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Mustang softball swept by Beavers
The Minot State softball team had an 18-game winning streak snapped Friday against the University of Sioux Falls after a 12th-inning home run. Saturday, the Beavers responded by bashing the ball for 26 hits and 21 runs in a doubleheader sweep against Southwest Minnesota State in Bismarck, N.D.
Minot State won Game 1 of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference doubleheader 9-1 in five innings, then took Game 2 12-2 in six innings. The Beavers (22-2 overall, 5-1 NSIC) held the Mustangs (9-9, 2-4) to eight hits on the day.
Rachel Hoeppner pitched 4 1/3 innings for SMSU in the Game 1 loss. She gave up nine runs (all earned) on 13 hits and two walks.
SMSU struck first in the top half of the opening inning when Morgan Peterson knocked in Chelsey Rodenkirch on a single to right field. Rodenkirch reached on a double, SMSU's only extra-base hit of the game.
Minot State evened the score in the bottom half of the inning and scored three runs in the second inning to take control. Pitcher Tiffany Friesen didn't allow SMSU to get on the board the rest of the way and finished with eight strikeouts over five innings.
"Offensively, we needed to pick up our game," SMSU head coach Missy Bruggeman said. "In order for us to be successful we need all three aspects of the game to flow and it's just not meshing well enough for us at this point."
Rachel Groff took the circle for SMSU in Game 2 but fared no better than Hoeppner. Minot State scored a run in the first, four in the second and two in the third before SMSU got on the board with solo home runs by Amy Dreessen and Peterson in the fourth inning.
Groff allowed 12 runs (all earned) on 13 hits and six walks with three strikeouts.
Mandy Greenberg got the win for Minot State, striking out 12 batters and giving up three hits and one walk. She improves her record to 12-1 on the season.
Bruggeman was impressed with the NSIC newcomers after seeing them in action.
"They're a fun team to watch," Bruggeman said of Minot State. "The difference between them and some of the other teams in the conference is not only do they have a quality pitcher, but they have depth up and down the lineup. They can score a few runs in each inning because they have good hitters one through nine."
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BEIJING (AP) Davey Johnson is being coy about his pitching rotation.
The U.S. manager won't say for now who will start next Wednesday's Olympic baseball opener against South Korea.
"You'll probably know half an hour before the game," Johnson said Thursday. "I've been in international play now a number of years. ... A lot of times, I'll play clubs, and they'll have two guys warming up, and after the lineups were handed in, they announce the pitching."
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Since the dawn of the electronics age, copper has been a preferred material to cool electronics because of its favorable heat conducting properties: it absorbs heat very rapidly. But as electronic systems become more advanced, they are generating more and more heat and thus new materials will be needed to enable more advanced computers. General Electric (GE) believes that it has invented such a material.
Scientists in GE's global research center have demonstrated an advanced thermal material system that could pave the way to faster computing and higher performing electronic systems. Leveraging technologies developed under GE's nanotechnology advanced technology program, they have fabricated a prototype substrate that can cool electronic devices twice as well as copper while four times lighter than copper. In addition, the prototype successfully operated in a condition that was more than 10 times normal gravity.
The substrate utilizes phase-change-based heat transfer, but GE is rather tight-lipped about the technology. It is known that it is based on "unique surface engineered coatings" that both repel and attract water, in particular. It features nano hydrophilic evaporator, which "attracts" cool water and quickly turns it into vapor; nano hydrophilic wick, which absorbs cool water and lets vapor through to a hybrid hydrophobic/hydrophilic condenser, which turns vapor back into water and "sends" it through the wick back to the evaporator. While the process is pretty natural, special structures designed by GE let it flow far more quickly than in case of other materials. Production cost of the material is unclear.
"In demonstrations, GE's prototype substrate has functioned effectively in a variety of electronics application environments. We also subjected it to harsh conditions during testing and found it could successfully operate in extremely high gravity applications," said Dr. Tao Deng, a senior scientist at GE global research and the project leader.
GE's phase-change based prototype substrate can be applied to computer chips and a variety of different electronic components. It acts as a cooling mechanism that spreads or dissipates the heat generated in electronic systems to keep components cool. Unfortunately, if the material turns out to become too expensive, it will hardly ever reach the mass market.
The development of GE's prototype substrate is part of a four year, $6 million program funded by the Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA). In collaboration with various agencies from the U.S. government, GE Global Research has been developing several advanced thermal technologies. Besides the DARPA effort, Dr. Deng is also leading a team, supported by Air Force Research Laboratory, to develop advanced thermal solutions for high-speed flights.


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Whether it's from a glacier's melt-y foot in the Pacific Northwest to the Rocky Mountains' purple haze, from a waving sea of head-height grass on the fruited plains to an orange sunrise burst above the Atlantic Ocean, the trails managed by our National Park Service take you there.
The National Park Service was created 95 years ago to preserve wildlands across the United States. Since then, the agency has established more than 84 million acres of American soil as national parks, monuments, historic sites, lakeshores, preserves and other areas. Included in this acreage are thousands of singletrack miles, a trail runner's dreamscape.
Here you'll find beta for eight National Park Service areas, including their trail-running opportunities and the information you need to pull off a vacation there. We've chosen some of America's sweetheart parks, like Shenandoah National Park and its showiest waterfalls. We've also tossed in some surprises, like the unknown trail-running mecca of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and its wheat-colored sand dunes.
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David Akers (1975/88): By Indian Head eagle standards, the 1908 With Motto is a "common" issue. In MS-63 or lower grade, examples can be found with relatively little difficulty. In MS-64, the issue becomes more difficult to locate, but there are still enough around that one can usually be found with a little effort. At the MS-65 level and above the 1908 With Motto is rare, but not especially so, and in any one year's period a handful or more true gems will turn up. There are some superb, nearly perfect examples of this issue in existence. For example, the piece that was in Florida dealer Marty Haber's personal type set would be graded MS-68 or MS-69 by the strictest standards, and there are others of similar quality.
The 1908 With Motto is generally very sharply struck, and the lustre is typically very good to excellent. Most specimens have a satiny texture to the surface, and the color varies from rich yellow gold to medium greenish yellow gold to light orange and greenish gold. Like the 1908 No Motto, a top quality specimen of this issue is invariably extremely attractive with an excellent strike, and fine lustre and color.
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For fourth-year students across the country, the annual "big reveal" in March, known as Match Day, trumps any reality TV show for authentic real-life, high-stakes drama and emotion. Whoops, hollers and hugs abound as the soon-to-be graduates find out where and in what specialty they'll spend the next three to seven years of their post-graduate training.
Match Day fell on March 21 this year. Members of Einstein's Class of 2014 flocked to Lubin Dining Hall, stoked with anticipation. At the stroke of high noon, the ceremonial gong clanged and hundreds of #10 envelopes were ripped open, their contents unfurled.
Among the students was Desmond Sutton, who will soon be caring for patients in underserved urban communities, with a focus on obstetrics & gynecology, as a resident at Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School. "At Einstein, I've had the privilege of serving patients of lower socioeconomic backgrounds, people with histories of drug abuse, child abuse and sexual abuse, and low levels of health literacy and education," said Mr. Sutton. "They face so many challenges and are so grateful for the attention they receive. I love working with them."
Mr. Sutton's mother, Sheila, a nurse at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) for 30 years, inspired Desmond and his twin brother, Darien, to go into medicine. (Darien will graduate from NYU next year, with an M.D.-MBA.) "I watched our mom raise twin boys, getting up at 5 a.m. and going to work every day and enjoying it," Mr. Sutton recalled. "She always told us, 'If you're going to do something for the rest of your life, you had better love it.' She felt a duty towards her patients. She got many cards and thank-you's from attending physicians and from parents who were grateful to her for helping save their children's lives."
Initially interested in critical care medicine, Mr. Sutton found his calling during his third-year labor and delivery rotation at Jack D. Weiler Hospital, a division of Montefiore Medical Center—Einstein's University hospital. Weiler also happens to be the hospital where Mr. Sutton was born. In fact, he did his third-year rotation on the very same floor where he took his first breaths. He discovered the amazing coincidence on the last day of rotation, when he pulled out his birth certificate to fill out an application form. "It felt like I had come home," he said.
Mr. Sutton had high praise for Dr. Amy Kesselman, assistant professor of obstetrics & gynecology and women's health at Einstein and director medical student clerkships at Einstein and an attending physician at Montefiore. He noted, "I got to deliver three babies vaginally. Then, during fourth-year rotation, I got to do 16 more vaginal deliveries, handle a postpartum hemorrhage, rupture an amniotic sac and repair vaginal lacerations—all supervised by a resident or an attending."
Mr. Sutton's first choice for residency was Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, the primary teaching hospital in obstetrics & gynecology and newborn pediatrics of Warren Alpert Medical School. "The patient population is much like the population in the Bronx," he said. "Regardless of the patient's insurance status, patients get the same level of care. That's important to me."
While Weiler and Einstein, which is Montefiore's Moses division, were near the top of his list, "I was hoping to leave New York for a while and get some new experiences before returning home to practice." So what was the process leading up to Match Day like? "It was a lot of interviewing," said Mr. Sutton. "From October through January, I did 16 interviews. By the sixth one I was exhausted. But going through the different facilities and talking with the residents was also exciting and exhilarating."
Mr. Sutton credits his Einstein mentors in obstetrics & gynecology and women's health—Dr. Kesselman; Dr. Rodney Wright, associate professor at Einstein and attending physician at Montefiore; and Dr. Erika Banks, associate professor and residency program director at Einstein, and an attending physician at Montefiore—with making the process less daunting. "I had great interviews because of them," he said. "They were amazing.
"Dr. Wright gave me great insights about what to look for in each of the different programs, while Dr. Kesselman was accessible at all hours, by phone and e-mail, whenever I needed advice, and Dr. Banks was warm, kind and readily available."
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L.A. Ban Passes, Giving Shelter Animals Hope
Great news! The Los Angeles City Council has passed the ban on selling dogs, cats, and rabbits from breeders and puppy mills in pet stores. Those stores will now be required to adopt out homeless animals from shelters instead.
This is a heaven-sent victory for homeless animals in the City of Angels—let's hope it inspires more compassionate decisions across the country!
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Los Angeles may soon take a huge stride toward reducing the number of homeless animals—the City Council is expected to vote soon on a measure that would ban pet stores from selling dogs, cats, and rabbits obtained from any source other than an animal shelter or rescue group. The proposed regulation has already been endorsed by the Los Angeles Times editorial board.
The Sun Is Setting on Breeding
PETA, at the forefront of efforts to curb animal homelessness and overpopulation—by offering low-cost to no-cost spaying and neutering, promoting adoption, and discouraging people from buying animals from breeders and pet stores—is understandably psyched about the possibility of the country's second-largest city taking such a major step toward ending animal homelessness.
If the proposal passes, Los Angeles will join a growing number of cities that are showing that they're serious about stopping the animal homelessness crisis—and the cruel puppy mills that fuel it—by putting laws in place to block animal sales in pet stores.
It's standard practice for puppy mills to keep animals in cramped, crude, and filthy conditions without proper veterinary care or socialization.
What You Can Do
If you live in L.A., please politely ask your councilmembers to vote in favor of the proposed ordinance. And if you live elsewhere, urge your city council to pass a law to protect animals from the cruelty caused by their breeding.
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This is wonderful news and way overdo. It should be outlawed nationwide. Let's get out of the dark ages, people. No need for breeders.
Yey! That great news! Thanks Peta! I will pass on the news to all.
we are animals voice, let's protect them vigoriously.
Now if they'd only do the same for birds!!
I saw this news on facebook it came up on my home page, and I'm so happy that LA did this every country should do this. I live in Sydney Australia and I wish our gov would do this, this is a heaven sent victory for animal lovers. Yay keep up the good work PETA I love you guys.
Wonderful news!
Being a family that has bred dogs for more than 50 years, I agree with this, but I disagree with the fact that a lot of breeders who have learned to do it the right way have grown to love having their females give birth. Their puppies are like your own kids. Needing to go to right homes. Yes more animals need to be rescued, but giving birth is a natural part of life, I think breeders should have a license. Putting a complete ban on this is not the right way I feel.
Mike, I couldn't have said it any better!
I'm not leaving in L.A. but I agree Every place in the world should adopte a law to protect animals.
There needs to be a ban on mills and breeders all across the U.S. There are to many aneimals in shelters everywhere that are put down because ppl are buying from mills and breeders instead of adopting! Please ppl…if you want a pet…save a life by adopting one!
Thank God!!! My faith in Los Angeles has been restored a bit.
animal breeders should be banned forever, too many dogs wihtout a home, homeless and in need, dont make even more of them..
I agree with Kathsen – it's the 21st century and we are long overdue for a total ban of all breeding. The thinking that "ethical" breeders are OK and puppy-mills / kitten mills are not, is extremely dangerous. The animal "fancies" fuel the drive towards breeding excess animals. Their fee structures are based around the numbers of animals registered and shown at shows, and also bred from (stud registration fees etc.) And to become an "ethical" breeder is as easy as joining a club and screaming "I wanna be a breeder" – the response to which is "here – have a dog/ cat" (from the other breeders trying to make space to get in more "top bloodline" imports that will win them pretty ribbons and silly doodads, and enable them to sell more high priced animals. No qualifying them first, no exams, nothing to learn, no follow ups, no mandatory inspection of premises to check if there are enough resources. Nada. Zip. And they "better the breed" by breeding brachycephalic ("squashed in") facial structures, lethal head defects, HCM, PKD, etc. (And they refuse to sterilise the bloodline carrying the genetic flaws). "My bloodlines deah – I can't possibly let THESE lines go". I don't want to hear about "good" and "bad" breeders. Even the good ones are bad – they support the status quo and the registries which proliferate breeding by their award-hungry converts. Away with the animal fancies!! (more correctly, the "me" fancies – because that's what it's really all about) Good for PETA and HSUS. Wish we had some really powerful pro- animal lobbies in South Africa….
I think it passed now, right?
No one in Sweden would Ever dream about selling dogs or cats in store. Unthinkable!
This is good news! We should respect the animals and not put them in puppy mills.
please fight for puppy farm ban let this be a thing of the past .
I am so thrilled that a law is being passed to end this cruelty. We have so many beautiful animals waiting to be adopted and there are selfish people breeding to bring more animals into the world for the sake of making a quick buck. This law needs to be passed in every state. We need to stop the breeding and overpopulating. Awesome job PETA!!!! Good luck in having this law passed.
Have to come laws for selling animals yes
This type of behavior has been passed from the world. Let's keep the animal rights
stop the breeders
How can people let animals live in these conditions, & see them day in & out & not care! Ban puppy mill breeders!
This is great news! The whole world should ban this. We need a change , Their lives deserve respect.
Pls help them !
lets stop this act
Iam VEGAN it's this year. PLEASE STOP NOW. STOP that is!!
I am so thankful for PETA watching out for the animals who cannot speak up for themselves. I am proud to sign this petition and pray for the people who are so cruel as well as for the innocent animals. Karma comes around.
I would LOVE a law on a moratorium on ALL breeding. The animal population is way out of control, and I mean all pets- birds, ferrets, dogs, cats, and horses. Breeders are just as much to blame as anyone, and they need to be stopped. There are many horror stories associated with breeders. I was at the animal hospital recently, and a couple was there who had 2 bull mastiffs that had epilepsy, and they traced other dogs from this breeder who also had epilepsy, and the breeder is aware of this, but she continues to breed anyway. Another time a few yeas ago,a girl came into the animal hospital with a tiny puppy, and she was crying, and she said that the woman who bred the dog was going to get rid of it, because something was wrong with it's nose, and could they please "save it". These are just 2 instances that I have seen myself- what else is going on? Also,people think it's special to buy a dog from a breeder with a "champion bloodline". A local radio personality was talking about his new puppy, and mentioned that it came from a champion, but really, who cares? When you see the suffering of our animal population that's already here, that means nothing. If PETA could get laws going that would ban breeding until we have our animal population under control, and stop putting millions of animals to sleep, I would sign it in a minute.
Treat animals with respect
Dont buy,addopt!
We need to stop this every where these poor animals are being killed very day let's stop this
Support all the way
Dont really understand why Tommy would recommend people to adopt when he breds dogs do'snt really make sense to me, breeders are just the same as puppy mills but on a smaller scale they do it for money for a purebreed they can charge what they want and using them for dog shows is just as bad its all money at the end of the day. Purebreeds are more prone to health problems and harder to look after dogs and cats included, my friend bought a purebred kitten from a breeder poor little girl had to be put to sleep at 14 weeks the vet said thats the problem with purebreeds my friend was soo distressed i went in with the kitten to be put to sleep also someone else i know got a german shepard puppy from a breeder at 3 yrs old he had to be put to sleep again the vet said because its a pure breed, i have 13 rescued cats the oldest is now 18years old the youngest is 4months old which i rescued from a feral coleny, i just want to say there are many animals out there looking for a loving home and the chance to be loved and cared for.
TOMMY!! 100% agreed, could not have said it better myself!
stop the breeders


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Want to win your fantasy baseball league? Well, you'll need to strike gold on a few sleepers who wake up on your squad.
The term "sleeper" is tossed around so much in fantasy circles that it no longer contains a set meaning. Many people use it to label breakout candidates, while others use it to describe undervalued players. Some even slap it on "post-hype sleepers," guys formerly in the spotlight who are now all but forgotten figures.
For this list's purposes, players with those three billings are all included. The intention is that there are useful options here for league owners of varying shapes and sizes.
I apologize if some of the more obvious picks insult your intelligence, but those players might fit the sleeper mold for a person operating in a small, 10-team mixed league.
Also, keep in mind that this is not a ranking of these players' overall value. A guy who is worth less in a vacuum could find a higher slot on this list because he represents a greater bargain on draft day.
Note: Unless otherwise noted, all statistics courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


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We're not gonna lie. Even though the Klipsch Heresy is the most affordable of the Heritage Series of vintage speakers, it's not for penny-pinchers.
No wonder. Each one is hand-crafted to order in Hope, Arkansas with the finest materials and thus requires a little bit more from the ol' paycheck.
But they're worth it.
Noted audiophile and professional reviewer Steven Guttenberg calls the Heresy III a "a rock'n'roller's dream speaker" in a Stereophile editorial. He lavished even more praise on the Heresy in his CNET.com post: "The sound in my listening room was closer to a live rock concert sound system than I've heard from a lot of much more expensive and bigger speakers. That's what the Heresy IIIs do so well, and once you experience that sort of sound at home, a set of Sonos wireless speakers won't cut it anymore."
That being said, like any other speaker, you can find used Heresy speakers on Craigslist, eBay, the Klipsch forums, or even local garage sales.
Exhibit A: Klipsch forum member Chris Setlock came across a garage sale on Craigslist with about a dozen or so photos and spotted some nice Sansui components for $25 a pop.
Being a "die hard bargainer," Chris headed over to the house to negotiate the price of the components. The reply was, "My husband will be down in a minute, he is bringing the speakers."
Sure enough, said husband comes back with the first speaker in tow and wouldn't you know what it was…
"I could barely contain myself when the owner appeared with the first speaker," Chris said.
Chris: How much?
Owner: Eh, $20 each, they're Klipsch.
Chris: Oh, really?
Owner: Yeah, and they're heavy.
Chris: You don't say…
Twenty dollars. For butt-kicking-made-in-the-USA speakers designed by the one and only Paul W. Klipsch.
Throw in $50 worth of Sanui components and Chris walked out with a complete system, and a huge grin on his face, for a mere $90. Of course, he is a bonafide "Klipschster" with 20 pairs of Klipsch speakers at home, including a pair of Heresys, even before this amazing find.
Bottom line: the cliché about garage sales is true: "You never know what you're going to get." Or is that a box of chocolates?
Tell us about your amazing finds in the comments below.
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John I have and it makes for a good product if the curd is well protected, but the more common practice is to freeze the xtra cheese rather than the curd.
I've been researching making mozzarella from curd and came across something which said you could easily freeze the curd. They suggested wrapping well (naturally) and soaking in a salt water soulution for a couple of days after it comes out of the freezer.
Hi chau, thanks for the video.The polly O you get is frozen? I found (well craig did actually) a place where they sell the 2/21lb for $149 but it They sell the Belgioso and this one is fresh not frozen. thanks
All three you listed are Polly-O Gold Curd, just packaged differently.The only size my local RD carries is the 01002...(2 21 lb bags to a case) but they will split them.


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Bornean orangutan
The Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, is a species of orangutan native to the island of Borneo. Together with the Sumatran orangutan, it belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia.
The Bornean orangutan has a life span of up to 35 years in the wild; in captivity it can live to be 60.[3] A survey of wild orangutans found that males weigh on average 75 kilograms (170 lb), ranging from 50–100 kilograms (110–220 lb), and 1.2–1.4 metres (3.9–4.6 ft) long; females average 38.5 kilograms (85 lb), ranging from 30–50 kilograms (66–110 lb), and 1–1.2 metres (3.3–3.9 ft) long.[4][5]
The Bornean orangutan is an endangered species, with deforestation, oil-palm plantations and killing posing a serious threat to its continued existence.
The Bornean orangutan and the Sumatran orangutan diverged about 400,000 years ago,[6] well before Borneo and Sumatra separated.[citation needed] There has been a continued low level of gene flow between them since then.[6] The two orangutan species were considered merely subspecies until 1996, following sequencing of their mitochondrial DNA.
The Bornean orangutan has three subspecies:[1][2]
- Northwest Bornean orangutan P. p. pygmaeus - Sarawak (Malaysia) & northern West Kalimantan (Indonesia)
- Central Bornean orangutan P. p. wurmbii - Southern West Kalimantan & Central Kalimantan (Indonesia)
- Northeast Bornean orangutan P. p. morio - East Kalimantan (Indonesia) & Sabah (Malaysia)
There is some uncertainty about this, however. The population currently listed as P. p. wurmbii may be closer to the Sumatran orangutan (P. abelii) than to the Bornean orangutan. If this is confirmed, abelii would be a subspecies of P. wurmbii (Tiedeman, 1808).[7] In addition, the type locality of pygmaeus has not been established beyond doubt; it may be from the population currently listed as wurmbii (in which case wurmbii would be a junior synonym of pygmaeus, while one of the names currently considered a junior synonym of pygmaeus would take precedence for the taxon in Sarawak and northern West Kalimantan).[7] Bradon-Jones et al considered morio to be a synonym of pygmaeus and the population found in East Kalimantan and Sabah to be a potentially unnamed separate taxon.[7]
Physical description
The Bornean orangutan has a distinctive body shape with very long arms that may reach up to two metres in length. They have a coarse, shaggy reddish coat[8] and grasping hands and feet.[9] They are highly sexually dimorphic, with adult males being distinguished by their large size, throat pouch and flanges on either side of the face, known as cheek pads.[10]
Habitat and distribution
The Bornean orangutan lives in tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests in the Bornean lowlands as well as mountainous areas 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in elevation. It lives at different heights in the trees and moves large distances to find trees bearing fruit. It is found in the two Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and three of the four Indonesian Provinces of Kalimantan.[2] Due to habitat destruction the species distribution is now highly patchy throughout the island, the species has become rare in the south-east of the island, as well as in the forests between the Rejang River in central Sarawak and the Padas River in western Sabah.[2]
Behavior and ecology
The Bornean orangutan is more solitary than the Sumatran orangutan. Two or three orangutans that have overlapping territories may only interact for short periods of time.[11] They are the largest arboreal mammal and spend almost all of their time in the trees, clambering between branches or using their body weight to bend and sway trees.[9] Each night a nest is built from bent branches, high up in the trees.[5]
The Bornean orangutan travels on the ground more than its Sumatran counterpart. It is theorized this may be in part because there is no need to avoid the large predators which only exist in Sumatra such as the Sumatran Tiger.[12]
The Bornean orangutan diet is composed of over 400 types of food, including wild figs, durians,[10] leaves, seeds, bird egg, and bark.[5] It also eats insects but to a lesser extent than the Sumatran orangutan. Bornean orangutans have been sighted using spears to catch fish.[13]
Males and females generally only come together to mate.[11] Sub-adult males (unflanged) will try to mate with any female and will be successful around half the time.[11] Dominant flanged males will call and advertise their position to receptive females, who prefer mating with flanged males.[11]
The Bornean orangutan are among the slowest breeding of all mammal species, with an inter-birth interval of approximately eight years.[10] They are long-lived and females tend to only give birth after they reach 15 years of age. Newborn orangutans nurse every three to four hours, and begin to take soft food from their mothers' lips by four months. During the first year of its life, the young clings to its mother's abdomen by entwining its fingers in and gripping her fur. Offspring are weaned at four years, and at around five years they start their adolescent stage.[11] During this period they will actively seek other young orangutans to play with and travel with.[11]
Conservation status
The Bornean orangutan is more common than the Sumatran, with about 54,500 individuals in the wild; there are only about 6,600 Sumatran orangutans left in the wild.[14] Orangutans are becoming increasingly endangered due to habitat destruction and the bushmeat trade, and young orangutans are captured to be sold as pets, usually entailing the killing of their mothers.[15]
The Bornean orangutan is endangered[2] according to the IUCN Red List of mammals, and is listed on Appendix I of CITES. The total number of Bornean orangutans is estimated to be less than 14 percent of what it was in the recent past (from around 10,000 years ago until the middle of the twentieth century) and this sharp decline has occurred mostly over the past few decades due to human activities and development.[2] Species distribution is now highly patchy throughout Borneo: it is apparently absent or uncommon in the south-east of the island, as well as in the forests between the Rejang River in central Sarawak and the Padas River in western Sabah (including the Sultanate of Brunei).[2] There is a population of around 6,900 in Sabangau National Park, but this environment is at risk.[16] According to an anthropologist at Harvard University, it is expected that in 10 to 20 years orangutans will be extinct in the wild if there is no serious effort to overcome the threats that they are facing.[17]
This view is also supported by the United Nations Environment Programme, which stated in its 2007 report that due to illegal logging, fire and the extensive development of oil palm plantations, orangutans are endangered, and if the current trend continues, they will become extinct.[18]
A November 2011 survey, based on interviews with 6,983 respondents in 687 villages across Kalimantan in 2008 to 2009, gave estimated orangutan killing rates of between 750 and 1800 in the year leading up to April 2008.[19] These killing rates were higher than previously thought and confirm that, the continued existence of the orangutan in Kalimantan, is under serious threat. The survey did not quantify the additional threat to the species of habitat loss due to deforestation and expanding palm-oil plantations. The survey found that 73% of respondents knew that orangutans were protected by Indonesian law.
However the Indonesian government rarely prosecutes or punishes perpetrators.[20] In a rare prosecution in November 2011, two men were arrested for killing at least 20 orangutans and a number of long-nosed proboscis monkeys. They were ordered to conduct the killings by the supervisor of a palm oil plantantion, to protect the crop, with a payment of $100 for a dead orangutan and $22 for a monkey.[21]
Rescue and rehabilitation centres
A number of orangutan rescue and rehabilitation projects operate in Borneo.
The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS) founded by Dr Willie Smits has rescue and rehabilitation centres at Wanariset and Samboja Lestari in East Kalimantan and Nyaru Menteng, in Central Kalimantan founded and managed by Lone Drøscher Nielsen. BOS also works to conserve and recreate the fast disappearing rainforest habitat of the orangutan, at Samboja Lestari and Mawas.
Orangutan Foundation International, founded by Dr Birutė Galdikas, rescues and rehabilitates orangutans, preparing them for release back into protected areas of the Indonesian rain forest. In addition, OFI promotes the preservation of the rain forest for the orangutans.
The Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre near Sandakan in the state of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo opened in 1964 as the first official orangutan rehabilitation project.[22]
See also
This article incorporates text from the ARKive fact-file "Bornean orangutan" under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License and the GFDL.
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- ^ "Mass Slaughter of Orang-utans and Monkeys is Continuing in Kalimantan". November 24, 2011. http://english.kompas.com/read/2011/11/24/13304328/Mass.Slaughter.of.Orang-utans.and.Monkeys.is.Continuing.in.Kalimantan.
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Over the past few years, as local businesses have tried to weather the recession, a number of my favorite haunts in New York, New Jersey, and even Boston/Cambridge have gone out. It's been sad to see some terrific bookstores, recordstores, coffeehouses, and tea shops shuttered due to the general economic malaise and changes in the way that people interact and consume - both food and media.
Happily, this Spring I have found a new place to enjoy in Princeton: Infini-T Cafe and Spice Souk. It's just a short walk from my office, has excellent espresso, a wide range of teas, enjoyable Mediterranean and veggies dishes, and an all too tempting case of pastries. Unlike Small World Coffee, a place I enjoy to grab and go rather than sit and ponder, Infini-T is an inviting place to read, write, and linger over a cup of something tasty and reviving.
But I really knew that it was Kismet when I saw Andy Akiho's Innova CD for sale near the counter! And, I belatedly learned that Infini-T hosted his group Foundry back in April.
A caffeinated haven for new music – count me in!
Andy Akiho's No One to Know One, in all its steel pan inflected percussiveness, is out now on Innova and is highly recommended listening.


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The Old Age Pension (OAP) program provides financial assistance and may provide medical benefits for low-income adults age 60 or older who meet basic eligibility requirements.
OAP recipients may qualify for Medicaid or the Old Age Pension Heath Care Program. The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing administers the medical program.
To qualify to receive OAP benefits you must be 60 years or older and a Colorado resident, a citizen of the United States, a naturalized citizen, or an eligible legal resident. You must meet all other eligibility requirements.
Applicants and recipients of OAP are required to apply for Social Security or Supplemental Security Income benefits if they are:
The Program and Eligibility Application Kit (PEAK) is a quick and easy way for you to get answers to questions on health and nutrition programs. In PEAK, you can check for program eligibility, apply for benefits, check your benefits and update your information including changing your address or other contact information.
Applications are also available at:
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In fiscal year 2009, the Medicaid program covered over 65 million people at a cost to the federal government and states, which share the cost of the program, of an estimated $381 billion. Medicaid is a federal-state program that consists of more than 50 distinct state-based programs that cover acute health care and long-term care services for certain low-income individuals, including children and persons who are aged or disabled. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that, under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, enacted in 2010, the cost of the Medicaid expansion will exceed $430 billion from 2010 to 2019, with the federal government responsible for paying over 90 percent of these increased costs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for overseeing the program at the federal level. States administer their respective programs' day-to-day operations, including processing and paying claims submitted by health care providers for services provided to Medicaid beneficiaries. Due to the size, growth, and diversity of the Medicaid program, rigorous fiscal oversight is necessary to prevent improper payments.
Improper payments to Medicaid providers that submit inappropriate claims can result in substantial financial losses to states and the federal government. The amount of improper payments in the Medicaid program is among the largest of all government programs. For fiscal year 2010, HHS estimated that 9.4 percent of Medicaid payments were improper, representing $22.5 billion in federal expenditures. Medicaid payments can be improper for various reasons, including payments made for which required documentation is missing or inadequate or payments on claims with errors. Improper payments also include payments for people who are not eligible for Medicaid or to providers who are barred from participating in the program. For example, in 2009, GAO found that Medicaid beneficiaries and providers were involved in potentially wasteful or abusive purchases of controlled substances in five selected states. For example, GAO found that Medicaid paid over $2 million in controlled substance prescriptions during fiscal years 2006 and 2007 that were written or filled by 65 medical practitioners and pharmacies that were barred, excluded, or both from federal health care programs, including Medicaid.
State efforts to maximize federal reimbursement also can increase the risk of improper federal payments to states, to the extent states' efforts may inappropriately shift state costs to the federal government. In 2005, GAO reported that a growing number of states were using contingency-fee consultantsconsultants employed under contracts whereby payments were contingent upon the consultant's performanceto maximize federal Medicaid reimbursement. States may employ consultants to serve valid Medicaid-related roles, such as adding needed staff or a particular expertise. However, in two states reviewed, GAO identified certain claims for federal funding from contingency-fee projects in five categories of Medicaid services that were problematic because they appeared to be inconsistent with CMS policy, were inconsistent with federal law, or undermined Medicaid fiscal integrity. GAO also found that CMS and state oversight of claims associated with contingency-fee projects was limited and recommended that CMS routinely require states to identify claims or projects developed by contingency-fee consultants. CMS recognizes that claims resulting from consultant revenue maximization projects are at higher risk of being inconsistent with certain federal Medicaid requirements, but as of the end of 2010 it had not established processes to routinely collect information enabling it to identify claims or projects developed by contingency-fee consultants to maximize federal reimbursement. Without adequate controls over improper payments and state maximization efforts, tens of billions of additional federal dollars are at risk as program expenditures grow.
Sustained agency attention is needed to implement and oversee processes to prevent, identify, and recover improper payments and to reduce the billions of dollars that are annually lost to improper Medicaid payments. Both the executive branch and Congress have acted to curtail improper Medicaid payments, but challenges in preventing such payments remain. The issuance of Presidential Memoranda and a 2009 Executive Order, Reducing Improper Payments, along with enactment of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA), are positive steps toward improving transparency and reducing improper payments. However, it is too soon to determine whether the activities called for in the Presidential Memoranda, Executive Order, and IPERA will achieve their goals of reducing improper payments. Further, the magnitude of the program's payment errors indicates that CMS and the states face significant challenges to address the program's vulnerabilities. In its 2009 report on top management and performance challenges facing HHS, the HHS Office of Inspector General reported multiple priorities related to Medicaid, including the need to ensure the integrity of payments to providers by ensuring they are appropriately enrolled and eligible to receive payments. CMS has taken steps to strengthen its financial oversight of Medicaid, but the agency can do more to address gaps in its oversight and financial management.
GAO recommended in 2009 that CMS issue guidance to states to implement processes that better prevent payment of improper claims for controlled substances in Medicaid. CMS generally agreed with GAO's recommendations; however, guidance had not been issued as of the end of 2010. With regard to Medicaid claims related to state efforts to maximize federal reimbursements, GAO recommended that CMS improve its oversight of projects developed by consultants on a contingency-fee basis, in part by routinely requesting information on these projects and associated claims. CMS stated in 2010 that it was committed to fully assessing the basis for all claims, but indicated it did not plan to routinely request this information. GAO maintains that the high-risk nature of consultant-led maximization projects to shift state costs to the federal government by submitting claims for federal matching funds that are inconsistent with federal law or CMS policy, warrants their identification and close oversight.
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Solaris Cluster is a multi-system, multi-site high availability and disaster recovery solution that manages the availability of applications services and data across local, regional and geographically dispersed data centers. The Solaris Cluster environment extends the Solaris Operating System into a cluster operating system.
If you are following the Solaris Cluster product and features, you would have noticed extreme innovation by Sun in the high availability and disaster recovery space since the time we released our first HA product many years ago. For well over a decade, Solaris Cluster has been a market leader for providing business continuity and disaster recovery solutions to all mission critical business applications, spanning all the major industry segments.
Continuing with our tradition of innovation, we are pleased to announce another release - "Solaris Cluster 3.2 11/09" - an update to the Solaris Cluster 3.2 product.
This new release brings more features for high availability, virtualization, disaster recovery, flexibility, diagnosibility, and ease of use. We are extending support for virtualization with more options for Solaris Containers Clusters (zone clusters), failover Solaris Containers, and LDoms. This release provides more file system and volume management choices. We have added new replication solutions for disaster recovery deployments, in addition to improving scalable services support. This release also brings support for the latest versions of many third-party software applications.
The following is a list of some of the new features in this update release:
- New deployment options for Oracle DB, RAC, and applications
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- Siebel CRM 8
- Single-instance Oracle database
- Support for Oracle Automated Storage Management (ASM) with single-instance Oracle database
- Support of Reliable Data Sockets over Infiniband for RAC
- Standalone QFS 4.6 & later in failover Solaris Containers
- Upgrade on attach for failover Solaris Containers
- Solaris Volume Manager three-mediator support in Campus Cluster deployments
- Hitachi Universal Replicator support in Campus Cluster deployments
- Support for 1TB disks as a quorum devices
- Outgoing connection support for scalable services
- IPsec support for Scalable Services traffic
- SCTP support for Scalable services
- Managed failover of IPsec session & key information
- Round-robin load balancing
- Hitachi Universal Replicator support
- Script-based plugin replication module
- MySQL replication
- New agent: HA Agent for LDoms guest domains
- New supported application version: SWIFTAlliance Access & Gateway 6.3
This feature-rich and high-quality product can be downloaded from here. Download and try this latest Solaris Cluster release. We look forward to your comments.
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Silver Creek Central School announces Community Education courses
SILVER CREEK Registration for the Silver Creek Central School District's Community Education Program is currently under way for the winter 2013 session. Participants do not have to be residents of the Silver Creek School district to enroll in these courses. For more information about a specific course, to pre-register by phone, or if interested in teaching a course call 951-8111. Callers should speak clearly and leave their names, phone numbers, and classes of interest.
After pre-registering, participants should then send in their money for the course, as they will only be contacted should a class be canceled due to inclement weather or insufficient enrollment, in which case their money will be refunded. There is a 15 percent senior citizens discount that will be honored for all participants 65 years of age and older. Checks should be made out to SCCS Community Education and mailed to: Silver Creek CS, PO Box 270 Dickinson St., Silver Creek, NY 14136, Attn: Community Education. Classes will not meet when school is closed for a holiday or inclement weather.
The first seven classes are new and are being offered by Sue Balogh, a healing arts teacher/practitioner with Wish*More Wellness; visit "http://www.wishmorewellness.com">www.wishmorewellness.com to learn more.
Reiki I; First Degree Reiki will meet on April 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and April 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in room 309. This class is for those who wish to perform Reiki treatments on themselves or become a Reiki practitioner. Reiki I will qualify participants as First Degree Reiki Practitioners. They will receive certificates of completion and manuals. The fee is $125 with a supply fee of $10 to be paid to the instructor.
Introduction to EFT will meet Feb. 6 and 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in room 309. "Emotional Freedom Technique" is a simple yet powerful energy-healing tool that improves overall wellbeing. It clears blocks in the body that are created by stress or trauma. The registration fee is $20.
Wish*More Wellness Workshop is a 12-hour course offered on six Wednesdays from Feb. 27 to Apr. 10 (no class April 3) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in room 308. Participants will be inspired and learn powerful methods to feel better and be well. Included are energy healing methods, personalized wish list, vision board, inspiring affirmations and guided meditation. The registration fee is $40 with a supply fee of $5 to be paid to the instructor.
Wish*More Teen Workshop will be held Feb. 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in room 308. Teens will learn to make hemp necklaces with wire-wrapped gem stones, personalized wish lists and vision boards; be guided through relaxing meditation and learn various ways to help themselves feel better. The registration fee is $20 with a supply fee of $5 to be paid to the instructor.
Wishful Meditation is a six-hour course offered from April 8 to 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in room 308. Participants will be guided through meditations for manifesting all that they wish for in life. This can be practiced at home and shared with family. Each participant should bring a pillow or blanket to class. Registration fee is $25.
Parent/Child Wishful Meditation is a six-hour course held on April 24 and May 1 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in room 309. Participants will learn how to guide their children into more restful sleep, instill confidence and help them improve academics. Children will come with their parents to the second class. Each participant should bring a pillow or blanket. The registration fee is $20.
Chakras & Crystal Jewelry will be held Feb. 11 from 6 to 9 p.m. in room 308. Each participant will learn about the seven main chakras or energy centers in the body and the healing stones that correlate with those chakras, and create a necklace using a basic wire-wrap technique and two hemp knots. The registration fee is $20 with a supply fee of $5 to be paid to the instructor.
Aquasize will be offered by Jean Mahaney on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Session 1 runs Jan. 3 through March 26 and Session 2 runs from April 9 through May 30. These classes are held in the pool and the fee is $40 per session.
Introduction to Belly Dance, one of three classes to be offered by Jennie Kaleta this session, will be held on Mondays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for six weeks beginning April 8. Participants will learn the basic moves of this ancient dance form. Class will be held in the elementary gymnasium and the fee is $30.
Belly Dance Choreography will be held on Mondays from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., immediately following Intro. to Belly Dance, in the elementary gymnasium. It will run for six weeks beginning April 8. This class is for those who have already taken basic belly dance and who want to learn new combinations using moves already learned. The registration fee is $30.
Hula Hooping will run for four weeks starting May 20 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the elementary gym. Participants will learn the basics of waist, hip and chest hooping. Hoops will be available to use or buy. The registration fee is $20.
Social & Ballroom Dancing will be held on Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. beginning Jan. 31. This 10-week class, for beginners and intermediate levels, will be held in the high school lobby. Lessons will be taught by Harry Szewczyk, assisted by Helma Catalano. Participants will learn basic steps of the waltz, jitterbug, salsa, swing, Latin dances, cha cha, tango and more. The registration fee is $25 for singles and $45 for couples.
Three levels of dog obedience will be taught by Cheryl Robinson and Sarah Winton. All dogs must be at least 12 weeks old and on a six-foot leash. Current rabies certification is required. All classes run for six weeks. Beginners are on Monday or Tuesday, starting Jan. 28 or 29, from 6 to 7 p.m. Intermediate meet first on Jan. 28, from 7 to 8 p.m. Advanced meet first on Jan. 29, from 7 to 8 p.m. The classes will be held in the elementary lobby, with a fee of $60 per dog.
Ghost Hunting 101 is being offered by Ashley Neumeister on three separate class dates: Feb. 11, March 11 and April 8. Participants may choose any one of these, and will learn how to identify paranormal activity, debunk photos and video and use ghost hunting equipment. Information is presented by real, local paranormal investigators, from their actual case files. The class runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in room 137 in the high school. The fee is $20.
Rubber Stamp Card Making will be taught by Jody Enser. This course is offered on Wednesdays in five separate classes: Feb. 6, March 13, April 10, May 8 and June 12, with each class date offering slightly different ideas. Each participant will make two of four different cards. Classes meet in room 154 of the high school from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The class fee is $5 per class or $20 for all five, with a supply fee of $5 to be paid to the instructor during class time.
Basics of Oil Painting will be taught by Barney Kuzara Jr. and will meet Feb. 26 through April 23 from 6 to 8 p.m. in room 149 of the high school at the cost of $40 plus supplies. A supply list will be provided at the first class.
Five-Hour Pre-licensing Class will be taught by Tom Herring on March 9 Or May 11 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Room 217 of the high school. This is the minimal requirement necessary to schedule and take a road test. This five-hour course will provide the MV-285 certificate. Participants should bring their drivers' permits and bag lunches; a snack break will be provided. The class fee is $30.
AARP Safe Driving Course will be presented by Cathy Stopen on April 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This program offers participants a way to reduce driving record points due to violations and/or reduce insurance premiums. The class will meet in the high school library and the fee is $17 for AARP members, $19 for non-members (Checks made out to A.A.R.P.). There is no senior discount for this course. Each participant should bring a valid driver's license and a bag lunch to class. The lunch break will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Researching Your Family History is being offered by Susan Dietzen in room 137 of the high school from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. from Feb. 26 through March 26. Participants will learn how to use the internet to search and find answers about their ancestors. The class fee is $25. There is also a supply fee of $5 to be paid to the instructor during class time.
Oppenheimer 403 (b) Seminar will be presented by Allen Dembski on Jan. 30 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the high school library. Each participant will learn about his or her 403 (b) plan, pension and social security benefits and learn the challenges retirees will face, where their income will come from and how to prepare for this major event. This class is free.
Will Your Savings Last as Long as You Do? will be presented on March 27 or April 9 from 6 to 7 pm in the high school library by Allen Dembski, a financial advisor with Waddell & Reed. Participants will find out how they can accumulate funds for retirement, manage taxes, fight the effects of inflation, and generate an income they can't outlive. The registration fee is $10.
Retirement Investment Strategies is also offered by Allen Dembski. This class will be held in the high school library on April 17 or April 23 from 6 to 7 p.m. This is for people who are concerned that their retirement savings may not be able to sustain the retirement lifestyle they have always dreamed of, and who want to learn sound strategies to improve their financial situations. The class fee is $10.
Knitting: Beginner & Intermediate will be taught by Candace Kuppel. For Session 1, the class will meet on Tuesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and will run for seven weeks beginning Jan. 15. Session 2 will begin March 12 and run for eight weeks. Supplies needed for Beginner level: 1 to 6 oz. skein four-ply worsted yarn and one pair of short needles size 5 to 10; Intermediate level: pattern and supplies required for your pattern. Classes will meet in room 145 of the high school and the registration fee is $40.
Crocheting Beginner and Intermediate will also be taught by Candace Kuppel on Tuesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Session 1 will run for seven weeks beginning Jan. 15. Session 2 will begin March12 and run for eight weeks. Supplies needed: 1 to 4 oz. skein four-ply worsted yarn, any color, one size H crochet hook and a pattern if participants have them. Classes will meet in room 145 of the high school and the registration fee is $40.
Big Band Rehearsal is offered by Mike Wieloszynski on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in room 272 (the band room). Musicians will rehearse the music of Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Count Basie and more in a professional setting. The first two dates are Jan. 19 and Feb. 16. Later dates will be determined during rehearsals. This class is free.
Three live, interactive webinars are being conducted by James Farnham, MB, MS, with over 20 years experience in insurance and financial services. Classes will take place on March 9 or May 4 and the fee for each is $30. See class descriptions below:
20 Ways to Earn Residual Income: Participants will uncover over 20 specific ways to earn consistent, dependable, ongoing and reliable income from stock, bonds, mutual funds, mortgages and insurance, e-publishing, internet, webinars, opt-in marketing, utility bills and home-based businesses from 9 to 11 a.m.
How to Build a Fun and Profitable Home-Based Business: This class deals with personal business activities, tangible steps, measurable activities to get new customers, increase visibility and grow income. Participants will also receive a list of 70 "funded to free to fee" ways to grow business and get more clients. This will be held March 9 from 3 to 5 p.m. and May 4 from noon to 2 p.m.
How to Conduct a Webinar: Webinars make it possible for to communicate with clients and prospects anywhere in the world. This presentation will detail the nuts and bolts of how to carry out a cost-effective professional webinar, including the basics of technology, hardware/software combinations and other equipment. It will be held March 9 from noon to 2 p.m. and May 4 from 3 to 5 p.m.
These are online classes. Before registering, those interested should visit www.jamesfarnham.com to get an expanded course description and to ensure their computers are properly equipped.
American Red Cross Lifeguard Training will be taught by Nancy Hargrave May 6, 7, 8, 13 and 14 from 3 to 8 p.m. in the pool and room 309. Costs include the manual at $49.00, pocket mask at $13.95, and certificate at $35.00, in addition to the class fee of $60. Prerequisite skills and textbook requirements can be found on the SCCS website, www.silvercreekschools.org. Participants must be 15 years of age or older.
CPR and AED Challenge is also offered by Nancy Hargrave on May 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. in Room 309. This class is for those who have already been trained in CPR and AED and need to get re-certified. Participants should bring their own airway masks and checks made out to the American Red Cross for $19.00 each to pay for the certificate. The class fee is $25. Participants must be 15 years of age or older.
Adult Golf Clinic will be taught by Dan Vona on Tuesdays and Thursdays fro May 14 to 30 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Classes will meet on the soccer field with the first class in the high school gym. Each golfer should bring a 7 iron. The fee is $30.
Men's Basketball is offered from March 19 to May 28 in the elementary gym on Tuesdays from 8 to 10 p.m. If men find themselves sitting around too much, they should come out one night a week and get some exercise in a fun environment. The fee is $2 per person per visit.
"Cool things to do with your iPad, phone and pod" will be taught by Jean McGowan in the Distance Learning Room on Feb. 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. This class will be broadcast from Silver Creek BOTCHES DEL to Brocton, Cassadaga Valley, and Westfield. Participants should bring their devices to learn how to use them efficiently and how to download useful, less expensive and fun applications. To register, call 338-1005 or mail firstname.lastname@example.com. The registration fee is $15.
For more details on these courses and to view the registration form, go to www.silvercreekschools.org.


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[Shanghai] China's flooring industry is transitioning from a low-cost supply model to one of innovation, higher quality and sustainability, according to industry leaders at DomotexAsia/ChinaFloor (DACF), held here March 26-28.
"We have great prospects for our flooring industry but we know there's no future success in continuing to pursue a low-cost supply model," said Sun Jian, director of China's timber industry management and state forestry administration. "Like the rest of China's society, our flooring industry is moving towards developing better use of our raw materials as well as sustainable practices and products. We're pushing innovation."
Last year, leading Chinese flooring suppliers began working in earnest with domestic universities and international partners to develop new technologies that would make floors quieter, easier to install, safer and more sustainable, according to Kelin Ye, vice chairman of the China National Forest Products Industry Association (CNFPIA).
"Our industry is now seeing an outstanding level of collaborative research, particularly with leading brands in America, Canada and Europe," he said. "We're seeing Chinese manufacturers pursuing patents and other intellectual property for the first time. The quality is noticeably improving and we're developing national standards that are in line with international standards."
The wood flooring market has been a focal point following the International Trade Commission's affirmative determination that imported engineered hardwood from China was being brought into the U.S. at below market value and subsidized by the Chinese government. (The case is currently under review. See story on page 1.)
"We shifted from commodity engineered wood to high-end products that are intricately cut by hand, where every piece is distressed to look like it's 100 years old," said Sidney Shaw, owner of Shenzhen, China-based Eton Flooring. "Instead of using Chinese labor to make the cheapest floor possible, we're now using it to create unique product that only a handful of suppliers are capable of making."
A number of Chinese wood suppliers have also begun incorporating jade and other precious translucent stone inlays into their products to appeal to affluent consumers.
"We are not like the Chinese suppliers of even two or three years ago," said Echo Liu, sales manager of China-based Steinbache Flooring. "We source legally-documented wood from Indonesia, jade from the Middle East and use the latest machining equipment from Germany. We do export to the U.S., but most of our product is now geared towards the high-end market here in China."
Similarly, Zhongshan City-based Prado Flooring has integrated radiating heating systems into their high-end wood floors.
"To create a product like this you need to know about flooring, structural engineering and electrical engineering. You didn't see floors like this in China, or anywhere else, even a year ago," said Crystal Chen, international sales manager, Prado.
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Chinese suppliers of luxury vinyl tile (LVT) are exploring alternative chemistry to replace PVC with natural ingredients like corn, clay, wood flour and Green Tea. They're also leading the charge in the production of mechanically locking, grip-strip, loose-lay and groutable LVT formats.
"I know there's an interest to produce more in the U.S. but it's not as easy as just turning on machines. The LVT market that everyone knows today, the one that is exploding with sales — that is being made in China," said Sid Lee, general manager of Shanghai-based Jinka, China's leading OEM LVT supplier.
Jinka introduced Post Tile, a next generation loose-lay LVT featuring a pre-adhered backer at this year's DACF. The patented technology combines the reliability of glued-down planks and tiles with the ease of loose-lay installation techniques, said Lee.
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Antique Style Floral Brown Teak Wood Vanity Mirror
About this itemFeatures lovely floral motif that figures prominently on the border of the mirror.
This gorgeous teak wood mirror features a lovely floral motif that figures prominently on the border of the mirror. This elegant piece is a fine example of Thai decor, an artistic style that blends European Art Deco with classical Asian design. It contains a sublime grace that can uplift any room. This mirror is as functional as it is beautiful. Use it at any angle to reflect everything from your shoes to your haircut to a wall painting. It can rotate a full 360 degrees so you never have to move the sturdy, flower-adorned base. Enjoy this mirror's style, functionality and grace as it displays prominently in any room of the house. Go ahead, strike a pose for this Thai masterpiece. Measures 19 inches high x 8 inches wide x 5 inches long. The handcrafted nature of this product will cause minor differences in design, color and sizing. Subtle variations will occur from piece to piece, adding to the unique quality of individual creations. Measurements may vary slightly.
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Combo Instant Hot/Cold Packs - 12 ct.
About this itemThis product provides both instant cold and instant hot therapy for muscle and pain treatment.
This pack contains both hot and cold treatment options for maximum relief from pain and swelling. Use Instant Cold during the first 24-48 hours, and then Instant Heat for improved flexibility and continued pain relief. Package contains six Instant Cold packs and six Instant Hot packs.
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