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It is the policy of Edmonds Community College (EdCC) to provide educationally-related work assignments for student volunteers and interns. While performing his or her assigned duties, a college volunteer is an agent of the college; therefore, college volunteers must abide by all college policies that govern conduct and standards, safety requirements, financial responsibility, and confidentiality.
Individuals shall be considered volunteers only when their services are offered freely and without pressure of coercion, direct or implied, from the college. All volunteer opportunities must be entered into without promise or expectation of compensation, future employment, or other tangible benefit. Volunteers do not supplant college employees.
College volunteers are not considered employees for any purpose and are not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act. Volunteers are not eligible for any college benefits and are not covered under the college Workers' Compensation Insurance and Unemployment Compensation Insurance programs except for reimbursement of expenses. In the event of a change in status from a volunteer position to a paid position, no credit will be given to a former volunteer for time spent in a non-remunerative status with respect to seniority, benefit, or retirement programs.
Intern: Any person who provides services by personal choice without financial gain and who is sponsored by an educational institution for the purpose of learning about and gaining experience in a work assignment directly related to the course of study.
Volunteer: Any individual who provides ongoing services by personal choice without financial gain. For the purposes of the policy, "volunteer" applies to both interns and volunteers unless otherwise specified.
The following procedures are required to ensure compliance with college policies. All volunteers must follow this procedure.
Selecting and Engaging a Volunteer
- Are responsible for determining whether or not to solicit or accept volunteers and for assuring that a volunteering individual has adequate experience, qualifications, and training for the task he or she will be asked to perform.
- Must complete a description of volunteer services to the Human Resources Office with a Volunteer Personnel Action Form (PAF).
- If the volunteer is under 18, a completed Parental Consent form must be submitted with the PAF.
- Must supervise and train volunteer.
- Must inform volunteer of relevant college policies.
- Must sign the volunteer agreement.
The Internship Coordinator:
- Responsible for coordinating internships by EdCC Students.
Human Resources/Payroll Offices:
- Responsible for coordinating internships by non EdCC students.
- Responsible for coordinating volunteer assignments.
- Maintain files and recordkeeping.
- Submit volunteer hours to Labor and Industries for Med-Aid coverage.
- Must sign and adhere to the volunteer agreement.
- Keep records of time worked and submit this information on a semi-monthly Volunteer Time Sheet to his or her supervisor so the volunteer hours can be reported by the Payroll Office to Labor and Industries for insurance purposes.
- Adhere to all relevant college policies.
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"The Conjuring," a horror thriller by James Wan, conjured up more laughs than screams or shivers Friday night at its premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
It seemed as though the audience had either attended the reception prior to the screening and enjoyed one too many cocktails or was attempting to disguise its terrible discomfort and fear as laughter.
Wan addressed the laughter afterward by saying the audience should imbibe a little less prior to seeing his films. But he said he was glad people had enjoyed the film. He found joy in watching them "squirm," he said.
Wan, who directed "Saw" and "Insidious" and will be helming the upcoming "Fast & Furious 7," said "The Conjuring" was his attempt at a period piece based on a couple he learned about in his youth.
The film, set in the early 1970s, depicts paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren as they attempt to save a family in Rhode Island from a dark presence that has possessed their home. Relying on their faith and on one another, the couple confronts an evil the likes of which they have never seen before.
Growing up a fan of horror and the paranormal, Wan said he frequently ran across cases the Warrens investigated and solved.
"It's hard to be intrigued with this world and not know the Warrens," Wan said.
But in a Q&A session after the screening, Wan was vague as to whether he believed the couple's stories, including one about a possessed doll named Annabelle and the more famous Amityville case on which "The Amityville Horror" was based.
"I believe that they believe in it," Wan said. "I think there is another level of things that make things happen that we don't fully understand. I also believe in Santa Claus."
Wan said the Warren family offered to let him tour their home, including a room in which they keep "possessed" items such as the Annabelle doll. He declined.
"Just because I make scary movies doesn't mean I want to live in a scary world," Wan said. "I'm nothing like the films I make."
"The Conjuring" will be released in theaters July 19.
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Missoula Man Pleads Not Guilty to Two Counts of Animal Cruelty [AUDIO]
Jonathan Davis Lamphere of Missoula appeared in justice court on Tuesday, April 1, on two counts of cruelty to animals.
Court documents state that the defendant allegedly left two dogs, a yellow lab and a black lab tied up inside a gutted trailer at the Blue Mountain Trailer Court on Highway 93 South. Senior Deputy County Attorney Patricia Bower said the two dogs were kept in filthy conditions with no food or water.
"Animal Control Officer Cindy Syrjala observed that both dogs were tied up with leashes inside a gutted trailer," Bower said. "The yellow lab had a cut and feces on his muzzle, and the wood in the front of the trailer was bloody from the yellow lab chewing on it frantically. At the time this happened, on February 4, the temperatures and wind chill were estimated at about 20 below zero. Syrjala got a warrant and was able to obtain the animals and determine that the defendant owned both of the dogs."
Bower said Lamphere appeared voluntarily in justice court and pleaded not guilty to the charges. Bower said Lamphere denied owning the dogs, and that he only paid the rent on the trailer.
Staff at the shelter have named the yellow lab "Robie", and the black lab puppy "Rufus". Both dogs have been in the animal shelter since their rescue, and Bower is hoping that the case can be resolved soon so they can be adopted.
Lamphere faces two counts of animal cruelty. The first is a misdemeanor, and the subsequent charge is a felony. If found guilty on both counts, he could face a total of three years in prison and a fine of $3,500. He is free on his own recognizance.


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State Representative Stephanie Chang is serving her second term representing Michigan's 6th House District, which comprises the cities of Ecorse and River Rouge and part of the city of Detroit.
Chang is the Minority Vice-Chair of the House Committee on Law and Justice and serves on the House Committees on Education Reform and Natural Resources. Much of her legislative work is focused on air quality, affordable and safe drinking water, education, criminal justice reforms, and improving economic opportunities. Chang focuses much of her work with residents in the district, ranging from saving homes from tax foreclosure to hosting a community baby shower for low-income pregnant women. She is the chair of the Progressive Women's Caucus, a founding member of the Asian Pacific American Legislative Caucus, and a member of the Detroit Caucus, Michigan Latino Legislative Caucus and Michigan Legislative Black Caucus.
Before serving in the Legislature, Chang worked as a community organizer in Detroit for nearly a decade. She served as the state director for NextGen Climate Michigan, the alumni engagement and evaluation coordinator for the Center for Progressive Leadership in Michigan, the community engagement coordinator for the James and Grace Lee Boggs School, the deputy director for the Campaign for Justice, an organizer for Michigan United/One United Michigan and as an assistant to Grace Lee Boggs. She is a co-founder and past president of Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote-Michigan and served as a mentor with the Detroit Asian Youth Project.
Chang is the first Asian American woman elected to the Michigan legislature. She was raised in Canton and is the daughter of parents who emigrated from Taiwan to pursue greater opportunities. Chang is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in psychology and master's degrees in public policy and in social work. Chang and her husband, Sean Gray, live in Detroit and are the parents of a young daughter.
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Captured Location : The Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Camera Nikon D 50
Lens Sigma 70-300 mm
I was lucky enough to see a whole pride of Lions, on a early morning drive, in the park. I took this photo with them walking straight towards my vehicle. Not very easy as it is to dangerous to just put your head out the window, getting out your car will be fatal. I chose selective focus by choosing the lioness as main subject.
THE LION – Panthera leo
Lions are the largest of the African predators, the males can weigh up to 230kg.
The females are smaller and lighter. Only the male is maned and in very rare cases unmanned males have been recorded. The hair of the mane can be up to 18-20cm in length and is usually brown, but black-maned animals are also encountered as are extremely rare cases of melanistic (black) lions, which have not been recorded from our sub-region. Rare albinistic animals, commonly known as the "White Lions of Timbavati', occur here.
These, the most sociable of the cats, form prides of 3 to 30 or more individuals, consisting of 1 dominant male, 1 dominant female, several adult males and females, sundry sub-adults and cubs.
Lionesses form the nucleus of the pride, which is rarely moved beyond its established range. When the other young males in the pride are perceived by the dominant male to be possible threat, it drives them away, when they either join other prides if permitted, or if old and strong enough, form their own pride. The dominant male frequently has two prides and also ranges far and wide. Cubs and very young lions are constantly in danger within the pride from irritable adults, particularly the dominant male, that will, with or without apparent provocation, sometimes lash out and maim or kill them.
Lions have a wide habitat tolerance, from desert conditions to fairly dense bush. They are absent from densely afforested areas. Because of their nomadic nature they are particularly vulnerable outside of conservation areas. Where there are unfenced reserves they will move beyond these safe havens after stock. This brings them into conflict with man and usually these errant lions will eventually be eliminated.
Lions are active at night, mainly around sunrise and early evenings. In the day they laze away the hours in the shade, or move sluggishly around. The nocturnal hunting is a combined effort to frighten and confuse the prey. The male gives a mighty roar, which is heard across great distances, but the female usually does the killing. In the case of small prey, a swipe from a powerful paw is sufficient to kill it. Larger prey are killed by having their necks twisted and broken by a powerful wrench between the lion's forelegs and its jaws, which are clammed to the victim's neck. Larger animals are also suffocated by a powerful grip across the larynx or the muzzle.
One to six, usually three to four, altricial cubs are produced. When the pregnant female is ready to give birth, she leaves the pride, to rejoin only when the cubs are 4 – 8 weeks old, returning only if the older cubs already in the pride has weaned and will not be a danger through competition for food to the new arrivals.
The birth rate among lions are fairly high, but so is the mortality rate. Loss is due to predation by such animals as hayena, lack of sufficient food or death by misadventure in the paws of the other members of the pride.
Food: An extremely wide range of food is consumed. Virtually anything palatable that moves, even insects, mice and up the size scale to buffalo or even elephant – if the lions are lucky it would seem, however, that the wildebeest is the prime choice.


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§ 3311.
Destruction of records outside continental United States in time of war or when hostile action seems imminent; written report to ArchivistDuring a state of war between the United States and another nation, or when hostile action by a foreign power appears imminent, the head of an agency of the United States Government may authorize the destruction of records in his legal custody situated in a military or naval establishment, ship, or other depository outside the territorial limits of continental United States—
which occupy space urgently needed for military purposes and are, in his opinion, without sufficient administrative, legal, research, or other value to warrant their continued preservation.
Within six months after their disposal, the official who directed the disposal shall submit a written report to the Archivist in which he shall describe the character of the records and state when and where he disposed of them.
(Pub. L. 90–620, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1301; Pub. L. 98–497, title I, § 107(b)(23), (25)(C), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2290.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on 44 U.S. Code, 1964 ed., § 376 (July 7, 1943, ch. 192, § 11, 57 Stat. 382; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 104(a), 63 Stat. 381).
1984—Pub. L. 98–497 substituted "Archivist" for "Administrator of General Services" in section catchline and text.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–497 effective Apr. 1, 1985, see section 301 of Pub. L. 98–497, set out as a note under section 2102 of this title.
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I posted recently about my daughter fussing and pulling off of the breast often during feedings, as well as having green poops. I think my oversupply is to blame. I've been block nursing (4-5 hour blocks), but I'm not sure my supply is regulating much at all...
Anyway, a friend mentioned the possibility of a dairy sensitivity (because I'd seen some green mucous poops with stringy mucus), so I've been off of big dairy products since Sunday. I'm still eating dairy that's hidden in things, but no straight cheese/milk/yogurt/etc. Just wanted to see if that helped.
Her fussiness and pulling off during feedings has been better the last couple of days, but her poop is still green. It seemed like it was getting better and she was having more yellow ones mixed in, but today they've all been green. The last couple looked exactly like pesto.
My question: is green poop okay if she doesn't seem uncomfortable?


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Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Saturday addresses Young Republicans at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
MANCHESTER, NH -- Three video cameras and about 50 people were on hand Saturday morning to see Tim Pawlenty perform a familiar but painful role as the GOP's most dutiful good soldier.
Pawlenty, who until Friday was widely believed to be a finalist for Mitt Romney's vice presidential selection, appeared as scheduled at a small breakfast speech just hours after Romney instead unveiled Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., as his running mate before an audience of thousands in Norfolk, Va.
Calling Ryan "a great bold leader," Pawlenty urged the group of Young Republicans at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics to help the swing state turn red in November under the Romney-Ryan banner.
"They're going to be a great team for America as president and vice president," he said of the newly announced ticket.
The former Minnesota governor, who was attending four public events in the state Saturday, told reporters that he received a call on Monday night from Gov. Romney informing him that he would not be the nominee's choice for VP.
"We had a great discussion about it" at that time, Pawlenty said. "So I've known for about a week."
Asked if he would continue to be an active surrogate for Romney, he referenced his work in the private sector but said he'll continue to advocate on the ticket's behalf "as I can."
"It depends on the week," he said. "I kind of have other things I have to do too, but I am absolutely committed to doing all that I can to help Gov. Romney and Congressman Ryan win this election."
In his remarks, the famously self-deprecating former governor did not reference his VP audition, but he poked fun at his short-lived GOP primary campaign, which brought him to the Granite State about a dozen times in 2010 and 2011.
He even compared his run to the brief nuptials of Kim Kardashian and Minnesota native Kris Humphries.
"I go around Minnesota and say don't feel sorry for Kris Humphries," he said. "His marriage lasted longer than my entire presidential campaign!"
After speaking, Pawlenty stood patiently on stage as organizers conducted a lengthy presentation of local awards. He looked on as a young GOP awardee gushed about Ryan as "the first great leader of our generation."
The governor and his wife shook hands with supporters and local politicians before and after the event, as some lamented to him that he had been passed over for the job.
One regretful backer's consolation: "It's like being the other woman, at least it's something."
"Well," Pawlenty replied, laughing loudly. "I hadn't thought about that."


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I was reading the short article of Browner's reply to Harbaugh at ProFootballTalk.com
Then I went on to read the comments sections of that article, which started with a lot of Seahawks hate but the tides starting turning towards the end with impressive rebuttals.
49ers fans constantly called the Seahawks cheaters.
Then two very smart posters pointed out that SFO's Larry Grant, Tarvares Gooden, and Clark Haggans were all suspended for substance abuse while with the 49ers.
Then one very intelligent poster pointed out of the Seahawk's 6 convictions:
Allen Barbe's violation occurred while a member of the Dolphins but only served his suspension with the Seahawks. Don't know if that is true.
John Moffitt has a prescription for Adderrall but didn't know he needed a special exemption from the NFL... which is why he only got served a 1 game suspension as opposed to 4.
Sherman was never found guilty by winning his appeal. He was also retested with nothing to show.
That leaves Browner, Guy, and Irvin as the 3 guys that were "rightfully" guilty as Seahawks under policy, the same amount of guys banned with SFO.
Whose to even say Browner and Guy used Adderall to enhance field performance, they easily could have used the drug to get high. Guy if I'm correct was only activated for the last 4 games after his suspension took place.
Irvin is probably the only guy who used something else, not going to say it was steroids, but probably a banned supplement.
No fans want the Seahawk's name dragged under the rug for PEDs, but I think there was some overreactions towards the Seahawks because of the issue, and it seems after the team meeting, everyone is on the same page about the stuff going on and holding each other accountable.


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abhishek Master lonely fighters Friday 19/10/2012, 23:37
This was a similar post i made some time ago:
I am not being able to sell even one of my cards now for some reason. I know from a long time back that you are allowed to AT LEAST sell one card per day but now it's been like two weeks since i've sold any card and this message keeps on appearing:
To prevent cheating, the public and private sales (excluding sales to Kate) functions will be unlocked indefinitely after your first purchase of credits at the Shop (more information can be found in the Game Help section).
Can somebody please help me to sell my cards once again.
The answers i got for it were to buy credits, and then do a free offer that gives credits as a reward.
Can somebody please explain this answer as i do not understand this.
Also, my country (Fiji) is not on the country list in UR so i don't know if i can buy the credits.
about4turtles Imperator URBAN MADNESS Saturday 20/10/2012, 07:24
I would contact the mods or whoever by the ? icon at the top left
subclavianHoA Imperator Saturday 20/10/2012, 17:48
You can either buy credits, *or* do a free offer that gives credits as a reward, which is found under the "free credits" tab, which appears bolded in orange after you select your country.
The country you select in the shop will only determine the types of payment methods, or types of free credits available. Some payment methods, like credit card via paypal, are pretty much universal all over the world, so you can select any country at random and just choose that
UM_AaaBattery Moderator URBAN MADNESS Wednesday 24/10/2012, 23:03
You should be able to buy credits here: http://www.urban-rivals.com/shop/?2#payment or do free credit surveys (you should find a link on the home page if their available) You only need to do it once to permanantly unlock the market.
There is most likely no plans to go back to 1 card a day.


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Before heading out to the field, do a quick check of your tires to ensure they're ready for the job. According to engineering research, proper tire maintenance can improve tractive efficiency (getting axle power to the ground) by up to 10 percent, which can save on fuel and extend the life of your tires.
"We're advising customers to check their tires more often," says Skip Sagar, marketing manager for Titan-Goodyear. He says operators should check air pressures daily and look for any signs of leakage or stalk penetration, which can lead to premature wear or downtime in the field.
Proper air pressure is based on load, and load varies with each implement. So it's important to check inflation pressures every time you change field activities. Proper inflation will maximize the tire footprint, improve traction, reduce tire wear, and increase fuel efficiency.
Titan-Goodyear offers these steps to determine the optimum air pressure for the load:
1) Determine the maximum load you will be carrying for various applications (chisel, disk, planter, etc.). Stop by a local retailer that has a scale and weigh the tractor and implement. If that's not an option, contact your local equipment dealer and ask them to provide the weight of the tractor and implement. Be sure to include additional weights if used and make sure any tanks are full to get the true maximum load on the axle.
2) Calculate the optimum inflation pressure. The Tire and Rim Association of America has established a set of recommendations for setting air inflation based on load. The tables can be accessed on the Internet, from tire manufacturer websites, or by contacting your local independent tire dealer.
Skip Sagar talks about these and other tips on this video, recorded in July at the Agricultural Media Summit in St. Paul, MN.


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Michael (Mike) Koby
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B.A., Biola University, 1988
J.D., Washington College of Law, the American University 1992
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Dorothy Campbell (314) 935-7964
Courses Taught
Legal Practice I: Objective Analysis and Reasoning
Legal Practice II: Advocacy
Introduction to U.S. Law and Method (for LL.M. students)
Lawyering Practice Externship Clinic
Religion and the Constitution
Professor of Practice Michael H. Koby concentrates his teaching and scholarship on legal practice, comparative law, constitutional law, and religion and the law. Former special counsel for the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Commission), he is admitted to practice law in Washington, D.C. and Illinois. In addition to his teaching, he serves as director of the law school's Trial & Advocacy Program and director of the Lawyering Practice Externship in the Clinical Education Program. Professor Koby has presented at legal writing conferences nationally and has lectured in Japan and Spain on the distinctive aspects of U.S. law and legal methodology. He also has addressed the International Law Institute in Washington, D.C., and international and foreign procurement practitioners on the characteristics of common law systems. Professor Koby has published articles in legal journals on such topics as the Constitution and new religious movements, children and online privacy protection, and the U.S. Supreme Court's declining reliance on legislative history. Prior to joining the law faculty, he was a Fulbright Scholar in Spain and practiced law in Washington, D.C., serving as legislative counsel for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.


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Anonymous said...
Instead of just reading the article, I decided to watched the video. And in the video, she talked about how she took off her Tiffany bracelet and left her Coach handbag in her car before hitting the food bank.
Her house is 1000% better than the place I rent. Hardwood floors everywhere. Flat screen plasma in the living room (although CNN tried to angle the camera to not capture it). Black galaxy granite kitchen counters with a giant center island. Stainless steel refrigerator. Custom ceramic appliances. Blue lighting flashing against the teapot.
Ahem ... how about selling the bracelet, selling the coach handbag, selling some of the immaculate possessions they have in their house ... before letting somebody perhaps even harder off at a food bank to pay your utility bill. Incredible.


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Former shoe company exec and former Indiana Mr. Basketball, to speak at Rider fundraiser
The man who signed Larry Bird and Magic Johnson to shoe contracts and a former Indiana Mr. Basketball will be featured speakers at a dinner fundraiser for the St. Marys boys basketball program.
The dinner will be held at the St. Mary's Eagles Lodge on Thursday, Dec. 1. A social hour will start at 6 p.m. with dinner to follow at 7 p.m.
Al Harden, a Converse vice-president during the 1980s and his son Roger Harden, Indiana's 1982 Mr. Basketball and current athletic apparel company owner, will be the featured speakers.
Dan Hegemier, head coach at St. Marys, will also speak about the upcoming Roughrider season.
Tickets for the dinner are $75 apiece, or $130 per couple. Tickets are available by calling Bob Fitzgerald, 419-305-9822 or Tom Menker, 419-953-7395. They are also available at Albert's Sporting Goods. Tickets are limited.


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The members of the Andrews University Corporation met on Sunday, October 16, for their quinquennial session. The primary business of the meeting, commonly known as the constituency meeting, is for members of the corporation to nominate and elect the Board of Trustees (Board), receive reports from administration, and consider any revisions to the corporation bylaws.
The constituents broke into three caucus groups for the purpose of selecting the nominating committee, which would in turn recommend individuals to serve on the Andrews University Board of Trustees for a five-year term.
The nominating committee, made up of 18 representatives plus five ex officio members, nominated 16 new members for election to the Board. Upon acceptance of their positions, these names, as well as those of continuing members, will be available on the Andrews University website at: http://www.andrews.edu/president/board.html. There are a total of 38 members on the Board.
Members also voted a number of non-substantive changes to the bylaws and created an ad hoc constitution and bylaws committee to address issues brought up during the session that would require substantive bylaw changes (including board and constituency composition). Members nominated to this committee were: Garland Dulan, Brent Geraty, Ronald Knott, Harold Lee, Duane McBride, Margaret McFarland, and William Richardson.
An action was taken to call a special constituency meeting to be held around the time of the fall 2006 Board meeting to consider the recommendations of the constitution and bylaws committee. Brent Geraty, the corporation secretary, will call the committee and communicate to constituents how to submit items for consideration.
On Monday the newly-elected Board met in executive session, meaning the trustees met without the university administration. During that time, Niels-Erik Andreasen was re-elected as president of Andrews University. Other officers of the corporation elected during the board meeting are as follows: Brent Geraty, secretary; Merle Bascom, treasurer; and Glenn Meekma, controller. Upon re-election, President Andreasen joined the Board to discuss the remaining agenda items.
Other actions taken by the Board included a review of the administration's budget assumptions for the 2006-2007 school year. The Board also gave authorization for the sale of the auto mechanic building located on Old 31, former home of the auto-tech program, and approved additional long-term borrowing to pay for the new wastewater treatment plant currently under construction.
Faculty and staff appointments were approved by the Board, some of which include:
• Delmus E. Pinkston, III, undergraduate admissions coordinator for enrollment services
• Elynda A. Bedney, director of Student Financial Services
• Justin Jeffery, graphic designer for Enrollment Management
• Glenn "Chip" Meekma, controller
• Kris Knutson, advising services coordinator
• Roderick Church, acting chair, Department of Digital Media and Photography
• Allan Payne, professor of aeronautics; chair, Department of Aeronautical Technology
• Rudolph Bailey, chair, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology
• Ricardo Norton, director of Institute of Hispanic Ministry
• Delmer Davis, professor of English, emeritus
• Stella Greig, director of the Institute of Diversity
• Lionel Matthews, assistant director of the Institute of Diversity
• Julia O'Carey, vice principal of Ruth Murdoch Elementary School, instructor of education
• Rita Seay, principal, Ruth Murdoch Elementary School
Three retirements were also approved:
• R. Ellen Murdick, Aug. 1, 2005, 16 years; Student Financial Services
• William Boomsliter, Sept. 1, 2005, 34 years; Custodial Services
• Esther Tyler, Jan. 1, 2006, 41.5 years; James White Library
The Board will meet again in executive session to finish the election of administration on October 26, 2005 in Washington, D.C.
After the Board was adjourned, a meeting of the members of the Andrews Broadcasting Corporation was called to order and board members were elected.


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Robin van Persie and Luis Suárez embody clubs' contrasting fortunes | Andy Hunter
Manchester United and Liverpool's leading goalscorers' differing form has impacted on their clubs going into Sunday's meeting
It may offend a manager's principles, sting their pride, but it pays to indulge a world class asset. The contrasting fortunes of Luis Suárez and Robin van Persie confirm that ahead of their encounter at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Indicators and explanations are multiple for the dramatic transformations at Manchester United and Liverpool. There is the 40-point swing between the clubs since this time last year, managerial impact and the fact that, for the first time in decades, Liverpool head into enemy territory at the business end of a campaign with something precious at stake while United compete for honour. Or Europa League qualification. The role reversal is encapsulated at an individual level by the Holland and Uruguay strikers. Both top their club's goalscoring chart this season, both have felt compelled to declare contentment with their employers and both should be fuelling expectation at Old Trafford. Only one is.
If it appeared improbable last summer that Suárez would remain part of the Liverpool team, never mind a matured figure inspiring a Premier League title challenge on a new £200,000-a-week contract, then it was inconceivable Van Persie's place in the biggest league game in English football should be in question.
One year ago he had effectively accomplished the championship triumph that Suárez seeks with Liverpool by guiding United to a 15-point lead over closest rivals Manchester City by the end of March. Now he cuts a disaffected, disconnected figure on the pitch and is in danger of losing his starting position to Danny Welbeck. A timely interview for United's official matchday programme, in which Van Persie denied wishing to leave Old Trafford or talk of a "bad understanding" with David Moyes, does not gloss over that.
United could never admit it but there are lessons to be learned from Brendan Rodgers's treatment of Liverpool's brilliant No7. Should Moyes still envisage an integral, long-term role for Van Persie at United, that is.
The United manager offered an arm around the shoulder to Van Persie following his hasty withdrawal from the 3-0 win at West Bromwich Albion last Saturday. The substitution was a necessity after the striker narrowly escaped the second yellow card that would have brought suspension against Liverpool but the 30-year-old responded with a stroppy, disbelieving stroll from the pitch. The reaction, and the underwhelming performance that preceded it, strengthened the argument that Van Persie has since denied in print – namely that the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson, the departure of compatriot René Meulensteen as coach and the style of play under Moyes has provoked deep discontent.
When Van Persie complained of team-mates occupying his spaces after the Champions League defeat to Olympiakos, Dutch national coach Louis van Gaal and Ronald de Boer followed with similar observations about United's football stifling the talent and enjoyment of their £24m signing from Arsenal. Doubts over the striker's satisfaction with United are not a media creation and it must be a source of envy for Van Persie to witness how Rodgers has maximised Suárez's gifts while he searches for answers within Moyes' system.
Liverpool have thrown an arm around Suárez more often and in far more desperate circumstances than Moyes faced at The Hawthorns but, unlike United and Van Persie, their indulgence of the striker extends to the manager's tactics. Rodgers made Suárez the fulcrum of his Liverpool team the moment he arrived at Anfield from Swansea City, making the bold and quick decision to jettison the club's £35m record signing, Andy Carroll, to build around the Uruguayan's penetrating runs, menacing skill and creativity instead.
The result has been a vast improvement in the former Ajax captain's goalscoring return, from 17 goals in 40 appearances in his one full season under Kenny Dalglish to 30 goals in Rodgers' debut campaign and a remarkable 24 goals in 23 league outings this term. The rapid development of Liverpool's attacking threat has allowed Daniel Sturridge to flourish alongside and add 18 league goals this season so far. Playing to Liverpool's obvious strengths in the final third has brought Rodgers's team into title contention and the cusp of a return to the Champions League for the first time since 2009-10. It has also compensated for deficiencies in other departments. United's, by contrast, have continually been exposed.
Dalglish, the last Liverpool manager to attack a vulnerable United from a clear position of strength, cited Van Persie's form ahead of Ferguson's retirement in his assessment of the champions' rapid regression, albeit as an old adversary of Ferguson might. "United won the league by 11 points last year but last year they had Van Persie," he said. "Van Persie has scored a decent amount of goals this year but he has not played in the same number of games as last year and United have not had the same level of performance as they had last year. It is strange to say when you are talking about only one player but if you are not conceding many and you have a striker like Van Persie banging them in up front then you are going to be hard to beat.
"When there is a change of manager sometimes it can be beneficial but I think it would be hard for anyone to see Fergie moving after 27 years, someone else coming in and it being beneficial. But, at the same time, I don't think anyone could have foreseen what is happening there at the moment. And by the way I cannot see Fergie getting any pleasure out of it. I don't think anyone at Manchester United is happy with what is going on. They will try and use the transfer window to rectify it a bit, but it might take them two or three transfer windows to get to where they want to be. And it might be more difficult to sign the players they want if they are not in the Champions League."
Moyes spoke in glowing terms about Van Persie on his first pre-season tour as United manager, putting Wayne Rooney's nose briefly out of joint as an unintended consequence, and injuries have undoubtedly disrupted work on what should be one of the most potent strike partnerships in Europe. Injuries, however, do not account for Van Persie's isolation when he has been fit this season – one that has yielded a creditable 11 goals in 17 league games compared to last year's return of 26 in 38 Premier League appearances – or why his understanding with Rooney has slipped into reverse. Rooney received one pass from Van Persie in the games against Albion and Olympiakos. In Athens, the pass came from the kick off that followed the hosts' opening goal and helped explain the tactical complaint he issued afterwards.
Suárez went public with several and sometimes contradictory grievances when attempting to leave Anfield for Arsenal last summer, including alleged broken promises by his manager, but being marginalised or misused by Rodgers was and could never be one of them. The Liverpool striker also had a club captain in Steven Gerrard willing to listen to his misgivings and able to persuade him to stick around for one more shot at the Champions League. Nemanja Vidic is not in that position having committed himself to Internazionale from next season. Liverpool and Suárez have stability, United and Van Persie do not. How rapidly times change.
After 28 league games last season United had amassed 71 points and Liverpool 42. Ahead of Sunday's north west derby it is 48 and 59 respectively. The tactical indulgence or otherwise of the clubs' leading goalscorers has been instrumental.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 15, 2012) – ETSU women's soccer head coach Adam Sayers announced his third signee for the 2012-13 recruiting class on Wednesday, as Jasmine Elliott (Preston, England) has signed her National Letter of Intent to play next season for the Lady Bucs.
"I am very excited about Jasmine [Elliott] joining us," Sayers said. "She has extensive experience at the international and club level. In addition to being a very good goalkeeper technically, she has always displayed an exemplary attitude and commitment to her career, evidenced by her achievements at club and international level, and the various accolades and recognition she has received. We are thrilled to have her as a part of the team at ETSU."
Elliott comes to ETSU having international playing experience. The English keeper has played in goal for England's U17 national team, earning appearances in phase one and two of the European Championship qualifying stages. She made her U17 national team debut on Oct. 3, 2010, ensuring a shutout against Turkey in a 2-0 England victory. She has seven caps in total for the U17's, and received her first cap for England's U19 team last year against the Republic of Ireland, earning her second cap in a 3-1 win against Holland. In addition to featuring regularly for England, Elliott was also selected for the British Colleges squad in 2011.
At the club level, Elliott has been a member of Blackburn Rovers for the last five years. As a junior goalkeeper at Blackburn, Elliott was named Goalkeeper of the Year at the club's Centre of Excellence and cemented her place as the reserves' number one. In recent seasons, Elliott has made many appearances for both the reserves and the first team, playing several games in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division. Prior to joining Blackburn, Elliott played for Preston North End, enjoying league and cup success. While at Preston, they won the British National Cup, with Elliott being named goalkeeper of the tournament.
Aside from playing, Elliott has put in 300 hours of coaching for the Blackburn Rovers C of E squad, as well as coaching for the Lancashire Schools Football Association. A gifted multi-sport athlete, Elliott was also a member of North of England's U14 basketball team, but chose to pursue soccer.
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I came across an article in the British on-line version of The Guardian, describing a new group called "Atheism+". And, not a very flattering article at that. The Guardian describes the group, in the sub-title to the article, as "A new movement, Atheism+, has prompted non-believers to spit venom at one another rather than at true believers."
I was curious, so I dug a little further. It's reported that the members describe themselves as the Third Wave of atheism, rejecting the New Atheists (Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and Hitchens) as a group. Purportedly based upon humanist ideas, PZ Meyers, in promoting Atheism+, clearly stated that if you don't agree with the groups goals,
...then you're an asshole. I suggest you form your own label, "Asshole Atheists" and own it, proudly. I promise not to resent it or cry about joining it.
I just had a thought: maybe the anti-atheist+ people are sad because they don't have a cool logo. So I made one for the asshole atheists.
Part of the rejection of the New Atheists comes from a founder, one Jennifer McCreight, who stated her critique of the atheist movement is because it includes groups of old, white, men.
Noted atheist Thunderf00t did an article that eviscerates Atheism+, entitled A+ (atheism plus), For A Third Glorious Age of Total Agreement
As to myself, I can't say that I really know that much about it. Maybe what I've read so far is nothing more than unfavorable bias. And, am just wondering if anyone else has heard of this, or knows anything about it.
This is the link to go to Atheism+.
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Les règlements sont faits pour les médiocres et les indécis ; rien de grand ne se fait sans l'imagination.
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"La faute est dans les moyens bien plus que dans les principes"
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I guess I'm a female Asshole...
Yeah, I've heard of it and I'm not much encouraged by it. This guy is presuming to promote HIS values as "Atheism+," and if you don't agree with him, you're an "asshole," which is to say suspect, a non-conformist, not going with the program.
It's been said that organizing atheists is like herding cats, because we all tend to go our own way. Certainly many of us would agree with the list of "virtues" which are spelled out in Atheism+, but I don't think any of us want to have our values dictated to us. Most of us already went through that trip when we were involved in religions, and my suspicion is that going from one form of superimposed dogma to another isn't our cup of orange pekoe.
I'm in favor of human rights, critical thinking, personal responsibility and a lot of other stuff. Do not let that imply in any fashion that I therefore endorse Atheism+.
I don't.
There is an endless list of what humans don't "believe" in (have faith in), and as far as I can see, there aren't any organizations of any consequence built around any of those "disbeliefs".
Humans don't rally behind not believing in something. It's just not human nature. Why should atheists be any different??
That being said, then, I can understand the frustration of the wanna be "activist atheist", but their silly arguments are unseemly, at least to me, and I consider myself somewhat intelligent.
Right now, I'm into "Deep Atheism".
To be honest, I was more than "turned off" by the comment of PZ Meyers, though I don't know that he represents that group as a whole. And not because of the use of the term "asshole." I've used worse.
What bothers me is his apparent stance that "if you don't agree with me, get the f%(k out." Some much for diversity of thought, viewpoint, and consideration of an idea that, while in conflict with your own, may actually have value, if for no other reason than to shed light on and strengthen your own viewpoint.
..."if you don't agree with me, get the f%(k out" sounds wayyyy too much like dogma for my tastes.
Well I'm not a conformist so I don't like being told that I have to agree with everything said.
That kinda reminds me of religion and how they tell you to believe what they tell you to believe and you cannot question them. So I don't think I like this.
I heard of Atheism+ first over youtube, and generally, people in the YT community are poopooing the premise.I can kind of see where they're trying to go with this, but they aren't allowing room for discussion or empathy for opposing views. Treat it like a debate issue and open the forum to discussion, PZ; don't start mudslinging out the gate.I personally don't see the necessity of it and I don't see that there are logical reasons for it. That said, I have done a little bit of reading and come across a nice article on a blog that prettymuch sums it up for me. Please check it out.
Interesting link. My favorite line was actually in the comments:
"PoodlesAugust 27, 2012 12:40 PM
I think some people need and thrive on drama, and if it doesn't come to them, they create it. It's all petty and sad."
That "Some people" is a term that could encompass PZ, Greta, McCreight, and others. So, I don't read them.
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January 26, 2007
It's been awhile since the last entry for stats here. In the news - we've begun using Google Analytics for stats, which is currently reporting an average of 14,447.43 unique visits a day, about 86% being first time guests. According to Alexa, we've just overtaken OCA.org to be the #2 English-language Orthodox site on the internet (traffic rank 195,693) compared to OCA.org's 199,248 and GOARCH's 135,298. Here's a chart, showing OrthodoxWiki's growth over the past three years, overtaking OCA.org (keep in mind a major limitation of Alexa's ranking system, which is that it only counts visitors who have their toolbar installed, so may not be representative):
October 18, 2006
I decided to see how OrthodoxWiki ranks in different search engines. Here are my results: Google - #52, Yahoo - #110, Ask Jeeves (Ask.com) - #48, MSN Live - Not in top 500.
October 2, 2006
The September results are now complete, and I'm happy to announce a new record high. Last month, we had 36,159 unique visitors (by IP address) and 58,586 unique visits. Our Alexa number is up to 211,003 (a three-month average - that's up 60,739), although our ranking for this past week is 165,026. Alexa also reports that 177 sites link to us. Interestingly, their numbers seem to indicate that the Buglarian site is outpacing the English site - 58% vs. 42%! This could reflect also the Alexa userbase - Alexa rankings depend on their toolbar user base and don't necessarily reflect entire web usage. URLTrends reports an estimate of 6,904 unique incoming links.
As of this writing, there are 7,893 total pages in the database, of which 1,842 pages that are probably "real" content pages. There have been a total of 3,377,708 page views, and 40,339 page edits since the wiki was setup. That comes to 5.11 average edits per page, and 83.73 views per edit. We have 1,967 registered users.
OrthodoxWiki has surpassed the Church of Greece (Ecclesia.gr), whose Alexa ranking rose slightly to 277,143. As far as I can tell, by these standards, we are the #3 site on the Internet for Orthodox Christianity - behind OCA.org and GOARCH.org. I suspect there are some Russian-language websites which would beat us out, but I'm not sure. Let me know if you think I've missed anything.
- Arbible points out that if Coptic sites are included, we're up against some stiff competition, e.g.: coptichistory.org (58,569), copticpope.org (65,281), zeitun-eg.org (159,949), and tasbeha.org (193,576).
ROCOR's website (http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws) is currently ranked at 258,105. The Moscow Patriarchate (http://www.mospat.ru) is at 419,695
Search keyphrases for September can be found at OrthodoxWiki:Keyphrases/2006-10-02. 77.5% of our search traffic comes from Google, 12.8% from Yahoo, and 5.8% from Google Images.
How much time did vistors spend on OrthodoxWiki? 65% spent less than 30 seconds, 10.7% spend betweeen 30 seconds and 2 minutes, 6.9% spent between 2 and 5 mins, 7.2% spent between 5 and 15 mins, 3.8% spent between 15 mins and half an hour, 3.6% spent up to an hour, and 2.6% spent over an hour on OrthodoxWiki at one sitting (or at least their browsers did).
84.8% were Microsoft users, 7.1% used a Mac, and 8% used Linux or another operating system. 69.8% used Internet Explorer, 17.4% used Firefox, 4.7% used Safari, and 1.1% used Opera.
In order, our visitors came from: United States. Canada, Australia, European Union, Great Britain, Greece, Switzerland, Norway, Russian Federation, Bulgaria, Germany, China, Netherlands, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, Egypt, Belgium, France, Yugoslavia, Sweden, Romania, Brazil, Finland, Turkey, Japan, South Africa, Philippines, Austria, New Zealand, Denmark, Czech Republic, Spain, Israel, Ireland, Georgia, Poland, India, Macedonia, South Korea, Estonia, Thailand, Lebanon, Hungary, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Taiwan, Indonesia, Mexico, Portugal, Malta, Saudi Arabia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Nigeria, Slovak Republic, Ethiopia, Kuwait, Jordan, Slovenia, Croatia, Argentina, Luxembourg, Chile, Latvia, Guatemala, Iceland, Pakistan, Jamaica, Moldova, Colombia, Iran, Bahrain, Syria, Lithuania, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Malaysia, Sudan, Vatican City State, Gibraltar, Guam (USA), Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Peru, Kazakhstan, Albania, Kyrgyzstan, Gabon, Oman, Armenia, Kenya, Nepal, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Bahamas, Fiji, Ghana, Belarus, Papua New Guinea, Cayman Islands, Vietnam, Dominica, Maldives, Honduras, Tunisia, Cambodia, Gambia, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Togo, Mongolia, Ecuador, Vanuatu, Libya, Zimbabwe, New Caledonia (French), and Macau. (Locations refer to internet domains.)
- None of these statistics, except the Alexa rankings, relate to the Bulgarian-language site.
August 3, 2006
In July, we had 26,885 unique visitors, and 44,398 unique visits. This is up from June, when we had 23,816 unique visitors and 40,477 unique visits.
As of today, we have 7,350 total pages in the database. This includes "talk" pages, pages about OrthodoxWiki, minimal "stub" pages, redirects, and others that probably don't qualify as content pages. Excluding those, there are 1,751 pages that probably count as "legitimate content pages." There have been a total of 2,769,578 page views, and 36,459 page edits since the wiki was setup. That comes to 4.96 average edits per page, and 75.96 views per edit. There are currently 1,723 registered users.
Our Alexa number is now 315,069. In comparison, GOArch.org is 86,314, OCA.org is 134,530, and Antiochian.org is 433,136. Ecclesia.gr is 297,602 and Myriobiblos.gr is 338,797, and OrthodoxInfo.com is 597.500.
May 24, 2006
It's been awhile since the last update. In March 2006, we reached a new high of 24,661 unique visitors and 39,337 visits. In April 2006, we surpassed that with 30,192 unique visitors and 47,021 visits. So far in May, we have had 21,023 unique visitors and 32,640 visits.
We have "1,617 "legitimate content pages." We've had a total of 2,017,961 page views, and 31,679 page edits since the wiki was setup. That comes to 4.74 average edits per page, and 63.70 views per edit. Our Alexa ranking is now 310,415. We now have 1,441 registered users. There is no doubt that OrthodoxWiki's popularity continues to grow and grow.
February 3, 2006
During the month of January, we had 21,171 unique visitors and 35,239 total visits. This is a new record for OrthodoxWiki. Keep up the good work everyone! As of today, we have about 1,400 "legitimate content pages." We've had a total of 1,087,564 page views, and 26,020 page edits since the wiki was setup. That comes to 4.45 average edits per page, and 41.80 views per edit. Our Alexa ranking is now 359,870 and continues to ascend rapidly. We now have 910 registered users.
January 1, 2006
We are beginning the new year off with approximately 1,345 content pages and 756 registered users. We've had 860,392 page views, and 24,162 page edits since the wiki was setup. In December, 2005, we had 17990 unique vistors, down slightly from last month.
Our Alexa ranking is now 422,224, which is up 40,337 from the last update.
Mysteriously, we are showing over 5500 page loads from the FAA. Does one of our active members work there?
Top keywords (with over twenty search engine referrals) for December are: philokalia (120), nativity icon (94), david bentley hart (63), filioque (44), protoevangelion (39), icon corners (37), theotokos (36), protoevangelion of james (36), sarum rite (35), kontakion (34), orthros (32), byzantine chant (29), icon corner (28), st. basil s cathedral (25), and french saints (22).
December 3, 2005 Update
For the month of November, we had 18985 unique visitors. That's up a little from last month. We're up to 1275 articles and 641 registered users.
October 27, 2005 Update
OrthodoxWiki is almost a year old!
It's been awhile since we've had an update on OrthodoxWiki's web stats. I was happily suprised to find an exponential increase in traffic.
Through the month of October, we've been averaging about 1200 unique visits a day -- that's how many we used to get in a whole month.
As of today, we've had 12975 unique visitors, averaging 2.23 visits each, and 11.53 pages. About 70% stayed less than two minutes, but more than 10% stuck for more than an hour.
The top 25 countries represented (according to internet reckoning) are (in order): United States, Great Britain, Australia, Unknown, European Union, Canada, China, Germany, Greece, Romania, Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Egypt, France, Singapore, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Japan, Denmark, Russian Federation, New Zealand, and Hong Kong.
More of our referral traffic (excluding search engine traffic) is still coming from blog sites, with various Orthodox link directories making a nice showing.
Other facts you might find interesting:
- 90% of folks accessing OrthodoxWiki are using some kind of Windows system, with 244 hits coming from "Windows Codename Longhorn." 6.3% are from Mac users, and 3.4% for all others, including 0.8% for Linux.
- 73.1% of people are using some variation of Internet Explorer, 13.1% Firefox, 1.6% Netscape, 4.9% Mozilla, 4.2% Safari, and 0.7% Opera.
- Though still a very small number, more hits are beginning to show up from cell phones and PDA's.
- Monday and Tuesday beat out Saturday and Sunday as the most trafficked days.
- The Main Page is most frequently landed on, and the List of American monasteries is number two, but Harold of England beats out John Chrysostom for third place.
From Special:Statistics
As of this moment, there are 4,631 total pages in the database. This includes "talk" pages, pages about OrthodoxWiki, minimal "stub" pages, redirects, and others that probably don't qualify as content pages. Excluding those, there are 1,164 pages that are probably legitimate content pages.
There have been a total of 505,495 page views, and 17,464 page edits since the wiki was setup. That comes to 3.77 average edits per page, and 28.94 views per edit.
There are 475 registered users, of which 11 (2.32%) are administrators.
Feb-April 2005 Updates
With the spike in content over the past month, OrthodoxWiki has experienced a marked rise in visitors from various search engines, especially Google. Some of the more interesting search queries can be found at OrthodoxWiki:Keyphrases. At this point, we're also averaging well over 1500 unqiue visits a month, from at least 50 countries around the world including every continent except Antarctica. As of early February, the top five countries are: the U.S., Austrailia, the Russian Federation, Greece, and Great Britain. Stats for the wiki itself are available at here.
- As of March 26th, it looks like we are averaging 200 unique visits a day, which is about 6000 a month. That's a great increase! We're up to 455 articles now.
- As of April 23rd, we're averaging about 300 visits a day.


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Ab initio description of double and charge transfer excitations: from solvable models to complex systems
In double excitations not only one but two electrons are excited. While this concept is strictly only defined for non-interacting electrons one can identify excitations with a large double excitation character also for interacting systems. In a charge-transfer excitation the excited electron is localized in a different part of the system than before the excitation, i.e. the charge is transfered from one part of the system to another part.
In the endeavor for an ab initio understanding of the electronic structures of complex physical systems, double and charge transfer excitations are both receiving increasing attention due to their possible technological relevance. The former are involved in many ultra-fast processes which are now experimentally accessible while the latter are believed to be essential in explaining complex processes involved in photosynthesis.
The challenges to describe double and charge-transfer excitations within a density-functional framework are related since both require a functional which is non-local in space and time. Especially the non-locality in time, i.e. a frequency dependence, is missing from currently available functionals.
Within this project we will develop a frequency-dependent density functional which will enable us to describe both double and charge-transfer excitations. Moreover, as an alternative approach we will employ reduced density-matrix functional theory, which has proven to be capable of solving many long-standing problems in density-functional theory. The properties of all functionals will
be derived from exact calculations for one and two-dimensional model systems where the interacting Schrödinger equation can be solved without approximations for a small number of particles.


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"Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ Breaks Midnight Opening Record
Jul 15, 2011
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"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ is on track to break several box office records this weekend, and according to Variety, it already has a major one under its belt.
The eighth and final Harry Potter film grossed $43.5 million in midnight screening sales in just the U.S. last night in more than 3,800 locations. This makes it the highest grossing midnight release, beating the previous record-holder "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."
"What an incredible beginning for the movie that ends it all," said
Warner domestic distribution prexy Dan Fellman. "Everyone at Warner
Bros. joins me in congratulating the many people behind the 'Harry
Potter' films. We know this is just the start of what promises to be an
astounding weekend and a magical summer."
Internationally, "Part 2″ has grossed $82.5 million in just two days and also broke IMAX records for a midnight screening with sales of $2 million.


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Kimberly's "Royal, Mustard and Berry" Room
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- The room was originally yellows and grays but painting the walls nearly black was all it took to start adding bright pops in a primary palette. I added the Chiang Mai Dragon fabric to plain lamp shades and painted the canvas to tie it all together.
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- Dark slate for the walls, mustard yellow, deep red and royal blue.
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Midweek Sourdough
I've been refining the technique for making sourdough during the working week so that it's out of the oven in time for dinner. It's going pretty well now, and I'm regularly turning out loaves that I'm really pleased with.
It starts off the evening before, when I put 100g of sourdough starter and 200g strong white flour and 200g water into a tub, give it a mix and put the lid on to mature overnight ar room temperature. It seems that the longer I mature this levain, the more of a distinctive sourdough tangy quality shows up in the final loaf, but I'm not 100% sure of this. At the same time, I put 300g of strong white flour and 9g salt in a separate dry tub, just to save time next morning, and 100g water in a third container. Sometimes I use 100g wholemeal spelt or a bit of Kamut instead of some of the white flour, or I might toast some hemp seeds, crush them and put them with the dry flour for tomorrow.
Next morning.
07:00. The levain in the tub is nice and bubbly. I tip in the dry tub of 300g flour and 9g salt, plus the little tub of 100g water, then it gets a good mix for a minute or so, the lid goes back on and I go and shower.
07:15. The dough has developed a little. I tip it out onto the board and stretch and pull each corner of the dough up and into the middle as though forming a parcel. This goes on for a minute or so then I flip it over and form a round by scooping my hands half under it and pulling it toward me so the friction of the work surface pulls the surface of the dough taut. This takes about a minute and a half. I cover it with a bowl and get my breakfast.
07:30. The dough has relaxed a bit.
I flip it over and repeat the parcel-forming pulling and stretching then flip it again and form a round. This takes about a minute. The bowl goes on to cover it again and I go and get dressed.
07:45. The dough has more structure now.
Flip, pull, stretch, form a round, cover. This takes less than a minute. I finish getting ready for work.
08:00. Now the structure is more apparent. For the fourth time, I flip the dough, stretch and fold, form a round and now it's looking really taut and elastic.
I flour my proving basket and put in the dough, top side down, dust with a little semolina and put it in a big ziplock plastic bag, then into the fridge. Off to work.
19:00. 11 hours later the dough has nicely risen in the fridge. Not so much this time as it often does, but it will be OK.
I put the oven on to heat for 20 minutes at 230C with the cast iron combo cooker in the oven.
19:20. I dust the skillet of the combo cooker with semolina and tip the dough into it then slash it, put on the lid of the combo cooker and put it in the oven.
This seals in all the steam that would otherwise be lost, and prevents the crust from forming for the first 20 minutes so as to allow the maximum expansion of the dough.
19:40. I take the lid off, so that the crust can form. When the lid comes off, a cloud of steam escapes and the loaf is fully formed, though pale and soft.
Back in the oven. I usually turn it after another ten minutes so that it's evenly browned.
20:00. Finished. Out it comes and onto a rack to cool for at least 30 minutes.
I love the craggy, caramelised crust produced when using the combo cooker. You can hear the crust crackling as it cools.
It's a really nice loaf with a good shape, nice sourdough taste, but not the most tangy I've had, and a good, moist, open crust but without too many impractical big air holes. This is bread for sandwiches and I don't want everything to fall out.
The starter is one which was given to me on a training day at a Hackney bakery. I feed it with equal quantities of filtered water and stoneground wholemeal rye and I keep it in the fridge.
The technique works well for me and I can keep up the sourdough production during the working week, though only because of my leisurely one-hour pre-work routine.


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Scarface (UK - BD)
Marcus didn't get this scar eating pineapple so stick it up your toilet...
Tony Montana (Al Pacino) is a bad seed. A Cuban refugee with a taste for violence and a hunger to take over his world. Leaving his small time life behind him and joining Miami drug dealer Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia) Montana soon gets a hunger for more and takes over the business and everything else that comes with it but once you've got the money, the power and the women, the only thing left is someone to try and take it away from you.
Scarface is deemed a classic but it's one I've never really gotten on board with. Don't get me wrong Al Pacino's central performance is pretty incredible and watching his character grow really does have its moments with Pacino delivering some of his best work but I find the movie itself pretty dull if I'm honest. Sitting down to watch it for this new Blu-ray edition, I did my best to go in with an open mind and had the thin hope that this HD release would do what VHS and DVD previously had failed to do and win me over to the much loved gangster epic.
Well within half an hour I was getting the same old feelings I have for Scarface. Aly Patch is great to watch as Tony. He's ballsy, over confident and everything a little tyrant needs to be and more and somehow in a movie very much of its era he feels like a timeless character who's as relevant today as he was then. However it's the world he's in that doesn't hold up. Everyone around him feels dated and I can't believe even for a second that the nightclub they go to would ever have been deemed 'gangster' enough to hang out in. Somehow this is all too much to make me believe the darkness of Tony's world even at his most batshit crazy. There's something about the bad score, bad styles, some hokey acting from the supporting cast and surpringly loose script form Oliver Stone that feels a bit flat and hard to connect with for me. Any chemistry that may exist between Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino is blown apart by the weird combination of bad music and odd dancing happening in their first real conversation but what baffles me the most is just how revered Tony Montana is both in and out of the film.
I can see the appeal for the epic almost Shakespearian story of Tony Montana as it's full of passion and greed with violence that's so over the top it's great (in places) but as a character to aspire to, Tony Montana loses me. There are so many more gangster characters out there that shine brighter than Montana. Al Pacino's Michael Corleone from The Godfather series seems a most obvious one to go with or the lion's share of characters in Goodfellas, yet somehow this Scarface character has become an icon of the gangster lifestyle and he's the most cartoon like in my mind and not all that good at what he does. If anything Tony Montana's tale is how to do it the wrong way (if there is indeed a 'right' way) . He's sloppy, has more luck than genuine achievements and even though the story of 'having everything usually leaves you with nothing of any real worth' is played out in most gangster movies, Tony feels like he never really had much to begin with, so when he loses it all it feels quite deserving as opposed to devastating.
I don't know, all of this is probably sounding mental to all the Scarface die hards out there but this is one that just doesn't click with me and carrying on airing my luke warm feelings for Scarface seems a bit redundant given the knowledge that I'm probably in a minorty, so I guess we should move on to the how this 'classic' has been handled with this Blu-ray release...
Scarface arrives on Blu-ray with mixed results. When the transfer looks good, it can provide well textured, detailed and quite strikingly coloured images. Close ups of Tony in the first half of the film reveal every bead of sweat from surviving a chainsaw attack as well as from cooking and cleaning on a street corner. Later in the film Tony's black, red and gold office pops off the screen and feels bright. The same can be said for the strong sunset scenes with the deep black foregrounds bathed in the peachy light of the sky. You can see the HD upgrade all over these scenes however all of these elements are few and far between because as a whole this Scarface HD presentation is inconsistent and frankly not all that impressive.
For starters skin tones can range from perfection to over cooked and in a small minority of scenes even waxy. Reds feel a little too ramped up and can often trip over to feeling more orange or pinky. In cooler coloured scenes these iffy reds can feel totally overpowering and can make a well dressed set look drab in comparison. Also the image can often times feel a tad too dark, serving up a fairly grubby looking image when mixed with the grain. Wide shots are so soft and blurry it can sometimes feel like you're watching a movie in 3D and the sporadic nature of how the quality differs can change three or four times in a scene, or like in the case of the red lit scenes in Frank's office, just plain bad.
Scarface on Blu-ray isn't all bad and has extended periods where you get used to the look and appreciate the benefits HD has brought to the movie, especially in regards to making scenes feel a little less flat as they were on DVD but when comparing this mish mash of a transfer to a modern movie or even older movies that have been treated well, it's hard to stay positive here as this feels like a bit of a mess.
I'll say up front that I hate everything about the Scarface score and soundtrack. For me it undermines a lot of what's meant to be so enthralling or dark about Tony's world but on this DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 track, it's by far the strongest element. From the opening scenes giving us a backstory on the Cubans, the terrible score fills the room with fantastic effect. Every channel feels full of power and the subtle sonics in the rear speakers add a whole lot of weight. This remains consistent throughout and everything from club scenes (worst club with the worst excuse for 'entertainment' ever by the way) and the 'Take it to the Limit' montage really brings the track to life, which is lucky because the dialogue really doesn't.
The moment we jump to Tony being interrogated the dialogue feels confined, much lower than the music elements and a little muffled (though I guess a big part of that is down to the accents as well, man). Paying closer attention, the dialogue barely escapes from the centre speaker and once in a while I found myself fiddling with the settings to make the dialogue stronger or turning it back down when the music or extremely strong machine guns kicked off. Other than the balance issues, the mix seemed pretty good with a handful of atmospheric effects creeping in well from time to time. It's not all that dynamic but it does have a fair bit of power, especially in the explosive finale, so while it's far from perfect it has its moments for sure.
The making of, 'Scarface Phenomenon' (38:34 HD) is great, outside of the distinct lack of Al Pacino or any of the main cast. It's a mix of those involved with the project (De Palma and Producer Martin Gregman being the biggest guns), film critics, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill as well as writers and filmmakers including Eli Roth. It gives a great overview of the movie's growth since its release and there's plenty of bigging up how good the movie is. So now with my feeling aired about not being all that bothered with the film I feel even more like I don't get it.
The Deleted Scenes (22:29 SD) are in pretty rough quality and feel distinctly unfinished but there's lots to see that extended the movie a bit. 'The World of Tony Montana' (11:38 SD) feels like it's part of a clip show with a government agency and cops telling us what Miami was like and how well the movie depicts it.
The next batch of features is the old DVD making of cut down into segments. 'The Rebirth' (10:08 SD) features a few clips from the original black and white Scarface and the road to creating the remake. 'The Acting' (15:05 SD) focuses more on the actors and their work. ' The Creating' (29:35 SD) is the main body of the original making of and provides the fullest look at the movie.
'The Making of Scarface: The Video Game' (12:05 SD) is a deliriously out of date look at the old game and wrapping up (and incidentally the jewel in the crown of any Scarface release for me) is the 'TV Version' (02:48) which has the amazing cleaner lines used for the TV cut. More discs should feature this stuff as they never fail to raise a smile. "This town is like a great big chicken waiting to get plucked".
As for U Control, we get a Scarface F bomb Counter and shots fire counter as well as some picture in picture stuff which is just the small snippets of the discs extras repeated all over again but specific to scenes, albeit with a few extra bits here and there
So now as I've officially outted myself as non Scarface fan, I can say that while the movie looks better than it did on DVD, the inconsistent nature of this Blu-ray release is pretty underwhelming. It has its moments for sure (mainly in the audio) but as a whole I'd call this more bad than good and fans of good clean modern movies who visit the movie for the first time might wonder what the deal is. Saying that, fans should have a lot of positives to take from it even if you'll all know there's still room for improvements. As for the features, there's nothing all that new and the package (in its many variations) seems a little cobbled together as opposed to feeling like a celebration of the much loved movie.
* Note: The below images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Marcus Doidge
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 6th September 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 English, DTS 2.0 Stereo English, DTS 2.0 Mono Spanish, DTS 2.0 Mono French
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Extras: Making of, Featurettes, U Control PiP
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Brian DePalma
Cast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Genre: Crime and Drama
Length: 170 minutes
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A junior doctor from Northern Ireland and two Phd students were among four people killed in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands, police said.
According to Sky News, Una Finnegan, 25, from Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, who had been working in Edinburgh as a junior doctor, Christopher William Bell, 24, from Blackpool, Lancashire, who was studying for a Phd in ocean mapping in Oban and Tom Chesters, 28, who was living in Leeds, a Phd student at Hull University, were killed while walking near Glencoe on Saturday, Northern Constabulary confirmed.
A 24-year-old woman from the Durham area remains in critical condition in hospital, Sky News reports.
A second woman was also killed in the accident, although her next of kin have asked for her name to be withheld until her extended family have been informed.
Another man survived the avalanche, but has asked for his name to be withheld.
The party of six were walking on the Bidean Nam Bian mountain when they were swept 1,000ft to their deaths on Saturday afternoon.
Five people in total were engulfed in a wall of ice and snow and sent hundreds of feet down the mountain.
A major search operation involving mountain rescue teams and police dogs was launched and the four bodies were found under the snow.
The Newsletter reports that Nicola Madden, vice-principal of Dalriada School in Ballymoney, said the precocious former pupil, Una Finnegan, would be badly missed.
"She was bright, bubbly, talented, an amazing student, and academically she was brilliant, one of the top students," she said.
Ms Finnegan, who secured nine A*s and one A in her GCSEs in 2004, was involved in the Duke of Edinburgh scheme (hillwalking for young people) at the school, along with her twin sister, and that led to a love of the mountains and outdoors, Ms Madden added.
She was inspired to become a doctor after attending a humanitarian mission to Moldova in eastern Europe and meeting medics there, the senior teacher said.
The alarm was initially raised by two other climbers not in the stricken party after they found one of the victims lying in the snow.
The sole male survivor then contacted police to say more people were missing.
Rev Moira Herkes told the congregation: "We include in our prayers thoughts for the deceased in yesterday's tragic accident on the mountain and their families.
"Somehow life must continue. We accept the challenges of nature as part of our living."
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said: "This is an appalling tragedy and our immediate thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who have been lost.
"To lose four people from a party of six is truly devastating."
According to the Newsletter, Ms Finnegan's father Dr Owen Finnegan was a well-respected heart and chest consultant at the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine. Following in her father's footsteps she studied medicine at Newcastle University and took her masters in anthropology of health and illness in Edinburgh, where she continued to live.
Ms Finnegan won a shield for debating at school and was deeply interested in politics, with a Rotary Club award taking her to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Ms Madden added.
Independent Stormont MLA for the Coleraine area David McClarty, who knows the victim's father, said: "This is just such a tragedy to be visited upon this family."


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Spring Training Festival returns to celebrate America's love affair with baseball
In America's love affair with baseball, Scottsdale's Spring Training Festival is like the season's first kiss.
The festival takes place from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, on the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall.
Admission is free to this award-winning event that combines the past, the present and the future of baseball in fun and unique ways.
The past comes to life through an historic memorabilia collection from the Arizona Spring Training Experience and Cactus League Hall of Fame.
The present is celebrated by Scottsdale's two "home teams" – the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks. The teams will host fun, family-friendly interactive exhibits, sell tickets to upcoming spring training games and provide a variety of other information about the upcoming season.
Representatives from other Cactus League cities also will be on hand.
Visitors can take a glimpse into baseball's future through Science of Baseball interactive experiments and exhibits put together by the Arizona SciTech Festival.
A number of MLB Hall-of-Famers will be at the festival to sign autographs and reminisce with fans, courtesy of the Fergie Jenkins Foundation.
But this year's lineup doesn't end there. The festival also includes a rock music showcase sponsored by Rock 'n Roll High School and the Cactus League Hot Dog Showdown, a taste competition featuring some of the Valley's finest and most unique ballpark food.
A variety of other sports-themed exhibits, plus food and merchandise vendors round out what is sure to be a grand-slam way to celebrate the start of another Cactus League season.
All proceeds after expenses will go to The Miracle League of Arizona, a non-profit Scottsdale organization dedicated to providing a safe, successful and enjoyable baseball experience for children, teens and adults with disabilities or special health care needs.
Learn more about The Miracle League of Arizona at www.mlaz.org.
For more information on the Spring Training Festival, visit: www.SpringTrainingFestival.com.


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Marian Millican, 83, entered into rest on March 19, 2013, at Granby House, Granby, following a lengthy illness.
Marian Millican, 83, entered into rest on March 19, 2013, at Granby House, Granby, following a lengthy illness.
She was born Nov. 27, 1929, in Marshall, Texas, to Eugene and Laura (Odom) Wiley.
Marian was a long time resident of the area. She was a homemaker to her family, loved to paint, garden, and travel. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Cassville.
Marian married Jessie Charles Millican on Feb. 6, 1946, in Yuma, Ariz., and he preceded her in death on July 11, 1982.
She was also preceded in death by her parents; and brother, Richard Wiley.
She is survived by her children, Laura Tillman and husband, James, Neosho, Jessie Ray Millican and wife, Sandra, Seguin, Texas; grandchildren, Elizabeth Mentzer, Aundrea Petty, Rebekah Chandler, Adam Tillman, Danny Tillman; 12 great-grandchildren; brothers, Robert Wiley and wife, Carol, Bryan Wiley and wife, Becky; sisters, Sandy Head and husband, Ernie, Chris Brown, and Cathy Hopkins and husband, Roland.
The body has been cremated and memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, at Clark Funeral Home Chapel of Memories Neosho. Interment of the cremains will be held at a later date.
Contributions in memory of Marian may be made to the American Cancer Society c/o Clark Funeral Home P.O. Box 66 Neosho, 64850.
Arrangements are under the direction of Clark Funeral Home, Neosho.
Online condolences may be posted at www.clarkfuneralhomes.com.