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CORVALLIS – Oregon State University has been recognized as a world-class center in agriculture and forestry, ranking seventh in a new international survey of more than 200 schools.
For the second year, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings has compiled a list of top agriculture and forestry institutions. The service considered nearly 3,000 universities in 30 subject areas in its overall review.
In 2013, OSU's agriculture and forestry programs placed eighth in the world.
"Our rising world ranking is a testament to the continued great work of our faculty and researchers," said Dan Arp, dean of OSU's College of Agricultural Sciences.
"We're excited about another top global ranking that recognizes the breadth and depth of our research and teaching, and our great partnership with the College of Agricultural Sciences," said Thomas Maness, dean of OSU's College of Forestry. "It's very satisfying to see the excellence of our faculty and students recognized internationally."
Considered one of the most influential and respected firms surveying higher education, QS World University Rankings uses a variety of metrics to score universities in teaching and research, including academic and employer reputation surveys, the number of articles published in academic journals and the amount of citations generated by publications.
As the state's Land Grant University, Oregon State and its agricultural and forestry programs have been a vital component of the school's mission since its founding in 1870. The College of Agricultural Sciences is Oregon's principal source of knowledge and research in agricultural and food systems, environmental quality, natural resources, life sciences and rural economies.
In recent years, OSU's agricultural programs have also received national top-tier rankings from the Chronicle of Higher Education for research, with wildlife science and conservation biology ranking first, fisheries science second, botany and plant pathology and forest resources at fifth, and agricultural and resource economics seventh.
OSU's College of Forestry has also been recognized as the top university program of its kind in North America by the Journal of Forestry.
The College of Forestry is Oregon's principal forest-related research institution, strengthening understanding of forested ecosystems, helping forest-based businesses compete globally, and informing public policy that balances environmental protection and economic development...
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2013: A one-year letterwinner, Strauss will look to continue to improve in his second season.
2012: Ran in four meets in his first season ... had a season-best time of 30:25.16 at the DeSales Invitational (10/13) ... finished 56th at the ODAC Championship with a time of 30:51.53 (10/27) ... in his first collegiate race, he took 26th (32:47.00) at the W&L Invitational (9/8).
High School: Earned six letters at Great Falls High School, three in cross country and three in track & field ... in cross country, he received the Rookie of the Year honor in 2008, the Most Improved Award in 2009, was a team captain in 2010 and 2011 and the Bison Pride Award and the Top Bison honor in 2011 ... in track and field, he was the Most Inspirational Athlete in 2012 ... garnered Academic All-State all four years in cross country and track and field.
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Leaked report critical of Latrobe Regional Hospital practices
A leaked report has described unsafe nursing practices at the Latrobe Regional Hospital in Gippsland.
The document was compiled for the hospital by one of its doctors.
A review was completed in February and describes the hospital's acute aged care ward as unclean and an infection risk.
It says aspects of the way nurses manage patient medication are unsafe and there is a lack of accountability, and "sloppy practices" among staff.
The review says staffing levels are not right and there is a mindless sense of monotony in the aged care ward.
The report is also critical of the way the hospital's mental health ward is operated.
Latrobe Regional Hospital's mental health director, Cayte Hoppner, has been quoted in the Latrobe Valley Express as saying the report contains factual errors and omissions because it was a snapshot in time.
She says an action plan has been developed to address the issues highlighted.


text: The Georgia Highlands College Information Technology Strategic Plan consolidates the planning efforts from many different sources of the institution. The scope of this plan takes into consideration many variables in the attempt to provide the best technological environment for the college. The intent of technology at Georgia Highlands College is to provide an efficient, reliable, and secure environment that promotes growth in instruction and maximizes the effectiveness of faculty and staff. The Information Technology Department at Georgia Highlands College embraces a vision for the future, and seeks to manage, change and foster improvement while providing a process for continuous planning.


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This summer my family and I went back to Portland, Oregon to visit. I planned a triumphant return to the beer and the brewpubs, but naturally my son and I got sick on the first day and I was in no condition to taste or even smell beer for the entire week. What a bummer.
I did manage to take this snapshot of the most visited spot in Oregon with my Canon PowerShot SD800 IS. Enjoy!


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This week is Volunteer Appreciation Week and Kenaitze Indian Tribe would like to express public appreciation to some amazing volunteers in our community.
Carl Calhoun, Michael DeBoard, Linda Faro, Michelle Hartline, June Harris and Sheryl McMichael are CASA volunteers (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children) with Kenaitze Indian Tribe and have spoken up for children in need.
These six individuals are community members who realize the need to help advocate for children who are in foster care. Each volunteer has a unique background and talents that aid them in their work as a CASA volunteer. Though different in many ways, CASA volunteers have one thing in common: They come forward to make a difference in the lives of children who have been abused and neglected. Some of these volunteers have served for a number of years and have been instrumental in ensuring the children assigned to them find a safe and permanent home. These volunteers walk alongside children through a time in life when they need someone to be there solely for them, to speak up for them, to be by their side through both tribal and state court proceedings.
To these individuals we say chiqinik – thank you. Thank you for the great work you do for foster children in our community. You make a difference simply by being consistent, caring adults in these children's lives. You are an inspiration!


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Maybe it's just me, but I've heard so many variations of "We had a wonderful two weeks, Hawaii was great, I'm sure the beaches were nice. ::Giggle::"
The extra card would have either our contact info or our contact info plus our parents' - not the travel agent's (all plans of mentioning registries in the invitations got thankfully scrapped).Guess I'll scrap this one too. I do take full responsibility for it: again, it comes down to distant relatives and our parents' friends. While they might have our parents' number (although they don't seem to use it much - I'm looking at you, Aunt L.), I'm pretty sure they don't have ours and I was hoping to make it easier to coordinate things - not necessarily to let them know about the registry.
I agree to not include the card. It really doesn't serve any purpose and will confuse people. If I received a card like that I would be wondering what I needed extra information on. If there is other information that they need to know, then include a sheet that has hotel names/numbers. where to park, etc. If people need to get in touch with you or your parents, they will figure out how to do so.
I think it is rude to be outwardly ungrateful for a gift - one should always be cheerful and thankful. But I also think it is self-centered (I am struggling with the term I mean) to think poorly of someone because they were not blown away by your "thoughtful" gift that is something they don't want or need. Like the towels in Lynn2000 example. It would be silly to be offended that someone else's taste is not the same as yours, and that the brown brand Y towels were returned and not used.
To bring it back to the OP, I can see why her DF might be disappointed if they get gifts other than the one thing they want, which is basically money towards their honeymoon. But on the other hand, there's part of gift-giving that's about the giver, too, not just about fulfilling the recipient's shopping list. If it becomes super-important that THE ONE AWESOME THING be obtained, I think that's something a person or couple needs to take care of themselves, so they can keep control of it, not ask/hope others pitch in, and get mad when they don't (general, not aimed at the OP in particular).
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At the ISM Mode Spring 2013 presentation the eternal question, "What can I wear for work and play?" was answered. Filled with grayish hues, shape hugging silhouettes, and interchangeable pieces, the collection showed a casual yet sophisticated line made for the modern women.
Inka Sherman, the Munich-born and Berlin trained designer, presented her first installation to an anticipating audience at the Carondelet House in Downtown L.A. The open architecture of the location was the perfect companion to ISM Mode's relaxed and chic collection. The looks meant to please were full of character. The color choices were true to the classic-styled nature of Ms. Sherman.
ISM Mode was first revealed at Concept LA in 2011. Since then, it has matured into a line aimed at brining fashion forward design to the everyday woman. With the Spring 2013 presentation Inka Sherman's artisan upbringing were evident. Silhouettes were carefully designed, emphasizing the most heralded parts of the body while minimizing the most unflattering. Dresses clung and gathered well and pants, designed with the same skill in mind, formed and fitted without suffocating the legs.
What made the line even more impressive was the knowledge of the detail and care wrapped within each piece. Ms. Sherman masterfully tie-dyed the different garments and created the patterns. It is therefore no wonder the pieces spoke of a great precision, while maintain a relaxed feel. The line becomes even more noteworthy when the company's vision of eco-consciousness and its ultimate goal of becoming totally sustainable are added.
As her line grows audiences, fashionistas, and chic soccer moms can be certain to expect more creativity, a deeper focus on design, and more innovative pieces. Currently, the looks can be purchased at local L.A. area boutiques or online at ISMMode.com.
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- 1999 Château Troplong Mondot - France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru (7/12/2006)
Dark, impenetrable colour. The nose is massively spoofulated. There is dill-like oak, vanilla-like oak, glossy oak, chocolatey oak, ripe and dark toned fruit, and plentiful sweet raspberry liqueur and alcohol. The palate is over-extracted, over fruity, lacking in acidity and savouryness, massively oaked. Where is the earthiness and minerality and herbalness and red toned fruit of St-Emilion? Bordeaux? This? No!!!! This is an abomination!
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August 6, 2008 > Union City Council Debates Public-Safety Funding for November 2008 Ballot
Union City Council Members gathered at a Special Meeting on July 30, 2008, to discuss what to put on the November 4, 2008, ballot to ensure continued funding for police and fire services within the City. The 2004 Measure K Public Safety Parcel Tax, which currently funds these services, will expire automatically March 2009.Before any decision was made, community members urged the Council to adopt the findings of a recent public opinion survey commissioned by the City. SA Opinion Research interviewed four hundred randomly-selected Union City voters between June 28 and July 3, 2008. They were asked if they would vote for a renewal of the present tax to pay for additional services or to replace the parcel tax with a Utility User Tax (UUT), akin to those in Alameda, Oakland and San Leandro.The results showed support for the current parcel tax by a margin of 64% to 30% with 6% undecided. Adjusting for the undecided, there would be 68% support in an election. Approval from two-thirds of the voters is required to pass. Only 57% of interviewees favored the enhancement of Measure K to expand the police, fire, emergency preparedness and to fund youth violence prevention and intervention. The majority disliked the idea of a tax on their utility bills as a substitute for the parcel tax.The cost of public-safety services has increased since the parcel tax was first introduced in 2004. Moreover, the public wishes to see current levels of public safety maintained and an expansion of the City's emergency preparedness and youth services. If the 2004 Measure K is allowed to expire, the loss of revenue will significantly reduce the City's ability to fulfil either wish without substantial cuts to other essential public services.Karen Yifru, Youth Violence Prevention Coalition, informed the Council of the Coalition's support for an enhanced parcel tax with a shorter term than the twenty-year duration of the failed June 2008 Measure K. The Coalition looks forward to working with the Council to pass a 2009 Measure K.Resolution No. 3625-08 was adopted at the Council Meeting, held on April 22, 2008, to provide $500,000 of future funding for programs to combat youth violence.Jerico Abanico of Filipinos for Affirmative Action (FAA) explained, "We've been getting community input and conducted research for the past year. We've pushed for funding. We want the City to work with us and to invest in our youth. One of our biggest phrases is 'Invest in Our Youth.'"With Measure K, we thought the City would provide $500,000 for these different programs and wanted to see Measure K pass so that our efforts were not in vain and to secure annual funding. As of yet, we have not received any Measure K funding. As far as I know, the successor June 2008 Measure K provided for some funding for youth programs but the Measure didn't pass."We would like to see the 2009 Measure K include specific language stating that there will be investment in youth, that some of it will go to youth. We know that this Measure K is likely to provide an increase to police, fire and emergency preparedness but we need a balance. Funding would facilitate our outreach to community members, keep them informed and empower us to increase the prevention of violence from within the community."Right now, the City must consider many competing demands in the current economic climate but shouldn't put a price on the lives of the City's youth and their safety. Many young people, who had bright futures, have died. I hope the City Council can agree with us and see this. We are a community and represent the people. We do know the conditions, we talk with folks and I, myself, have worked with a lot of youth in Union City and have heard their cries and pleas. We just need to do a lot better, and hope the City can agree with us, and move forward together."The consensus on the Council was to renew Measure K rather than replace the parcel tax with a UUT. Members' support for an enhanced Measure K was mixed. It was deemed appropriate not to table a motion for what should appear on the November 2008 ballot at this meeting and to postpone the final decision for a week to weigh the options thoroughly, reconcile different interests and to continue to take soundings from the electorate. The Council has several choices - a continuation of the existing parcel tax (no increase); an enhanced successor Measure K; an annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) cap less than the 3% cap contained in the failed June 2008 Measure K; a reduced term of between five and ten years; reluctant introduction of a UUT. A Special Meeting, at which a decision is expected, is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 6, 2008.Should a 2009 Measure K not pass in November 2008, another parcel tax cannot be proposed before June 2009. A maximum of two are permitted in a twelve-month period. The solution would be to hold a Special Election for a UUT, or another general tax, during the 2009 calendar year. It would, however, require two-thirds' voter approval to pass, instead of a simple majority of 51% for a general tax, because it will not be on a ballot that includes the election of the City's Council members.Additionally, there is concern that the potential loss of the 911 fee introduced in 2003 to upgrade and maintain the City's emergency response system, will impact service levels. In April 2008, The First District Court of Appeal, San Francisco, ruled that Union City's 911 fee is a special tax that was imposed unconstitutionally without the required two-thirds' voter approval. The City has petitioned the State Supreme Court to review the ruling and awaits a decision on whether or not the City's case will be heard. A decision to deny or grant the petition is unlikely before August 8, 2008. Many other cities in California also have a 911 fee and regard Union City as a test case. The outcome will have state-wide implications.The deadline for a 2009 Measure K Public Safety Parcel Tax to appear on the November 4, 2008, ballot is 5 p.m. at the Alameda County Registrar of Voters (ROV) office in Oakland on August 8, 2008.


text: If Tom Perrotta seems preoccupied, that's because he is. The Belmont-based author is busy promoting his new collection of stories, "Nine Inches," but he's also waiting for HBO to decide if it plans to pick up the pilot based on his last book, "The Leftovers." "We're expecting their verdict pretty much any day," he told us. Perrotta co-produced and co-wrote the pilot with Damon Lindelof, one of the creators of "Lost," and spent a few sweltering weeks in New York watching actors Justin Theroux, Liv Tyler, Christopher Eccleston, and Amy Brenneman shoot the first episode. (It was directed by Peter Berg of "Friday Night Lights" fame.) Perrotta said the show, like the book, centers on a group of suburbanites who survive a Rapture-like event. "We're both adapting something that already exists and creating something new," he said. "Damon is a lot of fun to work with. [The show] is completely the book, but it also has some intense new flourishes that someone familiar with 'Lost' might expect. It feels more charged and dark than the book." Perrotta had limited input on the set, and that was just fine with him. "Occasionally, I would point something out or make a suggestion, but I was very conscious that [Lindelof and Berg] have both created successful TV shows. I know when there are people around me who know more than I do." (He did get to meet Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, who stopped by the set to say hello to his daughter.) While he awaits word from HBO, Perrotta is plugging his new book. The other night, he gave a reading at Newtonville Books, and the crowd included surgeon/New Yorker scribe Atul Gawande, Tufts professor Jonathan Wilson, and singer Jen Trynin.


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Singapore, Feb 7, 2013 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic Corporation has started rolling out HIT(R) solar modules from its new solar production base in Kedah, Malaysia, which started operation on December 13, 2012, as the company aims to meet the brisk demand in Japan and around the world with increased production of the solar modules that offer the world's highest-levels of power output*.
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Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products in three business fields, consumer, components & devices, and solutions. Based in Osaka, Japan, the company recorded consolidated net sales of 7.85 trillion yen for the year ended March 31, 2012. Panasonic's stock is listed on the Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and New York (NYSE:PC) Stock Exchanges. The company has the vision of becoming the No. 1 Green Innovation Company in the Electronics Industry by the 100th year of its founding in 2018. For more information on Panasonic, its brand and commitment to sustainability, visit the company's website at http://panasonic.net/.
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A Rumor Of War by Philip Caputo
Read by: Anna/Copley Teen Room
This was a fantastic book about one officer's experience in the Vietnam war. Caputo pulls no punches when he talks about what happened. He lays it all out there and writes it as if you, the reader, are actually there. You feel like you're in the trenches taking mortar rounds. You feel as if you're struggling to climb a hill suddenly beseiged by Viet Cong who disappear as quickly as they'd arrived.
I had a hard time getting into this, but it wasn't because the story was boring. It was anything but. However, once I was into it, I was into it and just like Caputo, I couldn't wait for the Vietnam War to end. Such a truthful memoir. This is the realities of war. And that's what I liked about it. He didn't make it seem like some fantasy Hollywood blockbuster.
In short, if you're interested in history, about past wars, or maybe you're looking to join the military, this is definitely a book you should check out. Just don't expect to read it in one day unless you skim it. I wouldn't recommend skimming it because you'll lose the full effect of the war that Caputo puts into his memoir.


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VOTED FOR BEST HOSTEL IN MACEDONIA FOR 2013, 2016 AND 2017 by Hostelworld.
Shanti Hostel is a very nice, small and cozy place located in just 3 minutes walking distance from the bus and train station and only 5 minutes from the center of our city Skopje.
Designed with much love and care, Shanti is a hostel where the backpackers meet in small groups and share the experience in one of the oldest neighborhood in Skopje.
We are a couple who own and run this nice and warm hostel and we've been travelling a lot, so we know very well what a backpacker needs during the traveling.
In every room for each bed we provided a safety lockers, reading lights, electricity plugs, colorful curtains. There is a beautiful and pleasant garden where you can relax and enjoy your moments in Shanti Hostel. Almost all the place is equipped with A/C and protected with camera security system.
In the morning we serve a FREE BREAKFAST and there is FREE tea and coffee during your stay in the hostel. For our travellers we provide many activities such as airport,bus and train station pick up, horse riding tours, walking tours,thermal bath visits and many other interesting things.
Near Shanti Hostel there are big super markets, restaurant, bars, clubs, theatre, swimming pool, shopping malls, change office and ATM .
So we invite you to stay in our little and charming hostel and let us make your visit in Skopje unforgettable.
p.s. There is no need to take a taxi to the hostel, follow the map that we have provided for you or just seek for Shanti Hostel signs!
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Hostels Ausstattungen & Richtlinien
- 24 Stunden Rezeption
- 24 Stunden Sicherheitsdienst
- Klimaanlage
- Flughafentransfers
- Fahrradverleih
- Fahrradkeller
- Frühstück inbegriffen
- Kabelfernsehen
- Café
- Deckenventilator
- Gemeinschaftsraum
- Geldwechsel
- DVDs
- Kostenlose Stadtpläne
- Kostenloser Internet-Zugang
- Kostenloses Parken
- Kostenloses WLAN
- Kein Rezeptionsschluss
ReiserücktrittsversicherungDiese Unterkunft hat eine 1 Tage Stornierungsfrist. Ergeht innerhalb dieser Zeit keine Stornierung, wird eine Stornogebühr in Höhe der ersten Nacht des Aufenthalts in Rechnung gestellt.
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str. Rade Jovcevski Korcagin 11
The area is called Majir Maalo which is one the oldest neighborhoods in Skopje. It's secure and quiet place where you can still feel the spirit from old Skopje.
From the bus & train station, when you go direction center and Vero Center, just seek for Shanti Hostel signs and you will find us very easy. We are opposite of Vero Center, next to the National Bank.
Shanti Hostel is only 3 minutes walk from the train and bus station. You will find a map in our photos how to get to the hostel (photo number 8/9).
From the airport
We are 25km (kilometres) from 'Alexander the Great' Airport.
From the airport there is public transport till the bus and train station that costs 150 denars (2.5eu) one way. From there just follow the map till Shanti Hostel.
The scheduler:
There is a Shanti Airport Pick up service which costs 16.5 Euros and takes 20-30 minutes.
A normal taxi from the airport costs 25 Euros.


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Book of the week
The Red Hot Chilli Cookbook by Dan May (£16.99, Ryland Peters & Small). Dan May, the man who runs the Trees Can't Dance chilli sauce company, looks just as you would expect: balding, bearded and tough. That's reassuring to the consumer who, if he likes chillies enough to buy a book about them, wouldn't want it to be written by a wimp. No, he would like his author to look as though he ate flames for breakfast and be entirely au fait with all kinds of fiery, serotonin-boosting recipes. And that's exactly what you get here – Jamaican jerk marinade, habañero marmalade, Peruvian chilli and garlic chicken, and so on. There's gentle stuff too, though: Provençal lamb casserole, chilli chai and Beck's Tarka Dahl, which even May's one-year-old daughter likes. All the recipes are graded by heat – jalapeño poppers are pretty hot
Jalapeño poppers
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20 deseeded jalapeño chillies, slit on one side
40g grated cheddar
50g flour
1 egg, beaten
sunflower oil for deep-frying
Stuff the chillies with the cheddar. Put the flour in one bowl, and the beaten egg in another. Roll the chillies in the flour, dip in the egg and coat once more with flour. Half-fill a large saucepan with oil. Heat until it reaches 190C on a cooking thermometer. Fry the chillies in small batches for six to seven minutes until golden. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.


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Sid Meier's name is well known in gaming circles for the addicting "just one more turn" mentality associated with his strategy games. Of course, there is never any mistaking what his games are because his name is usually in the game's title.
It can't be because of ego, as colleagues say Meier is a very soft-spoken, unassuming man. "In the [13] years and all the people I've worked with at Firaxis," said designer Jake Solomon, "there has never been anyone who's had a personality issue with Sid, 'cause it's not possible. He's such a wonderful person."
So just how did it happen that the brilliant strategy designer's games get that title treatment? It started in Meier's days at MicroProse with partner Bill Stealey, as Meier was pitching the idea for a pirate game.
"Bill said, 'When's my next flight simulator coming out?' And I said, 'I'm not doing a flight simulator; I'm doing a pirates game,'" Meier told Kotaku. "He said, 'Well that's crazy, 'cause people want your next flight simulator ... Wait a minute. Put your name on it. Maybe if they liked your flight simulator games, they'll recognize the name and buy this crazy pirates thing.'"
However, Stealey remembered things a bit differently: "We were at dinner at a Software Publishers Association meeting, and [actor] Robin Williams was there. And he kept us in stitches for two hours. And he turns to me and says 'Bill, you should put Sid's name on a couple of these boxes, and promote him as the star.' And that's how Sid's name got on Pirates, and Civilization."
Sid Meier's Pirates! came out in 1987, and since that time, his name has appeared on two railroad games, five Civilization games (plus expansions and a console version), two Civil War games, one space game, a colonization game, and even a golf game. Ironically, Meier and Stealey originally teamed up to make flight sims, but the first airplane game to bear his name was the recently released iOS title Sid Meier's Ace Patrol.


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Dominion Virginia Power would like to lease entire wind area off coast of Virginia Beach
- March 19, 2012
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Dominion Virginia Power told the federal government Monday that it is interested in obtaining leases off the Virginia coast in an area that has the potential to generate about 1,500 to 2,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines.
Dominion said in a press release that it expressed interest in the entire 113,000 acres the government is making available about 24 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a call for information and nominations last month, and this was Dominion's response. "Offshore wind generation holds great promise in the long term as a scalable source of emissions-free renewable electricity," Mary C. Doswell, executive vice president-Alternative Energy Solutions, said in a statement. "Virginia is well positioned to accommodate offshore wind with the existing electric grid and world-class port facilities in Hampton Roads. The challenge remains the high cost of building this generation and bringing it to customers."
The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects the cost of offshore wind generation in 2016 at about 24 cents per kilowatt-hour generated. This is significantly higher than the 7.3 cents per kilowatt-hour that comprise the generation portion of Dominion Virginia Power's residential rate today of about 10.9 cents per kilowatt-hour.
As with any utility generating project, the Virginia State Corporation Commission would have to approve a Dominion Virginia Power offshore wind power generation project. If awarded a lease, Dominion said it would conduct detailed site assessment activities, including the construction of a meteorological tower to study wind strength and patterns.
The leasing area is divided into 19 whole blocks, each 3-by-3 miles, and 13 partial ones. Since navigational and environmental studies may limit areas for development, Dominion said it nominated all of the lease blocks so it would be positioned to propose a project with beneficial economies of scale.
BOEM said responses to its call could lead to a competitive bidding process for tracts where more than one expression of interest is received or a noncompetitive process if there is not more than one interested player.
Richmond-based Dominion Virginia Power, the largest subsidiary of Dominion and the state's largest electric utility, has been involved in offshore wind studies since 2010. One found that Virginia has an advantage compared to many states because it has the capability to interconnect large scale wind generation facilities with the existing grid in Virginia Beach. Another study found cost savings were possible by building the wind facility in phases with a potential for standardization of offshore transmission infrastructure.
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Nights for parents of young and getting-to-be-not-so-young children can be complicated, and by the standards of those without progeny at home, the things we celebrate must seem a little weird. Take, for example, the case of one editorial staff member here who was positively giddy on Tuesday morning because both her toddlers slept all the way through to 6:30 a.m.
Such are the small victories of parenthood. In my case, I was pleased one night this week that the sequence of prebed tears, various and sundry risings, and some raccoons scuffling outside ended just before 2 a.m., and I was able to get back to sleep by reading half an article in The New Yorker about the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. Dawn came soon enough, with the songs of birds awaking me.
School-day mornings are hectic more often than not, with hunts for missing sneakers, complaints about what is for breakfast, and then a sprint out to the end of the driveway to meet the bus.
On Tuesday morning, however, I had to drive two of our three kids to school in Bridgehampton, and anxiety about what I anticipated would be slow-moving traffic had me more on edge than usual. At Wainscott, I bailed off Montauk Highway and went by way of Sagaponack, looping up to Narrow Lane and slipping into Bridgehampton. It is doubtful that I saved any time by this roundabout route, but at least we were moving and the views were grand.
With Evvy, our second grader, off to her classroom, I took Ellis to a play yard to ride the trikes before his prenursery session began. There, I struck up a conversation with a woman who, it turned out, had just made the drive from Montauk, staying on the highway the whole way. We had arrived more or less on time with our charges and were pleased with the accomplishment, as minor as it may seem to those who do not know.


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It is probably the greatest natural attraction at Highland Park...and it's all dried up! The duck pond in Highland Park is undergoing some work to restore it back to its original size. Thirty years of erosion, ducks, debris, and other matter getting into the pond has filled it up and sent the pond towards its edges. Now, Parks and Recreation officials want to fix it to avoid flooding problems around the pond.
Mark Naylor, director of the Parks and Recreation Department, says, "It's draining good enough now that we can get in and work on it, and as soon as we can get some large quantities of dirt hauled in, we'll start reclaiming the edges getting it ready to go again. We hope by the end of October this thing will finished and back full of water, and the ducks will be happy again."
Naylor wants to stress that no ducks have died because the pond has been drained. In fact, about half of the ducks have been moved to other locations while the pond is undergoing its renovation.
"What we've done is we've contacted Wildlife and Fisheries and we've contacted the United States Department of Agriculture, and USDA came out last week and got about half the ducks, and they were scheduled this week get the other half. Something came up and they're coming back next week," Naylor tells us. "They're taking them to some lakes that they know people have wanted ducks."
Even if all of the ducks currently at Highland Park end up relocated by the USDA, the pond will be the home to new ducks in the spring.
Naylor describes the plans to repopulate the pond. "What we will do is order ducks in the spring. We've kinda had an overpopulation of Muskogee ducks. This will allow us to come back in and get some of the ducks if we head out here and kinda start over. We were up to almost 100 ducks, which is quite a few for this little pond."
In the meantime, the ducks have been enjoying the Alligator Pond and the creek on the back side of Highland Park.


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The Care and Feeding of Warriors once more shuffles forth clad head to toe in clanking metal, devoid of holy light, harnessed death magic or any of that fancy stuff, to bash things about until they cough up shiny pixels. Matthew Rossi has been bashing things about for their loot since January of 2005. He'll be doing an analysis of the Warrior Q&A soon, he promises, please don't stab him with pitchforks.
Honestly, I'd like to rant more about how Warrior DPS is still way too low in PvE. Especially since I keep seeing posts on the forums from the blues telling me classes with equal or better DPS are in fact too low. It's sort of maddening, really. But as much as I'd like to go on a written rampage about encounter design serving as an arbitrary limiter to warrior DPS in Ulduar, and how paradoxically my DPS is at its best on fights that are supposed to be hard mode fights (this week, for instance, my personal highest DPS numbers were recorded on XT - 002's Heartbreaker mode, where two Warriors including myself finally managed to break the top four and were ahead of the other hybrids) due to the mechanics of those fights actually allowing the warrior some uninterrupted DPS time.
But unfortunately, a whole lot has been said about tanking this past week. So as maddening, vexing, downright baffling as I find the encounter design limitations of Warrior DPS in some cases (really, not much can irritate me like knowing my DPS time was broken up by big chunks of having to run away, run around, get out of the way of lightning or exploding seeds or any of the sixteen things Mimiron does that make me unhappy to be alive) that rant's going to have to stay confined to these opening paragraphs. (For a simulation of what I sound like during a raid, get four angry woodpeckers and have them attack your keyboard while you scream "Oh, COME ON" every few seconds and imagine you're the Gravity Bomb again.)
So what happened with tanking this week, you ask? Well, more was said about block, about avoidance, and about tanking specced players as DPS and in PvP. So let's go over what was said.


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April 21, 2010 > Ohlone softball moving on to playoffs
Last Wednesday, April 14, Ohlone Renegades softball team played its second game of the season against Coast Conference North (CCN) foe, De Anza of Cupertino. Both games this year were postponed because of weather reasons and both games turned out to be nail biters.Renegades got on the board first with a run in bottom of the first inning when shortstop Ashley Nahale led off with a single and promptly stole second base. After an out, freshman star pitcher, Jessica Varady doubled Nahale home. Ohlone added another run in their half of the second on a Candace Christiansen RBI single, plating Megan Ramirez.De Anza would answer with a run in the top of the third inning and would take the lead, 3-2, with two runs in the fourth. Ohlone tied it in the bottom of the fourth on another Christiansen RBI single, again plating Ramirez.After six scoreless frames, Ohlone finally took the win in the bottom of the ninth. Shelby Tomasello came up with the bases loaded, needing only a sacrifice fly to plate the winning run. Not only did Tomasello hit a ball far enough for a sac fly, but she hit a big fly over the left-field fence for a grand slam and a 7-3 victory for Ohlone.On Thursday, April 15, Ohlone traveled up 880 for their second encounter with CCN rival Chabot Gladiators. This game was all Ohlone as they would score single runs in the first, second and fourth innings before opening it up with a four-run fifth for a 7-0 lead off Chabot sophomore pitcher Shannon Merritt.When Chabot was held scoreless in the bottom of the sixth, the game was called because of the eight-run mercy rule with the Renegades winning, 8-0. Meanwhile, Jessica Varady held Chabot scoreless on four hits.Chabot played a double-dip on Friday, April 16, hosting and defeating both Santa Rosa, 4-2, and Diablo Valley, 5-2. Next and final game of the season for the Gladiators was Tuesday, April 20, at the College of San Mateo. Score was unavailable at press time.On Saturday, April 17, the Renegades traveled to Fairfield for a double header against Solano.In game one, Varady again took the mound. Ohlone would score two runs in the first and another in the second inning before Solano tied it with three in the third. Both teams would score single runs in their half of the fifth with the Renegades putting it away by scoring two in the sixth for a 6-4 win.Varady gave up all four runs (3 earned) on 7 hits. She walked none and struck out six in her complete-game victory. She is now 25-6 on the year. Tomasello continued her hot hitting going 2-4 with a homerun, double and two RBIs.Game 2 was started by Ohlone sophomore Kendall Beermann trying to get ready for the post season after off season shoulder surgery on her pitching arm. She lasted three innings, giving up three runs (two earned), three hits, two walks and struck out 2. Varady pitched the last four innings yielding a run in the fifth.Meanwhile the Renegades were only able to score two runs in the third and one in the sixth as they fell 4-3 in the night cap. For Ohlone, Varady, as the designated hitter went 3-4 with a homerun, double, two RBIs and two runs.Ohlone won its eighth straight CCN championship, going 14-2 and 27-9-1 overall to end the regular season. They now will await California Community College playoff seedings to be announced Friday, April 23. A best two-out-of-three, first-round playoff series begins Saturday, May 1, and goes into Sunday, May 2.Log onto the TCV Sports website, www.tricityvoice.com/sports, for scores not available at press time and the sights and seeds of the playoffs.


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Gatorade Apologizes for Tweeting Jokes About Lebron
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Gatorade has apologized for tweets posted from the company's account after Miami Heat star LeBron James was forced to leave Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
James was forced out of the game because of cramps, a sign of dehydration. Temperatures in the arena in San Antonio soared during the game because of an air conditioning outage, and the Spurs pulled away after James departed for a 110-95 win.
Gatorade tweeted "With a game this hot, we're right at home" late in the game. Several other now-deleted tweets followed from the account, including one saying "The person cramping wasn't our client. Our athletes can take the heat."
James is a paid endorser of Powerade, a rival of Gatorade. The Heat have Gatorade products on their sideline during games.


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Luzerne County's infrastructure is crumbling.
Nearly 20 roads and bridges are in need of major repairs, the roof of the Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport "leaks like a sieve" and workers at the county's human services facility must cover their computers with plastic to protect them from water damage, Tanis Manseau, the county's operational services division head, told Luzerne County Council at a meeting Tuesday night.
Already this year, the courthouse elevators broke down in May, disrupting court proceedings, and the Division Street Bridge between Wilkes-Barre and Hanover Township collapsed into Solomon Creek in June.
Failing infrastructure contributes to more than $20 million in much-needed capital improvements, administrators reported. As of last week, the county has $16 million left in unused capital funding for improvements. What officials decide to do with that money is particularly significant because of the county's financial state: Saddled with more than $400 million in debt incurred by borrowing that destroyed its credit rating, the county government is unlikely to get any new loans for the foreseeable future.
"We have $20 million in projects and you have
$16 million to spend, and I don't envy your task," county Manager Robert Lawton told council. "That represents the full extent of our capital funds. We're not going to be running out and borrowing anything anytime soon. Any dollar you spend here — unless it generates savings that allow us to put it back toward the bond fund — it's gone."
Recommended improvements call for $3 million for Moon Lake Park, which has seen its infrastructure gutted by vandals. The $3 million price tag will provide for plumbing, potable wells, road repairs and electricity — but it would not include renovations of any facilities.
It would also require about $300,000 per year for security to ensure the improvements are not gutted once more.
"If we're going to put this stuff back, we have got to have a way of protecting it," Manseau said. "We'll have to have it full-time. I mean, let's face it: Anybody who'd come in and cut down the power poles to steal the (energized) copper off of there isn't afraid of much."
The Luzerne County Recreational Facilities Advisory Board has recommended council turn the 650-acre park in Plymouth Township over to the state, which has more resources to maintain it. Councilman Rick Williams wondered if the county should first determine whether to follow that course before investing millions in a park it might give away.
Lawton noted park amenities would likely remain fairly rustic under state ownership and that the county investment would likely produce the same result.
"We would spend $3 million to essentially get the park to the same kind of state that we would hope to negotiate with the commonwealth," Lawton said.
The manager agreed to enter into negotiations with the state and report back to council with specifics about how such a transaction might work, noting the park is collateral for two $20 million loans.
Pointing out additional borrowing is unlikely, Councilman Jim Bobeck questioned whether council should leave a contingency fund for other infrastructure improvement emergencies that might arise in coming years.
Lawton responded that a few million dollars will remain unspent until 2017 under the recommended improvements and that money could be thought of as a contingency if more pressing needs arise. He also noted that in the past capital funds have been fully committed "to keep people from being tempted to make bad decisions with money that can only be spent once."
Other suggested improvements include:
• $2.37 million for interior dome plaster and gilding repair at the courthouse.
• $2 million to replace the Division Street Bridge.
• $1.45 million to buy and renovate a record storage facility. The county currently pays about $8,000 per month to rent storage space at the Thomas C. Thomas warehouse, which is not climate controlled.
• $1.1 million to install a voice-over Internet protocol telephone system that will cut the $400,000 annual bill the county now pays for its land lines.
• $900,000 to grade and repave the rear courthouse parking lot.
• $400,000 renovate the courthouse elevators.
• $240,000 to repave the notoriously pot-holed Chase Road in Jackson Township.
Council committees are set to review the proposals over the coming month.
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go blue bowl
Dear Diary is Playing in the Rain
O! that a man might know
The end of this day's business, ere it come;
On the morrow we shall be bath'd in sunlight and spring football, but today, my friends, is an opportunity nearly as great and many times as wet. For this eve shall mark the inaugural Go Blue Bowl, whence a crapload of Michigan football alumni shalt descend upon the institution of secondary education known as Pioneer High School and forthwith become as volunteer coaches.
Here's yon latest roster (by graduation year) and what these noble knights hath been doing these years hence which I know what of offhand:
|Yes, Donovan, I'm getting to those.
- Marcus Ray, BTN and WTKA analyst
- Ron Bellamy, head football coach West Bloomfield
- Dave Pearson, (don't know; I'll ask)
- Bennie Joppru, who calls himself "NFL bust, major weirdo creep" on twitter
- Cato June, head coach of Anacostia in D.C.
- Andy Mignery, WTKA radio personality
- Chris Perry, a non-MGoBlog reader
- Brandon Williams, director of Go Blue Then and Now
- Earnest Shazor, working in health care
- Roy Manning, University of Michigan Athletic Director and CEO and Future-Creating Chief Visionary Officer Dave Brandon Who Has a Six Pack Cornerbacks Coach at the University of Michigan
- Marlin Jackson, director of the Fight for Life Foundation
- Jerome Jackson, sometime MGoBlog reader
- Steve Breaston, NFL free agent
- Tim Massaquoi, college counselor and clinical psychologist
- Jason Avant, NFL free agent
- Donovan Warren, NFL free agent who's been trying to start up a new youth football league
- Jordan Kovacs, NFL safety for Miami
- Mike Schofield, NFL draft prospect; and
- Jeremy Gallon, pint-sized NFL draft prospect.
Also on hand this evening: precipitation. Yes, we're playing anyway.
There's one spot left on the alumni teams. The event is to help launch the same three Fight for Life Foundation programs in Ann Arbor and environs that have helped so many disadvantaged kids get back on track in Indianapolis.
Diaries as Soliloquy:
To foul, or not follow, that is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to put
their 50-percent free throw shooters on the line
and in so doing, give ourselves a chance to respond,
Or to take Caris LeVert's arm
against a three point attempt of troubles
And by opposing end them?
O mighty Izzo! Dost thy teams lie so low'?
Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils,
accomplished with talent of so little measure?
I know not, gentlemen, what you intend,
Who else must be let blood, who else's recruits were of such rank:
If I myself, there is no honor so fit
As State's death hour.
You three, Sheehey, Fischer, and Vonleh,
Have sworn for four years' term to live with me
My fellow-scholars, and to keep those statutes
That are recorded in this schedule here:
Your oaths are pass'd; and yet to transfer/NBA exits you subscribe your names,
That his own hand may strike his honour down.
Lanyard Program:
Hark. a program in miniature.
Best of the Board
The latest in softball is freshman phenom Megan Betsa threw a no-hitter. Your move, Wagner. Also: WTH, athletic department who scheduled the baseball and softball games at the same time as the Spring Game?
Ghost of BCook's Ethics (?) started an interesting discussion topic: Michigan basketball recruits who didn't live up to the hype. Other than a handful of obvious guys there aren't all that many on the ground. I submit Amadou Ba. Not a hyped prospect, really, but it was cool to have a big man from Africa. He played just 43 minutes in his career behind Courtney Sims, Graham Brown, and Chrus Hunter. Just think of monster slams where we could yell "BAAAAAAAH!"
ETC. Next Beckmann (seriously asking, is it not obviously Karsch?)? An HTTV for Penn State fans. Just offer in-state Drew Brees already! Show up early for the spring game to see the Schembechler museum, or stop by tonight to see a giant statue of the man who most defined the Michigan
we know today they're now systematically replacing with monuments and such.
Your Moment of Zen:
Sometimes an opponent's last-second, contested three-pointer goes in. Other times…
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One on One: Personal Story
Spring 2002
I recently sat down and spoke with Margaret Shepard, an HIV-positive woman who is an expert on living and surviving HIV. The disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on African Americans and all people of color warrants enhanced interventions that address the perceptions of disease prevention in all African Americans, and the unique realities and context of the lives of black women. In light of the recent reports about African-American women and the increased risk of HIV in black communities, Margaret and I chatted about her experiences living with HIV for over a decade.
Herstory Is Not History"I'm probably known best as a person who was not at high risk for HIV. I was a professional woman, I taught school, I was a nurse, I was a mother and a grandmother. I was a grandmother when I found out that I had contracted this disease through a blood transfusion in 1983. It goes to show you that anybody can get it. It doesn't have to be a prostitute, it doesn't have to be a shooting drug addict."
I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar"People want to know why women are just now coming forward about HIV and why women are just starting to speak out. They don't realize that we weren't given any attention at first. Women, it was hard for them to find housing or anything. The basics. In 1987, I had a hip operation and where I was living was not handicapped accessible, so I tried to find AIDS housing so that I could be in a place that was handicapped accessible, but there was no place for women. Oh, there was plenty of housing for men that was not admitting women. And to make it worse, the men did not want women living in the AIDS houses. So women were slow to come forward and talk about HIV in their lives. Another thing was the clinical trials were not held on women..."
On How HIV Is Devastating Communities"We are so late getting the word about HIV. I know plenty of people who are not infected that do not even know that HIV is affecting our communities. We've lost so many women. Women got scared. Women, black women as a whole, are traditionally the bread winners in their family, they are the backbone of their families, they don't want to be seen to be the weak ones, they can't be scared. Therefore I think all those reasons are reasons that the African-American women have not come forward and talked about HIV impacting our communities."
On Drug Addiction and Choices"I did do drugs, but it was only after I got this disease, after my children were adults, and then I got depressed. I chose to be lost to drugs cause it helped me hide the pain of HIV." "Oh, there is definitely still a connection between drugs and our communities. I don't know how widespread it is, because I'm not on the drug scene that way. It is interesting, when you smoke pot, you see pot smokers and when you smoke crack, you see crack users and when you're reading the Bible you see Bible readers. So when I knew people who were involved in heroin and shooting and stuff like that, they didn't care about HIV, they were worried about getting high. These people who lived at my building, they did not care if they didn't have any bleach. They'd rinse it out in the water. I don't think that was just an isolated incident, either. I think that was by and large just a run of the mill thing. People are excited about drugs. Drugs make people feel good. I think people in the community tend to forget that drugs help carry this epidemic along."
On "Men on the Down-Low""I would tend to disagree with the media that all black women get HIV from men who are bisexual or in jail. I think that more or less women, if they're contracting it from their partners from a heterosexual relationship, usually the men are drug users. If that's the way they're getting it. But there are women who are drug users also. And a high number of them are getting it through the rise of heroin back on the scene, and using each others' crack pipes and things like this. Basically, that goes back to not caring when they get high. It all boils down to what you're doing and who you're doing it with. But I guess people don't think when it comes to sex, either. Women and men can be fools. You know, like, this guy that's in my [support] group, his wife didn't know for 15 years that every Friday when he got off work, he spent the weekend frequenting bath houses, and the bath house was a gay club. And we wonder why people contract HIV. We are not honest about what we are doing and who we are doing it with."
On Antiretrovirals"Oh, you should have heard me in the beginning about those [HIV] drugs... I'm not going to try out any new drugs, because I'm not going to be a guinea pig. It was like 10 years after I was officially diagnosed that I started taking the medication. So, finally, in 1997 was when I started taking the drugs. And I have not had any opportunistic infections. The only thing I've had was I had a lot of pneumonias because my lungs have always been weak. Not PCP, though. But I've had a lot of arthritis problems that they don't attribute to my HIV status. I've had other illnesses that are just tearing my body down. But that's about where I am with HIV and those meds. Just taking them like everyone else."
On Doctors and Feeling Comfortable"I think if they don't hurry up and try to get someone who understands me as a woman, as a person of color -- we are going to lose more people to HIV. People will continue to slip through the cracks. Not that African-American doctors will make people come out of the closet, but we may be more comfortable with them. My doctor is Indian. I guess that's the closest thing to a black doctor I could get. It's been difficult to relate to men. You know, I am a woman and men are difficult to explain and relate to them because this disease is so strange and hysterical. I think that if there are African-American physicians, we will go to them. It's like the man who is building the ball park. If you build one, they will come. And so if they build one, somebody will come. A lot of black people are dissatisfied and they drop out of care -- if they are not dissatisfied with their care provider, they're misunderstood, I'm sure."
Final Words of Wisdom"I want to straighten something out. People are always talking about faith-based HIV programs and the response of black churches. Let me tell you, some of those churches are just interested in their own issues. They would rather boycott Starbucks to no avail about political issues and let you know they're heavily against guns, instead of gathering around and doing healthcare educational services and seminars. I would like to help out church groups, especially for the youth groups to tell them prevention and education for AIDS. We all, churches or no churches, need to remember that it doesn't take much to pull one person in if they try prevention and education."
This article was provided by Seattle Treatment Education Project. It is a part of the publication STEP Perspective.


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|2003-11-18, 05:51
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Hmmm... You are right then, some of your examples are remotely suitable for kids, just that they probably look at it differently like Zoro said. Heh, I even watch some of those when I was young, and as shiznitty mentioned there are some elements in them that still appeal to kids and likely these are what's holding the kids attention instead of the riotings and window breaking. Still, its dependent on how the kid in question look at it.
So I guess what is different with now and back then is that we realized that there is a need to filter the shows according to its content. Probably due to the excessive unhealthy exposure that kids can get by just the click of the mouse, parents are getting more and more edgy of what their children is viewing behind their back, be it on TV, thru the net or thru any other sources. We now have different channels dedicated to different levels of show or late timeslot for those deemed unsuitable for children. Even movies and games are rated for their contents as well. In the end, I guess its still up to the authority to decide which show goes where. And whether the ratings are adhered by parents and child is another matter.
|2003-11-18, 23:06
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I really, really dislike elitist people. I had to deal with them a lot in the past, and most communities I've been a part of had their fair share of elitists. However, I don't think you're being an elitist. You're just saying your opinion about Cartoon Network and explaining why you have that opinion.
To me, an elitist is someone who judges others.
An elitist is someone who's a part of a group, and acts like they should know who fits and who doesn't fit into that group. An elitist judges others and complains about others within that group.
A few things I've heard from "anime elitists":
- "People who watch DBZ and Pokémon aren't real anime fans."
- "People who say they don't like DBZ are lying and just trying to be cool and elitist."
- "Anime fans who call themselves 'otaku' are stupid."
- "Most anime fans are perverts who are obsessed with Japanese culture, but I'm not that way."
- "Using '^_^' type anime faces is so uncool and stupid and I don't avoid picking on people who use them."
- "Anime other than Cowboy Bebop, Lain and [ insert a couple of "mature and deep" anime series here ] sucks and is usually stupid and made for perverts."
- "[ insert an anime title here ] is the only good anime and everything else that was made is crap."
That's only a few things. I've heard countless things from that type of people.
A good example of elitistm other than this is in the cosplay community. I've been in a lot of cosplay forums, and a lot of forum users constantly complain about overweight cosplayers or cosplayers who wear skimpy or "not beautiful enough" costumes. Instead of just talking about cosplaying, they just judged others and talked about how they were annoyed with them.. Because usually, elitist people are people who want to make themselves special.
Maybe you guys will be surprised, but I haven't seen a lot of elitism in this forum.
The main problem with the anime community, is that our culture is very different from Japanese culture and that brings problems here. In Japan, anime is mainstream.. Almost everyone has watched anime and almost everyone reads manga. Here, it's different. Even our cartoons don't have a big impact on our lives. Here, even though a lot of series are aimed towards teenagers or adults, reading comics or watching cartoons isn't something popular, and I really doubt it will ever be. Also, anime has a very negative image here. Most people I know in real life think anime is just porn or cartoons like Pokémon. I'm not saying that Pokémon is bad, but that it's a very restricted view of anime. I think this is why people dislike cartoon network. No matter what they will play on that channel, people will have a restricted view of it because anime is not something that we see on TV often and it probably won't be until a long time.
Once, I was reading a Tokyo Babylon manga at school and a girl started laughing at me and saying I was reading Pokémon. The problem isn't that she was accusing me of reading Pokémon.. But imagine you're reading a science fiction book and the person accuses you of reading a romance novel when you actually hate romance stories. ^_^;; It's kind of weird..
To those who are worried about anime becoming mainstream.. I really don't think it will ever be, for the reasons I mentioned earlier. Also, anime has been on TV in Europe for a long time.. It was mainstream in the way that it played on TV as much as normal cartoons, but no one really was crazy about it and it wasn't a trendy thing with teenagers and adults. That's the difference..
|2003-11-18, 23:22
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Heres how I look at it, anime is a form of Entertiament just like movies. I think ppl think to much about it and should be watching and disscussing anime how they like. What the hell is an anime elitist? who gives a shit about them, why is this dicussion still going on. Yes they annoy us sometimes, but you have to learn to ignore them, what their looking for is attention hopfully they will realize their bad behavior and change their ways.
|2003-11-22, 18:44
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I think the discussion moved on towards determining just what an entails being an 'elitist', making points that some people might think they hate elitists, yet be considered by others to be an elitist...so people can see how they themselves are being elitist, and possibly change their ways, or at least realize what they're doing. Funny how that works.
|2003-11-22, 19:32
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personally, i dont like to see CN playing some shows because they totally destroy it most of the time. i could care less if a million other people see it, though. the anime would still be just as good/bad.
on the other hand, i'm glad that CN is bringing anime to the fans. its safe to say that a lot of people have seen Trigun but that doesnt mean that i think it sucks just because i saw it before all of them and now its mainstream.....i guess you guys were right about that type of person being an elitist, but we're bound to have 'em.
but, like any group of people, you cant say that all (or even most) of them behave one way or another. in any case, i'm just here to enjoy anime. i could'nt care less what other people do.
|2003-11-22, 22:25
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|2003-11-23, 02:26
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this board is a somewhat an example of how elitism has runned over what was once life you have to be careful when you join, you must Never speak of supporting 4kids or you will awaken bandit ken's wrath and beware of a troll name shiningpikablu I am afraid 4kids have infected him and made him some what more supporting of that company anyway anime board users safe blessings on your journey to restore the board to a whole new life
|2003-11-23, 10:19
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I would say something, bu this topic sounds like a broken record. Put your justifications away and stop caring.
|2003-11-23, 13:28
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|2003-11-23, 14:36
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|2003-11-24, 00:46
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|2003-11-24, 02:10
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I've also noticed that once something previously in a niche market obtains any sort of success, it is shunned by it's once most loyal fans. And that's not just anime. It can be movies, video games, and music.
For example, back in my punk rock days, when Green Day and the Offspring were nobodies, you'd have the few "purists" who supported them. But once these groups found success, they're labelled as "sellouts" by these same purists. It's like they hate it when the things they like succeed, which is, to me, kinda stupid.
And that's bascially the same thing with anime. I don't know if these people feel threatened or what, but it's all very silly. I tend not to care what people like or dislike. As long as I know what I like, that's all that really matters. If they're into anime, that's fine. If they're not, that's fine too. But don't act like you're better than others just because "you saw the show fansubbed way before it even hit TV". Everyone starts from somewhere. If it's TV edited dubbed anime, then so be it. I don't think it's ever really bad for the genre. I say, the more exposure, the better.
|2003-11-24, 03:05
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They are out there passing judgement first prime example from the ANN mb
|2003-11-24, 07:12
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Censorship is different the world over
When fans complain about anime being on T.V.you need to relize one basic fact. Censorship is different the world over. What may be approiate in to show on T.V. in Japan may not be viewed as apporiprate by the U.S. censorship boards. (Ie. Nudity - Ever notice they never have hair, thats because Japanese censorship has deemed it inapporite to draw hair on nude bodies). Also if you don't get new people interested in Anime whose going to support the industry in your particular country. For example online bookstores based in North America sell anime related mechandise only because there is enough demand for it. *L* no demand they wont supply it, so I guess we need to take the good with the bad. If you don't like the way they present it on T.V. don't watch it.
LOL this was suposed to be a post not an essay, whoops
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|2003-11-25, 01:03
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|2003-11-25, 04:02
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For the sake of sounding like an elitist here, let me take the high road. If we show on television good or bad dub, and good or bad editing. Why would this not be good? It introduces something new to the audience. Albeit the younger audience. Maybe someone needs to suggest to the networks something for an older audience. Simpsons, Dilbert, South Park, etc were never intended for the younger audiences. So how about suggesting some older audience anime dramas and comedies. Personally I am partial to the Slayers series. I know there are others and better ones that would wow the audience.
Unfortunately, the networks are targeting specific audiences. Therefore, you really need to be careful what you suggest to be aired. Cartoon Network, Comedy Central and others are looking for programs that will draw a specific audience. Other Networks are much more picky what they show. What anime could possibly slide inbetween the major networks' re-runs and be popular enough to stay on the air?
|2003-11-25, 21:01
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Ningyou Hime
Well, personally I don't think it's good or bad. I think it's very good that they play anime on TV, but I don't like how they make something out of anime that doesn't actually represent what anime really is.. [ X_X Maybe I don't make sense ::hides:: ]
I don't see anything wrong with watching Cartoon Network or anime on TV, though. ^^; If I had CN I'd probably watch it a lot..
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It's been more than two decades since Nintendo released a Kid Icarus game - and gamers have been clamouring for it. So it has been rolled out on the 3DS in graphical glory and, despite being an impressively deep game for a portable, it's not without its faults.
The control system is so demanding and awkward, that a stand for the 3DS has been bundled with Kid Icarus: Uprising so it can actually be played. It combines airborne scenarios (on rails) with more grounded scenes in typical third person style. Angelic wee hero Pit takes on a variety of world-saving missions in the brilliantly-rendered title, and although the story isn't the most immersive tale ever, the script is packed with quips and character-qualifying background and quickly gets you invested.
There are armaments aplenty - 100-plus options - each of which can be used either in melee combat or as projectiles, plus upgrades and perks effectively give you an endless supply of dead-makers. Put simply, this game is about killing lots of enemies, and then level bosses, and then killing lots of enemies again.
But it's designed as a stylus game, and despite its reasonably small form factor, the 3DS starts breaking your wrist when held one-handed. Hence the stand. To drive Pit on ground levels you need to move the circle pad to move him, and the stylus to aim and move the camera. Button reassignment is possible, but still takes a while to get your head (and hands) around. Airborne levels are simple and much more entertaining to play. This will keep you busy for a good 12 hours in total, winding up the difficulty will enhance that even further and probably teach those nearby a few new choice words.
Graphically, it's stunning, although the frame rate can suffer in extremely busy battle situations - especially when in multiplayer mode. Glitches and control dramas aside, it's still very nice to have the Kid back after all this time.
Stars: 4.5/5
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Once again, Virginia made the U.S. Green Building Council's annual list of Top 10 States for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) in 2014.
The Commonwealth was ranked No. 4 and had 150 projects LEED-certified in 2014. This included a total of 18.6 million square feet of space, and 2.33 square feet per capita.
The report made special mention of the University of Mary Washington's Technology Convergence Center in Fredericksburg, Va., which is LEED Silver-certified.
USGBC is made up of 12,870 member organizations and 197,000 professionals worldwide. It manages LEED, the most widely recognized green building certification program in the world. According to USGBC, LEED certifies 1.5 million square feet of space each day in 135 countries.
LEED-certified buildings are a win-win for the environment and economy. They provide healthier spaces to live, work and play, and lower energy costs in a sustainable way.
"LEED-certified building and the innovations they have driven contribute substantially to our national economic growth, create jobs and improve the quality of life in the communities where they are found," said Rick Fedrizzi, CEO and founding chair of USGBC. "We commend the business and community leaders, policy makers and green building professionals in each of these states for making the commitment to create a healthier, more sustainable future."
Virginia's leadership as an innovator in this area illustrates the strong quality of life and cutting edge environment the Commonwealth offers to companies and their workforces. To learn why businesses have succeeded in Virginia for more than 400 years, click here.
The U.S. Green Building Council recently named Virginia No. 3 for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certifications as part of its annual ranking.
LEED is one of the most well-recognized and respected green building certification programs in the world, incorporating design, construction, maintenance and operational aspects into its environmentally-friendly analysis.
More than 57,000 commercial and institutional projects currently participate in LEED, comprised of 10.5 billion square feet of construction space in 147 countries. Each day more than 1.5 million square feet of space is LEED-certified.
In 2013, Virginia had 160 projects LEED-certified, which encompassed 16.8 million square feet of space and 2.11 square feet per capita. The ranking is based on per capita numbers to allow for a fair comparison among different population levels.
The office and retail space at 1776 Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Va., received recognition as a notable project. It is the first commercial building in Arlington to earn LEED Platinum certification.
"As the economy recovers, green buildings continue to provide for jobs at every professional level and skill set from carpenters to architects," said Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO and founding chair, USGBC.
Investment in green-building infrastructure creates real economic value in the form of lower energy costs up front, and the reduction in greenhouse gases ensures a sustainable future for the environment and future generations.
Virginia's leadership in this area is yet another example of the innovative environment the Commonwealth offers to business owners. To learn more about Virginia's unique resources that have allowed companies to prosper here for more than 400 years, click here.
Last week, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) ranked Virginia as the top state for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certifications in its annual ranking.
In 2012, Virginia certified 170 projects, which encompassed 29.7 million square feet of LEED-certified space. With 3.71 square feet of certified space per capita, the Commonwealth moved up two places from last year.
Cooper Vineyards of Louisa County was recognized as the first winery on the East Coast to achieve LEED Platinum status.
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USGBC manages LEED, one of the most renowned green building programs in the world. LEED provides certification programs for the efficient and environmentally-friendly design, construction and operation of a variety of buildings. According to USGBC, LEED certifies 1.6 million square feet of building space each day.
LEED-certified spaces not only offer a healthier environment, the efficiency gains yield a direct impact to a company's bottom line. Virginia's leadership in this area illustrates the Commonwealth's innovative approach to providing a competitive environment in which companies can do business.
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I did a lot of recruiting when I worked for Aerotek, a national, private staffing firm with an office here in Dublin, Ohio.
But that recruiting was for seasoned engineers, finance professionals and high-level customer service agents for Fortune 500 companies here in Columbus and around the nation. So when I started my internship with OCLC, we decided not to put any focus on recruiting and to instead put it on areas where I needed more development.
Recruiting season has really kicked up at OCLC recently, however, so I have been lending my services and doing career fairs for the organization to fill our summer internship and fellowship positions, focusing on candidates that are just emerging from their programs.
I've been to career fairs as an undergrad student and again as an MLHR candidate to find my summer internship last year. I have to tell you, it was strange being on the other side of the table/booth and being able to walk right in without filling out forms, registration or name tags because I was an employer.
I know that some first years out there are still looking for summer internships and there are quite a few of us second years looking for full-time positions, post-program. Here are some of my tips for career fairs, having been an insider and outsider now.
- Be prepared – Come with lots of resumes and a cover letter if you are targeting a specific company or industry. The candidates that came up to me without a resume did not get the full benefits of the experience. Without a resume, I can't look for hidden talents that might make you fit for a position you never knew existed. And have questions ready.
- Know what you want – I had a lot of International Studies, Communications, English and Marketing majors come up to our booth. My first question after introducing myself was, "What are you looking for?" The answer, "Uh…" or, "I haven't really thought about it…" immediately turned me off. Many of these candidates were seniors and should have a solid idea about what they want to do with their four years of hard work and effort.
- Be open to options – On the other side of the coin, I'm ok with candidates saying they're open to options and haven't nailed down exactly what they want. In that case, it's better to say, "This is what I have done before and this is what I might be good at it." That answer actually excites me much more than "UH…".
- Be comfortable with yourself – I had some pretty twitchy candidates come up to me. Their nervousness was understandable, but remember this: Recruiters are busy, under pressure and desperately trying to fill their positions. They are sometimes just as nervous as you are! And if you feel like you are truly a great candidate for a position, act like it and own it. Confidence makes a world of difference
- Work on your hand shake – It is the second thing I notice about candidates. It is your introduction to the recruiter while you make your verbal introduction to the recruiter. Clammy hands, not as big of a deal. People get nervous, palms sweat. Discreetly wipe your palm inside your pocket before extending it. A flimsy, weak handshake on the other hand? That's an impression killer. When making a handshake, aim to line up your palms, not your fingers to their palm, and give a solid squeeze to the area behind the fingers so you don't crush them, and give a gentle pump and a smile.
- Look the part – This is the FIRST thing I notice about candidates. This should be obvious, but people tend to wander in when they see a career fair if it's at the Student Union. But nothing hurts your impression on the recruiter more than showing up in sweatpants, flip flops and a hoodie. If you see a company you like on the brochure, run home, put on a shirt/blouse and pants/skirt at least, and come back. If you do dress up, make sure your clothes fit, you have a belt if your shirt is tucked in and for ladies, don't dress like you're going to the local bar or club. And if you wear a suit, make sure it is a solid color and fits well.
- Finally – don't insult the recruiter. I had people say, "I'm sure I can handle the HR internship. I mean, how hard can it be?" These people had no experience and assumed they could do an HR professional's job with no training or prior knowledge and education. This was extremely insulting and earned them a lot of negative points in my book.
Hope these tips help and good luck on your internship/job hunt(s)!


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Kudos to the Fort Myers Beach Town Council for unanimously adopting the recommendations of its pedestrian safety task force. This task force was set up after a pedestrian was killed last winter near one of the busy intersections on Estero Boulevard.
At the Oct. 1 meeting of the Town Council of Fort Myers Beach, members of the Town's Public Safety Task Force presented their recommendations to Town Council. Council members unanimously adopted the recommendations and approved the expenditure of $30,000 for safety enhancements.
The task force made recommendations in four areas: lighting, crosswalks, signs and education. The recommendations included the following:
- Remove unnecessary and duplicative signs.
- Adjust crosswalk locations and/or street lighting to provide illumination of crosswalks on Estero Boulevard.
- Install a guardrail and new sidewalk segment near CVS and Villa Santini Plaza at Lenell Road and Estero Boulevard.
- Install "Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons" near Holiday Inn/Estero Cove and Estero Beach and Tennis Club.
- Provide three across-the-road banners indicating Fort Myers Beach is a "Pedestrian Safe" community! or "Look, Cross, Live."
- Brochures providing community outreach on websites of Town, FMB Fire department, LCSO.
- FMB Pedestrian Safety Day in January or February 2013.
- Glow-in-the-dark wristbands provided at hotels, Town Hall, condos, etc. for evening/nighttime use.
Thanks to the members of the Town's Public Safety Task Force for their work in developing these recommendations and to the Town Council for adopting them. We look forward to seeing these improvements installed in the coming months.
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Submission + - Why Is Homeland Security Running NBC Owned PSAs? (techdirt.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A few months ago, Homeland Security's ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement) group started placing an anti-piracy video PSA on various domains that it had seized. What it didn't say was who created the PSA. A Freedom of Information Act request by Techdirt has revealed that the videos are actually created & owned by NBC Universal, but nowhere does Homeland Security publicly admit this. As Techdirt writes: "Could you imagine how the press would react if, say, the FDA ran PSAs that were created and owned by McDonald's without making that clear to the public? How about if the Treasury Department ran a PSA created and owned by Goldman Sachs? So, shouldn't we be asking serious questions about why Homeland Security and ICE are running a one-sided, misleading corporate propaganda video, created and owned by a private company, without mentioning the rather pertinent information of who made it?"


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Hundreds of mourners gathered in a small town in India on Monday for the funeral of a nurse found dead after answering a prank call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was treated for morning sickness.
Friends and family paid their respects to Jacintha Saldanha, 46, during a simple ceremony in Shirva, some 30 miles north of Mangalore on the south-west coast.
Earlier, crowds lined the roads close to the Catholic church to pay their respects while relatives attended a private prayer ceremony at her home.
Ms Saldanha, a mother-of-two, was found hanging in her nurses' quarters at London's King Edward VII's Hospital by a colleague and a security guard on December 7.
Three days earlier she transferred a call from two Australian DJs, believing they were the Queen and Prince of Wales, to a colleague who described in detail the Duchess's condition during her hospital stay.
Her children, Junal, 16, and Lisha, 14, have described the "unfillable void" left in their lives by their mother's death.
During a mass at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, her husband Benedict Barboza fought back tears as he paid an emotional tribute to his wife, telling mourners: "I feel a part of me has been ripped out."
Fighting back tears, Mr Barboza said: "My wife, you were the light in my darkness, who always showed me the way forward.
"From the day we met, you always stood by me in times of hardship and happiness.
Today he accompanied a casket carrying her body into Our Lady of Health Church at around 4pm local time, after journeying back to the family's home-town for the funeral.
Authorities in India are understood to have made extensive arrangements - upping security and setting up barricades - to accommodate crowds of mourners touched by Ms Saldanha's death.
Mr Barboza was seen consoling his weeping daughter during the burial service in which she scattered earth on her mother's grave.
Earlier, relatives carried the coffin through the cemetery before Mr Barboza, flanked by his two children, watched as it was lowered into the ground.
He held them both in a tight embrace as Lisha broke down in tears.
Mr Barboza is understood to be spending Christmas with his family in Shirva as he comes to terms with his wife's death.
Standing outside the cathedral last week, he said the family "could not have foreseen the unprecedented tragedy that has unfolded in our lives" and thanked the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prime Minister David Cameron for their condolences.
"The events of the last week have shattered our lives," he said. "We barely have the strength to withstand the grief and sorrow."
Ms Saldanha left two notes in her room and had marks on her wrist when her body was discovered, Westminster Coroner's Court in London heard on Thursday.
John Lofthouse, chief executive at King Edward VII's hospital, said the nurse was reassured on a number of occasions by senior management following the hoax call.
But she was found dead soon after.
Memorial services have been held at the hospital and in Bristol where her husband and children live.
The DJs behind the call - Mel Greig and Michael Christian - have also spoken of their grief following her death.
Interviewed on Australian TV networks, the presenters said their prank call to the hospital prompted "a tragic turn of events no-one could have predicted or expected".
Southern Cross Austereo (SCA), the parent company of 2Day FM, has ended the pair's Hot 30 show and suspended prank calls across the company.
The town of Shirva, in the Karnataka district, is famous in the largely agricultural region for producing jasmine and granite.