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If he were one of today's royal brat pack, Henry's private study/sitting room would be styled to his personal taste, not to that of his ancestors. In this hip bachelor pad by Richard Mishaan, Damien Hirst's Superstition Series prints reflect the king's belief in sorcery and his fondness for lavish displays of his wealth. Richly hued Fortuny pillows add a touch of drama to a sofa, designed by Richard Mishaan for Bolier, that's upholstered in Maharam fabric. Jacques Adnet seats, from Mishaan's private collection, add a cool, masculine vibe, with leather strapping reminiscent of vintage campaign chairs. The scene is set atop a geometric carpet from Stark.
Red is the ultimate power color, so this vintage midcentury-modern chest from Richard Mishaan's personal collection is a must-have for Henry, whose quest for power ran second only to his womanizing. Its sleek lines are echoed by the simple round mirror. Together, they create a space for Henry to do some royal primping before heading out for a night on the town.
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AS A SENIOR IN 2015 Capital One Academic All-District 8 At-Large First Team ... ACWPC All-Academic ... One of six recipients of the Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete Award for having the highest grade-point averages among graduating seniors ... National STUDENT-Athlete Day honoree ... UCSD Athletics All-Academic Team ... Co-Captain ... Started the season with an assist against CSU Bakersfield (1/24) ... Tied a career-high two goals against Azusa Pacific (2/13) while also grabbing a steal ... Tallied one goal, one assist and two steals against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (3/6).
AS A JUNIOR IN 2014 Capital One Academic All-District 8 At-Large First Team ... ACWPC All-Academic ... Tallied 12 goals, nine assists and 16 steals ... Finished with one goal, one assist, one steal and a penalty drawn in season opener against Concordia ... Dished out an assist and grabbed three steals against UCSB ... Scored twice against Marist ... Had one goal and two steals against George Washington ... Set a career high of five steals against Occidental while tacking on a goal and an assist ... Tied a career-high three assists while scoring a goal against Bucknell.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2013 UCSD Athletics All-Academic Team ... Recorded her first goal of the season at the UC Santa Barbara Winter Invitational against Claremont Mudd-Scripps (1/27), finishing the season with four goals ... Had three assists and two steals on Mar. 9 against Chapman ... Finished the season with seven assists and nine steals ... Was one of three Tritons to record a five-meter penalty goal.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012 Scored her first collegiate goal for UC San Diego against Fresno Pacific (3/31) ... Also had one assist in the win over the Sunbirds.
HIGH SCHOOL A 2011 graduate of Campolindo High School in Moraga ... Was an Honorable Mention All-American, All-North Coast Section (NCS) Third Team and All-Diablo Foothill Athletic League (DFAL) Second Team selection in 2010 ... Helped the Cougars to an NCS CIF championship in 2010 as well as DFAL championships in 2008 and 2009 ... All-DFAL honorable mention as a freshman and sophomore (2008-09) ... Also played club for Diablo Water Polo in Alamo (2009-11) and the Olympic Development Program (ODP) Pacific Zone Team (2009-10) ... Additionally, competed on the varsity swim team in each of her four years at CHS.
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Christian music network paves the way for faith-based programming to a new generation of viewers
By Dave Bohon. WDC Media News
(Los Angeles) -- Brandon Crouch is a little too young to remember the beginnings of the music video craze on cable television back in the early 1980s. But at 22, the grandson of TBN founders Paul and Jan Crouch has witnessed the evolution of music-video networks from little more than rock radio with pictures to the edgy and extreme venues offered today. He explained that the vision for TBN's youth-based network JCTV is to bring the same intensity and edginess that viewers see on secular music networks into a faith-based setting.
"Our goal has always been to place JCTV right on the cutting edge of cable programming geared for youth," said Crouch, who works with the network's vice president for programming, Mark McCallie, to create faith-based programming that will grab 13-29 year-old viewers and to promote JCTV to digital cable providers nationwide. "In fact we're convinced that JCTV is one of the most exciting and innovative youth-based networks on the air right now. Our 24-hour mix of high-energy Christian music videos, extreme sports shows, and faith-based comedy and entertainment programs has pulled in viewers from all over the world."
Crouch explained that the concept was something his grandfather had been pushing for years as a way to reach younger viewers with a strong faith-based message using the music and culture they're keyed into. "Many young people, Christian or not, may not tune into some of the other Christian programming offered on cable," Crouch explained. "But if they're channel surfing and they stop at JCTV, I can almost guarantee they'll get hooked."
Launched in 2002, JCTV features 24 hours of faith-based programming that includes reality shows, music videos, game shows, talk shows relevant to youth, comedy, extreme sports, and more. McCallie notes that because the network is breaking new ground in faith-based programming, they had to create many of the new shows. "Because there was very little on television targeting this age group in the faith-based program category, we had to be real creative," he said. "We had to go out and create shows that are edgy and relevant to youth, while at the same time being clean and family-friendly, and communicating the faith message that TBN is all about."
That programming includes "Xtreme Life," an extreme sports show that rivals anything on television. "I've been on location for some of these video shoots," said Crouch, "and let me tell you they're the real deal." The difference is that the athletes are committed Christians "who offer an uplifting and encouraging message to viewers," he added.
There are also talk shows covering topics Gen-Xers can relate to, and, of course, music videos with "enough drive to fuel a 747," said McCallie.
Brandon Crouch is host of one of JCTV's most popular offerings, "Top 3," a talk and music show which he described as a youth version of TBN's "Praise the Lord" program. "This high-intensity stuff," explained Crouch, "with great rock and hip-hop music, well-known guests from a wide variety of venues, and talk that won't bore kids and young adults."
Another hugely popular program is "The Logan Show," hosted by funny-man Logan Sekulow. Yes, he's the son of noted public policy attorney Jay Sekulow, but the on-camera resemblance stops there. If you think Leno and Letterman are the only late-night gigs going, think again. "The 'Logan Show' is a late-night thrill ride," explained McCallie, "a one-hour, fast-paced show, featuring hilarious comedy sketches, dynamic music, live performances, and exclusive interviews with today's hottest Christian artists."
Paul Crouch Jr., Vice President of Administration at TBN notes, "There's a massive youth audience out there that readily aligns itself with innovative faith-based programming. They applaud it. They return to it. They tell their friends about it. JCTV is armed with the ability, talent, and technology to do just that -- create it, and then deliver it to viewers in mass."
Brandon Crouch said he has received a lot of encouraging feedback about JCTV from parents of kids who've been tuning in. "With so much objectionable programming on TV right now, there are a lot of moms and dads who are grateful for the faith-based alternative we're offering," he said. "And they're very vocal about the great programs we've been providing. That's the kind of feedback we want to hear. That means we're doing our job, getting relevant, cutting-edge shows out there for teens and young adults to watch – and to be influenced by."
Bob Higley Vice President of Cable and Satellite Relations at TBN, noted that cable surveys show JCTV is broadcasting what today's youth want to see. "We found that JCTV has a high interest rating among teens age 12 to 17," said Higley. "In fact, 27 percent of the teens in one report indicated significant interest in watching JCTV – higher even than some of the most-watched youth based networks on cable."
Higley explained that JCTV is part of TBN's broader vision of providing a wide range of faith-based programming networks for different audiences. "The success of the cable industry was simply the idea of offering a variety of niche channels to a diverse audience. There is a need today to duplicate that idea by offering niche channels for the enormous faith community in America," he said. "TBN has the resources and financing to make this idea a reality."
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Wild turkeys are polygynous. Males attempt to attract females by "gobbling" and "strutting" with their tail fanned out, their wings lowered and dragging on the ground, their back feathers erect, their head thrown back and their crop inflated. The gobbles of male wild turkeys can be heard more than 1.5 kilometers away (or approximately 1 mile). (Eaton, 1992)
Mating System: Polygynous
Wild turkeys breed in early spring; southern populations begin courtship in late January and northern populations begin in late February. They raise one brood per season. The nest is a shallow depression in the ground, usually surrounded by dense brush, vines, tangles, deep grass, or fallen tree tops. The female scratches out the nest and lays 4 to 17 (usually 8 to 15) eggs. She incubates the eggs for 25 to 31 days. The chicks are precocial, and are able walk and feed themselves within 24 hours of hatching. The female broods the chicks at night for the first 2 weeks after hatching. She also defends them from predators, sometimes pursuing hawks or other predators. The young turkeys (called poults) stay with the female parent through the fall (males) or the early spring (females). Turkeys are capable of breeding at about 10 months old, though young males are typically not successful in competing with older males for mates during their first spring.
Egg dumping (laying eggs in another female's nest) is common in this species. This species is also known to lay eggs in the nests of Bonasa umbellus. Phasianus colchicus are known nest parasites of wild turkeys. (Eaton, 1992)
Key Reproductive Features: Iteroparous; Seasonal breeding; Gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate); Sexual; Oviparous
Wild turkeys breed once per year.
Courtship begins in early spring (January to February).
Male wild turkeys do not provide any parental care. Female wild turkeys prepare the nest, incubate the eggs, and care for the young until the next spring (fall for male poults). The chicks are precocial, and are able to walk and feed themselves within 24 hours of hatching. (Eaton, 1992)
Parental Investment: No parental involvement; Precocial; Pre-fertilization; Pre-fertilization :: Provisioning; Pre-fertilization :: Protecting; Pre-fertilization :: Protecting :: Female; Pre-hatching/birth; Pre-hatching/birth :: Protecting; Pre-hatching/birth :: Protecting :: Female; Pre-weaning/fledging; Pre-weaning/fledging :: Protecting; Pre-weaning/fledging :: Protecting :: Female; Pre-independence; Pre-independence :: Protecting; Pre-independence :: Protecting :: Female


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Anyone had good experience with a green host that support RoR? Nothing special, I don't need tons of bandwidth or anything at this point, just some good green hosting.
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Security Sector Reform is a critical mission for the U.S. Department of State. In partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense, we help nations turn the page on past practices and establish effective and accountable security institutions that respect human rights and can positively contribute to promoting regional peace and security. As Nepal continues to emerge from a decade long civil conflict, these reform efforts are making a difference.
On November 21, 2006, a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ended a 10-year civil war with Maoist insurgents and abolished the monarchy. The conflict left Nepal with significant challenges, including internal population displacement and the decline of a once-vibrant tourism industry.
For Nepal's peace to survive, the new government also needed to enact robust reforms to rebuild its army, police, and other security forces, integrate thousands of Maoist combatants into the society, and establish a new national security strategy to guide the future development of Nepal's defense institutions. To many observers, these challenges put at risk the promise of a democratic, peaceful, and modern state.
Through the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and International Military Education and Training (IMET) programs -- two of the Secretary of State's critical tools for engaging and supporting foreign militaries -- the Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs plays an active role in security sector reform. As part of our wider support for the peace process, the United States and Nepal formed the Security Sector Development Core Group in 2006. The Core Group brought diplomatic and defense expertise from the Departments of State and Defense to establish constructive civil-military dialogues among the Nepali Congress, the Maoists, and active duty and retired members of the security services. These discussions helped expand public participation and provided support for the development of improved federal institutions and an effective national security strategy. U.S. diplomatic personnel have facilitated the dialogues by helping to conduct over a dozen seminars on security, federalism, democratization, capacity building, and strategy formulation.
The civil-military dialogues have helped sustain Nepal's democratic transition by assisting the development of open and transparent discussion between security forces and broader Nepali society, including by contributing to the development of a five-point framework announced in Kathmandu last July to expedite the peace process and integrate former Maoist combatants into the Nepalese Army. The new Nepalese Army Security and Development Directorate is now poised to integrate up to 3,120 former Maoist combatants into the Nepalese Army.
U.S. support for Nepal's security sector reform efforts does more than advance Nepal's post-conflict recovery. By improving the country's defense institutions, such assistance can also enhance Nepal's role as a leading troop contributor for United Nations peacekeeping missions. Today, nearly 4,000 Nepali troops help keep the peace in Darfur, South Sudan, and nearly a dozen other peacekeeping missions around the world.
The Department is also using the FMF program to help Nepal meet vital security objectives, such as disaster response. U.S.-provided assistance, such as bulldozers, portable generators, and bridge sets, will help Nepal's newly restructured defense forces respond more effectively to earthquakes, floods, or other natural disasters in the Kathmandu Valley, reducing casualties and limiting economic interruption.
Considering the many challenges it continues to face, Nepal's progress in security sector reform has been impressive. Our support has helped set the conditions for Nepal's political, military, and civil society stakeholders to reach the societal consensus that can ensure the stability and security of the country for years to come.


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Teachers can help students develop "non-cognitive" abilities such as adaptability, self-control and motivation, argues Northwestern's C. Kirabo Jackson in a working paper, Non-Cognitive Ability, Test Scores, and Teacher Quality.
Using 2005-10 North Carolina data on absenteeism, suspensions and grades as a proxy, Jackson finds non-cognitive factors predict college enrollment and lifetime earnings more strongly than cognitive ability, notes Education Gadfly. Evaluating teachers on their affect on student test scores doesn't capture their full contributions to student outcomes, Jackson concludes, suggesting evaluations should include teachers' affect on student suspensions and absences.
I fore see problems. Student suspensions would be a less accurate way to measure students' self-control if teachers knew they'd earn a higher rating — and perhaps more money — for a lower suspension rate. High school grades are a good way to predict college and career success since they measure work ethic and motivation as well as academic learning. But grade inflation would go wild if teachers were evaluated based on their students' grades.
True Grit: Can Perseverance Be Taught? is the title of University of Pennsylvania Psychology Professor Angela Duckworth's 2009 TED talk.
"Non-cognitive abilities" are ways of thinking, writes David Conley, a University of Oregon education professor, in an Ed Week commentary.
Are we not observing a higher form of thinking when we see students persist with difficult tasks, such as overcoming frustration; setting and achieving goals; seeking help; working with others; and developing, managing, and perceiving their sense of self-efficacy?
Executive functioning — the brain "monitors and adjusts to circumstances to accomplish specific aims and objectives" — is a critical part of the learning process, writes Conley.


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About the Author: Janice Clark serves as Deputy Director of Electronic Information in the Bureau of Public Affairs.
What if you could entice high school students to form teams, learn about a foreign policy topic, engage their classmates and community, and then build a website to show what they learned? What if you then made the websites available for all the world to see, teaching millions of others around the globe about these issues? What if you could sweeten the pot with special certificates of achievement and scholarship prizes?
We've done it — it's called Doors to Diplomacy. "Doors" is an online challenge that the Bureau of Public Affairs developed in partnership with Global SchoolNet. Since the contest's inception in 2003, thousands of Doors to Diplomacy websites have been built by teams of exceptional students who find foreign policy topics interesting and view the challenge as a medium through which to speak out and change the world.
I've been involved in the contest since the beginning. Each year, I'm amazed by the efforts these kids expend. Many participants are already among the high achievers — involved in challenging coursework, on extracurricular teams and clubs, working in their communities. But they find the time to do this, too.
While the original goal of the contest was to gin up interest in foreign policy among tomorrow's leaders, it also provides a forum for showcasing student talents. One year, after the winners were chosen and scholarship money was awarded, we learned that one student, an incredibly talented high school senior of modest means, assumed he would immediately go to work after graduation. The scholarship prize was just the ticket to set him on course toward an advanced degree. He was able to pursue a profession he loved and for which he had natural ability.
Another year, one team had no internet access. Determined to see the project through to completion, the students used outdated computers to write and craft their pages, while their teacher walked to an internet café to send their materials to a U.S. team with whom they collaborated so their hard work could be posted to the Web. Similar hardships challenge many teams, but they don't let outdated hardware and limited internet access get in their way
Teams often start with modest goals, but then grow excited about the topic. Several teams have used "Doors" as a launchpad for raising money to fight hunger, homelessness, environmental degradation, and the like. While others are sleeping late and vacationing, "Doors" students use precious school breaks to build schools, plant trees, and raise international awareness.
Today, the 2009 Doors to Diplomacy contest winners were announced. Take a few minutes to see what today's youth are doing in their spare time. I think you'll be impressed.
Joel in Arizona writes:
What a great initiative. It rewards creativity, promotes U.S. diplomacy, and who knows, perhaps it sparks the interest that will set a student on the path to a career in diplomacy.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Regardless of what carreer path one chooses, an understanding of diplomacy and the art of negotiation will translate into greater opportunity for the individual's success in life.
And keep them out of trouble on the street.
Might even save their life eventually.


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Photographs taken during a hiking in Sauk Mountain. The trail is 2.1 miles (3.4 km) one-way, the elevation at the parking slot is 4300 feet (1310 m), and the elevation at the top is 5330 feet (1625 m). Wildflowers and blueberries cover the high mountain meadows, and the entire trail offers magnificent vistas.
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While you should take your pet to the veterinarian for any major ailments, it is important to be prepared to handle all facets of health and safety. To do this, you should keep a pet first aid kit handy to respond to emergencies and minor injuries or illnesses. This kit should be stocked with a variety of items that can help you when you don't want to take a trip to the veterinarian or when you need to help your furry friend right away.
Contact Information: Your first aid kit is a great place to keep emergency contact information for your cat or dog. This should include the number for your veterinarian, for animal poison control (888-4ANI-HELP, there may be a fee for this call), and for an emergency center for your pet. This will be a safe and easy place to keep these numbers and addresses, so that you can address any potential problem quickly and confidently.
Medical Records: If your dog or cat is suffering health problems serious enough to warrant a trip to the emergency clinic or to the veterinarian, it is important to have his records in one place, accessible, and easy to find. Keeping them with your first aid kit is a good way to accomplish this.
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BEIJING (AP) Athens gold medalist Ayumi Tanimoto overpowered her opponents to give Japan a chance to redeem itself on the judo mats Tuesday, while Brazilian world champion Tiago Camilot fell to a major upset.
Camilo was the big surprise of the day in the men's 81-kilogram class, though he started off strong.
He opened with a waza ari against Japan's Takashi Ono just over one minute into his first bout and held Ono scoreless to the bell. He took three minutes to throw Iran's Hamed Malek Mohammadi.
In the quarterfinal, he fell prey to a waza ari by Germany's Ole Bischof, who is ranked No. 9 in world standings, with about three minutes to go. He was toppled by a second waza ari move about a minute later that put him out of the bout.
"I'm in incredible form," an elated Bischof said. "I came here with very open expectations. You can lose to anybody at the Olympics."
European champion Joao Neto of Portugal also blasted out with ippon wins early on to get into the quarterfinals with a minimum of energy.
He then took on Kim Jae-bum, who is the Asian champion but is making his Olympic debut. Kim fought cautiously in the preliminaries, taking his first bout by points, but then came through with a late ippon to earn his place in the quarterfinals.
His bout with Neto went into overtime, with neither competitor able to capitalize on their throws. Kim won on a match-ending "golden score."
In the semis, Ukraine's Roman Gontiuk will meet Bischof, and Kim fights 2005 world champion Guillaume Elmont of the Netherlands.
In the women's 63-kg, Tanimoto, who has been an infrequent fighter over the past year, quickly pinned her first opponent, Venezuela's Ysis Barreto, to meet South Korea's Kong Ja-young in the quarters.
Trailing on penalties after two minutes, the Japanese champion once again used her outstanding matwork to pin Kong with 2 minutes, 16 seconds remaining in the five-minute match.
Lucie Decosse of France, the European champion, threw her way into the semifinals, where she will meet North Korea's Won Ok Im, who upset Elisabeth Willeboordse of the Netherlands.
Willeboordse, ranked No. 2 in the world, was seen as a top contender, having won three consecutive tournaments leading up to the games.
Three-time world champion Driulis Gonzalez of Cuba, fighting for her fifth Olympic medal, narrowly inched past Austria's Claudia Heill to get into the quarterfinals. Gonzalez, who is 35 and a mother, won gold in Atlanta and bronze in Athens.
She defeated Wang Chin-fang of Taiwan for her place in the final four against Tanimoto.
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Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of Intel Corp.'s ultra mobility group, said in a statement that senior Intel executives, who made comments regarding performance of ARM processors in general and Apple iPhone in particular, earlier this week, should not make statements like that. Mr. Chandrasekher also admitted that it has no chips to compete against ARM now.
Earlier this week two of Intel's high-ranking executives criticized ARM micro-architecture-based microprocessors claiming that their performance was inadequate for today's task. Vice president of the mobility group and director of strategic planning of platform architecture and software for the ultra mobility group, Shane Wall, said that if someone wanted to run "full Internet", he or she would need an x86 central processing unit, not and ARM-based chip.
As general manager of the Group responsible for Intel's ultra-mobility products, Mr. Chandrasekher acknowledged that Intel's low-power Atom processor does not yet match the battery life characteristics of the ARM processor in a phone form factor; and, that while Intel does have plans on the books to get us to be competitive in the ultra low power domain, it is not there as yet.
In addition, Intel's execs also criticized Apple iPhone smartphone citing low-performance chips.
"The shortcomings of the iPhone are not because of Apple.The shortcomings of the iPhone have come from ARM," said Pankaj Kedia, director global ecosystem programs at Intel.
According to the boss of Mr. Kedia, Apple's iPhone offering is "an extremely innovative product that enables new and exciting market opportunities".
"The statements made in Taiwan were inappropriate, and Intel representatives should not have been commenting on specific customer designs," concluded Mr. Chandrasekher.
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About the Author: Bob Soppelsa serves as a Curator for ART in EMBASSIES.
An image of a fish can carry a lot of meaning…especially in Ghana. Line fishing, trawling and seine fishing are common along the coast and inland lagoons, rivers and man-made Volta Lake. The fishing industry generates capital income around five percent of the GDP through exported canned fish and supplies around 60 percent of the protein in the diet of Ghanians. The United States and Ghana have a shared economic interest in a thriving fishing industry. Hence, the theme for the new ART in EMBASSIES exhibition in Ghana is all about fish and their habitats. Ambassador Donald Teitelbaum collaborated with our team on the concept. He also happens to be an avid fisherman.
Brook Trout with Lines pays tribute to the life-sustaining power of fish. Artist, writer, activist, and naturalist James Prosek made his authorial debut at nineteen years of age with Trout: An Illustrated History (Alfred A. Knopf, 1996), which featured 70 of his watercolor paintings of the trout of North America. Prosek is a regular contributor to The New York Times and won a Peabody Award in 2003 for his documentary about traveling through England in the footsteps of Izaak Walton, the seventeenth-century author of The Compleat Angler. In 2004, he co-founded a conservation initiative called "World Trout" with Yvon Chouinard, the owner of Patagonia clothing company, which raises money for coldwater habitat conservation.
One man's passion is another man's livelihood. That's the beauty of fishing worldwide.


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- IWLCA/US Lacrosse All-America first team (2006), third team (2007)
- CAA Player of the Year, CAA Tournament MVP (2006)
- All-CAA first team (2005-07)
- Finished college career as James Madison's second all-time leading scorer with 262 points (184 g, 78 a)
- Aimee Willard Award for top collegiate player at US Lacrosse Women's Division National Tournament (2005)
Getting to know…
- Nickname? Bergs
- Other sports played in high school: Soccer, basketball, and dance
- Favorite lacrosse player: That's a tie for Paul Rabil and Stephen Berger :)
- Favorite athlete from another sport: Ray Lewis
- Best advice received from a coach: Simply: "Outwork everyone."
- Strengths as a player? Speed, athleticism, and aggression.
- What should every player at your position know, or need to be able to do on the field? In the midfield there is a lot of running, so the first thing you have to keep up along with your stick work is staying fit. You have to be able to react at a quick speed and you can not dwell on any play to look, because you are expected to turn that switch again and help with the next play.
- Game-day ritual? I wear the same t-shirt the night before the game to bed!
- Tip for young players? Keep the stick in your hands but be sure to continue to enjoy other sports and gain experience through other sports.
- Best lacrosse moment? Winning the CAA Championship at JMU my freshman year. A come-from-behind win that I truly believe never could have happened without every one of us doing our part.
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Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) on Monday unveiled the industry's highest capacity hard disk drive (HDD) aimed at enterprise customers. The Ultrastar A7K2000 boasts the same technical characteristics as similar Deskstar HDD launched last week, but features a number of enhancements needed for enterprise customers.
"With the addition of the A7K2000, Hitachi GST continues to provide one of the broadest ranges of enterprise storage products in the world—from premium, enterprise-class, capacity-optimized SATA drives to performance oriented 10 000 and 15 000 RPM drives – ideal for virtually every aspect of storage in the data center," said Brendan Collins, vice president of marketing at Hitachi GST.
The new Hitachi GST Ultrastar A7K2000 is designed, manufactured and tested to ensure enterprise-class mean-time-between-failure (MTBF) of 1.2 million hours in demanding 24x7 nearline applications, according to the manufacturer. Hitachi provides five years limited warranty on its Ultrastar drives. According to Hitachi, usage of five-platter design is an advantage since thanks to relaxed bit density and proven perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology it features improved reliability.
Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000 hard drive with 2TB capacity is based on five 400GB platters with 36.5GB areal density (per square inch), features 32MB data buffer, 7200rpm spindle speed, Serial ATA-300 interface. Hitachi declares 8.2ms typical read seek time for the novelty. The company claims that the A7K2000 consumes about 11.1W under maximum load, but features five Advanced Power Management modes, can reduce power consumption by 36% during low RPM idle mode, and uses less than 1W during standby/sleep modes. The Ultrastar A7K2000 features 3.5" form-factor and is aimed at enterprise computers, including workstations and data storage systems. For servers Hitachi offers Ultrastar drives with 10 000rpm or even 15 000rpm spindle speed.
Ultrastar Serial ATA drives feature Hitachi's patented Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) sensor technology, which optimizes drive performance in multi-drive RAID arrays and rack-mounted systems.
The Ultrastar A7K2000 is also available with a bulk data encryption (BDE) option. When enabled, the Hitachi BDE implementation encrypts all data on the drive using a private security key as it is written to the disk, and then decrypts it with the key as it is retrieved, giving users an extreme level of data protection. Unlike software-based encryption solutions, Hitachi's BDE implementation is hardware-based and the company claims that it will not slow the system down.
The 2TB Ultrastar A7K2000 is now available worldwide with a five-year warranty. 500GB and 1TB versions of the drive will begin shipping in the current quarter.
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NMU men's hoops: Wildcats hit late shot to give Sall victory over former team
MARQUETTE – First-year Northern Michigan University men's basketball coach Bill Sall used the word "bizarre" in his post-game press conference Saturday.
But it wasn't used to describe how his current team – the Wildcats – defeated his former team – the Ferris State Bulldogs – 61-59 in GLIAC play at the Berry Events Center in Marquette.
"Bizarre" was used by Sall to describe the feeling of beating a school he had spent 11 years at that is now coached by an assistant who worked under Sall the previous six seasons as an assistant in Andy Bronkema.
"I'd love to say it was just another game, but obviously it wasn't," Sall said. "It's kind of a tough feeling.
"Andy is a good friend. It's just kind of bizarre. I've never really had where you're coaching against someone you really know. There's a little bit of melancholy there."
The Wildcats (4-10 overall, 3-7 in GLIAC) won the game in the final 37.5 seconds on a spread play gone wrong.
As described by Sall, NMU junior guard Ethan Blackwell was supposed to drive into the paint and kick the ball to junior forward Chavis Mattison or the opposite side.
Instead, the Bulldogs (6-8, 5-5) hedged on the Wildcats' screen and Blackwell was forced to take a back-up 3-pointer with about 15 seconds to play.
The shot bounced off the front of the rim and into the arms of Mattison. He was able to wrestle the ball away from two Bulldogs and float in the game-winning basket with 10.7 seconds left.
Ferris quickly got down the floor for a game-tying shot, but could only muster a desperation heave in packed-paint that fell short, allowing NMU to snap a three-game losing streak.
"With time running out, it was a crazy situation," Mattison said. "The ball was loose and I just grabbed it, pump-faked once and went straight up with it.
"I knew the clock was going down pretty fast, so I made a quick decision and put it up."
Northern jumped out to a 12-4 lead on Ferris, but needed a bucket by freshman guard Marcus Hall eight seconds before halftime to nab a 32-30 advantage at the break.
A 3-pointer by freshman guard Wade Schetter out of Carney-Nadeau put NMU up 50-40 with 10:30 to play, but FSU was able to fight back and tie the game at 55-55 with 2:30 to play.
Mattison finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds, including seven defensive boards.
Hall scored a team-high 17 points for the Wildcats and junior forward Justin Newell came off the bench to total 10 points for Northern.
Blackwell, who also came off the bench, led NMU with seven assists.
"Chavis did a great job hustling to the basket and he got a great shot to get us a two-point lead," Sall said.
"I was really happy with how we played today. I thought we executed a lot of stuff. I thought with 16 assists, that's the best we've done this year distributing the ball, sharing the ball."
Ferris State, which beat NMU in 11-straight with Sall as head coach, received a team-high 17 points from junior forward Matt Poches.
Gwinn native and FSU sophomore guard/forward Matt Sinnaeve was suited up Saturday, but didn't get into the game for the Bulldogs.


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To the editor:
What is happening to our country?
If we lie to Congress, that is a felony and punishable in court, but if our lawmakers lie to us-well, that's just politics.
A man killed a pregnant woman and he was charged with a double murder-but our country has given its blessings to abortion which is the killing of unborn babies.
We can teach homosexuality in our public schools-but we can't mention the word of God in doing so.
We have millions of illegal immigrants in our country-but the politicians now want to grant them amnesty and give them many of the benefits for which we worked a lifetime.
We have Black History Month-but what outcry there would be if we initiated White History Month.
We condone pornography on TV and on the internet-but we can't display a nativity scene in a public park or in a public school.
Prayer is forbidden in public schools-but the U.S. Constitution and all state constitutions have many references to God.
Sadly, our country has become the home of the double standard.
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Area Deaths
DOLORES WATTERUD, 84, Williston, died Monday in a San Jose, Calif., hospital. (Everson Funeral Home, Williston)
MAXINE STAGE, 78, McHenry, died Monday in a Carrington nursing home. Funeral Saturday, 11 a.m., Our Savior's Lutheran Church, McHenry. Visitation Thursday, 3 to 5 p.m., and Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., in Evans Funeral Home, Carrington. Prayer service Friday, 7 p.m., in the funeral home.
ALVIN ACKERMAN, 87, Kenmare, died Monday in a Kenmare hospital. (Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Kenmare)
LLOYD OPSTEDAL, 100, Rugby, died Tuesday in a Rugby nursing home. (Anderson Funeral Home, Rugby)
DARLENE KALLIAS, 81, Minot, died Monday in a Minot hospital. (Thomas Family Funeral Home, Minot)
MARTHA STEARNS, 62, Williston, formerly of Chinook, Mont., died Tuesday in her home. (Fulkerson Funeral Home, Williston)
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Although solid-state drives (SSDs) have been around for over a decade and hit mass market several years ago, manufacturers offered different metrics of their performance and reliability. As a result, it is hardly possible to compare different SSDs based on their specs. But this situation is coming to the end as JEDEC publishes the first standards for SSDs.
JEDEC, a leading standard setting organization, has announced the publication of two widely anticipated standards for SSDs: Requirements and Endurance Test Method (JESD218) and Endurance Workloads (JESD219). Interestingly, but the committee that sets the SSD standards is chaired by a senior engineer of Seagate Technology, one of the world's largest makers of hard disk drives which only recently started to offer SSDs.
"To achieve the goal of consensus-based industry standards for SSDs, JEDEC's JC-64.8 subcommittee for solid state drives has taken the lead to provide meaningful, real-life, endurance and reliability metrics to better enable customers to select the right SSD for their expected applications and workloads. In developing these standards, JC-64.8 collaborated with numerous other industry groups and standards associations," said Alvin Cox, Chairman JC-64.8 and senior engineer at Seagate Technology.
For each class of SSDs defined in the standard, JESD218 defines conditions of use and corresponding endurance verification requirements. As SSDs are subject to different levels of demand depending on the applications in use, the standard defines two application classes: Client and Enterprise. It further establishes specific requirements for each, an approach intended to help consumers and enterprise IT managers choose products that are the best fit for their needs.
JESD218 also creates an SSD endurance rating that represents the number of TBs written by a host to the SSD (TBW), which provides a standard comparison for SSDs based on application class. A standard endurance rating will be a welcome change for end users seeking to compare SSDs from different manufacturers. In addition, the standard establishes two approaches – direct verification and extrapolation - for endurance and retention verification.
Since workloads are expected to change as applications evolve, they are described in a separate, complementary standard: JESD219. Because the workload that a SSD is subjected to has a significant impact on the amount of data that may be written to the drive, a standard workload is required to have comparable results. At the present time JESD219 defines workloads for enterprise applications only; client workloads will be added in the near future.
"Solid state drives will change the system architecture for compute applications due to their disruptive value proposition in enterprise and client compute applications. JEDEC has taken a leadership role to bring the industry together to enable broad market adoption of SSDs through industry standards with the announced standards representing a significant milestone," said Steffen Hellmold, vice president of business development at SandForce.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (614 votes).
In short: Great all round eventIn full: Same day as rip off reading and a fraction of the cost. This race is by far one of the best organised I have run. The potential for PB is there as is the town centre and village / countryside scenery. Parking is free and close to the start, marshalls and drinks station teams all very friendy.. A CRACKING RACEDate of review: March 21, 2011
In short: Really good race, no negatives at all.In full: This was always a favourite event and is now even better as minor quibbles like the congested start and late start time are now rectified too! I'm normally no fan of loops but going through Fleet town centre twice was actually very pleasant becuase the support was so deep and encouraging. The scenic part of the race followed and that was picturesque with the undulations generally very mild and manageable. Great organsiation and marshalling as ever, thank you Fleet & Crookham AC. Date of review: March 21, 2011
In short: Great race, far better than Silverstone for your pre-marathon warm up!Date of review: March 21, 2011
In short: Well organised race with a much improved startIn full: The new start was a huge improvement on previous years, although it did mean a few more inclines to negotiate!Personally I found the loops through the town a bit dull and preferred the second half of the course, through the villages. However there was a lot of support along the High Street.Well organised bag-drop and a good number of toilets. Lots of free parking in the town nearby and plenty of pubs for carb reloading afterwards.Medal, bottle of water and banana at the end, no pointless "goody" bags to increase costs.Will be back next year. Thanks to all organisers and marshalls.Date of review: March 21, 2011
In short: Excellent!In full: Well organised event with route round Fleet town & out into the country roads, past several nice pubs (oh, how I wished for a pint !). Well supported, plenty of water stops & generous supporters handing out jelly babies!Date of review: March 21, 2011
In short: Great 1st time event, lovely people helping to run event and local supporters ;)Date of review: March 21, 2011
In short: Love Fleet...great course for street runners..great potential for beating personal Bests!In full: Second time I have run Fleet and really love it, great crowds, lots support, really motivational. 13 miles just flies by!!! will definitely run again :)Date of review: March 21, 2011
In short: Very nice course, good PB potential. Water in cups at the drinks statiions was a disaster!Date of review: March 21, 2011
In short: Well organised, enjoyable day outIn full: I've run this a couple of times before, as Fleet is my local race, being a resident of the town. The new course is much better, especially the location of the start. No jumping over streams or traipsing through muddy paths! I also liked running through the centre of town twice. Huge amounts of support round the course, especially in town. This put a big smile on my face and gave a huge boost.I also like the fact the very last bit of the race was downhill, exactly what you need.This race was a bargain compared to the rip-off Reading half. I'll be back next year.Well done to Penny and all the organising team, well done. Thank you.Date of review: March 21, 2011
In short: When does 2012 open for entries ?In full: The new route is great, good fun to do the High Street twice & enjoy tonnes of support. Even on the more rural bits of the course, the support was excellent. Really great race overall, midly challenging. Very well marshalled and organised, ran like clockwork. Definately will be back in 2012.Date of review: March 21, 2011
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (85 votes).
In short: 2nd year - will returnIn full: Good organisation-marshalls friendly and helpful, maybe because I was at the back of the pack. Have run this route many times before. Results, refreshments, etc. first class - small numbers but friendly. Good training for 5 miles. Date of review: December 13, 2006
In short: Very well organised by Fiona; pity about the some other race officialsIn full: First of all well done Fiona. I didn't know you before the race and we haven't spoken to each other either, but as soon as I entered the pavillion where all the runners got ready, I noticed a very energetic lady and I heard them calling you Fiona. So I thought it was you. I love to see people so passionate about something and this spark certainly gave me a positive kick before the race. It is only a pity that the marshalls, though friendly, always only cheered on their own team mates from ESM. I would have found it encouraging if some of them would have also cheered for other people. Maybe they did, but I didn't notice.As for the results: It was my second race ever and I didn't know how fast we could have the official results. So I went to the gentleman at the entrance of the pavillion and asked if he could tell me my official time. Still a bit tired by the effort I didn't get my number right and so he couldn't find me. While I was still standing there, he said to a lady rater bruskly "Make sure that these people don't come and speak to me all the time." Well, I acknowledge that he was busy typing in the results, but that is no reason to be so unfriendly. The next time he maybe should go and sit in the office, somewhere were people don't talk to him.Date of review: December 12, 2006
In short: Wonderful race for all abilitiesIn full: This is a very small intimate race. Very well organised with excellent marshals full of enthusiasm and encouragement. The goody bag at then end was great and finally the weather was superb.Date of review: December 12, 2006
In short: A small nice intimate race just a couple of K's from home. Great!!In full: Well organized race, the fun run made it to a real family race, we just love it!!Date of review: December 11, 2006
In short: Very enjoyable. This was my 1st ever 5 mile race.In full: I was one of the last to finish. I found it a little confusing as to where I needed to turn to find the 3 mile marker. But other than that, I enjoyed the experience.Date of review: December 11, 2006
In short: Fine organisation for a low-key eventIn full: Excellent facilities. Friendly marshalls on a fast course. I'd certainly do it again.Date of review: December 11, 2006
In short: "Special" as in "to the point". Anonymous, matter-of-fact, modest organistaion, sleepy marshals. You turns up and you runs. Where it is extreme is in the vileness of the home team's vest!Date of review: December 10, 2006
In short: Very well organised race with the potential of a good resultIn full: I enjoyed this race. It was well organised, the Marshalls were encouraging, and we were treated to a pretty useful goody bag at the end. My only negative comment is related to the course - the scenery was somewhat lacking, especially the stretch that ran alongside the A40! I would do this again next year, for the both the good organisation and to better my time!Date of review: December 10, 2006
In short: great race back next yearIn full: It was very well organised and the new clubhouse is superbDate of review: December 10, 2006
In short: Great race, good crowd, well organised, lovely weather too!In full: First time doing this race, which is criminal considering how close to home it is. Really enjoyed the whole event, and the brand new facilities were impressive (even better once the showers have been commissioned). Generous mixed goody bag at the finish, to which my wife helped herself.My two sons also took part in the U15s 2k fun run, and loved it. Especially like to thank the lovely lady who ran round with my 5-year old, who was a bit shell-shocked by the whole thing and needed a wee just after the start...Finally, a big THANKS to Fiona K, the organisers and all the marshalls for the whole thing. Cheers!Date of review: December 10, 2006
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The aptly named Margaret Explosion have music that's perfect for blasting (and dancing to). The group is familiar with the Little Cafe stage, and now they'll be supporting their most recent album "Disappear". They started as the house band at the Bug Jar in Rochester, and have since evolved into a completely improvisational band.
Jack Garner of the Democrat and Chronicle says: "One of the most original and unusual bands in Rochester; a five-piece ensemble exploring all sorts of musical dimensions linked to free jazz, Third World melodies, exotic instrumentation and a spacey, enveloping sort of music. The Explosion plays with a single-minded purpose and organic oneness that's most impressive."


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"Kiss your kids an extra time and don't forget to tell them you love them." That's the advice of Ady Hauert's mom, Bekah. She takes that advice to heart, because when a child is diagnosed with cancer, tomorrow is never promised – HER child, Ady, was diagnosed with cancer. Thankfully, Ady is responding well to treatments, but childhood cancer is never an easy journey to tread. Ady is in remission and will complete her treatment in May.


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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The war in Iraq pushed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into the background, but it has made a media star of the Palestine Hotel.
Overlooking the Tigris River, the 16-story hotel is home to hundreds of foreign journalists, including many who stayed here during the war. (Two were killed when American forces fired at the 15-floor in a controversial incident.)
During the day, the Palestine's lobby is jammed with reporters, photographers, soldiers, translators, drivers, job seekers and various hangers-on. Pinned to a bulletin board are notes like these:
"Convoy to Kuwait. Looking for journalists w/own vehicle to join convoy at 5 a.m."
"Generator for Sale. Honda. New. Perfect. Call Room 1170."
"If you need a translator or fix-man, I can do it for you! My name is Haider, I'm M.I.C. in chemical engineering."
The hotel was built in the mid '80s as Le Meridien Palestine, one in a chain of five-star hotels popular throughout the Middle East. But it lost its franchise after the 1991 Persian Gulf War and became just the Palestine. Now it is co-owned by the Iraqi government and Iraqi shareholders.
Stuck in a time warp like almost everything else here, the Palestine is a throwback to the '80s with a decor that's heavy on brown and orange. It still has an office for Iraqi Airways, which stopped flying 12 years ago when the Gulf War began and Iraq sent most of its planes to Jordan and Iran for safekeeping. (They're still there.)
The restaurant is dark and divided into numerous compartments reminiscent of an old European train car. The menu is limited - the breakfast buffet consists of hard-boiled eggs or omelets with the consistency of foam rubber; tomatoes; and shriveled black olives. Tea is available in the morning but not for lunch, and there is never any milk or cream.
But a veritable bazaar has developed just outside the hotel where it's possible to buy everything from rugs to watches to White Horse Whiskey ($20 a bottle). If you don't like the hotel omelets, you can get one from a man who cooks on a little gas grill in the parking lot.
Communications are a constant problem. The Palestine's phone system can't handle international calls, there's no Internet and the TVs only get snow. To find out what's going on in the rest of the world - or even the rest of Iraq - journalists call their home offices on satellite phones or head for CNN's temporary studio, just off the lobby.
The main hotel here used to be the Al Rasheed, with its infamous mosaic portrait of the first President Bush at the entrance. But after the Americans entered Baghdad early this month, soldiers took a sledgehammer to the portrait and looters carted off much of the furniture.
The Palestine is well protected by U.S. soldiers, but you can often hear gunshots nearby and mysterious muffled booms farther away. Compared to many Iraqis, though, guests have it good: There's running water, the elevators work and the electricity is on - most of the time.
A lot of Iraqis haven't been paid in weeks, but Mohamed Abd Zaer says he's owed a whopping 150-million dinars - about $600,000.
For what? Making missiles for Saddam Hussein, Zaer says.
An engineer, Zaer used to work in the government's Al-Samoud missile program. For the past two years, he has had his own factory where he made the metal casings and warheads for the Fatah missile.
U.N. weapons inspectors destroyed many of the Al-Samouds, which could travel a greater distance than allowed under an agreement signed after the 1991 Gulf War. But Zaer said Hans Blix, head of inspections, visited his plant and verified that the Fatahs were within the permissible 150-kilometer range.
At least some of the Fatahs, Zaer speculates, were among those launched at Kuwait during the first few days of the current war. No serious injuries were reported, but a shopping center was badly damaged.
Zaer insists that United States won't find any weapons of mass destruction - that was just an excuse to attack, he says.
"We have no chemical or biological weapons but we have the know-how to do it."
So what's Zaer up to these days? His factory escaped the bombing, but hasn't yet reopened. When it does he will start producing something much more benign: icemaking equipment.
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Food security representatives from around the world are gathering here at the Department of State today to finish a two-day meeting of the signatories of the L'Aquila Food Security Initiative (AFSI). In 2009 at the G-8 Summit, global leaders, including President Obama, endorsed the L'Aquila Joint Statement on Global Food Security, agreeing to "to act with the scale and urgency needed to achieve sustainable global food security."
This marked a turning point for international efforts to achieve food security worldwide. Leaders committed to a take a comprehensive approach to ensure food security, coordinate effectively, support country-owned processes and plans, engage multilateral institutions in advancing efforts to promote food security, and deliver on sustained and accountable commitments.
This year marks the final year of AFSI donor governments' pledge to mobilize over $22 billion toward global food security over three years, of which the United States pledged $3.5 billion. Food security is a critical priority as it is closely linked to economic growth, social progress, political stability, and peace.
In the United States, this pledge is embodied in Feed the Future, the U.S. government's global hunger and food security initiative. Taking a uniquely comprehensive approach to food security by investing in entire agricultural value chains, from seeds to markets to consumers, Feed the Future is the largest investment in agricultural development the United States has made in decades. Beyond improving farm and ranch production, Feed the Future also works with underserved agricultural workers, and prioritizes improvements in their nutrition as well as their income. Women producers are supported within FTF programs through several mechanisms including innovation funds to develop technology appropriate to them, and diversification programs that improve nutrition, specifically targeting the 1,000 day window from pregnancy through a child's second birthday. Adequate nutrition during this window is critical to a healthy pregnancy, and developing a child's lifetime cognitive and physical capacity.
AFSI participants convene twice annually to review progress toward meeting commitments, including financial pledges, and to discuss best practices and lessons learned. The first AFSI meeting of 2012 brings together over 50 food security officials from 30 countries, and international and regional organizations. Participants have heard from civil society and partner countries, and will discuss coordination efforts between partner and donor governments, investments in research to improve food security, tracking progress toward meeting the L'Aquila commitments, and using Managing for Development Results to enhance the impact of investments in food security.
AFSI members are making good progress in committing funds to fulfill their financial pledges, but we have much work ahead to achieve sustainable global food security.
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It took the brilliant minds of Goldman Sachs to realize the simple truth that nothing is more valuable than our daily bread. And where there's value, there's money to be made. In 1991, Goldman bankers, led by their prescient president Gary Cohn, came up with a new kind of investment product, a derivative that tracked 24 raw materials, from precious metals and energy to coffee, cocoa, cattle, corn, hogs, soy, and wheat. They weighted the investment value of each element, blended and commingled the parts into sums, then reduced what had been a complicated collection of real things into a mathematical formula that could be expressed as a single manifestation, to be known henceforth as the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI).
For just under a decade, the GSCI remained a relatively static investment vehicle, as bankers remained more interested in risk and collateralized debt than in anything that could be literally sowed or reaped. Then, in 1999, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission deregulated futures markets. All of a sudden, bankers could take as large a position in grains as they liked, an opportunity that had, since the Great Depression, only been available to those who actually had something to do with the production of our food.
Change was coming to the great grain exchanges of Chicago, Minneapolis, and Kansas City -- which for 150 years had helped to moderate the peaks and valleys of global food prices. Farming may seem bucolic, but it is an inherently volatile industry, subject to the vicissitudes of weather, disease, and disaster. The grain futures trading system pioneered after the American Civil War by the founders of Archer Daniels Midland, General Mills, and Pillsbury helped to establish America as a financial juggernaut to rival and eventually surpass Europe.
Dianne R. in California writes:
This sounds like an Agenda 21 action as defined in the UN.org posted 28 June 1997 resolution. And as seen in so many cases, Government gives $ in the name of "partnership for a just cause" and what happens is complete control over all farm activities. I say nay to this "just cause"!
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Local Economic Development Committee spawns advisory committee
The Northern Chautau-qua County Local Economic Development Committee has announced the formation of a new Advisory Committee.
The new members of the LED Advisory Committee include: Doug Manly; retired CEO, RedWing Corporation; Sue Briggs, Destinations Plus; Rosemary Banach, Dunkirk Flavors; Bart Sobczyk, NRG; Kenneth Johnson, Fieldbrook Farms Ice Cream; John Rawlinson, Westfield Chamber of Commerce; George "Pete" Holt, Howard Hanna Holt Real Estate; Russell Boisjoly; School of Business, SUNY Fredonia; Chuck Notaro; retired Director, SUNY Fredonia Faculty Student Association; Joe Pisoni, LED Gateway Subcommittee.
"The addition of this Advisory Committee adds dedicated, experienced professionals who are highly respected throughout the region," stated Jay Warren, LED Committee Chair. "They will make significant contributions to our work."
The Advisory Committee joins the Northern Chautau-qua Community Founda-tion's full Local Economic Development Committee. Its members include:
- Diane Hannum; Executive Director, NCCF
- Peter Clark; President, NCCF
- John Jay Warren, Graf Realty Corporation (LED Committee Chair)
- Tom England; ME&A, Bethesda, MD (Executive Committee)
- Lou Elias, retired owner/operator, Jim's Cleaners (Executive Committee)
- Gina Paradis, iKoss (Executive Committee)
- Aaron Resnick, Westfield Development Corporation (Executive Committee)
- Rick Johnson, Johnson Mackowiak & Associates LLP
- John Walker, Cott Beverages
- Lou DiPalma, Lakeshore Savings
- Sham Bahgat, Bahgat & Laurito-Bahgat CPAs
- Eileen Lash, Shale Research Institute
- Kelly Borrello, Sunset Bay Beach Club and Cabana Sams
- Richard Alexander, Alexander and Associates
- John Ames, LED Committee Secretary
The Committee's strategic plan targets the needs and potentials of the Northern Chautauqua region. At the same time, it is consistent with existing county and regional economic development initiatives. This includes active support of the Chautauqua County 20/20 Plan, the Southern Tier West Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, the Buffalo-Niagara Enterprise framework, and the Western NY Regional Economic Development Council's Strategic Plan.
Diane Hannum, Executive Director of the NCCF, has been actively engaged in developing the LED Committee from its beginning.
"The Foundation developed this committee to build on our mission to enrich the area in which we live and work," she stated. "We have long committed ourselves to providing leadership and resources in addressing local challenges and opportunities. We're proud of the local leaders who have stepped forward to assist us in this effort."
The Northern Chautauqua County LED Committee is a private-sector led committee, initiated by the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation. It works to spur economic development in Northern Chautauqua County, focusing on the communities within the Lake Erie watershed; the towns of Ripley, Westfield, Portland, Pomfret, Dunkirk, Sheridan and Hanover; the villages of Silver Creek, Fredonia, Brocton, and Westfield; and the City of Dunkirk.
The NCCF is one of nearly 700 community foundations in the United State today. Founded in 1986, the NCCF is dedicated to improving the community through the promotion of local philanthropy, strategic grant making, and community leadership. Served by a small staff and governed by an all-volunteer board of directors, the organization has distributed over $8.8 million in the form of grants and scholarships within the community. Truly community in nature, the NCCF is an organization created by and for the people of northern Chautauqua County.
Anyone interested in learning more about the NCCF LED Committee can contact the NCCF offices at 366-1270, or John Jay Warren, Committee Chair, at 679-8654.


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Importing Alcohol to Canada – Personal
Wine – Mark Hicken at http://www.winelaws.ca/ wrote a great article on importing Wine – (accompanying you) titled Border Wine Taxes and Fees Modified for HST.
Check it out here
Ontario – Importing Beverage alcohol products into Ontario for Personal Use – Check out the LCBO's website linked here Read it carefully…if you have it shipped…you have to use their broker ups-scs to acquire permits by paying provincial fees- 45 litre of anything. Also the way it is shipped (not mixed with other non-alcoholic items) and consigned to the LCBO c/o of yourself is a key detail. Then come to Customs and pay all the Federal fees. All in all, a pretty expensive ordeal.
Quebec – Importing Alcohol Beverages – Check out the SAQ's website linked here In Quebec you can also have up to 45 litres shipped to you…very similar to Ontario…check out here
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Full name Mavrick Sedibe
Born December 31, 1993, Phalaborwha
Current age 23 years 18 days
Major teams Limpopo Under-19s
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As Hashim Amla prepares to play his 100th Test, his former and current team-mates offer insight into the making of a great batsman
'Why don't you admit you're an alien?'
Some of the reactions on Twitter to Virat Kohli's record-equalling hundred during India's chase in Pune
Another record chase, another Kohli special
Stats highlights from the first ODI between India and England in Pune
The agony and ecstasy of Kedar Jadhav
Kedar Jadhav battled physical exertion and pain as he played the innings of his life, but there could not have been a better balm to soothe those pains than watching his team go the distance
Transitions in leadership are very much a talking point at the moment. India's ODI handover had hallmarks of the old and new ways
Australia looking for new path to success in Asia (106)
Australia's selectors are set to announce the squad for the Test series in India on Sunday
Five questions for Shakib Al Hasan (82)
The shot Shakib Al Hasan played to be dismissed on day five at Basin Reserve defies explanation. It also prompts a few questions
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As Hashim Amla prepares to play his 100th Test, his former and current team-mates offer insight into the making of a great batsman
Indomitable in India and a London triple-decker (61)
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Vote - Which is the most outrageous cricket shot? (56)
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Does anyone know where I can buy a scuba tank or two in the state? I really do not want to have to buy one online due to the shipping expenses. If anyone knows just post it thanks!
Scuba Tanks
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Posted 23 July 2012 - 12:32 AM
Sarges Dive Shop. it its in summersville,WV they have good prices and can fill the tanks for you and do the hydros and stuff.
Posted 23 July 2012 - 01:06 AM
Got mine from dive tech in south charleston. They gave me five free fills for buying from then and offered me a free scuba class.
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California legislators recently approved a bill that will raise the minimum wage from $8 to $10 by 2016. This 25 percent increase has been met with mixed reactions. Supporters of the bill say that the wage increase will help California's poorest families. While, some experts fear that the increase could cause a loss of low-wage jobs across the state.
According to Whittier College Professor of Economics David Hewitt, who was interviewed by the San Jose Mercury News, "while there may be fewer jobs available, putting extra cash in the hands of low-wage workers stimulates the economy."
"When they get extra money, they spend it," Hewitt said. "They're not likely to take this raise and put it in the bank or in an IRA. They're going to buy their kids a toy or a schoolbook or buy some extra clothes."
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Clarifies her position
To the editor:
I am writing to clear up a few misconceptions about my opinions regarding the Oleson Park Zoo.
For those that have heard that I want it closed, that is simply not true. Here is the real story. In July, I heard that two arctic foxes had died at the zoo. I was shocked to learn we even had arctic foxes and couldn't figure out why they were left outside when even the media was warning people to bring in their pets. I went to the zoo and took the photos that went viral on Facebook showing the horrible conditions of the zoo, the pens and the animals in them. From there I went to several sources, including the people at the zoo, to ask what could be done to help the animals. I begged them to bring in the skunk that was experiencing labored breathing in the extreme heat. We even found a spot for her at the shelter. They refused. A few weeks later in front of the entire city council, the zoo board president laughed at me and said: "Can you imagine? If we had taken it inside it would have been the best cared for skunk in the state." This was the kind of response I got every time. Was that really too much to ask that the animals they purchase are the best cared for? Why not? If this zoo is for the children, what lessons are they learning?
My asks of the zoo, the city, Parks and Rec, etc. have all been the same, please have fewer animals, have easier to care for animals in appropriate environments and take better care of them. Stick with petting zoo type animals not the 100-plus animals including exotics in cages suffering from heatstroke, fleas and mange. Make it educational and interactive for the kids, stop breeding and selling for profit, don't buy exotic animals in the spring, lock them in a cage, breed them and sell them at the end of the year. Please.
The kids can still experience exotic animals. The Blank Park Zoomobile will bring properly cared for exotics to FD and have shows at places like the bandshell and our schools. Let's make our zoo less expensive to run and easier on the volunteers by leaving the exotic animals to the AZA zoos who have the space and knowledge to care for them, and return our "zoo" more of an open Iowa farm type enclosure where the animal care comes above the animal quantity.
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Opinion: Nintendo Switch is in trouble
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Today Steam is spotlighting the "Gothic Complete Pack," a bundle containing the Gothic and ArcaniA series for 75% off.
The collection includes Gothic, Gothic II: Gold Edition, Gothic 3 and Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition, ArcaniA: Gothic 4, and ArcaniA: Fall of Setarrif. It costs $12.49 altogether.
German video game company Piranha Bytes owns the action-RPG franchise. The latest game, Fall of Setarrif, came out last year from developer Spellbound Entertainment.
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Community Notebook
No recycling today in Dunkirk
City of Dunkirk residents are reminded there will no recycle pickup today.
The city has gone to an every-other-week schedule for recycling pickup with the next pickup set for Jan. 28.
Residents may bring their recyclables to the city recycling facility at the city barns on Lucas Avenue from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
State of the Village Address Thursday
at The White Inn
The Fredonia Rotary Club will host the State of the Village address Thursday, at noon in the White Inn's Grand Dining Room, located on Main Street in Fredonia.
Fredonia mayor Stephen Keefe will discuss the village's upcoming year.
An invitation has been extended to anyone who is interested to hear what the mayor has to say.
For more information, contact Eileen Lash, 672-4672.
City Hall closed today
Dunkirk City Hall will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Local post offices closed today
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day today, local post offices will be closed and there will be no residential or business delivery.
Stamps are available at most grocery, pharmacy and convenience stores.
For online access to most postal products and services, visit www.usps.com. Online residents can print postage or find the nearest self service kiosk.
Town of Sheridan office closed today
The Town of Sheridan's offices will be closed today in observance of Martin Luther King Day.
The Town Clerk/Tax Collector's office will also be closed at noon on Wednesday so they can attend the County Clerks Association meeting in Cassadaga.
New website, hotline for information
on NY SAFE Act
In an effort to help the public, a website and hotline have been established to answer all questions about the New York SAFE Act.
The Governor's Office has established www.nysafeact.com/.
On the website, gun owners and licensed dealers will find a list of frequently asked questions that have been compiled and answered by experts on this new law.
There is also a section on what is and is not considered an assault weapon. This includes photos of weapons, banned features, a list of some of the banned weapons, and those firearms that are NOT considered assault weapons.
The New York State Police have established a hotline 1-855-LAW-GUNS.
The hotline will be available starting today.
The hotline will run for normal business hours Monday through Friday and will be staffed by State Police members.


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Public Hearing and Meeting
Factors That Could Affect Safety for the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) Project
SummaryIn this public hearing and meeting, the Board will receive testimony regarding factors that could affect the timely execution and safety of the Uranium Processing Facility (UPF) Project. The Board is postponing the hearing session concerning nuclear operations at existing Y-12 defense nuclear facilities, the effectiveness of the National Nuclear Security Administration's oversight for these activities, and the status of site-wide emergency preparedness. That session will be rescheduled as a separate open meeting and hearing at a time and place to be determined at a later date.
1st Panel Discussion: Department of Energy – 1:40 pm-3:10 pm
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At Wallingford United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington, the pastor invites everyone to the communion table on Easter Sunday. (photo: © Michael Spencer/Flickr)
I admit that I was taken by surprise when I saw this tweet summarizing theologian and biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann as saying that theological conversations about homosexuality are futile. As I have read some of Mr. Brueggemann's writing and have a great deal of respect for him and his prophetic calls to justice, I promptly went about listening to the interview in question:
"I've asked myself, 'Why in the church does the question of gays and lesbians have such adrenaline.' And I've decided, for myself, that that means most of what we're arguing about with gays and lesbians has nothing to do with gays and lesbians. It is, rather, that the world is not the way we thought it was going to be. There have always been gays and lesbians; we'd have to acknowledge them.
It's not fashionable any more to protest pushy blacks. It's not fashionable to protest pushy women. Those battles are lost, or won. But you can still have great moral indignation around gays and lesbians.
And so I think what has happened is that we've taken all of our anxiety about the old world disappearing and we've dumped it all on that issue. So, I have concluded that it's almost futile to have the theological argument about gays and lesbians any more because that's not what the argument is about."
You see, I'm a seminary student, and I'm gay. This, for me, has meant that all of my academic work has surrounded the need for dialogue regarding this very issue. In most denominations there remain deep divisions on issues about whether or not gays should be ordained, whether they should be allowed to marry, or whether they are even welcome in churches.
I took Mr. Brueggemann to mean that such conversations are futile in that issues like homosexuality should be a non-issue — that churches should be able to move past this issue. However, this position ignores the cry of gay people for justice that remains unrealized in many places. As long as theology and biblical scripture are used to marginalize gay people (or anyone for that matter), the conversation is anything but futile! Churches can't move past this issue because it is still an issue.
Walter Brueggemann has an advantage that I as a gay man do not have; he does not live with the very real threat of homophobia. Enjoying one of the highest places of privilege in our society (straight, white, and male), he has the luxury of being unaffected. He will likely never be hollered at from across the way with insults about whom he shares his bed with. To not have a conversation about the theological basis for the hate that many Christians direct at gay persons ignores our oppression at the hands of those Christians.
But why take the time to dialogue with those who believe my lifestyle is wrong? Because I believe that conversation matters. It is true that there may always be those who are uninterested in conversation. They desire shouting matches that rarely prove anything aside from who can shout the loudest. Still, I believe that most everyone can be drawn into dialogue that does not aim to convert, but rather to foster understanding of one another.
In Truth and Method, German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer wrote that the most important thing in human relationships is to experience the other in a way that allows them to really speak to us. In this kind of communication, says Gadamer, we do not merely listen and then leave unaffected. Rather, we are changed by way of this experience with another individual.
For this kind of change to occur, for us to be affected by another, we must be open to accepting something from them. I believe that the simple act of pausing in order to have such a dialogue demonstrates an openness to this relational experience that is already present; though it may be deeply hidden.
For those who stand with the oppressed, who seek to bring about justice, taking advantage of that pause, and engaging in dialogue, is essential if justice is to be realized. The challenge is that we must also be willing to be affected by that other individual. For those of us who have experienced blatant hate, this is a scary thought because it asks us to remain vulnerable in front of those we may perceive as enemies. Yet, that openness is what I find so valuable in dialogue. It teaches us to coexist, hopefully in peace.
Let me use metaphor familiar to Christians. The communion table is a place where the church gathers and there represents the community of Christ. Though Christians hold differing ideas about what happens at communion, a common understanding is that in that sacrament there is a deep — even mystical — connection to each other and the divine. It represents the highest form of community for Christians.
Can that image not translate to dialogue, even a theological one, whose aim is to bring about understanding of the marginalized and thus promote justice? Can churches create spaces of communion in which theological conversations about homosexuality are not futile, but are instead catalysts for social justice? Can these conversations lead us to a deep connection to one another and even to the sacred?
I think so. More than that, I think that is precisely what we are called to do.
Jared Vázquez is a third-year Masters of Divinity student at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jared's research interests lie in embodiment, identity, and intersectionality. He plans to pursue a Ph.D. in social ethics with focus on latina/o queer experience. Most recently Jared has been accepted to the 2011 class of the HRC's Summer Institute for Religion and Theology.
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William Joyal
DOLLAR BAY – William "Hempa" Joyal, 75, of Dollar Bay, passed away in his home on May 9, 2013.
He was born May 9, 1938, a son of William and Hilia Joyal. He attended schools in Dollar Bay.
William worked for a time in Chicago before returning to the area to work for C&H Mining. He also worked for Elmer Johnson Construction and Moyle Contracting. He later did carpentry and masonry work with his brother David. In his retirement, he ran Junk-tiques in Houghton.
William was married to Marilyn Franks on June 3, 1961. She passed away earlier this year on Jan. 23, 2013.
He enjoyed metal detecting, gardening, hunting, coin collecting and antiques.
He is preceded in death by his wife; his son, Chris; brother, David; sister, Joyce; and his beloved dog, Max.
William is survived by sisters-in-law, Carol Joyal, Gloria (Dave) Walli, Mary (John) Loukus; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be held at 6 PM on Tuesday in the Pearce Funeral Home in Lake Linden with Rev. Robert White to officiate. Friends may call for an hour before the service at the funeral home. Burial will be at the Maple Hill Cemetery in Lake Linden.
Online condolences may be left at pearcefuneralhome.com.


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