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Separation protest (also called separation anxiety) usually starts around 9 months of age, peaks near 15 months of age, and starts to fade sometime before the third birthday. The intensity and duration of separation protest is affected by your child's temperament and by your personality and how you respond.
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Mercenaries are combatants in military conflicts who are not associated with a government body, but fighting for personal financial gain. Typically mercenaries are disinterested in the finer points of a conflict (moral concerns, ideology, and so forth) and only fight for those who hire them. Mercenaries normally work in groups to have stronger bargaining positions and for support.
The advantage of using mercenaries is that, when they are available, capable fighting men can be put into action as soon as they have been hired. The disadvantages are their lack of loyalty, the fact that they are usually under looser control than regular soldiers, and their tendency to stop fighting if not outright rebel if their pay is overdue. Naval mercenaries with access to their own ships are known as privateers.
Real World Mercenaries
- Barbarian mercenaries employed by the Roman Empire in its latter years.
- The Varangian Guard employed by the Byzantine Empire
- Condottieri in Italy from the Renaissance to the Age of Enlightenment
- German Landsknecht
- Privateers during the Age of Enlightenment
- Academi and other Private Military Companies (PMCs) in modern times
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Mitt Romney carries northeast Florida
Barack Obama comes within 4% in Duval County, wins Alachua County
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Gov. Mitt Romney carried every northeast Florida county, although President Barack Obama came within about 4 percentage points in Duval County in the presidential election.
Romney carried Duval by only about 15,000 more votes than Obama.
Romney won every neighboring county by a landslide, winning Clay, Nassau and St. Johns counties with about 70 percent each.
At 10 p.m., Duval County Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland said about 71 percent of registered voters had voted before the last seven precincts were counted.
Holland had predicted a turnout of 80 percent or more.
The line began forming outside Fort Caroline Christian Church at 5:30 a.m., with lines reported at most Jacksonville precincts when the doors opened.
"I wanted to be one of the first ones to get my vote in," Jane Baulk said. "Sorry I didn't do it earlier."
Voters and campaign workers carried umbrellas against a steady rain that started just before the polls opened Tuesday.
Channel 4 received isolated reports of issues -- mostly ballot scanners not working -- but they were all fixed quickly. Election workers allowed voting to continue, and the ballots cast while the scanners were down were placed in sealed envelopes to be counted at the end of the day. Voters who cast ballots during that time were invited to come back at 7 p.m. to watch their votes being counted.
Two precincts went dark when the power went out in part of Riverside that also affected St. Vincent's Hospital. One of those precincts continued to vote by flashlight, but the other had to close for about one hour until the power was restored.
Other voters didn't get word that their precinct had changed as Duval County consolidated from 256 to 198 voting sites this year.
Crowds picked up again during lunch hour and remained steady after 5 p.m., when many people headed to vote after getting off work.
Election officials said most voters were informed about what was on the ballot and predictions of three-hour waits caused by people having to read descriptions of all 11 constitutional amendments never materialized.
At Green Cove Springs City Hall, voting was also going smoothly and wait times were only about 10 minutes for much of the day.
"Haven't really had any great reports of huge lines," said Chris Chambless, Clay County's supervisor of elections. "I think it's just consistent and steady throughout the day."
Chambless said voter turnout was about 70 percent. He was expecting between 80 and 85 percent voter turnout for the county.
"Clay County is very fortunate to have a strong voting population. So, no, I'm not surprised," he said. "Of course, Fleming Island is really strong. Just about every single polling location in Fleming Island is in the high 60s and 70s percentile right now. So it's going to be strong."
The record for voter turnout in a presidential race in Clay County was 87 percent in 1992. Republican turnout Tuesday in the county was outpacing Democrats by nearly 3 to 1.
In St. Johns County, Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes said about 25 percent of registered voters had voted Tuesday. Add that to the 49 percent who voted early or absentee, and St. Johns County's turnout was at about 74 percent.
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Range Anxiety? Tesla Motors Notoriety.
Range Anxiety? Tesla Motors Notoriety.
I think it flows and sounds better without "motors".
Range anxiety?
Tesla notoriety.
Can help to check the syllabel count...
1, 1+3
2, 2+3
In common speech, "notoriety" is associated with misbehaviour and a scandalous reputation. Back to the thesaurus.
Range anxiety? Rx Tesla.
@Brian H, good to know that my understanding of that word was correct.
How about "Range Anxiety? You don't use gas in this car, dummy."
Makes even less sense.
Too smart? Implication that gasoline gives you range anxiety.
This is a really good marketing slogan:
"Tesla technology kills range anxiety"
It's short, strong, positive and straight to the point.
You have my permission to use it (a Signature Performance Model X will do just fine).
"Go Far With a Tesla"
My slogan sounds like a victory, or like a not expected technological brakethrough.


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This grower is sure of this plant identification.
Pups taken from my larger aloe, £3 each or two for £5. Also looking to swap for other succulents or hardy plants!
First aid plant, Medicine plant, Bitter aloe
Aloe vera (First aid plant). This species can grow 60cm high and produces rosettes of lance-shaped grey-green leaves which are toothed with many small white-ish spines and have pink-green margins. The surface of the leaves sometimes have small white flecks.
The long, tubular, yellow flowers appear in summer on spikes that can grow up to 90cm tall.
Also known as Aloe barbadensis, Aloe indica, Aloe perfoliata L. var. vera and Aloe vulgaris.
This plant needs a well drained, gritty potting mixture. Allow the soil to completely dry out between watering.
Known for its medicinal qualities, it is widely cultivated. The syrupy leaf juice is used in skin care products and for the treatment of burns.


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As Obama and Romney prepare for the debate on foreign policy Monday night in Florida, new polls emerge showing the candidates are in a 47-47 percent tie among likely voters. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
Heading into Monday's final debate and with just over two weeks until Election Day, President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney are now tied nationally, according the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Obama and Romney both get 47 percent among likely voters in the latest edition of the poll, conducted entirely in the aftermath of the second presidential debate last Monday. In the previous national NBC/WSJ poll, which was conducted before debate season began, the president held a narrow, three-point lead over his GOP challenger, 49 percent to 46 percent.
But among the wider pool of all registered voters in this new survey, Obama is ahead of Romney by five points, 49 percent to 44 percent.
"We definitely have a barn burner," says Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted this survey with Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart.
White House adviser David Axelrod discusses the latest numbers reflecting a statistical tie in a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Hart adds, "The election is close, close, close."
Voters more comfortable with Romney
What appears to have benefited Romney, especially after the first two presidential debates, is that voters are more comfortable with him.
A combined 47 percent of registered voters say they are either optimistic and confident or satisfied and hopeful that Romney would do a good job as president -- up five points since the last NBC/WSJ poll. By comparison, Obama's percentage stands at 50 percent on this question, which is unchanged from the previous survey.
In addition, heading into Monday's foreign-policy debate, Romney trails Obama by just three points (44 percent to 41 percent) on which candidate would be better commander in chief, which is down from the president's eight-point edge on this question last month.
And Romney's favorable/unfavorable rating has slightly improved -- from 41 percent favorable/44 percent unfavorable in the last poll, to 43 percent favorable/44 percent unfavorable now.
Obama's score stands at 49 percent favorable/43 percent unfavorable.
Growing economic optimism
But if voters are becoming more comfortable with Romney, they also are becoming more optimistic about the economy.
A panel of experts visits Meet the Press to discuss foreign policy and the 2012 presidential campaigns.
Forty-five percent believe the economy will improve in the next 12 months. That's up one point from the last poll and a whopping 18 points since July. What's more, 41 percent think the country is headed in the right direction, which is the highest mark on this question since June 2009.
Overall, Obama's approval ratings are unchanged from the last survey -- 49 percent approve of his overall job performance, 46 percent approve of his handling of the economy and 49 percent approve of his handling of foreign policy.
Macro-messaging vs. micro-messaging
Despite this growing economic optimism, however, Romney holds a six-point lead over Obama (46 percent to 40 percent) on which candidate would better deal with the economy. That's up three points (45 percent to 42 percent) since the last poll.
Romney also has the advantage on jobs and unemployment (46 percent to 39 percent) and the federal budget deficit (48 percent to 35 percent).
And by a four-point margin (45 percent to 41 percent), voters think Romney is better prepared to create jobs and improve the economy over the next four years.
But Obama leads on almost all other issue and character-trait questions -- being easy going and likable (57 percent to 25 percent), dealing with issue of concern to women (53 percent to 25 percent), being compassionate enough to understand average people (53 percent to 29 percent), looking out for the middle class (52 percent to 36 percent) and dealing with Medicare (46 percent to 37 percent).
David Gregory analyzes this morning's Meet the Press with a preview of the third and final debate on foreign policy between President Obama and Mitt Romney.
"Romney is dominating the macro-messaging of the economy," Hart says, "and Obama is dominating the micro-messaging" -- on things like women's issues, compassion and likeability.
The demographic breakdown
Taking a look at the key demographic groups in this election, Obama leads among African Americans (92 percent to 5 percent), Latinos (winning about seven in 10 of them), women (52 percent to 41 percent) and voters 18-34 (61 percent to 33 percent).
Romney, meanwhile, has the edge among seniors (60 percent to 35 percent), whites (55 percent to 38 percent) and men (47 percent to 45 percent).
But Romney's gender gap narrows when you move from registered voters to likely voters -- Obama's lead with women shrinks to eight points (51 percent to 43 percent), and Romney's advantage with men grows to 10 points (53 percent to 43 percent).
The NBC/WSJ poll was conducted Oct. 17-20 among 1,000 registered voters (including 300 cell phone-only respondents) and 816 likely voters. The margin of error is plus-minus 3.1 percentage points for the sample of registered voters and plus-minus 3.43 percentage points for the sample of likely voters.


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If there was any doubt that it's political season, look no further than President Barack Obama's social media calendar.
The President recently began sharing over-saturated pictures on Instgram, while his wife Michelle Obama joined Twitter earlier this month.
But don't worry, Sasha and Malia are still not allowed on Facebook.
Monday, Mr. Obama is planning to conduct his first hangout on Google+. The White House announced the session on Google+
Google took questions from viewers via YouTube on the White House Channel and then submitted them to Mr. Obama, according to the White House.
The answers will come during his chat session on the Mountain View-based search company's social site based on what questions were voted on by users.
The hangout is set for Monday at 2:30 p.m. California time and is supposed to be broadcast on the White House.gov site and his YouTube channel.
The White House is using the hangout as a follow up to his State of the Union speech last week.
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This is how the White House announced the hangout:
On Monday, January 30, the President will join a special Google+ Hangout from the West Wing. He'll be answering several of the most popular questions that have been submitted through YouTube, and some of the people who submitted questions will even be invited to join the President in the Hangout and take part in the live conversation.


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How to Get Fast Headache Relief
Oh, My Aching Head!
What Is a Migraine?
Migraine is a type of headache that is often localized in a certain area of the head and is sometimes accompanied by a pronounced sensitivity to light and sound. Other common migraine symptoms include nausea and vomiting. Migraines are usually gradual in onset, progressively more painful and then undergo a gradual resolution. When migraines are mild to moderate, they are usually described as being dull, deep and steady. When severe, migraines are throbbing or pulsating.
Some migraines are worsened by head motion, sneezing, straining or physical exertion. Since many patients also become sensitive to light and sound, some migraine sufferers will lie down in a darkened and quiet room to relieve symptoms.
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More common in women than in men, migraine is a chronic condition, and migraine headaches may occur infrequently or as often as several times a week. Although migraines can begin at any time, the most common time is in the early morning. While migraines can begin during sleep, this is uncommon and must be evaluated to rule out other conditions.
The onset of migraine usually occurs between the ages of 5 and 35. It is treatable but not curable, and it is not considered a life-threatening condition, though rarely a severe migraine may cause a stroke. However, if the headaches are severe and frequent, migraine can have a debilitating impact on a person's life.
What Are the Symptoms and Types of Migraine?
Depending on the symptoms, most migraine headaches are categorized as "migraine with aura" (previously called classic migraine) or "migraine without aura" (previously called common migraine).
Migraine with aura begins with certain neurologic symptoms, the most common of which are visual disturbances. The typical visual aura presents as a flickering jagged (or zigzag) line, usually at the side of the visual field. The next symptom in frequency is numbness and tingling of the lips, lower face and fingers of one hand. Some patients experience temporary paralysis on one side of the body. Auras rarely last longer than an hour and are followed by a headache 93 percent of the time.
Migraine without aura has been called common migraine because it has a greater incidence in the population (accounting for 80 percent of cases) and is not preceded by an aura. It may be preceded by mood changes, fatigue, mental fuzziness and fluid retention. In common migraine, the patient also may have diarrhea, increased urination, nausea and vomiting. The common migraine can persist three or four days, depending on treatment.
Either type of migraine may also be accompanied by nasal congestion, runny nose, tearing, and/or sinus pain or pressure. This has sometimes led to the mistaken diagnosis of "sinus headache." True sinus headache is typically associated with an acute sinus infection, and symptoms often also include fever and thick mucous discharge.
Are There Different Forms of Migraine?
Besides the categories of migraine with or without aura, migraines also occur in other forms, such as:
Hemiplegic migraine: Marked by temporary paralysis on one side of the body (hemiplegia), impaired vision and vertigo.
Ophthalmologic migraine: The pain of this rare type of headache is localized around the eye; the headache may be accompanied by a droopy eyelid and vision problems. It is now thought that this may not actually be migraine, but another neurologic condition entirely.
Basilar artery migraine: Occurs mostly in adolescent and young women. It results from a spasm to the basilar artery, a major blood vessel at the base of the brain. Symptoms can include vertigo, impaired vision, poor motor coordination, difficulty speaking or hearing, and altered consciousness.
Benign exertional headache: A type of vascular headache triggered by physical exertion, such as running, bending and lifting, or even coughing or sneezing. This headache rarely lasts more than several minutes.
Status migrainosus: A rare, sustained and extremely severe type of migraine with pain and nausea so intense that the person may have to be hospitalized.
Headache-free migraine: A condition characterized by migraine symptoms, such as visual impairment, nausea, vomiting, constipation or diarrhea, but no headache.
How Do Other Types of Headaches Differ from Migraine?
Although other types of headaches share some symptoms with migraines, they also come with distinctive symptoms of their own. Other common headache types include:
Tension headache: Chronic headache that is associated with stress or fatigue; physical ailments such as arthritis; or psychological distress or depression. Tension headaches may be precipitated by poor posture, eyestrain, abnormalities of muscles or bones in the neck, misaligned teeth or jawbones, or unusual noise or light conditions.
A pattern of chronic tension headaches may set in between the ages of 20 and 40; women have a greater incidence of tension headache than men. Symptoms include muscle tightness in the head and neck, especially in the temple and forehead areas; pressure sometimes described as feeling like a band or vise around the head; and continuous but not throbbing pain.
Cluster headache: A type of vascular headache that sometimes occurs in a cluster of up to four separate attacks a day and has been associated with an increased level of histamine in the blood. Cluster headaches, which usually come on quite suddenly on one side of the head, are thought be the most severe and intense headaches. Patients describe excruciating, stabbing pain, often around one eye, as well as tearing from that eye and a runny nose on the affected side. These headaches can last less than an hour or for several hours or more, and they often stop as quickly as they started. The onset of cluster headaches is usually between the ages of 20 and 45 and may be linked to smoking and alcohol use; more men than women suffer from cluster headache.
What Are the Risk Factors for Migraine?
The propensity to get migraine headaches may be genetic. Research is underway to identify the genes involved in migraine headaches that run in families. Essentially, if members of your immediate family (mother, father and siblings) suffer from migraine, you are at risk too.
Migraine headaches may be precipitated by a variety of factors called "triggers":
Hunger (missed meals)
Drinking alcohol (especially red wine)
Eating foods containing monosodium glutamate (MSG), or that are high in caffeine (coffee, tea, colas) or nitrates and nitrites (preserved meats), or contain tyramine (aged cheeses)
Menstruation or oral contraception use
Getting too little or too much sleep
Stress in your work and personal life
Factors in the environment, such as glaring lights, strong smells, weather changes or high altitude
Do Other Medical Conditions Increase Your Migraine Risk?
Though many people who have migraines also have co-existing health issues, it has not been established that having other conditions causes migraines. Nor has it been established that having migraines leads to other medical problems.
Two conditions found to exist in a high proportion of people who have migraines are depression and anxiety, though the reason for this is unclear. Doctors have also observed that in people who have cardiovascular disease, there is a slightly increased incidence of migraine. Also, many people who have conditions with nasal and sinus inflammation appear to have migraines as well.
Certain medical events may also put a person at risk for migraine, among them are trauma to the brain from head or neck injury, and infections or hemorrhages in the brain. In addition, certain medications can begin a headache pattern that can become migraine-like in nature.
How Is Migraine Diagnosed?
Migraine can generally be diagnosed from its clear-cut symptoms, which usually fall into a recognizable pattern. A patient with suspected migraine will be asked how often the headaches occur, where the pain is localized, how long the headaches last and related questions. The physician also will take a full medical history, including information about any past head injury, eye strain, sinus condition, and dental or jaw problems.
The physician may order exams and blood work to exclude other possible causes for the headache pain. It is usually not necessary to do X-ray or other scans of the brain. This would be recommended in certain situations such as unexplained onset at a later age, an unexplained finding on neurologic exam or features that are atypical for migraine. Patients with sudden onset of extremely severe headache must be immediately scanned to rule out the possibility of an aneurysm. Other signals for scanning are rapidly increasing frequency of headache or persistent headache unresponsive to treatment.
What Medications Are Used to Treat Migraine?
Migraine drugs fall generally into two categories. Those for acute migraine headaches are considered abortive treatments because they interrupt an attack or episode of migraine headache and are given once the symptoms of a migraine have appeared. The second category is preventive medications, which are taken regularly to keep headaches from occurring.
Abortive medications:
OTC medications: These include aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen or acetaminophen. Some of these products are combined with aspirin and caffeine.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) and other analgesics including narcotics and non-narcotics.
Serotonin agonists: (sumatriptan [Imitrex], zolmitriptan [Zomig], naratriptan [Amerge], rizatriptan [Maxalt]), almotriptan [Axert], eletriptan [Relpex] and frovatriptan [Frova]). Treximet is a combination pill containing both sumatriptan and naproxen. The '"triptan" medications cause vasoconstriction and are therefore contraindicated in people who have uncontrolled high blood pressure, angina pectoris (chest pain due to clogged arteries), heart attack, stroke or basilar migraine.
Vasoconstrictors: (ergotamine [Migranal], Cafergot [ergotamine/caffeine]): Useful in the painful dilation stage of a migraine.
Preventive medications:
The daily preventive medications prescribed for migraine headache include:
Tricyclic anti-depressants (such as amitriptyline)
Beta-blockers (propranolol or timolol)
Calcium channel blockers (verapamil)
Anti-convulsants (Depakote, also known as divalproex sodium; Topamax, or topiramate; Neurontin, or gabapentin)
Alternative treatments (vitamin B2, magnesium)
Vasodilators (methysergide maleate, or Sansert)
Hormone therapy (for women with menstrual migraine)
Are There Non-Drug Treatments for Migraine?
Doctors recommend behavioral measures both to prevent and treat migraines: one is to stay away from avoidable triggers, such as alcohol or certain foods.
Behavioral treatments can also help prevent stress-related migraine. These treatments include:
Relaxation training: including thermal and electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback techniques that help patients develop a degree of voluntary control over their blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, muscle tension, brain waves and body temperature
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (stress management)
Regular exercise: such as swimming or walking, which can reduce stress and the frequency and severity of migraines.
Where Can I Find More Information About Migraines?
You can find information and support for living well with migraines at Everyday Health and from non-profit organizations such as those listed here:
Migraine Center
Migraine Disease Basics
Migraine Ask the Doctor
American Council for Headache Education


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DETROIT (WWJ) – A Detroit business owner used lethal force after four would-be robbers broke into his west side party store on Friday.
Detroit Police Sgt. Eren Stephens said one person was killed and two others were hurt in the shooting that happened at Rightway Express party store on the corner of Joy and Ohio roads, near Liveronis, around 3:20 a.m.
Reporting live from the scene, WWJ's Mike Campbell said four would-be robbers arrived in a burgundy mini-van and apparently jimmied the back door to gain entry to the store, which was closed at the time. Once inside, however, the group was surprised by the store owner, who was reportedly sleeping inside and lying in wait to prevent just such an event.
Police say the store owner armed himself and allegedly fired shots striking three of the males. One victim, an unidentified male in his 20′s, died from his injuries. The other two wounded males, in their teens to 20′s, are listed in critical condition.
Stephens said a fourth male was hiding inside of the business and taken into police custody.
Residents from the mostly brick two-story homes nearby identified a man taken away in a squad car as the store owner.
Ron, who lives in the neighborhood, said it's not uncommon for the store's employees to actually sleep there because they've been robbed before. He said its a known area for trouble.
"Somebody got killed up here about eight months ago. Somebody got shot. It was nothing with the store, just somebody that was sitting in the car got killed," he said.
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Meganisi is a small paradise, only 4 miles from Lefkada.
It is green all around and has three traditional villages, the Vathi, Katomeri and Spartochori.
Eastern and approximately 300 meters from the village Katomeri lies the tranquil bay of �Elia�, a place of unique beauty.
In a grove of 7 acres, independent residencies of Elia Village are waiting for you to enjoy your holiday with complete relaxation by the sea.


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The Airbus A380 – flagship of the Lufthansa fleet
The A380 is the world's largest and heaviest passenger aircraft. It is just under 73 meters long, 24 meters high and weighs 560 tons at takeoff. The Lufthansa version can accommodate 509 passengers. Each of its four engines can develop a thrust of 70,000 pounds. That's equivalent to something like 3,500 cars all running at full power. The A380 is much quieter than older models, more fuel-efficient and even intelligent: It brakes automatically when it touches down on the runway.
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Chuck Hagel returned to his alma mater, the University of Nebraska, to deliver a speech on the challenges facing the Defense Department (excluding the challenge posed by the fact that he's in charge of it). After his address, it was time for questions.
Hagel called on an audience member with brown skin. Before fielding his question, Hagel joked "you're not a member of the Taliban, are you?"
The questioner turned out to be Robin Gandhi, an assistant professor at the University.
The selection of a fool like Hagel to run the Pentagon tells us all we need to know about the seriousness with which President Obama takes maintaining a defense adequate to protect of our country.


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Dr. Norman Lamm
Dr. Norman Lamm—a distinguished rabbi, philosopher, teacher and author—was elected president of Yeshiva University in August of 1976, succeeding Dr. Samuel Belkin and Dr. Bernard Revel. He was the University's third president and the first native-born American to head the nation's oldest and most comprehensive institution of higher learning under Jewish auspices. He served as chancellor and rosh ha-Yeshiva of YU's affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary from 2003 until his retirement on June 30, 2013.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1927, Dr. Lamm received his elementary and high school education at Yeshiva and Mesivta Torah Vodaath. In 1945, he entered Yeshiva College where he continued his Jewish learning and undertook a liberal arts program with a major in chemistry. He graduated summa cum laude in 1949 and was class valedictorian.
Upon graduation, Dr. Lamm pursued advanced scientific studies at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn while continuing his Judaic studies and rabbinic scholarship at Yeshiva. He was ordained as a rabbi at YU's affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1951 and earned a PhD in Jewish philosophy from the University's Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies in 1966.
During the 17 years preceding his election as president, Dr. Lamm served on the Yeshiva University faculty, culminating in his appointment as the Erna and Jakob Michael Professor of Jewish Philosophy in 1966.
The author of 10 books, Dr. Lamm has gained wide recognition for his writings and discourses on interpretation of Jewish philosophy and law, especially in relation to problems involving science, technology and philosophy in the modern world.
Dr. Lamm's writings and teachings on Jewish law have been cited in two landmark decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court: the 1966 Miranda decision regarding police interrogation of suspects held in custody and a 1967 case involving guarantees against self-incrimination. Also in 1967, Dr. Lamm testified before a U.S. Senate subcommittee on the right of privacy from the perspective of Jewish law.
Please visit the Lamm Heritage Web site to learn more about Dr. Lamm's thought and work.


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RoostWeb estimates it will return March 15th. That is good news.
However, it being down hurt my blog website because I had links to my genealogy research that I had in RootsWeb and much of that research is over a decade ago. Now I had backups of almost everything. That is my blog for today.
First off, it points out how important it is to have backups of your research. I had used RootsWeb as my cloud backup for SO LONG. So long that I had forgotten what I had up there and where it was sourced from. As it turned out, I was missing one spreadsheet. It was important in the sense that it was good data and I had even built my blog using the data from that spreadsheet as a menu item. So my recommendation here is that you have backups of everything and that you know where each copy is.
This may seem trivial, but let me point out that at this juncture, many genealogists use their CD ROM/DVD, their USB (aka thumb) drive, and even the cloud (iCloud, Dropbox, Box, EverNote, oneDrive and GoogleDrive) to backup their data from their hard drive. But what happens when your hardware is obsolete? Remember floppy drives??? Most of us are old enough to remember those removable media (in various sizes). They are gone now. What happens to your backup? It is not backed up if you cannot ACCESS the data.
So it is also true for the Cloud. This jester has a trademarked magazine, "Cloud Is Falling™", that I started when I realized that we do not own the cloud, we only access it (perhaps for free or for a fee). So what happens if the Cloud Goes Down or a portion of the cloud no longer exists (the cloud company goes bankrupt or changes terms such that you can no longer access it)? You cannot access your research data. It is the same as hardware obsolescence. Perhaps you have heard of "Murphy's Law" (i.e. anything that can go wrong, will go wrong) and the corollary extension: (at the worst possible time). @AmyJohnsonCrow (twitter) was using the RootsWeb outage to illustrate the need to have backup plans (as well as backed up data). 2016 had illustrated that a few times. We need only recall Ancestry.com eliminating FTM family tree software at the end of 2015. Fortunately, MacKiev has taken over developing and publishing FTM and now (as of March 4th) we have FTM and soon(??) RootsMagic that will have the TreeSynch capabilities to synch with Ancestry.com via their newly published API.
Ok, RootsWeb was out and still is down, so I rebuilt much of my Reference Data from the Menus of my blog to use another portion of the cloud instead of RootsWeb. This will give me redundancy by having the same data on two distinct clouds. I now have all my data on the hard drive now too! How did I do that while RootsWeb was still down?
That is an interesting tale. I used The Internet Archive and in particular, I used their WayBack Machine to access my RootsWeb page. Fortunately, they had made a snapshot of that page whose data I was missing and I was able to cut & paste the data back to my hard drive in a new spreadsheet! Pretty nifty huh? I hope you will enjoy my new spreadsheet which I have enhanced and even improved (i.e. corrected data). The new page: 1811_BiechowChurchRecord_births.htm can be reached from the Menu of my blog's home page.


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Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders FC | MLS Match Preview
PORTLAND TIMBERS vs SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
PROVIDENCE PARK, Portland, Ore.
April 5, 2014 (WEEK 5, MLS Game #35)
12 noon PT (NBCSN)
Free live stream on NBCSports.com
The first Cascadia Cup game of the new season kicks off a weekend of rivalry matches when the Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders FC renew their pitched battle on Saturday afternoon at Providence Park. The Timbers come into the game looking for their first victory of the season, following a 2-1 loss at FC Dallas last weekend. Sounders FC start a long road swing after a late 2-1 home loss to the Columbus Crew a week ago.
REFEREE: Hilario Grajeda. AR1 (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; AR2 (opposite): Paul Scott; 4th: Younes Marrakchi
MLS Career: 100 games; FC/gm: 24.2; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 18; pens: 14
SUSPENDED: POR: Donovan Ricketts (through April 6) … SEA: Djimi Traore (through April 6)
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
ALL-TIME (8 meetings): Timbers 2 wins, 8 goals … Sounders FC 3 wins, 11 goals … Ties 3
AT PORTLAND (4 meetings): Timbers 2 wins, 6 goals … Sounders FC 1 win, 5 goals … Ties 1
RETURN MATCHES: 7/13: Seattle Sounders FC vs. Portland Timbers, 7 p.m. PT; 8/24: Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders FC, 2 p.m. PT
3/16: SEA 1, POR 1 (Johnson 13 – Wallace 90)
8/25: SEA 1, POR 0 (Johnson (60)
10/13: POR 1, SEA 0 (Alhassan 45)
- The long-time rivals met in a pulsating Western Conference Semifinal Series a year ago, with the Timbers winning 5-3 on aggregate, including a 3-2 second-leg win in Portland.
- Portland's first-leg win in the MLS Cup Playoffs was the club's first ever in all competitions in Seattle since coming to MLS. Sounders FC have recorded the only road win in the all-time MLS series between the clubs, a 3-2 win July 10, 2011.
- The clubs have a long history against each other, dating back to the North American Soccer League, when the Timbers played their first ever game against Seattle on May 2, 1975. In more recent times, the teams met in back-to-back years in the U.S. Open Cup, with the MLS Sounders defeating the D-II Timbers in both 2009 and 2010.
- Versions of the club have faced one another in the NASL, Western Soccer League, APSL/A-League/USL First Division and now MLS. Overall, the clubs have met 84 times in official competitions, Seattle winning 42 times, Portland winning 31, and 11 draws.
- Coaches record: Caleb Porter vs. SEA: P3 W1 L1 T1 … Sigi Schmid vs. POR: P8 W3 L2 T3
The Portland Timbers remained winless to open the 2014 season, seeing FC Dallas hit for a late winner in a 2-1 loss Saturday evening at Toyota Stadium. The Timbers are in seventh place in the Western Conference with two points from four games.
- Before halftime, both teams were a man down as Portland's Michael Harrington and FCD's Je-Vaughn Watson were both sent off by referee Sorin Stoica in the 39th minute for an off-the-ball incident.
- FC Dallas took the lead in first-half stoppage time. Jair Benitez played in a far-post cross, which was headed into the ground by Kellyn Acosta and then headed past Timbers goalkeeper Andrew Weber by an unmarked Blas Perez.
- But the visitors drew level on an odd play in the 66th minute. Portland forward Maximiliano Urrutiís pass for substitute Kalif Alhassan deflected off the foot of Dallas captain Matt Hedges, wrong-footing goalkeeper Chris Seitz as it caromed into the net.
- Yet FC Dallas had one final answer. After the ball was sent back into the danger zone following an FCD free kick, Mauro Diaz shifted to his right in the heart of the area and fired a low shot past Weber for the 84th-minute match-winner.
- Timbers head coach Caleb Porter made two changes that suffered a 2-0 loss to the Colorado Rapids at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Norberto Paparatto came into central defense in place of Mamadou Danso, and Maximiliano Urruti started in attack in place of Steve Zakuani.
- PORTLAND TIMBERS (4-2-1-3): Andrew Weber - Jack Jewsbury (Frederic Piquionne 87), Pa Modou Kah, Norberto Paparatto, Michael Harrington (ejected 39) - Diego Chara, Will Johnson - Diego Valeri - Darlington Nagbe (Alvas Powell 46), Maximiliano Urruti, Gaston Fernandez (Kalif Alhassan 62).
- The Timbers have started the season winless in their first four games for a second straight season (0-1-3 last year; 0-2-2 in 2014). After the season-opening four-game winless run last year, the Timbers won their next two games and reeled off 13 games without a loss.
- "It would be easy to get down and frustrated and start worrying, but we're not going to do that because we know we have a good team and we know what we're capable of," Timbers head coach Caleb Porter said. "It seems like I keep saying that, but at the end of the day, if we weren't playing well I'd be worried. But we're playing well."
- Said midfielder Will Johnson: "If we start to turn ourselves and let the frustrations of the losses build up, that's where you run into trouble … We have to keep building and realize we're four games in to a 34-game season."
- For a second consecutive game, the Timbers finished a man down after Michael Harrington was sent off along with FC Dallas midfielder Je-Vaughn Watson for a first-half incident. Goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts was sent off the week before.
- "It's a chess match. I prepare for it mentally because you never know when it's going to happen. Again, we've had two of them in four games," Porter said. "Makes it difficult but I thought we handled it well, managed it well tactically. I thought the guys executed the second half exactly how we wanted them to."
- Andrew Weber made his first start for the Timbers in goal, credited with 2 saves, with Ricketts suspended. Weber had made five starts over the last two MLS seasons with Seattle.
- There will be an injury concern for the Sounders FC match after Darlington Nagbe was forced injured from the field at halftime. Nagbe has appeared in 52 consecutive league matches for the Timbers. Porter said Nagbe picked up a "knock" against FC Dallas and the team is "definitely preparing to play without" him.
- After moving to the substitutes' bench for the Colorado match, Maximiliano Urruti returned to the starting lineup, coming in for Steve Zakuani, who did not feature in the Dallas match.
Seattle Sounders FC returned home and lost for a second consecutive match at CenturyLink Field, the Columbus Crew hitting for a dramatic late winner in a 2-1 win on Saturday evening. Sounders FC are in fourth place in the Western Conference with 6 points from 4 games.
- Seattle opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. A pass from Obafemi Martins from the midway line put Kenny Cooper into space behind the Columbus defense, and after a long run he rifled his shot inside the far post from the left side of the box.
- The match took a dramatic turn in the 58th minute. Crew forward Dominic Oduro was able to get behind the Sounders FC defense and drew a penalty from center back Djimi Traore, who was also shown a red card for his foul. Federico Higuain blasted the subsequent penalty into the back of the net to level the score at 1-1.
- The Crew then scored the winner four minutes into stoppage time. From a short corner, Higuain found Justin Meram unmarked at the top of the penalty area and he curled home a stunning strike from the left side of the box high inside the far post.
- Sounders FC head coach Sigi Schmid made one change to the team that defeated the Montreal Impact 2-0 at Olympic Stadium. Michael Azira came into the midfield in place of Andy Rose.
- SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (4-3-3): Stefan Frei - DeAndre Yedlin, Djimi Traore (ejected 58), Chad Marshall, Dylan Remick - Michael Azira, Osvaldo Alonso, Gonzalo Pineda - Kenny Cooper (Jalil Anibaba 60), Obafemi Martins (Leo Gonzalez 86), Lamar Neagle (Sean Okoli 76).
- Sounders FC have suffered back-to-back home losses for the first time since May 12-23, 2012, when they lost games to Real Salt Lake and Columbus in successive starts in Seattle. The Sounders' next three games are away from CenturyLink Field beginning with the trip to Portland.
- "It's frustrating obviously. To get scored on in both the circumstances; the penalty kick, and then towards the end not being turned on and they get a quick corner kick right at the end," said striker Lamar Neagle. "It's very frustrating I think, especially after the first that we had. I feel like it was one of the better halves that we have put together as a team."
- Kenny Cooper scored his first goal with Sounders FC, making a second consecutive start.
- "It always feels good to score, whether it's yourself or your teammate. It's one of the best feelings in the game. In front of these fans, obviously, it's that much more special," Cooper said. "It was a great team buildup. Oba [Martins] put me in so well and I'm just glad it ended up in the back of the net."
- Michael Azira made his first MLS start, coming into the three-man midfield in place of Andy Rose. Gonzalo Pineda started a second consecutive match in midfield, again playing the full 90 minutes.
- "I thought Azira was fine. I thought Azira played well. Again I thought the three midfielders, Osvaldo [Alonso], Azira, and [Gonzalo] Pineda were good," said Schmid. "… (Pineda is) good with the ball, he's got good vision, he finds people, hit a couple of good free kicks and corners."
- Sounders FC have run out an unchanged back four for each of the opening four matches of the season, but there will be a change this weekend after Djimi Traore was sent off just before the hour in the Columbus game.
- "I thought we handled it OK for the most part, tried to get some fresh legs on with Sean Okoli and Leo Gonzalez, and had to make the switch with [Jalil] Anibaba so we could get back to our four in the back," Schmid said. "So I thought we handled it OK."


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Big, bold and modern in style, Tuscan Blends can be composed solely of international grape varieties or a mix of international and indigenous. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Syrah, are some of the most popular. They all marry with the indigenous Sangiovese very well, or can be blended together without Sangiovese—or even made on their own as single varietal bottlings!
Where did the idea come from? In the 1970s a few Tuscan winemakers had become disenchanted with Italian winemaking laws and decided to retaliate and get creative. They started making wine solely from these international grapes or adding them to Sangiovese, in differing proportions, with amazing success—and the phenomenon was born.
The most famous and revered Tuscan Blends from Italy are called "Super Tuscans." One of the most well-known, 'Tignanello,' created by Antinori in 1971, is a blend of 80% Sangiovese, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc.
Ornellaia, established by Marchesi Lodovico Antinori in 1981, with the help of renowned agronomist Andre Tchelistcheff, remains a stellar example today; since 2002 Marchesi de' Frescobaldi has been the sole owner. It is typically a blend of about half Cabernet Sauvignon, a third Merlot and the rest filled in with Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.
Sassicaia, another, has earned itself an extraordinary reputation and global esteem, so much so that the Sassicaia property was actually awarded its very own appellation with the 1994 vintage. It is typically 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc.
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Happy birthday Google!
On its 13th birthday, the Mountain View-based search company is already a seasoned veteran of the tech industry.
And Google has a nifty new Google Doodle to celebrate the occassion that pays homage to the exclamation point that was part of the original logo.
The company has grown immensly since Larry Page and Sergey Brin secured $100,000 to build the search engine in their garage back in 1997.
Google has expanded beyond a search engine into a mobile juggernaut, a Hulu-bidding machine, an explain yourself in front of Congress type titan and more.
PC World has put together an impressive timeline of some of Google's major achievments year-by-year.
Google Doodles Itself a Birthday Cake
Happy birthday Google!


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Documents & Filing Forms
and Evaluation Report
2020 Filing Instructionss
Filings must be submitted to the Commission on or before Wednesday, April 1st 2020.
The FERC eFiling system can now accept the Office 2007 file formats. Respondents are strongly encouraged to use one of the electronic filing methods. If you choose to submit a paper copy of your response, please note that only one copy is required.
Note: If there are no changes to the documents filed for a particular section from last year, please re-submit those documents instead of providing a statement that references the previous years filing to complete the FERC-715 submission. There are no other clarifications or changes in the filing requirements from last year.
If you need assistance or if you have questions on any aspects of the FERC-715 filing, please contact Matthew Nutter at 202-502-8291 or send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Filing Methods
1. Paperless submission via FERC eFiling
You may eFile your entire response via FERC Online. If you choose to eFile, you do not need to send us a signed certification letter. Responses received through eFiling are automatically considered signed.
Before you file, please note:
- The maximum file size is 50 Mb.
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To submit Form 715:
- Click on the eFiling link in FERC Online.
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Submit all of the required information on CDs or DVDs to the Secretarys Office at:
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Submit an original paper copy of all parts except for Part 2, Power Flow Base Cases, to:
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Washington, D.C. 20426
Please include a signed transmittal letter. No additional copies are required. Part 2 must be submitted electronically.


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In search of a story
So you think you've been there, seen that, and you'll never really experience something for the first time again? Nonsense, says our author. Open your eyes, dare to stray off the path and show a little courage!
The guinea pig I was holding stopped quivering and started to relax. After chasing it around the kitchen of a Colombian farmhouse, I caught it, carefully, because it was so cute, so quick. It stopped squeaking when I stroked its ear, and clasped my sweaty hand with its tiny paws. It was hot in the Colombian jungle as I stroked my host's dinner. "They eat guinea pigs in South America," they tell you in German pet shops, to shock their young customers. So I knew the creatures didn't live very long in Colombia. And I wanted to comfort this little guy before he was thrown into the pot. But suddenly the news came through that instead of guinea pig, we would be eating maggots! The back of my neck began to crawl. The little guinea pig would have been a new experience but probably not a completely foreign taste. The maggots were. It was my first time eating maggots – with roasted onions on the side.
When we travel, we continuously make new experiences: take our first breath of the magical air of Marrakesh, feel the hot sun of the Sahara on our skin for the first time or encounter the sting of a jelly fish in Thailand. Premieres like these are essential. In fact, I would postulate that the reason we travel is not primarily to acquaint ourselves with new cultures, foods or people, but to gain new experiences. Alien ones. Scary ones. Experiences we never thought we'd have, let alone enjoy. We travel in order to experience something for the very first time. And this novelty is what informs the stories we later relate to friends and family back home. I have learned that live maggots the size of your thumb do not taste very good. They're not crunchy at all, but soft, like you're chewing on rubber. I wept tears of revulsion but laughed at the same time because half the village was there, closely watching my struggle. I do not regret the experience at all. Back home, I didn't talk about the beauty of the Colombians, their verdant country or their dangerous streets. I talked about the maggots.
I have been to 75 countries in my time and am convinced that the more drastic the experience, the better the story will be. Embellished, honed, complete with a punchline and an unexpected twist, every story gets better the more often I tell it. First- time experiences should be horrifying – audiences love high drama. Picture postcard beaches are boring because everyone has seen one, but an experience with aboriginal people in the middle of the jungle, not so much. First-time experiences are unique – a wonderful thing to bring home as a souvenir.
First-time experiences should be horrifying – audiences love high drama
I still remember my first experience and first story on a trip to New York. It was many years ago, in 1996, and I was traveling withew York. It was many years ago, in 1996, and I was traveling with my grandmother. The city was still dangerous then, and had not yet morphed into a tourist theme park. Grandma and I (age 15) stayed at a hotel on 8th street, the one where J.D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield slept in The Catcher in the Rye. At four in the morning, Grandma said: "Come on, Thilo, let's go for a walk in Central Park." We were wide awake due to jet lag and the excitement of being in New York. "That's way too dangerous," I replied. Grandma just laughed. So off we went, past shadowy figures who addressed us in English, offering us drugs in low tones and warning us away from this park in the dark heart of the city. But Grandma kept going. This was a very important moment in my life, and it taught me a fundamental truth: The world is not as dangerous as we think, at least not all the time.
In today's world it is fear that prevents us from traveling most of all. Giant insects in Southeast Asia, war in Central Africa, drug violence in South America. The world can be a dangerous place, of course, and it was many years before I dared to visit those parts of the world that are rarely advertised in travel catalogs. I was afraid to explore them on my own because I wanted to be safe.
I finally overcame that fear the day I encountered, for the very first time, a fellow human being who led a miserable life, utterly forgotten by society. It was an experience that changed my life. Cononou, the seat of government in Benin, is not a very agreeable place to be. People look at you sternly and mistrustfully, the heat is debilitating, and the smell stays in your nostrils like a presence: stale, sad, gray. The man lay on the street, frail from heat exhaustion, sick too, and I helped him. Gave him water, spoke to him, bought him food from the covered market with its corrugated metal roof – frankly, a horrible place. I lost my fear of West Africa when I realized just how much we humans need each other's help. And that otherwise we are all alone, and lost. I remember the scene so clearly because of the sense I had of finally understanding something for the first time as an adult.
I felt transformed by the experience, and no longer like a seeker. I stopped traveling the world in search of superlatives – the most absurd food, the most dangerous cliff, the most impenetrable jungle. I suddenly felt something new, something universal but new to me. A feeling of gratitude. This was the first time I had traveled somewhere not on a selfish quest for a good time. I immersed myself in the culture in Benin as a subordinate, as someone who does not take themselves more seriously than the country they are visiting. This changed me fundamentally. And it never would have happened if I hadn't overcome my uncertainty about countries we rarely visit because we are afraid. Our fear cheats us out of many first-time experiences.
But a first-time experience doesn't need to be as sobering as mine was in Benin. It can be small and beautiful. Two years ago, I decided I was tired of the rough life of a backpacker and ready for some luxury. I had earned it, after all, and was certainly old enough to indulge. There's a hotel on the island of Koh Yao Noi in southern Thailand that costs 220 euros a night. For someone like me who had never spent more than 15 euros a night, this was big money. I stood in the lobby, dressed in my flip-flops and shorts, a dusty backpack on my shoulders, considered briefly and then said: Ten days, please! Without checking the Internet, without consulting TripAdvisor, just like that. I wanted to know what it felt like to allow myself the kind of luxury that others allowed themselves without a second thought. That was a first-time experience, too.
Back home in Germany, eating dinner at my parents' place, I talked about the hotel. But not about the food, how quiet the room was or what it felt like not to have to use a padlock to keep my valuables safe. I told them how a member of the hotel staff came by every morning at 9 am and every evening at 5 pm to light the mosquito coil. That greatly impressed me. It impressed my parents, too. I told them that I wasn't bitten once – unbelievable in Thailand – as if I were telling them a joke, punchline and all. It was an anecdote in which nobody died, nobody had to force down a revolting local delicacy, and yet it was still worth telling. It was perhaps my one thousandth first-time experience, but I will always remember it because I told the story.


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PORTSMOUTH — Twenty-five years ago, Scott Smith gave the Portsmouth High School baseball team a boost with his arm.
Now, he's giving baseball in Portsmouth a boost with his checkbook.
Smith, who runs a marketing and design company with offices in Minnesota and Los Angeles, donated $10,000 to the Seacoast Mavericks, a local team in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League. In December, the Mavericks announced plans to move home games from Rochester to Leary Field downtown.
Smith, a 1988 graduate of Portsmouth High School, was the ace pitcher and first baseman on the school's Division I championship team as a senior. He went 7-1 that year, and struck out 14 batters as the Clippers beat Alvirne, 2-1, in the championship game at Gill Stadium in Manchester.
A Greenland native, he has fond memories of playing high school, Babe Ruth and American Legion games at Leary Field, the downtown ballpark the Mavericks have had their eye on since the team's inception three years ago.
"Leary Field has such a tradition," said Smith. "Pitching there, playing there … and knowing this wooden-bat league was coming, this is something that's really a passion for me — No. 1, because it's in Portsmouth."
Mavericks president Mike Daboul said the donation would go toward the planned upgrades at Leary Field. The team has committed a little over $33,000 this year in improvements to the ballpark. The first home game is slated for Saturday, June 8.
"So generous of Scotty to give back to baseball in Portsmouth," said current PHS coach Tim Hopley, his former high school teammate. "Back when we were in high school we played all our varsity home games at Leary, and for a kid that age to play under the lights and with the big grandstand-type backdrop in a setting like downtown Portsmouth ... it was something he, obviously, and we all remember as being a positive part of our baseball experience."
Smith received a scholarship to play baseball and football at the University of New Haven, thanks in part to a recommendation from Dave Hoyt, who'd starred at New Haven a decade earlier and was back in the area after his pro career ended.
Hoyt, the founder and principal of the Mavericks, also operates USA Training Centers in Newington, which offers indoor practice field and instructions, and sponsors youth teams.
"Dave Hoyt has been such a positive influence," said Smith, who makes his home in Minnesota. "It's great to see Portsmouth do well and I want to do what I can to support it."
"Things came full circle," said Hoyt. "I had just moved back to the Seacoast area (in 1988). I guess he'd read somewhere that I was an assistant coach at (the University of New Hampshire) and had played at New Haven, and he reached out to me. All I did was drop a dime to Coach (Porky) Vieira.
"But for this kid not to forget it … are you kidding me?"
The Mavericks are a non-profit organization. The players who'll wear the uniform this summer are college prospects who, under NCAA rules, cannot be paid. Most will stay with host families in the area, but the team still has operational and marketing costs to offset.
"It just adds a little bit of breathing room to put these things together so we have an ability to put a first-class program on the field," said Hoyt. "It's a small piece of our budget, but without it, it makes things a little harder."
The Mavericks ranked last and next-to-last in attendance in the two summers they played at Spaulding High School in Rochester, averaging between 200 and 300 fans a game.
Smith, who was in training camp with the Baltimore Orioles during the strike year of 1995, said he has followed Portsmouth High School sports from afar, as he still has family in the area. One of his nephews, Joey Auger, played on the school's Division III champion varsity football team in the fall.
Hopley has coached the Clippers to four of the last five Division II baseball titles, news that reached all the way to Minnesota when the program was crafting a national-record, 89-game win streak.
"'Hop' is perfect for it," said Smith, who said he's lost touch with those PHS teammates. "Obviously, you don't get to that many wins without discipline and fundamentals, and that's what he's about. … Good bunch of guys. It's just been so long."
"Man, Scotty could throw the ball," said Hopley. "He and Glenn Pafford were our aces back in '88. Smitty the lefty and Glenn the righty. Those two (are) easily two of the best pitchers to ever come out of Portsmouth High School."
After a few years playing independent pro ball, Smith joined the advertising field, working for a national agency. In 2005, he started his own business, Coopersmith Marketing and Design; today, its clients include Proctor & Gamble, Coca-Cola and General Mills.
Under FCBL rules, half of a team's 30-player roster must be made up of New England natives or players at New England colleges. That regionalization struck a chord with Smith, too, as did the venue.
"I'm a fan," said Smith, who said he's planning a trip to the Seacoast this summer. "I'm a fan of Portsmouth baseball. It's the only way I can support it right now because I can't be there. … Leary Field is so cool to play at. It's a cool place to have a baseball park and I'd like to see it packed with people."


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Million Dollar Baby
Mystic River
The Bridges of Madison County
High Plains Drifter
The Beguiled
Never Say Goodbye
Star in the Dust
American Sniper
Jersey Boys
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Trouble With the Curve
J. Edgar
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Corn Fungicide Use
Fungicides can be an effective tool for controlling diseases, if genetic resistance is inadequate and when disease pressure is high. In North Dakota it is difficult to find foliar diseases on corn. Therefore, fungicide use on corn has been more directed towards apparent plant health benefits whose physiological basis has been difficult to elucidate. When asked if fungicide should be used in corn, we usually respond by recommending a fungicide if it appears that foliar diseases will be problematic. Since diseases will not likely be limiting, the conversation then centers around the likelihood that a fungicide will provide a profitable yield response in the absence of disease.
From research conducted at Carrington and Prosper over the past few years we found that a fungicide (in these experiments Headline™ was used) a positive yield response of greater than 6 bu was obtained in 4 of 10 site years. We used 6 bu as the point where the cost of the fungicide plus the cost of application might equal the value of the extra grain produced. In 4 of the 10 site years, however, the yield of the fungicide treated plots was less than or equal to that of the untreated plots. We are continuing this work with fungicides, but the current data does not demonstrate a consistent or a compelling benefit for their use in our environmental conditions. In fact, our current data suggest that there is about an equal chance of getting no response (or a negative response) as there is of making additional money with fungicides on corn and a 6 in 10 chance of not making a sufficient return to pay for the cost of the fungicide application.
Source: "Does Applying Fungicide to Corn Pay?", Crop and Pest Report 8/1/13, G. Endres and J. Ransom.


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Amidst findings of increased bicycling in the United States, research continues to demonstrate that women and racial minorities are underrepresented as cyclists in the United States (Buehler and Pucher 2012). While quantitative data may reveal estimates of these disparities, we know little about the motivations or deterrents related to cycling as they are experienced by individuals.


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With the diverse array of estate planning tools that advisors have in their arsenals today, it might be easy to overlook one relatively simple, tax-advantaged way to pass wealth to the next generation—individual retirement accounts. Your clients can fund IRAs or Roth IRAs for the benefit of their children and grandchildren, offering future benefits that can be even more substantial than those realized through funding their own retirement accounts. The simplicity of this strategy should not be taken for granted; however, there are important funding rules that apply once your client has chosen to use a retirement account as a wealth transfer tool.
Why Use an IRA Strategy?
All clients have heard of using IRAs and Roth IRAs to provide for their own eventual retirement income, but it is likely that many have never thought of using these accounts to pass wealth to their children and grandchildren. Not only can this strategy allow the client to transfer wealth to future generations, but it sets the child up with a retirement account so that the child might be encouraged to continue saving even after the client has stopped funding the account.
Roth IRAs are a particularly good option for clients looking to fund a child or grandchild's retirement account—a $1,000 per year contribution, even if made for only three years, can grow to over $39,000 in forty-five years (assuming a 6% annual return). If the taxes are paid up front, as they are with a Roth IRA, all of this growth is taken tax-free when the child is finally ready to retire. Because we have no way of knowing what the tax rates will be 45 years from now, eventual tax-free withdrawals can be extremely beneficial.
Contributions to a traditional IRA would, of course, be tax deductible for the child, but because it is unlikely that the child has substantial earned income, the deduction would not be worth as much as it might be to an adult.
Further, with a Roth, the child can withdraw the contributions to the account tax free without penalty at any time. Any earnings withdrawn before the child is otherwise eligible to withdraw the funds will be taxed (and subject to a 10% penalty), but the ability to withdraw contributions can provide added flexibility that is even more valuable considering the time period that must elapse before the child is eligible to make withdrawals.
Following the Rules
The rules for establishing an IRA or Roth IRA for a child are similar to those that an adult must follow. First, there are limits on how much can be contributed each year: for 2013, the limit is $5,500.
Importantly, in order to contribute to an IRA or Roth IRA established in a child's name, that child must have earned income for the year. The contributions to the child's account cannot exceed the amount that the child earned during the year. Earned income does not include income that the child receives from investments, so the child must actually be working for the income to count. For clients whose children have part-time jobs, the client himself can contribute the amount that the child earns working in that job (up to the $5,500 limit in 2013).
As mentioned, any earnings that are withdrawn from a Roth (or any withdrawals from a traditional IRA) before the child turns 59 ½ will be taxed at ordinary income tax rates and are subject to a 10% penalty tax. However, the penalty does not apply if the child uses the funds to pay for qualified education expenses, so the IRA or Roth can also function as a type of emergency college savings account.
This nontraditional use of individual retirement accounts can provide your clients with a tax-preferred strategy for transferring wealth to their children and grandchildren. While this is important, using an IRA or Roth account in this manner also sets up these younger generations for future retirement savings long after their parents and grandparents have stopped contributing funds on their account.
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From Fedora Project Wiki
It's sometimes easy to mistake new packages, or enhancements, for features. Features have a very specific definition, but here are some questions to ask yourself before engaging the feature process.
- Is this change very visible to end users?
- In this case "end user" means "someone in the audience for this change," which could be desktop users, developers, or system administrators.
- Does this change require intervention?
- This might be a configuration file format change, or something else that will perturb unsuspecting end users.
- A change that requires a very simple intervention to revert behavior is not necessarily a feature.
- Is this something that will interest the lay press?
- The lay press in this case includes Linux-oriented sites.


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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Friday Fun: A Postdoc's Running Diary
Posted by Unknown
Monday, May 28, 2012
When Good is Bad and Bad is Good: Beyond "Positive" Psychology
Posted by Amie
But as with most things, it turns out that the answer might not be that simple. What's good may not always be good, and what's bad may not always be bad. Being kind and caring is a good thing – as long as the person you are kind and caring towards deserves your kindness. Being forgiving may produce contentment – except when the forgiver has no plans to make amends. Being optimistic about the future may keep your spirits up and help you feel happy – unless you are a gambler who believes the next bet will be the big one.
We have labeled certain traits and states "positive" and others "negative" but according to researchers Jim McNulty and Frank Fincham "psychological traits and processes are not inherently positive or negative; instead, whether psychological characteristics promote or undermine well-being depends on the context in which they operate."
Friday, May 25, 2012
Friday Fun: A Week in the Life of a Grad Student
Posted by Amie
As a graduate student, I don't punch a clock or fill out a time card. Although I have a faculty advisor, I don't have a boss - no one is keeping count of my hours. Most of my work time is spent doing a variety of tasks related to research or teaching, and these often change from week to week. I love the freedom and diversity of the academic life, but the lack of structure means that at the end of the week I'm often unsure of how exactly I spent my time. I like to get a good nights' sleep, so that certainly helps... but for the other 15 or so hours in my day, what exactly am I doing? This question intrigues me and for the past several months I've been thinking I should keep a log of my happenings to see how my days are spent.
So I finally did it back in April. I created a word doc dedicated to the cause, and updated it every time I changed tasks Monday through Friday. I also kept a quick count of how much time I spent working on the weekend. It wasn't the most ordinary week with canceled meetings and a weekend visit to my hometown. But really, is any week "ordinary"? So I figured I'd just go ahead and do it while I was motivated.
So I finally did it back in April. I created a word doc dedicated to the cause, and updated it every time I changed tasks Monday through Friday. I also kept a quick count of how much time I spent working on the weekend. It wasn't the most ordinary week with canceled meetings and a weekend visit to my hometown. But really, is any week "ordinary"? So I figured I'd just go ahead and do it while I was motivated.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
No Pain, No Gain: The Psychology of Self-Punishment
Posted by Juli
The self-punishment we learn as children may continue into adulthood, when we become, in effect, parents to ourselves. Although some adults are more prone to self-flagellation than others, this tendency appears to be common even among psychologically healthy individuals. Research conducted in the field of social psychology suggests at least three major reasons why people might, at times, choose to punish themselves.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
More Authors or Less Authors?
Posted by Unknown
I should note that many of these challenges apply to any form of collaborative work, and not just research.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Marriage equality: What is shifting our opinions?
Posted by OlgaAntonenkoYoung
Our president has brought us many first – events that have nudged the collective social psychological typography of our nation. President Obama's race, grassroots campaign, and prolific use of social media have shaped subtle changes in how we interact with the political system and each other.
Last week brought another first. Speaking in support of same-sex marriage, Obama acknowledged and gave his voice to a divisive social issue. Simultaneously, for the first time in our country's history, despite North Carolina's marriage amendment, the number of people favoring same-sex marriage has outnumbered those who oppose it. As a moral psychology researcher, I ask, "Why?" "What has changed to pave the way for these shifts?" Maybe more importantly, "Why is it that we are still so divided on this issue?"
Monday, May 14, 2012
It's lonely at the top: Power makes you mistrusting
Posted by Amie
|It's lonely at the top
Across five different studies, Inesi and her colleagues found that power lead people to make cynical attributions about the intentions behind another person's kind acts. When a worker brings coffee for a boss, the boss may think that the co-worker is just trying to get ahead. And it doesn't end there – because people who are more powerful are more likely to make these cynical attributions, believing those with less power are only using favors as a way to climb to the top, they are also less thankful, less trusting, and less likely to reciprocate the kind act. Gratitude, trust, and reciprocation are the cornerstones of relationship development. Relationships are hard, and without being able to trust the other person and return their favors, relationships are not likely to last long. Indeed, Inesi found that people who earned more than their spouses were less committed to their relationships, and this lack of commitment was explained by their mistrust of their partners' intentions – the higher paid spouses believed their partners' favors were more likely to be bestowed in a self-serving manner.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Airing your dirty laundry on Facebook - Endearing? Annoying? It may depend on your self-esteem
Posted by Anna Luerssen
According to Amanda Forest and Joanne Wood, researchers at the University of Waterloo (in Canada), the opportunity for connection and community on Facebook may have a dark side, however. In a recent study they found that individuals with low self-esteem (i.e. those with negative self-views) may use Facebook as an opportunity to open up to others – but not in a good way.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Five Classic Psychological Catch-22s
Posted by Juli
Monday, May 7, 2012
A Game of Thrones: Lessons About Status
Posted by Unknown
Interestingly, my first thought about a textbook was the popular George R. R. Martin fantasy novel "A Game of Thrones" (now in its second season on HBO). Simply put, "A Game of Thrones" is all about power, status, and influence.
What are some of the lessons about social power that we can learn from the series? There are several, but I think the first lesson we learn in the series is that honesty and truth are not necessarily paths to high status.
[Spoiler Alert: For Those Who Haven't Seen Season 1 of "Game of Thrones," please avert your eyes!]
Friday, May 4, 2012
Friday Fun: You Are What You Say
Posted by Juli
On the book's website, Pennebaker features six simple linguistic exercises that have the potential to reveal aspects of your personality and your compatibility with others. I tried out a few of them...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Pets with benefits: Social support from other species
Posted by Maya Kuehn
The millions of Americans who own pets spend billions of dollars on them annually, shower them in love, and – anecdotally – talk and post about them constantly (you know who you are). But besides providing us something totally adorable to photograph and cuddle with, what good is it to have a furry, domesticated animal running around your home?
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