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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 16, 2012) – The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) has announced the four schools and 16 pairs that will compete in the first Collegiate Sand Volleyball Championship on April 27-29 in Gulf Shores, Ala.
The four schools chosen to compete in the team competition are College of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.), Florida State University (Tallahassee, Fla.), Long Beach State University (Long Beach, Calif.) and Pepperdine University (Malibu, Calif.).
The pairs competition will include the top doubles team from the University of Southern California, the University of Hawai'i, Florida Atlantic University, the University of Alabama-Birmingham, the University of North Florida and Stetson University, as well as the No. 1 and 2 duos from the schools in the team championship. Teams and pairs were selected based on results from the first collegiate season of competition, which began in March.
"The field for the upcoming Collegiate Championship is a strong representation of sand volleyball across the country," said USA Volleyball director of beach programs Ali Wood Lamberson, who was on the selection committee. "Fans who have not yet seen any collegiate sand matches this year are going to be impressed with the level of play; especially from the top eight pairs."
CBS Sports Network will televise portions of the competition in two hour-long specials. Part one of the coverage will air beginning on Wednesday, June 6 at 9 p.m. ET and part two will air on Wednesday, June 13, also at 9 p.m. ET.
"When we joined with CBS Sports Network in 2005 to create the first-ever collegiate sand volleyball championship, this day was just a distant dream. It's exciting that this partnership continues," said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer in a release. "Once the NCAA voted to make sand volleyball an emerging sport, we could see the potential was unlimited. This field is deep, with good geographical representation. These two championships will showcase the high level of play that is already part of the collegiate landscape."
The team championship will be held on April 28. Each of the four schools will field five doubles teams ranked in order. The schools will compete in dual matches in which the winner is the team capturing three of the five flights. Play will start at 11 a.m. CT on five championship courts that have been constructed specifically for this event. Teams will battle in a double-elimination format with duals scheduled on the hour, and the final matchup scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. CT.
The pairs championship will consist of sixteen doubles teams engaged in pool play on Friday, April 27 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT. The results of that play will determine the seeding of the 16 pairs into a single elimination tournament on Sunday, April 29. First-round matches will start at 8 a.m., with quarterfinals scheduled for 9 a.m. Both semifinals and the championship match will be held on center court, beginning at 11 a.m., and will be covered in depth by CBS Sports Network.
Team Championship:
1. Pepperdine
2. Florida State
3. Long Beach State
4. College of Charleston
Pairs Championship
Pool 1
Aurora Newgard/Brittany Tiegs – Florida State University
Jane Croson/Ashley Lee – University of Hawai'i
Haleigh Hampton/Libby Fontanilla – Long Beach State University
Emily Shelton/Kelly Kolich - College of Charleston
Pool 2
Caitlin Racich/Summer Ross - Pepperdine
Kirby Burnham/Kelly Irvin – University of Southern California
Joanne Tate/Alessia Pizzocheri – Florida Atlantic University
Kirsten Gallagher/Heather Thomas – University of Alabama-Birmingham
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Caitlin Ledoux/Tara Roenicke – Long Beach State University
Lilla Frederick/Kim Hill - Pepperdine
Elyse Chubb/Lizzie Theesfeld - College of Charleston
Kaley Melville/Julie Bassett – Stetson University
Pool 4
Geena Urango/Sara Shaw – University of Southern California
Jace Pardon/Jekaterina Stepanova – Florida State University
Liz Stoltzman/Emily Hartong – University of Hawai'i
Dagnija Medina/Emily Strack – University of North Florida


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December 14, 2008
Freedom New Mexico
DURANT, Okla. — A slow start warmed up a little in the second half Saturday for Eastern New Mexico University's men, but not enough to get them over the top.
Southeastern Oklahoma ended a 26-game losing streak dating back almost a year, edging the Greyhounds 44-42 in a Lone Star Conference crossover game.
The Savage Storm (1-8) rode a 17-point, 10-rebound, four-block performance from 6-foot-8 junior center William Slones to their first win since last Dec. 18, when they beat Missouri Western in a game played at San Antonio. ENMU beat Southeastern 89-59 at Greyhound Arena last January.
ENMU (2-6), just 5-for-21 from the field in a first half which ended in a 17-17 tie, built a couple of four-point leads early in the second half before the Savage Storm took the lead for good at 37-35 on a layup by forward Carlin Whitten — his only points of the game — with 5:57 left.
Trailing 44-39, junior Equs Darby hit ENMU's only 3-pointer of the game with 42 seconds left. After an exchange of turnovers, ENMU's Dannon Wafer missed a potential game-winning 3-pointer just before the buzzer.
Southeastern shot only 25 percent in thefirst half, but warmed up to 57 percent (12-of-21) over the final 20 minutes. That allowed the Savage Storm to overcome a 1-for-14 performance from 3-point range.
Guard Mychal Horn added 12 points for Southeastern while Darby's 15-point output was the only double-firuge showing for the Hounds.
ENMU continues its weekend road trip today with a 3 p.m. (MST) crossover game against East Central in Ada, Okla.

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Which I don't understand. One way or the other he gets in. How long it takes is just a guess. To me being the very best at your position which Vizquel was at least for his era while still being very good offensively is certainly as valid as someone who was very good offensively but average or even ham fisted in the field.
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Credit Suisse takes axe to European equities
Credit Suisse this week began a plan to shed more than 30 staff from its equities sales and trading business in Europe, with its head of global sales among those to be cut.
The axe has fallen heaviest on the Swiss bank's sales team, with a handful of redundancies also made in research. The Swiss bank's sales trading team in London has been left largely untouched, according to three sources familiar with the situation.
The departures include Ian MacKichan, most recently head of global equity sales. In addition, Will Regis is one of two generalist sales staff to have been let go, while Simon Baker, a senior media equity analyst, and members of the infrastructure equity research team have also left the bank.
Both MacKichan and Regis are still registered as active on the Financial Services Authority's register of authorised staff but calls to Credit Suisse's London switchboard confirmed that both men no longer worked at the bank.
MacKichan and Regis could not be reached for comment. Baker did not respond to messages seeking comment.
The cuts come in the same week that Citigroup revealed around 600 bankers and traders, with a specific focus on cash equities, would leave as part of plans to cut 11,000 staff across its global business. The US bank said in a statement on Wednesday: "The actions are designed to streamline our client coverage model in banking and improve overall productivity in our Markets business, especially in areas experiencing continued low profitability such as cash equities."
• Separately, Credit Suisse has named Arndt Ellinghorst, previously head of its autos research team, as co-head of European equity research alongside Steve East, according to three sources familiar with the situation. The move will be effective from the end of the year. Erich Hauser will replace Ellinghorst as head of autos research.
Istuan Mate-Toth, the former co-head of research, was registered as inactive on the Financial Services Authority's register in September. However, it is understood he is still in negotiations with the bank about a new role. Mate-Toth did not respond to messages or calls seeking comment in time for publication.
Credit Suisse declined to comment.
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< Riven
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"There is a place between war and murder
in which our demons lurk."― Excerpted from the poem
In Noxus, any citizen may rise to power regardless of race, gender, or social standing - strength is all that matters. It was with committed faith in this ideal that Riven strove to greatness. She showed early potential as a soldier, forcing herself to master the weight of a long sword when she was barely its height. She was ruthless and efficient as a warrior, but her true strength lay in her conviction. She entered battles without any trace of doubt in her mind: no ethical pause, no fear of death.
Riven became a leader amongst her peers, poster child of the Noxian spirit. So exceptional was her passion that the High Command recognized her with a black stone rune sword forged and enchanted with Noxian sorcery. The weapon was heavier than a kite shield and nearly as broad - perfectly suited to her tastes. Soon after, she was deployed to Ionia as part of the Noxian invasion.
What began as war quickly became extermination. Noxian soldiers followed the terrifying Zaunite war machines across fields of death. It wasn't the glorious combat for which Riven trained. She carried out the orders of her superiors, terminating the remnants of a beaten and fractured enemy with extreme prejudice.
As the invasion continued, it became clear that the Ionian society would not be reformed, merely eliminated. During one bitter engagement, Riven's unit became surrounded by Ionian forces. They called for support as the enemy closed in around them. What they received instead was a barrage of biochemical terror launched by. Riven watched as around her Ionian and Noxian alike fell victim to an unspeakably gruesome fate. She managed to escape the bombardment, though she could not erase the memory.
Counted dead by Noxus, she saw an opportunity to start anew. She shattered her sword, severing ties with the past, and wandered in self-imposed exile - on a quest to seek atonement and a way to save the pure Noxian vision in which she believed.
- Upon selection
- "What is broken can be reforged!"
- Attacking
- "So much death."
- "A necessary strike."
- "It must come to pass."
- "They've crossed the line."
- "For those who were lost."
- "Violence to end violence."
- "To serve the greater good."
- Attacking while is active
- "I am awakened."
- "There is no other way."
- "They cannot go unpunished!"
- "The time for talk is over."
- "Sacrifices must be made."
- Movement
- "So long I've wandered..."
- "How should I proceed?"
- "My spirit is not lost."
- "Burdens of the past."
- "What conflict awaits?"
- "Choose your own path."
- "My hands are stained."
- "Learn from your mistakes."
- "A sword mirrors its owner."
- Movement while is active
- "I know my purpose."
- "A moment of clarity."
- "Leave doubt behind."
- "No more hesitation."
- "No looking back."
- Taunt
- "A broken blade is more than enough for the likes of you!"
- Taunt when using
- "You are beyond redemption!"
- Joke
- "I knew I should have sprung for the blade warranty."
- Joke when using
- "This is why I spend so much time sheath shopping."
- Laugh
- Riven laughs.
- Riven laughs.
- Riven laughs.
- Riven laughs.
League Judgement
Candidate: Riven
Date: 9 September, 21 CLE
The weight Riven carries seems to hang in the air around her. The remnants of her Noxian armor are tarnished, they speak of her absence from duty. The broken sword she carries is, in itself, so massive that imagination falters to conceive of the blade's original size.
The echo of battle lingers with her. It smolders in her eyes, tenses in her grip, and coils in her step. It never leaves her. She is there now still, in the midst of it, as she enters the marble doors.
Riven's fingers played along the edges of her blade's runic inscription – an idle habit, long deprived of meaning. Her thoughts went where they often went in darkness: to dark memories. She gritted her teeth. There was nothing quite so cutting as the recollection of a guilty mind.
She twitched, involuntarily, as the scene of her death unraveled before her.
A damp fog yawned across the valley floor sheepishly, as though reluctant to conceal the horrors of the day. The gagging stench would have betrayed its effort, had not the smell so thoroughly permeated the Ionian countryside. Death was now a permanent resident of the somber isle, and its purchase grew with every passing hour. After so many similar fields, Riven no longer took account of it.
Dusk was settling as the company marched on, the stamp of their boots thick and dull crossing the grimy stretch. Riven's own boots were becoming stained a deep brown by the mud. She felt a pang of nausea as she realized it wasn't rainwater that dampened the soil.
She forced the thought out of her head. There would be more fields, more fogs, more harrowing muck – she could process it all later. "Focus is essential," her drill instructor used to bark. "A lot happens in the chaos of battle, but you can only accomplish one thing at a time." Now it was marching.
Fury Company had trudged for days to catch up with the rest of the 42nd Standard, and the dreary trail through the Zaunite Melters' aftermath was... messy. War was all about casualties, but the rising number of civilian losses was staggering. The High Command had expected the peace-loving Ionians to roll over and surrender in the face of Noxus' military juggernaut. Instead the resistance was fierce and unrelenting. For a society that preached pacifism, the Ionians didn't hesitate to get their hands dirty.
Riven was impressed.
This was a particularly grim scene. The Coeur Valley was one of the few passageways through which the Melters could cross the foothills of northern Shon-Xan. The Ionians had made a desperate stand there that morning, hoping to stem or slow the pace of Zaun's death machines. It was a telling failure for Ionia. They hadn't even managed to scramble half the forces Noxian intelligence had predicted, and ample countermeasures were taken long before the Melters attempted the pass. Still, for such a meager resistance, Riven couldn't help but notice the abundance of Noxian uniforms littered amongst the dead.
A day or two behind, the Noxian cleanup effort was requesting reinforcements.
Riven's attention was drawn to the path by the sound of advancing footsteps. Someone was approaching the group from the front. Riven raised her blade high, halting the company and eclipsing herself beneath it. It was a true Noxian weapon, built to instill fear at sight alone.
The figure emerged from the fog. It was a girl, a couple years older than Riven, stumbling as she walked. Her clothes were torn and matted with blood. When she saw the company, her eyes went wide.
"No no no no no," she muttered. "No more, please." She fell to her knees and started weeping.
Riven ordered two men to retrieve the girl. Handling civilians was a chore that had wearied the men over the past several weeks. They'd been trained to kill soldiers in battle, not to dispatch helpless bystanders. Ionia didn't even have a standing military.
Only the strong survive, Riven reminded herself.
The two soldiers reached the girl and stood to either side, each silently hoping the other would take the lead. Riven was about to intervene when the girl made a quick motion and a thin red mist appeared in front of her. The two soldiers crumpled, dead before they hit the ground.
"Ambush!" Her warning was lost amongst the cries of her soldiers. On all sides of the company, corpses were rising, weapons in hand, and charging into their ranks. Except they weren't dead. Their eyes were very much alive with hateful resolve. Riven remembered the intelligence reports: less than half the expected opposition. It was a trap. The Ionians had planned this all along.
Already the rear guard was overtaken. Riven screamed for the unit to collapse to a defensive formation. The army needed to be warned. She drew a distress flare from her belt and fired into the darkening sky. Pale green light illuminated the entire valley.
One of the Ionians leapt out at Riven. She slashed upward, bisecting him lengthwise. The Ionians had the advantage, but Riven wasn't one to surrender. If they could defeat her in combat, they deserved this victory. The strong would prevail.
The remaining Noxian soldiers tightened their ranks, backs to each other. Nearly half the company was already dead or dying. The Ionians were taking their time now, savoring the growing Noxian despair.
They were surrounded and outnumbered. Her men were tired, demoralized. The Ionians, by contrast, were fueled by their hate. She wondered how long they had lain there, amongst the bodies of fallen friends, waiting for this moment. She tightened her grip on the sword. One way or another, she would end this.
A blinding ball of light erupted thirty feet in front of her, sending Ionians flying. Riven spun, looking for a source, just as another explosion hit the edge of the Noxian circle. Riven's ears were ringing, all she could hear was her heartbeat. Noxian and Ionian soldiers were in chaos, some fighting, some running, some… clawing at their skin.
And then she realized it. The Melters had opened fire on them.
Only the strong survive, she repeated… but that was meaningless here. Nobody would survive. By all rights, the Ionians should have won this fight, but they too would die. How did this follow the Noxian way?
As she fled the cursed valley, explosions rocked the ground around her. Soldiers on both sides were subjected to horrific, unspeakable deaths. Something changed in her then. The conviction with which she charged boldly to war had evaporated, and without it she was… lost.
The memory neared its conclusion. Though she'd relived it a thousand times over, Riven never understood why that day went the way it did. She didn't know why Noxus depended on Zaun's horrific techmaturgy instead of its own military. She didn't know why she didn't see the ambush coming. She didn't know why she survived. "Why do you want to join the League, Riven?" Behind her, the weeping girl stood, matted in blood, tears running down her cheeks. But the voice was out of place.
"This isn't right…" Riven started, but the valley around her was melting away. This was some kind of trick.
"Why do you want to join the League, Riven?"
"What are you-"
"Why do you want to join the League?" Impatience.
"I don't know!" Riven spat. She was stung by the invasion of her mind. She'd lived with this memory for years, but it was something she wouldn't, couldn't share. She took a deep breath, "I fought for something once, but it was a lie." Spoken in her own voice, the words hurt to hear. "I still love Noxus, I never stopped. But now… I want to fight on my own terms."
"How does it feel, exposing your mind?"
Riven let the question turn in her mind. So many times she wanted to confide in someone, to let someone else shoulder the burden. But telling the story – even watching it through her own eyes – didn't ease the pain. It was hers alone, and some things could never be shared.
"Exposed or not, it changes nothing."Then the girl was gone, and she was alone in the Institute. Her broken sword glowed dimly at her side. The illusion was invasive, but she'd almost forgotten the former heft of her sword. As if in response, a faint green outline played out from the shard, tracing the blade's former curve. She felt a sudden wash of reassurance. Perhaps she wasn't so lost after all.
Champion Sneak Peek
By Average GatsbyIf there's anything that we've learned over the course of the years here at Riot Games, it's that it pays to be prepared for any eventuality. Take this next champion for instance. Riven, the Exile, is here to show you that you can still be a badass even if your sword's been broken. Now take a moment to appreciate what she could probably do with a complete weapon, because you just might find out!
Mechanics Preview
Greetings Summoners!
With Riven on the horizon, I wanted to take a few minutes and give you all a sneak peek into some of her gameplay and mechanics.
Riven is a flow-based fighter who performs aggressive combo attacks to decimate her opponents. This often involves her stepping forward into her sword swings to chase down cowardly enemies who might try to escape or utilize their ranged attacks to avoid direct combat. This highly mobile fighting style makes her a really aggressive, momentum-based character.
Her signature ability is Broken Wings, a 3-part combo slash that causes her to step forward and slash nearby enemies. On her 3rd hit, Broken Wings unleashes a nova, knocking nearby enemies back. While performing the three-hit Broken Wings combo is powerful in its own right, more veteran Riven players will find great opportunities to mix in her Ki Shout to deliver a short stun (for her to follow up with more devastation) or move into an even better position with Valor.
Her ultimate, Blade of the Exile, allows her to reform her broken sword, restoring her former power and allowing her to activate Wind Slash, a powerful shockwave that slices the air itself to cut down enemies that are out of reach.
We're excited about Riven because she draws some heavy inspiration from fighting games, utilizing combos that can be interspersed with other abilities to change timing and effect as needed. This flow and feel is something we feel will appeal highly to aggressive players who want to make split-second decisions on when to deal damage and when to sacrifice damage in favor of additional utility effects.
Patch History
- Bug Fix: No longer prevented from dashing over walls with the third cast of Broken Wings if she's under the effects of .
- Bug Fix: Battle Bunny Riven's sound effects for Broken Wings and have been restored.
- Bug Fix: Championship Riven's Wind Slash and third cast of once again use custom blue on-hit particles, rather than the green on-hit particles of her base skin.
- Minimum base damage increased to 100 / 150 / 200 from 80 / 120 / 160.
- Maximum base damage increased to 300 / 450 / 600 from 240 / 360 / 480.
- AD ratio increased to 25% - 50% (based on level) AD from 20% - 50% (based on level) AD.
- Stats
- Health regeneration increased 5.34 from 3.34.
- Fixed a bug where the third cast would sometimes fail to clear terrain.
- Cooldown increased to 130 / 95 / 60 from 110 / 85 / 50.
- Fixed a bug where cooldown was improperly reset at the end if certain actions occurred in between casts
- General
- Movement speed reduced to 340 from 345.
- Missile speed reduced to 1600 from 2200.
- Stats
- Base armor increased to 19 from 15.
- Stats
- Base health regeneration reduced to 2.5 from 5.
- Shield strength increased to 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 / 210 from 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190.
- Stats
- Base attack damage reduced to 51 from 54.
- Attack damage per level increased to 3 from 2.75.
- Damage per cast changed to 10 / 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 (+40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% total AD) from 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 (+70% bonus AD).
- Shield duration reduced to 1.5 seconds from 2.5.
- General
- New running animation.
- Riven's final step forward of will allow her to jump over various small walls and ledges if positioned correctly now.
- Third hit of now knocks up affected targets rather than knocking them back.
- Fixed a bug where Riven could cast Wind Slash a second time after using .
- Adjusted damage to 15-45% of her attack damage (based on champion level) from 5-15 (+50% bonus AD).
- Undocumented: damage increased to 20-50% from 15-45% of her total attack damage.
- Fixed a bug that was causing Broken Wings to improperly apply its splash damage if Valor was cast too recently.
- Stats
- Base health regen reduced to 6 from 10.4.
- Health regen per level reduced to 0.5 from 0.9.
- Shield amount increased to 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180.
- Cooldown increased to 110 / 80 / 50 seconds from 75 / 60 / 45.
- Targeting cone is now attached to Riven.
- Stats
- Base movement speed increased to 345 from 320.
- If the dash extends past Riven's current movement order location, that order will be cancelled; she will no longer automatically walk backwards to that point.
- Fixed a bug where Riven could get locked out of moving during the third cast.
- Allied ultimate HUD indicator now remains green until the shockwave cast is used.
- Stats
- Movement speed reduced to 320 from 325.
- Base health regen reduced to 10.4 per 5 seconds from 12.
- Health regen per level reduced to 0.9 per 5 seconds from 1.0.
- Base damage increased to 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 from 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110.
- Base damage reduced to 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 from 50 / 90 / 130 / 170 / 210.
- Tooltip updated to display how much attack damage you will gain.
- It has been clarified to state that it scales off total attack damage, not bonus attack damage.
- Fixed a bug that caused her to stop moving after certain commands.
- Fixed a bug that caused and to temporarily leave dead unpathable minions behind.
- Fixed a bug that caused her collision radius to be improperly calculated.
- Now counts as an attack command when used to lock onto a target.
- Slightly extended duration of collision ignoring with minions after using this ability.
- Stats
- Attack speed per level increased to 3.5 from 2.9.
- Base armor increased to 15 from 12.
- Bonus attack damage ratio increased to (+70% bonus AD) from (+60% bonus AD).
- Cast time reduced to 0.25 seconds from 0.5.
- Shield strength increased to 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 from 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160.
- Cooldown reduced to 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 seconds from 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7.
- Cast time reduced to 0.25 seconds from 0.5.
- Projectile speed increased to 2200 from 2000.
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- Riven's abilities charge her blade, causing her to do bonus damage on her next autoattack. Riven can store up to 3 charges, but only expends one at a time.
- Riven steps forward and lashes out in a series of powerful sword slashes. This ability can be activated up to 3 times in a short period.
- 1st/2nd cast: deals damage to a small area in front of her
- 3rd cast: jumps into the air and slams downward, causing a larger impact nova that deals damage and knocks nearby enemies back.
- Riven damages and stuns nearby enemies.
- Riven dashes forward and gains a shield for a short duration.
- Riven's sword reforms, giving her a percentage multiplier on her total attack damage, extended range on her damaging abilities and basic attacks and the ability to use Wind Slash once.
- : While Blade of the Exile is active, Riven can reactivate the ability to emit a large shockwave that deals damage to all units hit based on their missing life.
A New Champion Approaches: Riven at Leagueoflegends.com


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ATC scales back power line project
DE PERE, Wis. – American Transmission Co. has modified the scope of its Bay Lake Project – a proposed collection of transmission lines and power substations to enhance reliability in northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Specifically, work is being deferred on the proposed 345-kilovolt line between the Morgan Substation in Oconto County, Wis., and the Plains Substation near Quinnesec, officials said today.
Additionally, feedback from industry stakeholders and further analysis of evolving reliability standards indicates that a single-circuit 138-kV line between the Holmes Substation in Menominee County and the Escanaba area will be adequate for the foreseeable future. This will require substantial review of the routing and siting work done last year to identify opportunities to co-locate the new circuit with existing 69-kV facilities. This also may bring additional stakeholders into the process. An open house to present two routes for the new line will be held in the area in June.
MISO is undertaking a Northern Area Study, which is reviewing long-range transmission needs in Manitoba, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
"As we noted when announcing the project in spring 2012, there's a delicate balance among transmission, generation and electric load in the region. Now, a year later, that balance continues to shift," explained David Hovde, ATC's local relations representative for the project. "The industry also is transitioning to more region-wide transmission planning, with the regional operator, MISO, playing a larger role. These issues have required further study; consequently, we are deferring some work in northern Wisconsin and making revisions to the project in Michigan."
No changes have been made to the proposal between the Green Bay, Wis., area and the Morgan Substation in Oconto County. Open houses will be conducted in May 2013 to present the location of a new Green Bay-area substation and two routes for a 345-kV line and a 138-kV line.
Additional information is available at www.BayLakeProject.com.


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As usual, thaks for the responses. Any thoughts on whether they use a sourdough starter or cake yeast like Keste?
Off the top of my head, I can only think of two places that do: UPN in SF and Roberta's in Brooklyn.
Are you sure about Roberta's? I thought they were non-SD.
Chau and I asked them when we were all there, and I'm pretty sure they said they did.
Hmm... interesting. Did you taste any sourness? I wasn't really looking for it, but I don't recall the dough tasting sour at all.
I'm pretty sure that neither use SD. I did not taste it in either pizza. It's pretty unheard of to use SD in a commercial setting. Off the top of my head, I can only think of two places that do: UPN in SF and Roberta's in Brooklyn. I'm sure there are others, but not many relative to the number of pizzerias out there.
Dick Bessey talks about their pizza dough in this interview (fast forward to around the 12:20 mark)http://www.heritageradionetwork.org/archives?tag=keeping+yeast+fresh
I would not be surprised if PG's dough is fermented for 3 days. He also bakes at a higher temp than Motorino estimating strictly from the bake times. I think PG has a lower TF.
DC8702, I don't know any specifics about Paulie's financing, but if it's anything like other typical pizzeria startups, he had to have sunk a good deal of his life savings into it. When you sink that kind of cash into your own startup, and have that kind of money on the line, then come back and talk about openness


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Children's poetry shouldn't be hammy, condescending or "artificially sweetened," writes Robert Pinsky in Slate. In addition to praising Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, Pinsky lists (and reads aloud) poems by Edward Lear, Robert Louis Stevenson and Walter de la Mare that exemplify musicality and truthfulness.
Their poems are tough, not cloying. Stevenson's "The Land of Counterpane" associates illness with imagination in a way that's disturbing or mysterious as well as engaging. The change from past to present tense in the last stanza — "I was" the giant who "sees"—evokes the imaginative or delirious trance of an extended moment. De la Mare's grotesque "John Mouldy," "Miss T," and "Jim Jay" engagingly conjoin the comic and the sinister.
Edward Lear's "How Pleasant To Know Mr. Lear" inspired an adaptation by T.S. Eliot. The wildly playful, reckless, insouciant, and what-the-hell quality of Lear's limericks have also been widely adapted or imitated—but rarely matched.
Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses was one of my favorite childhood books. I still have my copy. Pinsky quotes:
Whenever the moon and stars are set,
…. Whenever the wind is high,
All night long in the dark and wet,
…. A man goes riding by.
Late in the night when the fires are out,
Why does he gallop and gallop about?
Whenever the trees are crying aloud,
…. And ships are tossed at sea,
By, on the highway, low and loud,
…. By at the gallop goes he.
By at the gallop he goes, and then
By he comes back at the gallop again.
These poets "respect the imagination, including its elements of mystery and dread," Pinsky writes.


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********************************************************************* >From 9-11 January, the Holland Institute of Generative Linguistics (HIL) will celebrate its first lustrum, with two conferences: the Third HIL Phonology Conference (HILP 3) the Twelfth Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop (CGSW 12) The preliminary programmes of both conferences are given below. For more information on HILP 3, contact Prof. Geert Booij, booijgjet.let.vu.nl. For more information on CGSW 12, contact Dr. Marcel den Dikken, dikkenjet.let.vu.nl. Information for both conferences can also be found on the Web, at http://oasis.leidenuniv.nl/hil/confs/confs.htm General information for both conferences and a pre-registration form will be posted in a separate message. On Wednesday 8 January at 17:00 p.m. registration for both conferences can take place, at the main building of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 11th floor. The Third HIL Phonology Conference (HILP 3) Preliminary programme Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam/HIL : 9-11 January 1997 The Netherlands Thursday 9 January (location: Auditorium of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) 8:30 Registration for those who could not register on 8 January 8:50-9:00 Opening by Geert Booij, chairman of HIL 9:00-9:45 Peter Avery (York University) Final devoicing and split laryngeal systems 9:45-10:30 Patrick Bye (Tromso/) Representing overlength 10:45-11:30 Birgit Alber (Rutgers, Universities of Venice and Padua) Quantity-sensitivity in stress assignment as the result of constraint interaction 11:30-12:15 Jill Beckmann (Iowa) Faithfulness under stress 12:15-13:00 Anthi Revithiadou (HIL/Leiden) "Marked feet in the pool" lexical accent, templates and correspondence 14:00-14:45 Suzanne Urbanczyk (Univ. of British Columbia) Syncope as clash avoidance 14:45-15:30 Harry van der Hulst (HIL/Leiden) & Grazyna Rowicka (HIL/Leiden) On some parallels between (un)realized empty nuclei and (un)stressed syllables 15:45-16:30 Richard Ogden (York) Making declarative phonology do without deletion 16:30-17:30 invited speaker: Jaye Padgett (UC Santa Cruz) to be announced Friday 10 January (location: Auditorium) 9:00-9:45 Helga Humbert (PJMI Amsterdam) & Glyne Piggott (McGill) Representations and constraints: the case of Guarani nasal harmony 9:45-10:30 Laura Walsh Dickey (MPI Nijmegen) Palatalization and the phonological structure of rhotics 10:45-11:30 Tobias Scheer (Paris) Spirantisation and its implications for the internal structure of consonants 11:30-12:15 Krisztina Polga'rdi (HIL/Leiden) & Pe'ter Rebrus (Budapest) Two default vowels in Hungarian? 12:15-13:00 Karijn Helsloot (Du"sseldorf) The relation between lexical and phrasal prosodic phonology 14:00-17:30 workshops 17:45-18:30 invited speaker: Janet Pierrehumbert (Northwestern) to be announced 21:00 Evening party (location to be announced) Saturday 11 January (location: Auditorium) 10:00-10:45 Frank van der Leeuw (HIL/Univ. of Amsterdam) & Jeroen van de Weijer (HIL/Leiden) Containment, candidate generation and correspondence theory: possession in Quiotepec Chinantec 10:45-11:30 Laura Benua (U/Mass & Maryland) Javanese elatives 12:00-12:45 Yen-Hwei Lin (Michigan State) Cyclic and non-cyclic affixation in Piro 12:45-13.30 Taylor Roberts (MIT) The optimal second position in Pashto Alternates 1. Nancy Ritter (Kentucky) Encoding sonority in a revised theory of segmental representations 2. Gertjan Postma (HIL/Leiden) Ablaut, duplicative structures, and the syntax-phonology interface 3. Paloma Garci'a-Bellido (Oxford) Functional/lexical categories: Spanish syllable structure Workshops on Friday 10 January, 14:00-17:30 A. Workshop `Prosodic morphology' moderator: Norval Smith (HIL/Univ. of Amsterdam) 14:00-14:30 John Alderete (U/Mass) Prominent syllable maximization in syllable-based infixation 14:35-15:05 Trisha Causley (Toronto) Featural Correspondence and Identity: the Athapaskan case 15:25-15:55 Hyunsook Kang (Hanyang University, Korea) Circumscriptional Morphology and the Optimality Theory 16:00-16:30 Philip Spaelti (UC Santa Cruz) Multiple pattern reduplication in Mangap-Mbula, and the definition of Anchoring 16:30-17:30 general discussion B. 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Workshop `Metrics' moderator: Karijn Helsloot (Du"sseldorf) 14:00-14:30 Jan Kooij (HIL/Leiden) Metrical structure and the syntax-phonology interface 14:35-15:05 Curt Rice (Tromso/) Phonology > Morphology: Chaucerian past participles and the grammar of poetry 15:25-15:55 Henry Biggs (Houghton) A Generative Metrical Analysis of Ronsard's Les Amours 15:55-16:30 Michael Redford (HIL/Leiden) Four-beat Rhythm and the `Metrical Hierarchy' 16:30-17:30 general discussion ********************************************************************* Twelfth Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop Preliminary Programme Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam/HIL - 9 & 10 January 1997 The Netherlands Thursday 9 January 1997 9.30-10.30 Ans van Kemenade (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam/HIL) Negation Positions as Word Order Triggers in Older West-Germanic coffee/tea break 11.00-12.00 Kristin M. Eide & Tor A. 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About the Authors: Caroline Guenther, Tony Nguyen, Reagan Thompson, and Thao-Anh Tran are interns in Office of Chinese & Mongolian Affairs in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Being at the banquet of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) next to, respectively, the former head of the World Bank for China, the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a lieutenant in the People's Liberation Army, and the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, was an opportunity we never imagined our internships would provide.
The S&ED was the Obama Administration's inaugural round of talks with the Chinese government. The Dialogue provided an opportunity for high-level U.S. and Chinese officials to speak frankly on topics ranging from a denuclearized North Korea, climate change, and health care. For example, when Zhang Guobao, director of the Chinese National Energy Administration, presented his opinions on climate change and the current global situation, he spoke very candidly. He stated that he was not a diplomat and said he disagreed with several U.S. stances on climate change. It was so surprising for us to witness such open discussions, but we began to understand that sincerity and honesty are essential if the United States and China are going to work together.
When we all first arrived on the China Desk, we imagined ourselves drafting memos, requesting clearances, and occasionally attending meetings. Yet, as we got closer to the S&ED, we found ourselves totally engaged in the coordination and execution of the event. From preparing briefing books for Secretary Clinton, to seeing President Obama in person, to note-taking at the joint press conference, we were entrusted with responsibilities that interns could only dream of receiving. Despite the fact that we found ourselves working as late as 1:00 a.m., pizza dinners promoted camaraderie among the office staff.
We feel honored and privileged to have had the opportunity to participate in such a high-profile event. We were even able to meet the two most senior Chinese officials at the Dialogue, State Councilor Dai Bingguo and Vice Premier Wang Qishan. We talked with Dai and Wang in Mandarin and conveyed our sincerity in wanting to learn more about China. To top it all off, Secretary Clinton personally thanked the S&ED team!
As students of international relations, the events of the past few days were a rewarding way for us to see textbook theories in action. It became clear that although the United States and China may have differences, we agree on a multitude of issues and we are optimistic about the future of bilateral relations with China. We witnessed what good can come of hard work, creativity, and a never-ceasing desire to represent the United States well. Our experiences speak to the care of the "China Desk" at the State Department, the dedication of the State S&ED Coordinator, Erica Thomas, and the unlimited opportunities offered by the institution that is the Department of State.
Patrick in Maryland writes:
Hi, Interns, Netizens of the department of states & :).
Is it friday already the week went by really fast. Any ways i thought the singing of the Menorandum on Clean Energy & Climate Change was very exciting. I watch the Video from 7/28/2009 here on the States Department media files it was great to see them agree on this important subject. I like that they are opening a new research center, where scientist from the US & China can work together on renewable energy and climate change.
Have a Great weekend , and thanks for post Interns.
Emma in Florida writes:
Great job interns!
Let's hope Obama can work with the Chinese...
Jonathan in California writes:
What a great opportunity! Thank you for sharing!
Graham in Virginia writes:
Wow what a great opportunity for all the interns! This conference seemed to be a great success and one that made progress on the Chinese American relationship. The United States is very privileged that China is willing to have this type of relationship with us.
Some questions for the ever so smart interns:
Why was China the country of choice for this conference? (Might other countries have similar conferences later on?)
Who initiated the idea for the dialogue?
What do we know about China now that we did not know before this?


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