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Papers and presentations are now being accepted for the
Black Hat Europe 2006 Briefings.
Papers and requests to speak will be received and reviewed from now until 1 January 2006.
The Europe 2006 Briefings will be held from 2-3 March 2006.
Black Hat Europe 2006 Call For Papers
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Tom Vilsack, U.S. agriculture secretary, said the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 requires the USDA to establish nutrition standards for all food sold in schools -- beyond the federally-supported school meals programs.
"Parents and teachers work hard to instill healthy eating habits in our kids, and these efforts should be supported when kids walk through the schoolhouse door," Vilsack said in a statement. "Providing healthy options throughout school cafeterias, vending machines and snack bars will complement the gains made with the new, healthy standards for school breakfast and lunch."
The "Smart Snacks in School" proposed rule, scheduled to be published in the Federal Register, is the first step in the process to create national standards. The new proposed standards draws on recommendations from the Institute of Medicine, existing voluntary standards already implemented and healthy food and beverage offerings already available in the marketplace.
The proposed rule calls for:
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Kentucky State University building on its legacy of achievement as a historically black liberal arts and 1890 land-grant university affords access to and prepares a diverse student population of traditional and non-traditional students to compete in a multifaceted ever-changing global society by providing student-centered learning while integrating teaching research and service through high-quality undergraduate and select graduate programs. Kentucky State University is committed to keeping relevant its legacy of service by proactively engaging the community in partnerships on civic projects driven by the objective of positively impacting the quality of life of the citizens of the Commonwealth.
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I thought some of you might like this: 2 or 3 years ago I recorded my own version of the entire Aimee Mann album - all 14 songs.
It's rough and tumble, but some songs turned out quite nicely. And it's one of my favourite albums (from back in the day when I thought that Aimee Mann was going to be the new (female) Elvis Costello )
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Jason Collins Comes Out
NBA player becomes first openly gay man in North American major league sports
On Monday morning Jason Collins penned a first-person essay that was released in Sports Illustrated coming out as the first active player and openly gay man in one of the four major sports leagues of North America.
While the chatter about breaking the barrier for sexual orientation has focused on the possibility of four NFL players, Collins said, "I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport ... if I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I'm raising my hand." By taking this mantle up for himself, Collins has both inspired people and courted controversy, even if some people see that as not totally justified.
The NBA family, at least those who have spoken out publicly, have done an admirable job welcoming this news into their lives. There are certainly going to be more opinions, though, whether they get expressed or not, that fall into the category of fear or disdain. In fact, just earlier this month, Phil Jackson, seen by many in the NBA as one of the most open-minded individuals, spoke out in a manner that was very difficult to understand. Was Jackson dismissing the possibility of the disdain that individual would face?
With so much regarding the gay population of America in turmoil these days and a Supreme Court case to be decided this summer, there's a lot to be said about stepping out into a leadership position on this issue. There will be no lessening when it comes to these kinds of issues, only an intensification. The quicker that individuals can set themselves up as leaders, the easier it will be for the next domino to fall.


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Industrial Ethernet: SERCOS III
The use of Industrial Ethernet as the communications backbone for manufacturing automation continues to grow, driven by demand from both end-user manufacturers and OEMs. The increasing number of control components, actuators and sensors, as well as complex motion and control requirements on many high-volume manufacturing platforms creates increasing performance, throughput and stability challenges for manufacturing control networks. In addition, many enterprises seek a common communications architecture "from the office to the factory floor," and TCP/IP over Ethernet is the office/commercial data communications protocol and transport layer most commonly used.
Initially, specialized fieldbus systems were used for simplified networking of machine drives, I/O, PLCs and other devices, but fast Ethernet technology replaces these systems, and offers a number of advantages:
- Ethernet is a recognized, future-proof technology;
- Offers high-speed data throughput 10 to 100 times faster than fieldbus solutions;
- Use of standard components (CAT5e hardened cabling, connectors, etc.) eliminates more costly proprietary technology, offers cost-effective, widely available product;
- Flexible, compatible automation solutions based on a global standard; and
- Enables consistent IT implementation stretching from the office to the machine level.
These enable Ethernet to provide communications with high throughput and low costs. Ethernet is not designed to provide deterministic, real-time communications and synchronization of machine axes and devices. Basic I/O control over Ethernet is relatively straightforward; efficient coordinated motion control is not.
Standard TCP/IP communication is designed to allow large files to be transmitted across a network in segments, guaranteeing delivery through timeouts and retransmissions. Some attempts to enable real-time motion control through industrial Ethernet tried to overcome this by adding a new protocol to the Ethernet stack. This approach has proved bandwidth intensive, limiting the number of nodes that can be networked when fast cycle times are required, and also requiring special switches in the network to support the determinism required for multi-axis synchronization and motion control.
The SERCOS III industrial Ethernet platform combines SERCOS I and II interfaces, optimized for high-speed motion control, with the stability, cost-effectiveness and widespread acceptance of the Ethernet physical layer.
SERCOS III provides hard real-time for motion control
SERCOS stands for Serial Real-time Communications System, a digital motion control bus that interconnects drives, motion controls, I/O, sensors and actuators for numerically controlled machines and systems. Launched in the 1990s, it is used in more than 2.5 million real-time nodes in thousands of applications, for automation with high requirements for dynamics and precision.
SERCOS III is the open, IEC-compliant third-generation SERCOS interface providing real-time Industrial Ethernet. It overcomes the wasted bandwidth of some other TCP/IP-based Ethernet bus solutions, because it is based on Ethernet frames, defining a new, registered EtherType for SERCOS. This enables persistent, bi-directional motion control communications in real-time between all drives and the motion control, plus rich I/O communication capabilities, while also enabling all conventional protocols (TCP/IP, UDP and others) to be transmitted over the same Ethernet network efficiently in parallel with SERCOS real-time communication.
For OEMS and end-users, SERCOS III offers:
- Cycle times as low as 31.25 microseconds;
- High speed: SERCOS III uses the speed of Fast Ethernet (100 Mb/s);
- Support for either line or ring topologies; in addition, hierarchical, synchronized and real-time coupled network structures can be implemented;
- Bumpless cable break recovery in ring mode;
- Advanced cross communications – both slave-to-slave, and controller-to-controller (sometimes called Machine-2-Machine);
- Capable of hot-plugging devices and network segments – adding machine or line components to a network with synchronization up and running, without having to reset the network or cycling power; and
- Support for safety functions up to SIL3 according to IEC 61508.
Using the protocol for drive and control systems improves flexibility and performance for manufacturers, systems engineers and machine builders. SERCOS III merged hard real-time motion control messaging mechanisms with the Ethernet physical layer and protocol. A collision-free real-time channel with improved protocol efficiency transmits the motion control messages defined by SERCOS; independent of this real-time channel, a parallel channel (time slot) can carry all other Ethernet messages and IP-based protocols such as TCP/IP and UDP/IP.
This approach means the SERCOS III network remains open to any other Ethernet protocol during non-real-time periods; alternative Industrial Ethernet architectures, in certain cases, "take over" the bus to obtain maximum possible speed, which has the effect of preventing other protocols from sharing the network, or tunneling their telegrams within the Industrial Ethernet telegram which usually fragments the message. Tunneling also prevents other protocols from using the network if the real-time system is not operating, blocking communication for troubleshooting and information retrieval.
SERCOS III communication is based on standardized parameter sets to control device functions, such as torque control, velocity control, position control, etc. When the manufacturing line or machine's network is initialized, the parameters that make up the real-time data set on the device channel are defined in the configuration. This tight, hardware-dependant synchronization, which is characteristic of all SERCOS interface generations, provides fundamental efficiencies in processing motion sequences across the network, making machines more efficient to design, build, and operate.
Multi-axis distributed control
Machine designers want to put more speed, performance, and complex motion profiles into multi-axis automation, which can place punishing demands on PLC-based centralized control architectures. SERCOS III was designed specifically to support a more efficient distributed control architecture. Distributed control improves machine flexibility by moving processing power and decision-making from the CNC or motion control down into the drives and sensors.
SERCOS III is well-suited for distributed control because it supports the placement of axis-dependant control functions, such as loop closures, interpolation and registration in the drives, not only in the motion controller – giving the machine designer the option of having motion controllers concentrate on motion control profiles and tool paths independent of the axes.
SERCOS III also supports centralized control. With a minimum cycle time of 31.25 µs because of the greater bandwidth of the Ethernet physics, it is possible to implement both distributed control drive concepts, with all control loops closed in the drive, or centralized signal processing concepts where only the current loop is closed in the drive and all other loops are handled by the motion controller. SERCOS III is the only high-performance automation network that supports centralized and distributed drive concepts.
Cross-communications capabilities
For high-performance deterministic motion control, the typical architecture (including the SERCOS I and II interfaces) uses a master-slave communications path: If a drive is a slave of (that is, follows) another drive's velocity, the information must travel from the master drive to the control, and then to the slave drive. With SERCOS III, drive-to-drive cross communications is enabled: drives can communicate with one another without adding time delays and control processor overhead by going through the master.
This concept has been extended to support controller-to-controller (C2C) or machine-2-machine communication. The automation industry has long sought a standard solution to connect multiple motion controls together for synchronized applications, other than the traditional method: encoder signals and parallel I/O, which adds hardware and processing costs. SERCOS III provides a standardized method for exchanging controller-level synchronization information, allowing multiple machines to be linked and adding to the modularity of any machine or production line that implements SERCOS III – a benefit for today's manufacturers that may need to expand or reconfigure production platforms in response to fast-changing market conditions.
Enhanced reliability
In today's 24/7 world of highly competitive manufacturing, minimizing machine or production downtime is crucial. SERCOS III is engineered to enhance reliability by supporting either line topologies (all devices connected in a series to a master) or ring configurations: SERCOS III devices feature a second Ethernet port to support an additional cable. When a cable is connected between the two ends of a line network, SERCOS automatically initiates dual counter-rotating telegrams across the ring network.
This improves fault tolerance by supporting redundant data transfer: In case of a break at any point in the ring, the SERCOS III protocol automatically switches over to a dual-line structure. This "bumpless" recovery is "nearly" instantaneous: recovery occurs in 25 µs, less than one cycle.
This redundancy offers machine-users an additional advantage: "hot" replacement or installation of devices during machine operation, without requiring machine shutdown or cycling of power – allowing systems to be designed that continue operating using the new configuration and hardware.
Investment protection
SERCOS III offers an open architecture, with over 30 drive manufacturers and over 50 controller companies supporting SERCOS (20 drive manufacturers and nearly 30 control companies now supporting SERCOS III), it gives machine builders and end-users confidence that selecting the protocol will not box them into a limited bus architecture that could impact long-term costs and platform flexibility. It is also fully backwards compatible with SERCOS I and II bus architectures, for increased interoperability with existing systems.
SERCOS is an open approved international standard for real-time communications (IEC 61491) and the SERCOS III real-time Ethernet protocol is part of IEC 61158 and IEC 61784. SERCOS specifications are non-proprietary and published. Experts from SERCOS working groups (who contribute to national and international standards organizations) respond new market conditions. SERCOS is the only fieldbus to support technical working groups in North America and Europe, providing the opportunity to influence the standards development based on local needs.
In addition, SERCOS III uses standard Ethernet physical layer technology, which is proven, widely available and provides cost-effective hardware implementation, and can help keep operational costs down (spare parts, repairs, maintenance) during machine lifecycles.
Universal hard real-time industrial Ethernet
A real-time, non-proprietary communications solution with the robust performance and cost-effective value of Ethernet has long been a goal in the world of industrial automation – and SERCOS III offers an open, feature-rich platform to fulfill that vision. For today's high-bandwidth multi-axis manufacturing systems, SERCOS III provides:
- Guaranteed hard real-time synchronous data exchange between controls and devices;
- Direct communications between devices or controllers;
- Redundant ring topology for the highest machine uptime;
- A common Ethernet-based platform for consistent networks across the enterprise, from the machine to the front office; and
- A universal bus for the entire spectrum for industrial automation applications.
Scott Hibbard is vice president technology, Bosch Rexroth Corp., available at email@example.com.
– Also read:
SERCOS III testing system ensures interoperability; and
High Performance Industrial Networks.
– Edited by Mark T. Hoske, Control Engineering, www.controleng.com


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Might as well name every female rescue dog "Bella". The Twilight craze and the on/off screen chemistry between the characters "Bella" and "Edward" must have something to do with this. No matter how original or exotic a canine moniker, the new owner is going to change your selection to "Bella." It would be easier just to call every female dog- "Bella 1"; "Bella 2"; "Bella 3." After all, no mortal can compete with the power of vampires.
I haven't fallen under the Twilight spell, and know little about the saga. The children's book Bunnicula about a vampire rabbit who sucks the juice out of vegetables is more my speed; so I may be the wrong person to gauge pop culture's impact on dog names. Some "Bella" dogs I've met pre-date the novels and movies, or at least I think they do.
The first Twilight film starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson was released in 2008, and the Stephenie Meyer novel upon which the movies are based is older than that. So perhaps, even "Bella" dogs from several years ago may have been so christened because of a Transylvanian subliminal suggestion. Read on about a bevy of Bellas and decide for yourself how many of the seven dogs possess the mark of the vampire:
* In 2010, a battle-scarred but sweet Pit came into Babylon Shelter. Dory, a wonderful volunteer who was turning 80 years old that month, named the dog "Bella" for "beautiful" because she saw her inner pulchritude. The name preceded a change of fortune. Shortly after "Bella" was adopted by a Garden City family with several college-age sons because their older Pit had just died. No Twilight influence here, unless Dory's grandkids were whispering in her ear.
* "Bella," an Afghan, reappeared on the breed rescue radar last week because her owners came upon hard times and needed a temporary foster home. Four years ago, 67 Afghan Hounds, including my Edgar Afghan Poe, were removed from a hoarder home in New Mexico. Two of the females were pregnant. "Bella" was one of the puppies born after the raid. She had a loving home on the west coast but was surrendered because of economic woes. Now a similar situation has happened on the east coast. Was my Edgar the sire of this litter, and has his namesake, the master of the macabre cursed Bella's karma? Edgar was about two years old at the time and still intact so it is possible that Bella is his daughter.
* In April "Bella", a Chihuahua, was abandoned in a NJ dog park on a freezing night with a note and bags of supplies, including, of all things, a life jacket. I knew about her because Afghan Rescue had taken a debilitated Afghan from this NJ shelter in March. Chihuahua "Bella" wound up coming to Last Hope and being adopted by a Wantagh family who kept the name. Dressed in a polka dog bikini, tiny Bella was a runner-up at our dog swimsuit contest. She left the life jacket home. A Beagle previously known as "Ava" but now called "Bella" was among her competition.
* A white Akita at the Babylon Shelter came to Last Hope a few weeks later. Upon arrival a volunteer of Asian descent suggested the name "Sakura" because it means "cherry blossom." "Sakura" was perfect for a Japanese breed rescued in the springtime. Soon after the Akita was adopted by a family who changed her name to- you guessed it- "Bella." There are teens in this family. Twilight and teens seem to go together.
* A Yorkie had been left behind in an abandoned Babylon home that youths were using as a hang-out. Babylon Shelter named her "Pickles" in honor of another dog in a silly phone incident by an irate caller. The name fit this playful Yorkie pup. Pickles came to Last Hope on the Fourth of July, soon to be adopted by a volunteer who happened to rename her "Bella" because she said her grandchildren wanted the dog to have that name. Twilight fans, perhaps?
* "Indira," can you imagine the rescue folks in West Virginia coming up with such a creative name for a Border Collie mix pup? I love this name because Indira is so "endearing." She also has a strategic black dot on her forehead that makes her look as if she is wearing a Bindi dot which is a Hindu mark of beauty. She was adopted from Last Hope by a Northport family with several young kids. A few weeks ago when a volunteer delivered her to her new home, every window was decorated with a sign that said: "Welcome Home, Indira." The pup is doing quite well, but the kids had trouble remembering her name so they changed it to something they wouldn't forget. Indira is now learning to answer to the call name "Bella." Go figure.
Wait a minute, "Bela" Lugosi was Dracula, long before there was a Twilight series.
An Adoption Sampler this week. (I promise there are no more Bellas.) Handsome "Elmer", a Bluetick Hound/Cattle Dog between one and two years old is at the Last Hope Adoption Center, 3300 Beltagh Ave in Wantagh. Look at his gorgeous eyes! This mellow fellow was out of time at a KY pound. After a 16 hour transport, you wouldn't believe how patient he was when we were setting up his bedroom at Last Hope. Call 631-946-9528 for more info.
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I try to keep this blog mostly fashion related, but the truth is I also look at this as a personal time capsule; I want to be able to look back on this and know what I was feeling, what my life was like. I have a bad memory. I tried keeping more than one blog up to date but failed – so every several months or so, you might have to skip over a slightly off-topic, more personal post. Feel free to gloss over this whole post if you're just here for the fashion.
Lately, I've been in a transient state of cloudy discernment and emotional regression.
And I've been lost. I've been completely lost.
I'm telling you now that the New Year, remaining loyal to my tradition, hasn't started until I say it has begun. I can't bring myself to start off the year with such a feeling of bewilderment; I need a direction and I need it to be pointing forward. Instead, I'm looking over my shoulder and blindly tripping over everything ahead of me. What is missing inside of me that keeps me absolutely fixated on the past, especially in what should be new beginnings?
I guess I'm just lost.
Yet, here I am in one piece and breathing easily, my heart a little abnormal but still beating. Where is the tragedy in my ordinary life, and what is so wrong with today that makes me want to drown myself in my past? I'm starting to think that I don't know how to function without chaos and heartache in my life. It's all I ever knew and at times I'm hopeless without it, desperately searching for something to keep me from ever being content. Sometimes I'm afraid of contentment, because I never want to stop looking for more.
My past week in particular was a lachrymose fairytale with me, the dubious heroine: it was both beautiful and utterly disastrous. I went from being miserable to giggling my face off and making the most of an awful weekend and having a huge fight with people I love. I attempted to see my dad, failed, tried again, failed. Made a similar attempt to see my grandfather, failed, gave up and resigned myself to the idea that hell, my family didn't want me there in the first place. I sank into a friend's couch, feeling both defeated and vindicated at the same time, because this was always the universe's plan for me and I knew – I just knew that it would all fall apart. Woe is me, boo-hoo-hoo. New Year's traditions and anything to do with my father are always a tragedy; to act as though this was all a great shock is misleading and selfish. I made a three hour drive to escape bad memories and ended up looking for more of them. Isn't that the epitome of teen angst? And here I am, twenty five. I consider myself a generally happy person and it doesn't take much to make me ecstatic, but I slip up from time to time. The past several months, it has been more like time to time to time, time, time.
To a great extent, we make our own happiness and create our own misery. I went and found the latter, but after renting a car and treading to my friend's place, something (and someone) made me want to discard it for the former. So, we went to St. Augustine, because it was too cold for rides at Disney World.
St. Augustine: you, a friend and a pair of starlight glasses saved my weekend and gave me a bit of clarity. Maybe it was the haze from my teary swollen eyes but by golly, you felt like something out of a dream. A very chilly, very pretty, very welcome little dream. I might be feeling a little lost again and I'm positive it's self-imposed…but dear, pretty, ghostly St. Augustine, I do love the way your lights danced and temporarily brought me out of the doldrums and halfway into the new year.
My original New Year's resolution was to be a better person, whatever that means. With the way things have been going, I'm not sure if I'm there yet or will be there anytime soon. Instead, for right now, I intend to keep dreaming in the daylight and keeping calamity at bay. I need a little sunshine, a little clarity, a little bit of fantasy and a lot of love. Reality is obviously a little too mundane for me, which just sends me into disarray. I've always been a night owl – it's when I feel most creative, most compelled to write, to love, to apologize and forgive. I just need to figure out how to keep that constant through my days, to keep my idle hands from starting fires just to entertain. I need adventure; I need to start living a little more. I need to be happier, always. For that, I think my dailies should at least resemble my nightly reverie. It isn't as though my dreams are ever that unreasonable. I can't decide if this is an achievable goal or if I am just kidding myself.
I've always believed that what the stars ignite, the sun will smother. Is it possible to keep on dreaming in the daylight, or should I just resign myself to sleep forever?
Whatever the right answer may be, I hope that my New Year starts tomorrow. I miss being little miss sunshine.
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Dwain Verne Myers, one of three children of Loren Verne and Marjory Ruth (Clay) Myers, was born Feb. 27, 1939, in Sidney. He attended school in Potter, the West Coast, and Broken Bow, before graduating from Broken Bow High School in 1956.After high school Dwain attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln for a semester. He then transferred to Kearney State, where he earned his bachelors degree in education. While in school in Kearney Dwain joined the Nebraska National Guard. Later in life Dwain would obtain his masters in education and specialist in education at Kearney.August 27, 1960, Dwain was united in marriage to Linda Woods in Kearney. They were blessed with three sons:: Thomas Verne, Timothy, and Samuel. The family lived in many communities in Nebraska while Dwain advanced his career in education.Dwain's first teaching job was at Shickley, and he then went to Broken Bow and on to Gothenburg. Dwain took a four year break from education to dairy farm, and next taught at Wallace. From there he took a principal position in Elm Creek, followed by superintendent positions at Sumner and Southeast Consolidated at Stella. After a short term as superintendent at Winnebago, Dwain and Linda opened a business in Auburn in 1987. They operated the business until retiring in 2004.Dwain was a member of the Auburn Christian Church, the Auburn Rotary Club, and the Masonic Lodge in Stella, Humboldt, and Brownville. He was a farmer at heart, and always loved gardening at home, as well as working with his hands at many projects.As his health failed him, Dwain spent about a month at the Good Samaritan Society-Auburn, returning to his home in Auburn in January 2013. He then became a resident of Colonial Acres in Humboldt, where he passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013, at the age of 74 years and 17 days. His parents preceded him in death.Dwain is survived by his wife, Linda of Auburn; sons, Thomas of Hazelgreen, Wisc., Tim and wife Shelly of Bellevue, and Sam of Texas; granddaughter, Sarah Ann Myers of Omaha; brother, David of Lincoln; sister, Karen and husband Jim Lehmkulher of Hawaii; other relatives and friends.Funeral services will be Thursday, March 21, 10:30 a.m. at Hemmingsen Funeral Home in Auburn. Visitation in Broken Bow will be at the First Christian Church Friday noon to 2 p.m. Committal services and burial will be Friday, March 22, at 2:30 p.m. at the Broken Bow Cemetery. Memorials in lieu of flowers are suggested to family choice. Services are entrusted to Hemmingsen Funeral Home of Auburn.Published in Custer County Chief, March 21, 2013


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Longtime Rough Brothers executive and greenhouse industry leader Albert ("Al") Reilly passed away Thursday, October 17.
Al Reilly was a key figure in the greenhouse and garden center industry for more than three decades, leading Rough Brothers from a small greenhouse structure repair company to the largest greenhouse manufacturer in North America. In addition to commercial greenhouses, under Mr. Reilly's leadership Rough Brothers also expanded into projects for schools and universities, retail garden centers, and large scale public and private conservatories, completing such notable projects as the restoration of the United States Botanic Garden on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Other projects of note include the New York Botanical Garden, Longwood Gardens, the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. and the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Additionally, he helped pioneer the development of movable greenhouse benches, under-bench heating systems, and double-poly greenhouses.
Prior to buying Rough Brothers in the late 1970s, Al was head football coach at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he is a Knox-Lombard Athletic Hall Of Fame 2013 inductee. He was the youngest NCAA head coach in the country at the time, and in his last year of coaching, Knox College went undefeated, winning the Midwest Conference championship and earning a top ten Division III national ranking.
Al was active in industry organizations including the American Academy of Florists, the Ohio Florists Association, and is a past president of the National Greenhouse Manufacturers Association and World Presidents Association. He volunteered his time and efforts to numerous charities, including the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati. Al also served on the Board of Advisors for the Goering Business Center at the University of Cincinnati and the Xavier University Williams School of Business.
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We would like to fill up the other slots first if possible luphawk. But yes we are open to oc's and you could put your character on whichever side you like. We do seem to have thought of less villians than heroes anyway. Glad to see your interest in this game too.
No, we want some villians too. Seems like it would make it more fun. By the way, did you hear anything from Adammair yet?
Well in that case, I'll ask Adammair to give tentativley give you Sabretooth if he's cool with that, unless he's found someone to play him that is.Ok Pale, I'll try to get in touch with him then.
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On Wednesday, fans watched 30 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers take to the track in the sixth-generation car test at Charlotte Motor Speedway from the enclosed Clubhouse seating of The Speedway Club.
NASCAR ran five different mock races, as well as several tuning sessions with cars completing single-car runs. The test session was intended to finalize rules packages for the 2014 season.
"We did an initial test here in October," said Gene Stefanyshyn, NASCAR Vice President, Innovation and Racing Development. "We got some information. We've been very fortunate that we've actually had a huge participation. We have 30 cars out there. We're trying to exercise all this in a real world environment."
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The stars of NASCAR return to Charlotte Motor Speedway during the 10 greatest days in racing, highlighted by the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race and the Coca-Cola 600. Fans can catch all the action, including reserved seats with the best views of pit road and the world's largest HDTV with weekend packages starting at just $99.
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Xigmatek Dark Knight SD1283 and Loki SD963 Review
This past February I had the opportunity to review my first cooler from Xigmatek — the Prime SD1484. This heatsink was your typical direct contact heatpipe tower-style cooler. It performed well in its class and shared good results for comparison. Today I will be taking a look of a pair of new coolers from Xigmatek — the Dark Knight SD1283 and the Loki SD963 heatsinks. The Dark Knight SD1283 Night Hawk Edition is as its name applies; it is ceramic, coated in black, and advertised to have a lower heat signature, explained by its coating's superior heat dissipation properties. The Loki SD963 is a more wallet-friendly cooler that offers direct-touch heatpipes, easy installation, and efficient performance. These coolers can be purchased for $50 and $20 respectively, so it's clear that these coolers are in different categories. At only $20, the Loki could crush the dollar/performance ratios of many $35-40 coolers if it can keep up. I'm excited to see how these do, so let's get started.
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These two coolers are packaged similarly. Both are in small cardboard boxes with a hanger flap on the top. The Dark Knight SD1283's box shows us a glimpse of the semi-transparent dark fan through the window. Each box has many pictures and explains features that each cooler offers. The back of each box contains a conclusive list of each cooler's specifications, including information such as the cooler's dimensions, weights, fan speed, etc. These will be shared on the Specifications & Features page.
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Fried & True by Lee Brian Schrager with Adeena Sussman
The angle: More ways to fry a chicken than you ever thought possible.
Recipes for right now: Hattie B's Hot Chicken, Country Pan-Fried Chicken, Hash Brown Casserole, Hill Country Buttermilk Fried Chicken, Cheesy Garlic Grits, Sweet Tea-Brined Fried Chicken, Coconut Fried Chicken
Who would enjoy this book? Do you like fried chicken? Then you'll enjoy this book. Naturally.
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• Who wrote it: Lee Brian Schrager with Adeena Sussman
• Who published it: Clarkson Potter
• Number of recipes: 50
• Other highlights: Southern BBQ gets all the attention and the flashy cook-offs — where's the love for fried chicken?! In this cookbook, Lee Brian Schrager is hoping to close the gap and show us what a truly special all-American dish we have before us.
Fried & True integrates profiles of America's top restaurants for scoring some fried chicken along with recipes to make at home. Some recipes come from the restaurants themselves while others come to us from chefs with a fondness for fried chicken. (Alas, not even Lee Brian Schrager could sweet-talk the folks at Willie Mae's Scotch House into sharing the secret recipe for their heavenly fried chicken. If you're in New Orleans, make the trip to taste it yourself. It's life-changing.)
I also love that Schrager includes a few other riffs on fried chicken along with the traditional crispy-skinned, Southern-style recipes, like Hugh Acheson's fried chicken salad, Dale Talde's Kung Pao Chicken Wings, Yotam Ottolenghi's Seeded Chicken Schnitzel. Don't miss the side dishes either — you'll need these to make sure you don't go into fried chicken overload.
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The story of a Cuban-American politician on the Republican fast track.
Born in 1971, Marco Antonio Rubio rose rapidly from West Miami city commissioner to Florida house speaker to his current post as junior U.S. senator from Florida. His rapid rise has led many to predict he will one day be elected president. "American politics had never seen anything like him: a young, made-for-YouTube Hispanic Republican with realistic national prospects," writes Washington Post reporter Roig-Franzia. The author begins with the Rubio family's arrival in the U.S. in 1956, during the last years of the Batista regime. In need of work, Rubio's grandfather, a bartender, returned to Castro's Cuba in 1959 and took a minor treasury post. Three years later, uneasy with Castro's regime, he returned to Miami and became a permanent resident in 1967. Rubio grew up in Miami's Little Havana and moved with his family to Las Vegas for several years, where he was baptized a Mormon. It was the first of several changes in his religious affiliation. Born Roman Catholic, Rubio returned to Catholicism when the family came back to Miami, where he played football in high school and studied law at the University of Miami. Later, in what his staff calls his "faith journey," he would straddle the Baptist and Catholic faiths. Entering politics in his mid-20s, he quickly won right-wing establishment mentors, notably former Florida governor Jeb Bush. In 2009, he was saluted in a National Review cover story. Drawing on interviews, Roig-Franzia details controversies over Rubio's credit card spending while in the Florida house, his attempts to claim a place as the son of Castro exiles, and his inspiring abilities as a public speaker. Now, writes the author, Rubio is a "cagey political veteran" whose national influence far exceeds his seniority in Congress.
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The Princeton Review has again recognized Wabash College as one of the best institutions in the country for higher education.
Wabash finished high in a number of the Review's surveys which cover 62 categories. The lists are all part of The Princeton Review's 21st edition of "The Best 377 College."
The Review does not rank the colleges in the book academically or from 1 to 377 in any category. Instead it reports in the book 62 ranking lists of "top 20" colleges in various categories. The lists are entirely based on The Princeton Review's survey of 122,000 students (about 324 per campus on average) attending the colleges in the book and not on The Princeton Review's opinion of the schools. The 80-question survey asks students to rate their own schools on several topics and report on their campus experiences at them. Topics range from assessments of their professors to opinions about their financial aid and campus food. Other ranking lists are based on student reports about their student body's political leanings, race/class relations, and LGBT community acceptance.
Among Wabash rankings:
- No. 12 – Best Classroom Experience
- No. 5 – Easiest Campus to get Around
- No. 17 – Everybody Plays Intramural Sports
- No. 18 – Best Athletic Facilities
- No. 19 – Most Accessible Professors
"We commend Wabash College for its outstanding academics, which is the primary criteria for our selection of schools for the book," said Robert Franek, Princeton Review's Senior VP / Publisher and author of "The Best 377 Colleges. "Our choices are based on institutional data we collect about schools, our visits to schools over the years, feedback we gather from students attending the schools, and the opinions of our staff and our 30-member National College Counselor Advisory Board. We also work to keep a wide representation of colleges in the book by region, size, selectivity and character."
The Princeton Review is an education services company known for its test-prep courses, tutoring, books, and other student resources. Headquartered in Framingham, MA, the Company is not affiliated with Princeton University.


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Sidney and Mario were at the US Open to watch Roger Federer win his 13th slam.
I would have gone with them and gladly paid for the gas.
I hope they got to meet Roger; bring him to Pittsburgh for a tournament. Federer is a great champ and just loves his game in the same way Sid loves hockey.
*ps, Andy Murray had the Sid play-off beard going
A Murray escaped the shooting tragedy at his grammer school ~ Dunblane in 1996.
grand slam tennis season over, let hockey begin.