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Customer Reviews for Red Lion Celebrity Stars Athletic Socks
K. BREAUX (California) on March 12, 2018
High quality and arrived earlier than scheduled.
C. WILLIAMS (Indiana) on February 6, 2018
This socks sets up apart from other cheer teams. They are comfortable and well made. I order them year after year as they hold up well to numerous washings, we order new socks for new team members as our socks from last year still look new.
A. EVANS (Arkansas) on February 22, 2017
Awesome! The girls love them!
S. MEYER (Washington) on December 5, 2016
The socks for the basketball team were great quality. The order was received in a timely manner. Thank you.
L. HAUGEN (California) on March 28, 2015
I always get the team CUTE socks for Soccer and Softball! These were a huge hit! Makes the other teams "always comment" on how cute the whole team's socks are! My girls love them for regular wear too! They are those cozy tall socks even out of season.
S. MONTEZ (California) on March 27, 2014
Great product. Fits true to size. Fast service and all around great experience!
L. REYES (California) on September 30, 2013
The girls loved them!
S. KUTSCH (Wisconsin) on September 19, 2013
Good high quality sock. Kids love em. Design holds up and still looks like new after MANY washings.
P. BAILEY (Ohio) on April 30, 2013
Adorable, Well Made.
E. LAMSON (Texas) on December 20, 2011
Socks look great on the girls and since our team is the 'Stars', they are perfect for our team. Soft and comfy and very stretchy. They look tiny when they arrive - but don't worry, they stretch A LOT! My only wish is that they also came in a half-calf length. The shorter length is more popular and since we use them for basketball, we didn't need the knee-high. Epic Sports was great and got us the socks within a week to wear at our next game! Awesome!
M. KUYKENDALL (Tennessee) on September 1, 2011
My kids loved them. They are very colorful.
P. LUTHER (Virginia) on June 23, 2011
I bought these socks for my all-star team. Everyone loved them! They looked great, and the quality was great also.
L. FIX (West Virginia) on April 12, 2011
great socks the kids love the camo
L. (Arkansas) on March 9, 2011
The socks were really nice for our basketball girls (5-7 year olds). They fit well and weren't too short or too tall. And you can't beat the price!
M. BUTLER (Maryland) on October 4, 2010
my volleyball team loved them and they were in our school colors. the socks fit well and are soft and provide cushion to the feet.
S. GERNHOFER (Virginia) on July 25, 2010
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S. ISHEE (Mississippi) on July 7, 2010
The socks are great, no complaints!! Not as thick as some others which we like for the hot weather. Very fast shipping and GREAT customer service. I called the day after I ordered and they could tell me exactly where the order was! I will order from here again, and recommend to everyone!!
C. COX (Kentucky) on July 7, 2010
Awesome product, good quality. They completed the girls uniforms.
A. MILLER (California) on July 5, 2010
Great product, fast shipping!
Y. AREVALO (California) on June 18, 2010
Socks looked great and great quality!
Y. GRACIA-GERMAIN (Texas) on June 17, 2010
Very Pleased with item and your excellent customer service.
A. MCDONALD (Alabama) on June 17, 2010
Socks are exactly as described, and better yet, the service I received from Epic Sports exceeded all others. They were the only company that was willing to check on expedited shipping so that we could have the socks before a tournament. THANK YOU!
L. VIVIEN (Louisiana) on April 14, 2010
Loved them!
T. BROWN (Texas) on March 26, 2010
love the socks the girls look great in them great product
N. BERSCH (California) on March 24, 2010
The star printed socks that I purchased for our girls Coach pitch softball team are Great! During opening ceremonies almost every team commented how cute and creative the idea was. The girls and parents love them. I will look to purchase more for the soccer season in the fall!
C. SOWELL (Florida) on March 18, 2010
I was very impressed with the awsome pink and white celebrity socks for our softball team. The quality was great. The socks are thick and the girls love them! The customer service I received was great as well! The reps were very polite and the socks were to me on time for our game. I will order again from Epic Sports!
R. CARR (Oklahoma) on March 13, 2010
found exactly what i wanted was easy to order and i would order from epic sports again....
L. ANN GREEN (Virginia) on February 26, 2010
Great socks. This is the second batch we have ordered and they are just as fluffy as the first!
S. SPOERLEIN (California) on February 15, 2010
I bought them for a Girls Softball Team...Everyone loved them, looks good on girls and great colors.
I. ESCAMILLA (Texas) on October 6, 2009
Very nice and comfortable!!
S. MANNO (Illinois) on October 5, 2009
My team loves the socks!
M. MILLER (Ohio) on August 27, 2009
Excellent quality and exrememly fast shipping!! The price was great and the sizing allowed for me to order a smaller size for my players with extremely tiny feet without having to pay extra. Great shopping experience and I will definitely be ordering from Epic Sports next year!!
J. STURGEON (Indiana) on July 9, 2009
high quality socks, and very fast shipping.
J. PARKINSON (Pennsylvania) on June 26, 2009
socks were good quality, and shipped quickly
J. CARNAHAN (Nevada) on June 9, 2009
We Love Them!!! Graet fit and all the girls said the socke we wayyyyy comfoyyy!
P. GOSHORN (Michigan) on April 23, 2009
Nice quality and good price compared to other websites.
R. KANNE (Minnesota) on January 25, 2012
Kids loved these socks.
K. TURMAN (California) on June 7, 2010
The socks are great and the girls love them.
P. MIN (Ohio) on November 12, 2009
the socks were fun and added to the team spirit we were trying to build.


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Candied Sweet Potatoes
Makes about 1 cup (if using fresh sweet potatoes)
This is one of my very favorite dishes in the whole world! If possible, use fresh sweet potatoes, but it will still be delicious if you use the canned variety.
Find this recipe and more in Chef Paul Prudhomme's Pure Magic.
2 medium-size sweet potatoes (see Note), peeled and diced into 1 1/2 - 2-inch cubes
1 cup water
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup packed light brown sugar
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, in all
1½ tablespoons vanilla extract
juice and grated rind from ⅛ lemon
how to prepareIn a 1-quart saucepan combine the sweet potatoes, water, sugars, 2 tablespoons of the butter, vanilla, and lemon juice and rind. Cover and cook over medium heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Uncover and cook until the potatoes are fork tender, about 10 minutes. Add the remaining butter and stir until completely melted. Cook uncovered until sauce is thick, about 2 minutes more.
Note: If fresh sweet potatoes are not available you may substitute 1 (15 ounce) can sweet potatoes packed in syrup. To use canned sweet potatoes, drain them, reserving ½ cup of the syrup. In a 1-quart saucepan place the reserved syrup, ⅓ cup sugar, 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, and the juice and grated rind from ½ lemon. Cook over high heat for 2 minutes, whisking frequently. Add the sweet potatoes and reduce the heat to very low. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove the cover and cook until the mixture is reduced to 1 cup, about 10 minutes more, stirring occasionally and being careful not to break up the potato pieces.

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CHAPEL HILL-Senator Kay Hagan's recent vote in support of background checks for gun sales might help her as she seeks re-election.
Public Policy Polling Tom Jensen says according to the company's newest round of surveys, 52 percent of North Carolinians are more likely to vote for Hagan now that she voted in favor of those checks.
"Only 26 percent are less likely to, and that's just a reflection that those background checks remain overwhelmingly popular," he says. "Seventy-three percent of North Carolinians support them and only 22 percent are opposed."
On April 17, the U.S. Senate members, including Hagan, cast ballots on a piece of legislation that would have required background checks for anyone purchasing a firearm at a gun show or over the Internet. The bill, which was formally called the Manchin-Toomey Amendment, ultimately failed 54-46.
Still, Jensen says most North Carolinians across party lines appear to support the idea of background checks.
"Eighty percent of democrats, 67 percent of independents and even 61 percent of Republicans support those background checks," he says.
And Jensen adds that Hagan, who has also been vocal in her support for gay marriage, has consistently remained a favorite for re-election throughout Public Policy Polling's surveys—even in a state that has recently been leaning toward more conservative ideals.
"In our last statewide poll, she was up anywhere from six to ten points against a variety of Republicans we tested her against," he says. "There's been some thought that as a senator in a state that voted for Mitt Romney and has a Republican-controlled state government, maybe it would really hurt Kay Hagan to take these more progressive stances by supporting things like gun control and gay marriage, but so far, that really isn't the case. She's doing just fine."
PPP's latest poll also found that Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana is showing more favorable numbers after her vote for background checks—Forty-five percent of voters there say they're now more likely to cast a ballot in her favor, while only 25 percent say they're now planning to vote against her.


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Huskers Headed Back to World Series
The 14th-seeded Nebraska softball team makes its seventh appearance in the Women's College World Series this week, opening the tournament at 11 a.m. on Thursday against 11th-seeded Washington.
Nebraska, the lowest remaining seed of the eight teams who advanced to Oklahoma City, earned a spot in the field by winning two of three games against No. 3 Oregon in last week's NCAA Super Regional in Eugene, Ore. Playing in its first NCAA Super Regional in school history, the Huskers snapped the Ducks' nation-leading 24-game home winning streak on Saturday, then rebounded from a disappointing 11-inning game two loss on Sunday to earn a 4-2 victory over the Ducks in the rubber match of the series. With the win, Nebraska advanced to its seventh Women's College World Series in school history, its first since 2002 and its third under 21st-year Head Coach Rhonda Revelle.
The Huskers have relied on pitching, defense and timely hitting to advance this far. Nebraska boasts the nation's ninth-best ERA at 1.78, a mark that ranks fourth among the eight-team Women's College World Series field. Behind the pitching staff, the Husker defense ranks 35th nationally with a .970 fielding percentage, and Nebraska has turned a nation-leading 48 double plays, 26 more than any other team in Oklahoma City and as many as the next two highest teams combined (ASU and Washington).
From a hitting standpoint, Nebraska is batting .312 (24-for-77) with runners on base in the NCAA Tournament and .339 (19-for-56) with runners in scoring position. The Huskers have produced 18 of their 31 RBIs with two outs, while plating 20 of their 33 postseason runs with two outs (61 percent).
Junior right-hander Tatum Edwards, the 2013 Big Ten Pitcher of the Year, has been outstanding in the postseason. She has started five of Nebraska's six NCAA Tournament games, throwing a complete game each time, including one shutout. Edwards is 4-1 with 1.62 ERA in 39.0 postseason innings. Included in her four victories are two wins over No. 13 Stanford and one win over third-ranked Oregon. As good as Edwards was, it was freshman Emily Lockman who earned the series-clinching victory for NU. Lockman allowed two first-inning runs and nothing the rest of the way in a complete-game victory at No. 3 Oregon in game three of the super regional in her postseason debut.
Offensively, senior Brooke Thomason has collected seven hits, including one double and two homers, and driven in 10 runs in six NCAA Tournament games. Freshman Alicia Armstrong leads NU with a .474 average in the postseason (9-for-19), while senior Gabby Banda owns an 11-game hitting streak.
Scouting the Washington Huskies (43-15)
Nebraska takes on a Pac-12 opponent for the sixth consecutive game in its Women's College World Series opener, facing off against No. 11 seed Washington. The Huskies are 43-15 this season and have breezed through the opening two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. Washington is 5-0 in the postseason, outscoring its opponents 15-2, including a two-game sweep at No. 6 Missouri in the NCAA Super Regional. Nebraska and Washington share 11 common opponents this season in Arizona, Cal, Florida State, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska-Omaha, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State and Stanford. The Huskers posted a 15-8 record against that group, while the Huskies went 12-7.
Offensively, Washington is hitting .309 as a team while averaging 5.9 runs per game. The Huskies rank among the top 30 offenses nationally in scoring (23rd), average (24th) and slugging percentage (28th). Washington has scored two runs or less in four of its five NCAA Tournament games, averaging 3.0 runs per game in the postseason.
Individually, Victoria Hayward is one of seven Washington regulars hitting above .300. She leads the team with a .380 average, five triples and 21 stolen bases, while adding six doubles, five homers and 21 RBIs. Kaitlin Inglesby is hitting .361 with eight doubles and team-high totals of 11 homers and 60 RBIs, ranking 31st nationally in RBIs. Hooch Fagaly is batting .348 with 10 homers, 47 RBIs and a team-high 41 walks. Kylee Lahners is hitting .306 with nine homers and 42 RBIs, while Kelli Suguro boasts a .304 average. Inglesby, Hayward and Fagaly were each first-team all-region and All-Pac-12 selections.
Defensively, Washington is allowing an average of 2.7 runs per game, but the Huskies have allowed just two runs in their five NCAA Tournament games (0.4 runs per game). UW boasts the nation's second-best fielding percentage at .981. The staff owns a 2.56 ERA that ranks 58th nationally, the lowest ranking of any team in the Women's College World Series field and the only team ERA that doesn't rank among the top 40 nationally.
Inglesby and Bryana Walker have split the majority of the innings for Washington this season. Inglesby is 22-7 with a 1.87 ERA in 168.1 innings. She has thrown 12 complete games among her 18 starts, tossing four shutouts while striking out 130 and limiting opposing hitters to a .228 average. Walker is 19-7 on the year with a 2.81 ERA in a team-high 172.0 innings. She has started a team-high 33 games and struck out 196 batters. Opponents are hitting just .217 against her, but have homered 25 times. Kasey Stanchek (2-1, 3.92 ERA in 30.1 IP) and Jocelyn Cater (0-0, 9.00 ERA in 4.2 IP) round out the Washington staff.
Husker History with Washington
Washington leads the all-time series with Nebraska 8-3, including a 2-0 advantage in the NCAA Tournament and a 1-0 record at the Women's College World Series. The Huskies have won four straight in the series and eight of the last nine overall. Each of the 11 all-time meetings have come with Head Coach Rhonda Revelle in the Husker dugout, and she is 1-4 against Washington Head Coach Heather Tarr. Washington eliminated the Huskers from the 1998 Women's College World Series with a 3-1 victory, and the Huskies, led by Tarr in her first season, handed Nebraska a 7-6 loss in the 2005 NCAA Lincoln Regional.
The teams last met twice during the opening month of the 2012 season. Washington shut out the Huskers, 4-0, in the season opener for both teams, before earning a 6-3 win two weeks later. Kaitlin Inglesby earned both victories, tossing a two-hit shutout in the first win and allowing just one earned run in game two. She posted a 0.50 ERA in the two games, allowing only six hits while striking out 11 in 13.0 innings. Inglesby also went 2-for-5 at the plate with a home run and two RBIs. Taylor Smith went 3-for-6 in the two games with three RBIs.
For Nebraska, Ashley Hagemann took the loss in both games. The Huskers hit just .122 against Inglesby, led by a 2-for-5 performance from Gabby Banda that included a home run. Taylor Edwards and Courtney Breault each finished 1-for-4 in the two games, while the rest of Nebraska's current roster combined to go 0-for-20.
Husker History at the Women's College World Series
Nebraska is making its seventh official trip to the Women's College World Series, not including its 1985 runner-up finish which was vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions. The Huskers have won at least one game in each of their first six trips to the WCWS, finishing no worse than a tie for fifth place each time. Nebraska is 8-12 (.400) all-time in the Women's College World Series, including a 3-3 record in its first game of the tournament.
Huskers Set School Record For Most Walks in a Season
Nebraska drew three walks last weekend against Oregon in the NCAA Super Regional, increasing its season total to 206. The Huskers have set a school record for most walks in a season for the second consecutive year, after walking 204 times in 2012. Four Huskers have drawn at least 20 walks this season, led by senior Gabby Banda's school-record-tying 40 walks.
Banda Riding Career-Long 11-Game Hit Streak
Senior Gabby Banda has hit safely in 11 consecutive games, the longest hitting streak of her career and tied with freshman Alicia Armstrong for the longest hitting streak by a Husker this season. Banda is hitting .394 during the streak (13-for-33) with seven runs, four RBIs and four walks. During the hitting streak, Banda has raised her season batting average 28 points, from .256 before the streak to its current mark of .284.
Tatum Edwards Posts 30 Wins
Junior right-hander Tatum Edwards earned a complete-game victory at No. 3 Oregon last Saturday, snapping the Ducks' nation-leading 24-game home winning streak and handing Oregon its first home loss of the season. The win was her 30th of the season, as she became only the fourth Husker to post a 30-win season. She joined All-Americans Jenny Voss (40 wins in 1998) and Peaches James (37 wins in 2004), along with Ashley Hagemann (31 wins in 2011) as members of Nebraska's 30-win club. With a 30-9 record, Edwards ranks 10th nationally in wins this season. She has nearly doubled her career victory total entering the year, as she won 16 games her first two seasons combined. Edwards is one win away from tying Hagemann for the most wins ever by a Husker junior.
Huskers Post Highest Postseason Run Total in School History
Nebraska has scored 33 runs through its first six games of the 2013 NCAA Tournament, an average of 5.5 runs per game. The 33 runs the Huskers have scored this postseason are already the highest total any Nebraska team has ever produced in a single NCAA Tournament. The previous record had been 28 runs from the 2000 Huskers, who went 3-2 in the NCAA Tournament.
High-Scoring Huskers
Fueled by 33 runs in its six NCAA Tournament games, Nebraska has scored 307 runs this season, becoming only the fourth team in school history to score 300 runs in a season. Nebraska has scored 300 runs in a season for the first time since 2000, and that season it took NU 73 games to score 312 runs. This year's team has nearly matched that output, scoring 307 runs in only 59 games. The Husker offense, under the direction of fifth-year hitting coach Diane Miller, has posted three of the six highest run totals in school history the past three seasons, an especially impressive feat considering the NCAA's recent policy allowing teams to play a maximum of 56 regular-season games.
Recapping Nebraska'S Super Regional Title
Nebraska earned a spot in Oklahoma City this weekend by winning two of three games at No. 3 Oregon last weekend, handing the Ducks their only two home losses of the season. Nebraska won game won 5-2 behind a complete-game effort from junior Tatum Edwards, who allowed only one earned run, and a fifth-inning grand slam from senior Brooke Thomason. In game two, Nebraska was three outs away from a victory before Oregon rallied to tie the game in the seventh en route to a 4-3 win in 11 innings. In game three, freshman Emily Lockman allowed only two runs in a complete-game effort, and classmate Alicia Armstrong drove in the game-winning run with an RBI infield single in the top of the third inning.
Quick Hitters
The information below provides a quick glimpse of a few brief notes heading into the WCWS:
- NU is making its seventh NCAA Women's College World Series appearance in school history and first since 2002.
- The Huskers won their first NCAA Regional title since 2002 this year and their first NCAA Super Regional title ever.
- Nebraska's 45 wins this season are its most since 2004 (45) and tie for the fifth-most victories in school history.
- NU's non-conference schedule was the toughest in the nation according to the NCAA RPI.
- NU's roster features seven freshmen, tying for the most freshmen in Coach Revelle's 21 seasons (also 2008).
- NU's starting lineup has featured at least three freshmen in every game, including 16 games with five freshmen.
- The freshmen have combined for 36 extra-base hits, the eighth-highest total by a freshman class in NU history.
- Nebraska has allowed one run or less in 29 of its 59 games this season, including 16 shutouts.
- Gabby Banda needs one walk to break a four-way tie and own the school record outright for walks in a season (41).
- Courtney Breault enters the Women's College World Series with 99 career RBIs.
- Tatum Edwards needs one more win to tie for the most victories ever by a Husker junior (31).
- The Edwards twins have homered in the same game nine times in their careers, including twice in 2013.
- Head Coach Rhonda Revelle has won 799 games at Nebraska, one shy of 800.
- The Big Ten has two teams competing in the WCWS (Nebraska and Michigan) for the first time since 2001.
- Nebraska has played five consecutive games against Pac-12 teams in the NCAA Tournament, going 4-1.
- The Huskers had lost seven straight NCAA Tournament games to Pac-12 teams and been just 7-19 all-time against the league in the postseason before its success in the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
- The Big Ten as a conference is 6-2 against the Pac-12 in the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
- One more home run from Brooke Thomason would give Nebraska three players with double-digit home runs in the same season for the first time in school history. It would also give NU three players with 10 doubles and 10 homers in the same season for the first time in school history.


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Friday's state-level employment figures remind us that this economic recovery, like the recession that preceded it, is astonishingly uneven across America.
The unemployment rate remains more than 11 percent in Nevada and less than 4 percent in Nebraska. This heterogeneity poses great challenges to any nationwide stimulus policy, which will inevitably deliver its supposed medicine both to healthy Nebraska and ailing Nevada. Attempts to target aid to faltering states, or industries, slow the positive process of relocation across space and job. A far better path is to focus on helping poor people, not poor places, especially by improving education.
Two-and-a-half years ago, widespread travails made it easy to make the case for national economic interventions. In October 2009, there were only eight states with unemployment rates of less than 7 percent; collectively they made up 4.4 percent of the 50 states' populations.
In April 2012, a total of 22 states had jobless rates of less than 7 percent. Our economic troubles are not over, but there are wide swaths of the country where joblessness is back to reasonable levels, which makes it harder to build the case for more nationwide action.
Education is a good predictor of which areas continue to have high unemployment rates. In April, the 25 states with the lowest share of high-school dropouts among adults older than 25 averaged a jobless rate of 6.3 percent. The 25 states with the highest shares of high-school dropouts averaged 8.2 percent unemployment.
This connection has been true throughout the recession. In October 2009, when the national jobless rate was at its peak, the rate averaged almost 8 percent in the 25 more-educated states and 9.8 percent in the less-educated ones.
The connection between education and unemployment is one reason for so much geographic similarity across economic declines. The slowdown during the early years of George W. Bush's presidency was a much smaller event than the Great Recession, but the geographic pattern of unemployment was similar. The 15 states with the lowest rates in June 2003 are averaging 5.6 percent unemployment today, while the 15 states with the highest rates then are averaging 8.3 percent today.
Then and now, California, Michigan and North Carolina had high unemployment levels, while Maryland, Virginia and the Dakotas experienced far less joblessness.
The rates in April 2012 reflect variations in the extremity of the recessionary shock more than they reflect differences in the pace of recovery. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate peaked in October 2009 at 10 percent, and we are now down to 8.1 percent. If patterns stayed constant, we should expect most states to have unemployment rates that equal about 0.81 times their rates in October 2009, and that's pretty much true.
Thirty-nine states have unemployment rates that are within one percentage point of 0.81 times their unemployment rate in October 2009.
Only three states have jobless rates that are more than 1.4 percentage points different from their predicted level. Michigan is the biggest positive surprise; its rate has fallen from 14 percent to 8.3 percent.
Rhode Island and Louisiana are doing worse than we would expect, given their October 2009 unemployment rates. Louisiana has relatively low unemployment, at 7.1 percent, but this is actually higher than the 6.9 percent rate it experienced in 2009. Unemployment in Rhode Island has come down slightly, but remains stubbornly high at slightly more than 11 percent.
Changes in unemployment rates are not the same thing as economic resurgence. Michigan's declining levels reflect some rising employment, but also a rapidly shrinking labor force. The Bureau of Labor Statistics establishment survey finds that Michigan's employment has grown 4 percent since October 2009, adding about 157,000 jobs. The population survey finds that Michigan's labor force has also shrunk by 147,000 people over the same period and is now 3 percent smaller than it was in October 2009. We don't know yet if this drop indicates that people are moving to more robust economic environments or dropping out of the work force altogether, but a rapidly shrinking labor pool is no sign of strength.
At the other end of the spectrum, some places with the most job growth have seen relatively modest changes in their unemployment. Texas, for example, has added 543,000 jobs since October 2009, an increase of 5.3 percent. But the Texas unemployment rate has fallen only 1.2 percentage points, distinctly below the national trend, from 8.1 percent to 6.9 percent.
The rate has fallen by less in Texas precisely because that state's labor force has increased by 518,000, more than 4 percent, since October 2009.
New York is a conundrum unto itself. The state's unemployment level remained unchanged at 8.5 percent from March to April 2012, which is not much improved over its 8.8 percent rate in October 2009. The number of unemployed people in the state has fallen by only 40,000 since October 2009. Yet New York has also added more than 311,000 jobs since 2009, which is a reasonable growth rate of 3.6 percent. The combination of rising employment and stable unemployment rates would make sense if the labor force of New York state was growing, but it has also shrunk by more than 62,000 since October 2009.
One way to explain this puzzle is the mismatch between the establishment survey, which examines businesses and gives us jobs numbers, and the population survey, which counts individuals and gives us unemployment numbers. The establishment survey tells us that companies located in New York have added jobs, but the population report tells us that the employment of New York state residents has fallen. While pure measurement error is always a possibility, another explanation is that a lot of New York City companies have expanded by hiring people who live in New Jersey or Connecticut.
It's hard to begrudge New Jersey the jobs, though, because it is one of the five states, along with North Carolina, California, Rhode Island and Nevada, where unemployment remains more than 9 percent. Of these five, both Nevada and North Carolina have recently experienced sharp declines in their unemployment rates — 1.7 percentage points and 1.2 percentage points, respectively, over the past six months. That's some good news.
There is less reason for optimism in the troubles of New Jersey and Rhode Island, which have certain similarities. Both states border much larger metropolitan areas and both did reasonably well in the boom years, when New York and Boston soared. But the recession has meant retrenchment and that appears to have hurt the metropolitan periphery more than the urban core, especially in those less-educated satellite cities, such as Newark, New Jersey, and Providence, Rhode Island. Manhattan has the mojo to compete globally, but it is harder for areas that don't have such an agglomeration of talent.
The travails of California have been a running theme of this recession, but the Golden State really has two distinct regions. The well-educated coastal areas have come roaring back, as exemplified by Facebook's initial public offering this month. The inland areas remain mired in a terrible recession.
The most recent unemployment rate in Merced is more than 20 percent, and the rate in El Centro is 26 percent.
The regional disparities remind us of the remarkably different experience of Americans during and before the economic decline. The better-educated states and citizens have survived the Great Recession; less-educated areas and people continue to face challenges that are unlikely to disappear even if the economy rights itself.
These differences don't require one-size-fits-all national policies. It would also be a mistake to channel aid to particular places, to try to stop the exodus of people moving to areas of opportunity. But we should do more to improve education throughout the country. The best path to prosperity is to attract and train smart people, and then get out of their way.
Edward Glaeser, an economics professor at Harvard University, is a Bloomberg View columnist. He is the author of "Triumph of the City."


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From: NY, United States
Genre: Alternative/Alt. Rock, Pop
Albin Zak is a musician, scholar, and poet. He makes records and books in his house in upstate New York.
His past bands include Whiskey Flat, Decorum, City Goat, Rustlers and Thieves, and the Rosendale All-Male-Day-After-the-Night-Before Chorus and Sometimes Orchestra.
Biography not from Wikipedia.


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The American Legion announced that it is allocating $1 million to veterans affected by the tornadoes in Oklahoma. The money will be used to cover relocation expenses for veterans and their families whose homes were devastated by the disaster.
The American Legion, the nation's largest veterans organization, has previously assisted emergency efforts following Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters.
The American Legion has set up a hotline for veterans needing emergency assistance. They can call 1-800-504-4098. If they have legal custody of minor children, they can seek help though the Legion's Temporary Financial Assistance Program. Veterans without children can seek assistance through The American Legion National Emergency Fund. Individuals wishing to donate to The American Legion National Emergency Fund should call 1-800-253-7000, donate online at www.legion.org/emergency/help [1] or mail checks to The American Legion NEF, PO Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN 46206.
With a current membership of 2.4-million wartime veterans, The American Legion was founded in 1919 on the four pillars of a strong national security, veterans affairs, Americanism, and youth programs. Legionnaires work for the betterment of their communities through more than 14,000 posts across the nation.
[1] http://www.legion.org/emergency/help


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French-Canadian publication of 'You can't escape' from Photo-Journal (L'impossible évasion, 25 November 1943)
Rudolph Frederick Schabelitz was an American book illustrator. He made illustrations for Inez Haynes Gillmore's 'Phoebe and Ernest' books in 1912, and was also an illustrator for Harper's Magazine and Shadow Magazine. He drew the comic strip adaptation of Faith Baldwin's 'You can't escape' for King Features and the Book-of-the-Month Club in 1943.


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as my wife is a graphics designer and a visual artist in several mediums and my professional experience applies as well.
Did Apple's over-use skeuomorphism? Absolutely! But this current movement is nothing more than the Western psychic tendency to 'pendulum swing' from one opposite to another.
No one can absolutely define 'authenticity'. This is a subjective or a culturally subjective concept. To the 19th century designer, excessive ornamentation was 'authentic' for them.
This is yet another example of corporate authority and austerity. Artists are not pushing this movement, corporations are. And for the love of everything holy, when did the words 'mass production' become synonymous with the word 'authentic'. Talk about double-speak!
So who is defining 'authentic' for us? Is it the 25 year old designer fresh out of school with no real-world experience? Is it the project manager at Microsoft desperate to push through his vision of tablet design everywhere? Or is it the computer programmer on a blog who thinks she somehow knows a little about design when really she should just stick to what she does know which is coding?
If this is supposed to reflect the 'authenticity' of computers and computer applications themselves, this makes no sense. GEM and DOS were authentic. Machine language is authentic. 1's and 0's are what the computer does. Designing a flat GUI shell for a DOS makes sense when you only have 1Mhz of processing power and less than 1mb of RAM. It doesn't when you have 8 core dual processors, graphics cards with more processing power than 10 computers from a decade ago, and gigabytes of available RAM on 64 bit computers.
This seems ludicrous. Even if it is to somehow reflect that tablets and phones are supposedly lower power then this is a specious argument as well. After all, we now have quad core Arm CPU's paired with quad core GPU's and GB's of ram powering 'retina displays' on these devices. And trying to transfer flat & empty design for tablets with lots of white space and big buttons to our large non-touch screen displays is fucking stupid. We now have this gorgeous 27" wide screen computer screens and the fucking fonts are big enough for a person across the room to read! The search button is so large a giant could touch it!
This technological power ought to give us more choices not less. As a musician, I am struck deaf, blind, and dumb day after day by how much more computing and technological power is available to me than what I had 25 years ago to make and produce music. And yet with all of this incredible technology, we predominantly make shitty music that all sounds alike thanks to autotune and heavy vocal processing. It is compressed and limited to hell and back so that it can be played predominantly in the lossy mp3 format on the worst possible device (iTunes on an iPod) through cheap Chinese earbuds with the frequency range of a gnat.
Now it is happening to art and design. The promise of digital painting, full 3D model rendering, transparencies, drop-shadows, etc. that comes with the computing power of today is now being thrown out for flat, sterile, design being sold to us with the corporate double-speak of 'authentic' and 'modern'. Yeah, right, bullshit.


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The Winnipeg Jets today announced they have recalled forward John Albert from the St. John's IceCaps of the American Hockey League.
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Albert, 24, has played in 23 games with the IceCaps this season. In that time, the left-handed centre has recorded eight points (3G, 5A) an four penalty minutes. He has played in 111 career AHL games, all with St. John's, for 40 career points (15G, 25A) and 42 career penalty minutes.
He was originally drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers in the sixth round, 175th overall, in the 2007 NHL Draft.
Born Jan 19 1989 -- Cleveland, OH
Height 5.11 -- Weight 190 -- Shoots L
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Creating a new department of public works and increasing the amount spent on roads are part of the Raisin Township budget for 2014.
On a 4-1 vote at a special meeting Wednesday afternoon, the township board approved the spending plan following a public hearing at Monday's regular monthly meeting. Trustee Tom Hawkins voted against approval. The revenue for the general fund is projected to be $1,590,716 and is balanced in accordance with state law, supervisor Jay Cavanaugh said.
The Department of Raisin Works would combine elements from several departments, including the parks department, and building and grounds. The new department would require a foreman and have two other seasonal employees.
The budget includes $30,000 that will go toward wage increases for members of the fire department and an allocation of $154,000 for roads in 2014. When added to the amount already in the budget, the township will have just over $200,000 available for work on roads next year.
"In 2014, the board will create a committee to consider a bond issue to cover local roads," Cavanaugh said. "They should start work right after the Christmas holidays."
The board has been researching available funding options for Raisin Township to address road maintenance. A millage issue could be placed before voters, or the township could levy the full 5 mills as allowed under charter township rules. Currently, the township levies 3.4549 mills, leaving just over 1.5 mills that could be levied without voter approval being needed.
At a meeting in September, the board was told by an attorney who specializes in municipal bond issues said that due to the Headlee Amendment, the township could only approve an additional 0.8364 mills. The actual levy would be 4.2913 mills, not 5 mills. That would bring in about $193,000, said Patrick McGow, from Miller Canfield.
Also after the first of the year, Cavanaugh said, trustee Larry Crittenden will make a proposal regarding the $672,000 in the township general fund balance. At the monthly board meeting Monday, Crittenden said he is working on a plan to allocate portions of the fund balance for roads and for the public safety department, which consists of the township police and fire departments.
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Seven-year-old Aisha Fisher may not know the alphabet, but it does not stop her writing letters.
When she wanted to know how to spell ''love'', she asked her mother, Lauren Fisher, who reminded her how to form the letters. ''At this point, it's irrelevant that she doesn't know how to write a Q or a G,'' she said.
''When she needs to know those letters, she will ask how to form them.''
Fisher adopts the same teaching method for all of her four daughters aged between three and seven - none of whom go to school.
Instead, they are unschooled, which is a method of home schooling in which a child is free to pursue the things they want to learn without having topics and tasks forced upon them. To be legal in NSW, the method has to be approved by an inspector from the Board of Studies.
Moreover, Fisher and her daughters are full-time travellers and live out of a bus, which she says provides added learning opportunities.
''We engage in life - household chores, long-term projects, outings, visits and down-time - and along the way my girls approach problems with creativity and a quest for answers,'' she said.
More than 50,000 Australian children were home schooled last year, according to a report on ABC Radio National's Background Briefing.
But there are no accurate figures on how many children are unschooled in Australia, according to Beverley Paine, who runs the Unschool Australia website.
Up to 20 per cent of home educated children may be unschooled, she said, while many others are taught using some elements of unschooling methodology.
Paine, who unschooled her three children between 1985 and 2004, said their learning was integrated into everyday life: ''Lessons were generally spontaneous and met the child's immediate learning need.''
Paine, from Yankalilla in South Australia, kept records of her children's progress, but she said ''keeping pace with peers was not as important as the children learning what they needed to learn at any particular point in their development as people''.
Home-schooled children must be registered in NSW and taught in accordance with a syllabus provided by the Board of Studies.
Parents may adopt a teaching method such as unschooling, according to a spokeswoman for the Board of Studies, Julie-Anne Scott. But she said: ''Regardless of philosophy or teaching methodology, the parent must demonstrate that the requirements for registration are met.''
A senior lecturer in Monash University's Faculty of Education, Dr David Zyngier, does not support any form of unschooling because the vast majority of parents are not capable of teaching their children to read, write or be numerate.
''Children on their own without external intervention will never learn to read and write or do mathematics, the three most difficult things that any child will ever learn,'' he said.
''That is why we leave these things to well-educated professionals. That is why we no longer go to witch doctors for medical issues or try and fix our cars, fix faulty electrical systems ourselves.''
Dr Zyngier said there is no robust evidence that unschooled children are capable of the same academic achievement as measured by year 12 results. Unschooling has laudable aims, but Dr Zyngier said ''powerful learning like these approaches need to be offered in all schools to all children''. ''But such learning approaches if taking place outside of the school will only be possible in middle-class families,'' he said.
Samuel Lewis, 13, was taken out of school last year by his parents and unschooled along with his siblings Georgia, 16, and Thomas, 11.
Samuel's mother, Penny Lewis, said unschooling gives her children the opportunity to explore their own interests and learn without the restrictions of a curriculum. Lewis said each of her children learnt differently by watching YouTube and DVDs, experimenting with building projects, computer programming, sewing and cooking.
Physical exercise and leisure activities are also an integral part of her children's unschool day.
''There are no early morning starts in our home,'' she said. ''With two teens and a tween, sleep-ins are welcomed and encouraged.''
However, Samuel has decided to return to high school mainly because he misses his friends.
''My friends miss me, but because it's been a year they have moved on,'' he said.


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Yesterday, February 14, 2013, was the official unveiling of the Hurricane
SunDeck 2690 OB and presentation of the
Hurricane SunDeck Sport 203 OB and the Hurricane SunDeck 2200 DC OB at the
Miami Boat Show.
The popularity of deck boats is really taking off these
days, and for good reason. These versatile boats come in a wide variety of
styles and layouts, which means it's easy to find one that will be a perfect,
no matter how you spend your time on the water.
The first step, of course, is to think about how you and
your family will use the boat. Today's deck boats, such as the industry-leading
Hurricane brand, are built for all kinds of activities. Watersports, of course,
are always among the favorite ways families use their boats, especially tubing,
wakeboarding and waterskiing. For most families, a ski-tow bar at the rear of
the boat will be plenty for towing. Some models, though, take it one step
further and add a tower or arch for even more excitement. If it's fish you're
after, consider a deck boat that features amenities especially designed for
anglers. These can include pedestal seats that swivel, bait wells and even
handy rod storage.
Next, consider how many people you'll likely be bringing
along. The great thing about deck boats is that they are made to bring along a
crowd, with plenty of seating and storage space for everything you'll need for
a day on the water. The reason for all that extra room is that deck boat
designs bring the beam (width) of the boat all the way to the bow instead of
coming to a sharp point like most runabouts. That gives you more seating, and
more seating gives you more storage options.
The bottom line is that deck boats are built to handle just
about any activity you (and lots of friends and family) may want to try. The
hull design means you'll get on plane quickly, and the stable, wide platform is
a perfect choice for families. When you add it all up, you'll see why deck
boats are quickly becoming the best value on the water.
Steve Tadd, marketing director of Nautic Global Group -
maker of five different boat brands from 12 to 42 feet - said there's a major
shift away from stern drives toward outboards because of cost. A recent federal
mandate to install catalytic converters on stern drives has raised boat prices
as much as $3,000 while outboards can produce the same power at lower cost with
better fuel efficiency.
Tadd said 25 of his Elkhart,
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They also offer innovative seating options and creative ways to store gear.
"They're the right boat for the time," he said. "Before the
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This new show premiers Tuesday, March 13 at 9:30 eastern. There is a lot of information on their website, but I'm only going to post the basics about the show.
Fashion Star - NBC Official Site
Hosted by
Elle Macpherson
Celebrity mentors
Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie,
John Varvatos
Featured buyers
Caprice Willard, Terron E. Schaefer, Nicole Christie
NBC kicks off the new year with the new reality competition series "Fashion Star," which will search for the next big brand in fashion. Featuring host and executive producer Elle Macpherson along with celebrity mentors Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie and John Varvatos, the series will give 14 unknown designers the chance to win a multi-million dollar prize to launch their collections in three of America's largest retailers: Macy's, H&M and Saks Fifth Avenue.
Each week, the show will begin with an exhilarating fashion show unlike anything seen before featuring musical performances, dancers and models in front of a studio audience. Every fashion show will be built around a weekly challenge that is designed to further develop and expand the designers' brands.
The series will feature clothes designed for America to buy, and it has enlisted three of the world's top retailers to help in the decision-making process. Caprice Willard (Macy's), Terron E. Schaefer (Saks Fifth Avenue) and Nicole Christie (H&M) will serve as the judges who make on-the-spot decisions as they vie for the right to purchase and exclusively carry the work of the up-and-coming designers each week.
At the end of each episode, America will have the chance to immediately purchase the winning designs showcased on the episode that week. What viewers see on TV that night will be on the streets and in stores immediately. With just a single trip down the runway, "Fashion Star" will change the lives and fortunes of these aspiring designers forever.
Each week, designers who do not sell any of their items to the buyers will be up for elimination. In addition, celebrity mentors Simpson, Richie and Varvatos will be able to save one of these designers from the chopping block.
The fashion designers featured on the show will include everyone from the stay-at-home mom who makes her own clothes to sell at the local community market to the recent design school graduate who has held jobs with major design houses to an engineer who became a self-taught designer. Many of the contestants will come to the competition with their own existing lines and will be challenged to take their brand to the next level. All the contestants will be put to the test to see how they react in a variety of real-world scenarios to determine who has the vision and desire to build a fashion empire and achieve his or her dream. With top experts as their guides and mentors throughout the process, designers will have to be as adept in the business of fashion as they are in their creativity as it's up to them to make their brand a national reality.
In the end, one designer will successfully combine fashion and business to become the next Fashion Star and will receive the prize of a lifetime - $6,000,000 in orders for capsule collections in Macy's, H&M and Saks Fifth Avenue stores.
The "Fashion Star" format was developed by Ben Silverman of Electus (NBC's "The Biggest Loser," "The Office" and "The Tudors"), Rick Ringbakk of Emmy Award-winning 5x5 Media ("Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution"), and E.J. Johnston and James Deutch of EJD Productions.
The show is executive-produced by Elle Macpherson, Ben Silverman of Electus, Jane Lipsitz and Dan Cutforth of The Magical Elves, Rick Ringbakk of 5x5 Media, and EJ Johnston and James Deutch of EJD Productions. Electus/Engine Distribution will retain all international distribution rights


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DeKALB – Bob Brown has been watching the momentum for the DeKalb County Democratic Party build for years.
Brown, a DeKalb Democrat and District 6 County Board member, said his party is positioned to expand on its election gains of 2012, when the Democrats balanced the County Board with an even 12-12 member split. Brown and other local Democrats partially credit newer residents from DuPage and Cook counties with recent electoral successes, although local Democrats have seen fewer successes in countywide races.
"Our goal is to elect the majority of Democrats for 2014," Democratic Party Chairman Mark Pietrowski said. "A lot of it is just campaigning and having candidates put themselves out for letting the voters decide."
Democrats had majority control of the board from 2004 to 2010; the board had been under Republican control for 26 years before then, Pietrowski said. When Republicans regained control in 2010, they were able to redraw County Board districts, but election results in 2012 were not entirely in their favor.
But in the past 13 years, Democrats have won a contested countywide races six times. Three of those were in 2012, when President Barack Obama gave Democrats a big boost at the top of the ticket in Illinois. The other three wins all came from State's Attorney Ron Matekaitis, who now is a local judge.
In 2010, Republicans swept the countywide races, with Clay Campbell beating Democrat Sarah Gallagher Chami for state's attorney and Republican John Acardo beating Democrat Jim Luebke for county clerk. Republican candidates for treasurer, sheriff and regional superintendent of schools were uncontested.
This year, only two Democrats have submitted petitions for a countywide race.
Trent Taylor, of DeKalb, is competing with Denise Ii, of Sandwich, for the nomination for County Clerk and Recorder. The winner will face Republican Douglas Johnson, who was appointed to the job in 2013.
So far, Republican Sheriff Roger Scott and Treasurer Christine Johnson are seeking re-election unopposed, although Democrats have several months to pick candidates to run against them.
Steve Kuhn, chairman of the DeKalb County Republicans, figures Scott and Johnson will be tough to beat, but he expects the makeup of the County Board will remain close with half the 24 seats up for election in November.
"I wouldn't speculate one way or another," Kuhn said. "I think it's going to be 11-13; it could be 12-12."
The Republican Party doesn't get too involved with local primary races, but Kuhn expects the four-way Republican primary race for governor will bring local Republicans to the polls in March. The trick will be encouraging local Republicans to keep turning out on Election Day.
"If you look at the real numbers, the Republicans still outnumber the Democrats [in DeKalb County,]" Kuhn said. "We just have to get them out to vote."
While Kuhn expects public dissatisfaction with Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and President Barack Obama might help local Republicans in November, Brown figures local demographic changes are helping Democrats. During the 1990s and the 2000s there were people moving into the county from eastern counties such as DuPage and Cook, Brown said.
"They certainly have found the overall quality of life to be attractive in DeKalb County," Brown said. "[Northern Illinois University] is a major draw not only terms of education but culturally and in terms of athletics."
He said that's one way a party can help by providing volunteers and events where they meet the public face to face.
"Because of our size, and of DeKalb County, and not having an overwhelming population compared to some of the counties to the east ... We'll have a candidates night and give the candidates a chance to meet and greet the people," he said.


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The unique artistic vision that is Santigold burst onto the scene with her debut album in 2008. Back then the Philadelphia-born Santi White was known as Santogold, but in 2009 she changed to her current moniker. She's written for other artists including Lily Allen and Ashlee Simpson, but now she's got a new record Master of My Make Believe, as well as single Disparate Youth. The 35-year-old is an intimidating solo performer, but she's also known for her collaborations. I asked her to recall her favourites (both her own and others).
Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith - Walk This Way
I remember being so excited as a little kid about the video. Back then, hip-hop was new and that crazy hair band look was so insane. Coming through the hole with that hair and the lips, visually it was amazing, but the merging of rock and hip-hop at the time was pretty groundbreaking.
Santigold and David Byrne - Please Don't
I worked with David Byrne on a song for his record. Just the fact that it was David Byrne who was coaching me on how he wanted it was the most amazing thing because he's one of my heroes. That he even wanted me for his project was a compliment. He said my show was the best show he'd ever seen and it just blew me away. He's seen so many and his own shows are the most amazing. It pretty much made my year.
Amadou & Mariam (feat. Santigold) - Dougou Badia
I just worked with Amadou and Mariam. That was really special because it was so outside of what I normally do. They're a blind couple from Mali. They compose on an acoustic guitar. We're sitting in a hotel room on the bed playing guitar. They're wanting me to sing along. They wrote the part on the spot and I was like, 'can I go and do something on my computer?' Once we got into it, it really came alive.
David Bowie and Queen - Under Pressure
It's a masterful piece of music, a piece of artwork to aspire to. I didn't even really know who Queen was. I don't think that Freddie Mercury is really one of the people who've influenced me, but I was watching some old VH1 footage of Queen and he's an amazing performer.
This is the best collaboration ever. For a whole album, or period of a career. It's one of those magic combinations that works so well. Sometimes you've got this chemistry.
Master of My Make Believe is out on 23rd April. Disparate Youth is out now.


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By Ben Levisohn
China's solar stocks are trading higher this morning, led by Suntech Power (STP), which announced that some convertible-bond holders had agreed to defer principal repayment once again. The Wall Street Journal reports:
Suntech Power Holdings Co. reached a new forbearance agreement with the majority of holders of the company's 3% convertible notes, giving the solar-panel maker more time to work on its restructuring plans. A principal payment of $541 million was due on March 15, but the signing bondholders agreed not to exercise their rights under the notes and the related indenture until June 28, subject to certain criteria.
Suntech has gained 13% to 66 cents today.
LDK Solar (LDK), meanwhile, filed its audited annual report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today. PV-Tech, a trade website, has the goods:
Struggling LDK Solar has reported a net loss of US$1.05 billion in 2012, the starkest figure in an annual report containing volumes of negative financial figures.
The technically bankrupt PV manufacturer made a loss from operations of US$807.7 million and a gross loss of US$352.5. Gross margin was negative 40.86% in 2012.
The company exited 2012 with only US$98.28 million in cash and cash equivalents but did have pledged bank deposits of US$167.1 million.
Still, LDK has gained 7.3% to $1.47 today, perhaps because it said it is seeking more cash from Chinese banks in order to stay in business.
Other solar winners include Yingli Green Energy (YGE), which has jumped 8.9% to $2.57, Trina Solar (TSL), which has gained 9.7% to $5.94, and JA Solar (JASO), which has risen 8.8% to $5.81.


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A West Chicago man who prosecutors say lured two young neighbor girls into his home with candy is accused of molesting them and taking pornographic photos of the children.
Jose Guerrero, 47, was being held in the DuPage County jail Wednesday on $750,000 bail. He faces charges of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child.
Authorities said Guerrero used candy to repeatedly lure two neighbor girls, ages 7 and 8, into his home over the summer. He is accused of molesting both children and taking nude photos of them. Prosecutors said the photos were found on a camera recovered from a boiler room at Guerrero's apartment building on the 300 block of Clayton Street.
Both girls described the alleged attacks to investigators. Authorities said one girl was molested six times. Guerrero also confessed, according to prosecutors.
He appeared in bond court Tuesday before Judge Karen Wilson. He would have to post $75,000 to be released.
Guerrero's next court date is Nov. 13 before Judge Daniel Guerin. Arraignment is Dec. 3.


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Here is a studio book by the Viking Press NY 1970. I like to paint and draw, and do other arts and crafts, this is a great book to have. Really a lot of wonderful stuff in here. I love this book I found it for a dollar. It is an old library book, but it is worth a hundred times what I paid.
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Lesser travelers might think twice about departing on an overseas trip this week, what with an American-led war poised to begin and a mysterious virus traversing the globe.
But there's not much that is "lesser" about Scott Woolums and John Rust, and this is no ordinary overseas trip. Woolums, who owns Adventures International, a Hood River-based adventure travel company specializing in treks and mountain climbs around the world, and Rust, an inveterate mountain climber and guide, leave Thursday to lead a small group of climbers to the Mt. Everest region of Nepal. Woolums and three of his clients will attempt to summit Mt. Everest sometime in May while Rust will lead three other climbers to Camp IV on Mt. Everest.
This is Woolums' third time guiding a climb on the world's highest mountain. Last year, he made it to the summit for the first time, along with one of his three clients.
For Rust, who has guided several other trips for Adventures International, this will be his first trip to Everest.
The two worked feverishly on Monday to pack tents, sleeping bags, climbing gear and food.
"Most of our stuff is already in Nepal," Woolums said. "We have about 400 pounds of gear over there." Along with Woolums and Rust, Adventures International office manager Yvette Blanchette will lead a trek into Base Camp. In addition to three clients, Blanchette's two kids, Josh, 18, and Erin, 14, will accompany her.
On top of orchestrating all the Everest region trips, Woolums has had to deal with the logistics of getting three separate reams of gear packed according to which trip each is supposed to end up on.
"Some of this stuff will get packed and we won't see it again until we get to Base Camp" in early April, Woolums said. Other gear, for the trekkers, will be needed as early as next week. "We have to make sure it's the right stuff."
Much of what could be called the "right stuff" for this year's expedition has to do with technology. Woolums has an amazing array of communications devices to take with him — ranging from satellite phones and satellite modem connections to laptop computers, pocket PCs and digital cameras. Solar panels, gel cell batteries and generators will provide power.
"We're going to have a fully wireless network at Base Camp," Woolums said. "Our high-speed Internet connection should be the fastest connection on the mountain." There are even about 30 DVD movies being packed in.
"Now showing at Camp Woolums...," Rust joked as he packed equipment into duffel bags. The movies, along with a stack of thick paperback novels will serve as boredom-busters during the long days of acclimatization. The climbers will spend weeks getting their bodies used to the oxygen-deprived air by interspersing days at Base Camp with forays to higher camps and back. Base Camp is at 17,500 feet. A series of camps — II through IV — serve as staging areas between Base Camp and the summit of Mt. Everest, at 29,035 feet.
For Woolums and his group, an attempt at the mountain's summit will depend in large part on a hoped-for weather window that could happen any time during a three-week period in May. Last year, Woolums and more than 50 other climbers made it to the summit on May 16. The so-called weather window, when conditions are optimal for reaching the summit, usually lasts only a day or two — and sometimes never happens at all.
Woolums and his teams will get a lot of help during all stages of their trips from the native Sherpas, who do everything from shuttling equipment to ever higher positions on the mountain to cooking in the elaborate "kitchens" set up at Base Camp.
"Sherpas are one of only two peoples in the world who have adapted to high elevations," Woolums said. "They're super human." While Woolums and his fellow climbers might spend a day climbing from Base Camp to a higher camp and back, Woolums said, the Sherpas will climb up and back several times between multiple camps ferrying loads of equipment.
"They're truly the guys who make it happen," said Woolums, who has become close friends with many Sherpas during his expeditions in Nepal. "You can't give them enough credit."
Woolums and his teams will be among what could be the largest contingent of climbers ever on Mt. Everest. This year marks 50 years since the mountain was first summited by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa on May 29, 1953, and the anniversary is attracting more than the usual number of climbers. Woolums expects there could be more than 400 climbers at Base Camp this year — about 100 more than last year.
Woolums takes it all in stride.
"It's a big mountain," he said. "People spread out."
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Due to huge industrial ecology as well as hardware and software support, NXP has introduced the 100% focused 32-bit ARM architecture low power consumption (LPC) series MicroController Unit (MCU) with low pin count, low power consumption, and low cost simplified system design that can be used for intelligent industrial control applications such as outdoor lighting equipment, factory automation, equipment HMI human interface devices, elevator/lift controls, touch applications, smart grid/ammeter, and smart indoor lighting.
NXP also provides a complete set of development tools, evaluation boards and software libraries, abundant third-party software development/debugging tools, and community support to enable the rapid develop a variety of intelligent industrial applications by the industry….
Intelligent industrial control applications that are 100% focused on ARM architecture
Jeff Liu, technical marketing manager of NXP Semiconductors (NXP) in Taiwan, indicated that NXP's LPC series MCU is fully focused on industrial control/embedded applications, which is 100% dedicated to the 32-bit ARM processors. The MCU adopts an extendable 32-bit ARM core architecture and enjoys software/hardware intellectual property (IP) reusability/portability made possible by the extensive ARM industry ecology, which enables a fast-growing industrial ecosystem with community and technical support. NXP provides the LPCXpresso development tools, free open source codes, and third-party vendor support. The award-winning innovation enables connectivity, flexibility, integration, packaging, power efficiency, ease of use, and long service life.
The Cortex M0 ARM was launched for low-power embedded applications, and the even-lower power consuming Cortex M0+ core was further introduced during late 2012. Focusing on the alternative market for the 8/16bit MCU, NXP has launched LPC800, LPC1100 (Cortex M0) that have 110 μAmp/MHz low-power consumption running in active mode; adopt TSSOP, SO, and DIP packages; and provide the LPC1100 designed ultra-small WL CSP module package (2mm x 2mm) that make these models ideal for active cable applications. NXP has also introduced a comprehensive series of products for the USB market segment ranging from the low cost LPC1100 and LPC1300 to LPC1700, LPC1800, and LPC4300. The USB driver codes for these products can be built-in into the internal ROM and free software and technical support are also available. The LCD Controller supports 1024x768 resolution and 24bbp color to provide a complete product for the market segment, such as the high-end LPC1700, LPC1800, and LPC4300. Free LCD software libraries are also available. NXP has introduced the fastest 180MHz Cortex-M3, 204MHz Cortex-M4 microprocessor products to meet the performance demands of embedded applications. The LPC4300 adopts the Coretex-M4 plus Cortex-M0 dual-core unique design.
Under the present industrial interconnection scheme, outdoor lights/lighting equipment, smart meters, and indoor elevators are connected to the control room via cloud control or a wired method; automated factory machines and equipment are also connected to the control room via the PLC programmable logic control gate through Ethernet; and household automation includes using Zigbee to provide wireless controlled intelligent lighting. These embedded applications include point-of-sale (POS) devices, PLC controller, human machine interface (HMI) on machines, car alarms, etc.
The LPC178x/1800/4300 series PLC controllers specifically designed for HMI applications have the maximum 1024x768 LCD display capacity and maximum 204MHz clock; Ethernet, USB, and UART connectivity; as well as rapid assessment and development kit provided for R&D. The LPC178x/1800 specifically developed for elevator control is equipped with a 7-inch LCD display module, uses CAN Bus to replace the old RS-485 interface, and uses a simple system architecture to reduce design as well as FPGA and BOM meter costs.
Touch applications such as the LPC1700 series support device firmware upgrades from USB (USB DFT), provide dual SPI port and high-performance CPU data operations, have low-power consumption, and are certified by the USB specification. Smart grid/smart meter product planning includes the EM773/783 plug meter, LPC122x 1-ph meter, LPC122x entry-level collector, LPC2000/LPC17xx 3-ph meter, LPC18xx/ LPC40xx data collector, and LPC43xx/LPC32xx concentrator applications.
The LPC series provide CFL and LED intelligent lighting solutions that allow iPad/iPhones to control lights through switches, touch control capacitive switches, and wireless light sockets. In addition, there is also the TCP/IP to JenNet gateway wired intelligent lighting solution.
Blueprint for the LPC series embedded MicroController products
Liu also illustrated NXP's blueprint for the LPC series embedded MCU products. NXP's LPC series controllers have accumulated 10 years of the ARM core R&D experiences and are divided into the entry level LPC Go series, the mainstream LPC Connect series, and the high performance LPC Connect/Turbo and LPC Command series. Their clock frequencies range between 30, 50, 70, 72, 100, 120, 125, 180, and 204 MHz; they have between 8 and 296 pins, and their flash memories range between 4KB to 1MB.
LPC Go come in LPC800/1100/1100LV/11E00/131x/210x models; adopts the Cortex M0/M3/ARM7 core architecture; has frequencies ranging between 30, 45, 50, 70, and 72 MHz; has reduced system power consumption and design costs; can replace the 8/16 bit MCU and be rapidly incorporated into the market; and adopts the 8 to 64 pin design as well as the 4KB to 128KB flash memory capacity. Liu indicated that the LPC800 series is further divided into five different models: LPC800M021FN8, LPC811M001FDH16, LPC812M101FDH16, LPC812M101FD20, and LPC812M101FDH20. These models adopt the Cortex M0+ core architecture, 2-stage pipeline, and single-cycle I/O design and can provide 0.93DMIPS/MHz of execution performance.
The LPC Connect series LPC11Uxx/LPC11Cxx/11A00/1200/134x/213x/214x also adopt the Cortex M0/M3/ARM7 architecture with a 50/60/72MHz frequency, USB and CAN bus controller or Segment LCD display, connectivity, 20 to 64 pin design, and 16KB to 512KB of flash capacity. Liu indicated that the CAN bus controller equipped LPC11Cxx series is comprised of the LPC11C12, LPC11C14, LPC11C22, and LPC11C24 models; and the non-CAN transceiver LPC11C1x series such as the LPC11C00 with LPC1700 can be used for robotic automation applications in factories. LPC1800 and LPC4300 connected to LPC1700 through a CAN Bus or RS-485 can serve as a programmable logic controller (PLC) application.
The high performance LPC ConnectPlus series include LPC407x/408x/1700/2300/2400 models that adopt Cortex M3/M4/ARM7 core architecture with the faster 72/100/120MHz frequency, provide USB plus Ethernet/LCD/CAN bus controller, 80 to 208 pin design, and 32KB to 512KB of flash capacity. Liu mentioned that the LPC177x/8x and LPC407x/8x series in conjunction with an LCD display module can be applied to HMI devices for machine equipment or household automation control devices.
Blueprint for LPC dual-core embedded processor
The LPC ConnectTurbo series is comprised of the LPC1800/4300/2900 models. It has the fastest clock frequency combinations of 125/180/204MHz; provides optimal integration options such as HS USB, LCD, CAN with Ethernet and DSP instruction set acceleration; and diverse designs such as 144 to 256 pin numbers and 512KB/768KB/1MB flash memory capacities. These chips can be applied to wireless walkie-talkies, factory/laboratory testing machines, electronic medical equipment, and wireless network base stations/infrastructures.
Liu specifically introduced the LPC43xx series comprised of the following 11 models - LPC4312/4313/4315/4317/4322/4323/4327/4333/4337/4353/4357. The entire series adopt the optimal 204MHz Cortex M4+Cortex M0 large and small dual-core design, are equipped with field magnetic oriented control (FOC) required for motor control, and provide features such as circuit and industrial control bus controllers, high-speed SPI flash interface that connects to serial flash in order to accelerate firmware read and execution speeds, state configurable timer, and serial GPIO serialization signal line control.
The LPC Command series is comprised of the LPC3100 and LPC3200 models that adopt ARM9 micro core architecture with the clock frequency of up to 266MHz. These models can execute high-end operating systems such as Linux and have 180 and 296 pin number package options as well as the external flash memory (flashless) designs.
LPC development engineering suite and third-party products/community support
Liu explained that the first step to develop the NXP LPC MCU for intelligent industrial control applications is to select the optimal software development platform. NXP provides the LPCXpresso integrated development environment (IDE) with the maximum firmware code compilation capacity of 128KB. There are also third party IDEs such as Keil/ARM MDK, Embedded Workbench from IAR, Red Suite from Code_Red, Crossworks from Rowley, TrueStudio from Atollic, and other GNU open source compiler software.
The hardware debugger is supported by NXP's LPCLink (on LPCXpresso development board), Segger Company's J-Link, IAR/Signum's I-Jet/JTAGjet, Keil/ARM ULink2, Code Red Company's Red Probe, Hitex Company's Tantino, and Lauterbach Company's Trace32.
The evaluation/development board is comprised of NXP's LPCXpresso board and built-in LPCLink debug cable/kit combined with the previously mentioned LPCXpresso IDE to provide the lowest embedded engineering assessment costs/development platform for the clients. At present, the LPCXpresso forum has more than 1,000 registered members. In addition, NXP also provides the mbed rapid engineering prototype boards with built-in LPC1768 and LPC11U24 MCUs, which has shipped over 15,000 units; and the NGX Xplorer evaluation/development boards with built-in LPC1800/LPC4300 MCUs. In addition, other evaluation/development boards include those developed by Embedded Artists, IAR, Keil/ARM, Code Red, Hitex, Embest, and NGX.
Regarding a free software library; NXP provides open source, nxpUSBlib library for USB control, Free Lightweight IP (LWIP) library for Ethernet network control, and emWin graphics library for GUI interface. Regarding real time operating systems (RTOS); μC/OSII or μC/OSIII developed by FreeRTOS and Micrium or μCLinux developed by EmCraft are free and downloadable online.
Finally, regarding technical support; NXP has established the LPCware.com website to provide education and training, software and driver download, engineering schematics, development tool download, FAQ, and design technique discussion and information. Educational training video clips are also available at the lpczone channel on YouTube. Finally, NXP LPC microprocessor discussion information can also be found in social networking sites such as Yahoo, Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook as well as exclusive community websites such as LPCware, LPCXPRESSO, and mbed.
Jeff Liu, technical marketing manager of NXP Semiconductors (NXP) in Taiwan


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Objective: To review clinical outcomes for patients with high grade gliomas (WHO Grades 3 and 4) who have undergone temporal lobectomy or wide local excision (WLE) with particular attention to rates of recurrence within temporal lobectomy resection bed, and to assess the potential impact of this surgical approach on the design of postoperative radiotherapy treatment volumes. Method: We reviewed outcomes for 17 patients with diagnosis of high grade glioma located in temporal lobe who underwent either wide local excision (WLE, 18 procedures in 13 patients) or formal temporal lobectomy (5 procedures in 4 patients). Location of recurrence was identified for each, and classified as involving or not involving temporal lobectomy resection cavity. STANDARD and MODIFIED (temporal lobectomy resection cavity subtracted from CTV46Gy and CTV60Gy) treatment plans were generated for each patient with intensity modified radiotherapy (IMRT). Dosimetric data were collected for each plan and compared. Results: Only 1/5 of patients suffered recurrence following temporal lobectomy (none in temporal lobectomy resection cavity) with median follow up 27.3 months. 16/17 (94.1%) of recurrences after WLE involved temporal lobe). MODIFIED IMRT plans reduced dose to all critical organs versus while providing equivalent PTV coverage. Conclusions: Following temporal lobectomy, we identified no recurrences within the temporal lobectomy resection cavity, suggesting that this region might safely be excluded from postoperative radiotherapy planning treatment volumes. With IMRT, this improves ability to spare critical normal structures.
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