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This dot density map shows the distribution of cropland. Dots are aggregated by and placed randomly within 8-digit hydrologic units. Each green dot represents 25,000 acres of cropland. Areas with 95% or more Federal area are shaded gray. There were 421 million acres of cropland in the U.S. in 1982.
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A Land cover/use category that includes areas used for the production of adapted crops for harvest. Two subcategories of cropland are recognized: cultivated and noncultivated. Cultivated cropland comprises land in row crops or close-grown crops and also other cultivated cropland, for example, hayland or pastureland that is in a rotation with row or close-grown crops. Noncultivated cropland includes permanent hayland and horticultural cropland. [NRI-97]
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Please use your best judgement.
I'm not big on absoutes either.
If someone who has a history of posting anti-liberal content, chooses to post up something copy/pasting a blog criticizing a recent appointment by Obama, there's a pretty good chance that it will find its way to the Political Subforum. Hopefully that individual would already know that that is where it belongs, as it is surely intended to spur political debate. ;)
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Conference explores 'Moral Conflict and Free Society'
Monday and Tuesday, May 12-13, 2008, various times · 219 Burr Hall
Posted May 1, 2008; 04:02 p.m.
Scholars will explore questions about how free societies generate and deal with profound and divisive moral questions in a conference scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, May 12-13, in 219 Burr Hall.
The conference, titled "Moral Conflict and the Free Society," will run from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. May 12 and 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. May 13.
The conference theme is inspired by the 150th anniversary of the famed debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in their 1858 campaign for the U.S. Senate -- a seminal example of citizens in a free society grappling with deep moral divisions and their social and political consequences.
The conference will include scholars from a variety of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities speaking on issues such as the crisis of slavery in the American republic, the subsequent quest for racial justice, continuing controversies over abortion and biomedical issues, the basis of human rights, and the question of humanitarian intervention in the affairs of other nations.
The James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton and the Association for the Study of Free Institutions at the University of Nebraska-Omaha are sponsoring the conference. For a schedule and list of participants, visit the conference website.


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About the projectThe Iowa DOT, a national leader in accelerated bridge construction (ABC), is accomplishing another "first." The U.S. 6 bridge over Keg Creek in Pottawattamie County is being completely prefabricated off-site and will be replaced beginning Oct. 17. While the roadway will be closed for two weeks for the bridge replacement, traditional construction methods would have required the partial or complete closure of the road for several months, resulting in substantial traffic disruption.
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One summer evening in 1889, a young medical school graduate named Arthur Conan Doyle arrived by train at London's Victoria Station and took a hansom cab two and a half miles north to the famed Langham Hotel on Upper Regent Street. Then living in obscurity in the coastal town of Southsea, near Portsmouth, the 30-year-old ophthalmologist was looking to advance his writing career. The magazine Beeton's Christmas Annual had recently published his novel, A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the private detective Sherlock Holmes. Now Joseph Marshall Stoddart, managing editor of Lippincott's Monthly, a Philadelphia magazine, was in London to establish a British edition of his publication. At the suggestion of a friend, he had invited Conan Doyle to join him for dinner in the Langham's opulent dining room.
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Amid the bustle of waiters, the chink of fine silver and the hum of dozens of conversations, Conan Doyle found Stoddart to be "an excellent fellow," he would write years later. But he was captivated by one of the other invited guests, an Irish playwright and author named Oscar Wilde. "His conversation left an indelible impression upon my mind," Conan Doyle remembered. "He had a curious precision of statement, a delicate flavour of humour, and a trick of small gestures to illustrate his meaning." For both writers, the evening would prove a turning point. Wilde left with a commission to write his novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, which appeared in Lippincott's June 1890 issue. And Conan Doyle agreed to produce a second novel starring his ace detective; The Sign of Four would cement his reputation. Indeed, critics have speculated that the encounter with Wilde, an exponent of a literary movement known as the Decadents, led Conan Doyle to deepen and darken Sherlock Holmes' character: in The Sign of Four's opening scene, Holmes is revealed to be addicted to a "seven-percent solution" of cocaine.
Today the Langham Hotel sits atop Regent Street like a grand yet faded dowager, conjuring up a mostly vanished Victorian landscape. The interior has been renovated repeatedly over the past century. But the Langham's exterior—monolithic sandstone facade, with wrought-iron balconies, French windows and a columned portico—has hardly changed since the evening Conan Doyle visited 120 years ago. Roger Johnson, publicity director of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, a 1,000-strong band of Holmes devotees, points to the hotel's mention in several Holmes tales, including The Sign of Four, and says it's a kind of shrine for Sherlockians. "It's one of those places where the worlds of Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes come together," he adds. Others include the Lyceum Theatre, where one of Conan Doyle's plays was produced (and a location in The Sign of Four), as well as the venerable gentlemen's clubs along the thoroughfare of the Strand, establishments that Conan Doyle frequented during forays into the city from his estate in Surrey. Conan Doyle also appropriated St. Bartholomew's Hospital in central London as a setting; it was there that the legendary initial meeting between Holmes and Dr. Watson took place.
Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of Charles Doyle, an alcoholic who would spend much of his later life in a mental institution, and Mary Foley Doyle, the attractive, lively daughter of an Irish doctor and a teacher; she loved literature and, according to biographer Andrew Lycett, beguiled her children with her storytelling. Marking the sesquicentennial of Conan Doyle's birth, Edinburgh held a marathon of talks, exhibitions, walking tours, plays, films and public performances. Harvard University sponsored a three-day lecture series examining Holmes' and Conan Doyle's legacy. This past spring, novelist Lyndsay Faye published a new thriller, Dust and Shadow, featuring Holmes squaring off against Jack the Ripper. And last month, of course, Holmes took center stage in director Guy Ritchie's Hollywood movie Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as Watson.
A persuasive case can be made that Holmes exerts just as much hold on the world's imagination today as he did a century ago. The Holmesian canon—four novels and 56 stories—continues to sell briskly around the world. The coldly calculating genius in the deerstalker cap, wrestling with his inner demons as he solves crimes that befuddle Scotland Yard, stands as one of literature's most vivid and most alluring creations.
Conan Doyle's other alluring creation was London. Although the author lived only a few months in the capital before moving to the suburbs, he visited the city frequently throughout his life. Victorian London takes on almost the presence of a character in the novels and stories, as fully realized—in all its fogs, back alleys and shadowy quarters—as Holmes himself. "Holmes could never have lived anywhere else but London," says Lycett, author of the recent biography The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. "London was the hub of the empire. In addition to the Houses of Parliament, it had the sailors' hostels and the opium dens of the East End, the great railway stations. And it was the center of the literary world."
Much of that world, of course, has been lost. The British Clean Air Act of 1956 would consign to history the coal-fueled fogs that shrouded many Holmes adventures and imbued them with menace. ("Mud-coloured clouds drooped sadly over the muddy streets," Conan Doyle writes in The Sign of Four. "Down the Strand the lamps were but misty splotches of diffused light which threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement.") The blitz and postwar urban redevelopment swept away much of London's labyrinthine and crime-ridden East End, where "The Man With the Twisted Lip" and other stories are set. Even so, it is still possible to retrace many of the footsteps that Conan Doyle might have taken in London, to follow him from the muddy banks of the Thames to the Old Bailey and obtain a sense of the Victorian world he transmuted into art.
He first encountered london at the age of 15, while on a three-week vacation from Stonyhurst, the Jesuit boarding school to which his Irish Catholic parents consigned him in northern England. "I believe I am 5 foot 9 high," the young man told his aunt, so she could spot him at Euston station, "pretty stout, clad in dark garments, and above all, with a flaring red muffler round my neck." Escorted around the city by his uncles, young Conan Doyle took in the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey and the Crystal Palace, and viewed a performance of Hamlet, starring Henry Irving, at the Lyceum Theatre in the West End. And he went to the Chamber of Horrors at Madame Tussaud's wax museum, then located in the Baker Street Bazaar (and on Marylebone Road today). Conan Doyle viewed with fascination wax models of those who had died on the guillotine during the French Revolution as well as likenesses of British murderers and other arch-criminals. While there, the young man sketched the death scene of French radical Jean-Paul Marat, stabbed in his bath at the height of the Revolution. After visiting the museum, Conan Doyle wrote in a letter to his mother that he had been irresistibly drawn to "the images of the murderers."
More than a decade later, having graduated from medical school in Edinburgh and settled in Southsea, the 27-year-old physician chose London for the backdrop of a novel about a "consulting detective" who solves crimes by applying keen observation and logic. Conan Doyle had been heavily influenced by Dr. Joseph Bell, whom he met at the Edinburgh Infirmary and whose diagnostic powers amazed his students and colleagues. Also, Conan Doyle had read the works of Edgar Allan Poe, including the 1841 "Murders in the Rue Morgue," featuring inspector C. Auguste Dupin. Notes for an early draft of A Study in Scarlet—first called "A Tangled Skein"—describe a "Sherringford Holmes" who keeps a collection of rare violins and has access to a chemical laboratory; Holmes is aided by his friend Ormond Sacker, who has seen military service in Sudan. In the published version of A Study in Scarlet, Sacker becomes Dr. John H. Watson, who was shot in the shoulder by a "Jezail bullet" in Afghanistan and invalided in 1880 to London—"that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained." As the tale opens, Watson learns from an old friend at the Criterion Bar of "a fellow who is working at the chemical laboratory up at the hospital [St. Bartholomew's]," who is looking to share lodgings. Watson finds Holmes poised over a test tube in the middle of an "infallible" experiment to detect human blood stains. Holmes makes the now-immortal observation: "You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive." (Holmes pieces together a series of clues—Watson's deep tan; an injury to his left arm; a background in medicine; a haggard face—to deduce that Watson had served as an army doctor there.) The physician, intrigued, moves in with Holmes into the "cheerfully furnished" rooms at 221B Baker Street.
The address is another shrine for the detective's devotees—although, as any expert will attest, 221 Baker Street existed only in Conan Doyle's imagination. In the Victorian era, Baker Street went up to only number 85. It then became York Place and eventually Upper Baker Street. (Conan Doyle was hardly a stickler for accuracy in his Holmes stories; he garbled some street names and invented others and put a goose seller in Covent Garden, then a flower and produce market.) But some Sherlockians have made a sport out of searching for the "real" 221B, parsing clues in the texts with the diligence of Holmes himself. "The question is, Did Holmes and Watson live in Upper Baker or in Baker?" says Roger Johnson, who occasionally leads groups of fellow pilgrims on expeditions through the Marylebone neighborhood. "There are arguments in favor of both. There are even arguments in favor of York Place. But the most convincing is that it was the lower section of Baker Street."


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University Home Page Features Modest Design Changes
Posted December 13, 1999; 04:47 p.m.
Over the course of the summer, the Office of Computing and Information Technology and the Office of Communications made a number of design modifications to the University home page. These changes are intended to better organize the information on the page, and thus to make the page more easily navigable.
University news and announcements are now presented on the main body of the home page under three categories: Headlines, Announcements, and News and Events. All information submitted to firstname.lastname@example.com will be posted in the appropriate section.
With the addition of News and Events to the main body of the home page, News & Events has been removed from the menu bar. News links are included on the new News and Events page, along with detailed information about University events scheduled during the year.
About Princeton has been added to the menu bar. This gives more prominence to the links that provide information about the campus, the campus directory, and the community. Because About Princeton is now listed in the menu bar, that category has been removed from the Campus Life and Campus Services pages.
We hope you'll find the new home page features an improvement -- especially as academic year activities increase.
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Qualifying call backs t o the 3rd series
Qualifying call backs t o the 3rd series
Qualifying Placements:
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3rd #2
4th #1
Open Placements posted on EE:
43 FC CK's Blue Velvet O/Marion Stroud-Swingle H/Alan Pleasant 1st
23 Hunting Creek Classy Girl O/Johnny Armstrong H/Alan Pleasant 2nd
27 FC Delpond's Pink Champagne O/Mark Menzies H/Alan Pleasant 3rd
40 Ho'olapu Mea Hula O/Don & Mary Bovers H/Don Bovers 4th
32 FC AFC Wingover's Pedro II O/Dolores Smith H/Mark Mosher/Delores Smith Res. Jam
2 AFC Longshot Striker O/Robert Willow H/Bob Willow Jam
12 FC Premier's RSK Powerstroke O/Marion Stroud-Swingle H/Alan Pleasant Jam
16 Day Farms Dare Devil O/Doria Acheson H/Alan Pleasant Jam
20 Candlewood's Daughter of the General O/Robert Dozier H/Cara Mock Jam
31 FC Shooter's Super Chief O/John & Anne Marshall H/Alan Pleasant Jam
36 Dayspring's Midnight Express O/Lasal Banty H/Mark Mosher Jam
38 FC AFC Counterpoint's Sidekick O/Jerald & Debra Wilks H/Jerald Wilks Jam
41 FC AFC Lil Bit's Cote D'Or Pinot Noir O/J. Victor Garcia H/Alan Pleasant Jam
Congratulations to Drew Clendaniel and Lucky for their 2nd place in the Derby. This was Lucky's last trial before aging out and this placement gives Lucky 58 points (currently #2 behind fellow training partner, Bart Clark & Aarrow) to end his derby career. Way to go Drew! You have done an exceptional job training Lucky and I can't wait to see him in the all age stakes.
Congrats Drew and Lucky! What an awesome combo!
lbbuckler, Do you have the derby placements?
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Brownstone's Harley- "Harley" 7/29/2009 (By CH Woodhull's Roger That)
Maple Hill's Ella Enchanted QAA- "Ella" 8/30/2011 (FC AFC Land Ahoy x Stella's Duck Delivery MH)
Good Idea's The Cutting Edge- "Edge" 9/29/2014 (Grady x Good Idea's Touch of Class)
Congratulations to Leon Stipaneon on the Qualifying WIN with Seaside's Encore! Cora was handled to her win by Judy Juhl. Way to go, Judy!
Sorry Chris. I don't have any other information. I have a call into a friend and if I get them, I will post the results.
Derby partial results as given from memory
1st Colonial's Hubba Bubba O/Michael Coutu & Johanna Duwaldt Coutu H/Mark Mosher
2nd Lucky Times O/H Drew Clendaniel
3rd B2R Right Turn Clyde O/H Greg Sharer
4th Watermark's Magic O/H Judy Juhl
Congrats to my buddy Greg Sharer he and Clyde are on a roll as well in 3 derbies he had a 3rd a 1st and a3rd one away from derby list.Great job to Drew and lucky as well they are a great team!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! To O/H Judy Juhl & Mary Tatum DVM, & Watermark's "Magic" for earning the 4th place ribbon in the derby at the Down East Hunting RC of NC on 10/19/12. Its been a long road for Miss Magic to get here and glad to see her performing for Judy Keep up the great work.
Congrats to all that placed.
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Hi All,
I'm not a hunter, or competitor. I'm looking for some advice/training tips to help me control my dogs' hunting instincts.
This week my 3-4 yr old red Dudley lab mix (adopted) killed a rabbit. This brings our small animal kill count up to two as our 8 yr old beagle/coonhound (also adopted) killed a bird a couple years ago. They both also caught a big groundhog last year, but it escaped.
The lab
- Has a very gentle mouth, and will release things easily
- Unfortunately he does the "shake" upon fetching things (incl bunnies)
- Knows sit, stay, down and come
- Doesn't like to get in trouble and usually doesn't have to be told twice
The hound
- Has a pretty rough mouth (tight grip), will not relsease as willingly
- Is black or white with obedience (she's excellent most times, but when disobedient, ignores 100% - 100% of time involving smells)
- knows sit, stay, come, roll over, etc...
They both know how to fetch and usually enjoy the "find it" game (they wait, I hide the ball, they go find it). I think the hound enjoys stealing things from the lab the most. I understand that dogs are predatory animals and I won't be able to get rid of this instinct, but I must be able to control it better. I also feel like I'm at a disadvantage, as with two animals, I'm dealing more with a 'pack'.
Can anyone pass along any training advice? They're great dogs and we'd like to let them off-leash as much as possible.


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February 26, 2014
Are you concerned about your student loans and how you'll manage repaying them? You're probably not alone. The good news is that repayment can be manageable (and affordable) if you have a strategy for success. We are sponsoring a one-hour seminar on loan repayment for all interested students. We've invited Dr. Jeffrey E. Hanson to come speak with you about this important issue. He is a nationally recognized expert on student loan repayment and the options that are available to you in managing this important financial responsibility.
This interactive session will focus on the following elements in developing your own strategy and provides suggestions for loan repayment success:
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Typically, the addition of a walk-on basketball player would hardly be newsworthy. Today, however, Christian Garrett's decision to play basketball at the University of Kansas could lead to the solidification of another talented recruiting class. Garrett, from the IMG Academy, has chosen to walk-on at KU in the class of 2011. Garrett's teammate, DeAndre Daniels, could be next. The Riva...


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The Office of Financial Aid is offering FAFSA Filing Assistance Sessions to help you complete your FAFSA as soon as possible. You do not need to wait until your 2013 taxes are complete. Reservations are encouraged, but walk-ins are gladly welcomed. All sessions take place in the Crouse Center Computer Lab, Eckhart Hall 320.
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Alright alright. Fair enough, I'll take it.
So next question I had (this is great I can ask someone like you these things lol). What, in your opinion, is the best portable music source out there? I currently use my Android smartphone as my source, and I think it works great for me. I've got a really good app that has a 10-channel equalizer, so it suits me fine. Only downside is that since it's a cellphone, the RF emissions create noticeable static noise. Especially when the cord running from my phone to my amp is sitting above or below it. It's interesting to hear the phone talking with the tower, but I don't really care for it much. If I turn the radio off, it fixes the problem, but then I don't have the "phone" part of it haha. So I was just looking for another solution. An obvious option is an iPod, but I have this deep burning hate for all things Apple. Especially iTunes. Lord don't even get me started! Anyways, do iPods work the best? Do I just need to get over my hate for it?
I guess my question is, what portable source has the best equalizer? I'm kind of dissatisfied with the EQs on iPods, since they only allow factory presets and not your own manual settings.
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23 departments help fight fire in the cold
Family, including at least 9 kids, escape safely
EDGERTON, Wis. - Cold conditions prompted the Edgerton Fire Department to call 23 fire departments to fight a house fire Friday morning.
Lt. Brennon Rousch said firefighters were called to the home in the 200 block of Albion Street at about 2 a.m. He said firefighters reported heavy smoke coming from the attic area when they arrived.
"It's difficult on the firefighters themselves -- obviously dealing with the cold weather. Turnout gear does help, but in additional to the physical exertion...it really doesn't help things out," Rousch said.
The family, including at least nine children, escaped safely.
Crews brought the fire under control by 6 a.m. and used 14,000 gallons of water to fight the fire. Firefighters said the entire home was damaged but most of the damage to the more than 100-year-old house was on the third floor. Damage estimates are not yet available.
An initial investigation suggests the cause of the fire was a faulty furnace.
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Molly Breeding: Creamsicle Lyretail + Silver Sailfin Lyretail =
6 Gold Dust
2 Green
3 Stillborn
How did that happen? My gold dust is female, not pregnant, and different body/fin shape than the rest of my mollies, whereas the mother molly is lyretail, longer fins, and creamsicle, and the father was silver with green/blue shimmer, sailfin, and lyretail. So where did the Gold Dust come in this breeding? I was all excited hoping for beautiful silvers and creamsicles and maybe a few green. Too early to tell if i got any sailfins or lyretails, but the coloring has me completely stunned and confused. I thought i had my gene pool perfect to make brilliant colored huge finned mollies. :( Has anybody done any dabbling in molly genetics to help me figure out the proper mate for the female to make the right fry next time?
By the way by Gold Dust i mean yellow/gold with black half of bodies and tails. Creamsicle i mean bright orange with white bellies. Silver i mean the pure white ones with no spots at all. Ive noticed Google images interchanges some of the color names.10gal Betta Tank - Skye the crowntail and Squiggles the deformed albino cory
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when fish farms churn out fish, they dont really care much about strain purity and stuff like that. it is entirely possible that both mollies may have had gold mollies somewhere in their ancestry and thus contained "hidden" gold dust molly genes.
Thanks for the reply! Hmm. That sucks. Maybe if im lucky the green looking ones might turn white as they grow... Is that possible? They were only born today, so i guess there's room for change, right? If i buy the specific ones in pet store labeled silver should they be of purer strain? My silver one came from an "assorted lyretail mollies" tank, so i guess it should have been obvious his genes werent as good as they looked...
EDIT: Especially since he was an obvious mix between lyretail and sailfin i shouldve assumed he wasnt completely pure.10gal Betta Tank - Skye the crowntail and Squiggles the deformed albino cory
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One of the three that managed to survive whatever unhealthiness killed them all (probably mostly due to super long term of pregnancy) started as a gold dust but has become a creamsicle as she matured! :D A beautiful coloring too. Her tail is a super huge fan bigger than her mother's. No lyres have developed yet, but they usually seem to be last thing to appear IME. I got a green one that im rehoming that survived, and a beautiful lemon yellow gold dust one. If the green one develops lyres it will stay, but if not i already have two normal green ones and i wont be able to tell them apart when it grows up the whole way. Im just glad that i got one creamsicle. :)10gal Betta Tank - Skye the crowntail and Squiggles the deformed albino cory
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Endangered Status The California Least Tern, a subspecies of the Least Tern, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in California. This subspecies of Least Tern was declared endangered in 1970, but the interior and east coast populations have since also achieved that distinction. The destruction of its habitat by human activities and development has put the species in peril. Where it still finds nesting habitat, it is also vulnerable to predators and to human disturbance when bathers and beach strollers enter its nesting colonies. Least Terns will sometimes abandon their nests if they have been disturbed. Because of this tern's habit of nesting on low sandbars, whole colonies are sometimes destroyed by very high tides.
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Fristfest celebration set for April 29-May 1
Posted April 23, 2004; 05:48 p.m.
The annual Fristfest spring celebration will be held Thursday through Saturday, April 29 through May 1, featuring a series of events at the Frist Campus Center.
Fristfest will feature a variety of food, carnival games and live entertainment, including a "Princetonian Idol" showcase, a poetry slam, a concert by the University Wind Ensemble and comedy performances.
The full schedule of events is available online .
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Keep your 2, 3 or 5 gallon drink cooler secure with this truck mount cooler rack from Sqwincher&trade. Works with any standard 2 to 5 gallon beverage cooler and easily adjusts with the locking nylon strap.
- Works with 2, 3 or 5 gallon coolers
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- Quick release strap allows you to easily remove cooler for refilling and still holds tight during travel
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I was talking to an accountant the other day and asked him about the $13 dollars a week Obami is giving away. His answer went something like this. He says it is $8 to $13 per paycheck and that assumes you get paid every two weeks. So that would be between $16 and $26 a month. He also said it still taxable income, they didn't change the tax tables. Basically it's a shell game, they are paying you with your own money. As I understand it, all they are doing is withholding between $16 to $26 dollars less per month, so you'll get less as a return at the end of the year.
I haven't been able to find any info on it and was wondering if anyone else knew anymore details on it. It seems to me like they are just taking money out of your own wallet and handing it to you. I could be wrong though.
Oh and I would like to apologize to Chris for being an ass on his forum.


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CAPT. THOMAS L. DICKENS III, above, sits with an Afghan judge at a "justice shura." At these shuras (CLEs), justice officials discuss new laws and the proper ways to implement them. "Our goal is to establish a fairer system with less room for bias in the justice process," Dickens said.
Florida lawyer works to bring the rule of law to Afghanistan
By Capt.Thomas L. Dickens III
United States Army Reserves
For a rule of law attorney assisting young democracies around the world, promoting transparency in government is widely considered the hallmark of our practice. Last month, I returned from a six-month deployment as a rule of law attorney with the U.S. Army JAG Corp in Afghanistan. During that time, my fellow Army reserve attorneys and I sought to root out corruption and assist our Afghan partners in implementing a transparent government that would earn the trust of the citizens of that country. This was my second deployment as a judge advocate in two years, my first being to Iraq, and this experience as a rule of law practitioner, like my previous assignment, was quite rewarding. At the end of the day, I am confident that we truly made a difference with assisting another fledgling government improve stability and acceptance by its citizens.
While in Afghanistan, I had the opportunity to work with some very brave judges, prosecutors, and police officers who sought to bring democratic justice to a country that otherwise had not known that sort of fairness. Specifically, the team of reservists with whom I deployed helped to implement better processing procedures in order to ensure the protection of citizens' rights. This ultimately meant those citizens would have confidence that the government was not out to harm them. We sought to help our Afghan counterparts implement the use of science in an effort to safeguard individual rights.
Biometric verification equipment, similar to fingerprint analysis, was an important science-based system that we promoted to our Afghan counterparts. In America, we have learned that scientific identification is often better than eyewitness accounts. This equipment would help Afghan authorities to identify criminal suspects in a manner much more reliable than human identification. Our goal is to establish a fairer system with less room for bias in the justice process.
My time in Iraq was actually quite similar to that in Afghanistan in that I worked with local, provincial, and state justice actors to ensure that citizens' process rights remained at the forefront of all justice activity. In both countries, we helped underrepresented populations gain a voice in their nation's future, while assisting governments in earning the confidence of the citizenry. An important point that I observed in both countries is that stability and citizens' confidence are key to a functional government. That means that citizens' rights are being protected. And in both deployments, I learned that there is a very defined way in which to establish that stability and instill confidence.
The greatest problem plaguing both democracies is corruption, or at the very least the appearance of such. Corruption is the biggest impediment to establishing a sustainable rule of law. Of course, our counterparts, the vast majority in both countries, are true to the practice of justice and are honorable men and women. However, as is a concern with any new government, the mere perception of corruption will result in the erosion of confidence in that government.
Perhaps the best model that we as rule of law practitioners have to root out corruption is that used in Florida — our Sunshine Laws. Transparency in government, as I used to teach my Afghan partners, is the hallmark of a functional agency. If government actors are perceived as impressionable by outside special interests, the citizenry will not trust those officials. The government will lose its legitimacy.
Unfortunately during my time in Afghanistan, I did not see the National Assembly implement its own Sunshine Laws, but I can truly say they are on the way to doing just that. We were able to convey to those local, provincial, and state actors the importance of transparency in government, and they agreed. Each of the justice officials with whom I interacted understood how debilitating corruption can be and recognized the importance of acting in a transparent manner.
I am very lucky to have been deployed on these tours to Afghanistan and Iraq. Our Sunshine Laws provided me the guiding light with which to show my Afghan and Iraqi counterparts the way to stability in government and instilling confidence in the citizenry through transparency. We attorneys in Florida are lucky to have our Sunshine Laws to promote good government, and fortunately for the international community, it appears that Afghanistan and Iraq are beginning to understand as well.
Capt. Thomas Dickens III is a judge advocate in the U.S. Army Reserves and deployed in January to Afghanistan with the Third Infantry Division for six months. He returned July 1 and now practices with Dickens & Dunn in Tallahassee.
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Where is the Hottest Place on Earth?
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People love records! The fastest animal (the cheetah), the tallest mountain (Mount Everest or Mauna Kea), or the deepest depth (Marianas Trench). You wouldn't think that anyone would want to know the hottest place, especially if they lived there. But some people definitely want to know!
Amazing But True!
- For decades, Al Aziziyah, Libya had the record for the highest temperature ever recorded, an astonishing 136.4°F (58°C). The temperature was a real anomaly and scientists questioned whether it was valid. In 2012, a panel was convened to look into it and they concluded that the temperature reading was an error. So what had been the 2nd hottest temperature ever recorded became the first. Furnace Creek in Death Valley, California recorded 134°F (56.7°C) on July 10, 1913. People in Death Valley were thrilled!
- But that temperature reading was taken at a meteorological station. The actual hottest temperature recorded on Earth is 25° higher and in the desert in Iran. See what accounts for the difference in the video below.
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- Read about how Death Valley came to hold the record for hottest place on Earth: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/29/science/earth/death-valley-temperature-record-is-restored.html
- Then watch the Minute Earth video in which they look for the actual hottest place on Earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKYrXHZwtPw
- Why was Al Azizyah, Libya stripped of its hottest temperature record?
- According to the Minute Earth video, what is wrong with the Death Valley claim? How does the video say that reject the hottest temperature should be determined?
- What is the best way to find the hottest place on Earth? What is measured?
- Is it likely that the 1913 record for Death Valley will be broken?


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With the end of the long primary campaign, Mainers are facing an ugly reality.
No, not the winners of the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial nominations. I'm writing this before the results are known, but I recognize there's a reasonable possibility (like 100 percent) that both parties' selections will have the popular appeal of a BP executive at a Greenpeace rally.
Nevertheless, the primary winners will be busy for the next five months. They'll have promises to make ("As governor, I pledge not to sleep with anyone under the legal age of consent"), allegations to deny ("I didn't even know Ben Rothlisberger was in town"), distortions to construct ("I couldn't have been at that party with Lindsay Lohan because I was serving in Vietnam at the time"), and scandals to cover up ("I don't care what the video shows, that's not me in bed with John Edwards and his mistress — and that's not a goat").
At least, I hope they'll do that stuff. Otherwise, the fall campaign is going to be awfully dull.
But it's not the victors we need to be concerned about. It's the losers. Unless we find suitable employment for the nine people who don't get to continue making up reasons why they should be governor, they'll keep annoying us with tales of their homeless youth ("The only way to keep warm was to pick through garbage cans for discarded Ben Rothlisberger jerseys"), their amazing business acumen ("Then I bought a sardine-canning factory and a Hummer dealership"), or their credentials as non-politicians (note to potential candidates: If you're running for governor, you are, by definition, a politician).
As a public service (although, mostly because I get paid), I've selected some suitable post-primary positions for all the candidates. (Just ignore the ones for the winners.)
As his expensive-but-inept campaign made clear, Republican Bruce Poliquin is too pompous, too self-centered, and too short to win high public office. But his advertising did expose a hidden talent: He looks funny on television. Conan O'Brien can use that.
The GOP's Bill Beardsley has a wealth of experience in shaping public policy. If the next governor can't find him a spot in the administration (it'd be fun to watch Beardsley try to sort out the mess at the Department of Health and Human Services), I think they still need an executive director at the Christian Civic League.
Democrat Rosa Scarcelli built her campaign around being an outsider, although her exclusion could have been the result of an abrasive personality. Fortunately, among the positions that don't include a plays-well-with-others requirement are coyote trapping and septic-tank pumping.
Democrat Pat McGowan ran an ad that claimed, "Typical politicians have left our government a mess." Was he referring to his former boss, Governor John Baldacci? There goes the dishwashing job I lined up for him at Momma Baldacci's Italian Restaurant.
Republican Matt Jacobson had a lousy campaign strategy (as the election approaches, get more frantic and weird), but the GOP still thinks he's got a bright political future. Forget being commissioner of economic development (how'd that work out for John Richardson?). With Jacobson's charismatic style, he's qualified to anchor the news on bottom-rated WMTW-TV. I hear Jimmy Hoffa is retiring from that job.
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Rails Tip: Which is the difference between request.xhr? and format.js?
Since Ruby on Rails has respond_to the following has become a common idiom for routing Ajax requests in controllers:
respond_to |format| format.html { ... } # ordinary request format.js { ... } # Ajax request, kinda, keep on reading endTesting for format.js like that often suffices, but strictly speaking this is not testing if the request is Ajax. As everything else, abusing some logic is fine as long as you know what you are doing.
You know an Ajax call is just a fancy name for an ordinary HTTP call that is performed from JavaScript. Ajax requests sent by any of the major JavaScript frameworks include an HTTP header that distinguishes them:
X_REQUESTED_WITH: XMLHttpRequestThus, the proper test to detect Ajax calls checks that header, and this is what request.xhr? does.
On the other hand, Ajax calls do not expect JavaScript necessarily. Remember, they are ordinary HTTP calls, so they may ask for HTML, JSON, whatever. What you ask for goes in the HTTP Accept header. For example Ajax functions in Prototype send by default:
Accept: text/javascript, text/html, application/xml, text/xml, */*And that is something format.js tests for (in addition to an optional explicit format parameter somehow encoded in the URL). If the Accept header starts with "text/javascript", or "application/javascript", or "application/x-javascript" you'll get routed into format.js.
In fact, jQuery by default does not send that header and vanilla jQuery calls do not enter format.js. The jRails plugin plays nicely with that idiom.
Note that even link_to_remote with the :update option is routed to format.js. That is fine from the HTTP point of view, because the header says it is OK to send HTML, but is kind of weird to serve HTML from within format.js isn't it?
But you can set whatever Accept header you need, jQuery provides even some shortcuts like "xml", which tells the library to send
Accept: application/xml, text/xml, */*
So, in practice format.js kind of works, but both tests are not equivalent:
- An Ajax call asking for "text/xml" is xhr? but won't be routed through format.js.
- A call triggered by an ordinary SCRIPT tag that reaches your application (perhaps it serves dynamic JavaScript) is routed through format.js, but it is not xhr?.
That being said, if I control the interface and know what's what I am personally fine using format.js. Routing through respond_to is concise and clean, and you may know that in that action the only expected JavaScript calls are Ajax. If that holds you are still not testing for true Ajaxness but are testing a sufficient condition, which is correct anyway.


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By Floyd Ingram/Chickasaw Journal
It's not the machines and equipment, but rather the men who operate them has kept Baird Machine Shop in business. Located on the spot just off the square in Houston their grandfather opened in 1913, Baird Machine Shop has been machining and mending parts for farmers, industry and homeowners with a knowledge and skill learned from years of experience.
"We can weld all types of metal, work all types of metal and can machine just about anything you can bring in the door," Bobby Baird said. "We will even get on the road and come to you if you have something break and need us to look at it.
"Some people call us a machine shop or a job shop. If you need something mended or made, we feel we can do it."
And the Baird names stands behind all work.
"We have farm families and factories that have been bringing us work for generations," said Baird. "We are proud they trust us for good work and a fair price."
Baird Machine Shop is actually two businesses.
The N. Jackson St. serves as the main shop and is where Bobby, Douglas and Rob Baird usually can be found. Their other building at 211 S. Jackson St. houses their forge and is the spot where they shape and grind blades.
A full-service machine shop, Baird Machine Shop can cut, bore, lathe, tap metal to the demanding specs needed on today's high-tech ag equipment or the most modern machinery found in local mills and factories.
And Baird Machine Shop does more than just the big stuff.
"We do it all," said Rob Baird, the fourth generation of Bairds to work the business. "We will weld home and garden furniture, things around the house and we will sharpen your hoe or axe, too."
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What's wrong with my goldfish?
I have a small pond outside. I have had it for 10 years or more. This one goldfish (I think its a ryukin) is so round bodied that it's having a hard time swimming! It seems OK and it eats, but I have noticed just in the last few days, it hides under the lily pads and lets the food float to it. It avoids swimming because it has a hard time. I've been told everything from its pregnant to its sick. I know one of my fish had little ones last winter or maybe in the spring because there is a little one in there - I guess he hid until he got too big to eat! Do these fish have live little ones? The fish I am talking about is round bodied (normally - but not this big!) and it is orange with a double fan tail. I have had it quite a few years - its about a foot long from mouth to end of tail. Can anyone help me?
Could be bloat, dropsy, constipated, or just fat from over eating. Do the scales stick up like a pine cone? If you could post some pictures of the fish it would help diagnose.When I go fishing I just throw sharp rocks in the water and wait for the dead fish to float to the top... Kingfisher
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I think my fish is adjusting well to the four gallon, He's laying on his side attempting to go to sleep on the bottom of the gravel.
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New Scandal Creates Crisis at BBC
LONDON—The British Broadcasting Corp. was plunged into disarray over the weekend as its top executive resigned over the mishandling of two sex-abuse reports and the chairman of its supervisory body called for "a thorough, structural, radical overhaul" of the broadcaster.
George Entwistle resigned as BBC director-general late Saturday after just 55 days on the job, citing "unacceptable journalistic standards" that current-affairs program "Newsnight" displayed on Nov. 2, when it improperly accused a former Conservative Party official of committing child sex abuse in Wales.
Chris Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust, which supervises the broadcaster, on Sunday called for an overhaul of the BBC. He said a siloed and bureaucratic culture had led managers to shirk responsibility and resulted in what he had described as "unacceptable shoddy journalism."
Regarding Mr. Entwistle's resignation, "I think he felt he should take responsibility for the awful journalism which disfigured that 'Newsnight' program," Mr. Patten said. "One of the ironies is that he was a brilliantly successful editor of 'Newsnight' himself for some time." A trust spokeswoman said Mr. Entwistle would receive a year's salary, £450,000 ($715,000), as a payout tied to his resignation.
Tim Davie, director of BBC Audio and Music, was appointed acting BBC director-general until the trust finds a successor for Mr. Entwistle.
A BBC spokesman said Mr. Entwistle declined to comment for this article. "In the light of the fact that the director general is also the editor in chief and ultimately responsible for all content…I have decided that the honorable thing to do is to step down," Mr. Entwistle said in his statement Saturday.
The situation presents one of the biggest crises in the history of the 90-year-old broadcaster. The BBC derives £3.6 billion ($5.7 billion) in annual funding from licenses that are mandatory in the U.K. for owners of television sets, opening the broadcaster to public scrutiny. Many Britons refer to the national institution as "Auntie" or "the Beeb."
The BBC is by far the biggest news organization in the U.K. and among the largest in the world, with about 20,000 employees, annual income of £5.1 billion and operations that range from investigative journalism to making feature films. Its sheer size makes it difficult for one person to oversee all the BBC's output.
The broadcaster has weathered several scandals in recent years, including controversy over the high pay of its stars and executives, and accusations of age and sex bias in selecting on-air talent.
The most damaging scandals, however, have been those tied to the BBC's newsgathering operation, which sits at the heart of the British network's mission of public service. The broadcaster's chairman and the director-general both resigned in 2004 amid an uproar over a BBC report saying the British government purposefully "sexed up" a dossier on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. A public inquiry ruled that the report had been unfounded and described the BBC's editorial policies as defective.
Now similar accusations are again being leveled against the BBC in relation to the Nov. 2 "Newsnight" report.
BBC News Home Editor Mark Easton suggested in a blog post that Mr. Entwistle, 50 years old, had to resign because his short tenure earned him "a reputation as 'incurious George,' a man without a grip on an organization in deep crisis."
The events that led to Mr. Entwistle's resignation unfolded in three main stages.
First, rival broadcaster ITV ITVPF -1.45% PLC aired a documentary last month that accused one of the BBC's most famous television personalities of sexually abusing girls. The accusations against the late Jimmy Savile, who died last year at 84, dated mostly to the 1960s and 1970s, when he hosted the popular BBC shows "Top of the Pops" and "Jim'll Fix It." Mr. Savile had denied he was a pedophile.
It later emerged that "Newsnight" journalists had been preparing their own exposé of Mr. Savile's alleged wrongdoing late last year, only to see it shelved by management ahead of holiday tributes to Mr. Savile. The BBC attempted to explain why the 2011 report had been killed but the broadcaster's explanation contained inaccuracies.
"Newsnight" subsequently decided to pursue a different investigation into sex abuse at a children's home in Wales dating to the 1970s and 1980s. But that report was bungled. The Nov. 2 program appeared to accuse 70-year-old Alistair McAlpine of committing sexual abuse but described him only as a "leading Conservative politician" and gave the former House of Lords member no opportunity to reply.
The BBC report crumbled on Friday. Mr. McAlpine issued a detailed denial. And the report's main source, alleged abuse victim Steven Messham, said he had identified the wrong man to the BBC. Mr. Messham said he realized his mistake after seeing a photo of Mr. McAlpine.
The way the Nov. 2 report unfolded raised questions about the BBC's journalistic practices. The sensitive report was prepared for "Newsnight" by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a nonprofit group based at London's City University. The journalist that headed the report was BIJ reporter Angus Stickler, who had worked for 16 years at the BBC and won awards for investigations into child abuse.
The morning the show aired, BIJ editor Iain Overton announced via Twitter, "If all goes well we've got a Newsnight out tonight about a very senior political figure who is a pedophile."
Reporters and people on social media attempted to identify the subject, and by later that day, Mr. McAlpine's name had surfaced in some newsrooms and on Twitter.
Messrs. Overton and Stickler didn't respond to requests for comment.
One person who apparently didn't hear about the report was Mr. Entwistle. The BBC's editor in chief said Saturday that he wasn't made aware of the report before it aired.
The BBC issued an apology for the report and put all "Newsnight" investigations on hold "to assess editorial robustness and supervision." The network also commissioned a BBC executive to prepare a report on the incident and suspended all co-productions with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
"It's astonishing it didn't get referred to Entwistle," British media lawyer Mark Stephens said Sunday, because Mr. Entwistle at least might need to be prepared to answer questions about the report from politicians. "Entwistle was clearly let down," which was partly his fault and partly the fault of others, Mr. Stephens said.
The BIJ is "appalled at what appears to be a breach of its standards," its trustees said. "To the extent that the principles of the bureau have been ignored by an involvement in this story, remedial action will be taken against those responsible."
Mr. Patten, the BBC Trust chairman, said News Corp . 's British publications have been critical of the broadcaster and want the network to lose credibility with its audience. "But I think the great British public doesn't want to see that happen," he said. News Corp., which also owns The Wall Street Journal, declined to comment.
Jeremy Paxman, a "Newsnight" presenter and one of Britain's best-known journalists, described Mr. Entwistle's departure as "a great shame." The BBC boss had "been brought low by cowards and incompetents," Mr. Paxman said in a written statement. The problems at "Newsnight" had been compounded by the BBC's decision to cut budgets for front-line programs, he said, while bloating management in part with "biddable people."
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Aung-Thwin to discuss conditions in Burma, Oct. 16
Posted October 9, 2003; 06:12 p.m.
Aung-Thwin, director of the Burma Project/Southeast Asia Initiative, will give a lecture titled "Burma: Four Decades of Dictatorship" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, in 1 Robertson Hall.
The initiative is a project of the Open Society Institute to increase international awareness of the conditions in Burma. Aung-Thwin will discuss the challenges of opposing one of the world's longest standing military dictatorships. She also will explore the recent detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, activist and Nobel Peace laureate.
The lecture is sponsored by the Global Issues Forum and is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Kyle Meng .
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Mississippi continues to be at or near the top nationally in a slew of negative health indicators – worst firsts, they've been called.
Obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer are all far more prevalent in Northeast Mississippi and the rest of the state than in the nation as a whole.
While the state's acute poverty and other cultural factors contribute, health officials say the single most important element in Mississippi's poor health status is tobacco. Reduce smoking and the state's health will improve. Reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and there will also be benefits.
To that end, State Health Officer Dr. Mary Currier and Mississippi Medical Association President Dr. Steve Demetropoulos recently held a news conference at the state Capitol calling for a statewide ban on smoking in indoor public gathering places.
A few years ago, this would have been an unrealistic and unachievable goal. But since 2006, some 68 Mississippi municipalities have adopted local ordinances prohibiting smoking in restaurants and other public buildings. Most wouldn't go back to the way it was before.
The first of these ordinances passed in Starkville, Tupelo, Oxford and other Northeast Mississippi locales. Warnings of significant lost business for restaurants and other establishments haven't materialized, but the atmosphere in those places has improved. Initial evidence shows reduced heart disease rates in cities that have adopted smoking bans.
Research is conclusive that secondhand smoke is harmful to those who passively breathe it. Even when smokers are segregated, there are health risks to the nonsmokers in the same general vicinity.
Much was made of the "rights" of smokers in the initial debates over municipal ordinances, but no one has the right to force others to breath toxic air in a public place. Smoking ordinances don't keep people from smoking, just from inflicting the health risks they voluntarily assume on those who have chosen not to take on such risks.
The value of a statewide ordinance is a uniform approach to what is clearly a public health issue. Dr. Currier put it this way: "We think our rural citizens have a right to smoke-free air as well."
Seventy-percent of Mississippians support a statewide ban on smoking in public places, according to a Mississippi State University poll. It's worked in 68 cities. Health officials think it's the most important single policy action we can take for our collective health.
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She's joined the ranks of celebrities whose quixotic fame continues to grow long after death: John Lennon, Elvis, Princess Di--Julia Child. Her life, voracious love of food, and groundbreaking cookbook have been splashed across magazine spreads over the past month in anticipation of Julie & Julia, the summer's most delicious blockbuster, in which actors Meryl Streep and Amy Adams respectively depict the famous chef and a 20-something woman who cooked her way through Child's book for a yearlong culinary experiment she chronicles in a blog.
On Monday night, the local chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier hosted a special screening of the gustatory triumph at the Terrace. Proceeds from ticket sales benefited Crisis Ministries and Les Dames d'Escoffier scholarship fund. After the film (kudos to Strep for nailing Child's signature vocal warble), guests were treated to birthday cake in celebration of Child's birthday (made from Child's recipes, of course!).


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The Communiversity celebration, which annually brings the town and University together for a day of performances, food, games and more, is planned for noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 30.
Scheduled to take place rain or shine on Nassau and Witherspoon streets and on the campus, the event is sponsored by students at the University and the Arts Council of Princeton. Merchants, nonprofit organizations, musicians, performing and visual artists, food vendors, and many University student organizations and performing groups will turn the area into a colorful fairground with events for students and families alike.
The Princeton University Band will kick off the festivities as it marches up Witherspoon Street beginning at 11:30 a.m. Campus Communiversity activities will feature: performance groups including the Princeton University Rock Ensemble, Sympoh, TapCats, Ballet Folklórico de Princeton, Princeton Tora Taiko and the Black Arts Company; student organization booths, demonstrations and activities; sports clinics put on by University athletes on the Firestone Library green; and performances by the University's student a cappella groups in the East Pyne Hall arch.
The event also will include: tours of the campus by the student-led Orange Key guide service; an organ demonstration at the University Chapel at 2 p.m.; exhibitions of student work from the Lewis Center for the Arts; free bike repairs by the Cyclab; and visits from the University's tiger mascot and cheerleaders.
For more information on Communiversity weekend, contact the Arts Council at (609) 924-8777 or visit the council's website; for more information about the Communiversity celebration, also call the University's Office of Community and Regional Affairs at (609) 258-5144.


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Mr. George A. Knott, 72, of Morris, passed away peacefully Saturday afternoon, Jan. 19, 2013, at Morris Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center with his loving family by his side.
Born Feb. 22, 1940, in Ottawa, Ill., George is the son of Joseph and Marie (Gage) Knott. He was educated in the schools of Ottawa, Ill.
With his father, Joe, and the family, they managed the Saratoga Truck Stop in Morris. He then traveled to Texas and was employed as an iron worker for several years. He returned to Morris, where he found employment for more than 20 years with P. T. Ferro Construction Company, retiring in 2002. He then returned to the Phillips 66 filling station on Illinois 47 in Morris.
George was a member of Laborers Local #75 in Joliet, Ill.
His favorite pastime was fishing in the Gulf of Mexico and taking care of his loving companions, his dogs Gabby and Dayzi.
Survivors include his seven loving children, Matthew Knott, Julia Guistat and Paula Rodeghero, all of Morris, Deborah Wills of Marseilles, Ill., Terrance Knott of Huntley, Ill., Laurie Morgan of Huntsville, Texas, and Georgie Knott of Atlanta, Ga.; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandsons; two sisters, Lois Fanti of Ottawa, Ill., and Judy Conrad, Utica, Ill.; one brother, Joe Knott of Decatur, Ill.; and several nieces and nephews.
George was preceded in death by his parents; two grandchildren; two sisters; and one brother.
The family will receive friends from 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, until the time of memorial services at U. C. Davis & Sons Funeral Home Ltd., 301 W. Washington St., Morris. Pastor James Hightshoe will officiate.
Cremation rites were accorded with the Schultz Crematory in Streator, Ill.
Preferred form of remembrance would be memorial gifts in George's memory directed to the Joliet Area Community Hospice.
Condolences to the family can be shared online at www.ucdavisandsons.com.
U. C. Davis & Sons Funeral Home Ltd., 301 W. Washington St., Morris, is in charge of arrangements. For more information, call (815)942-0084.


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Talmud and Midrash, commentative and interpretative writings that hold a place in the Jewish religious tradition second only to the Bible (Old Testament).
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The Hebrew term Talmud ("study" or "learning") commonly refers to a compilation of ancient teachings regarded as sacred and normative by Jews from the time it was compiled until modern times and still so regarded by traditional religious Jews. In its broadest sense, the Talmud is a set of books consisting of the Mishna ("repeated study"), the Gemara ("completion"), and certain auxiliary materials. The Mishna is a collection of originally oral laws supplementing scriptural laws. ... (100 of 9,049 words)


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cut-um wrote:way to go NMblackgold !!!
My season starts on the 27th.. seeing all these pictures from other states is driving me nuts !! Also i have a detication to getting two guys birds this year so my tallys may come later in the season.. unless a magicall double oppertunity arrives !!
hoping for a good season for everybody !! Goodluck to those still hunting and have yet to hunt..
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By Gene Phelps/NEMS Daily Journal
RIPLEY – Katie Bates is a mom to her Ripley players, but she's also a mother to her newborn son, Bo.
Bates' Lady Tigers pulled together during her absence late in the season while Bo was hospitalized in Memphis. The team effort during a critical time is one of the reasons why Ripley is headed to Jackson for a fourth consecutive season.
The Lady Tigers (30-4) play Southeast Lauderdale (30-2) at 1 p.m. Saturday in the MHSAA Class 3A state tournament semifinals at the Mississippi Coliseum.
"He was my first priority, but the girls are like my family, too," Bates said. "It could have fallen apart, but they stepped up and won some big games while I was out."
Bo Bates is doing a lot better and Katie Bates has returned to the sidelines. Last week, her team defeated Mooreville, Ruleville and Charleston to capture the North 3A championship.
The Lady Tigers, who lost in the state title game to rival Belmont last year, have collected some huge victories this season on their return march to the Big House. None was probably bigger than their Jan. 12 win against top-ranked Class 6A Southaven, 48-45, in the Hickory Flat Invitational.
"That win proved to us we can play with anybody in the state," Bates said. "It proved to the girls how good they can be."
Ripley's regular season also included wins against Tupelo and state tournament teams New Site and North Pontotoc.
Chills stands out
Senior guard Jayla Chills – a preseason all-state selection – averages 17.8 points per game, but it's not only her offensive game that stands out.
"Her passing is underrated," Bates said. "She sees the floor well and finds the open person in transition. She's also a good defensive player.
"Jayla can carry us, but we don't try to run everything through her."
Joining Chills at guard are Zaida Cox, Madison Moore and sixth man Matavia Cox. Moore is the point guard and one of the top defenders.
Inside, the Lady Tigers look to senior Daisha Colom and sophomore Jada Rich. The two combined are averaging 21.5 points and 12 rebounds per game.


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Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Modalities and Research (7 days)
January 10 – 17, 2014 (Friday to Friday)
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This retreat is full with a short wait list. To be added to the list, submit a registration and deposit.
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This retreat is specifically designed for professionals involved in mindfulness-based modalities. Educators, clinicians and researchers engaged, teaching or training in mindfulness-based approaches are welcome to attend.
The course is an invitation to extend and deepen personal experience of mindfulness meditation, in the company of peers and colleagues. The retreat will explore the Four Foundations of Mindfulness as taught in the Satipatthâna discourse given by the Buddha. This is a profound teaching that encourages us to place the path of freedom and compassion in the classroom of our lives, nurturing a heart that is receptive and unshakeable.
Each day will offer a sustained schedule of formal meditation practice (both insight and lovingkindness), meetings with the teachers, talks and guidance, all within an environment of silence. A familiarity with formal practice is assumed. An optional daily period of mindful yoga will be offered by Luis F. Sierra.
25 CE credits are available for Psychologists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors. An additional fee of $50 will be payable at the end of your retreat when you receive your certificate. IMS offers CE credits through the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy (IMP).
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As a child, Darius Rucker imagined being a super hero.
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A U.S. News & World Report "best hospital" for pediatric heart care, our program is a network of providers and outreach centers across the state, offering comprehensive inpatient and outpatient heart care to all children in South Carolina and the Southeast United States.
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Family: Alcidae, Auks, Murres, Puffins view all from this family
Description ADULT SUMMER Has mostly black upperparts with dusky white face; underparts are mostly white with a clear demarcation from black neck. Legs are orange-red and bill is huge, laterally flattened and marked with red, blue, and yellow. WINTER ADULT Similar, but it has a dark gray face and slightly smaller, much duller bill. JUVENILE Similar to winter adult, but with even smaller, duller bill.
Dimensions Length: 12" (30 cm)
Habitat Very locally abundant at Canadian seabird colonies. Nests in burrows on grassy, sloping cliffs and islands. Numbers greatly reduced in the past by hunting; species is now threatened by overfishing and marine pollution. Outside breeding season, Puffins are found far out to sea and seldom seen from land.
Observation Tips A visit to a colony is a memorable experience. Some in Newfoundland and Labrador are accessible and Witless Bay and Baccalieu Island are hotspots.
Range New England, Mid-Atlantic, Eastern Canada
Voice Utters strange groaning calls at nest.
Discussion Endearing and unmistakable seabird due to its bill size, shape, and color. Looks rather black and white at a distance and flies on narrow wings with whirring wingbeats. Swims well and dives frequently in search of fish. Sexes are similar.


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By Sam Mamudi
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 19.12 points Monday, a 0.12% decline, to close at 15,335.28. The drop came despite the benchmark moving higher earlier in the session, hitting 15,391.84. So far this year, the Dow is up 17%.
The Standard & Poor's 500 also fell, losing 0.07% to close at 1,666.29, just 1.18 points below Friday's record closing high. The index is up 16.8% in 2013.
The Russell 2000 index rose today, gaining 0.17% to close at 997.98. As my colleague Brendan Conway noted earlier, the session saw the index break through 1,000 points for the first time.


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Therefore, the LORD God, the holy one of Israel, says: In return and rest you will be saved; quietness and trust will be your strength – but you refused.
… Nonetheless, the Lord is waiting to be merciful to you and will rise up to show you compassion. The Lord is a God of justice; happy are all who wait for him.
from Isaiah 30, Common English Bible
Millions of people exhaled with relief Wednesday morning in the quiet of a post-election day. The incessant – and profitable – political advertising on television and radio was finished, and most of the political pundits were, if not silent, at least somewhat subdued.
Silence is itself a reward, and it is a fertile time for renewal and reflection about what has happened and what's ahead.
The prophet Isaiah of the Hebrew Bible cast it in terms of divine justice and in restoration.
American partisan politics is far from divine, but it can be restorative at its best.
Frederick Buechner's meditation on "Quiet" in his short book "Whistling In The Dark" speaks to anyone who needs a pause, an opportunity for new insights and renewal of personal hope, which everyone needs from time-to-time:
"An empty room is silent. A room where people are not speaking or moving is quiet.. Silence is a given, quiet a gift. … Quiet chooses to be silent. It holds its breath to listen. It waits and is still."
Mary Jo Asmus, who operates an executive "coaching service" suggests on her Internet site that reflection is a folding back upon ourselves to become aware of past action in order to impact the future in a positive way.
"Leadership requires a great deal of reflection in order to improve and change; yet we resist the idea of doing something that feels stagnant. We don't get obvious and immediate rewards for doing it. Nobody is out there giving us high fives for reflecting. We don't get paid for it. It takes time. And sometimes reflection makes us cognizant of our imperfections, and that doesn't feel very good," she writes.
The rewards, she suggests can become tangible.
• Improved action: "It's … possible that by reflecting on specific actions in light of your values … that you'll be better prepared to take the right actions in the future."
• Better decisions: "If you spend some time reflecting after a decision, you may be able to understand what the good and bad outcomes were in order to be able to make your future decisions better."
• "Reflecting on thoughts and actions and decisions can lead to healthier relationships. … The rewards are not always immediate, but the effort that you invest in reflection will pay off over the long run."
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Women business owners roundtable focus on knowing yourself and your customer
"Really Know Yourself and Your Customer" will be the topic of Binghamton University's Small Business Development Center's Women Business Owners Roundtable discussion from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 23, at the Binghamton Regency on Water Street in downtown Binghamton.
Shea Szachara, an award winning author, speaker and consultant, will explore new and effective ways to achieve business success by determining what motivates you and your customer. Participants will also learn innovative techniques to further understand their customer's preferences.
Szachara owns and operates Options-Plus and Shea Design.
The roundtable costs $10 per person, payable at the door and includes a continental breakfast. Attendees are encouraged to bring business cards and brochures to share.
Advance registration is required. Call Binghamton University's Small Business Development Center at (607) 777-4024 to register.


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Agilent's Genomic DNA ScreenTape is a prepackaged consumables device that works with the company's 2200 TapeStation
Singapore: Agilent Technologies has launched Genomic DNA ScreenTape, a prepackaged consumables device that works with the company's 2200 TapeStation instrument to determine the quantity, size and quality of genomic DNA in less than two minutes per sample, using only one microliter of material.
"The automated 2200 TapeStation and new Agilent Genomic DNA ScreenTape address an important bottleneck and revolutionize the currently subjective quality assessment of genomic DNA," said Dr Donna McDade Walker, product manager for microfluidics at Agilent.
"Within minutes of testing their genomic DNA samples, researchers can be confident that their starting materials are of the highest quality. This demonstrates our commitment to expanding the range of automated sample QC tools for next-generation sequencing and workflows for array comparative genome hybridization," she added.
Quality of genomic data depends on the quality of the starting material. Therefore, it is imperative to determine whether samples contain a sufficient quantity of intact, high-quality genomic DNA before committing time, money and resources to a genomics experiment. The standard, manual method for assessing the quality of genomic DNA samples is laborious, can take several hours to complete and is prone to mistakes.
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Bright spells and wintry showers.
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Wintry showers becoming confined to Argyll and the Islands. Mainly dry with clear spells elsewhere leading to a widespread frost. It will remain windy around the coast. Minimum Temperature -2 °C.
Remaining cold with bright spells and wintry showers. Winds will be moderate to fresh from the north, but strong around the coast and over the Islands. Maximum Temperature 9 °C.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
The winds will ease and the showers well scattered on Wednesday with bright or sunny spells. Bright with occasional showers Thursday and Friday and temperatures beginning to recover.
Updated at: 1629 on Mon 24 Apr 2017
UK forecast for the next 5 days
Becoming much colder, with wintry showers initially
This Evening and Tonight:
Rain in the far south will soon clear leaving a clear and frosty night for many. Wintry showers will continue in Scotland and spread down the east coast of England. A few showers will affect Wales and the West Midlands.
Heavy showers will spread southwards to all areas, bringing hail to the south, and sleet or snow in the north. A strong northerly wind will make it feel chilly everywhere.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Wednesday will be cold for most with more wintry showers in the south, but less cold in Scotland. Showers and wind will decrease on Thursday, and die down by Friday.
Updated at: 1558 on Mon 24 Apr 2017
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UK Outlook for Saturday 29 Apr 2017 to Monday 8 May 2017:
Saturday is likely to be mainly dry and bright with temperatures less cold than recently, though it will still be rather cool for the time of year. However, rain is likely overnight in the far north and west and this may well spread across the rest of the UK on Sunday, with the best chance of drier weather in the east. There may be some further rain around on Bank Holiday Monday, but also some drier and brighter spells. As we move into the first week of May, we're expecting more settled weather to become established, with temperatures rising significantly giving us a warm week, perhaps very warm in some parts. The dry and settled weather is likely to last to the end of this period.
Updated at: 1309 on Mon 24 Apr 2017
UK Outlook for Tuesday 9 May 2017 to Tuesday 23 May 2017:
High pressure appears more likely to be dominant in the second week of May meaning that below average rainfall is most probable during this time. However, there is a chance of less settled conditions at times, especially across southern and southwestern areas. Temperatures are likely to be above average for the time of year with a chance of some very warm weather at times, with limited risk of frost. The forecast for the third week is less certain, though on balance, we might expect these settled and warmer than average conditions to continue.
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Submission + - Stratfor hacker Jeremy Hammond sentenced to ten years in jail (rt.com)
The release of internal emails belonging to Strategic Forecasting Inc. or Stratfor, has become one of the most successful operations ever conducted by the hacktivist group, Anonymous, which Hammond admitted to being part of. A trove of emails attributed to Stratfor executives suggested that the private company, which employs many former officials from the CIA and other government agencies, kept close ties with the security apparatus.
In particular, the emails published by WikiLeaks suggested that Stratfor was hired by private companies and government agencies alike to monitor political protesters and activists, including members of Occupy Wall Street and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).