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Ga. city passes measure requiring gun ownership
The Nelson, Ga., City Council voted 5-0 to require every household to have a gun and ammunition, unless the residents of the household opt out. VPC
The ordinance exempts residents who object to gun ownership.
The Nelson (Ga.) City Council has unanimously passed a measure requiring every household to have a gun and ammunition.
Council members approved the Family Protection Ordinance — which requires every head of household to "to maintain a firearm, together with ammunition" — in a 5-0 vote Monday night, WXIA reported.
However, residents of the small city 50 miles north of Atlanta can opt out of the measure if they object to gun ownership. In addition, the ordinance also exempts convicted felons and those who suffer from certain physical or mental disabilities. There is no penalty for those who don't comply with the law.
Councilman Duane Cronic, who sponsored the measure, said he knows the ordinance won't be enforced but he still believes it will make the town safer.
"I likened it to a security sign that people put up in their front yards. Some people have security systems, some people don't, but they put those signs up," he said. "I really felt like this ordinance was a security sign for our city. Basically it was a deterrent ordinance to tell potential criminals they might want to go on down the road a little bit."
According to the council's agenda, the purpose of the ordinance is in "opposition of any future attempt by the federal government to confiscate personal firearms."
Resident Lamar Kellett told WXIA that his town is going too far.
"What's the point?" asked Kellett. "By their own admission this is a sham. It's just for play."
Contributing: The Associated Press


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DENVER — Salary arbitration has been collectively bargained since 1974. It has been misunderstood for nearly as long. Currently baseball clubs control the contracts of almost all players with zero to three years of major league experience. There is an exception made for "Super Two" players who are eligible for arbitration if they played at least 86 days in the previous season and are among the top 17 percent in cummulative playing time in the group of controllable players.
Players with three years of experience can file for salary arbitration until they are eligible for free agency after their sixth full season. Below I have listed the Rockies' potential arbitration-eligible players as provided this week by the players association. Remember, on this list, the Rockies have approached Huston Street about a multi-year deal and will do the same with Clint Barmes.
Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd said that they will now only look only for a one-year deal for pitcher Jorge De La Rosa. Garrett Atkins is expected to be released sometime before Nov. 20. The Rangers and Orioles are among the teams who have mild interest at this point. Ryan Spilborghs is a potential trade candidate if the Rockies elect to keep Matt Murton instead. The Phillies had strong interest in Spilborghs last summer and could renew their pursuit.
Spilborghs, Chris Iannetta, Jason Hammel and Matt Murton are all first-time eligible, leading to significant raises from their previous minimum salaries of roughly $400,000.
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1) Garrett Atkins, 5.072
2) Taylor Buchholz 3.140
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4) Jorge de la Rosa 5.015
5) Jason Hammel 2.153
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7) Murton, Matt 3.004
8) Ryan Spilborghs 3.072
9) Huston Street 5.000
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Nineteen-Twenty Pick-Me-Up Cocktail
2/3 Pernod Absinthe. (1 1/2 oz Henri Bardouin Pastis)
1/3 Gin. (3/4 oz Beefeater's Gin)
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
1 Dash Orange Bitters. (1 dash Angostura Orange Bitters)
1 Dash Gomme Syrup. (1/3 tsp. Rich Simple Syrup)
Shake well, strain into medium size wine-glass, and fill balance with soda water.
We've discussed "Absinthe" quite a bit previously, most recently on the Nine Pick and Monkey Gland Cocktails.
The question here is, "What would this cocktail have been made with? True Absinthe or a Wormwood free substitute like Pernod or Ricard?"
As we noted before, Absinthe was banned in most countries between 1910 and 1915. Therefore, in pretty much any cocktail recipe which dates from 1920 through to 2006 and calls for "Absinthe", the author really means Pernod or Ricard.
Fortunately, in the case of this cocktail it is an easy call. The name suggests it is from 1920 and it uses the term "Pernod Absinthe" in the recipe. 1920 was the year France once again allowed anise flavored liqueurs to be manufactured and sold. Pernod et fils was one of the first out of the gate with a wormwood-free reformulation of its Absinthe.
So, yeah, this recipe should be made with a Wormwood-free anise flavored liqueur.
I'm using Henri Bardouin Pastis, which is one of my favorite Wormwood-free Anise flavored beverages. It's a bit less sweet and more complex than Pernod, Herbsaint, or Ricard. The only downside to using Bardouin Pastis in cocktails is that some of the flavoring oils have a tendency to drop out of solution when it is shaken with ice and chilled rapidly. It's still tasty, but the oils float to the top and form an ugly white film.
The big difference between Absinthe and most of the Wormwood-free substitutes, aside from the lack of Artemesia absinthium in the botanicals, is the presence of sugar in the product.
When making an Absinthe drip, most people add at least some sugar. When Pernod et fils developed their new products post-ban, it seems like they made a conscious decision to make the Absinthe ritual simpler. They added sugar to the products in the bottle. So instead of dripping water over sugar into the Absinthe, all you had to do was add water.
You can make this cocktail with Absinthe or with a Wormwood-free substitute. Simply take into consideration the lack of sugar in the Absinthe and go a bit heavier on the Sugar Syrup.
For some reason, maybe it's the large portion of Absinthe, someone inevitably orders one of these every time we do Savoy Cocktail Book night at Alembic Bar. It's hard to mind too much, as the soda sort of mitigates the large portion of spirits. Anyway, if you like Absinthe, it's actually quite a pleasant drink to sip on a hot day.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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The motoscope tiny is a very small analogue instrument. It measures the speed digitally and indicates it precisely with a stepper motor and a pointer. The installation diameter of 49 mm and the depth of only 24 mm provides completely new possibilities for the integration. The billet housing made from aluminum is totally waterproof and vibration resistant. Ingenious technology makes the classical look possible without compromises. The dial completely gets by without display cut-out and LC-Display. The display of digital values is achieved from a LED display that shines only in the switched ON state from the back of the dial. Thus looks the motoscope tiny persuasive in a classic style and uses digital technology extremely unobtrusively. Functions: •Speed indication up to 200 km/h (or mph) by pointer •Speed higher than 200 is displayed numerically in the LED display (km/h or mph), T •Trip odo (km or mi) •Total odo (km or mi) •Maximum speed (km/h or mph) •NEW! on-board voltage •Time •4 LED indicator lights
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Prep notebook: 18 in-staters nominated for all-American volleyball teams
The American Volleyball Coaches Association released its watch list of 646 players its all-american teams, and it includes 18 from Colorado.
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Marnell Brown's phone rang an hour before midnight. A 17-year-old youth had been shot and killed not far from his office in West Garfield Park, one of Chicago's poorest and most violent neighborhoods. Some of the teen's friends were gathered a few blocks away, the caller said. They wanted to strike back.
Mr. Brown went to stop them. "So far we have a casualty, one lost," he remembers telling them. "You're willing to go to war? You'll lose more. And what about civilians? Are you prepared for that – friends and neighbors, brothers and sisters? You may hit your target. But when they come to retaliate, they ... might hit your mother or sister."
As cities struggle to curb gun violence, more of them are turning to people like Marnell Brown. A former gang member who spent much of his adulthood in prison, Brown works on some of Chicago's most ruthless streets, steering young men away from violence and toward jobs, schools, drug treatment, and more stable lives. At times he and his colleagues try to restrain agitated, angry, and often drug-addled youths from the kind of retaliatory violence that characterizes much gang conflict.
"You have a lot of guys in a pretty bad condition, guys going through emotional stuff," he says. "They don't know how to handle it."
Gun violence, especially involving gangs, continues to baffle many cities. Gang-related killings soared from the 1970s until the mid-1990s and has remained high ever since. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, homicide is the leading cause of death among African-Americans ages 10 to 24.
"A lot of communities are really trying to do something about it, but they don't know what to do," says Jeremy Wilson, a researcher at the RAND Corp.'s Center for Quality Policing who has studied antiviolence efforts in Pittsburgh and other cities.
Tougher policing has been one answer. In Chicago, the police recently announced new measures to cope with a spring upsurge in shootings, such as equipping officers with powerful rifles and sending them in SWAT-like gear into troublesome neighborhoods.
Increasingly, however, cities are looking for strategies that go beyond law enforcement and strike at the causes of gun violence. These strategies typically involve helping communities resist violence from within and weaning young men from reliance on gangs. In Los Angeles, a city that has been struggling with gang warfare for decades, officials have been trying to broaden their approach after a 2006 study found numerous shortcomings in previous antigang efforts, including an overreliance on policing.
"You've got to stop the flow of young people into gangs in the first place," says Jeff Carr, deputy mayor for gang reduction and youth development in L.A. "If you arrest one guy and there are three waiting to take his place, you're not going to solve the problem."
One effort that has attracted attention is the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention and its antiviolence campaign, CeaseFire. Based at the University of Illinois's Department of Public Health, CeaseFire treats gun violence as a public health problem and fights it by trying to change individual behavior and community norms. The police "catch people after they cross the line," says Gary Slutkin, an epidemiologist who started CeaseFire eight years ago. "Our job is to keep them on this side of the line."
Working mainly in poor black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Chicago and its suburbs, CeaseFire promotes nonviolence with such things as leaflets, bumper stickers, and signs announcing how many days have passed since the last shooting. It works with local ministers and other community leaders to organize neighborhood marches, rallies, and vigils after shootings.
Meanwhile, outreach workers recruit and work with a small number of youths deemed most at risk of shooting or getting shot. "Violence interrupters," and sometimes the outreach workers themselves, intervene when violence breaks out, often seeking out a victim's friends and relatives to discourage retaliation.
CeaseFire typically hires ex-gang members who have done prison time, found religion, and joined the campaign to earn a living and give back to their old neighborhoods. It trains them how to resolve conflicts, connect with clients, and stay out of trouble. But their success depends heavily on their insider's knowledge of gang culture and on the credibility they enjoy on the streets.
A slender, personable man of 49, Brown grew up on Chicago's West Side, where he mastered "short cons" like the pigeon drop and three-card monte. He also robbed, beginning with the holdup of a mail carrier when he was 16. He spent almost two decades in prison for a variety of crimes, including armed robbery and aggravated assault. Three years ago, out of prison and working as a drug counselor, he began working for CeaseFire.
Most of Brown's clients are members of local "crews," the small, loosely organized neighborhood gangs that rule Chicago's poor African-American communities. Many have already done jail time. "I have an overwhelming sense of compassion to see guys not go through what I went though," he says.
Brown says violence usually erupts not over drugs, money, or turf but over "just nonsense" – some real or imagined slight, a quarrel over a woman, an old grudge. The victims are often bystanders, including children. Brown tries to get young men to think before they act, often by asking about their families.
"When you talk to people about family, you get in touch with their compassion," he says, and "once the spirit of empathy is aroused, it's hard to miss."
Antiviolence efforts have long been hampered by uncertainty over what really works, experts say. "We have almost no program or policy research on what is effective in addressing the gang problem," says Irving Spergel, a retired University of Chicago professor and an authority on gangs.
A new study out of Northwestern University, however, concludes that CeaseFire has reduced gun violence in many Chicago neighborhoods. The study, released earlier this month, says outreach workers have been especially effective in befriending young gang members.
"After their parents, the outreach workers were named as the most important people in their lives," says Wesley Skogan, the lead researcher.
It's not an easy approach. Many of the young men involved with gangs have acquired little aptitude for work or school. In Los Angeles and elsewhere, outreach workers themselves have sometimes lapsed back into illegal activities.
And public support has been unreliable. Last year, CeaseFire had to close most of its neighborhood offices in Chicago and elsewhere in Illinois after the state legislature cut many social service programs out of the state budget, forcing the campaign to rely largely on private donations.
But CeaseFire remains popular on the streets. Marshall Hatch, pastor of Chicago's New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church and an old ally of the campaign, says local people feel "a sense of pride … when ex-offenders are working on the right side."
And the campaign is expanding beyond Illinois. CeaseFire is in the second year of a four-year effort, financed by the US Justice Department, to replicate its work in other cities, including Newark, N.J.; Kansas City, Mo.; and Baltimore. "If we can use respected people from these communities to change behaviors related to guns, we can save lives as much as a new police strategy," says Joshua Sharfstein, commissioner of Baltimore's health department.
Marnell Brown is still at work. On a recent afternoon, 19-year-old Tyrone Lockett came looking for him at the CeaseFire office on West Chicago Avenue. Mr. Lockett said he had been trying to find work for a year and a half and that Brown was helping him "get his papers in order." Under Brown's guidance he had already found a place in a residential drug treatment program. "I basically just stick to myself, focus on my own business," he said.
For Brown and many others, keeping young men focused on their business and not on guns is one of the keys to making neighborhoods safe. But it takes skill, instinct, and perseverance.
"It's more than talking to you to try to stop you," Brown said before driving off in search of a high school transcript. "I need to keep you stopped. It's easy to stop someone from committing violence. It's hard to keep them from starting again."


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Clinton papers: Concerns over Commerce, Rwanda
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new batch of records from former President Bill Clinton's administration shows the ex-president musing about Republican plans to abolish a federal agency led by a black official, White House concerns about mass killings in Rwanda and political strategizing against former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
The National Archives released 2,000 pages of documents from the Clinton White House on Friday, adding to the thousands of pages that have been unsealed this year, even as former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton weighs a second presidential campaign. The former first lady's new book on her State Department years, "Hard Choices," will be released on Tuesday.
The records, being disseminated through the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas, offer an unvarnished look at the advice Clinton received from top aides during the 1990s. Here's a look at some of the records featured in Friday's release.
FILE - This Jan. 18, 1996 file photo shows President Bill Clinton meets reporters in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. Former President Bill Clinton mused that congressional Republicans wanted to abolish a federal agency because it was headed by a black man, and his administration voiced concerns about the mass killings in Rwanda, according to a new batch of records released Friday. Documents show that during a practice session for his 1996 State of the Union speech, Clinton unloaded on GOP lawmakers who wanted to kill the Commerce Department. Clinton suggested they wanted to get rid of the department because the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown did a better job than corporate executives who had served. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
During a practice session for the 1996 State of the Union speech, Clinton unloaded on congressional Republicans who wanted to close the Commerce Department, which was led by Ron Brown, a longtime Clinton confidante. Brown, the first African-American to lead the federal department, died in an April 1996 plane crash.
"The reason they want to get rid of the Commerce Department is they are foaming at the mouth that Ron Brown is better than all of those Republican corporate executives who got those cheeky jobs because they gave big money to Republican presidential candidates," Clinton told aides. "And here is this black guy who is a better secretary of Commerce than anybody since Herbert Hoover, which he was a success at."
An aide asked Clinton if he wanted to include it in his speech.
"No," Clinton said, "but I mean, they need a rabies shot."
GOP leaders said they wanted to abolish Commerce during budget cuts because many of its programs were obsolete. Democrats blocked the proposal.
Emails from 1994 shed light on difficult internal deliberations over Rwanda. The Clinton administration was slow to react to the mass killings and went to great lengths to avoid calling the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Tutsi and moderate Hutu "genocide." Clinton would later call the U.S. inaction among his biggest regrets.
A May 26, 1994, email by legal adviser Alan Kreczko to Donald Steinberg, who handled the Africa portfolio in Clinton's National Security Council, advised that concluding that "genocide has occurred/is occurring in Rwanda does not create a legal obligation to take particular action to stop it."
But Kreczko said, "making such a determination will increase political pressure to do something about it."
A handwritten memo from Joe Bouchard, a national security official, revealed the high emotions involved as the Clinton White House dealt with the question of whether openly gay service members should be allowed to stay in the military.
Bouchard told White House official Robert Bell called it "a terrible idea" to return a gay soldier to submarine duty after waging a court battle to stay in the service.
"The morale and cohesion of whatever sub he is put on will be destroyed," Bouchard wrote. Clinton later endorsed the "don't ask, don't tell" policy as a compromise for gay service members.
Countering then-Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., was always a top political consideration. In an August 1994 memo, White House aide David Dreyer suggested ways to undercut plans by Gingrich to take a "class picture" of Republican incumbents and challengers seeking control of Congress in that fall's elections — which the GOP did.
Dreyer suggested Democrats hold a House vote on campaign finance reform at the same time as Gingrich's photo and offered other steps to affect coverage.
After Republicans won sweeping victories and Gingrich was House speaker, Clinton joined him for a New Hampshire town hall meeting in 1995, pledging to create a bipartisan commission on lobbying and campaign reform. But weeks later, the president's aides were concerned it could backfire.
If the commission failed to come about, speechwriter Michael Waldman said the White House "will not be able to avoid the blame."
R.C. Hammond, a spokesman for Gingrich, declined to comment Friday.
A 1993 plea for more money from the Department of Veterans Affairs secretary shows the deep roots of the current complaints about veterans' medical care.
VA Secretary Jesse Brown told budget director Leon Panetta his agency needed a $1.3 billion increase for 1994, and worried decisions were being made without assessing harm to veterans.
Separately, a letter from Brown to Clinton suggesting that the VA and other agencies be allowed promote modest bills seemed to irk White House policy aide Bill Galston. As an example, Brown cited legislation to improve services for homeless veterans — an issue being pushed today by President Barack Obama's White House.
"The last thing we need," Galston fumed in a 1993 internal memo, is "more special interest-oriented freelancing by departments and agencies."
A memo prepared by Clinton aide Ron Klain during the Supreme Court confirmation of Stephen Breyer offered an unvarnished assessment of key members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Current Chairman Pat Leahy, D-Vt., "can be prickly if ignored." Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and the late Arlen Specter, R-Pa., can both be "difficult and stubborn."
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, however, was "ready to defend Breyer to the death." At issue was a controversy over Breyer's payment of back taxes.
Then-Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., was adamant that Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty remain independent despite Clinton's plan to consolidate the nation's international broadcasting services in 1993.
Clinton administration officials expressed worries that if they didn't accommodate the current vice president's concerns, they feared "an unhappy Biden with a long memory" if he became chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee." Biden took the helm in 2001.
Associated Press writers Bradley Klapper, Connie Cass and Stephen Braun in Washington and Kelly Kissel and Chuck Bartels in Little Rock, Arkansas, contributed to this report.
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Over the past decade or so, Penn State administrators have worked hard to provide a state-of-the-art learning environment for students at all campuses. At University Park and Altoona, business students have the benefit of a Wall Street trading simulator for use in their classes. Nursing and medical students at several campuses learn in simulation labs featuring advanced mobile human patient simulators that move, breathe, live and die realistically, to give students as close to a human experience as they can get during their training.
Communications students create their news stories in studios that rival those of commercial radio and TV stations. An upgrade to Borland Laboratory in 2004 led not only to a new and improved Creamery, but also to the installation of intermediate-scale processing and manufacturing equipment, plus a state-of-the-art teaching laboratory and a classroom, enabling students to learn on the same equipment they would see in the workplace. Students in the College of Information Sciences and Technology work in a Red Cell Analytics Lab to develop solutions to a wide range of security and risk problems with the aid of cutting-edge technology.
It is facilities such as these that enable Penn State to offer the high-quality educational experience that has it ranked No. 8 among all public national universities in the U.S. News & World Report "2014 Best Colleges Rankings," No. 50 in the world according to The Center for World University Rankings, and No. 48 on the Kipplinger's list of Best Values in Public Colleges, based on combining outstanding education with economic value.
State-of-the-art facilities not only provide a venue appropriate for teaching in today's world; they also are a factor in drawing top faculty and students to Penn State. "Having a newly renovated space is one of the things that attracted me to come teach at Penn State. Not only is the lab space equipped with materials and instruments that allow the students to learn and practice techniques that are currently used in research labs across the country, but the bright and open environment is inviting and appealing to students as well," said Meredith Defelice, senior lecturer in biochemistry and molecular biology.
Still, there are many older buildings on all of Penn State's campuses that are in need of renovations and upgrades that will bring them on par with the newer facilities.
"We have about 13 million square feet of educational and general building space and about 9 million of it is more than 35 years old. Thirty-five years is an industry standard for reaching a stage of necessary renewal or replacement," said Ford Stryker, associate vice president for Physical Plant. That figure does not address space at Hershey Medical Center, in residence halls or other self-supporting units. Across Penn State's nine residential campuses, more than half of the residence halls are at least 43 years old. At University Park, the average living space is 52 years old. Renovations also are needed to meet mandatory Americans with Disabilities Act modifications.
In recent years, efforts to control costs and keep tuition increases as low as possible caused the University to cut back on the amount of money budgeted for deferred maintenance and some construction projects. For the second consecutive year, last year's budget included no increase in funding for deferred maintenance.
"We have more than $1 billion in deferred maintenance at Penn State, which eventually must be addressed because it can quickly translate into more costly repairs if left to linger too long. This plan for the long-term protection of our physical assets is an investment in our future," said Stryker. "These improved facilities will better serve the teaching and research missions of the University and strengthen Penn State for years to come."
The University's operating budget contributes only modestly to capital construction. Only $2.60 of every $100 of tuition and appropriation goes toward debt service. Construction dollars come principally from capital plan reserves, self-supporting enterprises, hospital revenues for clinical care, student facilities fees, philanthropy, and special releases of capital construction funds from the state.
In the near future, more than $96 million in upgrades and replacements will be needed at University Park alone. This includes upgrades to health and safety systems, mechanical systems and fire/life safety systems, in addition to roofing and piping replacements. Also in the near future, almost $45 million in either upgrades or replacements are needed at other Penn State campuses, including upgrades to security/access controls, heating ventilation and air conditioning systems, interior upgrades and wireless infrastructure, along with roof replacements.
"There is an acute need to upgrade the instructional laboratories for our undergraduate science classes," said Daniel J. Larson, Verne M. Willaman Dean of the Penn State Eberly College of Science. "We are seeing the wonderful results from the renovation project completed three years ago in North Frear Laboratory -- the first in a series of these much-needed upgrades. The renovations scheduled to take place in South Frear, Whitmore and Mueller laboratories will greatly enhance Penn State's teaching and learning environment for science classes that are taken every year by thousands of students from across University Park. The renovations will enable state-of-the-art scientific laboratory experiences in biochemistry and molecular biology, biology and chemistry. These upgrades will greatly enhance the learning experience."
Despite Penn State's reputation as an academic powerhouse in energy science and engineering, the University ranks among the lowest in overall space per full-time-equivalent student of any public university in the Big Ten.
"The maintenance of that reputation will require the replenishment of retiring faculty with the best young professors who are entering the academic workforce. Successful recruitment and retention of those new faculty members will require having the same state-of-the-science laboratories and teaching facilities as our competitors," said William Easterling, dean of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. "Moreover, enrollments in the Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, which occupies the majority of Hosler Building, have tripled over the past five years. Students in the department demand the latest active learning laboratories. We owe it to those students to provide them with those learning technologies. State-of-the-science learning and research facilities can no longer be retro-fitted. Such makes no sense from an economic or functionality standpoint. We literally must start over and redesign the building for the 21st century. The rewards we will reap will pay for the Hosler renovation many times over."
Among the renovations planned are major upgrades to Steidle Building, home to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. "Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) is one of the preeminent internationally acclaimed programs at Penn State that consistently ranks in the top 10 of materials programs. Plans to substantially renovate Steidle Building will ensure that the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and Penn State will continue to have one of the premier departments in materials. The newly renovated building will further strengthen MatSE and thus be a destination for top faculty and student talent," said Gary Messing, head of the department. "The new teaching spaces for 3-D printing, computation and materials processing and testing will enable state of the art education for materials undergraduates."
The new shared research space model in Steidle also aligns the department with the Materials Research Institute cross-disciplinary research model and allows research thrusts in the processing and mechanical behavior of structural materials used in the automotive and energy fields, electrochemical studies that are key to corrosion and energy storage, nanomedicine research, polymer chemistry and physics and finally a new thrust in computational materials, according to Messing.
Whitmore Lab also is on the list of planned facilities upgrades. "If the preliminary plans are approved, general chemistry will be expanding (in Whitmore Lab) from eight labs that can accommodate 216 students, to 10 labs that will provide instruction for 240 students at one time. In addition, an 11th multi-purpose room could be added to provide space for instrumentation, special types of instruction and student projects," said Joseph Keiser, senior lecturer in chemistry and a faculty representative on the planning committee for renovations in Whitmore Lab. As envisioned, the multipurpose room would have space for 24 students, and capacity for live broadcasts regarding lab instruction to any of the 10 general chemistry lab rooms, or to anywhere in the world. "These renovations will enable us to provide high quality lab instruction for the next generation of scientists," he said.
Renovation designs also are in progress for Burrowes Building on Penn State's University Park campus. The original 50,000-square-foot structure was built in 1940 and was expanded with north and south additions in the 1960s. A major part of this renovation project will be a reconfiguration of the architecture, particularly in the 1960s additions, to improve accessibility. The upgrades also will increase the number of offices and replace its utility infrastructure. "We also intend to attain LEED certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) on this project," said Stryker. LEED certification is an industry benchmark for energy efficiency and high performance green design.
"Renovations and upgrades such as these carry large price tags, but they are absolutely necessary to keep Penn State at the forefront of education. We're talking about more than bricks and mortar here. By addressing these facilities needs, what we are doing is investing in the future of our students," said Nick Jones, executive vice president and provost.
"This is an investment that will make the best and brightest students continue to want to come here, and one that will continue to produce graduates that employers want to hire," said Jones. "It's an investment we cannot afford to put off any longer."


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On a recent visit to an English country auction, a buyer obtained a random collection of scrapbooks and diaries belonging to a Victorian lawyer named Sir Thomas Berry Cusack-Smith. Thumbing through one of the scrapbooks, the buyer found the program to the 1882 FA Cup final between Old Etonians and Blackburn Rovers.
The earliest known surviving FA Cup final program, it is expected to fetch around 25,000 pounds ($38,375) at Sotheby's this week.
Sports memorabilia, it seems, is a big business.
Writing in the May 6 edition of The New Yorker, journalist Reeves Wiedeman detailed how in an uncertain investment world – where gold has lost its safe haven footing – the realm of sports memorabilia has become a growing business in the United States, in particular.
Are investors in Britain and beyond also beginning to put their money into sporting items that aren't as vulnerable to market movements?
Graham Budd, who runs Graham Budd Auctions Ltd, is an auctioneer who specializes in sports memorabilia and holds regular sales at Sotheby's. This week's auction will see 993 sporting items up for sale over two days.
Budd says the sports memorabilia market has been growing since the 1990s and hasn't been damaged by the recession. "The market grew up over here in the U.K. during the 1990s," Budd says. "It grew at the same time that Sky Television were putting a lot of money into soccer, and suddenly the media really got a hold of sport and hyped it up and it became a dramatic and glamorous market."
Another reason for increasing investor interest from overseas is departing Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who is credited with broadening soccer's fan base, especially in Asia. Budd says he often gets people from Thailand and South Korea buying up United shirts.
(Read More: Manchester United Manager Ferguson Retires)
Budd says that there has been a slowdown at the lower end of the market since the financial crash, but the higher-end remains strong. "That's really because wealthy people have still got money, and in this day and age where they are getting nothing in their bank, they are looking for alternative ways to spend a bit of money and take a punt here and there," Budd says.
Chris Hayes, sports specialist with Bonhams auction house, concurs with Budd, with the lower end suffering "because the average man on the street has suffered during the recession."
Regarding the high-end of the market - those investors who may be tempted by the pricey 1882 FA Cup final program - the emerging markets, namely Russia and the Middle East, are becoming key growth areas, with investors passionate about sports and with money to spend. Formula One memorabilia is a particular favorite among these buyers.
(Read More: Europe's Richest Soccer Clubs)
Less Risk?
With such popularity from across the globe, especially with soccer (which Budd says is the bread and butter of his business), do sports memorabilia offer investors an area without risk and with constant growth potential?
Hayes says that with quality items, the value should never fall. He cites British boxing legend Henry Cooper and his belts. They sold for 42,000 pounds at Sotheby's in 1993, including commission. Recently, the same set of belts sold for 75,000 pounds, an increase of 33,000 pounds over twenty years.
However, investors have to be careful. According to Hayes, memorabilia relating to England's 1966 World Cup win have not fared so well over the last few years. Budd says that while sports memorabilia have attracted those looking for a solid investment rather than any emotional attachment, buyers still need to be sports savvy.
(Read More: Rangers FC—The Best Investment in Soccer?)
"You still have to make judgement calls about what you're buying and what would be a good investment," Budd explains. "There's a rail of soccer shirts over there and you have to pick the players that people will still be remembering and talking about in ten, twenty and fifty years' time, rather than the guys that are big today and forgotten tomorrow. You can only do that if you're passionate about the sport."
For example, two signed and framed Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie Manchester United shirts could lose value if Rooney leaves the club, as is rumored. "In the short term, it would be bad, because they are no longer a partnership," Budd says. "In the future, people may forgive him for leaving the club."
Best Buys
So for those seeking to ensure a solid sporting investment, how do you approach the market? "The things that sell the best and are worth the most are items that absolutely identify success on the sporting field," Budd says, "and that's usually a medal or a trophy.
"It's the sort of thing you can pick up and touch; that is what all that effort and achievement was about."
If you want to avoid the tribalism of soccer clubs in particular, national team items are much better: a van Persie Netherlands shirt would be more of a healthy investment than one of his from his Arsenal days.
While most shirts range from 400 to 800 pounds, it's clear that a "winning item" - one that denotes sporting success as well as history - is where the real money is. The shirt Eric Cantona wore in the 1996 FA Cup final against Liverpool, where he scored the winning goal, is expected to fetch between 8-12,000 pounds.
And what should U.K. investors in particular avoid?
"The one thing we can't sell over here is American sports. If I get an inquiry about that I would immediately advise them to find 'me' in America, whoever he or she may be," Budd admits.


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Two months ago I did a simultaneous review with two other bloggers, Steve Ury and Tim Read. Steve's (or Sku as he goes by) website is Recent Eats and Tim's is Scotch and Ice Cream. We had a little fun with the collaboration review of Rebel Yell and thought it might be time to do another. So here we are.
The subject of this review is Wild Turkey 101 Rye Whiskey. Recently it surfaced that Wild Turkey was putting out Wild Turkey 81 Rye Whiskey. This lead some enthusiasts to conclude that the 101 Rye was being discontinued after certain control state product listings showed the 81 Rye hitting the shelves and the 101 leaving them. Chuck Cowdery posted a good bit of information on this subject. Apparently 101 Rye will not be discontinued, but like Rittenhouse and others before, it may be tough to find on store shelves for a while.
The Rye whiskey boom is well into it's second year as far as I'm concerned. As folks learn to appreciate more flavorful whiskey, I believe rye will continue to grow as a category, and this is great for whiskey lovers. However, whiskey takes time to make properly. Predicting what will be in high demand 4+ years in the future is a difficult proposition. Focusing on 81 right now gives Wild Turkey a little breathing room. The fact that it's 20 proof lower than the 101 will certainly help Wild Turkey meet demand while the company ramps up stock.
If Wild Turkey 101 Rye is a whiskey you love and keep on hand, then I'd recommend stocking up at least for the short term. If you are unsure or haven't had it yet, then it's perfect timing to read my thoughts.
Wild Turkey 101 Rye Whiskey, 50.5% abv (101 Proof), $22-25
Color: Medium Amber
Nose: The nose is sharp and bracing. Honeyed with a crisp rye grain quality, mint, sour apple, sandalwood, menthol, flint, and sun dried oak. There is also some rustic corn mash in there as well.
Palate: Much like the nose – the sip is sharp with a crisp, dry quality to it. Rye and mint are present all throughout the sip with apple and honey anchoring things to a degree. It's all about the spicy rye with increasing warmth leading to the finish.
Finish: The finish is long, warm, and spicy. We get a bit more of a cinnamon and wood spice quality along with some oak grip.
Overall: Wild Turkey's lesser expensive products, like the 101 Bourbon and this Rye, are some of the best American Whiskeys available in their respective price ranges. WT 101 Rye is loaded with sharp rye grain character, spice, and warmth, without a lot of the "green" notes that I associate with the very high rye, former LDI-based ryes (Bulleit, Templeton, Redemption, etc.). For a well stocked bar I'd recommend this one be in your arsenal. The versatility for neat sipping and a fantastic Manhattan are pretty tough to beat at this price.
Sour Mash Manifesto Rating: 8.7 (Very Good/Excellent)


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Better Late Than Never: Happy New Year!
I guess technically I *did* wish y'all a Wreckalicious new year back on the 1st, but so many late, great New Year's Wrecks have come in that I figured an encore was called for.
Let's kick things off with some of the most creative letter cramming I've seen:
Speaking of creative, I didn't know we could write 2010 as a fraction!
Something tells me this martini was shaken, not stirred:
This year, let's remember to celebrate all of the punctuation marks:
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As I mentioned earlier, I am dabbling in the world of pasta for the first time in my life - and yes, I have gone almost 30 years without ever cooking or enjoying pasta (every time I mention this people act like I'm saying I murdered someone) so there's a bit of a learning curve here. Not posted: pasta fails from last week /:
This one was too easy, we both liked it, and we had leftovers for days. I never considered cooking with fresh ginger until I tried out Blue Apron (for a week) and now I want to add it to everything! I love the flavor the ginger adds! What else can I cook with ginger? Suggestions please!
Servings: 4
Cook Time: 20 mins
Prep Time: 5 mins
- 6 oz organic pasta, rice noodles, or squoodles (whatever you prefer, I used the organic pasta from Wal-Mart) $2
- 1 container Trader Joe's Asian Stir Fry Veggies ($4)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Tablespoon fresh ginger, grated
- 1 handful cashews, chopped ($.50)
- 2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce (Paleo DIY)
- Lime juice of 1/2 lime
- 2 teaspoon olive oil/coconut oil/cooking fat of choice
- Salt & pepper
Cook the pasta. While pasta is cooking, coat a large frying pan with olive oil or cooking fat of your choice and heat. Add in the vegetables and garlic, season with salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat, stirring, for about 5 minutes. Add in the ginger and cashews and cook another 3-5 minutes.
Once the pasta is ready add it to the pan. Add the soy sauce and lime juice and continue to cook over medium heat, covered for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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MOZ-105 | Moorea, French Polynesia | See Special Notes
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Tour Overview
Your half-day excursion begins at the pier where you'll board your air-conditioned motorcoach and ascend Mt. Rotui to Belvedere Lookout. The summit of Mt. Rotui affords panoramas of Moorea's mountains, as well as Cook's Bay and Opunohu Bay.
Make a brief stop at an ancient stone temple or "marae." The structures have lasted for centuries due to its construction made of stones that are so well stacked in a manner that fits without use of any form of adhesive. Continue on to Kia Ora lookout. Be sure to bring your camera to capture more sensational island and lagoon views. Travel a scenic route through a landscape of lush coffee plantation and pineapple fields. You'll stop briefly at a local pineapple plantation in Paopao Valley to capture views of the peak of Bali Hai used in the classic musical hit "South Pacific."
Then, it's on to Papetoai where you'll visit the island's oldest church. The Protestant church was constructed in 1822. Its octagonal shape is unique, built using the original stones of a Tahitian marae or open-air temple that originally occupied the site. This is the oldest European structure still in use in the South Pacific.
Return via a scenic route along the other side of the island, passing through Haapiti, Moorea's commercial center, and Afareaitu, the largest village on the island. You'll have time for shopping at one of the local pearl stores before heading back to the pier and your cruise ship.
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- Heavyweight
Fury swerves Price to conquer America
The chances of David Price and Tyson Fury meeting in the near future have receded with the news the latter has stepped away from purse bids for the fight.
The British Boxing Board of Control ordered the pair to meet and bids were to be opened up next week. However, Fury has set his sights on a world title shot against either Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko - and will look to make a name for himself in America to catapult himself up the rankings.
Speaking to boxnation.com, Fury's trainer Peter Fury said: "We wish David Price all the best, but we are going in an entirely different direction.
"We are going to conquer United States and it looks like we will fight Steve Cunningham next, then the winner of Chris Arreola v Bermane Stiverne or Jonathan Banks.
"The aim right now is to get to the No. 1 ranking and then win the world heavyweight title."
Fury could make his Stateside debut in April - with Cunningham the favoured opponent - and Price's promoter Frank Maloney has expressed disappointment at the news.
He said: "It is another great fight that the British public are going to miss out on and that is a shame.
"It is a fight boxing needs, but (Mick, Fury's promoter) Hennessy has informed the board that they are going another route."


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When Jesse Friedman asked me to visit his house for a passover themed pot luck, the first thing that occurred was to me to bring was a bottle of the new Kosher version of 209 Gin.
Trying to think of a cocktail, Jesse mentioned that Elianna's favorite cocktail was the Lonsdale from Beretta.
Fortunately, that is a cocktail I know and it just required a trip to the Alemany Farmers' market for a few ingredients.
As far as I know, the Lonsdale is named after the London bar of the same name. I do not know if the recipe is from that bar or a tribute to it.
Elianna said I should try to teach Jesse the cocktail. I tried, but she seemed strangely opposed to the idea of measuring, so I am not quite sure how it will work out in the long run. But here is the recipe for the cocktail anyway:
Lonsdale Cocktail
1 1/2 oz gin
1 oz Apple Juice
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Honey Syrup (Honey diluted 1-1 with warm water)
6 Basil Leaves
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a spanked basil leaf.


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What Makes a Superfood?
The Term Made Its Way Into the Lexicon About 15 Years Ago but There Is No Formal Definition
Salmon has at times been touted as a cancer preventive. Many nutritionists praise the health benefits of blueberries, kale and cinnamon bark. How does a food get elevated from the grocery aisle to superfood status? One expert, Phil Hagen, a preventive-medicine specialist at the Mayo Clinic's Healthy Living Program in Rochester, Minn., explains why there is more to food than a name.
Put a Label on It


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NEW ORLEANS - James Harden committed a season-high eight turnovers against the Hornets. He shrugged that off because he also handed out eight assists, one off his season high, as the Houston Rockets played their best game in almost three weeks.
Harden had 30 points and the Rockets broke out of their worst slump of the season by beating New Orleans, 100-82, on Friday night.
"It was about making the easy play," said Harden, selected to his first All-Star team Thursday. "Sometimes I tried to do too much, but for the most part our team played great defensively and offensively for four quarters. We needed it a lot just for our confidence."
The Rockets, who had lost eight of nine and trailed by double digits in 12 straight games, led almost all the way this time. Harden scored 10 points and Patrick Patterson had six during a 16-2 run early in the third quarter as Houston took control, going ahead 64-46.
The Hornets never got closer than 10 the rest of the way, losing for only the fourth time in 11 games.
"We played the right way and guys made shots," Harden said. "There were a lot of things that really put us over the top tonight."
Jeremy Lin had 13 points and eight assists for Houston, matching his assist total from the previous three games combined.
The Rockets outrebounded the Hornets 44-34 and made 11 of 21 3-pointers after barely hitting more than 30 percent during their skid. Houston limited the Hornets to 38.8 percent shooting, including a dismal 3 of 20 from 3-point range. The Rockets scored 20 fast-break points to nine for New Orleans.
"Right from the jump ball we came out and played extremely hard," said Chandler Parsons, who had 10 points and beat the Hornets down the floor for three easy baskets. "Offensively our spacing was much better. We moved the ball, we didn't play selfish and our defense was great, too. That allowed us to get out on the break, which is what we do best."
Harden, chosen as an All-Star reserve for the Western Conference, was 12 for 12 on free throws. Patterson added 18 points, his most since scoring 20 against Utah on Dec. 1, and a season-high 13 rebounds.
The Hornets had to take rookie Anthony Davis off Patterson after he scored on an array of putbacks and inside shots.
"My teammates were looking for me and my shots were falling," Patterson said. "Defensively, I just wanted to be a powerful force, someone my teammates could rely on to pick up the energy throughout the game. It seemed like everything was working for me."
Eric Gordon scored 20 points for New Orleans and Ryan Anderson added 19 off the bench, but point guard Greivis Vasquez had a season-low two points on 1-of-6 shooting and played barely more than 6 minutes in the second half.
"I'm more concerned with how we haven't been able to guard and hold teams under 100 points," Hornets coach Monty Williams said. "That's where it starts for me. We have to defend better."
Harden, who did almost all his damage on drives to the basket in the first half, sank two 3-pointers during Houston's decisive spurt in the third quarter. He also hit a tough pull-up jumper to give the Rockets a 64-46 lead with 6:47 left.
The Hornets made one run in the fourth, cutting the deficit to 85-75 on Al-Farouq Aminu's follow dunk, but Carlos Delfino responded with a 3-pointer. After Anderson converted a three-point play to pull the Hornets within 10 again, Aminu missed badly on a shot and Harden drove to the basket for his own three-point play to make the score 91-78 with less than 3 minutes left.
The Rockets' bad stretch began with an 88-79 loss in New Orleans on Jan. 9 when they set a season low for points.
"This is where it all started going downhill," Patterson said. "We lost here and went on a losing streak. For us to get this win here against a solid team that's playing great basketball, hopefully this will carry over until tomorrow and we'll start building up a winning streak."
The Hornets shot 37.5 percent in the first half but took advantage of 14 Rockets turnovers - seven by Harden - to remain within striking distance. Five of the miscues came in a little more than 2 minutes as New Orleans cut a 36-26 deficit to 38-36.
The Rockets went back up 48-40 by halftime.
Harden helped the Rockets emerge from their losing skid by being aggressive as they took the lead for good early in the first quarter. He drove for a layup and hit a floater in the lane to tie the score at 11. He dribbled through the lane and converted a three-point play to put the Rockets ahead 14-11, then hit four free throws to stretch the lead to 22-16.
Houston ended the first quarter with five points on one possession. Greg Smith was fouled as he made a putback with 6 seconds left. He missed the free throw, but Houston grabbed the rebound and Delfino drilled a 3-pointer from the corner with 1.3 seconds left to give the Rockets a 27-18 lead.
"We just have to keep our bodies moving, and our spacing is right," Houston coach Kevin McHale said. "We usually come up with a pretty good shot if we don't turn it over."
NOTES: The teams completed their season series, with the Rockets winning three of four. ... A nifty pass to Davis for a monster dunk in the second quarter was Gordon's first assist in seven quarters. ... The Rockets started a stretch of four games in six days, with three on the road.


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The Cookstown community has been left stunned by the death of local rally driver and business man Glenn Allen, whose body was found in Portrush on Sunday morning.
Glenn, who ran a car body repair shop near the town with his son Philip, was said to have been at a friend's wedding party at the Royal Court Hotel on Saturday evening.
But instead of taking a taxi back to the holiday home in which he was staying, it is understood he "decided to walk home".
Police said his body was discovered by a member of the public at 9am on Dunluce Road, which remains closed.
The PSNI said it is still working to determine the cause of his death, with a post mortem due to take place this morning.
Cookstown UUP councillor Trevor Wilson has extended his sympathies to the father-of-two's family in the run up to Christmas.
"It's devastating news once again of a well known business man in the town," he told the Mail.
"He was at a wedding in Portrush and for some reason he decided to walk home.
"Glenn was well respected within the rallying fraternity and was known as a hard worker," Cllr Wilson added.
"My thought and prayers are with his family at this sad time."
A "hard man to beat", Irish Rallying has also paid tribute to Glenn on its Facebook page: "Very sad to hear the passing of Glenn Allen.. Glenn was no stranger to the forestry stages and was always a hard man to beat."
While Glenn's close friend, Alan McGeehan said on his Facebook page: "I cannot believe I am putting this up, but a very good and close friend has been taken away from us. Glenn Allen, the world will not be the same without you boss."
Hundreds of tributes have been paid to Glenn online, with many extending their sympathies to his family in relation to the tragic news.
Cookstown's Tyre Safety Centre said: "Very sad when a local community has to say an early goodbye to a legend.
Rip big man. #catchmeifyoucan."
Another added: "Was so shocked to hear of this, a popular man known by many, poor family suffering sorely and Christmas not so far away. RIP."


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The "Rutting Moon"
Some prognosticators, like Charles Alsheimer, believe the second full moon after the Autumnal Equinox — known as the rutting moon — is what triggers the beginning of breeding activity.
This year, the rutting moon will take place on Thursday, Nov. 10.
Perhaps the number one question I hear from whitetail hunters this time of year is if I've read any predictions about when peak breeding activity will occur this fall.
Since vacation time is limited for most, it seems everyone wants to be in the woods for that ever-so-crucial time when mature bucks are looking for love, and thus let their guard down, albeit for a minute or two.
There is little debate that a heck of a lot more mature bucks would die of old age in these parts if it weren't for the rut, when both bucks and does become less nocturnal and wary.
I have read a ton of information on forecasting peak breeding activity, but perhaps no one has done as much research on the subject or is held in higher regard than rut prediction guru Charles Alsheimer, who is a native of western NY.
Alsheimer uses phases of the moon to forecast when whitetails will come into estrous, and I've found his predictions to be on the mark more often than not.
At the same time, I'm always interested in what others have so say and I recently stumbled across some research done by wildlife biologists of the Quality Deer Management Association.
The group studied fetuses taken from dead deer and monitored when fawns were born to determine — in some cases within a day or two — when a doe was bred.
Since the gestation period for a doe is more or less 198 days, it can be calculated with accuracy when conception occurred by simply aging a fetus or monitoring when birth occurs and counting back.
The folks at Quality Deer Management did just that, keeping accurate track of the results over several years. Interestingly — their finding pretty closely mirrors that of Alsheimers.
Both predict the peak of breeding activity at nearly the same time each year — this year they've pegged it at between Nov. 10 and 24.
Alsheimer narrowed it just a bit more, putting peak breeding at between Nov. 13-24.
Alsheimer also breaks the rut down into four phases: the pre-rut; seeking and chasing; peak breeding and post or secondary rut. Together they encompass pretty much all of our hunting seasons, from mid-October to mid-December.
But for most, the most interesting to watch is the seeking and chasing phase (this year predicted to be Nov. 3-12) and the peak breeding phase (Nov. 13-24). So, you really can't go wrong scheduling a week of vacation during this time, but keep in mind that many believe outside influences such as weather and available food sources can affect peak breeding times.
DEC and federal funds
I spoke to Jason Kemper, chairman of the NYS Conservation Fund Advisory Board, to get an update of where the state stands in potentially losing more than $20 million in federal funding for conservation programs here.
These funds come from excise taxes on a slew of sporting equipment like firearms, bows, fishing rods & reels and ammunition, and are paid back to states to help with wildlife programs, benefitting sportsmen.
The potential of losing the funds came to light early this summer when the feds found out that the NY Department of Budget allows legislators to tap into special revenue accounts — like the Conservation Fund — if need be to balance the budget.
Wether lawmakers intend to raid the fund or not, the loophole of them being able to was enough for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to threaten pulling millions in aid to DEC, further crippling this important agency.
According to Kemper, the DEC is in negotiations with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is awaiting a letter alerting them of the status of the funds.
The state has already received its payment for this fiscal year, so if the money is discontinued it would happen next year, Kemper said.
John Gereau is managing editor of Denton Publications and an avid outdoorsman. He may be reached at www.denpubs.com.


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I would be interested in checking out the Maybee mines with you, I have some experience with the area; been to Skamania, Last Chance, and Yellow Jacket Mines. I also have a bunch of experience with locating mine sites. I would be interested in attempting to dig out one or both of the adits, I would guess that the workings further from the portal wont be collapsed. I'm really not sure how successful we'll be digging out the adits but it's worth a shot I think. If we can get in there, we'd be first in over 50 years.
Please email me to continue the conversation.


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October is coming, and with that, our one year anniversary (party details coming soon). As many of you know, we are expanding, and working towards our mission of having a space where you can make anything, big or small. Lately, in addition to all of this, we've been giving some attention to a few of our local artists and helping them make some awesome things.
SuttonBeresCuller have been working in open studio at the Henry Art Museum and building Panoptos, an art installation (giant robot) that will be unveiled and publicly interactive on October 1st for the Henry's Fall Open House. We have been quietly helping, and even got a chance to get out of the basement (and into the Henry's) for some robot troubleshooting, it's only a few frames in their super cool build video, but it was a blast to be a part of their awesome project. We have heard the Henry Open Houses are a really good time, so we won't be offended if you spend your Friday night playing with their robots instead of ours.
Henry Art Gallery Installation from SuttonBeresCuller on Vimeo.
Another super exciting development is that Meghan Trainor, a DXArts doctoral student, instructor and super busy visual artist, has accepted our offer to be the first official artist-in-residence at Metrix Create:Space.
What this means is that in addition to our normal chaos, there will be bona-fide art insanity as Meghan goes through our toolboxes, gets deep with the machines and installs a unique creation in our space that could only have been made in our space.


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I've spent the last couple of months helping a customer migrate a large Portal 184.108.40.206 environment to Portal 126.96.36.199.
This customer was somewhat unique in that they made extensive use of the WMM lookaside database in 6.0. All this lookaside data needed to correctly migrated to VMM (a.k.a WIM) in Portal/WAS 6.1. The volume of data in the WMM lookaside database was rather large and the customer knew, going in, that this would like be a source of risk during the migration.
As it turns out, the volume of data in the lookaside combined with the fact that the database was Oracle (10g) exposed several issues in the code designed to copy the WMM data to VMM during the migration.
Prior to the migration, the customer upgraded the 188.8.131.52 Portal to 184.108.40.206. This was required to pick up the Portal/WAS migration prereq APARs required for migration. The target environment was installed and upgrade to Portal 126.96.36.199 running on WAS 184.108.40.206. Again this took us to the known and required levels of Portal and WAS for a migration.
Before it was all over, we required the following Portal and WAS APARs in order to successfully migrate the WMM to VMM data:
- 18.104.22.168-WS-WAS-IFPM21689.pak
- 188.8.131.52-WS-WAS-IFPM28984.pak
- 22.214.171.124-WS-WAS-IFPM29063.pak
- 126.96.36.199-WS-WAS-IFPM29582.pak
The first 4 are WAS APARs, the last on is a Portal APAR


text: While I was on vacation, [Fanjita] and [Ditlew] released a downgrader for PSPs running v3.03 firmware. To get it to work, you'll need an unpatched copy of the GTA:Liberty City Stories UMD. The hack should get you down to v1.5. It's supposed to work on all current PSP hardware. Thanks to [wraggster], [Steve DiRaddo]. [Sean] submitted the same info [via noobz], but they don't appear to have credited the authors. (Unless of course, the authors are part of noobz.)


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If the prospect of finding a job is daunting, consider what you go through to find the perfect partner. A romantic relationship typically starts with the first date and is fraught with many of the same issues you face when you look for the perfect company to work for. Where do I go to meet people (a good company)? What kind of person (company) is best for me?
Considering how you look for a romantic partner may help point the way to finding the right employment match. And considering how much time you may end up spending at work, finding the right fit makes it just as important.
There are lots of different ways to connect. So, what's your style?
The Hunt
Know what you want Tall, dark, and white collar or wind blown surf-ette, when it comes to a romantic partner we all know what we like without thinking too much about it. We're attracted to people who 'fit' and 'get' us. The same is true about the kind of company you work for. It just may not be quite as intuitive and make take some soul searching to find out what you prefer.
Know where to find it Ask all of your coupled friends how they met and you'll get just as many answers! There are so many places to look for love — and employers — that you won't go wrong looking at any and all of them. They key is to get out there and look everywhere. There is a reason it's called a job hunt.
Do you know a friend of a friend who works at the company you have your eye on? Get them to introduce you! Networking is one of the oldest and best ways to find your perfect match. It holds the added bonus of having someone connected to vouch for you.
If you don't know anyone associated with your heart's desire, the vast resources of the Internet are only a click away. Just as online dating has come out of the dark corners of the Web to be a legitimate way to meet people, business networking sites are a great way to connect and research companies that you are interested in. And don't forget to scan your local paper as well, your heart's desire may already be under your nose and in your own community!
The Woo
Putting your best foot forward: The date (interview) Do you remember the date who showed up late, smelly from the bike ride he/she had taken earlier in the day and who talked only of themselves? Yeah, I don't either. I'm sure he/she was a great person but never got a second date because everything about him or her said, "I don't care." Don't let that happen to you!
Once you have found 'the one,' it's time to show your stuff. The interview is your 'first date' with this company. Present your best possible self by showing up on time, in your most polished and professional outfit and ready to charm. You want this company to know you're into them! Let them know why you would be good together. Similar to a first date, don't hog the conversation. You will be answering questions about yourself, sure, but be as succinct as possible. Shakespeare said it best, "Brevity is the soul of wit."
The Next Day
Follow-up! Would you wait around after a fantastic date with your dream girl to see if she calls you? Don't make your company of choice wait to hear from you. Send an email to follow-up or a handwritten note if that is more your style.
Getting a first date/interview is one thing, getting a call back is another. It may have gone great, but nothing ever comes of it, or you get rejected outright, do what your friends and family always tell you — keep your head up and move on. There are plenty of other fish in the sea. Get back out there and begin again. You'll find the right one out there just waiting for you.
What other things do dating and the job search have in common?
Andy Von Kennel is the co-founder of TruYuu, an online service that helps people present themselves as more than just a resume to employers. You can connect with Andy and the TruYuu team on Facebook and Twitter.
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So, you find your man eyeing your sexy undies, your cute thongs, your darling little boy short bottoms. And not in any homosexual way but in a metrosexual "god those look cute and comfy" kind of way. He's jealous. He's a bit put out. I mean, what are his choices, right? Boxers, briefs, or thongs while we ladies get an eclectic array of undergarments to hold us in, make us feel hot (physically and psychologically) and even accessories our outfits.
If it's undies he craves, send him over to read Jenny Hansen's Undie Chronicles for a couple of ideas on an undie makeover that will leave him speechless.
But for the very fashion forward man in your life, why not hook him up with some mantyhose? Yes, you read that right. Mantyhose: pantyhose for men!
Thanks to Kathy Owen for turning this little ditty my way!
Mantyhose haven't really made it to mainstream fashion quite yet but according to the news pieces on Web (and we all know anything we read on the Web is true), they are gaining quite a following of men who like to wear hosiery to layer, stay warm, and be stylish. Think long johns…on speed.
Yes, Italian designer Emilio Cavallini unveiled his unisex line of hosiery in June of 2009, and it has turned out to be a success. He claims that purchases from guys makes up 2 to 3 percent of the million tights he sells each year. Well now?!?!
And although basic black is the bestseller, Cavallini offers an array of funky patters and style for that adventurous man in your life.
He can pair them with a pair of shorts or surprise you just before bed when he unveils his secret style as he strips off his business suit. Maybe he can channel his inner Robin Hood and you can be his trusted side kick.
Better yet, buy you and your guy a matching pair and make a real statement about your couplehood.
Couples who wear tights together; stay together!
To my male readers, think this is something you'd give a whirl – why or why not? Ladies, think you'll buy your man a pair? Better yet, will he wear them? (Be sure to take some pictures…all in the name of fashion of course!!!)
It's Twisted Tuesday and that means it's time to enjoy a smile, giggle or laugh…here's hoping I've provided it in spades…enjoy!
More blog deliciousness here:
- Kait Nolan wrote a fantastic post on learning to trust yourself AND your writing!
- Do you treat your writing like a job? Is that how seriously you take it? When I read Trish Loye Elliott's post on Wordbitches about taking my writing seriously, I had an "aha".
- Have you heard of Kindlegraphs? Susan Bischoff gave us the low-down. Sooo cool. It's a way to give readers of your e-book a signed copy!


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Hi everyone! I am sad to be saying goodbye to my very first DT members (Joy, Jenny, and Amy) They have done a fantastic job!!!
I have 3 openings for the October to March Design Team Term! I thought it would be fun to have you submit your project for consideration for the next design team term by linking up to this post by October 10th!
1. Your project must be new for this design team call.
2. You can't be currently serving on a design team that sells products similar to mine (stamp sets and crinkle ribbon)
3. You must have a blog that you regularly update.
4. No design team experience necessary! :)
5. You must be able to commit to a 6 month term.
6. With the project you are submitting, please post on your blog:
- more pictures of your project
- instructions telling how you made your project (recipe)
- A link back to My Craft Spot to let everyone know you are trying out for this design team!
To be considered, all you need to do is link your project below (only one project per person please!)
Have fun with this!!


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Choose from a selection of vector signal analyzer (VSA) products from 9 kHz to 27 GHz with up to 250 MHz analysis bandwidth for your vector signal analysis measurements.
Keysight's vector signal analyzers combine superheterodyne technology with high speed ADCs and other DSP technologies to provide fast FFT-based, high-resolution in-channel spectrum measurements, demodulation, and advanced time-domain analysis. A vector signal analyzer is especially useful for characterizing complex burst, transient, or modulated signals in aerospace & defense, radar, wireless communications, and avionics.
Combine your vector signal analyzer with X-Series measurement applications or 89600 VSA software to demodulate and characterize a broad range of standard-based and general-purpose digital signals and formats. Extend the capability to out-of-band distortion measurements such as harmonics and spurs with the 89600 VSA software's spectrum analysis option.
For measurements of multi-channel devices or for parallel test, easily combine modular vector signal analyzers to create multi-channel or MIMO solutions.
If you need to make both in-band and out-of-band measurements for both known and unknown signals, you might also be interested in spectrum analyzers (signal analyzers).
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- Frequency extension to 50 GHz (min frequency 3.6 GHz) w/ Option FRX
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