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(Pocket-lint) - If the excitement of two new Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 7 devices is too much for you, perhaps you'll be more interested in the S40-based Asha range.
Nokia presented the new handsets on stage at the opening of Nokia World 2011 in London, wrapping each device into a story. Picking out three characters from around the world, Nokia gave the impression that these devices were for those in emerging markets, rather expecting to shift a large number in Europe.
Whatever the case, Pocket-lint was on hand to give the new devices a quick going over. The first impression is that they very much toe the line for "old" Nokia and Nokia watchers will probably recognise various details and be able to accurately name the predecessor devices.
We've bundled these all in together. The first up is the Nokia Asha 200 (pictured in white) and 201 (pictured in blue). Essentailly these devices are the same, but one features a dual SIM setup and the other is single SIM.
The target market for this type of device is Africa, it seems, where Nokia tell us they've sold a lot of dual SIM devices. This is enhanced by their Easy Swap SIM technology, meaning you don't have to mess around when you want to swap from one card to the other.
One of the SIMs resides under the battery, as normal, the other can be accessed through a slot on the side of the phone, meaning you can cross a border, roll up to your nearest SIM seller and get yourself on a cheap local network, rather than face roaming bills.
The other big claim of the Asha 200/1 devices is that you get microSD support up to 32GB with a battery that Nokia claim will get you through 52 hours of music.
The next device offers a traditional 12-key keyboard as well as touch in the form of the Nokia Asha 300. It offers a 5-megaxpiel camera on the back so you can snap all those exciting shots and share with your friends. It looks every bit the Nokia phone of yesteryear, but with the freshly polished S40 OS.
The final device is another QWERTY phone with touch. This comes in the form of the Nokia Asha 303. It has a large capacitive display and an attractive metallic curved back. The Asha 303 comes with a 1GHz processor and Wi-Fi and 3G.
It only packs in a 3.2-megapixel camera, however, so you what Nokia giveth with one hand, it takes away with the other. The keyboard feels great though, feeling very much like the E series devices.
The four new Nokia Asha phones come with a Nokia browser, which offers compression on the server side, offering faster connections using less data, designed to save users money.
No word on whether we'll be seeing them in the UK, but Nokia is planning to sell millions of these handsets globally. Asha, if you hadn't heard, is Hindi for "hope" and we can't help thinking there is some significance in that.

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About the Shuttle
*Notice: The 2020 Complimentary Shuttle will be running beginning May 22nd through the end of September. In response to COVID-19, modifications are being applied to shuttle service. This includes physical distancing for all waiting lines, less than 50 percent capacity in each shuttle and increased cleaning and disinfection of shuttles throughout the day. For the safety of all staff and guests, face coverings are required for all guests riding the shuttle, drivers and parking attendants. Guests who do not have a face covering to use in the shuttle will only be allowed to drive to the 16-mile parking area. Face coverings are available for purchase at the gift shops.
Pikes Peak - America's Mountain provides a shuttle system to ease the parking disruption caused by the construction of the new Pikes Peak Summit Complex. When in operation, the shuttle is based on parking capacity in the summit lot; operating hours and lot operation will vary daily. The shuttles are 15-passenger vans, so get ready to sit back, relax and enjoy the views.
Who Will Take the Shuttle
Visitors planning to drive to the summit will likely be required to take the shuttle. There is no impact on fishermen or others who are using the highway to enjoy the many other recreational opportunities provided by Pikes Peak – America's Mountain.
Limited Parking Spots at the Summit
Vehicles carrying persons with mobility disabilities or children in car seats can expect a parking spot on the summit. Summit access cannot be guaranteed for any other vehicles, including motorcycles. Persons with mobility disabilities who would like to use the shuttle should notify the staff at the Gateway so an ADA-compliant shuttle can be made available at the shuttle lot.
Guests visiting during peak visitation hours – 10 a.m.-2 p.m, please plan longer wait times for shuttles due to the increased visitation demand.
Shuttle Pick-up Locations and Times
Visitors who use the shuttle will drive part way up the Pikes Peak Highway to one of three parking lots before taking the shuttle to the summit. Shuttles will arrive at the shuttle parking lots approximately every 5-10 minutes:
- 16-Mile Lot: The shortest shuttle ride is from the 16-mile lot (aka. Devils Playground) and will take approximately 15 minutes to drive up and 20 minutes to drive down.
- 13-Mile Lot: The 13-mile lot (aka. Glen Cove) will take approximately 25 minutes to go up and 35 minutes to come down by shuttle.
- 7-Mile lot: The 7-mile lot (aka. Pikes Peak International Hill Club start line) will take approximately 30 minutes to go up and 45 minutes to come down by shuttle.
- The 7-mile lot will be used in July.
- For persons with a disability who would like to use the shuttle, please ask the Gateway Ranger for assistance at the time of entry.
To ensure prompt shuttle availability, once the shuttles have departed the parking lot, they will not make any stops until reaching the summit. The same is true for the return trip. There are plenty of pull-off opportunities to take advantage of before you get to the shuttle lot.
The Pikes Peak Shuttle is complimentary. Visitors should be prepared to pay the normal, seasonal rates for utilizing the Pikes Peak Highway; however, there is no additional charge for the shuttle or for parking in the shuttle lots.
Contact Information:
If you have questions about the shuttle, please call 719-385-PEAK.
Plan Your Trip
Save time and purchase your Pikes Peak Highway gate pass online. It's also advisable to avoid the heaviest times on the highway – 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
The Summit Experience
The original Summit House will still be operational during construction this summer, so you'll be able to stock up on Pikes Peak gear and buy all the donuts your heart desires — don't forget the donuts!
The Summit will be considered an active construction zone, so please be aware of your surroundings when you reach the top.
Hikers who reach the summit, but are looking to connect with family and friends for a ride down the highway can take the free shuttle down to the parking lot. Please be aware that the shuttle does not go to the base of the mountain. Coordinating with your ride in advance and being aware of hours of operation, gate closures and pending weather forecasts is highly recommended!
Shuttle Regulations
Hiker Information
Hikers who reach the summit, but are looking to connect with family and friends for a ride down the highway can take the free shuttle down to the parking lot. Please be aware that the shuttle does not go to the base of the mountain. Coordinating with your ride in advance and being aware of the shuttle lot and hours of operation, PPAM hours of operations, gate closures and pending weather forecasts is highly recommended!
Hikers are responsible for their own transportation and should make necessary arrangements for a ride prior to hiking. Due to the limited parking on the summit, your ride may need to drive to one of the shuttle parking lots and wait for you to arrive. Lot operations vary daily so ensure you can communicate with your ride upon reaching the summit.
Plan ahead, check out our Hiker Information Guide for tips.
No Bicycles
The shuttles can't accommodate bicycles, but drivers who wish to drop off cyclists on the summit will likely be able to do so. To ensure drop-off goes smoothly, call 719-385-PEAK to arrange in advance. Be prepared that you will not be able to park your car on the summit.
No Pets Allowed
No pets are allowed on the shuttle except properly identified service animals are allowed on the shuttle. Please plan accordingly and don't leave your animal(s) in your parked car.


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CruiseControl is written in Java but is used on a wide variety of projects. There are builders supplied for Ant, NAnt, Maven, Phing, Rake, and Xcode, and the catch-all exec电竞交易平台 builder that can be used with any command-line tool or script.
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Two such projects are ConfigurationGUI and CCScrape. ConfigurationGUI is a Java WebStart Swing GUI for creating cruisecontrol configuration files and monitoring project status. It is bundled with the binary distribution of CruiseControl but can also be downloaded separately. CCScrape is a Java WebStart application that makes easy work of driving XFDs (eXtreme Feedback Devices) from your CruiseControl build results.
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"A climate of lawlessness prevails"
GENEVA -- A steady rise in killings, torture and abductions by pro-Russia armed groups in eastern Ukraine has claimed hundreds of lives since last month, U.N. monitors in the region said Wednesday.
"A climate of lawlessness prevails in the east with an increase in criminality, killings, abductions and detentions by the armed groups," U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic said.
At least 356 people, including 257 civilians, have been killed since May 7, according to the 34 monitors with the U.N. human rights office. Among those casualties are 86 Ukrainian military personnel, including the 49 crew and troops who died when a Ukrainian military transport plane was shot down by separatists last week. The other 13 dead were not specified.
There have been more than 200 reports of torture, the new report says, and 81 people were being held on June 7 as the deadly conflict raged in eastern Ukraine between pro-Russia separatists and the government in Kiev.
"We're talking about a reign of fear, if not a reign of terror, in those pocket areas," Gianni Magazzeni, head of the rights office's European department, told reporters.
U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay said in the report Wednesday that a "climate of insecurity and fear" has displaced 34,000 people, nearly half in Ukraine's eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, which have declared independence from Kiev.
"The escalation in criminal activity resulting in human rights abuses is no longer limited to targeting journalists, elected representatives, local politicians, civil servants and civil society activists," the report says. "Abductions, detentions, acts of ill-treatment and torture, and killings by armed groups are now affecting the broader population of the two eastern regions."
Simonovic said the government reported that armed groups in the east abducted 387 people in the east from April to June 7, including 39 journalists. He said U.N. monitors were able to confirm 222 abductions, including four people who have been killed, 137 who have been released and 81 who remain in detention.
Magazzeni said monitors found that many people are "so fearful for their lives that they would not even want to dare to vote if they had a chance to do so."
At the same time, Simonovic said, there has been an increase in reports of enforced disappearances and excessive use of force during Ukrainian government security operations "that have led to casualties among civilians, which we continue to investigate."
Simonovic told a briefing on the report at the International Peace Institute in New York that representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic have for the first time acknowledged that among their fighters are some volunteers from Russia, most from Chechnya or Cossacks.
"This, of course, shows a clear danger of a possible spillover of the current crisis in eastern Ukraine," he said.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said the report presented a "one-sided and politically biased interpretation of events."
He called a recommendation that Ukrainian authorities should carry out anti-terrorist operations "in accordance with international standards" hypocritical and outrageous.
"In fact, this can be interpreted as an indulgence for the continued extermination of civilians and escalation of the conflict," Lukashevich said in a statement.
Simonovic said the U.N. is not "neutral" on human rights because it always sides with victims and against perpetrators. But he said "we are impartial, which means that we always treat all victims and all perpetrators the same - no matter of their ethnicity or their political affiliation. We try to do the same in Ukraine."


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HARTFORD -- A battle over state Civil War records broke out in a legislative committee Wednesday, pitting historians against the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
Matthew Warshauer, a Central Connecticut State University history professor and author, said that an investigation into post-traumatic stress disorder among Civil War veterans met a dead end when DMHAS refused to release 100-year-old medical records of troubled, but long-dead men who died in state care.
Patricia Rehmer, commissioner of DMHAS, said she is willing to compromise on legislation this year, but only if the names of state veterans are redacted.
"Frankly, we can give people access with proper redactions, so, why would somebody need to know somebody's name, for example?" she said. "This is a position we feel pretty strongly about."
Warshauer said that Rehmer, whose department quietly pushed through an amendment to exempt the records back in 2011, said the agency misses the point on the need for historians to have total access to as much information as possible.
"If you redact the names, we have no ability to look at pension records in the National Archives, we have no ability to go to their local town and look at the historical society records to find letters and files that are related to it," Warshauer said. "Anything along that sort of bread trail, the crumbs that you look for in historical detective work, you have to have the name in order to ... fill out the entirety of the story."
Under proposed legislation, which was the subject of a public hearing before the General Assembly's Government Administration and Elections Committee, veterans' records in restricted archives would be protected for 50 years after someone's death.
"When I went forward to try to get these records from Connecticut Valley Hospital to research post-traumatic stress disorder, even at the time I didn't realize how important this research was in a contemporary sense," Warshauer said.
Rehmer said that individual and family medical privacy would be violated if the bill is passed. She said that redacting names would protect them.
"Even though the individuals in this House bill are deceased, we believe it could still be a problem for family members and I think what is equally important, it creates a system that is uneven," Rehmer said, adding that private psychiatric hospitals would have an advantage in protecting privacy.
Warshauer is supported by State Librarian Kendall F. Wiggin, who submitted the bill, and by the state Freedom of Information Commission.
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ABCs, 1-2-3s and swipes: News Corp. launching tablet for schools
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is set to unveil a tablet computer for public schools on Monday at the SXSWedu education technology conference in Austin, Texas, Bloomberg reports.
The $299, 10-inch tablet is the brainchild of Amplify, News Corp.'s education division, which is fronted by former New York City schools chancellor (and current News Corp. executive vice president) Joel Klein. A 2-year subscription will cost $99 per year. A 4G model will also be available for $349, for students without Wi-Fi at home, at an annual cost of $179. The device will come loaded with curriculum materials and apps, including a graphing calculator, the Encyclopedia Britannica, and Merriam-Webster's dictionary. Some content will be provided by other News Corp. units such as HarperCollins.
The Amplify tablet supposedly uses a "blended learning" model, combining high tech with traditional teaching, but seems to be solidly millennial in practice. When a student becomes distracted, a big-brotherish "eyes on teacher" message appears, and quizzes will be accompanied by emoticons so teachers can collect real-time feedback from students. According to the tech site GigaOm, teachers will also be able to see on their tablets what students are doing on their own, and can shut off students' apps or entire devices remotely if too much goofing off is going on. Likewise, Mashable reports, the old rite of morning attendance will be made obsolete -- when a student opens her digital notebook, her name will automatically appear on the teacher's roster as "attending."
Reaction to the announcement has been mixed. Reportedly, the Amplify tablet will also be used to store student data--which has some concerned, given News Corp.'s record when it comes to privacy. And some question the motives of Klein himself. Long an advocate of technology in schools, he has been a controversial figure among unionized teachers, who are been critical of his attempts at technology-driven reform. Now that he is part of the private sector, others have suspect him of a conflict of interest, given his past advocacy work in this area. "You can't at the same time go out and present yourself as a civic citizen talking about how public schools right now are horrible and then say, 'Oh, I have a product that is going to make it better,'" Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, told the New York Times.
A larger concern is whether schools can afford the devices at all, though Amplify is betting on grants from the Education Department's Race to the Top program.
When News Corp. splits into two companies this summer, Amplify will join the publishing division, along with HarperCollins and newspapers including The Wall Street Journal. Klein told the New York Times that he hopes the Amplify Tablet will eventually contribute 40% of the division's revenue, with another 40% coming from its curriculum, which will be available for use on other devices.
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Lisa Leslie was born on July 7, 1972, in Los Angeles. Her mother, Christine, stood 6-3, so there was little question that Lisa and her sisters, Dionne and Tiffany, would be six-footers. When Lisa was a toddler, her father left home. Rather than working low-paying jobs or accepting public assistance, her mother bought a truck and went into business for herself. The family lived in Compton, and later in Carson.
During the school year, Christine would be gone for weeks at a time, with a live-in housekeeper looking in on the girls. The girls' aunt Judy also provided some fill-in parenting. But much of the household responsibility fell to Lisa, who was doing plenty of maternal things by the time she was 10.
During school breaks, Lisa and Tiffany would hit the open road with their mom, eating at truck stops and sleeping in the cab. Each summer, as the girls grew, that cab got a little tighter. Lisa sprouted past six feet in the seventh grade. Everyone asked her the same question: Do you play basketball? She did indeed play, but was hardly passionate about the game. In fact, this question got so annoying that she decided it would be easier to quit basketball just so she could say, "No." Besides, her dream was to become a TV weather reporter.
Fortunately, the star of the junior high team talked Lisa into trying out. She started center, and the team went undefeated. Lisa loved being in the middle of the action. Her teammates looked to her to score, rebound, or create scoring opportunities with her passing.
Lisa soon began to get serious about basketball. Her favorite player was James Worthy of the Lakers, a young star who could shoot, rebound, play D and finish on the break. Lisa realized that being tall was no enough of an advantage, so she began playing with her cousin, Craig, who helped her develop her footwork and shooting. A natural lefty. Lisa began working with her right hand at an early age. To improve her stamina, she did sit-ups and push-ups every day. Craig took her two Victorian Park near his house in Carson for workouts and pickup games.
Lisa entered Morningside High School in Inglewood in 1986 and made Frank Scott's varsity, starting every game. She also joined the volleyball and track teams, increasing her leaping ability and speed in the process. She would eventually win state titles in the high jump and triple jump.
In Lisa's sophomore year, Morningside advanced to the state playoffs. In the semis, the team had a chance to win the game at the buzzer. Lisa took the shot—and missed. She brooded all summer, and worked even harder on her game. Lisa achieved her full height, 6-5, in her junior year, and cemented her rep as the top high-schooler player in the city. By this time, she could dunk the ball in the open court. Her high-jumping technique enabled her to rise off the floor and jam-one handed, even though she could not palm the ball.
Lisa led Morningside to the state title in 1989. After her junior season, she was invited to play for Team USA's Junior World Championship squad. Lisa topped the team in scoring and rebounding that summer.
During her senior year, Lisa became the top player in the country as Morningside won the state finals again.. She averaged 27 points and 15 rebounds a game, despite the fact that Scott pulled her from many games a few minutes into the second half. He was careful not to humliate teams Morningside would have to face the following season, when Lisa was no longer on the team.
It was a tradition at Morningside to let the squad's star player try to break the school scoring record at the end of her senior year. In the 1990 finale against South Torrance, Scott instructed Lisa's teammates to feed her the ball whenever she was open. She was gunning for the a new mark of 69. In the first quarter, Lisa poured 49 points. In the second quarter, she dumped in 52 more. Morningside held a 102-24 lead at halftime, and Lisa had 101 of those points.
The all-time record for a high school girl was 105 points, by Cheryl Miller. Lisa was a lock to shatter the mark—or was she? Across the hall, the South Torrance players voted to forfeit. Two of their three low post players had already fouled out, and the third had injured herself trying to stop Lisa. Though disappointed, Morningside accepted the decision as a compliment—when the other team doesn't even want to come out of the locker room, you've accomplished something.
Lisa got good grades at Morningside, and basically had her pick of any college in the country. She decided to stay close to home, opting for Southern Cal. She had grown up rooting for Miller and Cynthia Cooper, and liked what new coach Marianne Stanley—a star at Immaculata in the 1970s—had to say about the opportunities that awaited her both in the hoops program and the school itself.
In her first game for USC, Lisa scored 30 points and grabbed 20 rebounds against Texas, and went on to have a fabulous freshman year. She averaged 19.4 points and an even 10 rebounds a game. She was an easy pick for NCAA Freshman of the Year.
Lisa not only posted impressive numbers as a frosh, she elevated her game, controlled her emotions, and played like a veteran. She wasn't afraid of anyone—becoming the intimidator herself when anyone tried to get in her face. Of course, nothing was as unsettling to opponents as the USC warm-ups, during which Lisa would dunk in layup drills.
The summer after her freshman year, Leslie toured with Team USA, helping the team to gold at the World University Games. During the competition, she developed an appetite for international competition, and was disappointed whe she was not added to the 1992 Olympic squad. In turn, she set her sights on the '96 Games in Atlanta, and went about the business of becoming the top player in the world.
Lisa usually hit for around 20 points and collected 10 rebounds a night as a collegian. Within those numbers, she steadily improved her defense, and became adept at passing out of the double-teams she inevitably faced. In fact, between her first and last seasons at USC, she quadrupled her assists per game. Lisa made All-American her last three years with the Lady Trojans, was USA Basketball's Player of the Year in 1993 as a junior, and won the Naismith Award as a senior. USC went to the NCAA Tournament in each of Lisa's four seasons, but lacked the depth to win it all, losing in the regionals each year. Unranked when Lisa arrived, the team had climbed to #7 by the time she graduated.
After graduation, she played for Team USA in the 1994 Goodwill Games and crushed her opposition. Hitting on 70 percent of her field goal attempts, she averaged 19 a game. After the tournament, Lisa was recognized as the top young female star in the world.
Lisa now faced a crossroads in her career. There was no women's pro basketball in the United States, so her goal was to stay sharp for the 1996 Olympics and make a few bucks along the way. She joined Sicilgesso of the Italian League, and averaged a double-doulbe (22.6 points and 11.7 rebounds) for the 1994-95 season. That spring, she was officially added to the U.S. Olympic squad by coach Tara VanDerveer.
From the standpoint of women's hoops, more was riding on these Olympics than any other in history. Title IX legislation had jump-started the sport in the 1980s, and subsequent rules changes had helped it become an understandable, marketable product in the eyes of fans and American corporations. If the U.S. women could win the gold and put on an entertaining show in Atlanta, interest in launching a pro league with a real future would gain serious momentum.
Lisa joined a group that included some of the best players in the world, including Nikki McCray, Dawn Staley, Sheryl Swoopes, Rebecca Lobo, Katrina McClain, Ruthie Bolton, Carla McGhee, Teresa Edwards and Jennifer Azzi. Some, like Lisa, had turned down good salaries in 1995-96 to spend time coming together as a team.
Lisa was different than her teammates in one key respect. Team USA's guards and forwards had little in the way of head-to-head competition awaiting them in Atlanta. Lisa, the squad's starting center, would be matched against big, physical women who were used to dominating games. If Lisa could not handle these players, the gold medal might be in jeopardy.
In the 52-game exhibition run-up to the Olympics, the Americans melded as a team, and Lisa got a better feel of what would be expected of her. The club built up a head of steam heading into Atlanta, and kept rolling once the Summer Games began. Team USA won its first five over Cuba, Ukraine, Zaire, Australia, and South Korea—all with relative ease. In the semifinals, Lisa netted 35 against Japan to set up a gold-medal final against Brazil.
This was the team that concerned the Americans most. Brazil's center, Marta de Souza Sobral, was a tough defender and rebounder, and a savvy offensive player. VanDerveer told Lisa to step away from the lane and fac up for mid-range jumpers. This pulled Sobral out of the paint, and gave the U.S. forwards room to work underneath. With Lisa hitting her shots, Team USA should have been in fine shape for a win. But on the other end, the big Brazilian was having her way.
VanDerveer pulled Lisa out of the game and let her know she had to do a better job on defense. Lisa responded when she re-entered the game, and the Americans captured the gold with a 111-87 win. Lisa was high scorer, with 29 points on 12-for-14 shooting.
The success of Team USA in Atlanta —and winning personalities of its players created enough interest in a women's pro league that two actually started: the WNBA—an enterprise backed by the NBA—and the American Basketball League. Lisa joined Swoopes and Lobo as the WNBA's marquee threesome, while the ABL boasted a constellation of college stars. The best player in either league turned out to be Cynthia Cooper, a guard on the 1988 and 1992 Olympic teams. She won the WNBA scoring title and MVP award in the league's first season, and along with Swoopes (who missed much of the campaign after giving birth to a son) led the Houston Comets to the 1997 championship.
Lisa was allowed to stay close to home with the Sparks. The WNBA had placed its two best "big men" in LA and New York, as Lobo suited up for the Liberty. The pair met in the league's first game. Lisa scored 16 and pulled down 14 boards, but the Sparks lost. That would be a familiar stat line in '97. Lisa topped the team with 15.9 ppg and led the league with 9.5 rpg, but Los Angeles split their 28 games and missed the playoffs.
Like most WNBA teams, the Sparks spent a couple of seasons finding themselves. From an original core of Lisa, point guard Penny Toler, Tamecka Dixon and Jamila Wideman, the team solidified when Dixon—a shooting guard out of Kansas—and Mwadi Mabika—a backcourt star from Zaire—took charge. After finishing 12-18 in 1998, the Sparks won 20 games in 1999. Forward DeLisha Milton, acquired after the ABL folded, was a big addition to the team. The Sparks had a chance to unseat the two-time champion Comets in the playoffs, but after taking the opener in the best-of-three Western Conference finals, LA dropped a pair in Houston and came home empty-handed.
The Sparks took an important step forward in 2000, winning 28 of 32 games in the regular season and finishing ahead of the Comets for the first time. The difference? New coach Michael Cooper, the ex-Laker. And Ukari Figgs, the floor general for Purdue's 1999 national champions, who solidified the point guard position for LA. Lisa averaged 17.8 points and 9.6 rebounds a game, and was first-team All-WNBA. Once again, however, the Sparks were bounced out of the Western finals by Houston, which went on to win its fourth consecutive league title.
After the season, Lisa accompanied Team USA to Australia for the 2000 Olympics. The Americans seized the gold again, with Lisa going for 15.8 points per game. Her most notable battle came against Aussie teen Lauren Jackson, who yanked off Lisa's hair extension in a game. This was the start of what would become a fierce rivalry between the two, as Jackson eventually made her way to the WNBA.
But not until Lisa had a championship under her belt. The Sparks went 28-4 again in 2001, with a perfect 18-0 record at home. This time they were unstoppable in the post-season. LA swept the Comets, beat the Sacramento Monarchs two games to one, then wiped out the Charlotte Sting and their previously impenetrable defense in the finals, winning 75-66 and 82-54.
Lisa was magnificent from wire to wire. She boosted her scoring to 19.5 per game in the regular season, then upped that to 23.5 in the playoffs. She also yanked down 14.5 rebounds and dished out five assists per game in the post-season—both team highs. Lisa also garnered her own version of theTriple Crown, earning honors as the All-Star Game MVP, league MVP and MVP of the WNBA Finals.
Knowing how hard it
was to defend a title, Lisa spent the winter addressing the remaining
holes in her game. She strengthened her right hand, sharpened her dribbling
and passing, and improved her hook shot. With their star an even more
dominant presence, the Sparks repeated as WNBA champions in 2002 after
a 25-7 regular season. Nikki Teasley replaced Figgs at the point, but
the same core of Lisa, Milton, Dixon and Mabika was on the floor getting
the job done. Lisa averaged a double-double for the first time since 1998,
and became the first player in WNBA history to dunk during a game, flushing
one against the Miami Sol on July 30th. The Sparks did not drop a game
during the playoffs, sweeping the Seattle Storm, Utah Starzz and New York
Liberty on the way to their second title in row.
Lisa's frustration
was compounded by injuries that nagged her all year. She was at 100 percent
for fewer than half the team's games. Adding to her ire was the
fact that her emerging rival, Jackson, waled away the MVP award.
The 2004 season marked the last hurrah for LA's Big Five, as Lisa teamed up with Mabika, Milton, Dixon and Teasley for a league-high 25 wins. She was rock solid as usual. Midway throught the campaign, the league broke for the Olympics. There Lisa guided Team USA to gold for the third time.
Upon her return to the WNBA, Lisa kicked it into high gear, averaging more than 22 points a game while shooting almost 60 percent from the field. On September 9th, she became just the second player in WNBA history to notch a triple-double when she ravaged Detroit for 29 points, 15 rebounds and a record-tying 10 blocks. Best of all, she edged Jackson for the '04 MVP award, 425 points to 351.
In the playoffs, WNBA fans could hardly wait for the Lisa-Lauren showdown in the conference finals. But the Sparks may have been guilty of looking past their first-round date with the Monarchs, who cleaned their clocks with huge victories in Games 1 and 3 to advance.
Over the winter, the
team began to reconfigure. Veteran forwards Chamique Holdsclaw and Tamika
Whitmore arrived to assume some of the scoring and rebounding burden,
freeing Lisa to pick her spots, and providing depth along with Mabika,
Dixon and Teasley. With a talented but aging roster, the Sparks are looking
to ring up a couple more championship before this group sails into the
After a decade of groundbreaking basketball, there would be no better way for Lisa to leave her final mark on the women's game.
Lisa is the most agile center in the history of women's basketball. In most of the game she plays, she is basically unguardable. A defensive center needs the quickness to follow her out toward the perimeter, but also the strength to counter her inside moves. It is literally a tall order, and only in recent years has the women's game produced players who can fill it.
In response, Lisa has added that long-anticipated thug factor to her game. She will bring the hammer down on an opponent if need be, and can no longer be taken out of her game with a few sharp elbows.
Lisa's arsenal includes a sweet jumper, several scoring moves around the basket, a talent for rebounding, and the dribbling and passing skills to thrive in the open court or in traffic. In the end, though, it is her will to win that separates her from the pack. Lisa is one of the most competitive athletes in all of basketball. She is dedicated to her game, running or lifting on most off-days, and willing to do whatever her team needs to come out on top.
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SURF: O'Neill re-signs Jordy Smith for another five years
January 15, 2013
O'Neill re-signs Jordy Smith for another five years
O'Neill is pleased to announce the re-signing of Jordy Smith for another 5 years.
Regarded as one of the most naturally gifted and progressive talents of his generation, Jordy first signed with O'Neill as a 19-year-old World Junior Champion in 2007. During the course of the last five years, the South African has become one of the standout performers on the elite ASP World Championship Tour.
After winning the World Qualifying Series title in 2007, Smith embarked on his maiden World Tour season in 2008. Since then, he's racked up numerous career highlights with O'Neill by his side. Among other achievements, the 24-year-old secured top honors on the Transworld Surf Exposuremeter in 2008, starred in the game-changing surf film Modern Collective in 2009, snagged two World Tour victories at his beloved Jeffrey's Bay, and finished runner-up on the World Tour in 2010. More recently, Jordy starred in his own profile film Bending Colours, which earned a 2012 Surfer Poll Movie of the Year nomination.
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"We are fortunate to have a surfer of Jordy's calibre representing O'Neill," said O'Neill Global Marketing Director, Michael Heath. "Whether it is during competition or while free-surfing, Jordy continues to prove he is one of the most progressive surfers in the world."
On his partnership with O'Neill, Smith stated, "The last five years with O'Neill have been unbelievable. They have given me so much freedom and yet so much support at the same time. I have built a relationship with O'Neill in which they help me out in so many different aspects of my life, and not just in surfing."
Currently, Smith is ramping up for the 2013 World Tour, which kicks off in Australia in early March, and remains focused on regaining the competitive form he enjoyed in the first half of 2011 before a rib injury derailed his WCT title challenge.
"I've been training and surfing a lot; reflecting on last year, and changing a few things" continued Smith. "First and foremost, my goal for the next five years is to win a World Title. I'm going to put my head down and definitely go for that."
O'Neill, the original California surf, snow and lifestyle brand, was founded in 1952 when a young man named Jack O'Neill took his unstoppable passion for surfing and used it to battle Mother Nature. Jack's initial vision of producing functional and innovative board riding products continues to lie at the core of everything the company does. From the first neoprene surf wetsuit and board leash to the world's first stitchless board shorts. O'Neill will always be committed to growing its reputation as one of the world's leading youth lifestyle brands based on being the First Name in the Water.


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Yesterday, I saw this article in the MIT Technology Review about a solar-powered tablet experiment in Ethiopia that seems to contradict some of what are widely considered by U.S. educators the key steps to successful implementation of a new technology: the devices are being handed out to children with absolutely no instruction or teachers.
The project is lead by One Laptop Per Child, which came to the forefront several years ago when the organization developed a $100 laptop that it intended to distribute in developing countries. This time, the researchers left the tablets in boxes in two remote villages in Ethiopia where the children had not even seen printed materials including road signs or packaging materials, according to the organization's founder Nicholas Negroponte. It took the children about four minutes to figure out how to open the boxes and power up the devices, he said in the article.
Within the first week, the children were utilizing 47 apps per child per day, said the researchers, and within two weeks, they had figured out how to hack the tablets' operating system to activate the camera function and customize the desktop. Still, researchers admit that while the results are promising, much more research needs to be done to know how effective this drop-and-dash method could be.
The project reminded me of experiments conducted by Sugata Mitra in India where he left PCs embedded into a wall in remote villages for children to use. With no instruction, they were able to figure out how to interact and engage with the device.
But regardless of the project's success, the concept seems to completely contradict some of the mantras I hear repeated often by ed-tech advocates (Technology is just a tool and should only be incorporated thoughtfully and when it makes sense, for instance.) Obviously the challenges faced by the children being targeted in this experiment are wildly different than those faced by students in U.S. public schools, but I wonder what, if any, implications could be drawn for students here in the U.S. and vice versa.
What do you think? Is this a breakthrough for educators and students in developing countries? Or is it short-sighted? What could we learn from these experiments?
Photo: A student looks for his tablet computer as others use theirs, which were given by the One Laptop Per Child project in the village of Wenchi, Ethiopia. —Jason Straziuso/AP


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Vail Daily letters to the editor
Vail, CO, Colorado
Favor to ask of rec path cyclists
Most cyclists are respectful, safe and conscientious. But a few seem a bit dangerous.
When cyclists pass a runner on a rec path, it would be incredibly helpful and increase safety if the cyclist announced their approach, much like in skiing, with an "on your left" shout out.
While I'm running with my two dogs, the number of cyclists who fly by us without any warning astonished me. While I keep the dogs' leashes taut, I'd be grateful for some warning of someone passing us quickly.
I am afraid one of my dogs (or me) might get hit if we move to the left or right, unaware that a rider is so close to us.
I have also witnessed riders zoom past small children on rec paths, and I fear injury is imminent.
Sometimes it's tweens and teens who are the worst offenders, so as a parent, I plan to remind my own children of the importance of not whooshing by a runner or walker without some advance warning.
Let's share our wonderful rec paths safely!
Nicole E. Dewell
Beyond thank you
M'dears! On July 15, a benefit for my daughter Kate Tennant was held in Wolcott at the Lazy J Ranch.
The Vail Valley Charitable Fund and many of Kate's friends made that happening quite the memorable afternoon!
My silence has not been indicative of my thoughts, for the response in the community dedicated to Kate was extremely overwhelming for all of us.
You folks in the Vail Valley are very special! Thank you seems inadequate, but it's never too late to say those words to such deserving people.
I am sending out utmost gratitude to all of Kate's Colorado family from Kate's back East family.
Ann S. Macintyre
Spencertown, N.Y.
Layman for commissioner
I am writing to strongly support Jeff Layman for Eagle County commissioner.
We have lived in Eagle County for almost 10 years and met Jeff at church in 2004. Jeff had been the president of our church council for two years. Churches can be very political with strong, conflicting personal opinions. Jeff did a good job because he is a unifier with a level head who represented everyone.
Jeff will also be a unifier as commissioner, bringing together all sides for the benefit of the entire county.
We feel that the last two commissioner groups forced a political agenda that we did not support and were not fiscally responsible. With the economy in disarray, I am sure that Jeff will carefully evaluate current and future expenditures to ensure that our very limited resources are not wasted, as has unfortunately happened in the past. He will work with everyone and will spend county money carefully.
As undersheriff for five years in Eagle County, chief of police in Avon for seven years and an office in Vail for 18 years, Jeff managed funds and often returned money to the taxpayers each year. Jeff is a stand-up, no-nonsense guy that will work hard for Eagle County. This has been his home for a long time, and he will do the best for all the people of the county, and not necessarily for a political agenda. Jeff has always worked hard for our county, and I know he will continue to do so as commissioner.
Don Donnalley
Angels on I-70
On Thursday, Oct. 4, our new rescue 8-year-old dog Clint got out of our yard after the wind blew the gate open, and there was no way I could catch up with him.
I did my best climbing the hill that took away my summer just so I could survey the area, and there he was, standing in the middle of the westbound lanes of I-70 facing head to the north and tail to the south. And there was a line of cars backing up on the highway, not passing or beeping or trying to hurt him.
I am so thankful. You see, on Super Bowl Sunday, my sweet Sasha died suddenly of a heart attack. She was 14. I was certain that I would never love another dog, but I do. I just want to thank you for not running my dog over and for being patient enough for an old lady to get her dog off the highway.
Most folk would say it was nice of you. I feel you are all angels. I want to say a special thanks to Steve Kirtle for walking Clint back home. Thank you does not seem like enough.
Thank you again. Every one of you is an angel on Earth. God bless.
Barbara Richardson
Right to shoot that bear
This letter is a response to the Eby Creek Mesa bear killing. I have lived in Gypsum 21 years, born and raised here. This year, by far, has been the worst for bears that I have ever seen. Since Aug. 17 to now, I have had four bears that come to my house daily, every night. They have done damage to my property, tried to get into my house and most recently my camper where my mom (who's got a messed up shoulder, neck and a broken foot sleeps), and I have even had a bear take a swipe at me, coming inches from my face.
I know Joe personally. I know his actions are justified.
The Division of Wildlife has done nothing to prevent the bear-human conflicts. When I had the bear swipe at me, I was told it was a provoked attack, since I scared it when I looked out my window. So they did nothing.
I was also told by a game officer that if I feel physically threatened in any way, I have the right to shoot and kill the bear. Joe felt physically threatened for not only his life, but the lives of his newborn son and wife.
To the lady who said she had bears on her porch daily and enjoyed seeing them, I wonder how she would have reacted if this happened to her?
If the bear decided to turn your pets into its next lunch, how would you feel? We live in a society that overreacts to things. They hate people who kill bears or elk or what have you until the animals start to affect their lives and their property.
Joe is an Army veteran. He was trained to protect the soldiers and civilians around him. He acted with the right actions. Anyone in that situation would pull the trigger, as well. You don't have time to think about what will happen afterward.
If it was your child in the next room, your basic instinct to defend your child overtakes your thinking, and you will do whatever you can in your power to protect your kid.
The fact he was charged at all is beyond wrong. With the wildlife officers doing nothing, we as home and property owners have to take matters into our own hands.
I know I will get a lot of backlash from this letter, and that's OK. As I finish this letter, I will leave you all with one question. If at 5 a.m. you had a bear advance toward you in an aggressive manner and you had a brand new baby boy in the next room, what would you do? Stand back and allow the bear to attack while you dial 911, or would you take action and defend yourself and your family?
Ron Ladenburger
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PULLING THE WOOL: Woolrich John Rich & Bros. women's collection will have a more sophisticated slant when it is unveiled at the WP Lavori booth at Pitti Uomo. In keeping with a "Gentlewoman" theme, the new women's design team worked in an assortment of luxury materials, fabrics and patterns.
Wool, of course, is featured prominently, including vintage wool patterns that were culled from the new Woolrich Archive selection. Hunting-inspired styles carry labels highlighting how each item was made from wool tweed, wool gauze, printed silk or Tencel denim.
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Women's outerwear, which retails from $595 to $795, has waterproof technical wool pieces, sheepskin fur collars and eco-friendly linings. Pants will retail from $140 to $225, and tops and sweaters will run from $150 to $350. Pastel colors are used throughout the collection — even for the Byrd Arctic parka — to give the line more of a feminine feel.
In addition, Woolrich John Rich & Bros. has partnered with Porselli to design and produce limited-edition woolen ballerina flats. Made with original Woolrich patterns, the shoes are handmade and produced in Milan.


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Ethier expects to be fine after tweaking ankle
LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier downplayed an irritated left ankle that forced him out of Friday night's 4-2 loss to the Giants after he doubled in the eighth inning.
He received treatment for 45 minutes after the game and said the ankle felt "good."
"Show up tomorrow and see if I'm ready to go," he said.
Manager Don Mattingly said Ethier was "fine" after a day off last week and was hopeful of a repeat.
"I expect him to be OK," he said. "I'm sure we'll be cautious with him."
With the Dodgers trailing, 4-2, Ethier grounded a pitch off left-hander Javier Lopez inside first base and down the right-field line. Three steps after rounding first base, Ethier began limping and hobbled into second base.
After a brief meeting with Mattingly at the bag, Ethier was replaced by pinch-runner Dee Gordon.
"I was asked the question, on a ground ball, could I score?" Ethier said. "I wasn't sure if I could really make the turn to do it. I felt it on the first turn when I tried to go to second."
Ethier said he believes he twisted the ankle swinging at an inside pitch in Colorado, apparently on Sept. 3, as he was out of the lineup Sept. 4 against left-hander Jorge De La Rosa but had one at-bat after being inserted into the game in the seventh inning.
He started the next five games, sat out Wednesday night's game against Arizona when the ankle tightened and returned to the lineup Thursday night.
Either said the injury bothers him turning, mostly when rounding a base. He said he doesn't feel it running straight.
Ethier's injury comes one night after Hanley Ramirez left a game with an inflamed nerve in his lower back, while Matt Kemp continues a very slow rehab in Arizona from ankle and hamstring problems.


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Symantec has rolled out the 12th iteration of its pcAnywhere remote-control software, returning to basics with features to ease connectivity.
"With this release we've gotten back to the fundamentals," said Mike Baldwin, senior product manager for Symantec, based in California.
The pervasiveness of broadband, firewalls, routers, NAT (Network Address Translation) devices and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) IP (Internet Protocol) address assignment pose many challenges for help desk professionals looking to connect to remote PCs, laptops and other devices, said Baldwin.
To address those challenges, Symantec has added a new gateway feature that lets users designate one machine in a network as a single point of access to that network. This helps reduce the amount of ports a user has to open and minimizes challenges around dynamic IP-address assignment, said Baldwin. Another new feature, called the host invitation, lets host users initiate remote-control sessions with remote users without requiring either user to know the other's IP address.
Symantec also said it had extended host and remote platform support for the Mac OS X operating system and host support for the Windows XPe and WEPOS embedded environments.
The new software will be available by the end of the month.
In addition to upgrading its pcAnywhere software, Symantec also rolled out an add-on offering, pcAnywhere Access Server, which enables connections to multiple pcAnywhere hosts through a central server, regardless of users' location or network configuration, according to Symantec.
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I'm really liking our Watsons here for the exciting slew of skin care products they've been introducing in succession. First, it was new organic products. Then, it was Dr Jart+ from Korea. And soon, they're going to bring in a major Japanese skincare range that many girls around the world have been raving about.
Yes, this info is reliable because I was given a kit of four product samples to try recently, including their star product which received a rating of 4.2 out of 5 from 1037 reviewers at Makeupalley.com and is stated as the most purchased item in its category within Japan. I have actually featured this product before here and was eyeing it sometime back myself. And now it's finally going to be here! And of the four product samples I received, one of them works pretty well as the key ingredient in the DIY lotion mask introduced by Chizu Saeki too!
Anyway, I'm not going to review the products because the launch info is embargoed and I'm not allowed to reveal the brand as yet. But I thought it might be fun to get you guessing which brand Watsons is bringing in from Japan. As it is, I think a number of you can tell by looking at the color of the product.
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For office manager Joan Baron of Alternate Access Inc., a computer-telephony company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, the workday is full of little details. But what makes her day even busier is her volunteer work for Project Tanzania, a group searching for solutions to the poverty and famine problems in Africa. Baron occasionally makes time for her volunteer work while on the job, sometimes sending a few e-mails and faxes from the office on behalf of the organization, or taking a few hours away from the office to help out. "[Volunteering] is a part of who I am," she says.
It's also a big part of who Alternate Access' owners, Kelly and Adrienne Lumpkin, are. Throughout the com-pany's 7-year history, community service has offered a welcome diversion from building the company. Adrienne is active in Junior Achievement, and the couple even met while volunteering for a college MBA organization.
But what can the average entrepreneur of a busy, growing company get out of letting employees volunteer during work hours? A lot, according to Adam J. Goodman, president of the University of Colorado, Boulder's Student Leadership Institute, which does research on leadership and public service in the public, nonprofit and private sectors. Says Goodman, "Companies with effective volunteer programs have increased employee retention and better teamwork and morale."
Filling The Void
Baron is just one of a growing number of employees looking to community service as a way to give something back. In fact, a 1999 study by Independent Sector, a nonprofit coalition of foundations and corporations that encourages volunteerism and philanthropy, found that nearly 109 million adults ages 18 and over volunteered in 1998, up from 93 million in 1995. Volunteers in 1998 put in an estimated 19.9 billion hours on activities where the only payment was a thank-you.
Why? It's a sign of the times. Employees enjoying comfortable salaries want to give back, and want to know that their employers have social consciences. "We're recognizing that community service is a given, especially for younger workers, and they're looking for companies that value it," says recruiting director John Worth of Deloitte Consulting, which recently gathered more than 500 partners and staff together to build a park in downtown Atlanta. Volunteerism has become an important recruiting and retention tool for Deloitte and other large companies, and smaller firms are quickly catching on.
Volunteering is also making its way into many business plans. A 1999 Points of Light Foundation study that surveyed a cross section of American business by location, size and sector, found that 81 percent of the companies surveyed had incorporated volunteering into their overall business strategies, up from 31 percent in 1992.
Employee volunteer programs also offer you some of the best low-cost image marketing that a company can get. "The public values volunteerism more than philanthropy, and it's easier to justify to shareholders," says Steve Rochlin, director of research and policy development for the Boston College Center for Corporate Community Relations in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Size Doesn't Matter
Young companies have rapid-fire problem-solving and organizational skills that make them naturals for community service, but entrepreneurs often have the misperception that size limits their involvement with volunteer projects-especially when they equate volunteerism with large corporations and their millions in charitable contributions and dollar-matching programs. Plus, entrepreneurial companies often lack a human resources director, making coordination a time drain when there's already too little time. In fact, the Points of Light survey concluded that companies with fewer than 500 employees often have less of a com-mitment to employee volunteer efforts. "There's a real tendency to think, 'I can't do that.' But size isn't an issue," says Jeffrey Hough, former vice president of corporate affairs for the Points of Light Foundation in Washington, DC.
Don't just think board memberships and corporate sponsorships-the typical route taken by entrepreneurs when it comes to community service. Volunteerism has to go deeper to engage employees. "Nine times out of 10, employees want volunteer opportunities but don't know how to go about it," Hough says. The Independent Sector study found that 90 percent of people join a volunteer project when asked, while only 22 percent join on their own initiative. Like a lot of other aspects of business, it's up to the CEO to lead the way.
Tying community service to your company's mission is relatively easy. A small software company's techies, for example, can take a few hours on a workday to install computers at a local senior center and then teach seniors how to conquer their fear of technology. In this way, the volunteer effort is connected to the company's business purpose, and employees get some team-building experience and time away from the daily grind. "If employees are at the office 80 hours a week, volunteer work becomes a stress-reduction issue," says Susan Ellis, president of Philadelphia-based Energize Inc., an international training, consulting and publishing firm specializing in volunteerism. "People are working too hard these days, so it's a healthy thing to do."
At Alternate Access, Kelly and Adri-enne, 47 and 43, respectively, haven't written volunteering into their mission statement, but are flexible with employees who want to take on community service projects. Their philosophy is trickling down: At least five of the Lumpkins' 12 employees-including Joan Baron-have worked individual volunteering projects into their schedules, and the whole staff got involved this past year when the Special Olympics came to town, handing out medals and making banners. Kelly sees community service as important in the development of the whole person. "Volunteering gets you out of your box so you can look inside someone else's box," he says. "You have to let employees out to learn things. You have to encourage it, not fear it."
An easy solution to a possible productivity crunch is to make one day per week your company's volunteer day, and to create flextime opportunities. Create a rotating schedule planned in advance that lets a few employees take extended lunch breaks to participate in volunteer projects. With planning, everyone knows what to expect and how to adjust.
It's important not to make community service look like a mandate from above, however. The "you better show up," boot-camp mentality isn't a good way to encourage employee service. Employees will think they have to be there instead of wanting to be there, and enthusiasm will wane. Also, some people won't want to volunteer, no matter what projects are available. Just let it go. "Some people have the gleam in their eye to volunteer. Others don't, and you can't put it there," Kelly says.
You might be fearing that volunteering would take a lot of employees' time and energy away from their work and cause a distraction that could hinder company growth. That's definitely not the case as far as Alternate Access is concerned. The Lumpkins' company has won numerous business awards, including a listing in Deloitte & Touche's 1998 Fast 50 list of fastest-growing North Carolina businesses.
Employees who participate in volunteering will see it as a company benefit, and will likely feel better about themselves and their jobs. Although volunteering has put more on her plate to push around, sometimes meaning longer hours at the office, Baron says she gets her job done and feels the Lumpkins' support has made a difference in how she sees her employer. "I feel accepted for who I am. I'm not pigeonholed," Baron says. "I really think that employers who honor volunteerism will create loyalty, devotion and motivation in their employees."
Making It Happen
A successful employee volunteer program should reflect your company's culture and values. Think about where you want your community involvement to be in five years, how you can shape your image through volunteer work, and the role employees can play. Here are some tips for making it happen:
Find out what's going on. What projects are critical in your com-munity or state? Find out through your local chapter of United Way or your mayor's office, or through one of the 450 Points of Light CVC Vol-unteers Centers (800-VOLUNTEER) around the country. Knowing what issues are in your backyard could not only help you select projects and give your employees more reason to volunteer but will also put your company on the cutting edge of what's happening in your town. With luck and planning, you might even be able to align yourself with larger companies in your area that are doing similar projects, creating net-working opportunities and increased media attention.
Discuss it. Ask employees which volunteer projects they would participate in if they had the time. If you survey your employees and find that certain volunteer projects stand out-literacy or working with disadvantaged youth, for example-you can see if there's a fit between community needs and your employees' interests. Ellis suggests putting a whiteboard in the breakroom where employees can post community service projects they've heard about. Set some time aside to discuss the issue with them. Maybe someone on staff would like to act as a volunteer coordinator or as a liaison with community organizations.
Create a mix of individual and group projects. You can't get the benefits of team building from individual projects. Adding in a staffwide community project now and then can get everyone working together. Give the whole group a larger perspective about what their participation means for the company and the community. Recognize your employees who volunteer; get clued into what they're doing and what they're learning.
In the end, promoting volunteerism in your company is simply a matter of making it a priority, the earlier the better. As your company expands, you can consider dollar-matching options for employee volunteer work. But for now, incorporate volunteerism into your company's mission statement and formal business plan. "If you build it in early," says Hough, "it becomes the foundation on which the company grows."
Contact Sources
- Alternate Access Inc., (919) 831-1860, www.alternateaccess.com
- Deloitte Consulting, (919) 546-8046, www.dc.com


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Jeff wrote: Could you describe how it would be different? Does not a senior student feel light/divine love in the presence of someone who has attained Rigpa? (Divine love "feels" more like a combination of "peace" and "joy" than what we normally describe as romantic love.)
Divine love?
Dzogchen is nothing like this. Its not like New Age love and light B.S.


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Greetings from the Illinois State Archaeological Survey, a division of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois-Champaign! Recently, I have been spending my days in the lab helping to update and transcribe site inventories into a digital database. The excavations that produced these artifacts were conducted in the 1960s and 1970s, and the only inventories that exist are on hard copy. Additionally, some of the artifacts are still in their original paper collection bags. I am currently relabeling and rebagging artifacts, mostly lithics, and entering catalogue and provenience information into a digital database. (Provenience refers to the exact location on the site at which the artifact was found; as opposed to the "Antiques Roadshow" term provenance, which refers to the entire history of the object from its discovery to the present). It is important to curate these items using materials and technology that will help to preserve both the artifacts and their associated provenience information.
While this task might not entail bullwhip-cracking excitement and Spielberg-worthy finds, I think it is every bit as valuable as the discovery of a new site, the excavation of a unique artifact, or the ground-breaking research taking place daily. This is due in part to my recent completion of a Master's thesis in which I analyzed artifacts from the Chesapeake Bay region, despite living about 800 miles away in the Midwest. I was able to conduct a majority of my research and some data collection using the Comparative Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture database (http://www.chesapeakearchaeology.org/index.cfm), created by the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory and other Chesapeake archaeologists and collaborators. This information was available to me thanks to the careful curation and meticulous inventorying of thousands of artifacts by Tidewater archaeologists in Maryland and Virginia.
As I work on curating the artifacts and information from excavations conducted years ago in Illinois, my recent research experience is always in the back of my mind. I hope that our careful curation of the artifacts from decades-old excavations will assist researchers investigating these sites to more easily access this information. The field of archaeology continues to advance both technologically and theoretically, and it is important to preserve artifacts and information as completely as possible to assist future researchers in the reinvestigation and reanalysis of previously-excavated sites. Who knows what exciting reinterpretations might someday be based on these nondescript bags of broken rocks?


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Welcome to the Trench Safety Ohio resource page. Trenching and excavating can be dangerous work, but injuries and fatalities associated with this work are preventable.
BWC's trench safety campaign is focused on increasing awareness of the hazards of working in trenches and promoting safe trenching work practices. The campaign provides useful information on major safety factors in trenching and excavation operations, and proactive safety strategies to prevent injuries and fatalities. The Trench Safety Ohio website provides access to strategies, tools, tips, techniques, and training resources.


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Aaron Hernandez friend pleads not guilty
FALL RIVER, Mass. >> A man accused of helping out former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez after he allegedly orchestrated a murder pleaded not guilty Thursday to an accessory charge.
Ernest Wallace appeared in Bristol Superior Court in Fall River and will continue to be held on $500,000 bail until a Sept. 26 bail hearing.
Wallace was ordered held on $500,000 bail last month in district court after being indicted by a Bristol grand jury on a charge of being an accessory to murder after the fact.
On Thursday, Wallace's defense attorney asked for time to review the grand jury's minutes.
Police have said Wallace and Carlos Ortiz were with Hernandez the night he arranged the shooting of Odin Lloyd. Lloyd's body was found by a jogger June 17 in North Attleborough, not far from Hernandez's home.
Authorities say Lloyd was killed with a .45-caliber Glock, which hasn't been recovered. They haven't identified the triggerman, but according to court documents, Ortiz told police that Wallace said it was Hernandez. Prosecutors say they have video footage of Hernandez at his home in the hours before and after the shooting holding what appears to be a Glock.
Hernandez's attorney say the case against their client is circumstantial and predict he'll be exonerated.
Prosecutors have said Wallace, who is from Bristol, Conn., had no job and no fixed address and that Hernandez appeared to be supporting him. They said Wallace has been described as Hernandez's right-hand man, and in the months before the killing had been spending more time at his house, and using a car Hernandez rented for him.
A recent affidavit says that after Lloyd's killing, Hernandez's cousin, Tanya Singleton bought a bus ticket for Wallace, and he went to Florida. He later surrendered there.
Singleton was later indicted on a criminal contempt charge and is being held without bail.
Prosecutors say she refused to testify before the grand jury hearing evidence in the case, even after they offered her immunity.


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Yes, you read that right. We have someone who said he's willing to get tased with a C2 Taser, live at Giz Gallery TODAY. And you better believe we'll have that on camera. UPDATE #2: It's on...tomorrow!.
James Del, who works in Gawker's sales department, says he's up for the task. So at 2:30p today, we'll be tasing him in the gallery. If you have any interest in seeing someone take 50,000 volts to the stomach, you'll want to be there. We're pretty excited. Two. Thirty. Pee. Em. BE THERE.
So, The Man just cracked down on us and said we might not be allowed to taser anyone at all—not even our own kin. So we're trying to work this out. Turns out The Man is OK with us tasing James as long as he/she/it is here. But apparently that wont be til tomorrow. :-(
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September 23rd-27th
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9/23 Wednesday
9/24 Thursday
9/25 Friday
9/26 Saturday
9-? - Live Musical Performance
9/27 Sunday
Read more about our Giz Gallery 09 here, follow @gizgallery on Twitter and see what else we'll be playing with at the event. And special thanks to Toyota's Prius — without their sponsorship, there would be no Gizmodo Gallery.


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Ticks are small external parasites living by hematophagy on the blood of mammals and birds. Ticks are vectors of a number of diseases. Ticks have bodies which are divided into two primary sections: the anterior capitulum which contains the head and mouthparts; and the posterior idiosoma which contains eight legs, digestive tract, and reproductive organs. Ticks satisfy all of their nutritional requirements on a diet of blood, a practice known as hematophagy. They extract the blood by cutting a hole in the host's epidermis, into which they insert their hypostome, likely keeping the blood from clotting by excreting an anticoagulant.
Animals that live in your home, like dogs and cats, can easily bring ticks into your house. After feeding for a couple of days, the ticks will drop off and lay eggs. They look for tiny crevices to store their eggs, which means that you could soon have a large tick infestation in your home. Getting rid of a tick infestation takes time because eggs can hatch months later, long after you think you have the situation under control with other tick removal methods.
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Patrick Le Quément and his team was responsible for designing some of the most daring cars of the modern era, working for Renault in the 1990s and early 2000s. Sounds great, right? Maybe not so much.
The excellent Car Design News posted this cartoon done by Le Quément showing just what his job as head designer really entailed.
Patrick Le Quement's cartoon shows what life was like in the Renault boardroom during meetings between design, engineering and management
So designing cars isn't just about making pretty doodles, after all. I guess I shouldn't mail my old math notebooks to Alfa Romeo, then.


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Head-to-toe gray? Out. Ankle-length skirts? Over. Those Fendi baguette handbags? Buh-bye. They're so 20th century. Below, how stars will dress in Y2K:
RED-CARPET COUTURE Listen up, Joan Rivers. Expect actresses to embrace these fashion B's: baby blue, bustiers, and bare essentials. Celeb stylist Philip Bloch predicts a big bustier blowout: "Girls… want to feel secure on top and flowy on the bottom." Watch for pale blue to become the new pink. And to balance all this free-flowing femininity, there will be slits up to there. "Legs are really big," says Bloch. Clearly Courtney Love's already gotten the message…. IN THE LOOP Everyone from Prince William to comeback king Carlos Santana is clamoring for Killer Loop — a new line of urban, edgy eyewear…. COWHIDE HIP Leather and suede are becoming all-season gear — especially in white, camel, lavender, or pink. Gold lame is "the perfect spring replacement for the pony skirt from fall," says Jeffrey Kalinsky, owner of upscale retailer Jeffrey New York and Atlanta…. DENIM REDUX From dungarees to dresses, denim is the fabric du '00 among designers, including John Galliano for Christian Dior. He outfitted Foxy Brown in head-to-toe cowgirl for the opening of Dior's New York flagship…. TWINKLE, TWINKLE Glittery face powder is all the rage in London. Now Stila's IPF (illuminating power foundation) will get an evening workout by Cameron Diaz and Natalie Portman, who are planning to wear it to the Golden Globes…. IN THE TRENCHES Old-school trench coats are being refashioned by Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent, and Marc Jacobs. Stylist Stefan Campbell calls Vuitton's $1,300 version "a family heirloom."


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New rules headed to NFL in 2016
The MMQB's Peter King and SI.com's Don Banks take a look at some of the changes coming to the NFL in the 2016 season.
The MMQB's Peter King and SI.com's Don Banks take a look at some of the changes coming to the NFL in the 2016 season.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has conditionally reinstated Seahawks WR Josh Gordon from suspension. Gordon will be eligible to begin practicing with the team on December 21st and will be eligible to play in the final two games of the season. ...read more
Finding players with low ownership and inexpensive salaries is crucial to success when building lineups in Daily Fantasy Football on DraftKings. Having a player on your roster that is less than 10% owned compared to 25% ownership can be the difference of hundreds, thousands, even ...read more
Sports Illustrated senior writer Albert Breer answers this week's fan questions ahead of Week 13. In this week's video mailbag, Breer shares his insight into the Patriots upset losses this season, the best team in an underperforming division - the NFC East, Matt Rhule's chances ...read more
Kyle Schwarber is joining the crowded free agency pool this MLB offseason after the Cubs decided to not tender the left fielder's contract. As Sports Illustrated senior writer Tom Verducci points out, this might come as a surprise to some. However, the numbers tell a different ...read more
There has been yet another blockbuster trade in the NBA as the Houston Rockets sent Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards in exchange for John Wall and a protected first round pick. But is this swap actually significant? Sports Illustrated host Robin Lundberg discussed the ...read more
LeBron James and Anthony Davis have both agreed to extensions with the Los Angeles Lakers. And for James, it means he could add more titles to his already legendary career and garner more records and accolades in LA. But could James actually ultimately be remembered as a Laker? ...read more
After defeating the Baltimore Ravens in the oft delayed game, the Pittsburgh Steelers are 11-0. Yet, despite being undefeated, they clearly aren't Super Bowl favorites, or even a popular pick. So, is everyone sleeping on the Steelers? Sport Illustrated host Robin Lundberg and SI ...read more
First LeBron James agreed to an extension with the Los Angeles Lakers, and then his superstar teammate Anthony Davis did as well. And considering the other roster upgrades the team made, the Lakers enter this NBA season as clear favorites. Sports Illustrated host Robin Lundberg ...read more
Derrick Henry is a unique running back in a time where the value of the running back has dipped, and standing out in today's game is a result of playing the way running backs of the past played. Henry's hard-hitting, stiff-arming, and big gains after contact style of play has set ...read more


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Gallery Nucleus presents a two-person exhibit featuring artists Lorelay Bové and Becky Dreistadt contributing wonderful and lighthearted paintings that capture the adventures of a boy and his dog as they travel the world encountering new friends and unexpected excitement!
Artist Bios:
Lorelay Bové is an artist and animator currently residing in Los Angeles, California. She received her BFA – Character Animation from the California Institute of the Arts in 2007 and went on to become an intern at Pixar Animation Studios. Lorelay now holds the position of Visual Development Artist at Disney Animation Studios and has worked on several blockbuster Disney animations such as Tangled, Winnie the Pooh and The Princess and the Frog. Lorelay is heavily inspired by the early Disney classics and culture of the 50's and 60's. She strives to constantly create an organized variety of shapes in her work to maintain interest.
Becky Dreistadt is a Los Angeles based comic artist and graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design in Sequential Art. She is co-founder of Tiny Kitten Teeth, a hand-painted and weekly updated webcomic about a misfit's adventures in Owltown. She collaborates regularly with her partner, Frank. Together, they have self-published three comic books, appeared in several print anthologies, comic conventions and gallery shows. Becky draws her inspiration from a variety of interesting line work; older architecture, animals, cartoons and folk art.
Exhibit Runs: May 14 - June 6
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 14, 7pm to 11pm
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text: Eugène Delacroix is one of the most significant painters of the 1800s, and the greatest of the century's Romantic painters. In early 1832, Delacroix travelled throughout Spain and the French North African colonies of Morocco and Algeria as part of a diplomatic mission. Delacroix described North Africa as a place of sensation and beauty fundamentally unlike Europe – a place, he wrote, 'made for painters'. This is one of many paintings that resulted from this journey, and among the finest. This stirring scene – a tumultuous line of violent, turbaned Arabs charging towards some hidden enemy – had as its source a fantasia viewed by Delacroix while in Morocco: a choreographed military spectacle that is unique to Morocco, whose origin was, as its name suggests, more in the imagination than actuality. The painter's fluid and gestural brushwork, the sharp contours and the rich palette, produce an image of the Orient as dazzling and theatrical, a wild place of dust and violence.