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Date: November 7, 1995
On October 24, 1995, the House Committee on the Judiciary completed markup of H.R. 2202 (Immigration in the National Interest Act). This bill would revise the nation's immigration laws, including limiting legal immigration, deterring illegal immigration. improving the verification of work authorization, and reducing benefits of illegal immigrants. Further House action is not expected until next year. Several Social Security-related provisions arc described below.
Employment Authorization
- Requires the Attorney General, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Security. to test an employment eligibility confirmat ion process under which most employers in 5 of the 7 States with the highest population of unauthorized aliens would verify the identity, Social Security number (SSN), and work eligibility of a newly hired employee.
- Pilot projects would terminate no later than October 1, 1999. Nationwide expansion of these pilot projects would require congressional approval.
- The confirmation process would include a toll-free telephone line or other electronic media to confirm whether an individual is authorized to be employed and a record of each confirmation attempt.
- The Commissioner of Social Security would have to establish a reliable, secure method which verifies the SSN and name match and indicates whether the SSN is valid for employment.
- Provides that a Social Security card (Other than a card which specifies that the card does not authorize employment) is the only document that would verify employment authorization.
- Requires SSA to report annually to the Congress the number of SSNs issued to persons not authorized to work to which earnings have been repon ed to SSA. Also, requires SSA to provide the Attorney General with the name and address of such person, the name and address of the employer reponing the earnings, and the amount of the earnings.
Prohibition of Eligibility
- Generally prohibits any noncitizen who is not "lawfully present" in the United States from being eligible for, or serving as a representative payee for, Federal assistance benefits, including SSI.
Sponsor-To-Alien Deeming
- With certain limited exceptions, all of the sponsor's (and sponsor's spouse's) income and resources would be deemed to the alien -- regardless of his or her disability status -- for certain speci fied periods depending on the sponsor's relationship to the alien.
Affidavitt of Support
- Requires an affidavit to include the sponsor's agreement to support the alien until the alien has acquired 40 quarters of coverage in the United States.
- Requires HHS to conduct a pilot program of an electronic network linking vital statistics records for 3 of the 5 States with the largest number of undocumented aliens. The network would provide for the matching of deaths and births and allow access to such information by any Federal or State agency.


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Neil Patrick Harris To Star In 'Hedwig And The Angry Inch' On Broadway!
We're assuming the line to purchase tickets has already started! It's just been announced that Neil Patrick Harris will be taking on the titular role in the Broadway premiere of John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's Hedwig And The Angry Inch!
The production's scheduled to debut in Spring 2014 and Tony-award winner Michael Mayer has been tapped to direct!
NPH says, "I am simultaneously ecstatic and terrified to be stepping into Hedwig's heels. It is truly a once-in-a-lifetime role and I can't wait to begin the journey."
According to Playbill:
John Cameron Mitchell, who wrote the book and starred in the original stage and film productions of Hedwig, said in a statement about Harris playing the title role, "Who better to pass the wig to but the finest entertainer of his generation?" Composer Stephen Trask said, "It's like you're putting together a fantasy rock band and Paul McCartney agrees to play bass."
We're psyched to see this! Maybe Neil Patrick Harris will be accepting a Tony rather than hosting next year??
Or maybe he'll do both, because he's NPH.
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Revision as of 10:38, 23 May 2012
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- RAP/FAQ - Way to much content, should be sorted into other wiki or developer guide articles (we can still link there), the rest organized better.
- RAP/Patch_Fragments - Experimental or not, screaming at the reader is not nice. Also, is a more speaking link possible?
- Could there be an article on using windowbuilder with RAP?
These articles are obviously outdated, but could be salvaged? Or better deleted? (I removed them from the main page for now.)
Other candidates?
Not sure
What to do with them? (If anything... - move, comment or remove please.)
- RAP_Theme_Editor, linked from Google_Summer_of_Code_2008
- Theme_editor_for_RAP, linked from Google_Summer_of_Code_2010
- RAP/Equinox WAR products, linked from Google_Summer_of_Code_2010
- RapPlan - keep for history/nostalgic reasons?
- Riena/RAP_Support - should we link this?
- RAP/Equinox Security Integration - linked from the FAQ... if still valid should this be in the dev guide?
- RAP/Incubator/CNF - orphan
- RAP/Mobile - orphan
- RAP/UI_Callback - could this be merged with the Developer Guides Server Push article?
These seem to be still valid, but are not linked anywhere (within eclipse wiki) as far as i can tell. Link (where) or delete them?
Obsolete / Useless
Candidates for deletion. (should all be orphans, but perhaps double-check).
- RAP_Theming
- RCP_to_RAP_Migration_Example
- RAP/1.0.1_Service_Release_News
- RAP/Build
- RAP/Ramp_down_Ganymede
- RapExamples
- RAP/Widgets
- RAP/WAR_Deployment_with_products
- RAP/Widgets/Shell - still valid, but who cares?
- RAP/Widgets/GfxMixin - also mostly valid
- RapUITesting
- RAP/API_Policy - would also fit under developer resources if still valid
- RAP/Client_Tweaks
We can agree on deleting these:
Developers Guide
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"It's the single highest threat to sustainable wine grape production facing our industry," says Todd Newhouse, owner of Upland Vineyards near Outlook, and one of the oldest vineyards in Washington.
The threat Newhouse refers to is the lack of available clean plants for vineyard plantings. Viruses can reduce the life of a vineyard investment by up to 50 percent. Like Newhouse, most growers know that selection of plant material is a pivotal decision in vineyard development because it is one of the most economically sensitive investment decisions made for the long-term. But getting clean plant material is a challenge as nurseries have not been able to supply certified virus-free grapevines to meet the needs of recent vineyard expansion largely because they themselves can't get access to virus-free vines.
In 2001, the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers put together a comprehensive plan that would help ensure that planting material entering the state or being sold within the state would be virus-free. Vicky Scharlau, Executive Director of the Association said, "Growers knew having a plan would be the only path to virus-free vineyards and vineyard longevity. We needed to create a pathway to ensure that vines used to plant new vineyards were certified 'clean'. The industry even funded the startup of a grapevine foundation block in Prosser at WSU's Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center. They were willing to put their money where their mouth was."
Fast forward to 2008, and Congress passed H.R. 6124 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act (the Farm Bill) with one section establishing the National Clean Plant Network (NCPN). The purpose of this section was to produce clean 'starter plants' through a national partnership focused on diagnosis and elimination of diseases in specialty crops. The section included $5 million a year through the US Department of Ag's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The $5 million supports 23 programs at 19 Clean Plant Centers in 15 states covering fruit trees, grapes, citrus, berries, and hops.
"Without the Clean Plant Centers we would not be able to provide a clean grape vine to our customers," said Cathy Caldwell, from the Oregon offices of Bailey Nurseries. Bailey Nurseries is one of the largest nurseries in the US with locations in Washington, Oregon and Minnesota and more than $60 million in revenues. With materials provided by the Clean Plant Centers, they are rebuilding their grape portfolio and improving their ability to provide clean wine and table grapes to a larger market. Their new certified block will be six acres with all plants being provided through the Clean Plant Center's virus-tested programs.
Scharlau, who sits on the NCPN Tier 2 Grape Board, said, "NCPN has been successful because it's driven by stakeholders…the growers, the processors, the nurseries. Plus we have state departments of agriculture, land-grant universities and professional associations at the table. It is truly a collaborative public/private partnership and one that has been long, long overdue."
By providing clean starter plants, the NCPN is cited with contributing to the economy by working with specialty crop producers to generate the needed clean plants, increasing yields of healthy, high quality crops, and encouraging competitive standards for domestic and international trade.
Unfortunately for Newhouse, and for all growers, the threat continues. Without passing a Farm Bill that includes funding for the NCPN, work to provide clean plants will end. While the long-term goal is to make all Clean Plant Centers self-sustaining, pulling funding now would render work-to-date pointless.


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Quantitative Easing
If you are an active investor and have kept with worldly economic news you will have heard of the term Quantitative Easing (QE). But what exactly is it and why are so many countries moving towards utilizing it for their economies?
Quantitative Easing (QE) came into the public consciousness during the 2008 US Financial Crisis. Thereafter, several other countries followed suit. QE is a monetary policy used by governments as a way to stimulate the economy in times of deep recessions. But doing so is always as a last resort because its implementation can risk an inflation explosion and result in currency instability.
In more accurate terms, the government increases the money supply available by buying public and private securities. This QE results in an increased amount of cash for financial institutions which it is hoped will result in increased lending and liquidity. No country likes to stay in a recession too long and so QE only exists to help a weakening nation.
For proponents of QE they believe by handing over money to banks that these financial institutions will be more willing to lend money at lower rates. With lower interest rates it encourages consumers and businesses to borrow so they can turn around and spend it — stimulating the economy. With more people spending businesses have more cash on hand to hire new employees. And with healthy balance sheets stock markets rise providing a boost in confidence to consumers, leading to an economic revival.
Although Canada has never used QE in its history many countries around the world have depended on it. Canada has been fortunate because of its healthy fiscal positioning and stable banks due to strong regulations. But because Canada can ignore QE and continue on its way doing what it needs to do to lower national debt it doesn't mean Canada is immune from using it in the future, especially when Conservatives have majority control which traditionally has shown that national debt rises under their watch.
QE has its opponents. Those against QE point to a high risk of inflation, currency devaluation, and encourages consumer debt due to the fact that they can borrow at significantly lower rates. Many also point to many historical examples of QE being more a short term fix as a result of a deeper underlying problem within a nation. For example, the US has gone through two rounds of QE since 2008 and talks are in the works for another round already.
For Canadian smart investors it is always good to understand the many complexities to worldly economies prior to making your investment choices. QE is one of those factors. The more you understand what drives an economy the better you and your money will be in the long-term.


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Lipscomb's Lady Bisons track and field team will participate in four indoor and seven outdoor meets for the 2005 season. Coach Clay Nicks announced the schedule Tuesday.
They will open the season at the Niswonger Invitational at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City Jan. 21-22.
Next on the schedule is a trip across town to Tennessee State University on Jan. 30.
There are also two meets in February with a trip to Southeast Missouri State in Cape Girardeau on the 18th and the University of the South Invitational in Sewanee, Tenn.
The Lady Bisons will host the Lipscomb Quadrangular on March 4 to open the outdoor portion of the season.
On March 18-19 the Lady Bisons will participate in the Alabama Relays in Tuscaloosa.
April is a busy month with five meets starting with the Coach "O" Invitational in Troy, Ala., on April 2.
The Austin Peay Invitational in Clarksville, Tenn., is scheduled for April 9.
The Atlantic Sun Championships are April 15-16 in Nashville, but that meet will not close out the season for the Lady Bisons. They will head downtown April 22-23 for the Vanderbilt Invitational. They will close out the season April 30 with the Western Kentucky Invitational in Bowling Green, Ky.


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1964 State of the Union Address
In his first State of the Union address, Lyndon Baines Johnson introduced legislation that would come to be known as the "War on Poverty." This legislation was proposed by Johnson in response to a national poverty rate around nineteen percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The speech set the stage for programs like Medicare, Medicaid, work study and food stamps. Watch the entire 1964 address here.
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By failing to renew long term unemployment insurance Congress earned their Grinch status by making sure over a million Americans lose benefits three days after Christmas. Ho, ho, ho.
For the world�s wealthiest nation to cast a blind eye with unemployment levels never seen in my lifetime I find disappointing. In my misspent youth I thought unemployment payments were a slacker scam but unemployment benefits efficiently stimulate the economy.
Plus it is the humanitarian thing to do; read what the fellow whose birthday we celebrate in a couple of days has to say. I rarely work with unemployed people but when I have they eagerly wanted to work.
Dr. Wade Pfau is no Grinch but some may think so because he spoke an unfortunate truth, sorry to mention it during the holiday season. Pfau, Michael Finke and David Blanchett looked at current stock market valuations and current fixed income yields.
The data, �Asset Valuations and Safe Portfolio Withdrawal Rates� showed a 4 percent inflation-adjusted withdrawal rate for 30 years has less than a 50 percent survivability rate rather than the 90 percent plus planners generally use. 2013 is a stark anomaly; rarely have stock valuations been so high paired with fixed income yields so low.
Dr. Pfau and gang ran the numbers assuming more normal valuations for stocks and fixed income (mean reversion for statistics geeks). Pfau, et al, also included a one-half percent portfolio fee in their study. Don�t ignore fees like most people do.
Pay too much and you might run out of money before you run out of breath. The 4 percent initial withdrawal rate is still a good rule of thumb but you need to make sure you have a sustainable retirement spending strategy.
Speaking of spending, Walton County has the high sign for beach nourishment and, not to worry, TDC bed tax revenue will cover the costs with the state and federal government kicking in roughly 50 percent.
I hate to be the Grinch of Christmas Future, but Walton County taxpayers will be on the hook sooner or later. You see the federal government has promised to be our fiscal partner for 50 years � what could possibly go wrong? Go to www.ssa.gov and download your 2013 Social Security benefit statement.
Mine says Social Security benefits �may change because, by 2033, the payroll taxes collected will be enough to pay only about 77 percent of scheduled benefits.� It also says Congress has changed its mind in the past, a factoid we should take to heart.
Demographics will pressure government spending, and only the imprudent base long-term plans assuming the status quo. For retirement planning we adjust Social Security benefits depending on a client�s current age. No retirement planner worth their salt would do otherwise.
We also include additional healthcare expenses beginning when clients are in the 70s. Absent of any changes Social Security and Medicare, two essential programs, will be challenged by increased longevity. Beach nourishment may be a hard sale when coupled with Social Security and Medicare cuts.
Even in worse-case scenario current workers will get a Social Security benefit. Ponzi schemes, on the other hand, leave zero dollars in their wake, correct Mr. Grinch? Merry Christmas!
Buz Livingston, CFP has a Blue Mountain Beach based fee-only, hourly financial planning and investment management firm. For more information, visit www.livingstonfinancial.net or come by our new office at 2050 Scenic 30A, M1-Unit 230, Redfish Village.


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NFL and Diary Council team up for school wellness
The Let's Move! initiative, launched by First lady Michelle Obama, is now entering its third year of improving child health and wellness. With the help of the Fuel Up to Play 60 campaign, this fight against childhood obesity is gaining ground.
Fuel Up to Play 60, an-school nutrition and physical activity program launched by the National Dairy Council (NDC) and the National Football League (NFL), is proving to be successful in helping schools create a healthier environment for students. Launched in 2009, Fuel Up to Play 60 data shows that schools are making progress in promoting healthier eating habits and increasing physical activity among students.


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Tracy Moore
Tracy Moore, 58, of Midland, formerly of Vealmoor, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Midland. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at the Vealmoor Cemetery with the Rev. Walter McCall officiating.She was born Dec. 16, 1954, in Big Spring. Tracy grew up in Vealmoor. She loved to crochet, do word search puzzles and her favorite saying was "Be Nice".Survivors include cousins, Mike and Denise Bailey and Retta and Don Caldwell all of Big Spring. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Cordia Moore.Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com


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For the past 14 years, local volunteers have been working to raise money to enhance the traditional offerings of our local school district through the Education Foundation of Gulf County, Inc. (EFGC).
For the past 14 years, local volunteers have been working to raise money to enhance the traditional offerings of our local school district through the Education Foundation of Gulf County, Inc. (EFGC). With the generous support of grants provided by Progress Energy, the Tapper Foundation, The Miller Charitable Foundation, and our local community�s extraordinary efforts, our children have benefited from over $220,000 invested in creative teaching and learning initiatives.
The EFGC provided over $38,000 in grant funding for Gulf County School during the 2012-2013 school year.
�We know that various children learn differently so the EFGC works to provide creative opportunities that make the learning process innovative and fun� said David Warriner, president of the EFGC. �We are proud of our continuing community�s effort to make this happen.�
The EFGC will be sending out a letter to local business leaders and many valued alumnae of Gulf County Schools. Your support is needed to help fund the important learning initiatives teachers want and need to do the best for students.
�The Gulf County Education Foundation is a major contributor toward the funding of grants that give teachers the much needed support they need to have excellent resources and enhance their classrooms in our high performing district,� said Superintendent of Schools Jim Norton. �Over the years, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been contributed through this community support. We are very proud of this program and the dedicated people who volunteer their time for educational resources.�
Programs that enhance reading skills, along with science, technology, engineering and math skills have been targeted. Entire science labs have been created. Real paper books, along with digital media have been purchased for student use. Innovative learning devices have been implemented in classrooms. In addition, funds have been made available for cultural and social learning experiences that expose students to the world outside their traditional school curriculum.
Local students are better off for having access to these unique opportunities, not afforded through traditional state funding streams. The EFGC solicits and manages donations used to purchase the hands-on equipment and devices to which our teachers would not otherwise have access.
The EFGC is now asking for your help to write the next chapter in our growing success story.
Please consider supporting the EFGC and our work to make our kid�s educational experience more meaningful. Every dollar you give may qualify for a dollar for dollar match from the State Consortium of Education Foundations. This means double the impact right here locally. Every dollar helps. So please help today. Visit the EFGC website at www.efgc.org and make a contribution on-line or send a check to the EFGC, 150 Middle School Road, Port St. Joe Florida, 32456. The EFGC is a 501 (C) 3 organization and your donation will be tax-deductible.
The EFGC board recently met to review the 2012-2013 teaching and learning grants. Those funded include:
Port St Joe Elementary School
The NASA Project X-35- Cindy Phillips: With the funding from this grant, the science class will simulate engineering teams vying for a NASA contract. Each team of science students will follow budget and material restrictions to design 2 liter rocket bottles. Students will demonstrate their designs on Launch Day.
An Apple a Day- Karen Minger: This grant will provide Apple iPads for use in the media center at PSJES with the goal of increasing literacy.
Character Counts- DeEtta Smallwood: This grant will provide educational and entertaining animated videos that will be used to facilitate character education and social and emotional development. The students will be encouraged rouse critical thinking skills for problem solving.
Apalachicola Estuarine Education, this grant written by Janice Adkison will provide a science discovery field-trip for entire 4th grade class to the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve Center. Students will learn about native plant life and creatures that inhabit the Apalachicola River, its tributaries, and estuary. Students will have hands-on learning, and will develop an appreciation for one of Florida's natural resources.
I Pad Dolphin Discovery, this grant written by Principal Sue Gannon will help to fund the Apple IPAD digital classrooms that integrate the latest technology at Port St. Joe Elementary School.
WewahitchkaElementary School
Soaring to Study Island- Anita Askew: This grant will provide "Study Island," a web based program that provides assessment and skill practice in all major subject areas. Study Island is goal-orientated, provides remediation and makes learning new concepts fun.
Black and Blue in Gray-Kim Ludlam: This grant will provide an educational seminar by the Florida United States Colored Troops Education Project, part of the John G. Riley House and Museum. This Living History Organization will conduct drill and weapon presentations and re-enactments while wearing authentic Civil War and Antebellum clothing. The re-enactment will be in conjunction with a novel study of �Across Five Aprils� and Black History Month.
Wild About Books-Anita Askew: This grant will provide sixth-grade students a wide variety of multi-level reading materials in the classroom. The remedial students will have the opportunity to choose and explore high interest, low vocabulary books, magazines and newspapers that are appropriate for their reading levels. Accelerated students will be able to expand their interest through a variety of higher-level readers.
Viva Florida-Heather Taylor: This grant will provide for a Florida History presentation by the Atlantic Coast Theatre for Youth. Students will attend the theatrical performance, and the students in the fourth grade will participate in writing and research activities that will accompany the performance.
Stimulating Discovery-April Bidwell: The project uses Lego Mindstrom NXT Robots to Stimulate the minds of students, Implementing science, technology, math, and Engineering (Stem) skills with a hands-on experience.
Cooperative Hands on Science-Lisa Stripling: This grant will provide for cooperative learning with the first grade classes and Bridges classes. The classes will work together during science with hands on project, activities and experiments. Students with and without disabilities will work as a team, and learn concepts of Motion, development of living organisms, and weather.
ReadingAbove and Beyond- Jennifer Guffey: The funding for this project will provide for a variety of genres and collaboration of books for the Accelerated Reader Program. This will offer a challenge for first grade students to read on a higher level than their current grade level.
Heard the News- Principal Lori Price: The majority of the student body of Wewahitchka Elementary School will receive a subscription to �Scholastic News�on a weekly basis through this grant. The publication provides current events, and a variety of nonfiction topics covered in Social Studies.
High Touch High Tech- Principal Lori Price: This grant will provide hands-on, custom-tailored science programs that are fun! High Touch High Tech offers a variety of 50 - 75 minute "In-School" field trips for intensive science experiences.
Port St. Joe Jr. and Sr. High School
Interactive Learning with Student Response System-Shirley Thompson: This grant will provide premium content subscriptions to accompany the student response systems "Qwizdoms" in the Port St. Joe Jr./Sr. High School classrooms.
Innovating the Spanish Classroom- Reina Nixon: This grant will provide for new technology and games designed to help students learn to speak Spanish.
NJROTC Real Life Exposure- Marty Jarosz: This grant will provide for the bus travel for 50 NJROTC cadets for their trip to the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fl. The Cadets will be briefed on real time Navy missions, and be exposed to Active Duty Naval personnel and have the opportunity to fly aircraft simulators.
Sunshine for the Library- Angel Barbee: The grant funding will provide the Sunshine State Young Readers book collection so students in Port St. Joe can participate in the Sunshine Readers Award Program. The grant will provide for 2 copies of the 15 titles that make up the Sunshine Collection. These books were selected by the Florida Department of Education's Office of School Libraries and the Florida Association for Media in Education.
Lights, Camera, Action! - Angel Barbee: This grant will fund the purchase of three video cameras for the TV Production class. This class makes videos which are shown to the student body every Friday morning. The videos are fun and provide helpful information for the students.
Newspapers for College and Career Readiness- Patricia Hendricks: This grant will provide a daily newspaper for two English IV College Prep course classes. The students will read and respond to the newspaper in multiple of ways.
Same Theory, Different Method- Kim McFarland: This grant would provide for 80 COACH workbooks. This Geometry resource consolidates lengthy lessons in three to four easy to understand sections, "Cliff Notes" version of the traditional textbook. The Coach workbook would be used on a weekly basis to summarize and close each section covered during the lesson week.
Art Tables-Principal Jeremy Knapp: The art department will receive new tables and art stools for the art classroom. Julie Hodges is developing an exciting art program, and the tables and stools will create a classroom that is conducive to learning and developing fine art.
WewahitchkaHigh School
Practice Makes Perfect- Debbie Gerber: This grant will provide online practice tests so students can practice the Microsoft Office 2010 course material and receive immediate feedback from Certiport, the testing center for Microsoft industry certification exams.
Learning Accommodations- Michael Williams: The funding for this grant will provide headphones for use in the science lab at Wewahitchka Jr./Sr. High School. Students will be able to learn individually using the headphones, and will be able to cover science material.
Preparing Students for Tomorrow- Principal Debbie Baxley: The funding from this grant will provide for the vocational/industry certification exams and science consumable supplies for lab experiments. This funding will prepare students for the world of careers and college, and will provide numerous hands on science activities.
GulfCounty Adult School
Eyewitness Book Library- Billy Hoover: This grant will provide an updated resource library for the Gulf County Adult School with the purchase of the Eyewitness Books Library Series, an addition of 31 hardcover books.


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2011-12 Led a talented group of UMass freshman class that provided a huge boost to a veteran laden team … The only freshman skater to play in all 26 games … Led all UMass Boston freshman and was 15th among all ECAC East freshman with 14 points … Finished tied for second on the Beacons with nine goals and added five assists … Tied for fourth in the ECAC East with three game-winning goals, most amongst all UMass players … Led the Beacons with 63 shots … Registered two power-play goals … Scored the Beacons only goal on November 4 in the team's season opening loss (2-1) to St. Anselm College … Netted two goals in his second-career game, a 4-3 loss to New England College on November 5 … Tallied a career high three points with two goals and an assist, including the game-winner, on December 3 in UMass' 8-3 win over the University of New England … Scored the game-winner February 3 in the Beacons; 5-4 upset victory over Castleton State … Registered nine of his 14 points, including six goals against ECAC East foes.
Personal/High School Played hockey for the Chicago Steel of the USHL during his junior and senior year of high school ... Went on to play for the Lincoln Stars of the USHL ... Has three brothers: Cullen, Connor and Chase ... Has one sister Cailley ... Son of Toby and Laura Chakeen ... In the 5 year accelarated BA & MBA program ... Born July 18, 1989.


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|Aȝūlēz, Óli, Mahal, Tamar, The Great Smith.
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Aulë (Quenya, pronounced [ˈaʊle]; from Valarin Aȝūlēz) is a Vala, Smith of the Powers and concerned with rock and metal. During the creation of Arda, Aulë was most involved in building the continents and mountains. He constructed Angainor, the chain of Melkor, and the vessels of the Sun and Moon. He is husband to Yavanna. He was also the third most powerful of the male Valar.
Aulë's name apparently means invention (in Quenya). In Sindarin, his name is either Óli (pronounced [ˈoˑli]) or Ôl ([oːl]). In Khuzdul, his name is Mahal ("the Maker"), and in Adûnaic, it is Tamar ("the Smith").
Aulë created his own race of beings, the Dwarves, because he was unwilling to wait for the Children of Ilúvatar to appear. Ilúvatar knew of this and even as Aulë was instructing them He chastened Aulë. Aulë repented, offering his children to Ilúvatar, and Ilúvatar accepted them as His adopted children. Since Ilúvatar had decided that the Elves were to be the first-born race, He made the Dwarves to sleep until the Elves appeared on Arda.
When the Elves came to Valinor, the Ñoldor became the students of Aulë. Fëanor was his greatest pupil, and from him learned the craft to make the Silmarils.
Several Maiar were associated with Aulë: Sauron, before being corrupted by Melkor; and Curumo, who later went to Middle-earth as an Istar to combat Sauron.
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Blowing in the wind, these simple-to-make Rockets are a real visual stunner. It's a fun, summer, family project that the kids can help make. Once again, we have utilized foam pool noodles that can be purchased from the Dollar Tree Store. Did we say that we love those pool noodles? We also used vinyl file folders from the Dollar store. Hang the Patriotic Rockets from a tree or gazebo to create a really festive atmosphere.
DIY Rockets ... What You Need:
- Foam pool noodles, red/blue
- Ribbon, red, white and blue
- Vinyl file folders
- Cord/string
- Scissors
- Wood skewer for stringing
- Stapler
- Glue, tape, marker, knife
What to Do:
- Cut three lengths of pool noodle to sizes 7.5 inches to 10 inches, varying size and color. A sharp knife is best for this job and the noodles are easy to cut.
- Cut three lengths of string 36" long.
- Tape one end of a string to the non-sharp end of your skewer. Slide skewer into one end of rocket body, about 1.5 inches from the top.
- Pull string through so there is equal string on each side. Repeat for each rocket and set aside.
- Make the cone shape for each rocket, from vinyl folder, by cutting a half circle about 3.5 inches x 8 inches. Find an 8" dinner plate to trace, or some similar object. Staple into a cone shape, leaving a tiny hole at top to thread string through.
- Thread string of rocket through the cone, then pull one string longer and tie off a knot at the top of the cone. Trim knot and dab with glue.
- Add ribbon to each rocket, wrapping around body of rocket. Secure by tying top to string underneath the cone top.
- Curl red, white and blue ribbon to make streamers and push up inside cone to finish off.
Sharon Pierce McCullough


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Style # 210040
Spike & Link Necklace is rated out of 5 by 2.
Rated 5 out of 5 by EJ2013 from I love this necklace, 1 is bold but 2 is fierce I love this necklace, I wore it once and got a great wow factor, I am getting ready to order a second one and layer it to make it my statement piece.
Date published: 2013-05-17
Rated 5 out of 5 by EJ2013 from FIERCE!!! I love this necklace. You can pair it up with another necklace for a "tough" look or keep it simple by wearing it solo. It looks great with white or black. I bought this to wear with my leather pyramid bracelet and am not disappointed....Perfect accessory, I just hope the color doesn't varnish/peel. Just in case I am painting it with a clear coat of nail polish.
Date published: 2013-02-21


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Anyone looking for a great camera phone might want to reconsider the current Android power rankings. HTC, Samsung, and Motorola are currently the leading manufacturers of Android phones, but as we have seen over the past few months, the cameras and image sensors simply are not up to par with dedicated point and shoot cameras on the market. If you're truly in the market for a real Android powered camera phone, you might want to consider the new Altek Leo 3.5G.
For those who don't know, Altek is the leading ODM of digital cameras. Think of them as the HTC of the camera world (before HTC started pushing their own brand). When it comes to digital cameras, Altek clearly has the upper hand over many of the current Android smartphone manufacturers. The Altek Leo 3.5G will feature a 14 megapixel camera capable of HD video recording, 3.2 inch WVGA capacitive display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3.5G (HSPA/WCDMA), GPS, accelerometer, digital compass and handwriting recognition, all running on Android 2.1.
Since the camera will be one of the main selling points for the Leo 3.5G, Altek will be including a 3x optical zoom lens, smile detection, blink detection, built-in xenon flash and auto-focus assist lamp. We'll have to wait a bit to see hwo the image quality of the Altek Leo 3.5 actually turns out, but there's no doubt that Altek is poised to produce one of the best Android camera phones we have ever seen.
Would any of you be willing to purchase an Altek phone in order to get a proper camera on your handset?Show Press Release
A new king of the smart phone jungle is sharpening its claws for a European debut. Beginning first quarter 2011, imaging technology leader Altek roars onto the continent with Leo, the world's first Android-enabled 3.5G smart phone to feature an HD-capable 14-megapixel camera. The company is currently seeking channel partners in the region as it prepares to bring Leo to market.
You say that other smart phones have cameras? Leo eats them for breakfast. By starting with the best available digital imaging technology, Altek has built a cutting-edge Android device with unmatched photographic and video capabilities.
Throw your old digital camera to the lions. Leo does it all with image quality and functionality far exceeding anything else in the mobile communication space. Convenience, power and connectivity put Leo at the top of the food chain when it comes to smart phone photography.
"Memorable moments usually happen when you least expect them," observed Altek CEO, Alex Hsia. "You want to be able to capture those precious moments anytime and anywhere, and Leo is the device that lets you do just that. " Hsia added, "Leo is the product of design know-how that comes from years of creating breakthroughs at altek in digital imaging technology, integrated with most advanced Android smartphone system."
Leo doesn't skimp on the features users have come to expect in today's crowded smart phone market. That includes a generous 3.2-inch WVGA multi-touch capable display for easy input. Each phone ships installed with Google's Android 2.1 (Eclair) mobile OS, allowing simple access to e-mail, Web browsing, and social media services like Facebook YouTube, and Flickr. Leo keeps you connected with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3.5G (HSPA/WCDMA) wireless and network protocols. Enjoy high-speed broadband connections via 5.76mbps HSUPA or 7.2mbps HSDPA.
Leo's built in GPS makes navigation and geotagging images a snap. Accelerometer, digital compass and handwriting recognition all contribute to what this powerful smart phone can do for you. Whether listening music or watching movies, you will discover Leo supports most major audio and video formats. Don't worry about finding room for your files; Leo's memory is expandable up to 32GB via microSD card.
Digital imaging and video are where Leo really shows its teeth. Few smart phones can deliver a comparable set of photographic features that start with a 14-megapixel CCD and 3x optical zoom lens. High-definition, professional-quality images are always a click away. It doesn't stop with digital photography. Leo also shoots crystal clear 720p HD digital video, capturing life's memorable moments anytime and anywhere.
This predator has sharp eyes. Leo's 3x optical zoom represents a breakthrough in smart phone design by delivering a feature photographers have come to expect from today's cameras, but not from their mobile devices. It puts users right in the action, opening up a world of photographic possibilities. Whether at 36mm or full 108mm equivalent magnification, Leo takes sharp, vivid images every time. Like its feline namesake, Leo is at home in the dark. Low-light situations are not a problem thanks to Leo's powerful built-in xenon flash and auto-focus assist lamp.
When it comes to getting the perfect image when you need it, Leo is ready to help with smile- and blink-detection technology. Why wait to transfer photos to a computer before editing them? Leo packs a suite of handy options that allow "editing on the fly," so users have the image they want before it leaves the camera.
How does the leader in digital camera technology start a revolution in smart phone design? Altek assembled one of the most experienced and dynamic R&D teams in the industry, drawn from tier-one mobile phone manufacturers.
A dedication to excellence in design and quality has made Altek one of the largest DSC ODM companies in the personal electronics field. At the core of Altek's camera technology is the Sunny 9 digital image processor. It is the brainchild of Altek's crack team of design professionals–industry leaders and PhDs working to develop latest chip technology to power Altek's cameras and smart phones.
"The challenge facing Altek's design team was how to integrate a fully functioning 14-megapixal camera with 3x optical lens while maintaining Leo's smart phone form factor," said JS Liang, Altek vice president and head of R&D. "An optical lens requires precision moving parts and mechanisms that ensure the device functions properly, but it also has to be attractive and easy to use. We achieved this without compromising Leo's look and feel."
The results speak for themselves: a sleek smart phone that is as powerful as it is elegantly executed.
- To download Leo photos, please go to www.altek.com.tw/Message/NewsDetail.aspx?id=76


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Midway through the final stanza of tonight's Heat-Bulls matchup, Chicago hadn't shown much bite. Down 16 and lacking much motivation at all, Chicago brought United Center fans to their feet, finally, when Nate Robinson chased down LeBron James and stopped the Heat star from making an easy transition basket.
No, they weren't applauding Robinson's hustle. Listening closely to the isolated crowd audio track above, you see the fans responded only once LeBron James started limping away. Make of that what you will. (The Heat won by 19.) [TNT]


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Law Professor James Grimmelmann Explains How He Probably Violated The Same Laws As Aaron Swartz
from the and-you-may-have-too dept
And so I became a bulk downloader. I wrote a Perl script: a simple, 70-line program that exhaustively went through the Wayback Machine, looking for a copy of each LawMeme article. Just like Aaron's script, mine "discovered the URLs" of articles and then downloaded them. And just to show how mainstream this is, I'll add that I built my script around an elementary one that Paul Ohm published in "Computer Programming and the Law: A New Research Agenda," his manifesto for why more law professors should write code. Paul's script downloaded and analyzed the comment counts on posts from the popular legal blog The Volokh Conspiracy.As for how to take decisions out of context, how about these:
[....] take the Internet Archive's terms of service. By using the site, I supposedly promised not "to copy offsite any part of the Collections without written permission." The site's FAQ qualifies this statement a bit, adding, "However, you may use the Internet Archive Wayback Machine to locate and access archived versions of a site to which you own the rights." Again, I was confident that this covered me. But confidence is not certainty. I assumed that no one would care to press the question. After Aaron, is that such a safe assumption?
I can't imagine that the Internet Archive would have a problem with what I did. Recreating lost websites for the sake of the public and posterity is completely consistent with Brewster Kahle's expansive humanist vision of digital archiving. But JSTOR quickly made its peace with Aaron, and that didn't save him. Would Brewster's blessing save me from the wrath of the feds?
Indeed, my script waited a second between each download. I didn't want to put too much of a load on the Archive's servers. But a cyber-Javert could describe it as an attempt to evade detection. Then, to get the webpages to display right in the LawMeme archive, I wrote another script to delete the bits of HTML added by the Internet Archive to the pages in its archive. Was that an effort to hide my tracks?And this, of course, is the crux of the problem. The laws are so broad, and written in such a way that makes so little sense, it's quite easy for a prosecutor who wants to bring someone down to figure out a way to make them look like a felon. That's a very dangerous system. As Grimmelmann notes, the problem won't be solved by a simple fix, but a massive overhaul.
Aaron's Law is a start, but the problems with our computer crime laws, and with criminal law in general, run much, much deeper. The Department of Justice thinks millions of parents who made Facebook accounts for their children are federal criminals. Read the majority opinion in United States v. Nosal and ask yourself whether you've fudged your age on a dating site, or let someone else use your account, or used a workplace computer to check the baseball scores. Judge Kozinski noted, skeptically, "The government assures us that, whatever the scope of the CFAA, it won't prosecute minor violations." Tell that to Aaron's family.Painted in the worst light, our laws make it so that any of us can be made out to be felons. Off the top of my head, I can't think of how I, too, might be a felon, but I'm sure given some time I could cook up a story for myself as well. And so could pretty much any of you. When you reach such a point, we're no longer dealing with a sensible state and "the rule of law," but a world in which arbitrariness rules, and where a prosecutor with a chip on his or her shoulder can take down almost anyone.


text: Hi Guys! This is a little question about setup for server...i have no much money and i want to build a good server cpu-money. (the values may be expensive..because im in argentina) considering that AMD motherboard are cheapear than intel here with 100 usd i can buy an amd raid suport mother with intel it start with 300 usd. 1.- AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 $332 usd (thinking that it has a lot of cores it might be good for apache dont?) 2.- Intel Core i5 2310 $270 usd the second question is how much ram ? 4gb or 8gb ? should i use raid ? or some gluster/nfs setup ? thanks guys!


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Iran reportedly to send another monkey into space
TEHRAN, Iran – An Iranian newspaper is reporting that the Islamic Republic plans to send another monkey into space within a month.
A report Sunday in the conservative daily Jomhuri Eslami quotes the deputy head of Iran's space agency, Hamid Fazeli, as saying the planned launch is part of the country's plans to send a human to space in 2018. Earlier this year, Iran claimed it launched a monkey out of the Earth's atmosphere and successfully had it return.
Fazeli was quoted in Sunday's article as saying animals with a similar weight as monkeys are under consideration as future space test subjects. In September, Iran suggested it may start launching Persian cats into space.


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Passover's weeklong restrictions against eating leavened grains can be a bummer, particularly at breakfast. With cereal, toast, waffles, pancakes, bagels, scones, English muffins, croissants, and biscuits off the table, what's left to eat? Quite a lot, it turns out. The recipes below take advantage of ingredients that are kosher for Passover—things like eggs, potatoes, fish, and vegetables—to create breakfast and brunch dishes so delicious, you won't miss the bread. We've even worked in some of the leftovers you'll have from the Seder table, like horseradish and parsley.
Asparagus Frittata with Horseradish Sour Cream
Smoked Salmon Hash with Lemon-Parsley Vinaigrette
Matzo Brei with Roasted Cherries
Matzo Granola with Apricots and Pistachios


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World's Fair Trains
The 1939 World's Fair was serviced by all three NYC subway companies. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Company (BMT) ran express service on the existing elevated IRT Flushing Line (now the #7) to the Willets Point station, which had opened in 1923 and was shared equally by the IRT and BMT.
On the other hand, the NYC Independent Subway System (IND) had no existing service to the fair site and had to build a spur from their Queens Boulevard Line (current E/F/G trains) over a flying junction at the Forest Hills/71st Avenue station, through the Jamaica Yard, and north through through the park where the Van Wyck Expressway currently runs. The World's Fair Railroad station was just to the south of Horace Harding Boulevard (currently the Long Island Expressway I-495). The line only ran during the fair and was completely removed at the close of the fair. Also by the close of the fair in 1940, the city under Mayor LaGuardia had purchased and unified the three separate companies (the IRT and BMT were bankrupt), with the New York City Transit Authority being formed in 1953 and then being being subsumed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1968.
For the 1964 fair, a suspension monorail was built by AMF to transport patrons around the site. The monorail was demolished along with most other fair structures at the conclusion of the fair.
The New York City Transit Museum's train collection includes BMT "Q" car 1612C, which was used to transport patrons to the 1939 World's Fair and has been repainted to the fair's 1939 blue and orange color scheme:
City officials never considered wooden cars safe for subway tunnel operation and removed them from underground service after a 1918 accident involving wooden cars at Malbone Street, Brooklyn, killed 93 passengers. But more than 2,000 open-platform elevated cars, such as 1612C (originally BRT car 1417), remained in use on elevated lines, which could not support the weight of new all-steel subway cars. In 1938 Car 1417 was rebuilt (and renumbered 1612C) to run with 1612A and 1612B: cars A and C were motorized, while car B was a trailer. Under the Dual Contracts, the IRT and BRT jointly operated new elevated sections such as the Astoria (R) and Flushing (7) lines.
As the city prepared for the 1939 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, Queens, the BMT faced a quandry. The company was not content to use outdated cars to take passengers to a fair dubbed "The World of Tomorrow," but was unwilling to spend money on new cars that could be used only on IRT-width lines. Instead, the BMT compromised by rebuilding 90 open-platform cars, including 1612C, into closed vehicles and repainting the cars in the World Fair's official blue and orange color scheme. The resulting cars were used on the Myrtle Avenue Elevated line (built in 1888) until 1969, providing 60 years of service in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. They were the last wooden elevated cars to run in North America.


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Here is my problem with electing Ray Guy to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
How can you vote to enshrine to send arguably the greatest punter of all-time to Canton, Ohio when Ken Stabler isn't there?
Or Cliff Branch.
Or Lester Hayes.
Or Jim Plunkett.
See where I'm going with this?
It's not that punters aren't football players. They are, or they wouldn't be in uniform every Sunday. It's just that the way the voting is set up, it makes it virtually impossible to vote for a punter when position players are backlogged and waiting to get in.
You don't have to sell me on Guy's skills as a punter. Back in the early 1970s, my dad got the opportunity to buy two Raiders season tickets when they were tough to get. On Sept. 23, 1973, with the A's in the postseason, the Raiders played at Cal against the Miami Dolphins, who entered with an 18-game winning streak and were coming off an unbeaten season.
The Raiders won 12-7 on four George Blanda field goals, but what I remember most of all was sitting near the top rim of Memorial Stadium and seeing punts higher than eye level.
I don't remember what Guy's stats were that day and it doesn't much matter. Stats are misleading where Guy is concerned anyway. The Raiders were an elite team, so it's not as if Guy was always punting from deep in his own territory. That his career average was 42.4 is remarkable considering the quality of teams he played on.
Colleague Bill Soliday, who saw every game Guy ever played, is famous for breaking out the stopwatch and clocking hang time. Guy still has the most hang-time of anyone he has ever clocked _ 5.3 seconds.
I talked to the late Hank Stram once for a story on Guy and while he was complimentary, he made it clear he thought his own punter, Kansas City's Jerrell Wilson, was equal or superior.
Soliday tells me they were close, but Guy was better. I defer to Bill on all punting issues.
But let's face it, as good as Guy was, the Raiders weren't a great team because of their punter. To say he won them two games a year is probably excessive.
Take Guy out of the picture and Stabler goes a few yards more to pull out the game. What Guy did that day against Miami at Cal was light years behind I saw Stabler do the following season in the "Sea of Hands" game against the Dolphins in the playoffs.
(Best choice I ever made. Going into the playoffs, my dad told me I could pick which playoff game to attend, and my sister would get the other one. I took Miami, of course, because the Dolphins were the defending champions and reasoning that if the Raiders lost, I'd go to one game and she wouldn't get any. As it turned out, I went to one of the best playoff games ever and she watched the Raiders get slammed by the Steelers the following week).
Davis made one of his most brilliant draft picks when he took Guy in the first round of the 1972 draft, because the Raiders were so loaded with talent in those days a punter was just about all they needed.
But if you asked John Madden before most any game, "You can have Stabler or Guy," or, "Art Shell or Guy," or "Branch or Guy," and you know what his answer would have been.
As much as I like Stabler, Davis does more stumping for Jim Plunkett, who won two Super Bowls as opposed to one for Stabler.
The selection process simply makes it impossible to reconcile putting a punter in over either Stabler or Plunkett.
Kicker Jan Stenerud made the Hall of Fame, but it's going to be difficult for any other specialist to sneak in. What the Hall needs is a separate process for selecting a specialist. Maybe you don't do it every year, to keep it as exclusive as possible. Or you pick no more than one and make the mandatory percentage so high that in some years there aren't any.
As painful as it is for Raiders fans, the specialists wing ought to have an endless loop of Adam Vinatieri's 45-yard field goal field goal in a snowstorm.
They've got areas in the Hall of Fame for announcers, and, God forbid, sports writers. And a punter can't make it?
It isn't that Guy isn't worthy. It's that the system is flawed.
More Hall of Fame snap judgements:
— It's only going to get tougher for Guy in coming years. Next year alone, Rod Woodson and Bruce Smith are virtually slam-dunk selections, and it's hard to imagine Cris Carter not getting in.
— If Carter doesn't make it on the first ballot, I'd be surprised if Tim Brown did when his turn comes up. There's a feeling out there that Brown was like a high scoring guard on a bad basketball team. Somebody is going to score points, and going for 25 in a one-sided loss doesn't make you an all-time great.
My own feeling? Brown's early success as a return specialist will help him and he'll be in the conversation. But if Branch isn't in, I have hard time seeing Brown in Canton.
— Don't even get me started on Lynn Swann, who wasn't in Branch's league but made it courtesy of NFL Films and his juggling mid-field Super Bowl catch against Dallas.
But it is exactly that sort of play which Brown doesn't have on his resume _ a signature moment or game which separated him from everyone else. I've heard the argument from a selector or two that he is a package of statistics who never did anything truly extraordinary.
— Woodson was already going to be a Hall of Famer before he ever got to Oakland, but I've got no problem with featuring him in the media guide as a Raider in the Hall of Fame because he might have been the second-most important player behind Rich Gannon to the club's last AFC championship.
Woodson's 97-yard interception return against Denver on Gannon's near-perfect Monday night turned the entire season around.
— Leave it to Woodson, to one of the classier guys you'll ever meet, to add a dose of perspective to the life-and-death NFL Network coverage of the Hall selection. It's as if those who didn't make it were scarred forever.
"As a player, you have to take this with a grain of salt," Woodson said. "There are worse things than not making the Hall of Fame. At the end of the day, if you have your health and your family, that's all that matters."
— If former Vikings guard Randall McDaniel is still hanging around with 12 Pro Bowl selections, and Miami's Bob Kuchenberg is still waiting, don't look for Steve Wisniewski to get much run when eligible.
As selectors are fond of saying, Wiz would fall into the category of the "Hall of Very Good," but not necessarily the Hall of Fame.
On a Roll
Brian Roll takes over as the Raiders strength and conditioning coach for Jeff Fish, who accepted a job with the Atlanta Falcons.
His resume looks impressive enough, but can he throw a pass? Fish was threw one of the nicest balls on the team and often worked with defensive backs during training camp drills.
The Chad campaign
Disgruntled wide receiver Chad Johnson, according to Pro Football Talk.com, made a pitch on Jim Rome's ESPN television show to be dealt to the Raiders.
Heck of a talent, but do the Raiders want to go down this road so soon after Randy Moss?
Johnson is under contract through 2010 and is scheduled to make $3 million this season, $4.5 million in 2008, $6 million through 2009 and $5 million in 2010.
Is it just me, or can't you just see Johnson looking for bigger money before that deal is up?
Haggling with Davis in public over money is never a good idea.


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Staged radiosurgical treatment for large, otherwise untreatable cerebral AVMs
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Objective: Large arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are considered unfavorable for Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) because of possible adverse effects. Some AVMs still pose a challenge to the neurosurgeon. Since AVMs often grow very slowly or remain stable in size, partial radiosurgical treatment is an alternative in cases with a high risk for unacceptable surgical morbidity. The obliteration response to radiosurgery is strongly dependent on dose and volume. For larger volumes the applied dose must be reduced for safety reasons, which may compromise obliteration.
Methods: Since April 1992 290 patients with cerebral AVMs underwent GKRS at our department. 20 patients (considered to be unsuitable for surgery) treated by staged procedures had a follow-up of more than 36 months. 13 female and 7 male patients (age ranging from 10–48 years) had undergone previous embolization at least once, 11 patients suffered previous hemorrhages. Marginal doses of 15–22 Gy at 40–50% isodose lines were applied to volumes ranging from 11 to 27 cm3. The time interval between the radiosurgical treatments varied between 4 and 28 months. 14 patients had two-staged, 5 patients three-staged radiosurgery, and one patient underwent GKRS 4 times. Median follow-up after the last staged radiosurgery was 72 months (range, 38–169 months).
Results: Neurological follow-up examinations showed a clinical improvement in 10 patients (50%). Seizures improved in 4 patients and remained unchanged in 5 patients. 2 patients developed epileptic seizures and suffered from hemiparesis following hemorrhage. Follow-up MRI, MRA and cerebral angiographies of the residual nidus disclosed no rebleeding but total, partial or moderate nidus obliteration in 10 (50%), 8 (40%) and 2 patients (10%), respectively.
Conclusions: For selected patients with large, otherwise unmanageable AVMs, staged GKRS can be recommended due to a low risk of both mortality and morbidity.


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Back in town
So many things have happened since I last wrote on this blog…
Where should I start?
Well we did move – temporarily… for about two weeks or so. The promises made and the plans mentioned were scratched out and postponed for maybe in two years or so.
In the midst of all this and the fact that our house was not selling (with a market that was slowing down in Ottawa), my husband decided it wasn't worth it and we left the York Region with peace in our hearts once again to go back to our home.
It was a bizarre experience but through it all we felt a peace above and beyond what we usually can do ourselves. We drove back on the Friday and stopped to bring the RV at its usual place. The next day we packed the two vehicles and drove home where we started to emptied the garage. But the Sunday afternoon, when my in-laws came to see us they couldn't believe how much work we have done in 24 hours.
Now about three weeks later, there still is a few boxes to unpack and things to organize but we are back home.
Did we put back everything where it was before. No. We thought we could make changes and organize the home more efficiently.
We do have renovation projects for the future – for example the number one complaint we got when the house was on the market was that there wasn't hardwood floor on the first level. So we are thinking of doing so eventually. Also the carpet we have will be changes to something less colorful and more easy – like Berber which is apparently hypoallergenic!
So we have plans. We trust our Lord as we know He is with us.
On another note, good friends of ours have move to BC which is sad a bit. But they are settling there and look forward of what God will bring in their lives.
As for us, it does feel as though the tornado brought us somewhere and then back home. We don't know why we went through this. We know that God has a plan and that somehow this experience is part of it. Was it a test to see how we would handle stress? Was there a deeper reason for this adventure? We don't know. Maybe one day He will reveal it to us. In the meantime, we know that He is in control.
A whirlwind of happenings
There are times right now that I feel like I live in a perpetual tornado. It isn't that bad really just never ceasing activity around me.
First an foremost, we were a whole month in Toronto because hubby had a contract there. Turns out the company wants him full time as their IT manager.
When we got back early June and it took about two weeks to get a firm offer which we accepted. So we are MOVING! Never thought I would move in the North of Toronto area but with the lack of contracts in the past three years or so, we have decided to see this as a blessing from God and follow the path He is directing us.
What are my thoughts about this? Well I always thought that if we move it would still be around Ottawa. Now we will be about 5 hours away. All my homeschool contacts are around here. All our immediate family (within about 2 hours of drive). Most of our friends.
Moving means – finding new friends, a new church, searching for homeschool contacts…
Moving also means packing… which we have been doing like crazy for the past three weeks or so.
I also left the kids and my husband for a week of training in Calgary and came back last Saturday.
While I was away, we have put the house for sale…
So far two showings – one last Friday and one this morning before lunch.
And two more to come… tonight.
Ultimately it's in God's hands. He knows what we need – ie sell this house and get a new home.
I will trust Him as I know that He can do what seems impossible in our eyes.
Hubby starts his new work on Aug 7th.
Trust and Blessings
I have been neglecting this blog for the past few months. I guess in a way I needed to take a break of some sort.
Yesterday I felt I needed to reconnect with it.
To simply share my thoughts on trust.
I am learning to trust the Lord more and more lately with many aspects of my life.
My mom for example. Not an easy relationship for various reasons that I won't explain here. But all I need to say is that no matter what I love her. She's my mom after all.
My family. Well I can't go into details here but the last few months has been a whirlwind of emotions/events. It's not finished yet. Slowly we see a light in the tunnel and it feels good. For a while we had no clue what God was doing but I think we start to see a plan.
"For I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD."
This Scripture is following me a lot lately.
My upcoming trip. For the first time in my life, I will board a plane alone to attend a training week with one of the most wonderful healing ministry that I know – Living Waters. I'm a bit anxious about it though I know the Bible tells me not to be anxious about anything… It's a first… hopefully not the last time I have the opportunity of travelling alone by plane.
On a bright note – I recently received a confirmation that I could review a Brother sewing machine. It has been years – not to mentioned decades – since I touched one. I'm excited about it and find a tons of fun projects to do with sewing and quilting. My maternal grand-mother made a ton of quilts when I was younger. I would love to follow in her footsteps.
Also – don't tell my kids but next week on our anniversary, we will attend a show at Medieval Times in Toronto. They don't know about it. The boys think that only Jasmine and I will be going since they went alone with dad about two years ago. I was able to get FREE entry for everyone in the family in exchange of a blog post. To top it off, we are attending one that also includes a presentation in history. I look forward to this.
This week, I was looking at a faucet located behind our trailer (you see we have come with my husband as he works on a contract near Whitchurch-Stouffville). And the faucet was dripping… and it got me thinking about the blessings God give us. You see sometimes it feels like waves upon waves of blessings showering over our heads. Other times it is dripping like the faucet. Still God is with us at all times – no matter what. And He provides in ways we don't expect too!
Here's the pics I took…
How blessed are you lately? Do you feel like it is scarce and dripping or do you feel overwhelmed by God's goodness? Either way always remember God is always there even when you don't sense Him.
Trust me. I know. I experienced it. Life goes through seasons – spring, summer, autumn and winter. We have ups and downs. We feel great or totally discouraged. But He provides in various ways. We just need to take the time to see it. The best way to do so is to spend time in your Bible. It's amazing how Scriptures can speak to you when you least expect it.
Have you cracked your Bible open today? What did God shared with you?
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All In The Family... Another Trip Down Memory Lane... Life in The Nebraska Sandhills...
In the early 1970's, I taught three years in a two-room school out in the Sandhills south of Newport, Nebraska -- Pony Lake District 30. I had taken the required 60 hours of college credit for teacher certification for rural schools (in those days) and returned to Rock County as a teacher. I learned then that the school Christmas program was an exciting, but exhausting and nerve-wracking event from the teacher's point of view.
The photo at right was taken at the Christmas program of my first year there. I'm pulling the curtain, and I have the script in my hand. (I still have that little notebook into which I hand-copied everything in the program that my students and I were responsible for.) Behind me, one of the shepherds is exiting the stage. (Of course he's a shepherd: he's wearing a bathrobe.)
My parents, my sister, and my brother and his wife-to-be were all in the audience that night to give me moral support. I think my sister probably took this photo.
A few days after the Christmas program, I received a Christmas card from one of the school board members and his wife. She wrote in the card that they had enjoyed the program so much. I really felt like I had passed a test. The importance of that compliment to me is indicated by the fact that I still remember it today! In those days, the quality of the Christmas program influenced the community's opinion of the teacher -- and it was a fair assessment because the Christmas program reflected her ability to teach as well as the student's natural talents.
Related post:
Ghosts of Christmas Past (10) in which I write about some of my childhood memories of Christmas programs at Duff Valley School in Rock County, Nebraska.
Remembering Pony Lake School in which I write a bit about the current status of Pony Lake School and about the experience of teaching there in the early 1970's.
Why am I still writing about Christmas on January 2? I am a Lutheran and to Lutherans, Christmas is a season not just a day. It begins on December 25 and continues through January 5, the day before Epiphany. These are the twelve days of Christmas, referred to in the familiar Christmas song ("a partridge in a pear tree," etc.)
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Atrisco Heritage Academy to Get ABQ RIDE Service
Route #198 will serve school with three runs on weekdays.
ABQ RIDE service is coming to Atrisco Heritage Academy High School in Southwest Albuquerque in January. ABQ RIDE Director Bruce Rizzieri and a host of community leaders made that announcement this week at a news conference at the school.
ABQ RIDE is modifying the route of the #198-98th St/Dennis Chavez bus so that it will make one trip to the school during the morning hours, and two trips to the school in the afternoon.
ABQ RIDE began in July to research the potential for modifying the route. That was after a meeting between members of the community and Albuquerque's Transit Department.
"Members of the community told us of the need for a bus route to the school, especially for after-hours extracurricular activities and the health clinic on campus, and we listened," said Mayor Richard J. Berry. "After our Transit Department conducted research, we determined that Route #198 could be modified to fit those needs and we acted."
After July's meeting, ABQ RIDE developed both an English and Spanish survey and placed it on Survey Monkey. The South West Alliance of Neighborhoods also distributed printed copies of the survey, as did Atrisco Heritage Academy staff. What developed was a picture of the area's ridership potential, followed by a plan for modifying the #198 to provide service.
Starting Jan. 13, one bus is scheduled to arrive at 6:50 a.m., in time to get students and staff to school by the 7:21 a.m. start time. The morning time was chosen based on survey results indicating most people wanted to arrive in the morning by 7 a.m. Two afternoon stops are scheduled; one arriving at 3 p.m. and another at 4:59 p.m. These afternoon times were chosen, based on survey results indicating particular interest in leaving school around 3 and 5 pm.
The new stop will be located on eastbound Dennis Chavez Blvd, just east of the intersection of Dennis Chavez and 118th St SW.
"This is a textbook example of how the community, the City of Albuquerque, Albuquerque Public Schools and the state can cooperate to get something done," said Bruce Rizzieri, Director of ABQ RIDE. "The accomplishment is that now, one of Albuquerque's larger student populations is served by public transit."


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Microsoft hopes to draw gamers into pre-ordering the Xbox 360 version of what will inevitably be one of the biggest games of the year with the promise of free Microsoft Points for every pre-order.
that's actually a pretty sweet deal.
I still wish amazon would renew their $20 credit for buying new games, but 1600 ms points is pretty cool.
hopefully, i can get a good arcade game with this.
I'd rather get the superior PC version that comes with free mods & better textures.
I doubt anyone will do that. I would rather go to a store and get it day 1 rather than waiting for it.
Microsoft's own store?? :(
I admit I like my Playstation more than my Xbox 360, but if this deal were to be on retail stores too, i would seriously not even think about the PS3 version, and just get the Xbox 360 version and take advantage of this awesome deal (granted Microsft would lose millions of money, but would have more sales for the 360 version).


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Lobbyist Profile: Summary, 2012
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|Heideman, Nudelman & Kalik
|American Victims of Terrorism
Buonocore, Cecile/Rome Airport Attack
Franck Cine
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
Pflug, Jackie Nink/EgyptAir 648 Victims
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I will join in the collective sighs of relief at the completion of yet another deadline. I'd like to officially grumble about anonymous submission procedures, because one of the few pleasures of completing a paper is being able to brag about it afterwards :), and not everyone is as enlightened as the IACR.
Anyhoo, here's what I dispatched to the annual sausage convention. No pdf yet alas, because of paper release procedures and the like.
Lance had an interesting post about why he became a computer scientist: it appears that his story (and that of many in the comments) is of someone with a strong math background ending up in a math program and moving to a computer science program (one commenter even cites a complaint among math profs about losing their students to physics and CS). My story was slightly different: after reading Stephen Hawking's 'Brief History of Time' I was convinced that I wanted to be a physicist. My main interaction with computers was as a hacker, writing video games (in assembly code to boot) on my dinky ZX Spectrum.
But then I found a book in the library (actually it was the British Council Library in New Delhi, for any Delhiites among you all) that talked about Alan Turing and the Turing test. It was a short hop, skip and jump from there to Searle's Chinese Room argument, strong AI, and Godel's Theorem. AI was my hook into computer science, and remained my major interest up through graduation, although a complexity theory class by Somenath Biswas (and a thesis under his supervision) started drawing me away from the "fuzziness" of AI and into TCS itself. Through all of this, I remained untouched by the "math bug" (though I always enjoyed it), and for the last many years have been playing a desperate game of catchup !
From the point of view of training, I'd argue that a math degree is indispensable, and I fervently wish I had gone that route. My meanderings through AI did give me a more "romantic" notion of the field though, which is not necessarily a bad thing :)


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Let's be careful not to go overboard in praising the Sandy Alderson regime for the sacking of Luis Castillo and Oliver Perez. Credit to Alderson goes in finally convincing the Wilpons eating $18 million in salary was the prudent option.
The actual decision itself was a no-brainer in that neither would be a viable contributor to the team, both were an emotional and psychological drains in the clubhouse, and to adequately change the culture of the Mets they must be purged.
There was no real thinking that had to be done and the key was in the timing. Alderson knew he couldn't trade either in the off-season because of their salary, performance and injury histories. His only hope for Castillo was he could find his game and prove enough in spring training to warrant going north; for Perez was he could regain his fastball and hook on in a relief role.
Both were long shots, but Alderson had no choice to bring them to spring training and let it play itself out.
Since neither distinguished himself in the positive, it was time to make the move. With Opening Day rapidly approaching and the Mets playing at a .500 pace and little room for optimism, Alderson needed to make a spark and this was it.
This was a move the Mets needed to make so let's not throw roses at Alderson for doing the obvious.


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Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) is one of France's greatest photographers. Having started his career as an industrial photographer for Renault, Doisneau went on to become famous for the photographs he took in the streets of Paris and its suburbs (such as the immensely well-known Baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville), which won him numerous prizes and international recognition.
Following Flammarion's recent publication of the book Paris Doisneau, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco devotes an exhibition to these "capital images" with over 180 photographs in diverse formats.
The exhibition is curated jointly by Jean Albou and the Atelier Robert Doisneau.


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Here is a brief update on my current creative projects and endeavors…!
★ "The Poet and the Flea 100 Day Countdown to the Premiere" is underway!! Join us on Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook!
Wednesday, September 12th
- E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
- Worked on character designs for The First Reich!
Thursday, September 13th
- Continuing work on The Flea and The First Reich.
Friday, September 14th
- E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
Saturday, September 15th
- Interesting Pixel-Flick Alliance Meetup today. According to Brian, the membership fee ($35) gets you a profile page on the Pixel-Flick website, an on-camera interview (2-5 minutes), among other freebees. Something to think about…
Sunday, September 16th
- E-mail correspondence with potential production company about The Man Who Never Smiled. According to the Director of Photography/Assistant Director/Production Coordinator, a contract is currently being drafted!
- Working on a GoFundMe.com campaign: www.gofundme.com/send-ge-to-uk
- E-mail correspondence with Gabe.
- Sent inquiry e-mail to local production company looking for scripts.
Monday, September 17th
- Continuing work on The Flea and The First Reich.
- Working on some minor revisions for The Man Who Never Smiled.
- Scheduled to meet with Shannon on Saturday at 2 p.m. Also, Shannon is coming with me to the APE (Alternative Press Expo). All very exciting!
Tuesday, September 18th
- E-mails, e-mails, e-mails…!
- Whole day wasted at "Hell on Earth," a.k.a. the DMV. Well, at least I've finally gotten my California license! (T▽T)
Wednesday, September 19th
- Launched "Send G.E. to the U.K." GoFundMe.com Campaign!
- Joined We Draw Comics.
- Scheduled to meet with Gabe and his friend next Thursday (update: changed to Friday).
Thursday, September 20th
- Continuing work on The Flea.
- Working with Shannon on blog content for The First Reich.
Friday, September 21st
- Continuing work on The Flea.
- Today, received "BlueCat Screenplay Competition Analysis" for my full-length screenplay The Golden Curator. Overall very positive feedback! "What a neat and twisted little tale you have here… Even with all the craziness on the page, it never sounded like a campy comedy; instead, it was like a drawing room farce with just enough menace to make the viewer worry about the fate of our hero."
Saturday, September 22nd
- Today, very successful meeting with Shannon. I feel like we're definitely on the same page, and that my ideas for this project are flowing and coalescing. I can't wait to start outlining the first pages!!
Sunday, September 23rd
- A bit of fun…
Monday, September 24th
- Working on becoming better acquainted with the exhibitors at APE (Alternative Press Expo). There are a couple I most definitely want to check out, but I want to make sure I don't miss anything!
- GoFundMe.com doesn't really seem to be helping me so far. I'm considering switching over to IndieGoGo.com and offering a variety of perks.
Tuesday, September 25th
- Signed up with IMDbPro. Working on inquiry letters.
- The Poet and the Flea: 47 pages of written script (1 page of script = 4-6 illustrated pages), and about 36 pages (1-24, 27-30 completed, and 25-26, 31-36 in progress) of illustrated work.
To Do:
- Meeting with Gabe & his friend Friday, September 28th.
- Scan The Poet and the Flea.
- Continue work on research, character sketches, etc. for Shannon.
- Attend APE (Alternative Press Expo), October 13 – 14.
- Sign up with Top Web Comics: Comic Rankings.
- Sign up with OnlineComics.net.
- Contact Graphic Ladies!?
For more updates, don't forget to follow me on tumblr and/or twitter.
Copyright 2012 by G. E. Gallas


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