effect, and your eye (and your expectations) will compensate to some extent for any changes.
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If you are looking fo something to do this Saturday ABDG has offered to help with a work party at Leverich Park this Saturday to get things ready for the busy season ahead.
The plan is 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Bring gloves, rakes, shovels, trimming tools, etc.
The goal is to pick up every speck of trash, any downed branches to be moved off fairways, spread bark chips in key areas, repaint tee lines on holes 6, 10, and 11 and clear bamboo to make room for an alternate pin location on hole 4. Tee sign repair, adding hooks on signs and new caps. Also graffiti removal from baskets and/or signs.
If we have enough volunteers, time and materials we would also like to terrace the fairway going up hole 11.
Open to players suggestions on any other changes.
Also, if we have a pickup or two it would be great to have them running out to get chips for people.
There will be a doubles round after the park cleanup.
Come out and give back to a great disc golf park, a couple hours can go a long way..


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Symantec alliance with Huawei put on countdown
There can be only one, or many, but not two
Symantec Vision Symantec CEO Enrique Salem said the Huawei-Symantec joint venture will have its fate known by the end of the year: either one of the partners will buy it or there will be an IPO.
Salem, answering questions at Symantec Vision, said his company entered into the pact, in which it holds 49 per cent after a $150m investment, for three reasons: gaining access to the Chinese market; understanding more about building integrated hardware and software systems and appliances; and moving into the network side of the telecoms market from its existing IP side base.
Huawei, he said, is the largest technology company in China with annual revenues in the area of 25 billion dollars. It has a strong base in networks and telecoms. Since entering into the joint venture, Symantec has launched integrated hard and software appliances in the form of the NetBackup 5000 and 5200 series products and the Backup Exec 3600.
The NetBackup is a deduplication appliance scaling from 16TB to 96TB (the 5000 model) and 32TB to 192TB (the 5020). The 5200 is an enterprise backup appliance, combining NetBackup 7.1 with content-aware deduplication and OST and media server functionality. Salem said that it integrated in one box what it took two or three boxes for Data Domain to do, adding: "We're winning against Data Domain today."
The Backup Exec 3600 also has integrated deduplication, at source and target levels, and protects both physical and virtual environments and includes Symantec V-ray technology to "see" inside virtual machines and backup at the app level. Symantec says data can be recovered at server, virtual machine, application, file/folder or individual object level through a single pass backup in seconds.
The 5200 and 3600 series products were launched in the US late last month and will be rolled out across the rest of the world in the 2012/2013 period, with the Backup Exec 3600 being rolled out to EMEA and Asia Pacific around mid-2012 - support availability will affect the timetable.
These appliances are based on servers from Huawei and also NEI.
Salem said the joint venture has progressed very well and there are three potential outcomes: "We buy it, they buy it, or there is an IPO. We're discussing with Huawei what path to take. It should be clear in 60 to 90 days which direction we'll take."
There's a fourth theoretical outcome, surely, and that's simply to carry on. It doesn't look as though that's going to happen, and an IPO might be courageous in the economic climate. We wonder which partner will buy the venture if business as usual is not an option. ®


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"TED Talks" comes to TV
Watch TED Talks Education Preview on PBS. See more from TED Talks Education.
I know the TED Talks as a podcast, great company for walking the dogs. Now "TED Talks" arrives on television, taking as its first theme the subject of education.
In the first hour John Legend sings. Bill Gates speaks. And a bunch of feisty educators chime in on the subject of high school dropouts in a one-hour program that's spun off from TED's "Ideas Worth Spreading." Premiering Tuesday at 9 p.m. on Rocky Mountain PBS, "TED Talks Education" packs several short, energetic talks on the theme of teaching around two short documentaries about high-schoolers with dramatic stories.
The key is the fast pace and uplifting tone. Much of the content is common sense: relationships between students and teachers matter; sparking curiosity is crucial; standardized testing doesn't help; IQ doesn't predict success in school. And so on.
The stats prove the importance of the topic. The U.S. is ranked 31st in math compared to other nations worldwide. One in every five U.S. high school students drops out, meaning almost 1 million kids a year. Worth talking about.


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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Foundation's Board of Directors/Chancellor's Council of Trustees exists to advance the mission and service of the University through the acquisition of philanthropic support essential for creating a margin of excellence for all University activities.
The Foundation's Board of Directors/Chancellor's Council of Trustees provides counsel and advice on innovative ideas and initiatives which the University may wish to pursue and communicates institutional objectives and goals to the community at large.
The Foundation's Board of Directors/Chancellor's Council of Trustees provides policy advice and guidance in the development of the Foundation's fundraising program, including overseeing the development and implementation of friend raising and fundraising plans.
Members of the Board of Directors/Trustees provide leadership through an annual contribution and participation in the Foundation's advancement program by taking part in development calls.
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- Providing policy guidance and advice with regard to the Foundation's fundraising program.
- Identifying emerging issues and trends that may affect the evolution of the University and its advancement program.
- Participating in Board of Directors/Council of Trustees meetings which will be held at least three times a year – a minimum of one each semester.
- Cultivating potential donors and promoting a climate for support for excellence.
- Contributing at least $1,000 annually in support of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
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Homeownership Education Class (WHEP-Washtenaw Housing Education Partnership)
Date: October 4, 2014
Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Washtenaw County Learning Resource Center, 4135 Washtenaw Ave. County Service Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Contact: Terry Jones, email@example.com, 734-222-3943
This free six-hour class is for potential first time home buyers or those who have not owned a home in over three years. This class fulfills requirements of any government funded programs. This class will highlight available DPA (Down Payment Assistant Programs) as well other available programs for first home buyers. Participants will learn the process of preparing, selecting, and applying for a mortgage. A certificate is provided at the end of the class that is good for one year.


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Ganguly recommends split captaincy
Sourav Ganguly, the former India captain, has said India should have different captains for Tests and limited-overs matches in order to ease the workload on MS Dhoni, who is leading in all three formats as well as keeping wicket. Following India's defeat against England at Eden Gardens, the first time they have lost back-to-back matches at home in 12 years, Ganguly said the selectors should follow the example of most countries in order to get the most out of Dhoni.
"Every team in the world has gone with split captaincy. I am not saying the selectors should sack Dhoni and say, 'You're out'. I have always said there is too much burden on him. I think we are losing MS Dhoni as a player," Ganguly told Headlines Today, an Indian news channel. "Captaincy and your ability as a player are interlinked, I think Dhoni is a much better one-day captain than he is a Test captain.
"His performance in recent Tests has not been up to the mark, but that is because there is too much of a burden on him. I am a firm believer that his job has to be split - he needs a reprieve."
Ganguly said the selectors needed to "sit with Dhoni and ask him what form of cricket would he like to captain. I fear we may lose him as a player if we continue like this. He is a match-winner for India and he has done wonders for the team."
Responding to a statement about the selectors not naming a potential successor to Dhoni, in order to groom him, Ganguly said the captains who were successful for India did not develop through a such a system. "I was not groomed to be captain of India I just became captain, captain is something that comes by itself," Ganguly said. "It is the same case with Dhoni. When Rahul Dravid decided to give up captaincy, and you know the captaincy was offered to Tendulkar and he refused to do it, the job went to Dhoni. I don't agree with this thing that you have to groom someone to be captain."
In the ongoing Test series against England, Dhoni has scored only 92 runs in five innings, with a best of 52 in the first innings in Kolkata. England lead the four-Test series 2-1.


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Bruno premiered in London tonight. As you can see, Sacha Baron Cohen is once again showing off his ass. Lorella emailed me about this the other day: you know he's a hairy dude. And somehow he has no black hair pores.
Wonder if he had laser. But if he had laser it would be impossible for him to get back into character if he needs to pull a Borat. And that's a problem. Because according to Baron's co-writer Dan Mazer, Sacha is super method. Hardcore method.
Check out this amazing interview with Mazer in Vanity Fair with some insight on how Sacha works.
For example, his Borat suit hasn't been washed in six years. SIX YEARS. And whenever he has to get into Borat, he'll not shower for several days before, so that the smell is still there. With the suit. He also only wears Russian underwear when he's playing Borat because if for some reason he's caught with his pants down, even the detail of his panties would be authentic.
And then there's the sh-t story. I can't even f-cking talk about the sh-t story. But you must read it. Click here for more. Fascinating the preparation that goes into all of it.
No wonder Isla fell for him. Smart is so sexy.
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The following email was sent today by the Danish Immigrant Museum:
On Monday, July 12th, the Board of Regents voted to suspend operations of Dana College, which will mean the college will not open for its 127th academic year. The closure was necessitated by action of the Higher Learning Commission that voted to deny the college's request to transfer accreditation to a "for-profit" educational corporation.
The Danish American Archive and Library, located on the Dana College campus, has been moved to a document storage facility in Blair. Nearly a hundred volunteers accomplished this task between Friday morning, July 9th and Sunday afternoon, July 11th! First Lutheran Church in Blair is providing temporary office space for DAAL so that archival activities can continue during the transition period. Arrangements are being made to relocate the archive to a suitable space in Blair. The intent is that this will be concluded by the end of July.
The Danish Immigrant Museum is assisting the Danish American Archive and Library and Dana College in two ways. Following action by the Board of Regents, the museum has taken temporary custody of historical artifacts that belonged to the college until such time as final ownership is resolved. Among these is the entire Lauritz Melchior Collection (the world famous heroic tenor), numerous paintings, and other artifacts that were displayed in the college's Heritage Room and around the campus.
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Nice Presidential Snub
Obama's extremely risk-averse bracket has an Elite Eight with every 1 and 2 seed, except Ohio State.
Obama's extremely risk-averse bracket has an Elite Eight with every 1 and 2 seed, except Ohio State.
I would say that tactic is a pretty safe bet with low risk, but should be 75 percent correct.
I voted for that man.
and don't vote democrat you don't have a heart, if you are old and don't vote republican you don't have a brain.
before you neg the poor guy to death, that's a quote from Winston Churchill.
And Churchill was a badass.
It's a Churchill quote only if you drop the American political parties and drop in liberal and conservative, but point about Churchill being a bad ass well taken.
it was from someone famous sorry I didn't give him the credit he deserves. We need more Churchills, is there one "bad ass" now in US politics, other than Sarah Palin? (I wouldn't vote for her but she does shoot moose, while most politicians only carry a gun for a photo opp, see John Kerry, or ride on a tank, can't remember that guys name but will never forget that photo). That tank shot guy was when I was a democrat and I was smart enough then to know that election was over.
there goes Ohio, back into the red column.
The President wants the support of the Georgetown graduates who are much more likely to make valuable contributions to society than OSU grads.
Ohio State graduates are valuable in our society. Someone has to clean up public places and deliver pizzas. And call me "sir".
Well, The Only Colors (a quality MSU blog) has OSU has the most overrated 2 seed by KRACH ranking.
Remember, he picked Kentucky as a "great team" just before they lost to South Carolina. I believe that was their first game as a number one.
Please list undefeated national champions in NCAA basketball.
it's not unheard of:
San Francisco, 1956
North Carolina, 1957
UCLA, four times, 1964, 67, 72, 73
Indiana, 1976
Exactly. And those aren't the only great teams in the history of the sport, right?
I'd forgotten about San Francisco. Wow.
They won in 1955 as well.
The only comparable feat is Larry Bird and Indiana State making it undefeated to the championship game in 1979 before losing.
Michigan faced two undefeated teams in the Final Four in Philadelphia.
M knocked off undefeated Rutgers in the first game Saturday, but lost to conference rival Indiana in the Final on Monday.
You mean Obama didn't declare that the gov't would decide who wins the tournement?
Careful, you are treading on the edge of the neg cliff.
why? I'm really just wondering, not trying to start anything. Thanks!
MGoRules - no politics. The bracket counts as sports, picks count as sports, policy is a no-no
"What's the offtopic policy?
In the offseason, offtopic posts are somewhere between tolerated or encouraged. During the season it would be nice if they were kept to a minimum. What counts as on- and off- topic?
Anything Michigan sports related
Anything related to other Big Ten teams or upcoming opponents
Stuff about the blog itself
University of Michigan topics that don't relate to sports
College sports in general
Ann Arbor
My bad for the comment, as for the why question, think it's better to keep that one to myself, will brush up on my blog rules to follow, still a rookie here though been reading for quite some time.
I thought it was gummint.
I stand corrected, good catch.
...owns the socialized domestic auto industry would probably go over real well with this audience. Care to give it a whirl?
We've basically had chalk brackets since the random George Mason year, and even that was pretty true to form. While the first rounds give you some nice surprises, it does seem that most Elite 8s include few real surprises.


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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Finally climbed Mt. Baldy
5 comments:
- bruno said...
hey sue! yeah i hiked around baldy a coupla times back in the 80'a when i was in school out there. i love me some so cal hikin'. way different from back here in new england. ya get out in the desert yet? JT and anza barrego are great. take a lot o' water (or beer) though! good times!!
- May 16, 2007 at 5:45 AM
- olga said...
Sue, glad to find your blog! Your GC R2R2R sounds awesome, everybody is raving about it, I need to get my feet there:) Congrats again on ZG50, and I hope to run "into" you again and finally introduce myself.
- May 16, 2007 at 9:39 AM
- Sue J. said...
Hey Olga! I'd do the R2R2R again in a heartbeat if you want some company. :) It really WAS cool!
- May 16, 2007 at 2:27 PM
Yup. Looks just like I remember. A desert wasteland.
There is one trail I liked, though-- Cozy Dell out of Ojai. Take care. Big hugs.
Andrew (from the base of Smarts Mountain, Lyme, NH)
- May 20, 2007 at 12:49 PM
Hey Sue!
You're in my old haunts now . . . Baldy is nice in the winter time and you can x-cntry ski on top! Try day-hiking Whitney from Portal for early training . . . early in the season you can 'slide' down on your rain jacket!
Boy, sometimes I miss that coast!
Have a blast out there . . . Missy (mntnmiss)
- May 30, 2007 at 6:01 AM


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Eighth in a series exploring the April 26-28 NFL draft. Next: Defensive tackles.
This cornerback class features better quantity than quality. Teams will be able to find good values between the third and seventh rounds. Morris Claiborne and Stephon Gilmore are expected to go early, and there could be a dropoff before the next corner is selected.
The best
1. Morris Claiborne, LSU, 5-11, 188. He does everything well. He can cover in man-to-man or zone. He has size, speed and athleticism. He has played wide receiver and can make plays on the ball. He also is a very good return man. Much has been made of reports that Claiborne...


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We think Mrs Winslow has immortalised her name by this invaluable article, and we sincerely believe that thousands of children have been saved from an early grave by its timely use, and that millions yet unborn will share its benefits and unite in calling her blessed. No mother has discharged her duty to her suffering little one, in our opinion, until she has given it the benefit of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Try it mothers, try it now. — Ladies' Yisitor, New York City. VALUABLE DISCOYERY for the HAIR. 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It imparts peculiar 1 vitality to the roots of the hair, restoring r it to its youthful freshness and vigor. 3 Daily applications of this preparation for > a week or two will surely restore faded, • grey, or white hair to its natural color and - richness. It is not a dye, nor does it cqn--5 tain any coloring matter or offensive 3 substance whatever. Hence it does not - soil the hands, the scalp, or even white linen, but produces the color within the 3 substance of the hair. Read, the follow--3 ing from Mr. Nathan Berry, Chemist, 1 Walkden ; "One of my customers told 3 me the other day lie had had grey hair T for thirty-five years, and after using one bottle of the Mexican Hair Renewer I sold him, it was restored to and kept its I natural color." It may be had of any respectable Chemist, Perfumer, or Dealer . in toilet articles in the kingdom, at 3s. fid. ' per bottle. —Prepared by HENRY C. GALLUP, No. 493, Oxford street, London. 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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - How much do the Korean teachers make at your hagwon? Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in How much do the Korean teachers make at your hagwon? Goto page 1, 2 Next Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Job-related Discussion Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message The DenJoined: 26 Jan 2003 Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 6:13 pm Post subject: How much do the Korean teachers make at your hagwon? Hey just a quick question. My Korean wife who has no teaching experience but who speaks English well and has just spent the last 5 years in Canada has been offered a job at an institute starting at 950 000 per month working including Saturdays. She turned down the job. How much do the Korean teachers you know make. Any details on starting wages, experience, qualifications etc, would be appreciated. Back to top kimcheekingGuest Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 7:17 pm Post subject: at an adult hogwan they should take 40-45% of the tuition of each student in thier classes. Really popular teachers make big bucks. I worked at 2 adult hogwans and this was how they worked it. Childrens hogwans notoriously pay low. Back to top waterbabyJoined: 01 Feb 2003Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 11:21 pm Post subject: My Korean co-worker makes 1.5mil and she's very happy with that. She's not long out of uni, works mon~fri with one free morning (same schedule as me) while her friends are slaving away, long hours, mon~sat at big companies for around 1.3mil. However, the regular Korean teachers (not Korean English teachers) at the kindergarten make only 700,000~1million.Last edited by waterbaby on Wed Jul 30, 2003 12:29 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top TrinnyJoined: 01 Feb 2003 Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 12:19 am Post subject: I am telling ya. Unionized production workers make a way more than that. This is how much a university degree is worth these days. Back to top katydidJoined: 02 Feb 2003Location: Here kitty kitty kitty... Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 5:50 am Post subject: It's interesting...when I worked at a hagwan last year, I was making 1.8 million won for about 30 hours a week work. My Korean counterparts were making about 800,000 won, and had to go to meetings, clean, call the parents. I felt bad for them. Fast forward to this year. I am working less hours then the Korean professors, but also hav less vacation time. I am still making 1.8 million won, and I hear these guys are making like 3 or 4 million a month. Of course, I also hear they have to work with the braindead freshmen for the rest of their lives, and I can skip outta here anytime I want (after I finish my contract, of course!) Back to top BulsajoJoined: 16 Jan 2003 Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 6:21 am Post subject: The Korean teachers at my last school made a lot more than the foreign teachers, but they also worked longer hours, had a lot of staff meetings to attend, report cards to write, parent-teacher interviews etc. and of course they weren't provided with housing. Back to top koreatattooJoined: 29 May 2003Location: South Korea Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 6:46 pm Post subject: Do not Get Sucked in! I would never let my wife work at a hogwon. Saying that, it would be her choice, not mine! Because you are married, I would suggest that you find a small hogwon outside of Seoul. You make a contract for two workers.If the can not meet your demands, than find another school ! I have one wife, one daughter, a three bedroom apartment, 2.2 won a month and a schedule that is fantastic. My wife does not work for my school and teaches privates at 30,000 an hour on average. Do not get suck in; listenning to recruitiers preaching what a boss wants to pay. Your value and your wifes value is high in this country.It is your life, do the research, place adds all over the place and you will find work that is worth your qualifications. Back to top CorvidJoined: 21 Apr 2003Location: Suwon Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 2:42 am Post subject: Trinny wrote: I am telling ya. Unionized production workers make a way more than that. This is how much a university degree is worth these days. Not to get too far off topic, but maybe this is because production work is hard work. Plus they're intelligent enough to form or join a union to protect them from owners who would try to squeeze the life out of them for chicken-feed, kinda like hagwon owners do. I've read about why unionization wouldn't work for ESL teachers, but a trade association might not be a very bad idea for us fish-out-of-water. Back to top William BeckersonGuest Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 3:25 am Post subject: I think I saw my boss give my coworkers a bag of rice last pay day... Back to top NearlyKoreanJoined: 15 Mar 2003Location: Phoenix, AZ Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:26 pm Post subject: Apples and Oranges In my neck of the hogwan woods, the Korean teachers made less than the foreigners but also taught less hours... We both have to do phone teaching and attend meeting, etc. In most Hogwans, I think Korean Teachers make less and teach fewer classes, but have more non-teaching duties. Really, I don't feel you can compare the two and get a good sense. Back to top mongrelJoined: 29 Jan 2003 Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:51 pm Post subject: how much do korean teachers make the two at my school make 1m per month. Back to top The Man known as The ManJoined: 29 Mar 2003Location: 3 cheers for Ted Haggard oh yeah! Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:43 pm Post subject: William Beckerson wrote: I think I saw my boss give my coworkers a bag of rice last pay day... You crack me up, man. To bad you don't drink anymore, I'd be glad to have a pint with ye Back to top TheUrbanMythJoined: 28 Jan 2003Location: Retired Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 5:18 am Post subject: Everyone knows that Korean teachers make 30 million a month. Come on people! Back to top HamuHamuJoined: 01 May 2003Location: Seoul Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 5:29 am Post subject: I suppose my school is a bit of a different story. Last week on payday, one of my partner teachers was grumbling about her paycheck - had some classes cut and lost some pay as a result (which I can sympathize with). Showed me her paystub to complain to me about hte low pay that she gets....then I stopped sympathizing with her. For my 35 classes a week I earn 1.6 million a month (gross pay)....a pittance compared to other foreigners here, but that's the joy of YBM. She teaches 21 classes a week, and when you add in her per student bonus, and per class bonus, she earned 1.8 million for the month (again, gross pay). So, 2/3 of the classes, and an extra 200,000 won per month. Yes, they have to phone all of the mothers every month, but foreigners have to do written report cards, I realize not as much work involved in that, but I would rather be in the position where I could phone the parents and have my coments understood instead of wasting my time writing what they can't read. And, the Korean teachers have full say in level-changes for the kids, what new book we will teach, etc etc - foreigners have NO input at all. So, all the talk of Koreans making less than we do for more work isn't exactly across-the-board here. Back to top indiercjJoined: 30 Jan 2003Location: Seoul Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 5:56 am Post subject: Hamu : Do you pay for your own house? If so i would agree with you but considering that even a tiny one room studio in Seoul costs 700,000-1M per month and assuming the korean teacher is not provided with housing i think you're wrong. 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Martelly also thanked other countries and international organizations for their help after the Jan. 12, 2010 disaster.
"Haitian people, hand in hand, we remember what has gone," Martelly said as a gigantic Haitian flag flew half-mast before him on the front lawn of the former National Palace, a pile of tangled steel reinforcement bars nearby. "Hand in hand, we're remembering, we're remembering Jan. 12."
Clad in black, several dozen senior government officials gathered where the elegant white palace had stood before it collapsed in the temblor and was later demolished. Foreign diplomats and Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova, earlier named by Martelly as one of Haiti's goodwill ambassadors, were also there.
In the speech, Martelly announced a government contest seeking designs for a monument to honor those who died in the quake. He also said the government had just released a new construction code aimed at ensuring new buildings are seismically resistant but didn't provide details.
Later in the day, Martelly, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and former U.S. president Bill Clinton placed a wreath at a mass burial site north of the capital of Port-au-Prince. Crosses that once spiked the makeshift grave have since vanished.
Haiti's previous presidential administration said 316,000 people were killed but no one really knows how many died. The disaster also displaced more than a million others.
Most of the rubble created by the quake has since been carted away but more than 350,000 people still live in grim displacement camps.
Many people had hoped the reconstruction effort would have made more headway by now, but progress has been stymied by political paralysis, the scale of devastation and a trickle of aid.
Jan. 12 was observed as a national holiday the last two years to remember the quake. This year, the government said the day would no longer be a holiday but called for the Haitian flag to be flown at half-mast and for nightclubs and "similar establishments" to close.
The anniversary this year has been used by Haiti observers to criticize the reconstruction process and by foreign aid groups to promote their work and raise money.
But for some Haitians, it was just another day.
"We can't remain focused on Jan. 12th," said Asaie St. Louis, a 56-year-old teacher and devout church-goer, Bible in hand. "It's passed already."


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Motorhome Sales Thrive at Alabama RV Show
February 21, 2011 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Motorhome Sales Thrive at Alabama RV Show
Eric and Paula Twitchell of Huntsville, Ala., walked up the stairs of the Allegro Breeze 28-foot motorhome Sunday afternoon (Feb. 20) during the annual Alabama RV Super Show at the Von Braun Center's South Hall in Huntsville, Ala., The Huntsville Times reported.
Paula sort of stood in the doorway, but Eric walked through the vehicle's kitchen/lounge area back to the bedroom. He appeared to be mesmerized as he gazed all over the inside of the fancy motorhome, or maybe that was just stars in his eyes.
"I've got champagne tastes on a water budget," Eric said with smile. "Man, this is the way to go and live.
"We had a boat, a pontoon camper that was part barge. Before that, we had a sailboat, so we like being on the water. But we're looking to park on the land for a while.
"What's the gas mileage for these?" he asked Bankston Motor Homes manager Tim McCarthy.
"Oh, about 12 to 14 miles a gallon," McCarthy said.
And what did Paula think?
"When you have a boat, you have to swim to shore with the dogs (to go to the bathroom)," she said, laughing. "In one of these, you just go to the back."
We all know how important clean – and easily reachable – bathrooms are to women, right? So, Eric may be in luck.
They were just two of the many people who were checking out all of the luxury motorhomes, fifth-wheels, pull-behinds, campers and other vendors as the three-day RV show came to a close.
With all the motorhomes jammed inside, the South Hall looked like the parking lot of an Alabama or Auburn football game. There were 45-foot motorhomes in the $475,000 range to 36-footers for $170,000 to even small campers for much less money.
One of the newest ideas for this year's show is the Breeze, the nation's first 28-foot diesel motorhome ever designed from Tiffin Motorhomes Inc. of Red Bay. McCarthy said it can be for people who have owned a larger motorhome in the past and now want to downsize. The 28-footer is a little easier to handle on the road and park in the RV parks than some of its bigger counterparts. It also has its engine in the back, giving it the diesel pusher distinction.
The Breeze retails for $140,000 to $155,000, McCarthy said.
Diesel is actually more expensive than gas now, so what's the advantage?
"We got a 39-foot Fleetwood gas motorhome and we should have bought diesel," said Mike Chapman of Huntsville, who was at the RV show. "On the road, it wobbles with the wind and when trucks pass you.
"Diesels are heavier and push you. We took the grandkids up to Mount Rushmore and the diesels were whizzing past us. I thought I was going to have to get out and push. Gas motorhomes don't have the torque that diesels do, that's the biggest difference."
McCarthy and Gene Benson, who has been at Bankston for 12 years, said the motorhome industry is surviving the downturn in the economy, many buying the motorhomes to tailgate at college football games. During the RV show, Bankston sold 16 to 18 motorhomes, Benson said.
"We've survived the good, bad and ugly," McCarthy said. "It's coming back."


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OT: SQL and meby Lady_Aleena (Curate)
|on Sep 27, 2013 at 17:28 UTC ( #1056042=perlmeditation: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
I am newish to SQL; I have not chosen a DBMS yet. People here and elsewhere have been beating me over the head with SQL. (GrandFather wrote RFC: Databases made easy over two years ago with me in mind, but it went right over my head.) I currently use .txt files to store my data. Most of the files are pipe separated values. (I do not like using commas since some values I store have commas in them and quoting would take up way too much disk space.) Going from .txt files which I can easily parse with a Perl function I have written specifically for my files to a format which I would have to use Perl modules written for more advanced users is very daunting. Not only would I have to figure out how to get my data into SQL files; I would have to figure out a way to get it back out of them. There is also the fear of typos in the data I currently do not know how to fix. (With my .txt files, fixing a typo means opening the file in my trusty text editor, I can not do that with SQL.)
I first started learning Perl to help get the size of my website under control back when I only had 10MB of space for it. Storing my data in the smallest space possible was a priority (hence pipes instead of commas so I would not have to quote my values). When I finally got more space, I was already neck deep in the way I am currently storing my data. I have a lot of little .txt files with little pieces of related data (across 200+ of directories and 800+ files in one case).
Since I do not know SQL, I don't know how to visualize the data structure it creates. I am familiar with software like Excel and less familiar with Access. (Access is a pain to set up which is why I avoid using it.) So, is SQL a big single table or tables within tables (within tables)? I have data I can experiment with which has a bit of complexity which I am unsure SQL can do, but SQL might be able to handle my eccentricities.
For my music database I am thinking of creating, there will be a table for "artists" with three fields for the name: "first name", "last name", and "band". Only one field will have to have an entry since if the artist is a band, there will be no first or last name. Also there are artists with only one name (usually first). However I already have a problem since some albums have various artists who I do not want to list individually, and with the above fields I do not have a place to put "various artists" really. Soundtracks also break the above. Do I create a fourth field called "special"?
Some artists I like I have not bought any albums, so I won't have a problem there. For the artists for whom I have bought albums, there will be another field which will be a table called "albums". Each album will have "title", "year", and "format". Even here there is a problem, some "albums" are 45s which do not have a singular name just the names of the songs on the 45. Format is an array since I own some albums in multiple media types (lp, cassette, or cd and one day straight digital). There is one case where an album is shared between two artists (The Police and Sting who will have separate entries under artists).
All of my data can be found here and here.
So I am wondering if SQL can do what I want, do I have to change my thinking, how do I set it up if it can, how hard will the code be to write, will it allow me to break up some values which I currently have lumped together, and some thoughts which are ambiguous.
I wish years ago when I was first starting to store my data in separate files, someone would have grabbed me and said "This is SQL, all the big kids use it; and if you want to play with the big kids, you need to use it too." I was a tad more pliant then.
Have a cookie and a very nice day!
Lady Aleena
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