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RedCliff students finish their days with campfires, reflecting on the most emotionally grueling three months of their lives. (Tristan Schmurr/Flickr)
Does wilderness therapy help troubled kids? After a gang of teenagers staged a violent mutiny in the badlands of Utah, we joined the search for answers.
Sheriff's Office press release, Iron County, Utah, 8 A.M., December 5, 1999: "On Saturday, December 4… eight male juveniles, students at RedCliff Ascent, a wilderness-based youth custody facility, assaulted and overpowered their camp counselors, tied at least one of them up, and escaped into the hostile West desert of southern Utah…. At dark Saturday night, one of the youths had been caught after he stopped running because of an apparent illness; the other seven youths are listed as still at large."
Marty Stock, 23, RedCliff Head Instructor: "I was hit hard in the back of the head but I thought it was an accident. I spun around and there was one of the kids winding up again. Grand slam. I figured it out right then. They were all in on it. I knew I had to take this kid out fast but then they jumped me and started pounding me on the head with sticks. I was moving and ducking. I pulled one guy down on top of me to use him as a shield but another kid was teeing off on my legs, trying to break them. I was running through the scenarios. I realized it was bad. The other counselor, Sunshine, might get away and radio for help, but then they might overtake her and hurt her. If I kept fighting she would keep fighting and then they would have to hurt her."
Sunshine Fuller, 22, RedCliff Counselor: "I thought they were wrestling at first, then I saw the boy swinging the stick at Marty. I threw my arms around the two kids sitting beside me and pulled them down to the ground in a bear hug. Then there was someone coming behind me and I heard Marty yelling, 'Sunny, don't fight! Don't fight!' They bound our hands and feet with parachute cord and duct tape. They hog-tied Marty and left him on the ground and tied me to a tree. The whole time they were tying us up they were apologizing. They kept saying it was nothing personal. They're just smart enough to be stupid. I think they only wanted to go home."
Iron County Sheriff David "Dude" Benson: "Our objectives are threefold: One, catch the kids and see that they're punished; two, protect the lives and property of our citizens; three, provide for the welfare of the kids 'cause they've done some dumb stuff here, but they are still just kids. It might do them good to spend a night out in the cold, maybe that and an empty stomach will encourage them to turn themselves in."
Marty Stock: "It was definitely premeditated. We had this inkling from the beginning. You get a feel with a group. The ringleader never hit me. He just watched. While they were tying us up we told them to take water, take food, take sleeping bags, take warm clothes, take the water purification drops. But they were scared out of their minds. They were frantic. They were trying to act tough, but they were panicking. They said the reason they hit me in the head was they were trying to knock me out. I said they sure did a piss-poor job of it and they said it was harder than it looked in the movies. After they fled, I rolled across the ground and recovered a Swiss Army knife from under the tarp. Sunny opened it with her teeth and I eventually cut my hands free."
When I arrived in Cedar City, Utah, Sheriff Dude Benson, just back from a domestic dispute that had briefly distracted him from the search for the RedCliff fugitives, invited me into his office. The heads of two large, well-antlered mule deer hung on the wall behind his desk. Because the suspects were juveniles, the sheriff was not permitted to give out their names, but they ranged in age from 14 to 17 and came from all over the United States—Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Illinois, Texas, Oregon.
The teenage desperadoes were eight of 1,800 kids who have gone through the RedCliff program, which operates out of the tiny town of Beryl Junction, Utah, 37 miles west of Cedar City. Headquarters is a nondescript tract house with farm sheds around back. Steve Petersen, a youth treatment counselor who wears a hooded wrestler's sweatshirt to work and has forearms the size of hams, cofounded RedCliff with three partners six years ago. A few years earlier, Petersen had been working in a juvenile lockdown facility in Utah when he got permission to take eight kids to the Wyoming ranch where he grew up. They slept in the basement in sleeping bags, branded calves, and baled hay until they were too tired to move.
"They just plain thrived," Petersen recalls. "I saw a different behavior in these kids than I did in lockdown. They had all been getting this high-intensity therapy, but it wasn't reaching them. They probably knew more than the therapists in a lot of cases. They could give you all the right answers. But outdoors, talk is cheap. Outdoors, you can't fake your way."
RedCliff runs its courses inside 560 square miles of BLM land. Tough, dry, juniper and sagebrush country. The adolescents—usually both boys and girls—are driven into the mountains blindfolded. Their gear is minimal. Each kid has been taught how to make a backpack from a tarp, a wool blanket, 20 feet of parachute cord, and 12 feet of seat-belt webbing. Everything they need to survive—a large enamel cup, a week's worth of rice, lentils, raisins, oats, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, but no knife or matches—is rolled up inside. There is one counselor for every three or four kids. They travel through the wilderness in bands of 12 or less. All meals are cooked over a campfire and every night is spent beneath a tarp.
'They had all been getting this high-intensity therapy, but it wasn't reaching them,' Petersen recalls. 'They probably knew more than the therapists in a lot of cases. They could give you all the right answers. But outdoors, talk is cheap. Outdoors, you can't fake your way.'
There is no set graduation date. Kids stay out in the wild as long as it takes them to complete five "phasebooks" of wilderness skills. The average stay is 56 days; the record, held by one particularly long-suffering boy, is 171. Each kid participates in individual and group therapy once a week, often around the campfire; every night, each kid is required to write a journal entry, a poem, and three goals for the next day. The bands are almost constantly on the move, hiking through desert and mountains in 100-degree heat or snowstorms. Approximately 60 percent of the kids are sent to RedCliff by their parents, the rest by caseworkers or Utah judges who assign juvenile offenders to RedCliff in lieu of incarceration. The program is not cheap: $335 a day for private kids, $130 for state-ordered teens.
Runaways are not uncommon, but they're usually caught within a few hours. The December incident was the first time an entire RedCliff group escaped.
Jonathan Mroz, 18, 1996 Redcliff Graduate: "We wanted to kill our counselors, too. We thought about it every night. On the hikes we would come up with ways to jump them. But we never did it—out of respect. They earned our respect. They were able to hike those 20 miles and take care of themselves in the wilderness. I was a little punk when I went out there. I was 15 and very violent. I got kicked out of military school for fighting. Every time I got into trouble my family saved me—until they sent me to RedCliff. It was an awakening. It was humbling. I thought I was a big shit and quickly found out I wasn't. I thought I could kick the world's ass. But you can't kick the wilderness's ass.
"At first it was amazingly difficult. Being stuck out there in the desert. What am I doing here? Why am I here? I didn't want to do anything and my whole group suffered. I was a runner myself; I tried to escape. I made it 250 yards. The turning point was when I realized I was here and I might as well make the best of it. I was out there for 90 days and, looking back, I wish I'd stayed out longer."
(Tavis Coburn)
Sheriff's Office press release, December 5, 1:30 P.M.: "Due to being tired and cold, one of the runaway juveniles has turned himself in near the Circle 4 Pig Farm in Beaver County."
Joshua Mendenhall, Redcliff Program Director: "Anybody who has had a fairly normal adolescence can think back and recall doing foolish things that probably had them on the brink of disaster. There are three myths of youth. One, I'm smarter than everybody else and I can't get caught. Two, I'm immortal and I can't get hurt. Three, nobody on this earth has ever felt the way I feel. Spend enough time outdoors and you'll sort through all three.
"The first couple of weeks kids are here, before they 'land,' they'll say, 'Well, when I get back to the real world….' But the wilderness is the real world. As soon as a kid accepts this, basically gives up trying to give up, he's landed. Then he's ready to learn. We teach them how to build a fire with a bow and drill, how to build a tarp shelter, how to make themselves comfortable in the wilderness. Once they can do this, after about a month, they can go on solo. All solo really is, is camping by yourself for 24 hours. The counselors are actually only a few hundred yards away, checking up on the youth all night long, sometimes every hour, but the kid feels like he's all alone and must fend for himself and that's what counts.
"For most of them it's the first time in their lives they've actually been alone. You can't be alone at home in town. You have a telephone and a TV and radio and friends and cars driving by. Most of these kids have spent a lot of time running away from themselves, so going on a solo is a big deal. Without parents or caseworkers or probation officers or peers, they have to make peace with themselves."
'I thought I could kick the world's ass. But you can't kick the wilderness's ass.'
Crystal Bray, 17, 1999 Redcliff Graduate: "Car theft, sloughing off at school, not coming home, violating probation. A whole bunch of stuff. I wasn't into drugs but I was drinking a lot. The judge sent me out here. I thought camping meant sleeping in an RV. I was like, 'I'm going to die! I have to sleep out in the cold in a sleeping bag in a shelter? I'm going to have to eat rice every day? There's no way I'm going to survive.' But I did. I was out there for 55 days.
"I was used to having somebody to fall back on. I was used to having somebody get me out. But out here you have to figure out how to be your own person. Every day we would get up in the morning and cook our oats on the fire and pack up camp and hike. We would hike for miles. They never told us what time it was, how early in the day it was, how long our hike was going to be, or where we were going. It was like, 'Hey, we're here.'
"It would rain or snow and sometimes we'd put our tarp over the fire because that's all we had. And then after we ate, we would go to bed in our sleeping bags and wake up and do it all over again.
"I went on solo on my 26th day. I was so scared. I didn't think I was going to get a fire or anything. I thought I was going to be eating cold. I didn't know if I was going to be able to build a shelter. And then I just got out there and didn't even think about that stuff. I got the fire going right away, set up my shelter, ate, wrote in my journal, and went to bed.
"I was lying there all by myself, and that's when I changed. I was like, 'You know what? This is where it's at, right here. This is what it's about. This is where I can change.'"
I met Crystal the day she came out of the wilderness. She was blonde, ruddy-faced, and covered with dirt, with a handsewn leather talisman around her neck. She couldn't stop smiling, as if she had a secret she was dying to tell.
Sheriff Dude Benson: "Believe you me, we're doing all we can do. We've had two helicopters out there and 15 to 18 officers and volunteers searching day and night. The kid who turned himself in today over in Beaver County said, 'I saw your helicopter so I knew you were going to catch us.' I hope we catch the rest of the kids and I hope they're safe."
Marty Stock: "While they were tying us up we were trying to help them. Their safety was our biggest concern. They kept saying, 'Quit being so fucking nice.' I almost had two or three of them talked into staying when the kid who initiated the attack said, 'Look, you shut up or else I'm going to finish the job.'"
'While they were tying us up we were trying to help them,' says counselor Marty Stock. One of the kids who attacked us said, 'Look, you shut up or else I'm going to finish the job.'
Dan Sanderson, Redcliff Clinical Director: "Typically, when kids come into our program, we see them avoiding the business of their life. They've figured out the system—their parents, the schools, the courts—and realize they really don't have to deal with the difficulties or responsibilities in their life, that they are entitled to not have to deal, that someone else will eventually manage that for them so they don't have to worry about it. Or they've determined that they really don't have what it takes to deal with their lives.
"Most adolescents get to a point in their treatment where they are willing to admit that their style of coping has been less than effective; unfortunately that's where most treatment stops. Right at that 'Ah-ha!' moment, that insight. But the next step is crucial—to experience doing things differently, so you actually know what it feels like to succeed on your own.
"RedCliff doesn't emphasize the survival aspect of living in the wilderness. We just give them a series of problems that they need to overcome. It's not rocket science. Learning wilderness skills—fire building, shelter building, plant recognition, star recognition, stamina, all of it—provides the teenager with a new catalog of emotions to fall back on when he returns to his old environment."
Karen Mroz, Jonathan's Mroz's mother: "Parents shouldn't expect RedCliff to be a miracle. That's the wrong assumption. It is better than anything I know of—military school, prep school—but it's not a panacea. It's the place to go to start a new process. It's a place for a kid to go to get time-out from the rat race of being a teenager. RedCliff is not a boot camp. A boot camp wouldn't have done anything but scared the hell out of my son."
In 1990, Michelle Sutton, 15, who was enrolled in an Arizona wilderness therapy program, died of dehydration after her counselors failed to take seriously her severe physical distress. Two months later, Kristin Chase, 16, collapsed and died after a five-mile hike in hot weather while participating in a Utah program. In 1994, Aaron Bacon, 16, died of acute peritonitis during the course of a different Utah-based wilderness program. (Outside covered this incident in October 1995.) None of the companies involved with these fatalities is still in operation.
"After those deaths we tightened up everything," says Ken Stettler, the quality assurance manager for Utah's Division of Youth Corrections. "We now have the most stringent outdoor program licensing standards in the U.S." To retain its license, a program must observe a wide range of safety rules, including 24-hour supervision of all students and frequent medical examinations.
I tried hard to find something amiss at RedCliff, some story of abuse and depravity. I interviewed counselors, kids, parents, and later signed up for a course and was taken blindfolded into the field with a group. I slept under a tarp, learned how to make a bow-and-drill fire, humped my pack through the desert. No screaming drill sergeants, no coercion, more food than you could eat, plenty of water. If you don't feel like walking, you can sit in the snow, and everybody waits. If you're on a solo and you don't feel like building a fire, you sleep and eat cold. All up to you. It was little different from an expedition, except that the mountain these kids were climbing was in their heads.
Iron County Sheriff's Office press release, 10:30 A.M., December 6, 1999: "Four of these young men headed south and west in our search area…. They remained out of sight and ultimately decided, collectively, that one would hitchhike and find a vehicle to steal and come back and get the others…. [This individual was apprehended] in White Pine County, Nevada. We were informed, and he told us the other kids [were waiting] near Modena, Utah. The Iron County Sheriff's Office responded en masse and the youths were taken into custody without incident. Six out of the eight are now in custody.
"The kids were tired, dehydrated, and cold. They were transported to Youth Detention in Cedar where they will be charged with: one count felony aggravated assault, one count simple assault, and one count theft.
"We are still concerned with the two that are still outstanding and will continue to search."
It is an immutable American belief that wilderness can mend the broken soul. Read Thoreau, Stegner, Whitman's Leaves of Grass, Hemingway's "Big Two-Hearted River." Faith in the purifying power of the spartan, vigorous outdoor life is part of the American self-image. And there has always been plenty of anecdotal evidence, but only in the past few years have social scientists started quantifying the rehabilitative nature of nature.
"I track the frequency and severity of criminal behavior before and after youths have gone through a licensed wilderness therapy program," says Doug Nelson, an associate professor of recreation at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Nelson is one of the pioneers of wilderness therapy; he started the Boulder Outdoor Survival School in 1980, and then founded the Aspen Achievement Academy in 1989; both are still in operation. He has documented substantial reductions in crimes such as burglary, theft, drug possession, and assault after kids attend a wilderness program—reform that contrasts dramatically with the high rate of recidivism in teenagers who remain in the conventional juvenile justice system.
"The key element to outdoor programs is that the wilderness itself provides the structure and consequences. If a kid's food is uncooked and he's cold, well, who made those decisions? In lockdown facilities the personnel are contriving the structure and the kids feel manipulated. They look at the personnel and say 'It's you, you're controlling my life.'
"Clearly there are reasons the wilderness works," Nelson says. "You can't buffalo Mother Nature. You can't manipulate Mother Nature. You can't make excuses. Mother Nature doesn't care."
Iron County Sheriff's Office press release, 8 A.M., December 8, 1999: "At approximately 1:00 a.m. we received information from a Union Pacific railroad train conductor, that a boy matching the description of the youth in question was standing near the tracks attempting to stop the southbound train…. Sgt. Bret Allred was first on scene and picked up the boy who was turning himself in…. He said the other boy was not with him because he was too cold and tired and also sick and could not go on. The boy was quick to take us to the other missing youth…. Both boys were glad to be caught; both of them were treated for possible hypothermia and dehydration; both boys were then transported to the Youth Detention Center in Cedar City and charged with one count felony aggravated assault, one count simple assault, and one count theft."
Sheriff Dude Benson: "If this were a football game, then we had the home field advantage. Mother Nature, the game's most valuable player, forced the boys out-of-bounds with a well-timed snowstorm and freezing temperatures late in the fourth quarter on what turned out to be the game's final drive. I am proud of my team and happy for the boys and their families."
Marty Stock: "It's really sad, because we knew. We told them. When they started beating me I didn't know if there was a way out for them. Once they took that first swing and everybody jumped in, they were already down that road. It's just sad. But I still think they're recoverable. I don't like to say that any student is unrecoverable."
From Outside Magazine, Mar 2000
Lead Photo: Tristan Schmurr/Flickr
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Published: Jan 20, 2017 at 10:52 AM
Shaun O'Hara
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After examining the offensive line performances of all 32 NFL teams from the regular season, NFL Network analyst and former Pro Bowl center Shaun O'Hara selects his five nominees for the Built Ford Tough Offensive Line of the Year, which will be revealed during NFL Honors on Feb. 4 in Houston. And the top five nominees are ...
The Steelers quietly had a phenomenal season and have an underappreciated offensive line -- partly because Le'Veon Bell didn't play in the first three games. But this group took over in the second half of the season, helping Bell become the fifth-best rusher in the NFL. (He probably would've challenged Ezekiel Elliott for the title had he not been suspended.) This O-line should take a lot of pride in what Bell was able to accomplish (1,884 scrimmage yards and nine total TDs). This was a well-coached unit by Mike Munchak and it was fun to watch because it didn't have many mental errors.
With Maurkice Pouncey back at center this season, the group played so much better overall and gave up just 21 sacks. Alejandro Villanueva gave up six sacks in his second season as the starting left tackle, and he really turned in on as the season got going by giving up just one sack in the final 10 games of the regular season. The interior O-line was a strong point, as Ramon Foster didn't give up a sack and David DeCastro allowed three on the year. Despite leading all NFL guards with 13 penalties, DeCastro did a solid job at right guard, a tough position because he's often one-on-one in pass protection. Finally, right tackle Marcus Gilbert had one of his best seasons and was one of PFF's top-10 pass blockers.
The Packers got hot at the right time, and the offensive line didn't get enough credit for how well it was in pass blocking. Losing Eddie Lacy and James Starks was a total nightmare as the Packers' game plan became one dimensional. Aaron Rodgers certainly held the ball until the cows came home, and though he was sacked 35 times this season, the O-line was credited with 15 because of Rodgers' ability to lengthen the play. This group is very athletic inside and when you have a quarterback who holds on to the ball forever, the O-line must do an outstanding job to give him a chance to make a play.
David Bakhtiari was the best pass blocking tackle in the entire league, according to PFF, while Bryan Bulaga ranked fourth. Right guard T.J. Lang is finally getting the recognition he deserves and didn't give up a sack this season, along with center Corey Linsley. Left guard Lane Taylor played very well when replacing Josh Sitton, who left just before the start of the 2016 campaign. This group never seemed to get surprised or beat by any defensive fronts.
I was pleasantly surprised with how well the Titans' offensive line played, even when losing center Brian Schwenke and right guard Chance Warmack to injury. Ben Jones and Josh Kline stepped in to start and had solid seasons, while second-year starter Quinton Spain was an excellent run blocker at left guard. These three interior linemen exceeded expectations. The stars of the group were left tackle Taylor Lewan and rookie right tackle Jack Conklin. Lewan is freakishly athletic and was outstanding in the run and pass games, grading second among tackles in run blocking and giving up two sacks. One thing he needs to clean up next season is penalties. He led all tackles this year with 14. However, Conklin had one of the best rookie campaigns at right tackle that I've ever seen, giving up just two sacks. And while he was very physical, I think a lot of people were surprised with how athletic he was in pass protection.
This group has a great nucleus for the future, especially when you factor in the two-headed monster in the backfield (DeMarco Murray and Derrick Henry). Nobody executed better than the Titans, who finished third in rushing offense and had several big run plays throughout the season.
After being highly-touted in the offseason, the offensive line delivered and Oakland's money was well spent over the last several offseasons, as Donald Penn, Kelechi Osemele and Rodney Hudson all signed big contracts. This O-line unit, the biggest in the NFL, really made statements throughout the season. The Raiders pushed defenses around and protected the quarterback well, giving up a league-low 18 sacks.
One of the most physical centers in the league, Hudson continues to man the middle for this unit and was PFF's fourth-highest rated center this season. Osemele and rising star and right guard Gabe Jackson didn't give up a sack this season. Jackson is very stout at the point of attack and helped the run game immensely. Osemele was the third highest-rated guard and is constantly finishing his blocks. Finally, Donald Penn was great in pass protection -- although the one sack he gave up resulted in the team losing Derek Carr for the season. Regardless, Penn had one of his best career seasons.
The Cowboys' offensive line proved to be the most physical unit on the field week in and week out. As a result, Dallas rode the strength of its offense all season, which was exemplified by the NFL's rushing leader Ezekiel Elliott (1,631 yards) and the team's 16 regular-season games with at least 100 rushing yards. (The only game that Dallas didn't hit 100 rushing yards was Week 17, when Elliott did not play.) The Cowboys' offense had a remarkable season, and it's more remarkable considering they did it with a rookie quarterback and running back, putting more pressure on the O-line. Early on in the 2016 campaign, defenses wanted to test the unit and see what the rookies could handle. They passed with flying colors.
Center Travis Frederick, right guard Zack Martin and left tackle Tyron Smith are three of the best players at their respective positions, all earning first-team All-Pro selections. In my opinion, if I was starting a franchise right now, there isn't another center I would choose. Frederick didn't give up a sack all season. Martin was also brilliant in the pass game and is one of the most physical players at his position. He was Pro Football Focus' second highest-graded guard in 2016. Smith is a cornerstone at left tackle in terms of power and athleticism, and although he was banged up and battled through injuries, he still played at a high level. This group was tested early on when La'el Collins went down with an injury, and Ronald Leary, who filled at the position, didn't allow a sack and was a consistent run blocker for the unit. And athlough Doug Free struggled in pass protection with eight sacks, the unit itself was credited with just 15 on the year, according to PFF. The Cowboys' O-line was always fun to watch this year.
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The Massachusetts Dental Society puts out a semiannual publication called Word of Mouth. Copies are available in our reception area. The winter - spring 2012 issue headlines HPV and the changing face of Oral Cancer.
37,000 Americans are diagnosed with oral cancer each year. Previously smoking and drinking were considered the prime culprits. Today 80% of oral cancer is associated with a virus- humanpapillomavirus (HPV). There are more than 100 strains, including 2 sexually transmitted types known as HPV-16 and HPV-18 which are both aggressive high risk strains that lead to certain types of cervical and oral cancers. In the oral cavity HPV is associated with squamous cell carcinomas of the tonsils and the base of the tongue area.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC), recently voted to recommend that boys ages 11 and 12 receive the the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, to battle HPV, and boys and men ages 13 to 21 receive a "catch-up" dose of the vaccine, if they were not yet vacinated. Note that previosly women ages 11 to 26 were recommended to get the vaccine since 70% of cervical cancers are associated with HPV.
Each patient has a head and neck oral cancer exam at least once a year. For those areas that are suspicious we will evaluate them again in 2 weeks. If the suspicious area was a result of trauma, it will heal in that time period. If it is still present at their reevaluation the individual is referred to an oral surgeon for a biopsy, and a definitive histological evaluation.
The problem with HPV cancers is their location- the base of the tongue and the tonsilar region. Our head and neck cancer exam can not evaluate those areas in the majority of patients. We do have a method of evaluating whether an individual is infected with HPV. Oraldna has developed a salivary test to monitor for the HPV virus. We can administer this test and inform the individual of their status. If the result comes back as positive we refer the individual to an ENT for further follow-up. Note that once infected the individual will need to be monitored on a routine basis for HPV oral cancers.
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The radiographs of 4.2 percent of patients showed at least one internal carotid artery atheroma. These results demonstrated that 23 percent of those with an occult atheroma discovered on panoramic radiography had significant ( >50 percent) levels of ICA stenosis.


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Electrical Engineering Distinguished Lectures
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Lars Blackmore, SpaceX
Friday, January 12, 2018 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Jordan Hall Basement 420-040
Landing SpaceX's Reusable Rockets
SpaceX's reusable rocket program aims to reduce the cost of space travel by making rockets that can land, refuel and refly, instead of being thrown away after every flight. Autonomous precision landing of a rocket is a unique problem, which has been likened to balancing a rubber broomstick on your hand in a windstorm. Rockets do not have wings (unlike airplanes) and they cannot rely on a high ballistic coefficient to fly in a straight line (unlike missiles). In the past two years, SpaceX has successfully landed nineteen rockets, some of which were on dry land at Cape Canaveral, and some of which were on floating platforms in the ocean. This talk will discuss the challenges involved, how these challenges were overcome, and next steps towards rapid reusability.
Lars Blackmore is responsible for Entry, Descent and Landing of SpaceX's Falcon 9 Reusable (F9R) rocket. His team developed the precision landing algorithms and operations required to bring F9R back to the launch site. Previously, Lars was with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he was co... read more »
Robert Schoelkopf
Monday, May 23, 2016 - 3:00pm
Packard 101
Towards Quantum Computing with Superconducting Circuits: Extending the Lifetime of Information through Quantum Error Correction
Dramatic progress has been made in the last decade and a half towards realizing solid-state systems for quantum information processing with superconducting quantum circuits. Artificial atoms (or qubits) based on Josephson junctions have improved their coherence times more than a million-fold, have been entangled, and used to perform simple quantum algorithms. The next challenge for the field is demonstrating quantum error correction that actually improves the lifetimes, a necessary step for building more complex systems.
Here we demonstrate a fully operational quantum error correction system, based on a logical encoding comprised of superpositions of cat states in a superconducting cavity. This system uses real-time classical feedback to encode, track the naturally occurring errors, decode, and correct, all without the need for post-selection. Using this approach we reach, for the first time, the break-even point for QEC and preserve quantum information through active means.
Moreover, the performance of the system matches with predictions, and can be dramatically improved by making the protocol more fault tolerant. Mastering the practice of error correction, and understanding the overhead and complexity required, are the main scientific challenges remaining for reaching scalable quantum computation with this technology.
Robert Schoelkopf is the Sterling Professor of Applied Physics and Physics at Yale University. His research focuses on the development of superconducting devices for quantum information processing, which will lead to revolutionary advances in computing.
Anthony Rowe, Carnegie Mellon University
Precise Timing and Localization in Indoor Spaces
Over 300 years ago, an English carpenter realized that the key to safely navigating the ocean was being able to precisely measure time. Since then, timing and localization technologies have continued to push the limits of technology resulting in systems like GPS and our most sophisticated scientific instruments. Our new challenge in localization is providing coverage for indoor spaces where barriers attenuate and scatter radio signals. Precise indoor localization has the potential to enable applications ranging from asset tracking, indoor navigation and augmented reality all the way to highly optimized beam forming for improved spatial capacity of wireless networks.
In this talk, I will describe a localization system that uses time synchronized beacons with a combination of Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) and ultrasonic signals that are able to provide decimeter-ranging accuracy. The ultrasonic transmissions are designed to be inaudible to humans, but still detectable by microphones found on standard mobile devices. We are able to further improve localization performance by fusing information from the phone's IMU as well as constraints derived from building floor plans. As these systems scale, we show how pedestrian range-based Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) can be used to bootstrap the beaconing infrastructure as well as detect and correct configuration faults.
Anthony Rowe is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests are in networked real-time embedded systems with a focus on wireless communication. His most recent projects have related to large-scale... read more »


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package org.apache.ws.scout.transport;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.net.URI;
import java.util.Vector;

import org.apache.axis.AxisFault;
import org.apache.axis.Message;
import org.apache.axis.client.Call;
import org.apache.axis.client.Service;
import org.apache.axis.message.SOAPBodyElement;
import org.apache.axis.utils.XMLUtils;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * Message transport class.
 *
 *
Borrowed from jUDDI project.

 *
 * @author Steve Viens (sviens@apache.org)
 */
public class AxisTransport implements Transport
{
  // private reference to the jUDDI logger
  private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(AxisTransport.class);

  public Element send(Element request,URI endpointURL)
    throws TransportException
  {
    Service service = null;
    Call call = null;
    Element response = null;

    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
        log.debug("\nRequest message:\n" + XMLUtils.ElementToString(request));
        log.debug(endpointURL.toString());
    }

    try {
      service = new Service();
      call = (Call)service.createCall();
      call.setTargetEndpointAddress(endpointURL.toURL());

      String requestString = XMLUtils.ElementToString(request);
      SOAPBodyElement body = new SOAPBodyElement(new ByteArrayInputStream(requestString.getBytes("UTF-8")));
      Object[] soapBodies = new Object[] { body };

      Vector result = (Vector)call.invoke(soapBodies);
      if (result.size() > 0) {
    	  response = ((SOAPBodyElement)result.elementAt(0)).getAsDOM();
      }
    }
    catch (AxisFault fault) {

      try {
        Message msg = call.getResponseMessage();
        response = msg.getSOAPEnvelope().getFirstBody().getAsDOM();
      }
      catch (Exception ex) {
        throw new TransportException(ex);
      }
    }
    catch (Exception ex) {
      throw new TransportException(ex);
    }

    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
        log.debug("\nResponse message:\n" + XMLUtils.ElementToString(response));
    }

    return response;
  }

  public String send(String request,URI endpointURL)
    throws TransportException
  {
    Service service = null;
    Call call = null;
    String response = null;

    log.debug("\nRequest message:\n" + request);

    try {

      service = new Service();
      call = (Call)service.createCall();
      call.setTargetEndpointAddress(endpointURL.toURL());

      SOAPBodyElement body = new SOAPBodyElement(new ByteArrayInputStream(request.getBytes("UTF-8")));
      Object[] soapBodies = new Object[] { body };

      Vector result = (Vector)call.invoke(soapBodies);
      if (result.size() > 0 ) {
    	  response = ((SOAPBodyElement)result.elementAt(0)).getAsString();
      }
    }
    catch (AxisFault fault) {

      try {
        Message msg = call.getResponseMessage();
        response = msg.getSOAPEnvelope().getFirstBody().getAsString();
      }
      catch (Exception ex) {
        throw new TransportException(ex);
      }
    }
    catch (Exception ex) {
      throw new TransportException(ex);
    }

    log.debug("\nResponse message:\n" + response);

    return response;
  }
}

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Switzerland: German version of Il pleut de l'or available
by . . April 12, 2010 10:54 pm 116 views
As this year's Swiss Eurovision Song Contest representative Michael von der Heide exclusively revealed in an interview with esctoday.com, an English and a German version of Il pleut de l'or (It's raining gold), his song for Europe, will also be released. The latter is now available for listening: In German, Il pleut de l'or becomes Es regnet Gold.
Es regnet Gold, the German version of the 2010 Swiss Eurovision Song Contest entry:
Music video of Il pleut de l'or, the Swiss song for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest:
Original version of Il pleut de l'or, presented at SwissAward 2010:
Von der Heide presents Il pleut de l'or at the Latvian national final:
Il pleut de l'or has been released in Switzerland on March 19th. The world- wide release is expected to follow soon.
In a recent interview in a Swiss television show, Michael von der Heide admitted that he is already quite nervous about his performance in Oslo: "I'm used to giving concerts with my band, two hours long. It's different to just have three minutes on stage. I can only do the best I can and that's it." Asked about the bad placings Switzerland had to endure in recent years, he states: "When journalists told me to go to the Eurovision Song Contest five years ago, I said: No way! Growing up, I was a big fan of the contest, when it was still called Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson, with the big orchestra and the conductors." But when Patricia Kaas entered for France last year, some of the former glamour von der Heide had missed, came back, which encouragedhim to enter himself: "Patricia is such an experienced performer. I've talked to her and she told me that she had never thought that she would be this nervous." Which placing is the chansionnier aiming for? "For me and for Switzerland it would be great to even make the final. I am Swiss, I am modest and realistic. However, I have got a good feeling." Talking about the formula of success, the television host, who is not very familar with the contest himself, meant it might best "to be blind, a transvestite and from an Eastern country", whereupon von der Heidereplied: "I canstill do all that in the remaining six weeks."How are the preparations for Oslo going? "It's all about the staging. We won't be doing anything absurd. There will be an explosion though. My clothes might be golden but I will be taking a bigger selection with me, just in case." About creating the right song for his Eurovision Song Contest adventure, von der Heide remembers: "Last year, in summer, I thought of it again and how it would be a childhood dream of mine to take part once in my life, as a composer, lyricist or backing vocalist. After I had seen Paola singing Cinéma (1980 Eurovision Song Contest entry from Switzerland, editor's note), I fell in love with her and kept watching the competition in the years to come. Then came a time when I wasn't that interested anymore. But when I was watching Eurovision last year, I felt that I want to be a part of it too. I intended to write a song and started looking for a singer in my circle of friends. I was looking for someone young, sexy and modern. But my friends encouraged me to sing myself. So I went into the studio with Pele Lorriano and the rest is history." Von der Heide also clarifies that it is not about the money: "When I got the contract I was like: What? There must be a few zeros missing.", clearing up the rumour that the Swiss Eurovision hopefuls are getting paid a lot for their engagement in the competition. With his civil occuption being a male nurse, he was also asked whether he has any other elixirs besides orange blossom tea in case of emergency: "No. I was thinking about that too. But then I would have to bring everything with me for this big moment. I have been singing for such a long time already, there's not much that can happen to me. I might be an inveterate optimist in that case, but I still hope that people will listen to the song and vote." As a hint about the lack of support for Il pleut de l'or in Switzerland, von der Heide jokingly replies: "I've been on four television shows in Romania, I've been to Latvia, where the song has been received very well and is being played on the radio. But the Swiss cannot for their own entry anyway, so it's a good thing they are playing it in Latvia instead."
Meanwhile, the Swiss postcard, the intro before the stage performance, was filmed by the Norwegian television last Saturday at the Bundesplatz in Bern, the capital of Switzerland. The whole procedure took about 90 minutes and the people present were asked to show up with Swiss flags and golden caps.
Click here to read the interview Michael von der Heide has kindly given to esctoday.com.
Click here to read the Swiss part of our series Introducing 2010.
Michael von der Heide will by trying to get Switzerland into the final of the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time since 2006. He will be participating with Il pleut de l'or on spot number five in the second final, to be held on May 27th.
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Well, since I was going for my first sub-hour time, I wasn't too happy with 1:00.04 but thinking about it..
I'd been drinking a lovely combo of beer, cider and bourbon at Shaun's 40th barbecue since 11am yesterday.
I got to bed at 1.30am after scoffing a 12″ meatball (more meat?!) Subway to ease the inevitable hangover.
I woke up to the alarm at 4.30am and had only instant coffee to drink, having run out of beans the day before.
I rode (a bit shakey and holding back the vom) to the start 40k away and actually felt ok when I got there, though obviously didn't look it, judging by some of the comments!
I'm a bit annoyed that if I didn't miss the last turn (I only just made it, braking hard, thinking I was going straight on) and almost stop at 2 RABs for cars I'd have made sub-hour. 4 seconds!
Having said that, it was a new PB for the 25, taking 1m29s off my previous best time – set on the same course on the S-Works road bike 2 years ago.
I'm not sure what time Lance got, I was too busy consuming cake and coffee and hobbling back to a chair to notice – I've strained my glutes again – the ride home was horribly slow.
My power data indicates that I'm producing very similar power on the TT bike as I did on my road bike, even with far less training at the same time of year. This is very good.
It means that my TT position isn't robbing me of any power and my return to cycling after such a 'non-event winter' might be doing good things for me.
My Average Power and Normalised Power values are also fairly close. I think this indicates reasonable pacing, ie. if there was a big difference it'd mean I was spiking the power output at times.
Well done, Stuart. I did 1:00:00 last year, so no sympathy for this 4 seconds stuff!
Great ride – apart from a rigorous stretching regime, have you considered dropping your saddle 5mm or something? Probably wouldn't affect your power, but would make life a lot less stressful for your glutes?
But you know this already, so I'll shut up.
Simon actually did a 1:00:38. I did 1:02:17. I've put a report on the WCC blog and I've written my ride up on my own.
Next 25 might be that one you emailed about..
I've looked at my lap times from the 24hr and it's easy to look at the results and say "Could have gone faster there…" but at the end of the day, what you've done is what you've done. Don't overthink it. The cure to most of your issues can be found by just working on them – just ride!


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Q: What does it mean to arrange f(n) before g(n)? Just attended my first Data Structure Algorithm class and I do not understand it at all. One question given to me was:
Arrange the following functions into increasing order; that is, () should come before () in your list if and only if () is (()).
3^2n , 5n lg n + 20n , n^0 , 2^lg n , 16 ^lg n

So what should I do? Substitute n as 1 and work each function out before sorting them?

A: First, I'd suggest you to go and read about the big-O notation. Then, if you'll take a look at the link @EugeneS gave you in the comment you'll notice this:
O(n^n) > O(n!) > O(α^n) > O(n^α) > O(log(n)) > O(1)

So lets break things down a bit:
1. O(3^2n) = O(α^n)
2. O(5nlogn+20n) = O(nlogn)
3. O(n^0) = O(1)
4. O(2^logn) = O(α^logn)
5. O(16^logn) = O(α^logn)

Now you said

() should come before () in your list if and only if () is (()).

Can you arrange them now? According to what you understood on big-O and the list above.
The right arrangement would be
O(α^n) > O(α^logn) > O(α^logn) > O(nlogn) > O(1)

1 > 5 > 4 > 2 > 3

Note to yourself: This is really the basics and it is very important, so make sure you understand this before moving on with your course material.

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Ever since I arrived in Jakarta, I got the habit of going around the city visiting strategic and historical places and sites of the city. My model as I enjoy this is Saint Paul! Indeed, it was the habit of Paul (perhaps also his pastoral strategy) to first look for and go to some key places in each city he arrived in for the first time. And so Paul would always go first to a synagogue or a public place like the Aeropagus in Athens. Paul did this with the hope of finding there someone to convert, to dialogue with and make friends with. Since I arrived here in Indonesia I do almost exactly the same thing. But I'm different from Paul and very much different from Saint Paul! Paul didn't have any camera to take pictures. He didn't have a facebook wall where he could post his pictures. I have a good camera and I always take pictures, many pictures whenever I visit new places and since I have a facebook account, I always upload these pictures on my wall.
The visit this morning took me downtown Jakarta to the main mosque (Istiqlal Mosque or Independence Mosque) and to Gereja Santa Maria Pelindung Diangkat Ke Surga (The Church of Our Lady of Assumption), the cathedral of Jakarta. My tour to these two landmarks that stand side by side that were purposely built near each other to symbolize religious harmony, diversity and tolerence in Indonesia, was a nice tour which became also for me a journey back in time.
I was born in a family of Christian and devout Catholics. My home was and still is so close to the parish church in my village that some say I grew up in the sacristy! Aside from the priests, a family of Jehovah Witnesses was among my immediate neighbors in our small village. Before I begun schooling, I used to stay with one of my sisters who after many years of being a catholic suddenly became a new protestant 'convert.' She would, then, always take me together with my nieces to church, on Sundays, but I never felt at home in the church of my sister.
Indeed, God was in my catholic church as it was told to us while attending catechesis classes. We were asked to always look for that corner in the church were there was always a lamp, a small burning candle. There Jesus was and he was always waiting for us to visit him. He would, in turn, bless us. In my sister's church, I never found that small light. And many times, before the service could end, I used to run away and return home. Of course, I sometimes got punished by my sister, not because I was a catholic, but because I left without telling her. After service as she could not find me, she always was afraid I got lost, I could not find my way back home. What if something bad, a accident happens to you on the way alone? She would ask me.
Many years later, another sister of mine got also 'converted' in the Adventist church. For my mother, the 'conversion' of her two daughters remains a wound that will take time to heal. Thus on Saturdays, on some occasions I used to accompany my other sister also to her church. But again, I never felt home anywhere except in my catholic church.
And when for study reasons I ended up in a protestant school, even there I always felt that I was missing something of my identity. Indeed, I moved to another city for study reasons. I wanted to study in a Jesuit college but there were none in that city. The Marist brothers'college where I hoped to find a place, was not offering the subject I wanted to study. The only place left where I could pursue my studies then was a nearby protestant college. I enrolled there and for four years I studied there. On Wednesday a service was held in the church near the school and in class religion and catechesis were taught to us the protestant way!
The house of my sister with whom I used to stay before I begun schooling was near the main mosque of the city in Bukavu. And on Fridays we would admire the Muslims (even little boys like us) in white robes going to pray and greeting each other on the way Assalamu'aleikhum. The curiosity and the spirit of discovery of childhood always were pushing us to get closer and closer to the mosque and see, if we could, what the Muslims were doing in their prostrated position and murmuring Allah! Allah! However, our curiosity was never pushed up to the end because we knew we were crossing the boundaries. In fact, there were many told and untold myths about the Muslims We were told for example that the day we would enter the mosque, that day would be our last day on this earth. According to what people used to say, if you enter a mosque and you are not a Muslim you would disappear that day because the jinns, the spirits of Muhammad make little children to disappear.
From early childhood I learned to live with people of different religions and beliefs. I learned very early to love and respect them. After all, were not my own sisters people who were now different from me because of their new beliefs? In spite of different faith convictions I could not reject my sisters and they never denied us who remain catholic. So why should I despise and reject people of other faiths? As I return from this long journey back in time I look ahead with hope, firm as never before in my faith and convictions as a Christian, a catholic. But I have learnt also to purify the way I look at others.


Just when teams like The Garage, IBEW and Lions Striders thought they might be on Easy Street headed toward this year's fundraising and championship trophies, this guy's already registered his team and recruited some top talent, with plans to upset everyone's apple carts! Who can that be?
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We reached out with Federico to learn more about him, and it didn't take long to find out the secret behind his beautiful architectural sketches.
"I make a living as an architect in Buenos Aires, and plein air sketching is my passion.
Given his passion and professional background, Federico's beautiful work on myMoleskine should come as no surprise.
An avid Moleskine user, Federico has a very deep toolbox: "For daily use, I draw on a Large-sized Moleskine Sketchbook, with extra fine nibs. For line work, I use Noodler's waterproof black and brown ink and Lexington Gray for shadows and windows. If I'm out drawing on location, I'll go with my A4 Watercolour Album by Moleskine, and finish my sketches with Winsor & Newton's watercolours.
I can still remember the first time I opened a Moleskine Sketchbook, I was so nervous because I wanted my first sketch to be perfect".
We closed our interview with Fede a bit of advice for aspiring artists: "Challenge yourself as much as you can. Draw uncomfortable subjects, locations, or situations. Leave your comfort zone, and it will push you forward".
Just like every Author of the Month, we honored Fede's work with custom Bookmark and Sleeve MSK templates made out of his winning artwork. They are free to download on the Templates page on myMoleskine.
Do you want to be our next Author of the Month, or simply have some Moleskine pages you'd love the whole Moleskine world to see? Just head on to myMoleskine, and submit your art.


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June 20, 2012 Attorney General, Celebrity, Government, Law
The justice department is 0-2 vs the Rocket and the Creep.
Meanwhile Attorney General Holder could be held in contempt for trying to stall a congressional investigation into the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal.
Update: President Obama has asserted executive privilege in the Fast and Furious case.
Hit Man Holder
March 8, 2012 Attorney General, Bush, Foreign, Gitmo, Law, Media, Military, murder, Torture, War on Terror, waterboard
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AG Eric Holder announced, that under certain conditions, it would be quite all right to kill American citizens overseas.
Conor Friedersdorf at The Atlantic picked up on this, but why do I think if Bush had said it the legacy media would have given it considerably more attention? True, the WSJ likes the policy. But where's the outrage we heard concerning mere electronic spying on mere non-American citizens who happened to call or email Americans?
Holder Holds On
December 8, 2011 Attorney General, Congress, Corruption, crime, democrats, Foreign, Government, Law, mexico, murder, Politics
Late last Friday the Justice Department dumped 2,000 documents on Congress. The stated purpose was to retract previous statements regarding gun sales to Mexican drug cartels. Despite the furious demands of Daryl Issa and others that he resign, top cop Holder held on during his Thursday testimony before Congress.
Under the supervision of ATF agents, American gun shops have sold over 2,000 guns (oddly a 1 to 1 ratio to dumped documents) to suspected Mexican gang members. The plan was to track the weapons to Mexican drug lords and arrest them. Except government superiors denied requests by agents to track the guns as they "walked" across the border. Why? No one knows, hence all the fury.
Some think it was an evil plot to create drug war violence involving American guns and use the bad publicity to clamp down on gun sales in the U.S. That seems cynical and far fetched. Except Sharyl Attkisson of CBS has come up with what may be a smoking gun:
ATF officials didn't intend to publicly disclose their own role in letting Mexican cartels obtain the weapons, but emails show they discussed using the sales, including sales encouraged by ATF, to justify a new gun regulation called "Demand Letter 3". That would require some U.S. gun shops to report the sale of multiple rifles or "long guns." Demand Letter 3 was so named because it would be the third ATF program demanding gun dealers report tracing information.
On July 14, 2010 after ATF headquarters in Washington D.C. received an update on Fast and Furious, ATF Field Ops Assistant Director Mark Chait emailed Bill Newell, ATF's Phoenix Special Agent in Charge of Fast and Furious:
"Bill – can you see if these guns were all purchased from the same (licensed gun dealer) and at one time. We are looking at anecdotal cases to support a demand letter on long gun multiple sales. Thanks."
Walking Guns Not Talking
October 7, 2011 Attorney General, Cabinet, crime, Foreign, Government, Law, murder, Symbols
AG Holder may have perjured himself in the Fast and Furious walking guns to Mexico affair. It also seems that DOJ employees tried to intimidate CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson.
July 15, 2011 budget, cable tv, crime, Foreign, Government, Hamas, Media, mexico, murder, War on Terror
Operation Fast and Furious should make you furious. Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms ran a gun running program into Mexico. They expected the guns to lead them to Mexican drug kingpins. One of those guns was used to murder border agent Brian Terry in Arizona.
Ten million dollars for Project Gun Runner, the parent of Fast and Furious, was included in the stimulus bill. Guess you really do need to read the bill to find out what's in it.
For an additional amount for 'State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance', $40,000,000, for competitive grants to provide assistance and equipment to local law enforcement along the Southern border and in High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas to combat criminal narcotics activity stemming from the Southern border, of which $10,000,000 shall be transferred to 'Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Salaries and Expenses' for the ATF Project Gunrunner.
Media Matters, which is to Fox News as Hamas is to Israel, disputes this. They claim the money wasn't spent in Arizona so it's all a Fox Fib.


Rio Hondo's History Department includes courses focusing on the histories of the U.S., the World, Mexico, Latin America and California along with the study of specific groups within U.S. society. We understand the study of history is useful in providing a base from which students can gain and improve critical thinking, reading and writing skills. These skills will prepare students for career advancement, transfer to a four-year institution and/or completion of an Associate of Arts degree.
As a department our courses offer students exposure to primary sources in a majority of class sessions, participation in active learning, which includes group work, presentations and other creative projects and flexibility in choosing from a wide range of course offerings at different times and through different venues. A major in History at the undergraduate level will additionally provide students with a base for other career directions, such as law, in which critical thinking, reading and writing skills are essential.
Why is the study of history important?
The History department at Rio Hondo College believes that the study of history leads to a greater understanding of the past, present, and is the best predictor of how we can respond to the future. Through the study of the near and distant past, students will examine how multitudes of groups and individuals have responded to the issues of their day. In many respects, the issues of the past have much semblance to contemporary issues. As 21st century global citizens, we can take guidance from historical actors, examining what strategies were successful and which were not, and devise strategies for responding to our current reality. Studying history isn't just the study of past events, people, and places, it is the study of how people of past have perceived, experienced and responded to the world around them. It is also an examination of how the past continues to shape our lives today. In that vein, we are not so different from the people of the past, and through the study of history this becomes more apparent to students. The past is still alive and it is instrumental in understanding who we are as a society.
What is an Associate of Arts in History for Transfer Degree?
The Associate in Arts in History for Transfer (AA-T) Degree is intended to meet the lower division requirements for History majors (or similar majors) at a CSU campus that offers a baccalaureate degree. The Associate in Arts in History for Transfer Degree is designed to enable students to explore a broad understanding of the social, political, cultural and economic events and forces that have shaped our nation's past, present and future. In addition to studying the history of the United States, history majors will study other civilizations and cultures gaining a broader perspective and better understanding of the contemporary world. Through a diverse curriculum, students learn to gather, synthesize, analyze and interpret historical evidence, building a strong foundation that prepares students to either transfer to a four-year college or succeed in numerous career paths, such as teaching, law, business administration, journalism and public service. For a full listing of course requirements, for completion go the AA-T Degree in History, visit the Degree and Certificate section of the College Catalog.
What are some careers available to history majors?
Historians as Educators Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Postsecondary Education, Historic Sites and Museums.
Historians as Information Managers Archivists, Records Managers, Librarians, Information Managers.
Historians in Businesses and Associations Historians in Corporations, Contract Historians, Historians and Nonprofit Associations.
What is the History Department currently work on?
The History department seeks to make the study of history relatable and relevant to the modern student. The department strives to accomplish this by offering a variety of new events and courses to connect all Rio Hondo students to the past. The history faculty has recently launched the "History Lunch Pail Panel," an ongoing series aimed at engaging students and invited guests in conversations about the past. Students are invited to come hear and contribute to a variety of discussions on history related topics, examine how these topics impact us today, and share their own perspectives. The history department is also proud to announce that a variety of new courses will soon be offered including, History of Science and Technology (offered as an upper division course), History of Latin America Since 1821, Black American Experience until 1865 and Black American Experience since 1865. Lastly, the "History Club" is currently gearing up to offer a wide variety of exciting and fulfilling events. Membership to the history club is open to all Rio Hondo students. You don't have to be a history major to participate in and enjoy all that the club has to offer.
For more information about the History Club click here!


Addiction takes a tremendous toll on an individual's physical health, emotional state, and overall health and well-being. When a person is in active addiction, they have most likely replaced healthy habits with drugs or alcohol. Chronic abuse can lead to some serious health issues that need to be addressed immediately when entering treatment.
At JourneyPure Emerald Coast, we believe that healthy living should begin again the moment our patients walk through our door. We also believe that a holistic, total-wellness approach to addiction treatment is key in sustaining an addiction-free lifestyle. In addition to evidence-based, clinical addiction treatment, we are conscious of the three pillars health: sleep, nutrition, and exercise. These pillars of health build the foundation for recovery success. Our multi-disciplinary team of clinicians, psychologists and counselors work with each patient to promote the healing of the mind, body, and spirit.
Upon enrollment, medically-monitored detox is priority one. Our trained clinicians provide relief from painful withdrawal symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, cravings, hallucinations, anxiety, and sleep problems. This way, patients can safely and comfortably adjust to sobriety.
The next step is to replenish the body's supply of essential nutrients. A nutritionist will create customized meal plans, designed to support healing from the inside out. Learning to prepare healthy meals and making a nourishing diet part of a permanent lifestyle are skills that serve patients long after leaving JourneyPure Emerald Coast.
Another cornerstone of healthy living is exercise. Research studies demonstrate the powerful impact physical activity can have on mood, including mood disorders such as depression and anxiety. After years of putting physical health in the backseat, patients receive the necessary support to develop healthier physical habits. We build yoga and outdoor activity time into our patients' daily schedules to help establish a healthy fitness routine.
Multiple studies show a direct correlation between mental illness and subsequent drug or alcohol abuse. Studies also show that substance abuse can cause mental disorders. Many of our patients come to us with co-occurring mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety or PTSD. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), "the high rate of comorbidity between drug use disorders and other mental illnesses argues for a comprehensive approach to intervention that identifies and evaluates each disorder concurrently, providing treatment as needed." This is exactly what you'll expect at JourneyPure Emerald Coast. We offer dual diagnosis treatment for substance abuse and co-occurring mental health impairments, meaning each patient is under the direct care of a multi-disciplinary team of medical and psychiatric professionals who work together to develop a treatment plan that successfully addresses all the needs of the patient.
At JourneyPure Emerald Coast, we provide access to spiritual care in the form of meditation and integrated 12-Step education. By cultivating mindfulness and meditation into treatment, our rehabilitation programs increase a patient's likelihood of successfully completing a treatment plan both during and after residential treatment. We have counselors whose knowledge in spiritual concepts can make each patient feel welcomed and supported. We offer clients the opportunity to explore spirituality and develop a strong sense of purpose, worth, and stability.
Our goal is to improve our client's perspective of their future through life-affirming activities. You can explore your mind's inner space through activities such as meditation, equine therapy, yoga, or songwriting. In addition, you can find a sense of inner peace by making connections with others who have walked a similar path, or by making amends with loved ones from the past.
Spiritual care at JourneyPure Emerald Coast is never forced upon anyone but is available to anyone who is interested in being involved in these activities.
Recovery doesn't end when a patient leaves our treatment center. A chronic disease requires a continuum of aftercare programming, so we created JourneyPure Coaching™ to provide our clients with necessary continued support. The JourneyPure Coaching™ platform keeps patients connected for a minimum of one full year post-treatment, giving them the best chance at long-term recovery. Scheduling and tracking personal, daily recovery goals have never been so easy. And we even supply a recovery coach who will schedule weekly check-ins.
Are you ready to restore your health and free yourself from the bonds of addiction? Our staff is ready for you. Contact us today.


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Always interesting going into Spring Training to look at the uniform numbers that will be popping up on new guys or on old guys who will be changing digits.
Manager Ned Yost will move up from No. 2 to No. 3, honoring his late, great friend, NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt. The number was vacated when Yuniesky Betancourt was traded to the Brewers.
The new shortstop, Alcides Escobar, takes over 2. Other newcomers and their numbers include Jeff Francis, 26; Vin Mazzaro, 32; Melky Cabrera, 53, and Jeff Francoeur, 21. Lorenzo Cain, the center fielder who came in the Zack Greinke deal, gets 6 and he's already been warned by its former owner, Willie Wilson, that he expects a lot.
Cabrera wore 28 for the Yankees but switched to Bobby Abreu's old 53 in 2009 after his buddy signed with the Angels. The Royals' Kanekoa Texeira yielded 53 and took over 50 from bench coach John Gibbons. Nobody knew what number Gibbons was anyway because he always managed to wear some sort of jacket, even in 90-degree weather. There are some who suspect Gibbons never wears a uniform top. If he does this year, it'll be 49.
Doug Sisson, the new first-base coach, will have 11, long worn with distinction by Hal McRae.
There's no sentimentality involved for long-term favorites who were traded. Outfielder Derrick Robinson takes over David DeJesus' 9 and infielder Jeff Bianchi was assigned Greinke's 23.
For the Brewers, Greinke will wear 13 and maybe that's why his buddy, Mike Aviles, is switching his Royals number from 30 to 13.
Who's No. 1? That's back on the back of center fielder Jarrod Dyson. The Royals' most distinguished 1 was Cookie Rojas.
Tags: David DeJesus, Ned Yost, Royals, Zack Greinke
Billy Butler and the Royals have agreed to a four-year, $30-million contract extension, the first baseman said Saturday.
The multi-year contract avoids salary arbitration and gives Butler the security of a long-term deal through 2014.
"I just get to worry about playing baseball and it's what's best for me and my family," Butler said. "That's what it's all about. I didn't want to have to worry about going to arbitration every year and this where I want to be. The city's great and we love it here. I can't express how happy we are right now."
Butler had filed in arbitration for $4.3 million and the Royals offered $3.4 million. Now that's off the table.
His new deal was worked out by agent Greg Genske of Legacy Sports with Royals general manager Dayton Moore.
"It worked out for both sides," Butler said. "I've always been happy to be a Royal. We have a lot of young guys coming up and we plan on doing great things. It just means I'm a big part of it."
Butler, his wife Katie and their daughter Kenley live in Idaho Falls where Butler made his pro debut in 2004 with a rousing .373 average. He was in Kansas City for the Royals FanFest.
"It's just what's best for your family," Butler said. "We're happy to be done with it and Dayton and the whole organization were great."
Butler on Saturday was to receive the Royals Player of the Year Award for the second straight time after setting new career highs in several categories, including average (.318), hits (189), walks (69) and on-base percentage (.388).
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:19 am
Tags: Billy Butler, Dayton Moore, Royals
Bruce Chen has been added to the Royals' roster after passing his physical examination, taking the spot vacated by Gil Meche when he retired.
It really seemed like Meche was going to give the bullpen a try when we talked in the last week of the season. He felt like he had to do something to earn the $12 million still left on his contract. A lot of players would've had the shoulder surgery, sat out the season, collected the money and said, "Thanks and see ya later."
Meche wasn't that kind of guy. And, after thinking about it this winter, he couldn't even justify collecting such a huge pile of dough by pitching out of the bullpen. So he packed it in.
"I know bullpen guys don't make that kind of money unless they're a closer," he said, "and I just felt it was the right thing to do. I'm not trying to look good in any way. I just know I wouldn't be able to handle it if I got hurt and wouldn't be able to play."
After making about $43 million the last four years, Meche is set financially anyway.
Anyway, with Chen on the roster, that's back to the 40-man limit and when Jeff Francis is officially added, another player will have to be dropped.
Tags: Bruce Chen, Gil Meche, Jeff Francis, Royals
Departure of Greinke leaves a void for McClure
No surprise that Royals pitching coach Bob McClure is facing a big void in his rotation with Zack Greinke gone. But McClure also feels a personal loss for the guy he helped guide to the 2009 Cy Young Award.
McClure worked with Greinke over a five-year period and every Spring Training there seemed to be some project that the two men worked on. The spring before the Cy Young, for example, refining a changeup was the focus and it made a huge difference in Greinke's game in '09.
"I'll miss him," McClure said. "When you've been around somebody as long as we've been around each other and gone through a lot of things – ups and downs, goods and bads – part of you is kind of missing."
McClure wasn't all that surprised by Greinke's great Cy Young season. He had given then-manager Trey Hillman a head's-up.
"The year before you could kind of see it coming. I remember telling Trey about halfway through the season before the Cy Young that he's about ready to pop, it's about ready to happen," McClure said. "You could just kind of tell. I've played with guys and had the same thing happen – when you just walk out there and know you're going to beat somebody. Then he took into the next season it kind of snowballed."
There were a lot of things going on with Greinke as his success slipped last year. He was trying to cope with all the demands that his Cy Young fame engendered, he was adjusting to married life, he increasingly became annoyed by the Royals' slow progress toward contention. And there was something else.
"When you're that competitive and you have a year like he did, you end up trying to do more maybe," McClure said.
That's what happened with Bret Saberhagen after his Cy Young season in 1985. He went from 20-6 to 7-12 the next year and later realized that he was just pressing to be Mr. Perfect in '86 instead of just relaxing, enjoying the game and letting things flow naturally.
Although there were rumbles that, at times last year, Greinke was perceived as not being as competitive or as focused as he was in '09, McClure brushed that off.
"When I talked to him between the lines and talked to him between innings, it was a little different than when he would talk before or after a game," McClure said. "I think there were times when it got away from him a little bit and he got a little predictable and then two runs in that inning turned into four."
Now Greinke is with Milwaukee where, perhaps, he'll be as fortunate as McClure was in his playing days. McClure had a fine year as a starter for the Brewers in 1982 and wound up pitching in the World Series that year.
Tags: Bob McClure, Royals, Zack Greinke