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Mechatronics may be hard to say, but it's easy to find work in. At Dallas Community Colleges, students with an associate degree in mechatronics are gaining employment long before their graduation ceremony.
Before we get into those details, however, you may be wondering what mechatronics is. Does it have to do with machines? Electronics? Programming? Robots?
Truth is, mechatronics is a little bit of everything.
Born and raised in Dallas, Yassien Fadul was always a bit of a tinkerer. So, when he began college, it was no surprise he connected with the engineering club right away. Yassien was eager to get his hands dirty — and he did. The first semester he worked alongside his classmates to build an arcade game from scratch (just for fun). Next thing he knew, Yassien was enrolled in a foundational-level mechatronics course.
"The STEM coordinator at Mountain View College suggested it," says Yassien. "In class we went over the basics of robotics, microprocessors, electricity, programming and automation controls. We also went over the laws of electricity and gas, pneumatics, hydraulics and schematic sensors. At the end we made a 2- D printer."
While some of this industry jargon might intimidate some students, Yassien was not afraid to learn new concepts. Many of these terms he had already heard of in the college's engineering club. And what he didn't know, he was determined to learn.
"It's the hands-on part that draws people," explains Donald Morris, mechatronics faculty member at Mountain View College. "It is easy to learn theory, but it is a lot easier when you can get your hands on a concept. In mechatronics classes students are proving what they learn in calculus, chemistry and physics. The kids love it. And it makes them a better student."
While Professor Morris uses the term "kids," mechatronics students are a diverse group. Some students are learning mechatronics in high school as a dual credit student, while others are older and making a career shift to find a more secure, high-paying job. Whatever their age or career goals, DCCCD mechatronics students are receiving a higher education that actually gets them hired.
"Our students are not just gaining the wisdom of how to be a professional engineer," adds Morris, "but also the exposure of how to relate things to the real world."
As a research facility,
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has always been a major employer of mechatronics professionals. The lab uses science and technology to solve energy challenges and reduce global threats.
What makes LANL unique, however, from other research facilities is many of their working professionals are also students. LANL offers paid internship programs for high school, undergraduate and graduate level students.
"We have a vibrant student and postdoctoral program," begins Charlie McMillian, LANL director, "because they are the talent who will solve the problems our predecessors only dreamed of."
Not every student can be a student intern at LANL, however. They must apply, submit a resume, cover letter and educational transcript.
"If LANL doesn't have a partnership with your school, they aren't going to pay attention to your resume," says Morris. "The growing partnership between DCCCD and LANL is why we have not one but eight student interns studying in New Mexico this summer."
Among those eight lucky student interns: Yassien Fadul. On June 9 Yassien travelled to LANL's headquarters in New Mexico with seven classmates from Mountain View College, two of whom are also high school students from Duncanville ISD.
Currently eight DCCCD students are interning at LANL. Professor Morris hopes to grow that number next summer.
"Because of what these students learn in mechatronics class, they are already more than comfortable in this internship," says Morris, who accompanied the students as a chaperone and fellow intern. "And if they complete their associate degree in mechatronics, Los Alamos will pay them $61,130 annually and pay for them to finish their bachelor's degree mechatronics or STEM."
Few companies still offer educational benefits, especially at such a high level. For Yassien Fadul the idea of having his bachelor's degree completely paid for has caused him to reconsider his pre-summer plans.
"I am looking into University of New Mexico now that I have had this internship," explains Yassien, who just weeks ago had decided to transfer to Louisiana Tech. "It would allow me to continue working at Los Alamos and help pay for tuition. In fact, I am going tomorrow to visit with the some of UNM engineering professors."
Before we continue our story, and yes, there are lots of great details still to come, you'll notice we have strayed from our original discussion of mechatronics in terms of the work itself. Let's get back to that. Let's talk about what type of projects mechatronics students (and professionals) tackle.
One example is a current research project surrounding renewable energy. Still very active in the mechatronics field, Professor Morris is exploring how we can better monitor heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and implement preventative maintenance.
"All the students are working on different summer projects," explains Morris. "Another thing we're exploring is how to use renewable energy to make our utility bills cheaper."
Student Yassien Fadul is working on controlling temperature with wireless thermostats. He is also working with utilities and building automation systems.
"We are taking blueprints and putting them into 3D form," explains Yassien. "In 3D we can look at air ducts and whatnot and see how air is moving through a building and what we need to pay attention to. We are using CAD [computer-aided design], which I learned in a Solid Works class at Mountain View, and Google Sketch, which I taught myself for fun."
From microcontrollers to hydraulic systems, students at Dallas Community Colleges are diving headfirst into the world of mechatronics. Hands-on classes make learning fun, and research projects give them a real taste of the working world. Their futures also look bright, with thousands of baby boomers retiring from the industry. Los Alamos National Laboratory alone is looking to hire more than 2,500 new employees within the next two years. Other big name employers include
Oculus and
Boeing, to name a few.
"Just recently I had another student find employment before graduation," notes Morris. "He doesn't finish his associate degree until this fall but 3Z Automation already offered him a contract."
Students finding industry work say their professors are the ones to thank. The faculty at Dallas Community Colleges works hard to find and create opportunities for the students. In return all they ask is students keep their GPA above a 3.0 average.
"I know a lot of what I learned at MVC and interning at Los Alamos will help me at university," reflects Yassien. "I have had a great foundation. But I am just getting started. I am really anxious to see what is yet to come."
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Report: GOP needs to make big changes
Republican Party aims to fix image ahead of 2016 elections
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A new report from the Republican National Committee shows the party needs to make some big changes to its image heading into 2016, especially when it comes to inclusion.
"I want everybody in our party -- African-Americans, Hispanics, gay -- I want them to be voting Republicans in the state of Florida," Republican Party of Florida Chairman Lenny Curry said.
Scary and out of touch is how people polled said they describe the Republican Party in a new report released by the GOP.
The party says it's looking at what went wrong in 2012 so it can try to fix the issues ahead of 2016.
"I think we're not communicating to people in a way that they can understand and hear. We need to take our message of smaller government, lower taxes to the youth, Hispanic, to every American," said Florida Federation for Republican Women's Cindy Graves.
Among the core issues are connecting with women and minority voters, working on immigration, and even changing how the party picks a presidential nominee.
The report was to be topic of discussion Monday night when Duval County Republicans were to meet. In it, the Republican party admits it needs to strengthen its message, be more inclusive, and even going as far to say that if something doesn't change, it may be hard to win the White House.
In the 98-page report, there are no shortage of issues the party says it needs to work out to be successful in 2016.
Their new meaning for GOP is Growth and Opportunity Project. It touches on everything from messaging to the primary process.
But for Curry what stood out most were suggestions to keep up with the country's changing demographics.
"If we don't widen our party and have a bigger tent and bring in young people, African-Americans, Hispanics, people of all backgrounds, then as a party we will die a very slow and a very painful death," he said.
Of about 4.2 million registered Republicans in Florida, around 83 percent are white, 11 percent are Hispanic, and a little more than 1 percent are African-American.
Compare that with registered Democrats in the state, where around 53 percent are white, about 13 percent are Hispanic, and 28 percent are African-American.
Clay County Republican Party Chair Leslie Dougher says Republican values resonate with all people, but the challenge is getting the word out.
"I think we have a wonderful, positive message. It's just how do you convey that to a larger group of people to be more inclusive," Dougher said. "And I think that's getting out into the community."
That's just one of the report's suggestions, along with being more engaging and sincere, even starting an inclusion council.
But Dr. Marcella Washington, political science professor at Florida State College at Jacksonville, says inclusion will take more than a change in message, but also a change in policy, especially in social issues such as marriage equality, abortion and civil rights.
"If they are willing to move a little bit and open the doors to minorities, interest groups, Hispanics, African-Americans, women and their choices, and gay rights, I think the Republican Party can do itself a favor," Washington said.
The report didn't touch on many policy issues, only immigration, saying, "We must embrace and champion immigration reform."
But Curry says everyone should still feel welcome despite disagreements on policy.
"I believe that we as a party can stand on our principles, and people will still join us and vote for us if they don't agree with us 100 percent of the time if they know that we care and they know that we are ultimately the party of opportunity," Curry said.
The report also touched on the way the party would campaign. It suggests moving up the 2016 convention to as early as June so the party nominee can tap general-election funding earlier; and limiting the number of primary debates to 10 or 12 rather than the nearly two dozen during the last presidential primary season.
Of the things Republicans are proud of, according to the report, they hold governorships in 30 states, and they say they routinely win a much larger share of the minority vote than Republican presidential candidates. They say it's time for Republicans on a federal level to learn from them.
Channel 4 spoke with many Republicans Monday night who agreed that the GOP needs improvement.
"I believe that we didn't have a good message for the Hispanic community (in the last election)," said Hector Sanchez, a Republican volunteer. "Even though I had two Hispanic volunteers with me, a guy from Nicaragua and a Cuban guy."
Billie Tucker, a member of the Tea Party, told Channel 4 not all conservatives will enthusiastically react to the suggestions.
"There's a lot of discussion between conservatives and establishment. And I think there's going to be a little bit of a war. I don't think conservatives will fall to the wayside and say okay we're going to accept these things you want. I don't think they will they're going to stand up," said Billie Tucker, a member of the Tea Party.

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WHO: Dr. Simon Levin, Princeton University Professor and Director, The Center for BioComplexity
WHEN: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
6:15 - 7:15 p.m.
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On Wednesday, July 12, 2006, from 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM, Professor Simon Levin of Princeton University will deliver the I.E. Block Community Lecture, "Individual Choices, Cooperation, and the Global Commons: Mathematical Challenges in Uniting Ecology and Socioeconomics for a Sustainable Environment."
Professor Levin's upcoming talk will explore the modeling challenges in dealing with problems associated with the interdependence of those ecosystems that form the complex web of life on this planet and the human societies in which we live.
Levin received the Kyoto Prize in 2005 from the Inamori Foundation of Japan for his honorable contributions to environmental science. The 50 million yen award (approximately $460,000) is given in recognition of lifetime achievement in the categories of basic science, advanced technology and arts and philosophy. "In proposing many methods of biological conservation and ecosystem management, Professor Levin has made fundamental contributions to environmental science," the foundation commented.
In old English law, the common (or commons) was a tract of ground shared by residents of a village, but belonging to no one. It might be grazing grounds, or the village square, but it was property held in common for the good of all. 1 Today the term "global commons" refers to the Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere and Biosphere that we all share and for which we all must take individual personal responsibility. We live in a place and a time in which not only individuals, but societies and nations, act in their own interest, leading to problems for the biosphere as a whole, including the depletion of common resources, the toxification of the environment, and even the loss of effectiveness of the antibiotics that are so fundamental to public health. In the terminology of economists, conventional markets have failed to restrain our harmful activities, like overconsumption, because those markets do not adequately incorporate the social costs, the externalities.
How can we resolve this situation and develop patterns of social behavior that hold out greater hope for a sustainable future? What can we learn from evolutionary theory, and how can mathematical approaches improve our ability to devise strategies? Ecological and socioeconomic systems alike are complex adaptive systems in which patterns at the macroscopic level emerge from interactions and selection mechanisms mediated at many levels of organization, from individual agents to collectives to whole systems and even above.
This fascinating lecture will explore these phenomena from the novel perspectives of dynamical systems and the theory of games, and will look at the mathematical challenges in dealing with such problems. In particular, Professor Levin will address our understanding of how, and under what conditions, cooperation and altruism have arisen in the process of evolution; why social norms, including punishment, have arisen to reinforce socially beneficial behavior; and how those social norms can lead to inter-group conflicts. Attention will focus on the socioeconomic systems in which environmental management is based, the lessons that can be learned from our examination of natural systems, and the ways in which we can modify social norms to achieve global cooperation in managing our common future.
Sponsored by The MathWorks (www.mathworks.com) and organized by SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, www.siam.org), this free lecture encourages public appreciation of the excitement and vitality of applied mathematics, by reaching out as broadly as possible to students, teachers, and members of the local community, as well as to SIAM members, researchers, and practitioners in fields related to applied and computational mathematics. The lecture is open to the public and is named in honor of I. Edward Block, a founder of SIAM who served as its Managing Director for nearly 20 years.
SIAM, headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, is an international community of over 10,000 individual members, including applied and computational mathematicians, computer scientists, and other scientists and engineers. The Society advances these fields through a series of premier journals and a wide selection of conferences. With over 500 academic and corporate institutional members, SIAM serves the disciplines of applied mathematics and computational science by publishing a variety of books and prestigious peer-reviewed research journals, by conducting conferences, and by hosting activity groups in various areas of mathematics. SIAM supports regional sections and student chapters that provide many opportunities for students. One of the primary goals of SIAM is to increase the pipeline of students into applied math studies and careers. More information about SIAM is available at www.siam.org.
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The MathWorks was founded in 1984 and employs more than 1,400 people worldwide, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts. For additional information, visit www.mathworks.com.
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Flyers sign Hartnell to multi-year extension
Philadelphia, PA – The Philadelphia Flyers rewarded forward Scott Hartnell for a career year, signing the veteran to a multi-year contract extension on Monday.
No terms of the pact were released, but multiple reports state it is a six- year extension.
"We are pleased to announce that we have agreed with Scott on a multi-year extension," said Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren. "Scott has been a very good player for us over the last five seasons and we look forward to many more good years to come."
The 30-year-old native of Saskatchewan posted career bests of 37 goals and 67 points, tying a career high with 30 assists, while playing in all 82 regular- season games last year. In addition, he totaled three goals and eight points in 11 postseason appearances.
"I am very happy to be staying in Philly to continue my career playing in front of the best fans in the NHL," Hartnell admitted. "I would like to thank Mr. Snider and the entire Flyers organization."
Hartnell, who was acquired from Nashville along with Kimmo Timonen on June 18, 2007, has totaled 129 goals and 134 assists over 407 games with Philadelphia.
In 843 games for the Predators and Flyers, Hartnell has accumulated 222 goals and 474 points. In 84 playoff games, the rugged winger has racked up 19 goals and 44 points.


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Alex Nolan admits that spending eights weeks in the lab can have less-than-scintillating moments.
"Working in such detail and so focused can get monotonous at times," the sophomore chemistry major said. "But when I finally get that reaction I've been looking for, it brings joy to me."
Alex Wessel '08 enjoyed similar "Eureka" moments. "The process can be slow, but to actually discover something new is exciting — it's worth the work."
Nolan and Wessel were two of eight Wabash student interns who conducted research alongside Wabash chemistry professors Paul LaPlae and Lon Porter over the summer and presented the results of that work during a poster session at the Hays Science Hall Sept. 6.
LePlae's research has potential implications in the pharmaceutical field, and Professor Porter's work in nanotechnology seeks ways of delivering precisely controlled doses medication such as insulin to patients over long periods of time using implanted silicon computer chips.
Sophomore Trayton White said the learning curve on Porter's research was steep, but the work was rewarding.
"I'm planning to attend medical school, so this research was especially meaningful to me," White said. "Twenty years down the road I may be a doctor when this process comes into use, and I'll have inside knowledge on the process for my patients."
"The students' results this summer were very exciting," Porter said of the work of White, Benjamin Edquist '08, Steven Rhodes '08, and Syud M. Ahmed '06. Building on the work of Porter's interns of last year, they "learned what had been done, then tinkered with it and reproduced even stronger results."
Porter and LaPlae believe that doing that sort of cutting edge research is essential to the education of young scientists
"They're creating new knowledge," Porter said. "The lab is a different mode of inquiry; they're the first to see this substance, these results—and it really sticks with them.
"They also learn that improvising and troubleshooting are a large part of science," he adds. "Sometimes you can learn as much chemistry with a wrench as with a beaker — inventing or making an apparatus you need to complete an experiment. Tinkering with an experiment and making it their own, they see that science is a dynamic and human process — always advancing — and they're part of moving that forward."
The internships were funded by the chemistry department, the Byron K. Trippet Summer Research Fund, the Haines Fund, and the Englehardt Startup Fund.
Charles is Wabash Magazine editor.


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Conrad's Darkness
It has taken me a long time to come round to Conrad. And if I begin with an account of his difficulty, it is because I have to be true to my experience of him. I would find it hard to be detached about Conrad. He was, I suppose, the first modern writer I was introduced to. It was through my father. My father was a self-taught man, picking his way through a cultural confusion of which he was perhaps hardly aware and which I have only recently begun to understand; and he wished himself to be a writer. He read less for pleasure than for clues, hints, and encouragement; and he introduced me to those writers he had come upon in his own search. Conrad was one of the earliest of these: Conrad the stylist, but more than that, Conrad the late starter, holding out hope to those who didn't seem to be starting at all.
I believe I was ten when Conrad was first read to me. It sounds alarming; but the story was "The Lagoon"; and the reading was a success. "The Lagoon" is perhaps the only story of Conrad's that can be read to a child. It is very short, about fifteen pages. A forest-lined tropical river at dusk. The white man in the boat says, "We'll spend the night in Arsat's clearing." The boat swings into a creek; the creek opens out into a lagoon. A lonely house on the shore; inside, a woman is dying. And during the night Arsat, the young man who is her lover, will tell how they both came there. It is a story of illicit love in another place, an abduction, a chase, the death of a brother, abandoned to the pursuers. What Arsat has to say should take no more than fifteen minutes; but romance is romance, and when Arsat's story ends the dawn comes up; the early morning breeze blows away the mist; the woman is dead. Arsat's happiness, if it existed, has been flawed and brief; and now he will leave the lagoon and go back to his own place, to meet his fate. The white man too has to go. And the last picture is of Arsat, alone in his lagoon, looking "beyond the great light of a cloudless day into the darkness of a world of illusions."
In time the story of "The Lagoon" became blurred. But the sense of night and solitude and doom stayed with me, grafted, in my fantasy, to the South Sea or tropical island setting of the Sabu and Jon Hall films. I have, unwillingly, looked at "The Lagoon" again. There is a lot of Conrad in it—passion and the abyss, solitude and futility and the world of illusions—and I am not sure now that it isn't the purest piece of fiction Conrad wrote. The brisk narrative, the precise pictorial…
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Acer Iconia W510 full review
The Acer Iconia W510 is a 16:9, widescreen tablet with a nicely-designed keyboard dock. When sidled down and locked into said dock, the Windows 8-running W5 appears and functions as a small, netbook-sized laptop. Alas, the W5 dock is a pricey option - at around £490 inc VAST the 64GB is priced like a laptop. See also What's the best tablet PC?
Acer Iconia W510: Widescreen tablet
The 16:9 aspect ratio of the Acer Iconia W510's 10.1-inch, 1366 by 768 display is mirrored by the unit's 10.2-inch by 7.3-inch form --a form quite common in the Windows 8 tablet realm. The wide aspect is both good and bad news; While 16:9 is perfect for movies, it's considerably less so when held in portrait orientation to read books or surf the Web--one of the major reasons that 4:3 aspect units have ruled the marketplace. But if video is your focus, the W5's widescreen can be appealing.
Feature-wise, the Acer Iconia W510 is largely your standard Windows tablet. Features include micro-USB and micro-HDMI ports, an SDHC card reader, a headset jack, plus a 5MP rear-facing camera and a 1.3MP display-side Webcam. There are a Windows button to facilitate alternating between the Windows 8 Metro and classic Windows interfaces, and a rotation lock to fix the image in portrait or landscape mode. Wi-Fi is 802.11 a/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0 are both on hand for top-notch wireless connectivity.
Acer Iconia W510: Ho-hum looks
As conceived and realized as the Acer Iconia W510's dock is mechanically, Acer could have done better with its appearance. The W510 looks nice enough on its own, but when combined with the docking station, the two shades of white (dock keys/tablet bezel), black, and silver colour scheme give the unit as a whole a vaguely cheap feel. Neither part is cheaply made, but visual impressions can be hard to shake.
The docking station keyboard is small, but not overly cramped. The typing feel is a bit dainty, but doable, and the touchpad is decently responsive. The only real complaint is that you can invoke the BIOS and the boot menu using the keyboard, but not navigate within. The dock/keyboard also pivots 180 degrees backward to serve as a simple stand for the tablet, hiding the keyboard and holding the display within easier finger reach. Note: some docking stations that shipped with early units were defective--ours needed to be replaced.
The weight of the Acer Iconia W510 tablet by itself is a comfortable 580g. The optional docking station weighs about the same, necessary to counterbalance the weight of the tablet. The AC adapter adds another few grammes.
Acer Iconia W510: Performance
In our laptop tests, our W510-1422 configuration's battery life was stellar at nearly 14 hours, 39 minutes; however, performance was strictly tablet. The W510-1422's dual-core Intel Atom Z2760, 2GB of DDR memory, and 64GB SSD combined for a 17 on PCWorld.com's WorldBench 8 test suite - way below par for laptops.
In our tablet tests, the system fared far better. Performance was on par with its Atom-based peers, though battery life dropped to only about 8 hours in our continual video rundown test. Subjectively, the W510-1422 unit feels nimble enough, and 1080p video played fine in the Windows 8 video player. The popular VLC player had issues using its own internal codecs, so if that's your preferred player, you'll need to set it to use the system codecs.
Acer Iconia W510: Specs
- Windows 8 32-bit Edition
- Keyboard Docking Station
- 10.1in TFT - LED backlight, 1366x768, Multi-Touch
- Intel Atom Z2760, 1.5GHz, Dual-Core
- 64GB storage
- microSD, microSDHC, Max Supported Capacity: 32GB
- Wireless Connectivity: Bluetooth, 802.11 a/b/g/n
- Rear-facing Camera: 8 Megapixel
- Front-facing Camera: 2 Megapixel
- Intel GMA 3650
- Microphone
- Micro-HDMI, Micro-USB, USB 2.0 (on keyboard docking)
- USB Host
- HDMI Port
- Lithium polymer 3650mAh battery
- Accelerometer, ambient light sensor, digital compass, gyro sensor
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Villagers in an area of southern Afghanistan that was the birthplace of the Taliban movement two decades ago have staged a first-of-its-kind uprising against the insurgents, a senior American commander said Wednesday.
Army Maj. Gen. Robert B. Abrams said in a video teleconference with reporters at the Pentagon that this was a new and promising development in Kandahar province with potential to spread even as U.S. and allied forces are playing more of a back-seat role in fighting the insurgency.
"This is absolutely the first time that we have seen this sort of an uprising, where the people have said, `Enough is enough,'" Abrams said, speaking from his headquarters in Kandahar city. He commands 14,000 U.S. troops in southern Afghanistan whose role has switched from direct combat to helping Afghan forces take the lead.
Abrams said the uprising in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province began about one month ago, and at this point the Taliban have been "kicked out" of all but about four villages - not at the initiative of Afghan or coalition troops but that of the villagers. "I suspect the rest of those villages will fall here in short order," Abrams said.
Abrams said Afghan officials told him there were two main triggers of the uprising. One was the arrival about six weeks ago of a new district police chief with "a renewed energy, vigor, an offensive mindset." The second was the beating of a villager by Taliban fighters who, when reprimanded by the village elder, proceeded to humiliate the elder.
"That was the straw that broke the camel's back," Abrams said. He identified the village as Peshigan.
There have been local anti-Taliban uprisings elsewhere in Afghanistan in recent years - most notably in Andar district of the eastern province of Ghazni last year - but they have not developed into anything close to a national movement.
Seth G. Jones, a counterinsurgency and counterterrorism expert at the RAND Corp. and a frequent visitor to Afghanistan, said he thinks the Panjwai and other local uprisings are significant even if they are not decisive.
"It does show some of the weaknesses of a (Taliban) movement that is not that popular," Jones said in an interview. "What this may suggest is that for the foreseeable future the struggle in rural parts of Afghanistan, including districts like Panjwai, will see-saw back and forth between insurgents, the government and then locals."
A distinguishing feature of the Panjwai uprising is its location in a traditional Taliban stronghold. Mullah Omar, who founded the Taliban movement in the early 1990s, is originally from nearby Zhari district. Panjwai has been the scene of fierce battles between Taliban and U.S.-led coalition forces for the past six years. It was the scene of killings in March 2012, allegedly by Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, of 16 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, in two Panjwai villages. Bales is scheduled to be court-martialed in September.
Abrams called the uprising "a long time coming," adding, "In short, the people have said, `Enough is enough,' and they became fed up with the Taliban. They have asked for the support of their government."
Abrams said there is no formula for triggering popular uprisings against the Taliban.
"If there was a magic recipe, we would have figured it out years ago and sprinkled it throughout the (south)," he said. "So it's really based on the individual nuances and tribal customs and so forth, as well as the security environment inside each of the districts."
Kimberly Kagan, president of the Institute for the Study of War and an occasional adviser to U.S. commanders in Afghanistan, said in an interview that Panjwai is "one of the most unlikely" places for a popular uprising, given the Taliban's strong influence there and the risk villagers take by standing up to the militants.
It suggests to her that the Taliban have overstepped the boundaries of what ordinary Afghans will tolerate even in an area where the Taliban traditionally enjoyed sympathy and support.
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NYT: Prop 2 'An Embarrassing Loss for Labor'
The New York Times reports that the failure of Proposal 2 is "an embarrassing loss for labor in a state known as a cradle of American unionism."
F. Vincent Vernuccio, labor policy director, told The Times that "Voters were afraid of amending the constitution to give that much power to organized labor and make them a superlegislature above their representatives."
The Times also pointed out that Proposal 2 received about 600,000 fewer votes than President Obama got in Michigan, "indicating that many Democrats turned against labor on this issue."
Vernuccio noted that many Democrats and members of private-sector unions saw the amendment as "a power grab by government unions."
The Daily Caller noted that the rejection of Proposal 2 "was a major defeat for teachers' unions." The MEA, AFT and local affiliates gave about $1 million to support the initiative.
"It shows that the Democratic Party is not knee-jerk union anymore," Vernuccio said. "It shows how much of an overreach it was that even Obama Democrats voted against [the proposal]."


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This was vintage Southwest � with a passing flare.
This was vintage Southwest � with a passing flair.
The Stallions again relied heavily on a strong running game and stout defense, but quarterback Tyler Smith showed coach Phil Padgett has more than a passing interest in the passing game as Southwest ground out a 27-14 win over previously unbeaten Swansboro on Friday night.
It was the 21st straight win by Southwest (3-1) over the Pirates (3-1), who last beat the Stallions in 1988.
�We knew we were going to throw it a lot more this year,� Padgett said. �We�re having to because we�re not the same kind of team we�ve been in years past. Say what you want, I�m not doing it for the heck of it.
�I think we have a clue what we want to do and what we can do. I wish we could line up and ram it down your throat and not have to worry about fumbles and interceptions, but we�re not that team. We�re just not. I�ll go down with the ship if I have to.�
On this night, he didn�t have to.
The Stallions, ranked No. 7 in last week�s Associated Press 2-A poll, rolled up 290 yards on the ground, with four players gaining 49 yards or more, while Smith, a Georgia transfer, passed for 95 yards, including touchdown tosses of 10 yards to J�Veon Walker and a 30-yarder to Aurellio Ottey.
Smith, who also rushed for 49 yards, could have had a third TD toss, but Walker, who was wide open in the end zone, dropped an 18-yard pass with 8:13 left in the game.
�They�re a good football team, but so are we,� Swansboro coach Tim Laspada said. �We can play with anybody. � We missed a touchdown pass early, two of them actually. We could be up 14-0. We had guys open. We just missed them. But credit them. They did a good job. It was a physical game.�
And Southwest�s defense managed to bottle up Penn State-bound De�Andre Thompkins, who rushed for 67 yards along with two pass receptions for 16 yards. But his highlight play came on special teams as he returned his second kickoff of the season for a touchdown on an 87-yard gallop.
�They did a good job (against him),� Laspada said. �They�ve got a fast defense. Their defense swarms.�
Swansboro finished with 174 yards total offense, the fourth time in as many games Southwest has held its opponent to under 200 yards.
While there were no decisive turning points, there were several moments that stood out.
After Southwest grabbed a 7-0 lead on a 13-yard run by Winbush with 2:16 left in the opening period, the Stallions � to the surprise of Padgett, Laspada and everyone else � kicked to Thompkins, who scooped up the rolling ball at the 13, started to parallel the goal line and then sprinted down the sidelines to tie it just 15 seconds later.
Laspada said it was �very surprising� Southwest kicked to Thompkins, who now has more than 600 all-purpose yards through four games.
�And I bet you they wouldn�t do it again,� Laspada said.
They weren�t supposed to do it the first time, Padgett said.
�Yeah, it was a mistake,� he said. �Anytime he touched the ball on a kickoff or a punt it was a mistake. But I take the blame. I told them, �Don�t kick to him,� but for some reason he thought I said kick to him. Yeah, kick to the kid going to Penn State, that�s what a good coach does.�
But Southwest responded like the reigning state 1-AA champions they are, putting together a 10-play, 82-yard drive that featured a 19-yard pass from Smith to Jay Pouncey. Then on fourth-and-goal from the 10 � no field goal attempt for Padgett � Smith rolled right and hit Walker to make it 13-7 with 10:05 left. The extra point was blocked after a low snap.
After Pouncey returned the first of his two interceptions 26 yards to the Swansboro 40, the Stallions stretched their lead on a 37-yard run by Jonathan Williams, who broke at least three tackles en route to the end zone.
Smith hit Winbush for the two-point conversion to make it 21-7 with 7:42 left in the first half.
Swansboro pulled within a touchdown on its opening possession of the second half after holding the Stallions to -5 yards on their first series. A bad snap led to a 10-yard punt, giving the Pirates the ball at the SWO 35.
Quarterback Chris Phipps, whose throws were high most of the night and had four passes picked off, bolted up the middle for an 11-yard gain and three plays later scored on a 2-yard run in which he did a 360-degree leap, landing just across the goal line with 8:45 left to cut the lead to 21-14.
�We�re right back in the game,� Laspada said. �I think a lot of people thought we would wear down and we didn�t.�
Southwest drove to the Swansboro 21 on its ensuing possession, but Smith was sandwiched by two defenders and fumbled the ball, which was recovered by Swansboro�s Michael Perzyna. Swansboro managed two first downs before having to punt, which rolled dead at the SWO 17.
Up by just a touchdown, Southwest used two big plays to double its lead in less than a minute. Isaiah Corbins raced 56 yards on a jet sweep in front of his own sidelines, getting a key block at the corner by Winbush. And two plays later Smith hit Ottey on a crossing pattern and then cut 90 degrees straight up the middle into the end zone to complete the 30-yard scoring play.
A bad snap, however, led to a failed PAT, but Southwest led 27-14 with 46.1 seconds left.
Other than Walker�s dropped TD reception, neither team threatened to score the rest of the game.
�Glad it�s over,� Padgett said. �I felt like we kind of controlled the game, but at the end we were kind of hanging on still. We were just kind of hard on ourselves all night when we had them on the ropes. It was a ballgame, but I really felt like we controlled it, but at the same breath they kept themselves in, credit them for playing hard.�
Swansboro 7 0 7 0 � 14
Southwest 7 14 6 0 � 27
First Quarter
SWO � Winbush 13 run (Hartley kick) 2:16
Swan � Thompkins 87 kickoff return (Noonan kick) 2:01
Second Quarter
SWO � Walker 10 pass from Smith (kick blocked) 10:05
SWO � J. Williams 37 run (Winbush pass from Smith) 7:42
Third Quarter
Swan � Phipps 4 run (Noonan kick) 8:45
SWO � Ottey 30 pass from Smith (kick failed) 47.1
First downs 9 29
Rushes-yards 34-133 45-290
Passing 41 95
Comp-Att-Int 4-17-4 8-17-1
Punts-Avg. 5-25.4 2-23.0
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 5-1
Penalties-Yards 3-35 8-55
RUSHING�Swan: Thompkins 8-67, Phipps 16-50, Wakefield 3-11, Hemby 4-5. SWO: Winbush 14-61, Corbins 3-60, Johnson 9-52, Smith 11-49, Ottey 5-38, J. Williams 2-32, Haynes 1-(-2).
PASSING�Swan: Phipps 4-16-4 29, Thompkins 1-1-0 12. SWO: Smith 8-17-1 95.
RECEIVING�Swan: Thompkins 2-16, Hill 1-12, Wakefield 1-12, Hemby 1-1. SWO: Ottey 3-40, Corbins 1-20, Pouncey 1-19, Walker 2-13, Winbush 1-3.


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Saturday, December 19, 2009
"It Snowed Like One Thing!"
All day Friday it came down, wet and heavy. Tree branches bent and some snapped under the weight.
web album of our snowy Friday.
19 comments:
- Poetry24 said...
I couldn't get the web album link to work. Will try again later.
In the meantime, these are great photographs of a very Christmassy scene!
- December 19, 2009 at 3:20 AM
- rusyena makes said...
In Turkish if we say "....like one thing", we mean "it is unnecessary" or "it is not important thing"...
I love snow so much, it makes me happy...because it is so funny.. :)
Thanks for sharing.
- December 19, 2009 at 3:26 AM
- Miss_Yves said...
The red cardinal inside the white landscape is not only picturesque, but wonderful!
- December 19, 2009 at 3:53 AM
- Merisi said...
Snow, snow, everywhere!
It looks the same here, still snowing, since Thursday.
All that's missing are the beautiful Red Cardinals, thank you for the memories!
- December 19, 2009 at 5:36 AM
- Carol Murdock said...
Oh Vicki it is heavenly! I'm SOOOO
Jealous!! :)
- December 19, 2009 at 8:45 AM
The background. Purple on my maching!
Cool pix, but I can't read nothin'.
- December 19, 2009 at 9:56 AM
- Pat in east TN said...
It's a beautiful snow, but creating many problems for many folks I'm afraid. We had 8" here.
- December 19, 2009 at 10:28 AM
- Unknown said...
web album is not accessible -
- December 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM
- Tipper said...
I'm soooo jealous. Do you believe all Cherokee County got was RAIN. No snow for me : ( I'm really being a big baby about it too-I wanted some so bad. Your photos are beautiful. Stay warm-and if you go out throw a snow ball for me.
- December 19, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Beautiful photos - but the last one is breathtaking...glad to be seeing these in photos, not in person.
Pat in Florida
- December 19, 2009 at 3:40 PM
- Sam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchen said...
Wow Vicki. You sure got the snow. For some (good) reason, when the weather hits our mountain range here from Tennessee, it (usually) splits into and goes north to Asheville & beyond (to you my dear) and south to Atlanta. Doesn't hurt my feelings one little bit. I'm a flip-flops kind of gal.
Merry Christmas and happy new year.
- December 19, 2009 at 7:02 PM
- Victoria said...
Hey! I've been wondering about you since I watched the news this a.m. and heard that you all were getting dumped on.
For some reason, I couldn't get the link to the web album to work. The pictures on the blog are beautiful, though, especially the one of the Cardinal. I wish we had those out here.
Stay warm and safe!
- December 19, 2009 at 9:50 PM
- Vagabonde said...
I clicked on the Web Album but the link did not work. Anyhow your pictures are gorgeous. I love all the white with the red cardinal. I saw a painting once very much like this – your pictures show that this is no painting from someone's imagination, but the real thing. I love it.
- December 19, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Wow ! You captured very weel this white magic world. Wonderful indeed. I love snow and photos of snow.
I wanted to thank you for your comments on my blog along the year and wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year with a good health, joy and love.
- December 20, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Beautiful pictures. The background on your blog has changed to purple making it hard to read the print. I'm wondering if it's something I accidentally did or something you did. Any idea?
Lynne in GA
- December 20, 2009 at 12:32 PM
- Tammy said...
Beautiful pictures! More loverly than a postcard. I'm guessing you might be without power and/or internet service...at least I'm hoping that is what it is.
Take care,
- December 21, 2009 at 2:02 PM
- Kathryn Stripling Byer said...
Vicki, things ok with you????
We were without power for over 24 hours, just got cable back--you can see where our priorities lie. Hope you and yours have a fabulous holiday.
- December 23, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- Sam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchen said...
Great photos (as usual). Stay warm. Merry Christmas Vicki to you and your family.
- December 24, 2009 at 7:39 AM
- Vicki Lane said...
Hey, Folks -- I'm back -- our power went out Friday afternoon and didn't come back on till Wednesday. And our Internet connection just returned at 2 today (Thursday.)
I've fixed the background color and the web album link.
And I'll be putting up lots more pictures soon -- if the possible ice storm this evening doesn't knock our power out again!
Thanks for stopping by my wintry corner of the Web!
- December 24, 2009 at 3:07 PM


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Seasonal institution opens despite unseasonable weather
Root Beer Stand opens for season
Even though there's snow on the ground, opening day for The Root Beer Stand means spring-like weather can't be far away.
The Sharonville eatery has been in business since 1957, and its first day of the season is usually accompanied by warmer weather than this year's.
"One year we had about 3 inches of snow on the ground in the parking lot, (so) I had to get a plow, but this is the second worst time," said former owner Scott Donley. "Last year it was like 80 (degrees)."
Donley's son-in-law, Eric Burroughs, is taking over this year.
"People wait six months, so opening day is a big deal no matter what the weather is like," Burroughs said. "Granted, if it was sunny it would be even more so, and people out the door, so we're pretty excited about the weather warming up."


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Source: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1862/battle-port-royal-ferry.htm
In mid-January 1862, Gen. Thomas Sherman, commander of Union forces at Port Royal, South Carolina, was a man who believed he had a problem. It was one that had confronted other Union commanders before him, such as Benjamin Butler and John Wool at Fortress Monroe. That is, how would the liberated slaves in Union-controlled Port Royal support themselves, now that the old plantation system had ceased? Like his counterparts in Virginia, he wrote to Washington, D.C., seeking guidance. His letter to the Adjutant General of the U.S. Army, dated January 15, 1862, stated:
SIR: I have the honor to ask the attention of the War Department to a subject upon which I have before hinted but which is of so much importance that I cannot refrain from again intruding it upon its notice. Of the large numbers of negroes on the islands in our possession some have come into the camps and obtained work, bringing with them their families. These are therefore cared for, and the work of the able-bodied men-numbering probably one out of five or six of a family-will be sufficient with the rations issued to support them. Those still remaining on the plantations are now living on the corn and potatoes left there, and when these are all consumed the negroes will be in a suffering condition or thrown upon the commissariat of the army for support.
For the future maintenance of these people some system must be established, and one which will permit them to sustain themselves; but before they can be left entirely to their own government they must be trained and instructed into a knowledge of personal and moral responsibility–which will be a matter of time. I have therefore the honor to recommend that suitable instructors be sent them to teach them all the necessary rudiments of civilization, and secondly, in the meantime that agents properly qualified be employed and sent here to take charge of the plantations and superintend the work of the blacks until they are sufficiently enlightened to think and provide for themselves. They should receive wages and the profits of the plantations after all expenses are paid should go to the Government. I can see no other way to lay a groundwork for future usefulness with this unfortunate class of people.
I would also suggest that a quantity of negro clothing be sent out here as soon as practicable, and this should include stuff for women's and children's wear.
This letter would prompt the arrival in early March 1862 of a group of male and female missionaries from New England, that became known as Gideon's Band, sent by the American Missionary Association to educate and guide the ex-slaves of Port Royal in their transition to freedom.
The work of Gideon's Band, and others like them, would be closely followed in the national press by a curious but often dubious public. Indeed, there was great skepticism among many white Americans of trying to teach slaves to be free. For instance, Kentucky Congressman Henry W. Wadsworth, attacked such work with slaves in the U.S. House of Representatives, on the same day as Sherman's letter (January 15), asserting it was a waste of time since the character of slaves was fixed. He stated, "You have had your missionaries among them endeavoring to instill some ideas of freedom, &c., into the negro mind. His idea of freedom is that of a state in which he will be exempt from labor."
It was not just border state Congressmen like Wadsworth that believed the slaves were lazy and unteachable. The cartoon above in the January 18, 1862 edition of Harper's Weekly, depicting slaves in Port Royal occupying the parlor of their recently fled owner, captures powerfully the same attitude.
Frederick Douglass, the most famous ex-slave in America, expressed a very different opinion around the same time in the January 1862 edition of Douglass Monthly, in an essay titled, "What Shall Be Done with the Slaves If Emancipated." After sarcastically dismissing a laundry list of objections to emancipation, he asked, "What shall be done with the four million slaves if they are emancipated?" His answer was simple: nothing should be done, because any intervention would harm rather than help ex-slaves. Douglass wrote:
Our answer is, do nothing with them; mind your business, and let them mind theirs. Your doing with them is their greatest misfortune. They have been undone by your doings, and all they now ask, and really have need of at your hands, is just to let them alone. They suffer by ever interference, and succeed best by being let alone. The Negro should have been let alone in Africa — let alone when pirates and robbers offered him for sale in our Christian slave markets — (more cruel and inhuman than the Mohammedan slave markets) — let alone by courts, judges, politicians, legislators and slave-drivers — let alone altogether, and assured that they were thus to be left alone forever, and that they must now make their own way in the world, just the same as any and every other variety of the human family. As colored men, we only ask to be allowed to do with ourselves, subject only to the same great laws for the welfare of human society which apply to other men, Jews, Gentiles, Barbarian, Sythian. Let us stand upon our own legs, work with our own hands, and eat bread in the sweat of our own brows. When you, our white fellow-countrymen, have attempted to do anyting for us, it has generally been to deprive us of some right, power or privilege which you yourself would die before you would submit to have taken from you. When the planters of the West Indies used to attempt to puzzle the pure-minded Wilberforce with the question, How shall we get rid of slavery? his simple answer was, "quit stealing." In like manner, we answer those who are perpetually puzzling their brains with questions as to what shall be done with the Negro, "let him alone and mind your own business." If you see him plowing in the open field, leveling the forest, at work with the spade, a rake a hoe, a pick-axe, or a bill — let him alone; he has a right to work. If you see him on his way to school, with spelling book, geography and arithmetic in his hands — let him alone. Don't shut the door in his face, nor bolt your gates against him; he has a right to learn — let him alone. Don't pass laws to degrade him. If he has a ballot in his hand, and is on his way to the ballot-box to deposit his vote for the man whom he think will most justly and wisely administer the Government which has the power of life and death over him, as well as others — let him alone; his right of choice as much deserves respect and protection as your own. If you see him on his way to the church, exercising religious liberty in accordance with this or that religious persuasion — let him alone. –Don't meddle with him, nor trouble yourselves with any questions as to what shall be done with him.
So Frederick Douglass believed the slaves already were fully capable of being free, and hence should be left alone, even by well-meaning white people who felt they needed education and guidance for a time. His position no doubt reflected his experience of escaping slavery in antebellum Maryland for freedom in New England, and eventually chaffing under benevolent white mentors such as William Lloyd Garrison. Of course, Garrison and other white abolitionists did not share Douglass' sentiments, and would soon enthusiastically launch work in the Union-occupied South to aid freed slaves in their transition from property to people. The story of such interactions is fascinating, but is a story for another time.
Sources: 1) http://www.simmonsgames.com/research/authors/USWarDept/ORA/OR-S1-V09-C020U.html; 2) http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llcg&fileName=058/llcg058.db&recNum=420; 3) http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1862/battle-port-royal-ferry.htm; 4) http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1134.


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The glass-half-full part of you wants to enjoy DeMarcus Cousins' 13 boards from last night, while the glass-half-full you can't help but acknowledge that he missed all but three of his 13 shot attempts. The glass-half-full you revels in the fact that he's averaging 25 minutes per game as a rookie, while the glass-half-empty (GHE, pronounced "g'eh") part of you can't ignore Tuesday's four turnovers or the .424 season FG%. He's not a Rookie of the Year candidate, not even in the top 5. He hasn't developed any low post moves (thus the FG%) and his swan diving free-throw shooting has not only hit rock bottom in November (.660) but somehow managed to break through the Earth's crust and bury itself several layers closer to the planet's magma in December (.600). But that's the GHE part of you talking. Stop being so GHE. Let your full glass remind you that Cousins is only playing an extra 4.5 minutes per game this month as compared to last but has increased his scoring by three points and rebounding by a pair. He may be averaging a .424 FG% on the season, but, really, he averaged .389 in November and .455 this month. He's growing, improving; he looks somewhat settled – if not overly content – in his starting role. If you own him, hang on. There are likely better days ahead for the rookie this season. If you dropped him, look at him once more and if you want to snatch him from an unsuspecting owner, well that's your right. I wouldn't blame you. You can look at DeMarcus as half-empty, but then your glass would be half-full of shizz.
Here's what else went on last night in fantasy basketball:
Beno Udrih – Career-high 34 points in the overtime loss. And since this is Beno we're talking about, you know that there's something stinky around the bend. He turned the ball over five times and only dished out one assist in over 43 minutes of play. Fantasy-wise, his 34/1 carries the same weight as if he'd gone 18/5. So yeah, it's nice, but it's nothing worth writing about. Irony!
Reggie Williams – 24/7/4 with a menage a treys. Also, he has a huge head. Really. Have you seen this thing? I'm pretty sure I could sit in one of Williams' baseball caps if I tucked my knees in tightly. That's my big takeaway from Williams' time as Stephen Curry's replacement. It's been fun. I'll see you during Curry's next bout with the walking boot, bro.
Matt Carroll – Started in place of the injured Gerald Wallace, who missed his fourth game. You'll never know the severe sourness that coincides with having to write a blurb about Matt Carroll. You should be ashamed of yourselves, Charlotte. It can't get much worse than this.
Derrick Brown – … Unless, of course, Derrick Brown also played significant minutes. Hey, Zeus Christmas! Are these really the players the Bobcats are rolling out there? 11/6/2 in 33 minutes. Hedo would kill for that line.
Kwame Brown – Sticking with the Brown theme, Kwame played like poop (9/5 with a block) despite standing on the floor for almost 32 minutes.
D.J. Augustin – Followed up Monday's first half benching with an 8/1/1 game. He's averaging only 24 mpg in his last two. I'd give him through the week to bounce back. If he doesn't, hit the panic button.
Jrue Holiday – Shot 3-for-12 in 23 minutes. The Sixers might have had more of a chance in this one had the team seen Drew Barrymore shot. Wait. What? Let me try that again. The Sixers might have had more of a chance had the team seen Jrue bury more shots. There. That's much less violent.
Spencer Hawes – 0/2/2 in 18 minutes as Kurt Thomas' lethargic, lolling, goofy-footed defense was just too much for him.
Kurt Thomas – 12/8 and five blocks. "I wonder if Thibodeau will play Deng at the four, because besides Asik, I can't think of any other big besides Boozer available for the Bulls." – Me, 60 seconds before I looked at the team roster and was reminded Kurt Thomas still played basketball. Leave him be. He did this to a Sixers ball club that was about as excited playing against Kurt Thomas as I was about watching him.
J.J. Redick – Sank 21 points on .500 shooting from the floor as a starter and Stan Van Gundy has absolutely no idea how to use the pieces on this team.
Brandon Bass – Moved back to the bench to see what would happen if Hedo guarded Dirk. Spoiler alert: I found out that you can't say, "Bu kahrolas? oyun kokuyor" on Turkish television. Anyway, Bass will be back sooner than later. Everyone on the Magic except Dwight will go through some ch-ch-ch-changes, but will most likely learn to face the strain, Bowie.
O.J. Mayo -Don't you go quoting me, but after his 17-point bench performance last night, he hasn't scored fewer than 13 points in any of his last six games. /double-checks last six games\ Okay, there was one 6-point game in there, which is why you shouldn't go quoting me. Anyway, I'd look for a permanent return to the starting lineup from Mayo soon, as Zah-Vee-Ay Henry has averaged 4.6 points and sloppy defense in his last seven.
Sasha Vujacic – Shot 75 percent from the floor on his way to 16 points. If he scores 16 again, it's waiver time.
John Salmons – 20 points last night, at least 18 in his last three. He's about six weeks early on this little streak.
Earl Boykins – Oingo Boykins scored a game-high 22 points against the Lakers, including four threes. I'm pretty sure Scott Skiles turned to Boykins early in the third quarter and said, "That's it. Boykins! You're going in for Mbah A Moute! "But, I'm 5-foot-nothin', sir. I won't be effectiv-" Boykins! I'm not here to pussyfoot with you about the game of basketball. My efficiency reserve ain't being efficient. So you're my new efficiency reserve. "But I'm 15 inches shorter than Luc- " Boykins! You know I hate excuses. Now go out there and d'fense the hell out of Lamar Odom. And Andrew Bynum too, what the hell!" And that's the story of how the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Los Angeles Lakers by 19 points at home without four of their best players.


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Some people wrestle alligators; others, bears. But for moms or dads who have changed a diaper on a smiling, squirming bundle of joy; bring on the alligator.
Former Berwyn resident Dana Fort may have answered the prayer of many diaper changers by coming up with a solution: the Poopoose.
Potty humor aside, Fort's invention has more to do with safety than making it easier to change a diaper.
Fort, who has a dental practice in Hinsdale, was dressed for work and changing her six-month-old daughter before heading for the office one day.
"I had a real problem changing her diaper. She would squirm on the changing table and nothing seemed to work," Fort said. "One day, she almost fell off the changing table, and I got covered in poo."
She called her husband, Brian, an emergency room physician at Christ Hospital, and told him the story. Working in an emergency room, Brian Fort has seen injuries involving infants who have suffered a fall. The Fort's agreed there had to be an easier and safer way.
"I tried Googling to see what I could do to make it safer," Dana Fort said.
Dana Fort found the seed to an idea in a device in the medical field called a papoose board, which temporarily secures a patient and limits freedom of movement during a medical procedure. Using the idea, Fort created a prototype from the baby's changing pad.
On the Poopoose website, the board is described as, "a firm foam insert surrounded by soft foam [that] provides gentle support for baby. Soft and adjustable swaddle straps securely hold baby to the firm insert and keep baby from squirming, rolling over, and falling off the changing table."
Dana Fort showed her idea to her aunt, Nada, and uncle, Peter Bradbury. Both work for A.C. Nielsen, a market research firm.
"They said they thought I had a real good idea," Dana Fort said. "But first it had to have a name. I was joking with my husband: 'We should call it a Poopoose.'"
They patented Poopoose and found a Chicago manufacturer who saw the potential.
Dana Fort said 15 Poopooses have been pre-ordered, and the couple has ordered another 250 from the manufacturer.
Dana Fort said they hope to expand the line by offering covers for the Poopoose with various patterns.
On July 1, buyers can pick it up on Amazon, and two stores will carry it: Crib to College in Naperville and Fly Right Gifts Inc. in Berwyn. The cost is $49.99.
Laurie Richter, owner of Fly Right Gifts Inc., said she is waiting for her first order of the Poopoose.
"I've been telling people about it and it seems like this is going to revolutionize the changing of a squirming baby's diaper," Richter said.
Dana Fort, a customer of the store, approached Richter about carrying the item.
"It's locally made, designed," Richter said. "[Dana Fort] knows I like promoting local artists and businesses."
Dana Fort said there has been positive response from those who have seen her design, and she's excited that American Baby Magazine plans a feature on the Poopoose in a future issue.
"If it helps a busy mom and dad and makes their lives easier and their kids safer, then I'm happy," she said.


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Suggestions to celebrate the DVD release
Posted by unintendedchoice on March 13th, 2009
Dear LTT readers, Twihards & Twilighters,
We were e-mailing with one of our readers the other day, and she shared with us her plans for the evening of March 21st- the day the Twilight DVD is released, of course. We loved her Twilight DVD Release Party ideas SO MUCH that we just had to share them with you.
Celebrating the Twilight DVD Release
by RhoJo and her amazing friends
- We're getting pizza because that's what Charlie would do
- We're having vampire cookies (see recipe here)
- We're making vampire venom jello shots (they'll get you loaded and pregnant!)
- And it wouldn't be a Twilight DVD Release Party without a Twilight Drinking Game: (Click the images to make them bigger!)
Thanks to you and your amazing friends, RhoJo, Moon & I will be NICE & tipsy together on Saturday the 21st. Yep, you heard me right. That wasn't a mistake. We will be TOGETHER watching the DVD and doing vampire venom jello shots everytime someone says the word "monkey." Nothing says "I gotta jump in a plane and fly 2393 miles across the country to see my partner in Twi-crime" like the Twilight DVD release and the thought of vampire cookies. Jump on over to LTR to check out the itinerary we have planned while we're together.
To the rest of you: what are you doing the night of the DVD release (or the night before- Midnight release party?) Let us know and SEND US PICTURES afterwards!
UnintendedChoice & theMoonisDown
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Hi I'm trying to reduce the network utilization of a server program, for each connected client. I am monitoring the network utilization in the windows task manager's networking tab. When I start up the server and wait for connections the utilization is at 0.00% when one client connects to the server and logs into the game I get 0.13% utilization while the client is idle. When the client is running around and playing the game it goes up to 0.25% and varies by a few hundredths of a point. I'm trying to squeeze as many available connections into my server computer as possible
When I tested out my server program on my new computer the idle network utilization per client was 0.30% and the playing utilization was 0.90%. After tinkering with the client and server's connection thread(where all the tcp socket communcation happens) I found out that having the client's connection thread sleep for 25ms was as long as it could sleep for without losing performance and "lagging". Anything faster than that would dramatically increase the network utilization on the server computer. Also having the server's connection thread sleep for 15ms was best for performance(anything more would also cause the client to "lag"), anything less would increase the network utilization.
I tried shortening some of the strings the server sends the client, by replacing the identifying first part of the string ex. "MonsterData" with "6" and I did that for everything the server sent. That did not lessen the network utilization either.
I rewrote some of the server code to have some "lastSent" variables with different data stored in the connection thread for variables like hitpoints, strength, experience points, etc. Instead of always sending all of the variables(around 15 variables) I had it send them only if they had changed since the last sending of the variable. That did not decrease network utilization.
I also added another thread.sleep(5) to the server connection, right after it sends the monster data, if it sends no data then it sleeps, that decreased network utilization by 0.03% while the client is idle. If i put more of the thread.sleep() after the sending of different data it does not decrease network utilization.
I also tinkered with setReceiveBufferSize() and setSendBufferSize() on the client and server, that also did not help.
I've been researching on Google but I have not found any valuable information over the past few days.
I'm at a standstill on my project and I'll keep messing around with the code but I'm not making much progress alone with this roadblock.
EDIT*** I just commented out setTCPNoDelay(true); to see if that would have an impact....sure enough it took a single connection's network utilization down to 0.01% idle and up to 0.07% while playing...but the client is very laggy now. I'll lower the two connection's thread.sleep() although that will probably just increase network utilization again. One thing, I enabled setTCPNoDelay() because the game was very laggy without it out a couple months back. I'm not sure if I'll be able to use Nagle's alrorith for that reason.
EDIT2*** With Nagle's alrorith enabled, nomatter what I set those connection's thread.sleep() to, even .sleep(1) It fails to improve performance like when Nagle's alrorith is disabled. NPCs moving nearly 1 tile at a time instead of a couple of pixels, same thing with the fireball spell the player can cast, it jumps away from you in large steps, instead of smoothly. If there was a way to use Nagle's alrorithm for the huge improvement in network utilization but still be able to increase or decrease those thread.sleep() with their improvements i'd be on the right track.
If anyone can shed some insight on this topic for me I'd greatly appreciate it. I'll also answer almost any questions you might have. Thanks for reading.


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NEW YORK - An Iranian man has been indicted in New York on charges that he plotted to illegally export military and civilian aircraft parts from the United States to Iran.
Alireza Moazami Goudarzi was charged in an indictment returned Thursday in federal court in Manhattan. The 28-year-old man was arrested by Malaysian authorities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct. 24. Authorities say he's in Malaysian custody pending extradition proceedings. It wasn't clear if he had a lawyer.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Goudarzi brazenly discussed a willingness to pay higher prices for military-grade aircraft parts to dodge an embargo affecting Iran. He says Goudarzi was thwarted when a supplier called law enforcement authorities.
Authorities say Goudarzi's shopping list in October 2010 included rotor blades for an attack helicopter and jet engines.


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"Tell me I'm your national anthem." That was the theme of the hundreds of environmentalists and labor union members gathered today at the BlueGreen Alliance's annual conference in Washington. They wanted to remind President Obama and Congress that the middle class is still the national anthem of this country.
In response, Obama administration officials and congressional Democrats touted the president's successes and current efforts to a skeptical audience.
They gathered at the conference with a shared vision for our country—combating climate change while creating well-paying jobs, rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, advancing the rights and safety of workers, and securing our race to the top—that is shared by the majority of Americans.
At an opening panel focused on the rise and fall of climate change on the national agenda, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., acknowledged that the "propaganda campaign by the polluting industries" has been effective in derailing both the labor and environmental movements.
Although President Obama has placed climate change back on the national agenda, more needs to done. Executive action is crucial in our current political environment, but victories on the local and state level are just as important, if not more. Whitehouse told audience members "the only way to fight is to put light on it," to advance the national dialogue. "Climate change needs to line up with issues such as gay rights and immigration," he said.
Corporations and naysayers often claim we must choose between the environment and safety standards, between collective bargaining and job creation, while ignoring the facts. Currently, there are more than 3 million "green jobs." Employment in this sector grew four times faster than other job categories. Since 2004, investment in clean energy is up 500 percent, and companies are bringing jobs back home from overseas.
This could not be possible without effective policies that promote green technologies and provide incentives for companies to relocate here, such as grants and tax credits. Research has shown that low-cost labor is not a major reason for companies taking jobs overseas. BMW manufactures its sports utility vehicles on our soil, not in Germany. We can compete.
"We have an opportunity before us," declared David Danielson, Assistant Secretary at the Department of Energy, on the topic of American-made clean energy and manufacturing. He discussed the administration's current green energy efforts, such as the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative. In one recent success, in 2012 General Electric moved some operations from China and started manufacturing energy efficient water heaters that use 60 percent less water and save families on average $300 per year.
On the same topic, Leo Gerard, president of SWU, pointed out that "if we don't have the manufacturing here, we won't do the R&D here, and if we don't do that here, we won't be able to compete in a global economy."
Our trade deficit is already costing us almost $1 billion a day and our current deficit with China is the largest in history.
This is not only an economic and environmental issue, but also a moral one. "I don't want this generation, my generation, to be the one who destroys the planet" said Gerard. He envisions a future where his "grandkids and grandkids' kids" are able to "grow up in an environment where they don't worry about rising waters or finding good jobs." This is an idea that we can all get behind.
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood proudly stated that "America was built on big ideas and bold action. We have a duty to be good stewards of the environment."
We have a clear path forward: Green jobs are good jobs that can end the pain and suffering caused by the recession, while setting America on a sustainable track.


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Posted on Monday, 04.08.13
Miami-Cuba seaborne shipping stops after big start
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO
Associated Press
MIAMI — It was two weeks before Christmas, and Robinson Perez had
bundles of gifts ready for his family in Cuba: A giant plastic Barbie
doll and stuffed animals for his two daughters. For his pregnant sister,
a wooden crib and baby clothes.
Perez could not go to Cuba for the holidays, so he chose the next best
thing: Maritime shipping from Miami to Havana.
The freight service was launched in July by International Port Corp. to
significant fanfare. It was the first direct maritime shipment of
humanitarian goods between Miami and Havana since the U.S. economic
embargo began against Fidel Castro's communist government five decades ago.
Thousands of customers began sending goods like medicine, toiletries and
food at lower cost than by airplane. Others began sending big items that
had been difficult to ship by air: washing machines, refrigerators and
housing construction supplies.
Less than a year later, however, the service has ground to a halt, The
Associated Press has learned. The ship had mechanical problems, the
International Port Corp. was sued for allegedly not paying its bills and
the Cuban government's package delivery company provided slow service.
Customers like Perez were left frustrated as their packages took much
longer than expected to arrive at their Cuban relatives' homes.
Candy canes and cookies that families shipped in December for Christmas
and New Year's Day arrived closer to Valentine's Day.
"They said it would take much less time," Perez said. "But well, they
had to wait."
The roots of the operation developed in in 2009 when President Barack
Obama issued the first of several executive orders expanding travel and
the flow of humanitarian goods between the U.S. and Cuba. Restrictions
on how many times Cuban-Americans could travel to the island were
lifted. The amount of money they could send in remittances was raised.
Larry Nussbaum, president of the International Port Corp., said he saw
it as an opportunity to tap into a growing market.
"It was going to be a tremendous amount of volume, and the current
providers were not organized properly," Nussbaum said.
The time appeared right. People who have arrived recently in the U.S.
from Cuba tend to have strong family ties to the island, are more likely
to send remittances and visit. And while Miami-based companies that sent
packages to Cuba once were threatened or even bombed by anti-Castro
groups, that violence has largely ended.
Cuban-Americans had already been sending parcels to their relatives on
the island, but primarily through often illegal third-country routes and
"mules" – people who travel to the island with packages they then
deliver for a fee.
Nussbaum said he coordinated with the Coast Guard and Cuban authorities
to charter a ship both sides could approve. They chose the Ana Cecilia,
a medium-sized cargo ship painted red, white and blue – the colors of
the U.S. and Cuban flags – owned by Miami Epic Shipping.
International Port Corp. also set up a contract with CubaPACK, Cuba's
government-owned delivery service, to deliver packages in Havana within
a week to 10 days, and to the rest of the island within 15 to 20.
On the ship's inaugural voyage in July, the sailing was not smooth. When
the Ana Cecilia approached Havana's port, it wasn't initially allowed to
dock because some paperwork hadn't been approved, International Port
Corp. spokesman Leonardo Sanchez said. It docked the next morning.
At first, the deliveries arrived within the time CubaPACK had promised.
But then it started to take longer. The weekly departures International
Port had advertised from Miami to Havana were also scaled back to
monthly trips.
Sanchez and Nussbaum said the delays are an infrastructure problem: More
goods have been sent than Cuban authorities are able to quickly process.
The Cubans use paper rather than computers to track and deliver the items.
"We've been frustrated ourselves with the service," Nussbaum said.
The Associated Press followed the Christmas packages Perez sent from
Miami to their arrival and delivery in Havana.
The problems began early, not long after customers began arriving at a
white terminal building to drop off their packages. Four days before the
ship's scheduled departure on Dec. 12, Ramon Mesa, co-owner of Miami
Epic Shipping, emailed Nussbaum demanding $250,679 in back payment for
the chartering of the Ana Cecilia. He gave International Port three days
to pay. If not, he would remove the boat from the dock.
Epic wasn't the only creditor demanding payment. The owner of the dock
and warehouse facility, Marine Shaw Terminal, said the company owed him
$30,000 in rent and has filed a lawsuit as well.
"The owner needed to come up with funds or the vessel wouldn't go," said
Cliff Kornfield, an attorney for Mesa.
International Port officials gave a different explanation for the
delayed departure. They said the Coast Guard had discovered a leak and
the ship couldn't sail. Coast Guard documents show inspectors found
seawater entering the ship in late November.
Mesa confirmed there had been a leak, but said he repaired it within a day.
"I had remedied it," Mesa said. "And if my boat couldn't go I could get
another boat for them to take, if they had paid me in time."
Instead, the International Port opted to send the packages on two cargo
planes. Sanchez said they departed the same day the ship was scheduled
to go out. On the cargo planes, they were able to send large items as well.
In Cuba, Robinson's 20-year-old sister, Maipu Marin Lopez, was first
told the items would arrive by Dec. 29. But that day came and went.
In mid-January, the first of the packages Robinson sent arrived. The
others came in bit by bit. The final item, the frame of a baby crib, did
not arrive until the first week of February – more than a month late,
though still in time for the baby.
"The most important thing is the crib for the baby, and I was upset it
had not arrived," she said.
Back in Miami, the dock where the Ana Cecilia once departed for Havana
is now empty. The building where Robinson sent his packages from is
closed. A sign advertising shipments to Cuba is gone.
Sanchez says they are no longer collecting packages at the terminal
because they have set up new sites around the city.
In fact, court documents show the International Port was served an
eviction complaint in January. Neil Ruben, an attorney for Shaw Marine
Terminal, said International Port voluntarily vacated the property. A
lawsuit claiming the company still owes rent dating back to October is
winding through the courts. So is another filed by Epic Shipping.
Sanchez and Nussbaum said International Port dispute the claims in both
lawsuits, though neither would go into detail.
"I assure you that everything is in order and this will all come out in
the litigation," Nussbaum said.
Families are still sending packages by plane, but the dream of maritime
shipping from Miami to Havana has, at least for the moment, sailed into
thin air.
Associated Press writer Andrea Rodriguez in Havana contributed to this
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Is Germany's repatriation of its gold reserves from storage in New York and Paris a signal of declining confidence in the Euro? Maybe, reports the Financial Times.
[A] German populace, worried by a potential break-up of the euro, started asking increasingly wild questions about the gold holdings. The issue was then supercharged by a report by the federal Court of Auditors that criticised the Bundesbank for having insufficient access to the gold in foreign vaults in order to test and count it.


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Monster Jamz and Lil' Jamz headphones at Amazon
Monster's Turbine was a surprise hit and the first official headphone for review at TMA. Now a year later, Monster are still on a roll, pushing out an impressive number of headphones at an equally impressive range of prices. Jamz and Lil' Jamz are a couple of the latest to grace Amazon's virtual shelves and thankfully, can be had for south of 100$. TMA will be reviewing the Monster Turbine Pro in the next couple of weeks and will not; I repeat: will not spoil the review by admitting that it is better in every way than the Turbine.
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no subway
Frumination asks what would Manhattan's central business district – 60th street and south – look like if there were no subway and all commuters came to the city by car? He did the math and the geography and … well, it's not pretty. Here is the daily capacity –
from 8:00AM to 8:59 AM on an average Fall day in 2007 the NYC Subway carried 388,802 passengers into the CBD on 370 trains over 22 tracks. In other words, a train carrying 1,050 people crossed into the CBD every 6 seconds.
At best, it would take 167 inbound lanes, or 42 copies of the Queens Midtown Tunnel, to carry what the NYC Subway carries over 22 inbound tracks through 12 tunnels and 2 (partial) bridges. At worst, 200 new copies of 5th Avenue. Somewhere in the middle would be 67 West Side Highways or 76 Brooklyn Bridges. And this neglects the Long Island Railroad, Metro North, NJ Transit, and PATH systems entirely.
The map above is a sketch of the additional parking space and bridges and tunnels that would be required to pull it off. No doubt there are lunatics out there that will interpret this interesting study as a beneficial proposal and will try to implement it – like the crackpot airport scheme.
Now for a bit of editorializing. This quick study speaks volumes about what energy and space and infrastructure hogs cars are. I like cars but everything in moderation. In a sense the author is taking Manhattan and asking what it would be like if it were LA, or nearly every other American 'city.' I think it's time to start talking about how the form of the city – dense vs sprawl – affects energy consumption patterns. Taken seriously, mass transit vs car transport has an enormous impact on the environment and on per capita energy consumption – an impact almost noone is talking about.
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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. – Edgar Allan Poe
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I prefer to walk on my own
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I'd bet against Ponting and Hussey having two poor (relatively in Ponting's case) series in a row, and if we actually select a proper batsman at 6 given the lack of test standard allrounders, then our batting will be in fine shape.
The bowling will be more problematic. Really don't think Noffke or Bollinger are the solutions to the problem either. Johnson, Siddle, hopefully Clark for me, with Bollinger as the back up. Don't mind Hauritz, I think he's done the job more often than not for Ponting, and if we don't have a really good spinner, then someone who is at least reliably "ok" is not a bad thing. McGain hopefully does enough to reclaim a tour spot, but I don't think he should go straight back in ahead of Haury. Krejza to stay at home comparing notes with Beau Casson of wild-flings with selectors gone wrong.


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You have seen Hacksaw Jim Duggan wrestle for the WWF, WCW and WWE. You have never seen him like this! See Hacksaw the street fighter, the comedian, and Hacksaw blasted out of his gourd at a celebrity party.
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