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Himachal to launch Polythene Hatao Paryavaran Bachao Campaign along with plantation of 15 lakh plants
Shimla: While the two Municipal Corporations of Himachal Pradesh and Municipal Councils of various towns are nowhere near the solid waste segregation and proper disposal, the State Environment, Science and Technology will be launching a week-long 'Polythene Hatao Paryavaran Bachao Campaign' from May 27 to June 2, 2018, across the State to motivate people for the elimination of polythene and protection of the environment, Director D.C. Rana informed on Friday.
He said that this campaign would be coordinated in each district by urban local bodies and PRIs under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner.
Cooperation of all government offices, NGO's would also be sought. Public representatives, MLA's, Ministers would also be approached for motivating people towards shunning polythene and protecting the environment.
Efforts would also be made for cleaning of water bodies, areas near water sources, tourist places etc, during the campaign, he added.
Plantation Drive during HP Van Mahotsava
The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) G.S. Goraya on Friday informed that 15 lakh plants would be planted in the state during three days plantation campaign after holding of State Level Van Mahotsava between 9 to July 15 this year.
A plantation campaign would be taken up throughout the state for three days starting two days after holding of State level Van Mahotsava between the said dates. In addition to the local communities, all members of H.P. Vidhan Sabha would also be requested to participate in the planting campaign at any of the sites on the date convenient to them.
The matter regarding the implementation of Reward Scheme for the staff of the Forest department, communities, and schools, which are doing good work in nursery raising, carrying out plantations, and forest protection work, was also discussed.
Fields officers were requested to send their suggestions on criteria to be fixed to judge good performances for purpose of nominating and finalizing the recipients of the proposed rewards.
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Rs 2572 crore for Himachal's irrigation and drinking water schemes
Shimla: The State Government today said that it has earmarked an amount of Rs 2572 crore for providing irrigation and drinking water facilities in Himachal Pradesh during the current financial year.
The endeavour, the Government said, was to bring more area under irrigation facility so that farmers could go for crop diversification instead of traditional crops.
The Chief Minister, while addressing a public meeting at Kelodhar in Seraj assembly constituency of Mandi district, provided the information.It is Chief Minister's first visit to Kelodhar after elections.
Further, it was announced that the Kandha-Bah-Batand road would be strengthened.
Earlier, the Chief Minister performed 'bhumi pujan' of Kandha-Bah-Batand road (Phase-II) to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 358.53 lakh.
He laid the foundation stones of IPH Office building and residence at Kelodhar to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 74.36 lakh and of Science Block building of Government Senior Secondary School Kelodhar on which about Rs 1.50 crore would be spent.
The Government announced Rs 15 lakh for Kelodhar Panchayat for various developmental works, Rs 10 lakh each for GP Bara, GP Saroha and GP Parwara. He also announced Rs 3 lakh for Mahila Mandal Kelodhar.
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Ruling Govt taking cover of Congress misdeeds to justify Karnataka episode
Shimla: Congress party in Himachal Pradesh today staged a protest against the capricious decision of the Governor of Karnataka, Vajubhai Vala, to invite Bhartiya Janata Party to form Government despite the written statement of Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) alliance claiming a clear majority. It has created a constitutional controversy.
If that was not enough, Yeddyurappa swore as the Chief Minister without proving a majority and had even announced waiver of all farm loans of up to Rs 100,000. Governor even appointed the BJP's K G Bopaiah as pro-tem speaker.
This action of Governor has shattered the belief of those who honoured the constitution and political ethics.
A valid point that the Congress has raised here is that the ruling government did not play by the same rule in Manipur elections. In the 2017 elections, Congress won 28 seats in the 60 member House, BJP had managed to win 21 seats. However, governor Najma Heptulla invited the BJP leaders to form the government and denied Congress a chance to form the ministry.
What's the biggest security a common man has in a democracy like India? It's the constitution. This single weapon can set the entire country back on track if the people knew how to use it.
Anyway, politicians are taking care of it for you now. The ruling government has just over-rode the constitution, which is going unnoticed because the majority of the public has no idea about the business going on at the top level of governance.
In the present case, the Supreme Court of India intervened and overruled Governor Vajubhai and asked B S Yeddyurappa to prove his majority in the assembly at 4 pm on Saturday. Otherwise, the Governor had given BJP 15 days for horse trading. The Supreme Court only followed the constitution. The court has also proved the decision was unconstitutional.
It is not that opposition parties have always played fair, but the ruling party is taking unfairness to the next level.
There are only three ways in which BJP can form a government in Karnataka: by convincing elected lawmakers of Congress or JD (S) to resign or make them disappear today before floor test or create defection through horse-trading. Sadly, the Governor listened to the high-command and opted to be part of this game.
Another ironical fact is that BJP is trying to counter the resistance to its game plan by referring to Congress's decades-old controversial decisions like the emergency imposed in 1975 and taking down BJP governments in four states including Himachal using tactics of defection. This is what the Spokesperson of BJP in Himachal, Shashi Datt Sharma said in a press statement on Friday.
The BJP followers are saying that the party is taking revenge from Congress.
Congress self custodian of Democracy has scant respect for Democratic Institutions of the Country.
Watch innumerable instances when Congress has murdered and trampled Democracy.
The only difference is today BJP is fighting back #KarnatakaFloorTest pic.twitter.com/877Omvs4tX
— Naina 🇮🇳 (@NaIna0806) May 19, 2018
Sharma alleged that Congress has always used politics of repression and at the same time the party is adopting the same tactic.
Why is the ruling government criticising as well adopting the same tactics at the same time? Why take the shield of bad deeds of past governments to justify own misdoings? What would be the difference between two parties then? Why is the public ok with it?
This trend of over-riding the constitution will take a toll on the public. No one is supposed to be above the constitution in India. However, this seems no more a rule of the political game.
One should wonder who will protect honest RTI activists, journalists, judges, or anyone resisting against government's dictatorship when the constitution mo more has their back.
But, for now, no one is even close to understanding why they should be scared about it.
Himachal to launch Polythene Hatao Paryavaran Bachao Campaign along with plantation of 15 lakh plants
Rs 2572 crore for Himachal's irrigation and drinking water schemes
Ruling Govt taking cover of Congress misdeeds to justify Karnataka episode
British-era Bantony Castle Shimla to become Rs. 25 crore cultural centre
Will tar 1100 km roads, construct 600 km new motorable roads, 750 km cross drainage, 35 bridges in 2018: HP Govt
TCP official shot dead in Himachal's Kasauli by hotelier during demolition drive
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Kasauli Shootout: SC pulls up HP Govt and Police over poor security arrangements
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FreeRoll, the MGoFantasy Game: EVERYBODY STAUSKAS Edition
If you haven't played our free fantasy game yet on DraftStreet yet, this is the Saturday to try it. There's Michigan-Indiana. Florida-Ole Miss. Duke-FSU. Syracuse-Pitt. Kansas against a Big XII something or other. NC State vs. Miami. Lafayette vs. Ameri…say whaaaaa?
Okay so we're not adding the American and Lafayette rosters to this thing because there are already ALL THE ROSTERS (from the BCS teams) to make your teams. But seriously UNC-Virginia Tech. Arizona State at Washington. Otto Porter versus Saint John's.
And you will want every Otto, because there's $300 smackaroos we're giving out among the winners. Also if enough people sign up we get smackaroos. Also it costs you zero smackaroos. Also fun is had. And learning done.
How it Works
It's fantasy except instead of drafting one team at the beginning of the season they've broken it up into quick-hitting night leagues. Enrollment in our pool is free for MGoReaders, and there's $300 in the pool paid out among the Top 12 finishers as soon as the contest ends.
The contest will be salary-cap style drafting where everyone tries to assemble the best team out of the available players. You will have a $100,000 budget to build a team of 3 forwards, 3 guards, and 2 utility players. Each CBB player has been assigned a price based on their expected fantasy performance. You can adjust your roster up until the contest starts this Saturday at 11:00am EST, at which time your rosters will lock and the Live Scoreboard will be available.
Note: you can't be eligible for prize money, even though entry is free, if you're from Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Vermont, or Puerto Rico.
You're not allowed to make a team of all Wolverines.
Wherefore art thou Horford?
Smart Picks
Stauskas is only $9,336. UNC goes up against Virginia Tech's awful defense and Dexter Strickland ($9,498) has been getting high usage of late, with P.J. Hairston doubtful with a concussion. SirDominic Pointer, a Detroit boy, has been on a tear for St. Johns's but remains cheap--that's probably because they face Georgetown's D. Lafayette's chili is way thicker and meatier. Sorry America, I'm a Lafayette man.
CLICK HERE to register for this week's league.
No contest
I just drafted the entire UF roster, its going to be a bloodbath
Spent exactly $100,000... Hopefully I do well, I haven't done this before!
Is this only for first timmers?
No - if you've done it before though you need to log back in. Or give up on remembering what password you used and start a new account with another email address, then remember your old email address's password and create another team, then realize that totally worked and create teams for your other three email addresses as well as your wife's and your mother in law's email addresses, and therefore significantly increase your chances of winning by being a cheating bastard.
No all wolverine teams? I'm out.
FYI, "wherefore" means "why," not "where." Everyone gets this mixed up because of the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet. There, contrary to popular belief, Juliet is not asking where Romeo is. She's lamenting that he has that name (that he's a member of the hated Montague family and thus can never marry her).
So in the caption below the second photo, you're asking "Why are you Horford?" (Answer: because Horford is his family's last name.)
YES! Somebody caught onto my wordplay there, though you didn't actually catch on to the wordplay.
I meant it with both meanings, because as you mentioned everyone uses it as "where" but also as a "why are you Tito's son instead of, like, Abdul-Jabbar's?" I mean we have Glenn Robsinson, we have Tim Hardaway, and then...wherefore art thou Horford.
More often than not I'm being not clever. But this was one of those too-clever times. The way you can tell is when I'm playing with Shakespeare--when I play the bard, I'm usually going the right way for a smart bottom.

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Student-Athletes Make 'Day of Mentor' a Success
BATON ROUGE - LSU athletics had 14 of its student-athletes volunteer with Big Buddy as the organization celebrated its 14th-annual Day of Mentor Program last Friday which gave local elementary and middle school students a first-hand college experience.
The participants had the opportunity to shadow the LSU student-athletes representing four different programs, which included football, gymnastics, track & field, and softball.
After meeting their Little Buddies at breakfast, the LSU student-athletes rode the school bus to campus. The Little Buddies went to classes and toured the athletic facilities, where their Big Buddies compete and train. The day concluded with a special luncheon and goodbye ceremony.
"We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves," softball's Jacee Blades said. "Not only did we receive the opportunity to stress the importance of academics and goals to our youth as mentors, we also were blessed to remember when we were that age to keep in mind how fast the years go by and to follow our goals passionately each day."
"My favorite part of the day was seeing my mentee for the first time when he walked in our gym," gymnastics' Ericka Garcia said. "His face lit up, and she was so excited to be where he was. It's a great feeling to be a role model for kids who need them."
Big Buddy established the "Day of a Mentor" program in 1998 to bring awareness to the service of mentoring and to motivate members of the community to become involved and make a difference in the life of a child.
2012 Big Buddy Day of Mentor Participants
Jordan Allen - Football
Jacee Blades - Softball
Alfred Blue - Football
Kadron Boone - Football
Chris Davenport - Football
Lainie Fleming - Gymnastics
Ericka Garcia - Gymnastics
Randi Lau - Gymnastics
Terrence Magee - Football
Zach Mettenberger - Football
Barkevious Mingo - Football
Brittany Porter - Track & Field
Britney Taylor - Gymnastics
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Tuesday, June 03, 2014
Sony Unveils The Stylish Xperia T3 Smartphone
Built with Sony's BRAVIA technologies, the Xperia T3 has a screen with a high-resolution 5.3" HD TRILUMINOS display for mobile with Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2. An IPS display offers wide viewing angles.
The Xperia T3 is packed with Cyber-shot leading camera expertise and comes with an 8MP camera featuring Exmor RS. HDR for video means you can shoot films, even when backlit. SteadyShot also ensures your photos will come out distortion-free.
The Xperia T3 supports 4G networks, features a Quad-core CPU running at 1.4 GHz and a 2500 mAh battery with Sony's Battery STAMINA Mode.
The phone also features camera apps:
The new Xperia T3 will launch globally from the end of July 2014.
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MAKScientific is developing drugs to treat a variety of medical disorders by modulating the endocannabinoid system. Our approach involves the selective targeting of known components of this biochemical system which includes the cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2), a number of enzymes (FAAH, NAAA, DGL and MGL) and the cannabinoid transporter system. MAKScientific has a large and growing portfolio of small molecule modulators of each target some of which have shown proof-of-concept in selected animal models of human disease. An advanced drug candidate (AM6545) is a peripherally restricted CB1 receptor antagonist that may offer a new way to control chronic liver disease and metabolic disorders.
MAKScientific is developing a pipeline of small molecule modulators that target key intervention points in the endocannabinoid system. A lead pre-clinical drug candidate (AM6545) is a peripherally restricted CB1 receptor neutral antagonist in advanced pre-clinical testing for treating chronic liver disease and metabolic disorders.
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Yes, the major exhibition of Irish art and craft works at the Art Institute of Chicago opened on St. Patrick's Day.
But it is almost in rebuke to that holiday, or at least to the sloppy, stereotype-laden way it is often celebrated here.
Laid out in the opening rooms like the belongings in a grand country house, the gathering of more than 300 objects on display in "Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840" demonstrates an Irish taste for making and buying the finer things during a century-and-a-half of prosperity.
"We hope an exhibition like this will show there's another point of view," said the institute's Christopher Monkhouse,...


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The Holiday shopping season is upon us. But before you make you make your shopping list, and check it twice, you might want to take a look at some return policies -- just in case someone thinks your gift isn't that nice.
At radio shack for example the 30-day grace period to take back your purchases will be extended. Items purchased there from November 29th through December 24th can be returned until January 23rd.
But you'll need to make sure you have a receipt. Many store policies tighten the reigns when it comes to that, and for a good reason. Radio Shack manager, Jason Pekul says,"With the theft that's going on, people taking stuff out of the store, without a receipt it's really hard to tell if it was something purchased at the store or not. So we do require receipts."
Most stores now have gift receipts, a receipt without the actual price on it, that you can include with your holiday presents.


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Posted on: 24 October, 2014
Dr. Jennifer L. McMahon, professor of English and Languages, will deliver East Central University's 18th Annual Hedgehog and Fox Faculty Lecture, "The Philosopher's Stone," at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at the Raymond J. Estep Multimedia Center in the Bill S. Cole University Center.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Posted on: 23 October, 2014
Identity theft, fraud, phishing and cyber bullying are the unfortunate aspects of today's technological landscape.
East Central University's student organization, 21ST3 (21st Century Students Transforming Teaching with Technology), is hosting a three-day cyber-focused event from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Oct. 28-30 in the Bill S. Cole University Center.
The event, free and open to the public, is being held in conjunction with National Cyber Security Awareness Month (October) and the Department of Homeland Security's national campaign called Stop.Think.Connect.
Posted on: 23 October, 2014
For the third straight year, the East Central University Bookstore is sponsoring a book signing for ECU alumna Maxine Neely Davenport at the Golden Tiger Brunch on Saturday, Oct. 25, in ECU Foundation Hall at the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center.
Posted on: 23 October, 2014
Members of the East Central University Rotaract Club will dress in their craziest Halloween costumes and collect donations for PolioPlus during its annual "Costumes for a Cure" fundraiser on Oct. 29-30.
Costumed members of the ECU Rotaract Club will collect donations from ECU faculty, staff and students.
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In the Heat of the Night, East Central University's first featured stage performance of the 2014-2015 Fine Arts Season, is set for 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5, in the Ataloa Theatre of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.
L.A. Theatre Works, with Susan Albert Loewenberg as producing director, is presenting In the Heat of the Night, based on John Ball's novel by the same name.
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Just in time for Halloween, Mary Shelley's haunting classic Frankenstein will be screened at East Central University.
Two different versions will be shown at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29 and Thursday, Oct. 30 in the Raymond J. Estep Center of the Bill S. Cole University Center.
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Experience the unique charms of The Big Easy at East Central University's "New Orleans Night," featuring a Dixieland jazz combo, New Orleans-themed sweets and the screening of the Royal National Theatre's production of A Streetcar Named Desire.
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Dr. Jonathan White, a historian of the American Civil War, will present the 2014 Rothbaum Lecture, entitled "Lincoln and Civil Liberties," at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 13, in the Estep Multimedia Room of the Bill S. Cole University Center.
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THE rumble of about 750 pairs of footy boots echoed across Bega's George Griffin Oval on Saturday.
The annual Group 16 junior rugby league event is hosted by the Bega club and saw teams from Eden to Moruya and several clubs from Canberra take the field.
Bega Minor League Football Club president Norm Griffin said ominous forecasts kept a few teams at bay, but things ran smoothly.
"The day was fantastic, everything was drawn up well and ran to the plan," Griffin said.
"It was a massive day, we started early and finished under lights about 6.30pm."
Teams played three games each on the day, with Griffin saying the carnivals developed the kids' skills very quickly.
"Because they play so many games of footy in one day, their skills and knowledge of the game just improves so rapidly.
"Carnivals are the best thing for the younger kids.
"We're actually holding another junior carnival later in the year," he said.
The carnival day also provided the chance for local clubs, who compete against each other regularly, to take on some big name Canberra squads.
"They did a really good job with the draw where a lot of the local kids played against the visiting teams," Griffin said.
"The draw was set up by Connie Picker from the club and everything ran down perfectly."
With about 50 teams competing you could expect a few injuries, but Griffin was happy to report there were only a few incidents during the carnival.
"Safety is a paramount concern for the players during an event like this," Griffin said.
"Bob J Meaker donated his time to be the first aid officer for the day and the way he managed things is commendable.
"But obviously with a sport like rugby league you do get a few bumps and bruises," he said.
Griffin said the day was a huge success thanks to the volunteers who coordinated it all.
"I have to thank Stuart Smith and Ray Ringland, they helped out so much on the day."
Organisers expected numbers to be up this year, but forecasts of snow on Brown Mountain kept a few teams at bay.
"Unfortunately we did have about seven Canberra teams pull out."
Meanwhile, those that did attend enjoyed the day, and some are already making plans for next year's carnival.
"We had a great response from the visiting clubs.
"They loved it, I spoke to some of the parents from the Bulls and they were already making plans for next year."
It was a good day for Moruya, making it to the finals in three grades, while the Roosters won the under 11s division.
The Bega club is holding a special fundraising junior training this Saturday from 10am.
The day is open to kids between five and 16 years old.
The cost is $10 with money raised going to the costs of rebuilding the Bega Rec Ground canteen.
Registrations are due by 5pm today.
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Sparta Girl Wins Google Scholarship
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On Google's home page today, you'll see a drawing by a western Wisconsin high school senior. Sabrina Brady of Sparta won the national "Doodle-for-Google" contest.
About 130-thousand youngsters entered. This year's theme was "My Best Day Ever." Brady's entry was called "Coming Home." She drew herself running toward her father, right after he got home from an 18-month deployment in Iraq. Brady portrays herself in black-and-white while running toward her father. Then when they hug, the portrait changes to full color. The second "O" in the Google logo depicts yellow sunshine, and the soldier stands straight where the "L" would normally be. Ryan Germick of Google said an online vote determined the winner – and people were heartened by Brady's creative use of the Google letters to illustrate a heart-felt moment. Brady is an art student who plans to attend the Minneapolis College of Art-and-Design this fall. She won a 30-thousand dollar college scholarship, a Chrome-book computer, and a 50-thousand-dollar technology grant for Sparta High School. In addition, 50 state finalists will have their doodles featured in an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York through mid-July.


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ACME: Wapak holds off Minster for title
MINSTER — The Wapakoneta ACME baseball team showed it could make things interesting late — in both the best and worst sense — during the Auglaize County sectional tournament this week.
But above all the Redskins revealed that they were the county's best summer baseball team.
Wapakoneta held off a late Minster charge for a 6-5 win in the sectional title game on Wednesday night to finish the tournament unscathed with a 3-0 record with comebacks and close calls throughout.
"We set goals every spring: we want to beat every team in the county, we want to win the sectional and we want to win 20 games," Wapakoneta coach Willie Sammetinger said. "Now we've done it all but win 20 and we're two games away from that. We've got a bunch of kids who have really stepped up and done the job and I'm proud of them."
Chandler Kaeck went 2 for 3 with a pair of runs batted in and the top of the order hitters Dylan Knoch and Brandon Schreiber each reached base three times while scoring two runs to lead the Wapakoneta offense.
Minster fell for the second time in the sectional despite a 4-for-4 night at the plate from catcher Rob Wente.
Both Wapakoneta and Minster advance to the district tournament at St. Henry or at Celina on Saturday, with games brackets still to be determined as of Wednesday night.
"The first key to the weekend is to advance to the district," Minster coach Scott Sherman said. "We'd have liked to come into tonight and gotten two wins, but it didn't work out that way. We're happy to be moving on. Back in the winner's bracket for this weekend."
Wapakoneta received a start that made a second title game unnecessary on Wednesday.
Marshall Gerlach pitched the first 6 2-3 innings for Wapak, bobbing and weaving out of trouble all night. Gerlach emerged from the sixth inning without giving up a run even after the first three Wildcats reached base.
"He worked ahead in the count," Wapakoneta coach Willie Sammetinger said. "Bases loaded and nobody out and he gets out of it without giving up a run. That's huge. Textbook."
Only a few hits and errors in the field behind him kept him from the complete game in the seventh before Chandler Kaeck got the game's final out.
"If we make a play, he's got a complete game," Sammetinger said.
Minster watched prime opportunities pass, most glaringly leaving the sacks loaded in the sixth and leaving 10 runners standing on bases in the game. Minster had a runner at second or third base in five of the seven innings and left eight runners stranded in scoring position.
"We did that all night," Minster coach Scott Sherman said. "We left guys on base in all innings. We just couldn't get that big two-out hit and they did."
The Wildcats finally capitalized on a rally in the top of the seventh inning, but they waited until the first two batters got out. Doug Huber hit one of his three hits — a double — over the head of the center fielder and Rob Wente doubled to center to plate Huber to make it 6-3. Drew Elson singled through the hole on the left side to load the bases. Minster defensive replacement Ethan Wolf hit a ground ball to short that appeared would end the game, but Elson beat the flip to second base to extend the game.
Minster's Andrew Knapke hit a hot grounder to shortstop that went under the glove to score Elson and put the tying run 90 feet from home plate.
But Kaeck coaxed Jay Eilerman into a groundout to second base to end the game and give the Redskins the sectional title.
"It's a good thing we got those runs late because once again we made two mistakes and it almost bit us again," Sammetinger said.
Minster's Doug Huber finished the game 3 for 4 with two runs batted.
Huber singled home the Wildcats' first run in the first inning to bring home Devon Poeppelman, who singled to start the game.
The Wildcats went up 2-0 in the third on another Huber RBI single, this time plating Austin Knapke, who had led off the third with a single.
Wapakoneta stormed ahead for good in the bottom of the third inning with a three-run inning on three consecutive RBI hits by Schreiber, Brandon Miller and Kaeck.
Wapak added on two runs in the fifth with an RBI bloop single to left by Kaek and a double steal of home by Knoch.
Wapakoneta's final insurance run came in the sixth with a Knoch double to left field that scored Dominic Campos.
Austin Knapke started for Minster and took the loss on the hill. Knapke pitched the first 4 2-3 innings, giving up five runs on five hits with one strikeout. Ryan Hoying finished things off with 1 1-3 innings of work, giving up one run on one hit.
Sammetinger said while it was nice to win the first game, his team was prepared for a second game. Either way, the Wapakoneta coach said his team was determined to leave with the sectional title.
"We had our number three starter ready if we needed him for the second game," Sammetinger said. "We still had pitching and Minster was running out of pitching. We were prepared no matter what."
The game finished right around the two-hour mark and just outpaced a strong rainstorm that advanced into the area at 8 p.m.


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Mr Bakhshi-Moakhar, there's censorship in Iran. Can you still exhibit works which are critical of the government?
Mahmoud Bakhshi-Moakhar: One has to have permission from the ministry of culture before every exhibition. You get it by sending them a photo of the work – without a title. You don't usually have to provide any explanation. I've mostly not had any problems. Only once was an exhibition of mine closed.
Bakhshi-Moakhar: The exhibition was held in a Tehran cultural centre. I showed my installation "Air Pollution of Iran". It's made up of eight framed Iranian national flags, and the eight refers to the eight years of the Iran-Iraq War. I bought the flags in a shop in Tehran. They were old and dirty. The white and green stripes had gone grey and exhaust fumes had got deep into the material.
The air pollution in Tehran is very serious. But the viewer understands that your installation is also about something more than just exhaust fumes. One also thinks about the poisoned atmosphere in the country …
Bakhshi-Moakhar: I don't like to explain my works.
I've read that you hung the flags out on the roof of a tall building from which one can see the Evin prison, where many members of the political opposition are held.
Bakhshi-Moakhar: I've read that too, but it's not true.
You have pictures hanging in your apartment in Tehran in which the Iranian flag has been cut in pieces and sewn together with bits of traditional folk material. The symbol of the nation has been destroyed. Would you be able to show this work to the ministry of culture?
Bakhshi-Moakhar: I didn't try to do so in that case. All the same, artists in Iran are relatively free. If the government were to arrest one of us, it would only bring us more attention. People would be curious and ask what these artists are doing. The contemporary art scene in Tehran is relatively small. Nobody cares much what we show in the galleries – neither the government nor the public.
You recently took part in a group exhibition in Tehran. The visitor to the exhibition came in to a dark room in which flowers made of neon lights were growing. What was this work about?
Bakhshi-Moakhar: The flowers are stylised tulips. They're equipped with a mechanism with which viewers can get them to turn. You find the tulip in the centre of the Iranian flag. It's a simplified form of the Arabic word for Allah and also a symbol for the martyrs.
There's a belief in Persian mythology that a tulip grows wherever the blood of a fighter is shed for his country. My installation is called "Tulips Rise from the Blood of the Nation's Youth." The title refers to a famous poem dedicated to the martyrs of history.
Following the presidential election in which [the incumbent] Ahmadinejad was accused of fraud, many people went on to the streets in support of [his challenger] Mussavi. Some were killed. They died as martyrs. I covered the walls of the gallery with black cloth, just as one does at a funeral. Most martyrs die anonymously and without a funeral, and I wanted to draw that to people's attention.
The Islamic Republic has its own cult of the martyr. But your works have nothing to do with that...
Bakhshi-Moakhar: The walls of the buildings in Tehran have paintings of martyrs, bearded warriors, larger than life-size, who stand in a field of tulips. They look like advertisements and for that reason they are interesting for tourists or some artists. But I grew up with pictures of real war.
I was two years old when Khomeini came back to Iran from exile and proclaimed the Islamic Republic. I was three years old when the Iran-Iraq war began. I've grown up with families who lost their fathers. What is magnificent about that?
Do Iranians immediately understand the critical aspect of your work?
Bakhshi-Moakhar: Yes.
How did you come up with the idea of using the Iranian national emblem in your tulip sculptures?
Bakhshi-Moakhar: Such sculptures are not unusual in Iran. You find them on public squares in every big city. I reproduce the symbol in various materials. The flowers can be seen as a continuation of my work with flags and air pollution. The flags too have to do with the martyrs. It's all about those who have died in the war, or the people who die of air pollution in Iran.
For another work you used the American flag as a doormat...
Bakhshi-Moakhar: In the Islamic Republic there are American flags painted on the floor in front of many ministry or other public buildings. If you want to get into the building, you have to trample on the American flag. It's a humiliation which one is forced to carry out. In effect I was making a joke about it. My doormat looks like Persian craftwork and could be manufactured by the government in industrial quantities.
You travel a lot for your exhibitions. You've exhibited in Switzerland, Germany, France and England. Do you find that you get any inspiration from Western art?
Bakhshi-Moakhar: I love minimalist art. But Iranian poetry and Sufism, the Islamic mysticism, influence me more than any Western artist.
Before the presidential election, 800 Iranian artists signed up in support of Mussavi as candidate. Did you vote for Mussavi too?
Bakhshi-Moakhar: Yes, of course. Everyone voted for him. He's a reformer like ex-president Khatami. Ever since Ahmadinejad became president, we've had to show our works to the ministry of culture before we can exhibit them. Our artistic freedom has been increasingly restricted.
Do you believe that you will choose topic in the future which have less to do with Iran?
Bakhshi-Moakhar: It's not easy to make art which has nothing to do with the current situation in Iran. The situation is tense. And that gives me plenty of ideas for my work.
Interview: Carola Hoffmeister
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Mahmoud Bakhshi-Moakhar, was born in 1977 and lives and works in Tehran. He studied graphic art and visual arts at Tehran University, specialising in sculpture. He has become internationally well-known as a result of a number of group exhibitions, and has exhibited in Berlin, Paris, London, Athens and Beijing. The "Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize Finalists' Exhibition" in London is showing his works from 15th to 17th October.
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Artistic Freedom and Cultural Policy in Iran
Art under Divine Dictatorship
Iran's artists made good use of the brief period of opening under the liberal President Khatami. However, the Islamic Republic's increasingly rigid cultural policy is now threatening to wipe out all they achieved at the time. By Alessandro Topa and Roshanak Zangeneh
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Art as a Political Weapon
The Iranian artist Parastou Forouhar's parents were murdered eleven years ago. She has been fighting ever since, for a conviction of their killers and against the system in Iran – including through her art. Werner Bloch on a courageous artist
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Unusual Images for the Islamic Republic
For years they wasted away in the basement of the Teheran Museum for Contemporary Art. The paintings of well-known artists of the twentieth century had long ago been deemed "Western works of the devil" by the Mullahs. Now they have been recovered from their hiding place and put on display at the museum. Martin Ebbing reports from Teheran
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Albert Paley's "Odyssey" takes shape on the 24th Street overpass of Interstate 80 in Council Bluffs on Aug. 13, 2010. The four mixed metal structures were the eighth installation in the Bluffs by the Iowa West Foundation's public art initiative.
The Omaha Jackals, a North Omaha football team, pose for a team photo after returning from a tournament in Texas with the championship trophy on Jan. 23, 2012. The team was outside Omaha Northwest High School.
Kelley Agard and Rick White of Red Oak, Iowa, kiss to conclude their wedding ceremony in the Squirrel Cage Jail in Council Bluffs on Aug. 23, 2010. State of Iowa district associate judge Mark Eveloff officiated the ceremony, with White's daughter, Cassandra Oosterbaan, and her husband, Brian, serving as witnesses. Kelley planned to donate a kidney to Rick, who was suffering from a kidney disease. She had pledged the donation five years earlier, when they were only friends.
Shoppers crowd into the downtown Brandeis store in September 1980 for the start of the final closing sale. J.L. Braindeis and Sons had announced earlier that it would close stores in downtown Omaha and Lincoln and smaller stores in north Omaha and Columbus, Nebraska, by the end of 1980. The company planned to refurbish stores in Crossroads and Westroads Malls.
Cowboy Dick Kinsler, 10, perches on the base of an old elm tree on July 2, 1946. The tree was in front of the Florence Bank and is believed to have been planted by the first cashier, J.D. Brisbin, when the bank opened in 1856. It was 6 feet at the base. It was ordered to be razed in 1946 because the city forester pronounced it dangerous.
Johnny Carson is the center of attention at the Ak-Sar-Ben racetrack on June 7, 1969. From left are Marion Van Berg; Carson's father, Homer "Kit" Carson; Johnny Carson; and Stan Bowker of Ak-Sar-Ben. Van Berg's horse Tuffit Out won the $7,500 Johnny Carson purse that day. Carson was in Omaha for the weekend.
The City Auditorium Arena was packed with 10,604 fans thrilled by Elvis' performance of his old hits "Jailhouse Rock" and "Teddy Bear," sprinkled among gospel numbers on June 19, 1977. Adding to the excitement were nine TV cameras filming the concert for a planned fall special, "Elvis in Concert." Auditorium manager Charlie Mancuso said that when CBS asked about doing the special, Elvis' manager, Col. Tom Parker, told them that he wanted it done in Omaha. Elvis would perform his final concert a week later in Indianapolis. The CBS special aired several weeks after his death on Aug. 16, 1977.
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Jerry Shotkoski, 14, catches a glimpse of photographer Ed Rath just as he left the high diving platform at Hitchcock pool in August 1976. A sunny, 94-degree day helped inaugurate the pool at Hitchcock Park, 42nd and Q Streets, on June 8, 1970. The dedication of the 50-meter, Olympic-size pool was preceded by exhibitions of water ballet, diving from the pool's 32-foot, tri-level platform, water polo and competition swimming. ED RATH/THE WORLD-HERALD
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E.L. Tripp sprays DDT around the Livestock Exchange building to control the fly population on May 17, 1947. Many other areas in the yards and buildings around were sprayed to control the loss of livestock caused by the flies. MARTIN KOTRBA/THE WORLD-HERALD
Teacher Marjorie Anderson says goodbye and first-graders shout, "Vacation at last!" as the kids race from Webster School in Omaha on June 10, 1949, for the start of summer vacation. The school, built by Omaha architect John Latenser Sr. in 1886 for $38,937, stood at 616 N. 28th Ave. The red-brick school was razed in 1969. THE WORLD-HERALD
Anybody who wanted a ride on this Omaha streetcar on May 18, 1947, was out of luck. The streetcar went all the way from downtown to Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum and back that Sunday without stopping for a passenger as Beta Sigma Phi, an international sorority of young businesswomen, capped off a two-day state convention. According to The World-Herald's account of the event, there was a sherry party and a formal dance Saturday at the Paxton Hotel. On Sunday, delegates from Omaha, Lincoln, Hastings, Fremont, Fairbury and Grand Island crowded into the chartered streetcar at 14th and Harney Streets. They flung streamers around inside, tied balloons to the seats, tooted on paper horns, sang songs and danced in the aisle the whole trip. Marcy Gruidel, president of the Mu Chapter in Omaha, said, "I don't know where we got the idea for a trolley ride but it seemed like a good one." THE WORLD-HERALD
Douglas County's biggest polio vaccination program began on May 2, 1955, with no difficulties as teams of doctors, nurses and PTA volunteers set up production lines at schools to vaccinate children. This one was at Dundee School, and that's Dr. Lynn MacQuiddy administering the shots. According to The World-Herald's account of the effort, some parents were reluctant to have their kids vaccinated because of reports that some children had developed polio after getting a vaccination. But Dr. J. Harry Murphy, a Creighton University Medical School professor and polio researcher, said those cases appeared to have been developing before the shots were given. "I have been advising my patients to go ahead with the shots," he said. "I'll stand behind that." Other doctors also spoke in favor of having children vaccinated. And Dr. MacQuiddy gave a shot to his 8-year-old daughter, Mary, that day at Dundee School.
A lovely spring day in 1979 drew some 2,000 people to Omaha's Elmwood Park, but the behavior of some visitors drew police. Officers were called to the park on Sunday, April 22, to investigate complaints of drinking and other illegal activities. According to The World-Herald's account, officers arrested one person, ticketed seven more and impounded four cars. The city's parks director, Arthur Bradley, described the scene that day at the park as a "jungle." It was the third time that spring that officers were called to the park. Police started a special "park patrol" in response to the problems at Elmwood Park.
April 15 used to be a busy day for the U.S. Postal Service because many Americans waited until the deadline to file their income taxes. Here, postal worker Geri Wentz takes returns at Omaha's main post office at 12th and Pacific Streets on April 15, 1991.
Cowboy movie star Tom Mix nearly caused a stampede when he came to Omaha on April 9, 1928, for an appearance at the Orpheum Theater. That's Mix on the left being greeted by Mayor James Dahlman as he arrived for the judging of a cowboy costume and a roping contest. The World-Herald account of the event said more than 10,000 people gathered at the corner of 15th and Farnam Streets to see the star ride in on his horse, Tony. THE WORLD-HERALD
On March 29, 1943, the United States began rationing meat, fats and cheese as World War II raged on. Here, Omaha grocer Ray Wright displays the items subject to the new rules. According to the story accompanying the photo of Wright, the meat ration was about 2 pounds per person per week. The other allotments were measured in ounces: butter, 4½; lard, 4; margarine, 1½; cheese, 2; shortening, 3. The story also noted that under Great Britain's rationing program, citizens received half the amount of meat as Americans but twice the amount of cheese.
Easter Sunday ended tragically in Omaha in 1913. A powerful tornado swept through town that evening and killed 94 people. More than 3,000 buildings were damaged, and the property damage was estimated at $3.5 million. This photo is looking north on 24th Street from Erskine Street.
The runway Wednesday night at Omaha Fashion Week was full of cancer survivors during the Methodist Survivors Show.
Tuesday was Student Night at Omaha Fashion Week. The event featured pieces designed by student designers.
Some small turtles painted with the slogan "Omaha Zoo — 1953" were used in a March 1953 fundraiser. That's painter Ben Braasch painting the slogan on a china turtle and a real turtle. Some china turtles and three real turtles were given as prizes by the Omaha Zoological Society at an event it held March 16 to begin a $15,000 fundraising drive. The society had been organized in 1952 to help improve the Riverview Park Zoo, and things worked out pretty well. Today, of course, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium is consistently ranked as one of the world's best.
"It's great to be Irish every day, but it's even better today." Those were the words of 8-year-old George Ireland on March 17, 1970. That's his sister, Kathleen, then 6, giving him a little help with his hat. At the time, the youngsters lived with their parents on South 16th Street in Omaha. And, by the way: They attended nearby St. Patrick School.
A combination cafe, old-fashioned country store, garage, library and museum also served as the headquarters of the Pleasant Valley Cultural Society back in 1967. Here are a few of the members studying the key issues of the day facing Nebraska. Don't confuse this Pleasant Valley with the one in Dodge County. These society members were gathered at their headquarters in Cedar County at the intersection of U.S. Highway 81 and Nebraska Highway 84. That's about 20 miles south of Yankton, South Dakota. TOM ALLAN/THE WORLD-HERALD
Yeah, potholes are a pain these days, but in 1949, drivers in the parts of Omaha with dirt streets had to worry about getting stuck in the mud this time of year. This photo of Fort Street looking east from 11th Street was taken in early March. According to the story that ran with the photo, the roads were in bad shape after to a snowy winter, and the tons of cinders and rocks that the city had put down on the streets didn't help much. One city official said it was as if the dirt roads had no bottom at all.
The annual Girl Scouts cookie sale in Omaha was a little different back in 1949. The money raised from the cookie sale then was used to finance Camp Maha and day camps in the city parks. And the cookies were made here then. Watching the first batch being prepared at Merchants Biscuit Co. at 4301 N. 30th St. on Feb. 25, 1949, were Jackie Richardson, left, Theresa Sukovaty and Gayle Fried.
The Royals' World Series trophy found a temporary home in the Hy-Vee at 9707 Q St. on Tuesday. Fans got a chance to see the trophy up close, but only after Curt Nelson, director of the Royals Hall of Fame, placed it on a pedestal fit for such a prize.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Science On a Sphere exhibit has found a home at Do Space, 7205 Dodge St.
The President's Birthday Ball at Omaha's City Auditorium drew about 4,000 people on Jan. 30, 1939. The celebration was part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's crusade against polio. Roosevelt contracted polio as an adult and was paralyzed from the waist down. The first ball was held in 1934 to raise funds for the nonprofit treatment center that Roosevelt had established in Warm Springs, Georgia. Proceeds from later events were split with local communities. The balls ended after his death in 1945, but the crusade continued through the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis he helped establish in 1938. It's known today as the March of Dimes.
This replica of Snoopy, his doghouse and his bird friend Woodstock graced the Thomas Marshall home at 2229 S. 138th St. after a snowstorm in Omaha in January 1975.
Dickie and Tami Surber crafted a Puff the Magic Dragon out the light fluffy snow that fell in Omaha on a late January weekend in 1976. The Surbers lived on North 41st Street. They may have had a little help from their mother, Joan Surber.
David Peterson came away impressed after watching Clemson and Alabama battle it out in the national championship game.
More than a century ago, another January fire tore through a building at 11th and Howard Streets. Photographs and news articles from the time show that fire's similarities to last weekend's explosion and fire at M's Pub.
Take a tour of Christmases past with photos from The Omaha World-Herald.
The "Singing Christmas Tree" is made up of choir members of the Evangelical Free Church in Grand Island, Nebraska, as they are perched in six tiers among the evergreen boughs. They performed Dec. 20, 1987.
Brutus is Santa at the Companion Dog Club's annual Christmas party at the Nebraska Humane Society in 1968. Owners dressed their dogs in various costumes, including Santa Claus, Rudolph, an elf and even a dinner table with two dogs supporting it and a parrot perching on the top. Brutus was owned by Mrs. Joseph Pletka.
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An essay on the role of the Integrin beta-3 protein (ITGB3) in Ca2+-dependent orthogonal riboswitches.
In the study of calcium-mediated (Ca2+) neuronal receptors (NMDA and GABA mostly), the relevance of Ca2+-dependent ligands (ie: calmodulin) may hold important factors in the morphogenesis of psychological brain disorders and the pathogenesis of the Alzheimer disease, a important phenotype in the understanding of GPCR-mediated brain mutations. Hence a proper understanding of the polypyrimidine tract binding protein-1 (PTBP1) dependent signaling pathway may reveal new insights in the functions and features of the integrin beta-3 protein as a cell-adhesive (and voltage-gated!) neural substrate for long-term axon and neuronal growth. [1]
A integrin beta3 mutant polypeptide lacking the PTBP1 gene ?
- A pyrimidine-rich associated polypeptide complex is best known as a "protein".
- A e.coli K12 derived auxotrophic restriction enzyme system may be the key red heering in understanding protein over-expression factors in the transcription of mRNA.
- Dude where's my calcium?: Zinc/Leucine/Glycine/Serine (Rho, GNAT, etc) -> KEY Calcium/Magnesium (Ca2+/Mg2+) mediated cell adhesion amino acids; phosphatase-like (transferase) family members...
- Neural (Voltage-gated) ligand expression possible side-effect may include novel psychotic behavior, especially if remotely activated with electromagnetic (RF) signals under 2.45 GHz ? -- Check this.
- "horn" directed mutagenesis: too difficult to realize in vivo? -- Check this!
Going a bit further...
- Explain dna methylation and role of 30C6HSL (exo-genous) promoters in the upregulation of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor and Calcium channel blockers
- summarly define how a calcium channel blocker 'block' (disrupt) GABA receptor from processing visual signals properly in the fore-brain (ie: hippocampus) through a signal transduction cascade...
- What is primary difference between a putative and non-putative gene?
- Proteins and enzymes:
- cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (C-alpha): http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P17612
- cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (C-beta) : http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P22694
- Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase (SETD8) http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9NQR1 OMIM
- E-cadherin (CDH1) http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P12830 OMIM
- By organism:
- H. sapiens (EC 188.8.131.52) (PTEN-Induced Putative Kinase 1) http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:65018 BRENDA
- H. sapiens (EC 126.96.36.199) (SETD8) http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:387893
- H. sapiens (ITGB2) http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:3689 OMIM (note the chromosome location and the annotated phenotype)
- Integrins, pyrimidine, glutamine, NMDA, hippocampus, calmodulin, PTBP1, neuropeptides, b-secretase (BACE)
For next time!
- Review and complete wiki class page on Integrase.
- Review Calcium and GABA signaling? (Hint: Wet blanket for Calcium-mediated glutamine excitoxicity!)
- beta-amyloids APP - In the synthesis of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines derivatives via asymmetric PS synthesis, how is beta-linked amyloids (note: For the Alzheimer precursor protein type "APP" on uniprot) responding to 2.45 GHz electromagnetic waves (2.450 GHz is a typical radio-frequency (RF) signal used in portable human wireless devices; Iphone4-type device; etc) for horn-directed mutagenesis of neuronal X-linked polypeptides/ligands ? -ER
- Moreover assuming the psychochemical media require a ultra-sound frequency (ie: 2.450 GHz) to INDUCE mRNA-activated polypeptide alkane isomerisation of the PTBP1 genes, how mentally retarded do you estimate a human-made decision must be (IQ) to allow and implement the forced installation of such biological assault devices without the consent and informed judgement into the homes and residences of civilians ? -ER
- Important Note: Back in World-war 2, Ziklon-b pellets (Auschwitz) were found to dispense the deadly compound to the prisoneers from the outside of the concentration camps. Based on theses evidences, which experimental protocol may you use to measure and verify the risks and effects of cumulative exposure to 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines derivatives ? -ER
- Furthermore, based on the evidences correlated to the implementation of such potentially harmful and intrusive technology into unprotected homes (non-ionising EM waves) to human health, do you believe the idea/concept of "smart metering" is an affront to human dignity and thus in direct conflict with the principle of saving lifes ? -ER
- Review this paper here about the DNA methylation of neuropeptides with cyanide affects the NMDA receptor.
- For Acetonitrile based cyanolation reagents, see: Acetonitrile
- For simple alcohol-based polypeptide cross-linker reagents (dA), see: PVA and Isopropanol
See also...
- Rhodopsin - Rho/GTPase specific AI inducers: Rhodopsin etc.
- c-Src specialized kinase (SH2/SH3 domain, PH domain, etc)
- MAPK <-> c-Src domain interactions and cross-talk, ie integrins mediated cross-talking, see: EGFR
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." -Mark Twain
"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor." - Aristotle
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." -Winston Churchill


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Program: The Big Squeeze
Date: Thursday, May 7
Time: 8 p.m.
Additional air times: Monday, May 11, at 9:30 p.m.
The Big Squeeze is a joyful leap into the heart of Texas music. And where there's music there's usually some grilling going on. That's why Herminio Ramirez builds a stage right in the tiny kitchen of their Houston home for his son John. From the urban barrios of Houston to the colonials along the U.S.-Mexican border, legacies fueled by the passion-stirring combination of family, friends and food, is being passed along. In The Big Squeeze, we follow 16 year old John Ramirez and other young musicians as they do battle at the statewide accordion throw down.


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Some scattered thoughts on Inauguration evening. After a few hours of giddiness (see previous blogs), I've re-discovered my inner cynic:
1) OK, I agree with Barack Obama that "neighborhood" begins with "neighbor." (If my sense of word construction is correct, this is not a coincidence.) Still, the word also begins with "neigh" and ends with "hood"; I don't know what to make of this.
2) For that matter, "neighborhood ball" ends with "ball." That may be accurate.


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By Army Sgt. Daniel T. West
Special to American Forces Press Service
Oct. 3, 2008 - Police in Iraq's Wasit province are transforming their force from a paramilitary Police force to a more traditional one, changing an organizational climate left over from Saddam Hussein's regime. The restructuring, a directive from the Iraqi Interior Ministry, aims to place police officers in positions that exploit their greatest strengths.
"We assign [police officers] with military backgrounds to the special response teams and the checkpoints," Brig. Gen. Alawy Hussein Alsaray, of the Iraqi Police, said. "Those who have been trained solely as police officers are assigned to the community police stations. That way, those with a military background work in the areas that are most military-like. The others are assigned to investigations and other traditional Police roles."
This method is effective because many of the police officers are former soldiers, said Army Sgt. Peter Klementowski, 511th military Police Company, an Iraqi police trainer.
"Placing the military minds in the [special response teams] is effective because they play a more military role, are heavily armed and [are] trained in urban warfare tactics," Klementowski said. "The traditional role, the neighborhood stations, is to be visible every day and to interact with the population. These should be roles for new officers, those brought up in the Police system."
Army Capt. Jess Traver, 511th military Police Company commander, said he and his soldiers are helping the Iraqi Police change their image, focusing on community policing, interacting with the community and developing a visible values system that emphasizes duty, commitment and honesty.
"Under Saddam, the Police were a paramilitary force that enforced the will of the executive branch," Klementowski said. "When people look at them, they see a remnant of Saddam's regime, responsible for terror and torture."
To change the way they are viewed by the community, the Police have reached out to the community by increasing their patrols and their visibility at the checkpoints, Traver noted.
"They are also participating in community policing events," Klementowski said. "They are reaching out to the community through soccer [and] expositions showing their work, and some stations are inviting people into the stations to show them what it's like to be [police officers]."
Traver praised the police officers' efforts to change their image with the people they serve. "They are making progress, and their leadership is making the push to change the community's perspective," he said. "They are on the right track."
(Army Sgt. Daniel T. West serves in the Multinational Division Center Public Affairs Office.)
Friday, October 03, 2008
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So the girls are all excited. They are in New York now and they are marveling at everything that they see from their car. Cool, sweet. Super-yuppy-dudette (Kelle) who is originally from New York (she informs us then that she moved to Manhattan) points interesting things to the other girls.
Some of the girls are explaining who they are, what they want to do to win. There is one girl, Leah, who says that she knows that she can look very much like plain Jane and she needs to prove to the judges that she can be more. She didnt have a nickname so far so I name her now super-plain-girl (her words). There is also super-brace-girl (Norelle) who says that she has a feeling like she is intimidating the other girls.
So the girls are taken to some place in Times Square, they dont know exactly where. Well, its the top of a building. I was wondering whether they would do a photo shoot there but they did that in Cycle 1 so I thought that it was unlikely. The girls are met by Tyra who asks them to look around at the billboards (we see a lot of fashion ads with, obviously, models on them). She then tells them that it could be one of them someday. (It would have been so great if they had had a billboard of one of the previous winners
but thats just my opinion). Then, Tyra goes on saying that they are in the city that never sleeps so why should they? Tyra goes on explaining that a model never knows when she will get her next job and where her next assignment will be so the phone might ring in the middle of the night and she needs to just fly off to the next photo shoot. Well, the girls are informed that their next assignment will not be in New York. The girls look surprised. Instead, they are flying to Jamaica to do a swimsuit photo shoot. The girls are ecstatic. Tyra then tells them that their flight is in a few hours so they dont have time to sleep or anything; they need to go straight to the airport.
So, we see them at the airport and then in the plane. It was kind of weird because they were showing like these random footages and it felt like they needed to fill in the time. Okay, in the plane, the girls were obviously trying to catch on some sleep. Then, they hit some turbulence, which didnt sit all too well with super-athletic-girl (Ann). She was crying and she was just plain scared. She called out to her best friend of the bunch, super-evil-girl (Eva). Im going to have to change her nickname as it doesnt fit anymore; lets just call her super-girl as she is just full of energy and stuff. Well, super-girl was napping and could not hear the cries of super-athletic-girl; super-Indian-girl (Julie) woke up super-girl. Super-Indian-girl commented on how the relationship between super-girl and super-athletic-girl was weird. When super-athletic-girl called out to super-girl, she called her mommy at one point. So, from now on, the nickname for super-athletic-girl will change to super-dependent-girl
And youll see how well she deserves that one. Finally, super-girl manages to calm down super-dependent-girl who then falls asleep.
We see a little bit of footage on the girls getting ready. They are obviously eyeing the competition. Bof.
They are doing the photo shoot. Now, the girls are very green, obviously. Some have a really hard time to focus, others are doing okay, and a few are doing great. Among the great ones, there is super-Indian-girl (Julie), super-plus-size-girl (Toccara), and super-African-girl (Yaya). When super-African-girl was posing, super-makeup-dude (Jay Manuel) commented that she was working like the rent was due tomorrow. Among the girls who had a hard time, there was super-plain-girl (Leah) who had a very very hard time following directions but, mainly, holding still. Super-makeup-dude was also very disappointed in super-dependent-girls (Ann) performance. Just before that, super-dependent-girl was mentioning how tired she was and how she lacked energy from the needing sleep and having freaked out in the plane.
The photo shoot is done (it seems to be late at night; after all, they had 14 girls to shoot!). Super-makeup-dude (Jay Manuel) informs them that they are to go to their hotel, get some much needed sleep, and the next morning they will have a brunch where he will bring an envelope with the name of the girl who is eliminated. The girl then needs to pack her things and go home. Geez, its only like 8:26 pm so there will be another elimination, maybe?
Next, we see super-makeup-dude (Jay Manuel) and super-runway-dude (J. Alexander) in Jamaica talking to Tyra who is wherever in the US. They discuss the girls to decide who will be eliminated. Tyra really liked the swimsuit that they put on super-plus-size-girl (Toccara). She really looks stunning (she does). They are all surprised that super-yuppy-dudette (Kelle) looks so much hoochy in her picture, given that she is white-African-American
They are all very very disappointed by super-dependent-girl (Ann). Tyra says that she has the feeling like super-dependent-girl is relying too much on the fact that she is gorgeous and has a great body so shes not working as hard as she should.
The girls are enjoying their brunch. Then, comes super-makeup-dude (Jay Manuel) with the envelope. He puts it down on the table. Super-plain-girl (Leah) had asked to be the one to read it. She informs us that its a kind of protection for herself. If her name is in the envelope, shed rather read it herself. So, the girl sent packing home is
Magdalena! We didnt see much of her in either episode. She was rather in the background. They didnt like her at the photo shoot because there was not much light behind her eyes.


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Here in Madison, I go for walks past 20 or 30 blocks of houses — good-sized houses with lovely yards and neat sidewalks. Big shade trees line streets that are too narrow to attract any through traffic. And I don't see any children playing. I see an occasional toy vehicle like the one in the photograph, but not one child. No one rides by on a bike or a tricycle or scooter. Swing sets are empty. No one is playing hopscotch or jumping rope. There are no ball games or frisbees. No kids are running around and yelling. Nothing! Where are they?
It's like Episode 1 of "The Twilight Zone": "Where Is Everybody?" That aired in 1959. A man arrives in a town and finds it devoid of people. The story wouldn't even work today. You wouldn't understand what was so weird about a town without people in it and why the man found it so upsetting. You'd just be yeah, yeah, it's a town. So what? What is that guy's problem?
IN THE COMMENTS: Paddy O. said"
No children outside? Excellent. It's quiet! I can now get to all those great books I've been meaning to read. I can sit outside on my hammock and read and read and read. I have stacks of books I can now focus on. Hooray!ADDED: National Review's Lisa Schiffren responds here. Like many of the commenters on this post, she speculates that the children are involved in scheduled activities or indoor pursuits (like TV and video games). But she also thinks the birth rate is low, especially in Madison, which she says (correctly) "is very blue."
Oh no! I just sat on my reading glasses. Alas...
Shiffren then says a few things about abortion. I tend to think that the people who can afford to live in these nice suburban houses are competently using birth control and making their own free decisions about how many children to have. That may be why they send their kids to various planned activities. (Many commenters mentioned camp and pools.) It makes me wistful to see all the unused beautiful yards, and it's less sad if the kids are doing good things like camping. It's more sad if they are staring at TV and computer screens all the time.
And although it's really sad if the birth rate drops too low, but it's still good that people plan their family size, and I would not assume that that they achieve their goals by using abortion.
More importantly, it is incorrect to think that the incidence of abortion correlates with support for abortion rights. It doesn't! Look at the statistics. I haven't clicked on all 50 states, but I clicked on a lot of them and haven't found one with a lower incidence of abortion than Wisconsin's. It may be that people who support abortion rights are well-educated and realistic, that is, better at running their own lives and not getting pregnant by accident.


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What's next for the movement?
The initial phase of the #OCCUPY movement was marked by several weeks of viral growth that peaked on October 15 with a global day of action. In the next phase, there will be a turn towards addressing the deep philosophical and strategic questions of how to escalate this democracy moment into a revolutionary people's movement. Across the nation there are clear signs that the #OCCUPY movement is simultaneously maturing and growing more militant.
Of the many questions swirling around #OCCUPY, the most challenging is how to gel into a global movement without sacrificing the decentralized, leaderless model. There is a widespread acknowledgment that there are challenges that can only be dealt with on a global scale, such as a climate change accord and overturning international casino capitalism, and that we must therefore forge a globally united people's movement. However, there is also a growing recognition that the general assembly model that has worked beautifully thus far may be fundamentally limited on a structural level.
A breakthrough came on Friday from the New York City General Assembly where the structure working group has proposed, and the general assembly has accepted, the adoption of a modified spokes council modelthat will work in conjunction with the general assembly. This lays the foundation for a regional, national and potentially international spokes council, something that both #OCCUPYPHILLY and The 99 Percent Declaration have been pushing for. We are beginning to see how the #OCCUPY movement will elevate itself into an international force.
Meanwhile, the power center of the movement is shifting away from the East Coast towards the West. On Wednesday, #OCCUPYOAKLAND is organizing a General Strike that is already finding support within the local community. Solidarity actions are planned in occupations nationwide. Within the movement, there is a sense that this may be a turning point as militant tactics come to the fore and direct confrontation with the structures of the corporate-state becomes the norm.
Other sparks on the horizon include the November 5 Transition Day/Bank Transfer Day, the November 25 Buy Nothing Day kick off to #OCCUPYXMASand the December 10 Global Day of Action which was proposed this week by the international network behind the blast on October 15.
Hang in there!
for the wild,
Culture Jammers HQ


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In Nelson v. Knight, (IA Sup. Ct., Dec. 21, 2012), the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a decision by dentist James Knight to fire Melissa Nelson, a dental assistant who had worked for him for over ten years, after Knight's wife became concerned that Nelson posed a threat to their marriage. Knight was becoming personally attracted to Nelson and he feared he would eventually try to have an affair with her if he did not fire her. Knight reached the decision to fire Nelson after he and his wife consulted with the senior pastor of their church. Knight arranged for another pastor from the church to be present and witness the conversation in which he fired Nelson, and also a subsequent conversation he had with Nelson's husband about the firing. The state Supreme Court held that the firing did not amount to gender discrimination. AP reports on the decision.
The ALL-MALE Iowa court sees absolutely nothing wrong with this. Hopefully she takes this federal, and wins.
Another link for those with an aversion to the FOX/AP link used in the original article:
Maybe someone else can explain this to me - how on earth is it NOT discrimination to fire someone because you find them sexually attractive?


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With the community still in shock over the sudden resignation of long-time superintendent Steve McDermott, Mondays school board meeting will be very crucial. Although there is still a full agenda, the focus of the meeting will undoubtedly be on the presentation by three firms on why they should be selected to help find the districts new superintendent.
The three companies that will make presentations are Ray and Associates, Inc., Gaylord Tryon Associates and Major Consulting Group..
Ray and Associates, Inc. is based out of Cedar Rapids. According to their website:
"Ray and Associates, Inc. specializes in educational executive leadership searches. We recruit traditional and non-traditional candidates for public schools, private schools and higher education institutions/organizations."
One of its most recent clients has been the Racine Unified School District. The district in Racine, Wis., has 35 schools and a student enrollment of 21,000. They were selected to lead the search last May, and as of Feb. 19 of this year, the district was holding public forums with all of the finalist for their superintendent job. They were selected from a group of seven firms. They are also leading the search for the superintendent of the Kansas City, Mo., School District; Portland, Ore., School District; and Des Moines and Cedar Rapids.
Gaylord Tryon and Associates are based out of Johnston. According to its website:
"G. Tryon and Associates is a professional firm providing general consulting services to K-12 school districts and area education agencies throughout Iowa. Our firm specializes in finding excellence in educational leadership — including school superintendents, central office and building level administrators.
"G. Tryon and Associates is a student-centered, client-focused and results-oriented search firm. We will work personally with the board of education, students, staff, parents, and community to find the best educational leader possible. We guarantee the search will be conducted in a thorough and professional manner and with the utmost integrity and confidentiality."
If selected, Gaylord Tryon, the president of the firm, will be directly involved with every step of the search process. The process will be custom-designed to meet the needs of the school district.
Its client list is extensive and includes some of the following districts in their search for a superintendent:
• Ames Community School District
• Ankeny Community School District
• Fort Dodge Community School District
• Marion Independent School District
• Okoboji Community School District
The firm has also worked with the Newton school district in the past.
Major Consulting Group was unavailable for comment after multiple attempts to make contact. Glen Pelecky and Dave Barber of Major aided the Durant Community School District in their search for a superintendent last May.
The Board will select one of the three firms at the meeting. There will also be a closed session as the board conducts an expulsion hearing. The vote will be an open vote. They will also hold a vote on allowing DECA students to attend the DECA national conference in California.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at Emerson Hough. As always, there will be an open forum for citizens to address the board.
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The moment Microsoft announced it would lock other browsers out of being installed on Windows RT, we all knew regulatory bodies the world over were wringing their hands. Today, this has been confirmed: in the wake of an investigation into Microsoft not complying with the existing antitrust rulings regarding browser choice, the EU has also announced it's investigating Windows 8 x86 and Windows 8 RT (ARM).
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RE: Much to do about nothing
by zima on Wed 25th Jul 2012 22:25 UTC in reply to "Much to do about nothing"
Very few EU countries have IE as their top browser: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Countries_by_most_used_web_browse... - also, most of them not very populous, and some on the verge of changing colour to green (like quite a few blue countries already did worldwide, to green or orange, in the few weeks since that map revision)
Really curious how you came up with 90% for IE ...oh wait, crazy jefro, NVM, carry on.


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Fox News: Experts Say About 80 to 88 Percent of All of the Oil Offshore Is Off-Limits Under Dems' "No Energy" Legislation
"Drill-Nothing" Democratic Majority Readies Legislation Loaded with Poison Pills Aimed to Kill New American Energy Production
House Democrats are scrambling to complete their latest no energy bill, which is expected to make its way to the House floor later this week. The problem for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is that the longer it takes for the bill to be introduced, the more the American people are learning about the Majoritys bogus drilling legislation that fails to lower gas prices for working families, small businesses, seniors, and schools. And thats not good news for the Speaker or rank-and-file Democrats who hope to mislead their constituents back home that they are actually poised to vote for a pro-energy bill.
Reports already indicate that the Democrats no energy bill will not include critical revenue-sharing between the federal government and coastal states a poison pill that will lead states to block energy production off of their coasts and effectively kill any new drilling under the bill. On the heels of these reports, Fox News reporter William La Jeunesse noted this afternoon that the faux drilling language in the Democrats bill actually blocks energy production in some of the most oil- and gas-rich locations off our nations coasts. In total, Speaker Pelosis latest proposal permanently locks away an incredible 88 percent of the best American oil resources on the Outer Continental Shelf. A transcript and full video of the Fox News report follows:
Offshore drilling of course, is a hot topic on the campaign trail and on Capitol Hill. This is something a lot of Americans are passionate about. You remember the big oil spill off of the coast of Santa Barbara in 1969 but now a lot of Californians are actually rallying to end the ban on drilling if you can believe that. The Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors making a move to support drilling again 100 miles off of their coast. But will it ever happen? William La Jeunesse is live from beautiful Santa Barbara, California today. William, are Californians coming around to the idea of drilling off the shores of their home state?
Well, California is very symbolic of the U.S. as a whole. We use more oil here than anyone other than the United States and China. Now you can see right out here weve got vast reserves in the Pacific. Theres a straw right there. There is more oil between Santa Barbara and San Diego than the Eastern Seaboard or the Eastern Gulf. Now as you said, we came to Santa Barbara for a very good reason because this is the birthplace of the ban on offshore drilling and yet as you said, the board of supervisors is reconsidering after that devastating spill in 69. This would be like the people of Chernobyl voting for nuclear power. Now, Im going to take you into the truck real quickly, to give you a look at the national picture Martha and what is happening tomorrow in Congress. This is a look right now, at oil resources in the United States offshore. About 3.8 billion barrels off of the Eastern Seaboard, about 3.7 off the Eastern Gulf, and about 11 billion off the Pacific Coast. Now, this is important because this is what theyre going to be talking about. That is California right there. Currently, the state limit is about 3 miles so if they lifted the ban entirely they could go after this oil. They are talking about putting the limit at 50 miles. Now the state legislature could go from 50 to 100 miles if they want. Thats not going to happen in California. Youd have drilling off 100 miles, but all the oil is right here, and that is why experts say about 80 to 88 percent of all of the oil in the country is off-limits under the two bills being considered in Congress.
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