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Major: Social Work; Bible & Religion
Class: 2015
- What's your major? Why did you choose it?
- I am a Social Work and Bible and Religion double major. I like helping people and theology captivates me. I figure that as a human and as as Christian I'll be engaging questions of faith and life for a good while to come and the holistic nature of the Social Work discipline is something I can take in a lot of different directions.
- What brought you to Bethel?
- Bethel was initially a prime college choice because of family and church connections. But my decision to come to Bethel was cemented when I was in high school. I saw Bethel students doing things I wanted to do in the future, weaving gorgeous harmonies in a choir, playing soccer at a collegiate level, engaging issues of faith in serious ways and having a joyous and creative approach to learning which seemed to flow well beyond the classroom.
- What activities have you been involved in?
- I play soccer, sing in the Men's Chorus, acted in a One Act, am a Student Senator, serve on the chapel planning committee and participate in Students for Social Change and the Student Social Work Organization.
- How are you different now from when you first arrived on campus?
- I am more willing to try things and get involved. I'm not afraid to say,
What the heck, I might as well go for it.
- For what are you most proud of Bethel?
- I am struck by the quality of music that springs from Bethel and its students. I have been blown away by sheer technical brilliance, had deep emotions stirred and a huge grins cross my face, all from music at Bethel.
- How would you like to see Bethel change or improve in the next five years?
- I'd like to see Bethel bolster the Spanish language program, with an emphasis on local and practical application.
- What has been your favorite course so far, and why?
- Mennonite Life, History, and Thought with Mark Jantzen. We had a wonderful mix of engaging lectures, discussions among classmates that each brought different perspectives to Mennonite topics and visits to local churches where we were warmly welcomed. It was a lively and insightful class.
- Tell a quick story about a memorable moment from your Bethel days.
- Over spring break this past year, I went on a Bethel-led service and learning trip to New Mexico/Arizona and the Navajo reservation. It was an epic trip that included lots of group bonding in a cramped van, delicious food, gracious hospitality, glimpses into the world of social services in the Navajo reservation, sleeping in a traditional Navajo hogan and hiking and stargazing in some stunningly beautiful scenery.
- What does it mean to be a Thresher?
- To be Thresher is to be an individual, who, although perhaps being brilliant in one or many areas, doesn't take himself/herself too seriously, reaches out across divisions to build relationships and quietly does many things well.


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Eyebrows were raised last week when the Texans revealed that No. 1 overall pick Jadeveon Clowney had undergone sports hernia surgery.
The surprise procedure wiped out the pass rusher's availability for this week's minicamp, but coach Bill O'Brien reiterated Thursday that Clowney remains on track to dress for the start of training camp in late July, per the Houston Chronicle.
Clowney acknowledged that he's making progress, but the rookie wouldn't confirm that he'd be ready by camp. He went out of his way to note that the groin issue didn't set in until after he joined the Texans.
The hulking defender out of South Carolina spent Thursday at Houston's practice facility, watching from afar as defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel continued to install a multiple-look scheme that figures to rely heavily on Clowney's gifts.
With NFL teams set to break for summer, O'Brien told reporters that he's urging Clowney and his fellow rookies to hang around the team facility as much as possible before camp.
Recovery time from hernia procedures varies murkily from case to case, but the Texans are confident their quarterback-killer will be ready to roll. We won't know the full power of this defense until he is.
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The parents of two South Salt Lake boys who were struck by lightning at a Scofield camp have sued the Boy Scouts of America, claiming Scout leaders were not properly trained in lightning protection.
In a lawsuit filed Friday in 4th District Court in Utah County, the parents of deceased Scout David Rayborn and his friend Sean Smith claimed the 12-year-olds should have been instructed to take shelter from a thunderstorm in a permanent structure, rather than walking to the troop's ridge-top campsite, when lightning struck the Scofield Scout Camp at Frandsen Scout Ranch on July 13, 2011.
David and Sean were playing horseshoes when a thunderstorm rolled into the camp, according to the lawsuit.
"Even though David and Sean were within 100 feet of the mess hall, a permanent structure that would have afforded them safe shelter, David and Sean, along with other Scouts and adult leaders in their troop, sought shelter hundreds of yards away at their campsite on top of a ridge, overlooking camp," the suit states.
Sean, who has asthma, fell behind the group, and David dropped back to accompany him to the campsite, the lawsuit states. The boys had been hiking alone for 12 minutes and were within 30 feet of a lean-to structure at the campsite when lightning struck David in the chest and indirectly struck Sean. Both boys lost consciousness.
Sean awoke to find David about 10 feet away. After he was unable to revive his friend, he ran to the lean-to for help. When no one could revive David, his body was placed with Sean in an ambulance.
As a result of David's traumatic death and "being placed within arms' distance of his deceased best friend, Sean suffered extreme emotional distress, including post-traumatic stress disorder and severe depression, which continue to this day," the suit claims.
The lawsuit seeks damages for David's death and Sean's physical and emotional injuries, claiming the tragedy could have been avoided had camp leaders been better trained to deal with lightning.
"The transient nature of these adult leaders, who in this instance, were called by ministers in their local LDS church to act as Scout leaders sometimes only for a very short time assured that there would be little continuity or consistency in the hazardous weather training they received," the suit argues.
The LDS Church is the largest sponsor of the Boy Scouts of America.
The Boy Scouts of America did not return a message seeking comment on Monday.
According to Neal Humphrey, a Fruit Heights resident who serves as a public charter organization representative for the Boy Scouts of America, the nonprofit organization began requiring volunteer leaders in 2010 to show they had completed mandatory training before taking Scouts on outdoor trips.
Though the Scofield Scout Camp had paid staff, Humphrey said volunteer leaders from individual troops still should have received some basic training, including instructions about adverse weather conditions.
"You still need training," he said. "In [2010], you were not supposed to register an adult leader unless they have received the training for the position."
The lawsuit accuses the Boy Scouts of America and its Orem-based Utah National Parks Council of negligence, failure to warn campers of hazardous weather, and infliction of emotional distress.
Ron Kramer, attorney for both families, said the lawsuit wasn't filed until now because it took this long to review the Boy Scouts' instructions, standards and policy guidelines to determine whether the families had a legitimate claim.
"Before you file a lawsuit, you want to have all the facts in place," he said.
The Boy Scouts of America was also named in a lawsuit filed in July involving a Scout who drowned during a summer camp scuba diving program at Bear Lake. David Christopher Tuvell, of Las Vegas, died on the same day David and Sean were struck by lightning. In addition to the Boy Scouts, the lawsuit lists several agencies and scuba-related businesses as defendants.
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Real-Time Debug Response Requirements
Coordination of debug breakpoints and events between processor cores in a heterogeneous processor is critical. The decision to break and halt execution needs to happen within a few cycles of the break that occurred on that encountered the breakpoint. Thus, many embedded designs employ a debug synchronization unit. The ability to stop and start all processor cores synchronously is extremely valuable for multi-core systems that have inter-process communication or shared memory. To ensure that this synchronization is within a few cycles, a cross-trigger mechanism should be added on the chipset itself.
The configuration registers of the debug synchronization unit enable the developer to select the required cross-triggering behavior. In other words, the developer can specify which cores are halted on a breakpoint. On the other hand, if the processor cores have widely separated and non-interfering tasks, it may be sufficient to synchronize stops and starts with the debug tools. In other words, the debugger can handle synchronization of breakpoints as well, but with a little less fidelity.
Inevitably, this will lead to hundreds of cycles of what is termed skid between the halting of processor cores. The synchronous starting of processor cores can be achieved with either a cross-triggering mechanism or via the test access port (TAP) controller of each core.
AMP versus SMP Support in an Embedded OS
Let us now examine these multi-core environments from one level higher in the software stack. In many embedded multi-core designs it may be desirable to assign a few processor cores to a dedicated real-time task. In this case, a careful comparison should be made between asymmetric multiprocessing, bound multiprocessing, and symmetric multiprocessing.
In symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) a single copy of the main operating system executes on all processor cores. Once the OS is running, thread distribution and workload distribution is almost completely handled by the OS. For effective debugging, it is important to know the unique thread identifier—which core is executing particular threads.
An OS that supports SMP has insight into activities occurring on the system and allocates resources on the multi-core processors with little or no input from the embedded developer. The native threading layer of an OS will probably provide interfaces that enabled safe data sharing between cores and threads. Since an SMP OS has this oversight over all activities on the system, it can dynamically allocate resources to specific applications rather than to processor cores, thereby enabling greater utilization of available processing power. It also lets system tracing tools gather operating statistics and application interactions for the multiprocessing system as a whole, providing valuable insight into how to optimize and debug applications.
In bound multiprocessing (BMP) a single OS manages all of the processor cores, but during application initialization, a setting determined by the system designer forces all of an application's threads to execute only on a specified processor core. This effectively isolates a workload and can eliminate the cache thrashing that can reduce performance in an SMP system by allowing applications that share the same data set to execute exclusively on the same processor core. BMP offers a simpler application debugging environment than SMP since all execution threads within an application run on a single processor core. It helps legacy applications that use poor techniques for synchronizing shared data to execute correctly, again by letting them run on a single processor. BMP can be very useful if you have one or two high priority applications that need to be isolated, either for legacy reasons or for prioritization reasons. BMP support is very OS specific. Examples of Real-time operating systems that offer support include VxWorks and QNX. One drawback with BMP is that it does not permit the use of idle resources on an unused processor core, thus artificially restricting performance gain through parallelism.
Asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP) is the software equivalent of heterogeneous multi-core platform development. The different processors execute their own dedicated OS. Data sharing is limited to shared memory and defined messaging APIs. In the simplest scenario the dedicated OS layers are carbon copies of each other. More commonly, this approach is used for heterogeneous hardware designs. The main purpose of this approach may be the need to use special purpose operating systems on a special purpose chip. For example, a handheld device or a SoC implementation targeting in-car infotainment (IVI) may comprise a digital signal processor (DSP) or GPS chip that execute its own RTOS or firmware code. An RTOS like Nucleus, VxWorks, or μ-Itron may be executing on a general purpose processor handling real-time background tasks like phone-call switching and telephone tower registration. This RTOS would also control the messaging API between the general purpose processor and the DSP. Lastly, a full Linux-based OS like Android or MeeGO may be executing the application user interface for the end user.
To successfully debug application or device driver code, debug access to the multiple processor cores may be required. One means of achieving this is to have two separate debuggers that debug aspects of the code executing on different processor cores. If this debugging occurs in shared memory a potential problem can occur if one debugger set breakpoints that the other debugger then encounters and breaks. What if the breakpoint instruction from one core is alien enough to the other core that it triggers an invalid instruction exception and needlessly crashes the execution of the entire application?
For the system level debugger an additional complication is that an AMP software stack design probably has a custom messaging API between the various processors. The application developer probably has no other choice but to rely on the API to behave as intended. There will however, be a system-level developer who has to first implement the messaging API. With highly customized embedded designs it may not be possible to adopt an existing API from elsewhere. The developer of this API may need to use multiple debuggers for the different architectures involved simultaneously.
An improvement to employing multiple debuggers is to have a heterogeneous multi-core debugger implementation that can monitor multiple processor cores simultaneously while having a hardware cross-trigger mechanism in place that allows for breakpoint and debugger execution control synchronization between the cores. Such a debugger would at the application layer export information from the API that can be used for messaging, bus monitoring, and debug. At the system level, the debugger would literally be in a bus signal probing tool that allows for signal timing optimization and handover correctness checks.
Debugging the boot sequence of an AMP software stack in a heterogeneous multi-core system is always going to be challenging, although luckily this is a task usually handled by the silicon vendor. Boot performance is frequently not quite as critical (in-car applications and emergency applications are exceptions), allowing for more freedom in signal timing.
Picking the right combination of application level OS, specialized RTOS, and microengine or DSP API is critical for efficient debug. It is strongly encouraged to look at the available debug solutions as part of the decision process when choosing a chipset combination for the embedded design.
This article is based on material found in book Break Away with Intel Atom Processors: A Guide to Architecture Migration by Lori Matassa and Max Domeika.


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Sir Ken on Changing Paradigms
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence. A visionary cultural leader, Sir Ken Robinson led the British government's 1998 advisory committee on creative and cultural education, a massive inquiry into the significance of creativity in the educational system and the economy, and was knighted in 2003 for his achievements. His latest book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, a deep look at human creativity and education, was published in January 2009.


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Last week in a home game against the Liberal Bee Jays, Hays Larks starter Jeff Chesnut had a solid game going before an error led to five unearned runs and eventually the snapping of Hays' 11-game winning streak.
In that start, the Bee Jays chased Chesnut on five straight singles and sent the University of Nebraska product out with his only loss.
Tuesday night against the Dodge City A's at Larks Park, the sixth inning nearly proved to be a rough one again for Chesnut. Only this time, the right-hander recovered.
Chesnut worked around a double and back-to-back singles in the sixth against the A's, then came back for a 1-2-3 seventh as the Larks eventually won 7-1 at Larks Park.
Hays moved to 17-3 overall and 13-3 atop the Jayhawk League, while Dodge City fell to 9-12, 4-10.
"I was commanding all four pitches fairly well tonight," said Chesnut, who made his fifth start. "I think it was something like 55 strikes and about 32 balls.
"I just kept them off-balance and sped it up when they weren't expecting it."
Chesnut, who will be a sophomore for the Cornhuskers, had a solid outing against a Dodge City team that two weeks ago roughed him up in a three-inning start. Chesnut gave up five earned runs on five hits in that game with five walks.
Tuesday was nearly the opposite. Through seven innings, Chesnut gave up six hits (three in the sixth) through seven innings and bested his previous longest start by 1.1 innings. He struck out three and walked one.
"Outstanding," �Larks manager Frank Leo said. "His game against Liberal, he gave us five good innings, and we made an error, and he flattened out a little bit.
"Good comeback for him after his previous outing," �Leo added. "This is a club that hit him around a little bit two starts ago, and he went out there and got it done."
Chesnut did give up the hits in the sixth, but worked around it with a three-pitch strikeout to end the threat. Then after the Larks sent eight batters up in the sixth, Chesnut came back on and recorded the 1-2-3 seventh on 11 pitches.
"I was a little bit (surprised)," Chesnut said. "When they told me to go out, I just decided to empty the tank in the seventh -- it worked out."
Dalton Viner and David Owen combined for two scoreless innings of relief to seal the deal. Owen struck out two in the ninth.
"We had a full bullpen ready to go," �Leo said. "But his arm speed and his bite on his breaking stuff was very good in the seventh."
Meanwhile, Hays' prolific offense struggled a bit early to manufacture. The Larks left six stranded through three innings before Jake Placzek, who was back after missing the weekend series at Derby, broke through with an RBI single in the fourth to break a scoreless tie. Then in the fifth, Hays scored three runs. Two came on a two-out, two-RBI double by Brett Lang, the first two RBIs of the season for the second-year Lark.
"I'm not totally concerned in the early innings," Leo said. "It seems like they keep grinding it out and have good at-bats.
"Things start happening. We've put runs up early, but it seems like this club, they don't panic."
Hays posted two more runs in the sixth on a wild pitch and an RBI single for Clayton Garland. Zair Koeiman tacked on the final touches with an RBI flyout to deep center in the seventh.
"They're very confident in each other, one through nine," Leo said. "Someone's going to get something started and guys behind them are going to get it going."
The Larks finished with nine hits and chewed through five Dodge City pitchers.
Lang, who missed the latter part of the regular season this spring at University of North Carolina-Charlotte with a quad injury, has had a rough start for the Larks. In his first four games, Lang recorded just one hit. Tuesday, he had two, and drove in a pair of runs.
"Maybe that will get him going," Leo said. "Those were the best at-bats he's had back-to-back-to-back (two hits, walk).
"That's a good sign, because we know what Brett can do," Leo added. "He's not an unknown."
Desmond Roberts also recorded two hits, and scored the Larks' first run. He also reached on an error in the fifth and had two stolen bases.
The Larks take a break from league action with back-to-back games against the Boulder Collegians today and Thursday at 7 p.m. at Larks Park.
Leo said the club will team-pitch both games, and get some different arms some work. He will also try and get some of his 12 position players rest. Hays then hosts Wellington in a three-game series beginning Saturday at Larks Park.
"We only have 12, but I call them the 'Magnificent 12,' " Leo said.
"They have a lot of versatility. We'll try to give each guy at least one day off."


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Transocean Inc. Provides Update on Fleet Contract Status
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2004--Transocean Inc. (NYSE:RIG) today announced that its report of drilling rig status and contract information covering the company's offshore drilling fleet has been updated as of September 24, 2004.
Drilling rig status and contract information on Transocean Inc.'s offshore drilling fleet has been condensed into a report titled "Monthly Fleet Update," which is available through the company's website at www.deepwater.com. The report is located in the "Investor Relations/Financial Reports" section of the website. By subscribing to the Transocean Financial Report Alert, you will be immediately notified when new postings are made to this page by an automated e-mail that will provide a link directly to the page that has been updated. Shareholders and other interested parties are invited to sign up for this service.
Statements regarding estimated contract duration, contract dayrates and future contract commencement dates and locations, as well as any other statements that are not historical facts in the report, are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. These include but are not limited to operating hazards and delays, risks associated with international operations, results of investigations regarding riser, actions by customers and other third parties, the future price of oil and gas and other factors detailed in the company's most recent Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated.
Transocean Inc. is the world's largest offshore drilling contractor with full or partial ownership in 95 mobile offshore drilling units, excluding the 70-rig fleet of TODCO, a publicly traded company in which Transocean Inc. owns a majority voting interest. The company's mobile offshore drilling fleet is considered one of the most modern and versatile in the world due to its emphasis on technically demanding segments of the offshore drilling business, including industry-leading positions in high-specification deepwater and harsh environment drilling units. The company's fleet consists of 32 High-Specification Floaters (semisubmersibles and drillships), 25 Other Floaters, 26 Jackup Rigs and other assets utilized in the support of offshore drilling activities worldwide. With a current equity market capitalization in excess of $10 billion, Transocean Inc.'s ordinary shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "RIG."
CONTACT: Transocean Inc., Houston Analyst Contact: Jeffrey L. Chastain, 713-232-7551 or Media Contact: Guy A. Cantwell, 713-232-7647 SOURCE: Transocean Inc.


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I'm looking for recommendations from the wise and all-knowing Server Fault community on cloud hosting providers that support running FreeBSD. Ideally ones that don't require special tweaks to the FreeBSD system, but any recommendations would be appreciated. Suggestions? Recommendations? Advice? Tips? War stories? Thanks in advance.
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GCW-ZERO - Open Source Gaming Console
Full control gaming
- Handheld gaming system for console and PC games
- Designed with open source games in mind
- Built for gamers by gamers
Want to play all kinds of games on just one device? Look no further than the GCW-Zero. It's retro handheld gaming built for gamers, by gamers. Run games from NES, SNES, GBA, Sega, PlayStation, PC and a whole lot more too numerous to mention. The GCW-Zero runs on Linux, so a huge library of open source software is already available to run on it. Install any application, change the operating system if you want, it's all up to you.
The Zero is serious about being an alternative to the gaming consoles you've become accustomed to, and mobile games you can't quite get into. Ditch the touchscreen device and return to your roots. The full set of gaming controls includes a responsive D-pad, an analog nub, two shoulder buttons and tilt controls. Plus, the 1Ghz processor and 512Mbs of RAM mean you've got power to play with.
Important Note:
The GCW-Zero does not come with any emulator software pre-installed. It's a blank canvas for you to create your own gaming masterpiece with. If you are new to this kind of platform we suggest you do some research before you dive in. A great place to do this is the Dingoonity Forums, endless existing information and a large community of GCW enthusiasts who will help you through just about anything. This platform/device is constantly evolving and changing so you might need to put in a bit of effort to figure things out. If any of this scares you, then you may want to reconsider your purchase.
Product Specifications
- Open source handheld gaming device
- Choose from black or white
- CPU: Ingenic JZ4770 1 GHz MIPS processor
- GPU: Vivante GC860, capable of OpenGL ES 2.0
- Display: 3.5 inch LCD with 320x240 pixels; 4:3 aspect ratio is ideal for retro gaming
- Operating system: Linux 3.x (OpenDingux)
- Memory: 512 MB DDR2
- Internal storage: 16 GB, most of which is available for applications and data
- External storage: micro SDHC up to 32 GB or micro SDXC of 64 GB (SDXC cards must be reformatted before use)
- Battery: 2800 mAh
- Connectivity: Mini USB 2.0 OTG
- Mini HDMI 1.3 out
- 3.5 mm (mini jack) A/V port for earphone and analog TV-out
- Audio: Stereo speakers, mono microphone
- Other: Accelerometer (g-sensor) and vibration motors
- Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 2.4 GHz, can connect to access point or direct device-to-device
- Dimensions: 143 * 70 * 18 mm
- Weight: 8 oz / 225 g
- Quick Start Guide can be found HERE
- Included in the box:
- GCW-ZERO Console
- 6ft HDMI to Mini HDMI Cable
- 2ft USB to Mini USB Cable (for data or charging)
- USB to Mini USB Dongle
- AC adapter
- 6ft AV Cable
- Console carry pouch


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Cub Scouts have the opportunity to see things and go places they could never imagine. They go on field trips and go camping. Want to go on a campout? Want to learn a secret code? If you're a boy in the first through fifth grades, (ages 7-10), then Cub Scouts might be for you.
BSA Official Links
Boy Scouts of America Logos and Program Symbols
Boy Scouts of America National Site
The National Council of the Boy Scouts of America supports more than 300 local councils that provide quality youth programs, including Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, and Venturing.
Guide to Safe Scouting
The Guide to Safe Scouting can help you plan your unit activities in a safe manner consistent with the policies of the BSA.
Boy's Life Magazine
Look for the regular score of fiction, comics, jokes, Scouts in Action and more in the latest issue of Boys' Life!
Scouting Magazine
Scouting is the national magazine for adult leaders of the Boy Scouts of America Complete archive dating to 1998.
Bryan on Scouting
A Blog for the BSA's Adult Leaders.
Official Scout Catalog
Your official online source for information about equipment, uniforms, handbooks, pinewood derby, and other essential Scouting Supplies. Merchandise available through the Gottschalk Scout Shop and Mid-American Energy Center.
Legal Issues Web Site
On behalf of the Boy Scouts of America informs the public about the issues that confront the Scouting movement.
Journey To Excellence
"Scouting's Journey to Excellence" is the BSA's new council performance recognition program designed to encourage and reward success and measure the performance of our units, districts, and councils.
A commissioner plays several roles, including friend, representative, unit "doctor," teacher, and counselor. Provided are many helpful forms, tools and links to assist the commissioner.
The national Scouting organization has developed the "National Parenting Initiative." The goal of this initiative is to increase parents' knowledge, participation and passion for Scouting. This site provides basic Scouting information, tips, a discussion forum and ideas to increase adult participation.
Other helpful Links
MeritBadge.Org provides resources for Tiger, Wolf, and Bear Cub Scouts, Webelos, Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venturers.
U.S. Scouting Service Project
Start your online Scouting Adventure with the U.S. Scouting Service Project, the Scouting Web Portal!
Dedicated to providing a wide variety of resources to support youth programs.
Camp Masters
Serving the Popcorn needs of Scouting Units nationwide.
Scout Camp.org
Listing of Scout Camps and other camping resources
Rope tying knots
Knot tying instruction and ideas. Listed alphabetically and by use
BSA Award Knots for your uniform
Everyone likes to be acknowledged for a job well done. Reward dedicated leaders for their service using the BSA knots.
Resources for Scouting, from Tiger Cubs through Eagle Scouts. Rank advancement, merit badge, award information, age-appropriate activities, skits, games, songs, graces, stories, and Scoutmaster minutes.
Autism and Boy Scouts
This site was created to give information to parents of autistic children considering if Scouting is right for their child and for Scout Leaders and Volunteers (Scouters) who have autistic children in their unit.
Retention in Scouting
This site is dedicated to all things recruitment and retention and was created by a Mid-America Council Scouter, Joseph E. Wherry.
BSA Additional Web Sites
Home | Mid-America Council | Calendar | Districts | Cub Scouts | Scouts BSA | Venturing | Camping | Invest in Scouting | Journey To Excellence | Popcorn
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Led by Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, Fred Hutch scientists pioneered the development of bone marrow transplantation to treat leukemia and other blood cancers. Dr. Thomas and his lifesaving work were recognized in 1990 with the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
When Thomas came to Seattle in 1963, his team at the University of Washington sought to use radiation and chemotherapy to destroy a patient's diseased bone marrow and then replace it with new marrow from a healthy patient. The goal was to establish a new, cancer-free blood and immune system.


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Chemistry club in every school Collaboration Mohamed wessim Mahouachi | added on Nov 04, 2011 Every child in this earth has the right to know that chemistry is very imporatnt in our daily life and it's very useful
ROBOT!!! Collaboration Alisha Sasikumar | added on Aug 14, 2011 My Ambition Is To Invent A Man Like-Robo.
|chemistry olympiad, game, history of chemistry, presentations, experiments, drawing competition, periodic table, show
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DISCUSS FOR SOLUTIONS Discussion Yash Agrawal | added on Jul 09, 2011 Let us come together to contribute in our small ways....
Scientists in the Class! Suggestion Latrece Johnson | added on Jun 26, 2011 Children engage in simple chemistry experiments all month long. Use a simplified version of the scientific method and ask/answer questions about what you did.
|hands-on courses, engaging the youth, experiments, show
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Chemical Art, a particular research of PHD position Collaboration Simon Raffy | added on May 19, 2011 Most of us try to use popular science for explain chemistry to the general public. It's not the only way : my goal is to fabricate chemical sculpture like dynamics systeme. We can fascinate the public with beautiful visual effect to increase there curiosity.
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Here is this week's list of recommended NASCAR reads that I liked and thought you might enjoy:
Nationwide's Eric McClure, his family, starting over a year after tornado- Dustin Long for Sports Illustrated
Kevin Harvick Gives Update on Josh Jones, Better Known As Twitters @Mother_Function- Jeff Gluck for SBNation.com
Tony Stewart Wins Denny Hamlin's Charity Race- Hank Kurz, Jr For AP/YahooNews!
Paul Menard Crewman Goes After Hendrick Team Member After Pit Road Incident- Bob Pockrass for Sporting News
Stewart Not Happy With NASCAR, Pit Crew at Richmond- Jon Gunn for Sporting News
Hendrick Motorsports Still Searching For Elusive 200th Win- Dustin Long for Athlon Sports.
Scott Speed Interview (12 Questions)- Jeff Gluck for SBNation.com
The Daly Planet: Day Two: The TV Bait And Switch- The Daly Planet Editor
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No. 5: Praxis Engineering Technologies Inc.
Praxis Engineering Technologies provides software and systems engineering primarily to the federal government. Its 253 Maryland employees, who work from Aberdeen and the company headquarters in Annapolis Junction, are able to take advantage of a number of perks, including tuition assistance and the referral bonus program, which offers rewards of up to $10,000 and has resulted in many new hires at the company. The company also offers a number of community-building resources, including the Praxis Pantry, a cookbook of healthy tips and recipes compiled by employees, and annual events like the Appreciation BBQ and Praxis Family Picnic. "Praxis knows how to have fun," said one employee, "and the high number of employee functions and perks are great for morale!"
Doug Kapustin, Special to The Baltimore Sun
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Signs of Pentagon spending plans emerge
The financial woes of the U.S. were hardly solved by a deal to extend taxes at the end of 2012. In fact, over the next two months, the U.S. government faces a new confluence of deadlines: a potential default on its debt obligations, across-the-board budget cuts of nearly $1 trillion and a possible government shutdown. The combination of events has even the most seasoned budget planners on their heels.
"I've never seen a period featuring any greater budget uncertainty," says Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale, who has worked with U.S. defense dollars since the 1970s. "It gives a whole new meaning to the term 'March Madness,' and I can't wait for it to be over."
Government and industry planners are looking to navigate the madness as it becomes clear that regardless of sequestration, the Pentagon's investment programs are going to take a hit. The question is the extent to which the cuts will be directed and where they will fall.
In its final days, the 112th Congress averted a so-called fiscal cliff by extending tax cuts and delaying the budget penalty known as sequestration. Now the government has until March 1 to come up with a new agreement. But the Bipartisan Policy Center warns that the U.S. will hit the debt ceiling between Feb. 15 and March 1, putting pressure on lawmakers to reach a deal next month to increase the debt limit and substantially reduce the federal deficit.
The proximity of those two deadlines "implicitly ties" sequestration to the debt-ceiling debate says Todd Harrison, senior budget studies fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
Whether sequestration happens is still a very open question. Answering it involves the ongoing three-way tussle over taxes, entitlements and discretionary spending, the first chapter of which was only partially addressed in an agreement between Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as 2012 turned into 2013. The delay to sequestration was added to the deal late in the process, Harrison notes.
Analysts and industry officials are fairly divided as to whether lawmakers will succeed in this round of deficit talks.
With a more Democratic Senate and a second Obama term, McConnell may be more willing to compromise. But the same spirit does not hold true on the other side of the Capitol, where House Republicans have not gone along with House Speaker John Boehner's latest proposals.
And if Democrats are unwilling to give ground on cuts to entitlement programs, Republicans could hold firm on sequestration, a defense lobbyist says.
According to the new law, the penalty of sequestration imposed for lawmakers' failure to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion would be imposed on March 1, Harrison explains. But new budget caps are imposed on March 27, the same day that the current continuing resolution expires.
If sequestration takes place, the cut to defense in fiscal 2013 is just $45 billion, down from a Pentagon-estimated $62 billion, according to Hale.
Hale and Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter testified to Congress in August that sequestration would force a cut of four F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in fiscal 2013, compared with the budget request. If sequestration does take place in March, it would represent a 9% reduction on every line item in the budget, Hale now says. That would include JSF production and research for Lockheed Martin's prized fifth-generation fighter, though program officials will have to decide how those cuts are directed within each project line item.
Decreasing production quantities could force the government to renegotiate contracts—without much leverage, Harrison says, citing the KC-46A tanker program as an example. The program is receiving $1 billion less than it expected under the terms of the fiscal 2013 continuing resolution. Boeing bid aggressively to win the contract. Now, if the government has to renegotiate, Harrison asks: "Are we in position to maintain a competitive price?"
A number of defense industry analysts believe that the deal on tax extensions paves the way for an agreement to avert across-the-board spending cuts.
"It looks like a small step, but I think it was quite a big one," says Richard Aboulafia, vice president for analysis at the Teal Group. "Hopefully, it's a small bite out of a big balloon."
According to Aboulafia, because those who were unwilling to compromise on spending issues were marginalized in the fight over tax increases, a deal on avoiding sequestration is more likely.
Loren Thompson, chief operating officer of the industry-backed Lexington Institute, expresses a similar view in a column in Forbes magazine: "When the chips were down, the parties proved to be flexible. So it seems a safe bet that the same thing will happen when more crises come along in March," Thompson writes.
"The debt limit will be raised, the stopgap spending measure currently funding government operations will be replaced by something that avoids a shutdown, and the sequestration provisions of the Budget Control Act will be diluted," he continues.
Industry experts project that even if sequestration is averted, the Pentagon could face cuts of $30-45 billion per year over the next 10 years.
"If we can plan it, it would be a glide-slope as opposed to a karate chop," says Tom Captain, Deloitte's global leader for aerospace and defense. "That would be making the best out of a bad situation."
If the Budget Control Act already takes 10-12% off the top lines of the major defense contractors, additional cuts are likely to reduce them by another 6-12%, Captain says. While a 25% total reduction would be a less severe drawdown than historical postwar averages, the abruptness and uncertainty of these budget negotiations mean neither government nor industry can plan efficiently, he says.
The best outcome, says Harrison, is for the government to provide a gradual, annual 2.2% decline in defense spending over the decade. The deficit savings would be the same as the sequester, but the gentle slope would allow the Pentagon to plan adequately for the change. But such an outcome is far from likely, he admits.
If lawmakers do reach a deal that still makes cuts to Pentagon spending, then defense companies that have been united in a "Second-to-None," don't-cut-the-budget campaign will take to their individual bunkers, and a war for scarce dollars will begin.
The Pentagon already appears to be positioning to sell additional reductions. During a recent speech at the Brookings Institution, Hale noted that the Pentagon seeks to continue its strategy of improving the way it does business to achieve savings through what are known as "efficiencies."
But a drawdown will mean changes—and they will hit modernization accounts first. "There's a long history and a good reason why early in a drawdown, the cuts tend to be heavily on the investment portion of the budget, because it takes us awhile to make force-level decisions and then we gradually draw down the size of our forces," Hale says. "If we are allowed the ability to make choices, they will probably be investment-heavy at the beginning."
In its fiscal 2013 budget request, the Pentagon asked for the authority to begin cutting bases and outlined current and future force structure cuts. It has also been begging Congress to make changes to military health care and entitlement programs. But last year, lawmakers continued to push back on all three fronts.
Expect the Pentagon to repeat those requests. Hale is putting the onus on Congress to give the Pentagon the tools it needs to reduce the budget. "If the Congress wants us to hold down defense spending and . . . they want us to reduce the number of civilian personnel, they need to give us authority to move ahead with infrastructure consolidation," Hale says.
The 2005 base-realignment effort, which cost the government rather than adding savings, should not be used as a guide, he asserts. Rather, two rounds of base closures in the 1990s eventually provided an average annual cost savings of $2-3 billion per year, Hale adds.
The president, now past his final election, could push for a base closure round. And Congress has a year to put it forward that is not consumed with a presidential election. But, a lobbyist points out, midterm congressional elections are just around the corner.
The outlines of investment cuts are taking shape, says a Senate aide. The Army is transforming costly heavy brigades into lighter ones and aiming for an earlier down-select of one contractor for the Ground Combat Vehicle—both moves that could save dollars.
Once the initial block-buy of Littoral Combat Ships is completed in 2015, the Navy could opt to truncate the purchase of more vessels or down-select to one contractor in favor of purchasing Virginia-class submarines or Aegis ships, the aide says.
Plenty of think tanks have offered up their ideas about how the Pentagon can extract dollars. Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution suggests a number of options, including halving the purchase of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and scrapping the replacement program of Ohio-class submarines while continuing to make the older version. Both ideas would encounter significant resistance among lawmakers.
On top of all of these potential outcomes, the situation within the Pentagon is compounded by the fact Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is retiring and the approval of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) as successor is still not certain.
Hagel, whose confirmation is under fire in part because he bucked the Republican Party's position on Iraq war policy, earned a reputation for backbone. "He's willing to say 'no' and alienate people," says John Isaacs, executive director of the Council for a Livable World.


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Bangalore Escort Etiquette – High End Independent Escorts in Bangalore.
There is lots to understand on the Manual on how to use an escort Services in Bangalore and there is no proper Manifesto or of well-defined rules to define how to use an escort Services in Bangalore and no proper guidelines available in the vast Internet on the set guidelines for using an Escort Services and the truth is most of the experienced Mongers do not have a clue on how to utilize an escort Service in Bangalore..
I am a successful Professional in my area of Corporate Business and pursuing my hobby successfully as a Monger in Bangalore and to be
precise hiring a high end Independent escort is similar to hiring a Doctor, lawyer or a Mechanic and the same way I would deal with a Professional Doctor lawyer or a Mechanic will prefer giving the same respect to an Independent escort in Bangalore and I was getting better results when I was taking care of most of the best Independent escorts in Bangalore and most of them are still my very good friends and we maintain a strong bond of Mutual beneficiary Relationship and believe me I Perfectly understand that escorting is a very professional way of doing business.
If you are a beginner and wanted a Manual or a step by step guidelines in understanding how to use the services of an escort lady in Bangalore here is from my experiences from the beginning how to be a successful Monger in Bangalore or how to get most out of your escort experience.
Why Utilize an escort Services in Bangalore?
Escorts in Bangalore offer variety of Services and these can be some of them
Role play and Fantasy
Arabian Queen
Sexy lingerie
Foot fetish
Dinner companion
Social escort
Cross dressing
Boss, French maid, girl next door and more!
Escorts in Bangalore offer variety of Services to suit your need and the high-end Escorts working in an escort agency are like any other working lady who makes a living out of her professional job and similar to a doctor who diagnoses a patient and gives proper treatment an escort lady in Bangalore will ensure proper care to her clients and cater to the needs of her client with care and affection and more you are friendlier with an escort lady more will she offer herself in return.
It is mirthfully the trust factor and respect that matter here and if the escort in Bangalore understand the gentleman cares and respects here professionalism she will offer her best and will guarantee ensure and assure full satisfaction and utilization of the money spent.
Here this Point of respect and caring is emphasized mostly because most of the clients have an attitude towards an escort and towards her profession and believe me this profession of escorting is a practice that was common in the ancient days.
Escorting in India traces its origins to the beginnings of civilisation in the sub-continent and still continues in modern India.
Refer the following links for an in-depth knowledge of Prostitution in Ancient days
Like any other Profession, most of the escorts in Bangalore love their job of escorting and love sex and money matters second when they are with a friendlier client and the more attention they get from the client they get involved with the act of affection and love with their client and like any other succesfull lady who loves her job most of the escorts on Banglore love escorting as an art of living with grace and standard.
The most common talk with escorting girls is why give sex for free when you get paid for the same and how to become a favourite with an escort in Bangalore and that does not mean you may have to be a smart gentleman all you may need is to be a bit of courteous and polite, respectful, or introduce yourself in a courteous manner and learn the art of handling a lady and treating an escort lady with dignity and honour.
Most of the men have a standard thinking of why pay for an encounter when you may gain the same out of some effort with a good looking ordinary lady.
Consider the fact that no ordinary lady will offer sex services without an expectation and the same will vary from individual to individual and consider the effects of having a Permanent girlfriend who keeps pestering for gifts and Movie / Lunch and if you are married and having an affair kindly understand a situation when in your wife finds out your affair.
The simplified way is to hire a girlfriend and fire a girlfriend and hire more to suit your taste and there are plenty in the offering for yours to savour and relinquish.
Paying for sex is something absurd with some men and is considering the same of paying for sex as a losing game and for that matter free sex is not that really free.
The mammoth task to get a lady to have free sex with you, you have to stumble upon someone who is attracted / Fascinated to you and wants to have sex with you. and for most of the men this takes a lot of work, effort and time and here google does not help you in this task of finding a lady for free sex! !
Paying for a service is something similar to buying any services and when buying services we demand results that may match our requirements and expectations and similar is buying services from an escort in Bangalore wherein we expect the results of satisfaction and utilization of money value and the fact is if men have not tried paid sex and are still having the absurd thought about escorting experience try once to understand the difference in paid sex and free sex and till now for my understanding there is no free sex without expectations and for that matter there is nothing free in this 21 st Century.
Hiring an Escorts in Bangalore is a beautiful way of recovering after a divorce and a remedy for those who are recovering from depressed thoughts or a failure in life or business and you pay somebody to listen to you.
Listening is an art and people closer to yourself may not be attentive to your personal view and thoughts but an escort will certainly be a soothing effect to share your thoughts and she get paid for the same.
An escort in Bangalore can teach you to be a better lover to make you understand the art of love and enhance your sex life.
Escorts in Bangalore will teach you how you may enhance your sexual techniques and are open to all your questions.
Escorts in bangalore have learned and can teach you advanced sexual techniques. They are open to answering all doubts and the truth or validity about women Orgasmic pleasure points and no civilian women will teach you the same or talk about it.
An escort in Bangalore will teach and is not paid for companionship alone but are well-trained women who have been giving companionship to rich and famous and knows how to tutor yourself to be a good lover and most of the transcripts available here on Internet on becoming a successful lover are just well complied copies and no where compared to a one to one tutoring of an expert in the field of love making.
Makes sense doesn't it having tutored by an expert includes the package of self-enjoyment and Pursuing or mastering one's skill to be a better lover.
When it is bad times or when a person going through divorce or rough strangled relationship an escort in Bangalore can be a soothing medicine in building the confidence level of the person and there are numerous clients who have confessed that they had indeed been benefited by an escort in Bangalore and it's not only the sexual need that are being taken care of the escort in Bangalore can be a Professional person like a psychotherapist in taking care of her clients both mental and physical needs.
Escorts in Bangalore ensure Motherly care towards her client and an escort in Bangalore role is not limited to sex alone and are more perfectionist in the a role that may be categorized as below.
An escort in Bangalore acts quickly if she thinks that client safety, dignity or comfort is being compromised.
An escort in Bangalore ensures the health of the client and ensures safety sex.
An escort in Bangalore ensures communication, partnership and teamwork within the network of the Bangalore Girl Friends Experience.
An escort in Bangalore treat her Clients as individuals and respect their dignity.
An escort in Bangalore treats her clients politely and considerately.
An escort in Bangalore respects a Clients right to confidentiality.
An escort in Bangalore Work in partnership with Bangalore Girl Friends Experience.
An escort in Bangalore listen to and respond to their clients concerns and preferences.
An escort in Bangalore give clients the information they want or need in a way they can understand.
An escort in Bangalore respect clients right to reach a decision with herself about their sexual preferences and do and do not.
An escort in Bangalore Work with her teammates at Bangalore Girl Friends Experience in the ways that best serve the concern and maintaining the trust and be honest and open and act with integrity.
An escort in Bangalore will never discriminate unfairly against clients or with the team at Bangalore Girl Friends Experience.
An escort in Bangalore will never abuse her clients trust in you or the public's trust in her profession as an escort in Bangalore
All Independent Escorts in Bangalore is aware and are personally accountable for her professional practice and will always be prepared to justify her decisions and actions.
Give it a try and I am you sure you may understand the logic of Hiring an expert to fine tuning yourself to be a better lover.


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Avid readers may know the joys of "escaping into a good book", but this week, the Brazilian government brought new meaning to the phrase with the announcement of its Redemption Through Reading programme.
The programme offers prisoners the opportunity to reduce their custodial sentences by reading works of literature, philosophy, science or classics. According to Reuters, the scheme is being rolled out in four federal prisons holding some of Brazil's most notorious criminals.
Prisoners selected by a special panel will be able to shave four days off their sentence per book read, up to a maximum of 12 books or 48 days per year. They'll have four weeks to read each book and write an essay which must "make correct use of paragraphs, be free of corrections, use margins and legible joined-up writing."
Few details of the scheme are available, but it's an interesting concept. Can reading really help with rehabilitation?
Or perhaps the question should be, can education help with rehabilitation? Because reading and analysing works of literature, philosophy, science or classics assumes a standard of literacy that many who end up behind bars - at least in this country - do not possess.
Up to 90% of New Zealand prisoners cannot read and write well, according to a 2010 statement to parliament by then Minister for Corrections Judith Collins. The Department of Corrections has since been busy embedding literacy and numeracy education into vocational training programmes.
It's clear that helping prisoners with low levels of literacy to improve basic reading and writing skills has the potential to transform their experiences once released from prison, by enhancing job prospects and their ability to engage in society. Everyday actions like filling in a form, reading a job sheet, reading a bus timetable or applying for a driver's licence require literacy or numeracy skills many of us take for granted.
But Brazil's Redemption Through Reading scheme appears to have a different purpose than simply encouraging literacy or reading. The focus on texts of science, literature, philosophy or classics seems designed to encourage prisoners to challenge their mode of thinking or take a more expansive view.
Speaking about the scheme, Sao Paulo lawyer Andre Kehdi, who heads up a book donation project for prisons, told Reuters that "a person can leave prison more enlightened and with a enlarged vision of the world."
"Without doubt they will leave a better person."
Maybe they will, maybe they won't.
Arguably there are many benefits to ensuring prisoners' minds are kept active. Research published in the British Medical Journal in 2003 concluded that a lack of mental stimulation in prison contributes to poor mental health, frustration, anger, anxiety and even drug use.
But it's not readily apparent, to me at least, how knowledge of classical subjects would translate into a reduction in violent offending or anti-social attitudes, let alone other barriers to rehabilitation like long term addiction and association with other criminals.
The Redemption Through Reading scheme seems likely to benefit those prisoners who already have a reasonable standard of education, rather than those who might benefit most from applying themselves to reading.
Besides, any kind of literacy or educational scheme for prisoners also requires adequate resources and support, such as tutors to guide the students through the books, assist them in writing essays and provide critique. A tall order in a field where staff and resources are often stretched.
Interestingly, this is not the first time reading has been used to reduce time in custody. In May a Californian judge made headlines when she released a man awaiting trial for attempting to sell a grenade launcher, on condition he read "at least one hour every day, and...write reports on those books for at least 30 minutes every day."
Why such a requirement was appropriate in that case or how it would be monitored, was not spelled out by the judge.
Such a carrot-dangling approach is by no means assured of inspiring an ongoing love of books or learning. But in Brazil at least, it seems the authorities have enough faith in the transformative power of books to give it a try.
What do you think? Should prisoners be able to reduce custodial sentences by taking part In literacy or education schemes?


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He was headed to Washington, D.C., to visit friends and escape Mud Season.
He always found it fun to see who's on the plane during flights between Washington and Burlington.
Again this time, he wasn't disappointed. Waiting for his US Airways flight to board, he saw Sen. Patrick Leahy disembarking from the jetway.


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But you might be hammering all alone in the dark and never know it. That's the really devious part.
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then I'll keep on hammerin'
So Facebook is apparently doing the same.
Here's a recent story:
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/05/19/e ... -abortion/
PS Patricia Heaton is awesome.
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Yeah, Facebook's been in the news for about a week-and-a-half now about how their "trending" stories on the right side of the page appear to be censoring conservative stories. Now ex-employees have apparently come forth with stories about how they would pick and choose the stories that they deemed to be "hot."
And yes, Patricia Heaton is pretty awesome.
Facebook Trending seemed pretty consistently refer to HB2 as an "anti-LGBT" bill up until "Trendgate" started spinning up.
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Then, there's Facebook
The most disturbing thing about my meeting with Mark Zuckerberg
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/19/the-most ... ntary.html
Don't be fooled by the provocative title. This is typical Glenn Beck, right out of his playbook. Zuckerberg is actually great. Facebook is actually great and deserves respect. Maybe 1 bad apple worker in there. Maybe a small grain of truth to the rumours, but I see nothing. Nothing to see here, folks, so move along. Yada.
I can sometimes get some productive information from a Blaze writer as opposed to listening to Beck, just like I can find an Infowars writer far more insightful than a raving from Alex Jones.
The truth is, Beck surely didn't research very hard at all, did he? There is definitely some documented evidence of legit, non-rule-breaking political voices on FB being censored. And Youtube isn't that much different either.
I'm so glad I have zero interest in social media. For years I've been counseling the younger folk to get off the face-crack and t w a t t e r, if only to spend less time gossiping and self-reporting their lives.
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Facebook has decided to start tracking EVERYONE.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/05/2 ... e-internet
Also, they're eavesdropping on your phone:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/05/25 ... hone-calls
And they've joined with a bunch of other social media sites to stop "hate speech" in Europe. Not America... yet.
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Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. on first Monday of month; 7 p.m. on third Monday
By DAVID ANDERSON
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The members of the Kinston City Council approved an earlier start time for their meetings this week in an effort to help council members and city staffers get home at a decent hour.
The council typically meets at 7 p.m. on the first and third Monday of each month, with a 5:30 p.m. worksession on the third Monday.
Starting in the New Year, though, the council will meet at 5:30 p.m. on the first Monday � the third Monday schedule remains the same.
�This way allows our staff to pretty much stay at work and then go straight to City Hall, and everyone gets home at a reasonable time,� Mayor B.J. Murphy said.
Murphy said the workday ends at 5 p.m. for city staffers and department heads. He also noted council members are working � the majority of members have jobs with hours in the 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. range.
The changes will be effective next month, starting with the council�s Jan. 7 meeting.
�It�s effective the first meeting of the year,� Murphy said.
David Anderson can be reached at 252-559-1077 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at DavidFreePress.
For more information on the Kinston City Council�s schedule of meetings in 2013, visit the city�s website at ci.kinston.nc.us or call the City Clerk�s office at 252-939-3115