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theCryptofishist wrote:I pay dues, and, since they cover the cost of an accessible port-a-potty, I'm okay with that. Also, I can't haul much. I can't put things up and take them down again. I can't build infrastructure. Contributing to the porta potty and the kitchen via dues, as well as directly makes me feel that I am contributing. I think that there a wide range of what works for different camps with different situations.
I also think that selling your camp allotment tickets in this way is creepy. I have an allotment ticket, and I've never been quite comfortable with that decision. But Apokalyptika was my camp before the whole ticket implosion happened, I didn't choose to go there because that was the way I was going to get in.
But can you do a good interrogation? I bet you can put more than 20% more doom into one. That's contributing in my book. And yeah, as I said, in our camp some people have more $$$ than others.


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PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday that America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff was negotiating in bad faith, jeopardizing efforts to settle civil rights charges stemming from allegations of racial profiling against Latinos.
Department of Justice officials told a lawyer for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio that the lawman's refusal of a court-appointed monitor was a deal-breaker that would end settlement negotiations and result in a federal lawsuit.
The Justice Department says Arpaio previously agreed to outside supervision and tried to change the terms of the deal in a letter Tuesday.
"We believe that you are wasting time and not negotiating in good faith," wrote Roy Austin Jr., a deputy assistant attorney general, questioning whether the sheriff's office was ever interested in settling the matter. "Your tactics have required DOJ to squander valuable time and resources."
But the sheriff's office said it made no such agreement. Arpaio said in a written statement that allowing a court monitor would mean that every policy decision would have to be cleared through an observer and would nullify his authority.
"I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government," Arpaio said, accusing the Obama administration of trying to "strong arm" him.
"They don't want to monitor," he added. "They want to run my office."
The Justice Department has accused Arpaio's office of racially profiling Latinos, basing immigration patrols on racially-charged citizen complaints that did not allege crimes and punishing Hispanic jail inmates for speaking Spanish.
It also accused the sheriff of having a culture of disregard for basic constitutional rights.
The DOJ is seeking an agreement requiring the sheriff's office to train officers in how to make constitutional traffic stops, collect data on people arrested in traffic stops and reach out to Latinos to assure them that the department is there to also protect them.
The sheriff's office has denied allegations of systematic discriminatory policing and told news reporters that it will insist that the Justice Department provide facts to prove its allegations.
The Justice Department said a 22-page letter that it sent Arpaio's office in December provides those details.
The federal agency said an Arpaio lawyer acknowledged in earlier settlement talks that negotiations would go forward without the Justice Department providing additional information since that information would be necessary only as part of a lawsuit.
The Justice Department also said in Tuesday's letter that it has found additional information to support its allegation that Arpaio's office failed to adequately investigate a large number of sex-crimes cases.
Settlement talks scheduled for Wednesday have been called off, and it's unclear whether the talks will resume.
Lydia Guzman, leader of the civil rights group Respect Respecto, said she wasn't surprised, "It just goes to show that Arpaio has consistently dragged his heels and refused to cooperate with the intention of thumbing his nose at the Obama administration."
This is the second time negotiations were called off, according to the Justice Department.
Earlier in the three-year investigation, the DOJ filed a 2010 lawsuit against the sheriff, alleging that his office refused to fully cooperate with a request for records and access to jails and employees.
The case was settled last summer after the sheriff's office handed over records and gave access to employees and jails.
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LUNENBURG -- The intersection of Townsend Harbor and Mulpus Roads will get a face-lift this month to enhance safety after residents brought their concerns before the Board of Selectmen more than two years ago.
Residents from the town's Hickory Hills section approached the selectmen in the fall of 2011 to air concerns about safety at the intersection. There are two entrances to Mulpus Road off Townsend Harbor Road, and both can cause traffic concerns.
The first entrance is just before a large bend in the road in Townsend Harbor Road, where motorists are unable to see oncoming traffic. If drivers enter from the second entrance, cars coming behind them will not know if a car is stopped in an attempt to turn.
Jack Rodriquenz, the director of operations for the Department of Public Works, said Tuesday that Jesse Johnson, with David Ross Associates, brought selectmen three options to reconfigure the intersections, and selectmen voted on the most favorable option.
Under the proposed plan, through-traffic will be allowed going south on Townsend Harbor Road, heading from Townsend into Lunenburg. There will be a stop sign on Townsend Harbor Road at the intersection as one travels north on the road, he said, and another stop sign on Mulpus Road. The island that is there now will be eliminated, and the intersection will be made into more of a "T" design.
Rodriquenz said the project will cost about $20,000 and is funded through the town's capital plan.
Selectman Dave Matthews said he's happy to see the work getting under way, saying its been "historically, a very dangerous intersection."
"It's been the site of a lot of accidents and many near-misses," he said. "If we can get that one straightened out, it would be great."
Matthews said there isn't a lot of room around the intersection with which to work, which made drawing up plans more difficult.
"I think it's mainly about working with the realities of that intersection," he said. "There's a dam on one side. This one seemed to work the best to straighten out the road a little and slowing people down and putting in some stop signs."
Selectmen Chairman Tom Alonzo agreed, saying there has been "a lot of planning and engineering" on how to make the road safer.
"It's nice to see those efforts coming to fruition," Alonzo said.
Like Matthews, Alonzo said that given the area the town had to work with, the current plan makes the most sense.
"Within the real estate we have to work with, it provides the safest intersection possible," he said.
Any residual backup that may occur because of the stop signs are "certainly secondary to safety issues," Alonzo added.
The project is slated to begin May 19 and last two to three weeks, Rodriquenz said. The intersection will remain open during the work.
"We'll have to keep the intersection open, but with the help of signs, there isn't a real legitimate detour," he said. "People coming from Townsend can't really avoid it unless they know about it and try to seek an alternate route. That's probably the most difficult component of the job."
Rodriquenz is encouraging people to avoid the area if at all possible while construction is ongoing.
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Day Two Results
Game Eight: #5 Limestone 7 – #7 Barton 3
HARTSVILLE, SC – Limestone advanced with a 7-3 comeback victory over Barton Saturday morning. The Bulldogs scored one run in the second and two in the third to lead 3-1. The Saints answered in the bottom of the third with a six-run outburst. A double by Keisha Powell made it 3-2 and LC tied the score at three before loading the bases again with a hit batsman. Freshman Jessica Brown then came to bat and smashed a grand slam to give the Saints a commanding 7-3 lead. BC loaded the bases in the sixth but pitcher Elizabeth Hawkins ended the threat with a called third strike.
Game Nine: #11 Lees-McRae 3 – #8 Pfeiffer 0
HARTSVILLE, SC – Lees-McRae knocked Pfeiffer out of the CVAC Tournament early Saturday morning by a score of 3-0. The bottom-seeded Bobcats scored twice in the third to and iced the game with a solo homerun by freshman Kasey McHone in the top of the seventh inning. Pfeiffer threatened in the fifth and sixth innings but couldn't push a run across. Megan Phillips pitched a complete game three-hitter with seven strikeouts for LMC.
Game Ten: #9 St. Andrews 11 – #10 Mt. Olive 1
HARTSVILLE, SC – St. Andrews cruised to an 11-1 victory over Mt. Olive in the consolation bracket. The Knights led 2-1 heading into the bottom of the second and loaded the bases with two outs. Kristal Shelton followed with a grand slam and the first of back-to-back-to back homeruns by St. Andrews. Shelton came back up in the third and hit a three-run shot to finish the game with two homers, seven RBI and two runs scored.
Game Eleven: #5 Limestone 9 – #11 Lees-McRae 2
HARTSVILLE, SC – Limestone rallied late to defeat Lees-McRae 9-2 and eliminate the Bobcats. The Saints snapped a scoreless tie in the third inning when Amy Yates tripled and scored on a single by Melissa Hampton. SerenaWright put LMC on top in the fifth inning with a two run homer to left field but it didn't last long. Limestone moved back in front 5-2 in the bottom of the inning and broke it open in the sixth with four more runs. Yates finished 3-4 with a triple, two stolen bases and three runs scored, while Keisha Powell had a single, a double and two runs scored.
Game Twelve: #3 Erskine 6 – # 9 St. Andrews 5
HARTSVILLE, SC –Erskine lost a five-run lead in the seventh inning before recovering to defeat St. Andrews 6-5 in their last at-bat. The Fleet scored three runs via the long ball and scored two more with a bases loaded single. Pitcher Kim Gunter breezed through the Knights for six innings but the pitching and defense failed in the seventh. St. Andrews used three hits, a walk and two errors to tie the game at 5-5 and chase Gunter from the game. Kim Hannon entered and recorded the next two outs to end the rally. In the bottom of the inning, Erskine's Jana Croft singled with one out and came around to score on Rebecca Clontz's game-winning single. Clontz went 2-4 with three RBI and a run scored, while Ashlee Lafontaine went 3-4 with a homer and three RBI.
Game Thirteen: #1 Coker 2 – #4 Anderson 1
HARTSVILLE, SC – Coker pulled out a tense 2-1 victory over fourth-seeded Anderson with all three runs scored in the first inning. AC leadoff hitter Jessica Hoffman gave the Cobras fits all game and started with an infield single. She stole second and advanced to third on a passed ball before scoring on a two-out single by Rachelle Lawrence. Coker had the number of Trojan starter Stephanie Griffis, loading the bases with a pair of walks and a single. After a pop-up, Jessica Blackwell and Kimberly Atkinson both drew walks and the Cobras led 2-1. Ashley Rogers then entered the game and limited CC to two hits the rest of the way. Somer Bigham found her rhythm after the third inning and allowed only two base runners in the last four innings.
Game Fourteen: #2 Belmont Abbey 9 - #6 Queens 1
HARTSVILLE, SC – Belmont Abbey forced Queens University of Charlotte to the consolation bracket with a convincing 9-1 victory Saturday afternoon. The Crusaders fell behind 1-0 in the first inning when Shallyn Duffy walked in a run with the bases loaded. The potent Abbey attack responded in the second, however, scoring four runs on three hits and two errors. BAC added one in the fifth and erupted for four more runs in the sixth to end the game early. The Crusaders didn't overpower the Royals but had 11 hits, all of which were singles. Jessica Inman scored twice and had two stolen bases and Cameron Greene went 2-3 with two runs scored.
Game Fifteen: #4 Anderson 6 - #3 Erskine 2
HARTSVILLE, SC – Anderson scored two runs in the first and never looked back in a 6-2 victory over Erskine. Jessica Hoffman and Cindy Crosby came around to score again in the third for a 4-0 advantage but the Flying Fleet got one run back in the third and the fourth innings. A solo homer by Rachelle Lawrence made it 5-2 in the fifth and Lindsay Crump came around to score in the sixth after a single and a stolen base. Erskine exits the tournament while AC advances to play again Sunday morning at 11:00 AM.
Game Sixteen: #6 Queens 4 - #5 Limestone 0
HARTSVILLE, SC – Queens used another shutout performance from Meg Barker to defeat Limestone 4-0. Barker limited the Saints to five hits and struck out five batters in the win. The Royals scored one each in the first, second and third innings and added another in the seventh for good measure. Brittany Harkey went 2-2 with a pair of doubles and a run scored and Danielle Woodford scored twice with a stolen base.
Game Seventeen: #1 Coker 9 - #2 Belmont Abbey 1
HARTSVILLE, SC – Coker defeated Belmont Abbey 9-1 in five innings Saturday night to advance to the championship game of the CVAC Tournament. Shallyn Duffy started back-to-back games for the Abbey and she didn't look as sharp against the Cobras. CC started the first inning with four singles and a double by Kimberly Atkinson made it 3-0. After a groundout for the second out, Tiffany Johnson smacked a two-run homer to left center field and the Cobras led 6-0 after one. Coker added three more in the third for a 9-0 advantage and starter Amanda Shelton took care of the rest. The junior allowed only five hits and one walk while striking out six to earn her 12 win of the year.


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Santa Clara Sporting 94 Players & Cal-North State ODP teammates: Jorge Portillo, Arya Haghighi & Ryan Foo depart for the Region IV Camp in Orgeon
Congratulations to the Santa Clara Sporting players that were selected from their Cal-North State ODP Team to travel and compete at the Region IV ODP Camp. Jorge Portillo, Arya Haghighi and Ryan Foo from the Santa Clara Sporting 94 Team left for Linfield College in Oregon the first week in July, and competed for a spot on the '95 Region IV ODP Team. Arya Haghighi was selected to the '95 Region IV Team after the week of tryouts. Two weeks ago, Haley Hughes, Ana Marija Sola and Maddie Salom from the '93 Sporting Girls Team attend the Region IV camp in Moscow, Idaho. The Sporting '95 Team sent three players to Oregon: Alex Liua, Alec Prusa, and Josh Totte; all performed well, and Alex Liua and Josh Totte were selected to the '96 Region IV player pool.


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200% of nothing: an eye-opening tour through the twists and turns of math abuse and innumeracy
Wiley, May 31, 1993 - Mathematics - 182 pages
In this delightfully witty excursion into the world of mathematical manipulation, popular columnist and math whiz A. K. Dewdney unveils the vast array of ways in which numbers are twisted and statistics are turned in order to fool the unsuspecting public. From the case of the "Incredible Expanding Toyota" to that of the "National Security Googol," Dewdney exposes the slick tricks and subtle schemes used by advertisers, politicians, special interest lobbyists, stockbrokers, car dealers, and just about anybody who tries to impress us with numbers, charts, and graphs. At turns funny and infuriating, Two Hundred Percent of Nothing is packed with real-life examples from the worlds of advertising, government, business, and media that demonstrate all types of math abuses. Dewdney identifies them by name, from "number bludgeoning to occult sampling," and shows us exactly how they play upon our innumeracy - the common inability to understand the rules of percentages, ratios, statistics, and basic math logic. You may want to buy the halogen light bulbs that an ad claims will save you 200% on energy costs, until Dewdney points out that it's impossible to save any more than 100% of something. And you may never want to play the lottery again when you learn that your chances of winning are mathematically equivalent whether you play or not. Why should we be skeptical of 4 out of 5 dentists surveyed? What's the bull behind the bull market? Do statistics really prove it's safer to fly than drive across country? When would financing a car through a dealer be a bad deal? With the wry wit and professorial wisdom that made his math column a favorite among Scientific American readers for nearly a decade, Dewdney gives the answers. Furthermore, he explains the basic math behind the answers so that the next time you see mathematical chicanery, you'll recognize it. Though you may be shocked at how pervasive math abuse is, you may be even more astonished to discover how rapidly you can learn the simple tricks and basic logic of defending yourself against it. As Dewdney writes in his Introduction: "It is far easier to calculate a percentage than it is to drive a car." Math abusers are everywhere, but with Dewdney's shrewd pointers, you can easily catch them at their own game.
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European Commission - Press release
Antitrust: Commission welcomes new decrease in problematic pharma patent settlements in the EU
Brussels, 6 July 2011 - The European Commission's second monitoring exercise of patent settlements in the pharmaceutical sector shows a continuing decline of settlements potentially problematic under EU antitrust rules. This highlights an increased awareness of so-called originator and generic companies of which types of settlements can give rise to antitrust scrutiny – generally the so-called pay-for-delay settlements - and is good news for consumers who will benefit from cheaper pharmaceuticals. The number of patent settlements increased in 2010, however, showing that the Commission's vigilance does not prevent firms from settling disputes successfully within the boundaries of the EU rules.
"I note with satisfaction that the number of patent settlements potentially problematic under EU antitrust law continues to decrease without calling into account companies' legitimate right to settle disputes amicably. The Commission will remain vigilant that companies' behaviour respect antitrust law and do not delay entry of cheaper pharmaceuticals," said Joaquín Almunia, Commission Vice President in charge of competition policy.
The second monitoring exercise identified 89 patent settlement agreements between originator and generic companies in 2010. This compares with 207 such agreements during the 8.5 years covered by the sector inquiry concluded in July 2009 (see IP/09/1098 and MEMO/09/321). It also compares with 93 agreements during the 18 months covered in the first monitoring exercise (see IP/10/887).
However, the number of settlements potentially problematic from an antitrust perspective – in particular those that limit generic entry against payment from the originator to the generic company - decreased significantly more in importance and number. In the period covered by the sector inquiry, such settlements accounted for 45 out of 207, or 22 % of the settlements reported. In the first monitoring period the figure dropped to 10% or 9 out of 93 of the settlements. In 2010, only 3% or 3 out of 89 of the settlements fell into the category that might attract scrutiny.
At the same time the use of patent settlements shows that neither the sector inquiry nor the monitoring exercise drove companies to litigate patent disputes until the end and that in most cases companies were able to find solutions that are usually considered unproblematic from a competition law perspective.
The Commission will repeat the monitoring exercise in 2012.
Separately, the Commission closed an antitrust investigation against Boehringer Ingelheim, following the latter's settlement with its competitor Almirall removing obstacles that could have blocked Almirall (see IP/11/842). The investigation was unrelated to the patent settlement monitoring exercise mentioned above.
Problematic patent settlements are those where typically an originator company pays to delay entry of a generic drug. Cases where the two sides stop litigation without payment and the restrictions are within the scope of the contested patent or patent settlements where the generic company can enter without delay and restrictions are normally not problematic under antitrust law.
The aim of the monitoring exercise was to better understand the use of patent settlements in the EU and to help identifying those that might need further scrutiny. The latter category proved to be small and none of the cases so identified will automatically trigger an in depth antitrust investigation by the Commission. In any event each case has to be assessed on its merits. In cases with a purely national dimension, the Commission may also share certain information with national competition authorities.
So far the Commission has opened three formal proceedings with respect to patent settlements (see MEMO/09/322, IP/10/8 and IP/11/511). The full text of the report is available at:
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Years ago, Rumpelstiltskin is out to prove that he's not the coward his father was, so he's happy that he's been called to the front lines of the war. His wife is not so happy but knows it's best.
In present-day Storybrooke, Cora comforts Regina, who is a bit distraught over Emma and Rumpel taking Henry to
TIMELINE: Snow White through the years
Back in present-day Manhattan, Rumpel, Emma and Henry have reached Baelfire's apartment. Rumpel's kid runs, which he's apparently been doing all of his life, but Emma, being the great bailbondswoman that she is, catches him. And ... it's Neil! The guy she grunged out with in Portland, Ore., 11 years earlier. The guy who double-crossed her, who broke her heart and who let her go to prison for his crime. The guy who got her pregnant. Yep ... Henry's father.
In a bar meeting, Neil/Baelfire tells Emma that he did not intentionally meet her years earlier but that "there are no coincidences." Emma is obviously mad that he knew/found out who she was and doesn't tell him about Henry. Bael didn't know initially, though. And so, the mystery of the box that he looked in earlier is revealed ... August/Pinocchio simply wrote out "I know you're Baelfire" on his typewriter. No profound mystical object. Just a typed truth.
In the past, Rumpelstiltskin, as he prepares for battle, finds a seer. A little girl with her eye sockets sewn shut but with eyeballs peering out of the palms of her hands a la "Pan's Labyrinth." The freaky seer tells Rumpel that he's going to be a father but that his actions on the battlefield will leave his son "fatherless." With predictions of riding cows out to battle, Rumpel, though shaken, doesn't take her completely seriously.
Back to Manhattan. Emma, freaking out, calls to tell Snow White of her dilemma. She was trying to protect Henry and never thought she'd see Baelfire again, so she told him that his dad was a firefighter and was killed. Snow tells Emma that she'll have to tell Henry that his father is alive. Simple as that.
Rumpel and Henry are bonding a bit as they wait for Emma to get back. Mr. Gold buys his grandson (unbeknownst to him yet) a hot dog, and later they sit and talked. Henry knows that Rumpel is supposed to be able to see the future and wonders why he doesn't use it more often. Rumpelstiltskin explains to Henry that the power of divination is not all it's cracked up to be. When Emma returns, she lies and says that Baelfire eluded her.
Back in Storybrooke, Regina pays a visit to Belle. Belle still remembers nothing, but Regina doesn't care. Using magic willy-nilly, she finds a clue in Belle's belongings. Hook, Regina and Cora find a map in the library that seems to lead to Rumpelstiltskin's dagger — the only way to kill him. Good thing Hook reads maps and is very adept at "finding buried treasure."
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In the past, some of the seer's predictions are coming true (riding to battle on cows — just a clever way to say saddled). So Rumpel, not wanting to die on the battlefield and leave his child fatherless, decides to injure himself in order to be sent home to his wife and son. He does get sent home, but everyone knows that it was a ploy. The coward tag follows him anyway.
In the present, Hook deciphers the map only to be cast aside by Cora and Regina. They will find the dagger on their own and use it to control Rumpelstiltskin and make him kill their enemies. (Do you really think Hook just gave up the location like that? Me neither.)
In Manhattan, Rumpel decides to check out Bael's apartment, over Emma's objections. They argue, and as it begins to get heated, Bael steps in to defend Emma. Henry hears the fighting and comes to see what the commotion is. Bael then figures out that Henry is his son. Henry is dumbfounded and tells Emma that she is just like Regina for lying to him. Ouch.
While mother and son work that out, Bael gives Rumpel three minutes to explain himself and make his pitch. Rumpel is heartfelt and all, but Bael is not budging. As the conversation closes, Bael says he never got any closure, so why should Rumpel. He leaves Rumpel standing there and goes to talk to his new son.
As Rumpel watches, we look back to after he has become a dark magic master. He finds the seer and forces her to tell him his future, and especially about Baelfire. He hears about the curse, his son, Regina, Emma — and the fact that a little boy will lead him to his son, but that little boy will be his "undoing." This was part of the plan all along, and now Henry is in danger.
A small but important side note: Mr. Mendel, the car accident victim who was rendered unconscious, will be staying in Storybrooke a bit longer. He could never get the image of Rumpelstiltskin using magic out of his head. But now he has proof of the magic: Unbeknownst to her, Mendel videotapes Regina using magic, albeit tame magic, to rifle through Belle's things in the hospital. Will it go viral?
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Below is the seventh edition of Mock Draft Watch – a rundown of the latest mock drafts compiled by Buffalobills.com via local and national NFL reporters …
Saturday, March 24 – Jonathan Bales, Fifth Down Blog (NY Times)
#10 DE Quinton Coples, UNC
Bales' take: The Bills could pair Coples with
Monday, March 26 – Nolan Nawrocki, Pro Football Weekly
#10 OT Riley Reiff, Iowa
Nawrocki's take: Chan Gailey can scheme around average protection, but with the addition of Mario Williams and
Wednesday, March 28 – Todd McShay, ESPN.com (Insider)
#10 WR Michael Floyd, Notre Dame
McShay's take: Floyd is a bit of a reach here, but no more so than OTs Mike Adams and Jonathan Martin. It's a tough call on the Bills' top two needs in this scenario, and they could look to trade down in a situation like this. They could also pull the trigger on a value pick such as Coples.
#41 QB Brock Osweiler, Arizona State
Monday, April 2 – Bucky Brooks, NFL.com
#10 OT Jonathan Martin, Stanford
Brooks' take: Buddy Nix's ability to address the Bills' defensive needs in free agency will allow him to focus on finding a capable left tackle in the draft. Iowa's Riley Reiff will get consideration based on his sound technical game, but Martin is a more natural left tackle and that could sway the opinions of Bills brass on draft day.
Wednesday, April 4 – Sean Tomlinson, The Score
#10 DE Melvin Ingram, South Carolina
Tomlinson's take: After filling their hole up the middle last year with Marcel Dareus, Buffalo needs an outside pass rushing presence. Ingram had 15 sacks in 2011 for the Gamecocks.
Wednesday, April 4 – Wes Bunting, National Football Post
#10 WR Michael Floyd, Notre Dame
Bunting's take: Floyd has some character concerns and isn't the most dynamic of athletes. However, he's a guy capable of running the entire route tree, beating press coverage on the outside and going up to get the football. Will give the Bills a much needed talent on the outside to pair with Stevie Johnson.
Wednesday, April 4 – Mel Kiper, ESPN.com (Insider)
#10 OT Riley Reiff, Iowa
Kiper's take: Buffalo has passed on offensive line options in recent years, but Reiff would be a good option to buck the trend. The Bills have made big strides on the defensive side of the ball this offseason, and that allows them to focus on shoring up the offense. Reiff will help protect, but is a complete player and will provide a spark in the running game as well.
#41 WR Brian Quick, Appalachian State
Kiper's take: A favorite of mine, Quick has big-time size and can stretch the field. Buffalo lacks a true deep threat.


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EA82 Stant Superstat Thermostat
Posted 28 October 2006 - 08:32 PM
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Posted 30 October 2006 - 11:07 PM
if in a pinch, you can drill a 1/8" hole
Posted 30 October 2006 - 11:14 PM
Any thermostat for a small block chevy will work - same size, and you can get them in any temp you could want. I like a 180 or 190, but some people prefer the 170 in turbo's and such.
Wow, that's bizarre. I wonder if it's coincidence, or if the super-human 80's Subaru engineers planned that?
Good point about the drilling, Subiemech. I've done that in the past too. Just drill a small hole, and the air will get through no problem, but it won't allow so much coolant as to over-cool the engine.
Posted 30 October 2006 - 11:36 PM
Turns out that 54mm is almost exactly 2 1/8" (2.125"), which is the size of the GM stuff.
Posted 31 October 2006 - 01:13 PM
That's good to know. 2.125" is close enough to 2.125984" (54mm) for me.
Yeah - a small hole solves that problem, and is a minor inconvience for someone looking for a special temp other than stock.
Turns out that 54mm is almost exactly 2 1/8" (2.125"), which is the size of the GM stuff.
Posted 31 October 2006 - 01:54 PM
the problem with a "GM" type thermostat is that it does NOT have the jiggle pin, which is an absolute must have
if in a pinch, you can drill a 1/8" hole
Why is the "jiggle pin" a must have? I've used 160E unmodified GM thermostats in the summer for the last 15 years without any ill effects. The reason I change to the lower temp in the summer is it eliminates the hot soak carb problems.
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CARDOZA, Anthony L.
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Anthony L. Cardoza (Ph.D., Princeton University, 1975; B.A., University of California at Davis, 1969) is Professor of History at Loyola University Chicago, where he teaches courses in Western Civilization, 20th century Europe, modern Italy, and contemporary international relations. He was Chair of the Department of History from 1999-2002 and a Visiting Professor of History at the University of Chicago in 2000.
Cardoza is a leading authority on modern Italian history, particularly in the subjects of class formation and aristocratic identity in the nineteenth century and the rise of fascism in the twentieth century. He is the author of Agrarian Elites and Italian Fascism: The Province of Bologna, 1901-1926 (Princeton University Press, 1983), recipient of the Howard R. Marraro Prize from the Society of Italian Historical Studies and named an Outstanding Academic Publication from Choice Magazine;Aristocrats in Bourgeois Italy: The Piedmontese Nobility, 1861-1930 (Cambridge University Press, 1997), recipient of the Howard R. Marraro Prize for best book in any period of Italian or Italian American History from the American Historical Association; andBenito Mussolini: The First Fascist(Longmans, 2005). Aristocrats in Bourgeois Italy was later translated and published in Italian as Patrizi in un mondo plebeio: La nobilta piemontese in Italia liberale (Donzelli Editori, 1999). Cardoza's interests also extend into urban history with his La Storia di Torino/The History of Turin(Einaudi, 2006), co-authored with Geoffrey Symcox.
Cardoza was named a Loyola University Chicago Master Teacher in 2011 and Loyola University Chicago Faculty Member of the Year for 2008. Early in his career, he earned the National Endowment for the Humanities-America Academy of Rome Prize Fellowship for 1976-1977 and the Best Unpublished Manuscript Award from the Society of Italian Historical Studies in 1975.
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Modern Europe, history of elites, history of fascism, modern Italy.
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History 102: Western Civilization Since 1700
History 325: Europe 1900 to 1945
History 327: Europe since 1945
History 335: Modern Italy
History 400: 20th Century Approaches to History
Selected Publications
La Storia di Torino/The History of Turin (Turin: Einaudi, 2006) co-authored with Geoffrey Symcox.
Benito Mussolini: The First Fascist (New York: Longmans, 2005).
Patrizi in un mondo plebeio: La nobilta piemontese in Italia liberale(Rome: Donzelli Editori, 1999).
Aristocrats in Bourgeois Italy: The Piedmontese Nobility, 1861-1930 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997).
Agrarian Elites and Italian Fascism: The Province of Bologna, 1901-1926 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983).


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MONTPELIER – Property owners involved in Current Use may soon pay a different amount if they decide to take their property out of the program. The bill is now in the Vermont Senate Committee of Rules. The House approved the bill last year.Current Use is a tax system for working agricultural and forest land. Property owners enrolled in the program pay taxes on the productive value- instead of the market value - of their land. The productive value is usually much less. Other Vermont taxpayers pick up the slack "one way or the other," said Bill Johnson, Director of Property Valuation and Review for the Vermont Department of Taxes.About 17,000 parcels of land are enrolled in the program The land represents over a third of the land in Vermont, Johnson said. As part of the program, the state places a lean on the enrolled property to ensure penalties are paid when the owner withdraws from the program or develops the land. "The penalty right now is based on the pro-rated value of the property that's either been developed or you want to get the lean off of," said Johnson. "If it's the entire property, then it's either 10 or 20 percent of the listed value, depending how many years the property was enrolled in the program."The penalty is 20 percent for property enrolled for less than 11 years and 10 percent for land enrolled for greater than 10 years. The state imposes the penalty only for the land taken out of the program and not the entire parcel. However, if the bill passes, instead of the tax being assessed at a pro-rated value of the portion that is being developed, it would be based on the fair market value. "When you go from a tax based on the pro-rated value to a tax based on the full market value, suddenly the basis for the tax increases by a significant amount, particularly when you're talking about a portion of the property and not the whole property," said Johnson. The bill, as it is written now states, "If the property has been continuously enrolled by the same owner for fewer than 12 years, the tax rate shall be ten percent. If the property has been continuously enrolled by the same owner for 12 to 20 years, the tax rate shall be eight percent. If the property has been continuously enrolled by the same owner for over 20 years, the tax rate shall be five percent."According to Johnson, the penalty for 50 acres enrolled in the program for more than 12 years and valued $50,000 would be $4,000. Under the current law, the penalty would be $1,000."The penalty would be four times as large," Johnson said. On the other hand, if someone wanted to pull an entire parcel worth $100,000, they would face a harder penalty now than they would under the proposed law. "There are people who are concerned that the penalty that now is constituted, and most of the time when it comes due it's due to a subdivision of the property where a portion of the property is developed, not the entire property, but a portion. The great majority of times that is what's happening now. Especially when you get beyond the tenth year when the penalty drops down under current law to 10 percent, the penalty is not particularly onerous. The concern is that it is not a sufficient hindrance to the development of the property."The idea to some extent, said Johnson, was to slow down the development of property to a degree. However, that is not the case and people can easily pay the tax off and develop portions of the property. Johnson said there are a lot of people who are concerned that the current use tax program is not doing what it's supposed to do.The bill also gives an easy out: "Properties that were subject to this revised penalty could get out under certain conditions or at least during a window of time and have a penalty calculated base on current law before they would have to go and have the penalty calculated based on the new law," Johnson said.


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Table of Contents
From the Authors
A Guide to Genres
Chapter 1 Sociology
Introduction to the Discipline of Sociology
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Sociology
College Study Skills: Building Vocabulary with Index Cards
Readiness for College Success: The Successful College Student
Vocabulary Building: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Reading Selection 1: You Just Don't Understand: Men and Women in Conversation, Deborah Tannen
Reading Selection 2 : To Teens, Tweens and the People Who Love Them: It's Time to get "Social Smarts," Joellyn "Joey" Sargent
An Interview with a Student in the Field of Sociology
Reading Selection 3:Is this the One? Choosing the Right Mate, Janice Allen
Reading Skill Focus: Vocabulary in Action
Strategy 1: Using Context Clues
Strategy 2: Using Your Knowledge of Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Landmark in the Field of Sociology: Chat Rooms
Reading Selection 4: Ten Keys to Successful Parenting
Reading Selection 5: Trouble with Raising Teenage Son, Larry Meeks
Panel Discussion on the Role of Video Games and Violent Behavior
Textbook Application: Sociology in the United States, Alex Thio
Internet Fact Search: Sociology
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 2 Biology
Introduction to the Discipline of Biology
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Biology
College Study Skills: Highlighting Key Terms and Concepts in a Text
Readiness for College Success: Meeting with an Advisor
Reading Selection An Ode to Dolly Re: Global Warming, Valerie Coskrey
Reading Selection 2: What's the best Way to Burn Belly Fat? Kathleen Blanchard
An Interview with a Student in the Field of Biology
Reading Skill Focus: Recognizing Topic and Main Idea
Landmark in the Field of Biology: Organ Transplant
Reading Selection 3: Organ Donation: Don't Let These Myths Confuse You, Mayo Clinic Staff
Reading Selection 4: Monkeys Live Longer on Low-Cal Dies; Would Humans?Brennan Lingsley
Writing Connection: Freewriting in a Reflection Journal
Reading Selection 5: A Field of Corn, Michael Pollan
Textbook Application: Human Biology, Science, and Society, Michael D. Johnson
Internet Fact Search: Biology
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 3 Personal Finance
Introduction to the Discipline of Personal Finance
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Personal Finance
College Study Skills: Making Annotations
Readiness for College: Communicating With Your Professor
Reading Selection 1: The Importance of Creating a Savings Account, Jeremy Vohwinkle
Reading Selection 2: Credit Card Smarts: Take Charge of Your Cards
An Interview with a Student in the field of Personal Finance
Reading Skill Focus: Supporting Details
Landmark in the Field of Personal Finance: Online Banking
Reading Selection 3: Tenant Protections Facing Foreclosure
Reading Selection 4: How to Repay Your Student Loans, CBS News
Panel Discussion on the Plight of Homeowners Who Are at Risk of Losing Their Homes
Reading Selection 5: What is a College Degree Worth? Maggie Gallagher
Textbook Application: How You Benefit from an Understanding of Personal Finance, Jeff Madura
Internet Fact Search: Personal Finance
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 4 Economics
Introduction to the Discipline of Economics
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Economics
College Study Skills: Note-Taking
Readiness for College: Collaborative Learning
Reading Selection 1: Flu Shot Supply Surpasses Demand, Joel Roberts
Reading Selection 2: How Mobile Phone Companies Profit from Handset Loss, The Guardian
An Interview with a Student in the Field of Economics
Reading Skill Focus: Making Inferences
Landmark in the Field of Economics: The Social Security Act
Reading Selection 3: Capitalism Bites the Carpenters in Vegas, Charles Trentelman
Reading Selection 4: People Respond to Economic Incentives, Glenn Hubbard and Anthony Patrick O'Brien
Panel Discussion on China Becoming the World's Second Largest Economy
Writing Connections: Paraphrasing
Reading Selection 5: Food Prices Rising, but No Shortage in U.S., Allison Linn
Textbook Application: Economics Defined, Robin Blade and Michael Parkin
Internet Fact Search: Economics
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 5 Literature
Introduction to the Discipline of Economics
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Literature
College Study Skills: Summarizing
Readiness for College: Avoiding Plagiarism
Reading Selections 1: Samuel, Grace Paley
Reading Selection 2: Immigrants, Pat Mora and Mother to Son, Langston Hughes
An Interview with a Student in the field of Literature
Reading Skill Focus: Determining and Author's Tone and Purpose
Landmark in Landmark in the Field of Literature: Audio Books
Reading Selection 3: excerpt from Lucy, Jamaica Kinkaid
Reading Selection 4: excerpt from The Piano Lesson
Internet Fact Search: Literature
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 6 Mathematics
Introduction to the Discipline of Mathematics
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Mathematics
College Study Skills: Effective Ways of Reading and Solving Math World Problems
Readiness for College: Time Management Skills
Reading Selection 1: Why Math Always Counts: It Can Open Our Minds to Logic and Beauty, Arthur Michelson
Reading Selection 2: excerpt from Coincidences, Robert Blitzer
An Interview with a Student in the Field of Mathematics
Reading Skill Focus: Logical Relationships
Landmark in the Field of Mathematics: Scientific Calendar
Reading Selection 3: "Marriage Equations," from Geek Logic, Garth Sundem
Reading Selection 4: A Key to Critical Thinking: Understanding All of the Options, Jeffrey Bennett and William Briggs
Panel Discussion: What Should We Cut?
Reading Selection 5: How to Calculate Your Real Hourly Wage,
Writing Connection: Organizing Excel Charts from a Set of Statistical Information
Reading Selection 6: Graphic Analysis,
Textbook Application: Misconceptions about Math, Jeffrey Bennett and Briggs
Internet Fact Search: Mathematics
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 7 Architecture
Introduction to the Discipline of Architecture
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Architecture
College Study Skills: Answering multiple-Choice Questions
Readiness for College Success: Building Computer Literacy
Reading Selection 1: Frank Lloyd Wright: Prairie Style
Reading Selection 2: Scandinavian Architecture: From the Country to the City, Indra Fortney
An Interview with a Student in the Field of Architecture
Reading Selection 3: Japan Quake Aftermath: How to Earthquake-Proof Your House, William Browning
Reading Skill Focus: Facts and Opinions
Landmark in the Field of Architecture: The Golden Gate bridge of San Francisco
Reading Selection 4: Urban vs. Suburban, Jeremiah Russell
Panel Discussion on Building a Shopping Mall in the Small Town of Tranquility
Writing Connections: Building Your Dream Home
Reading Selection 5: OU Design Students Hope to Play a role in Revitalizing North Tulsa, Kevin Canfield
Textbook Application: Approaches to Design History, Buie Harwood, Bridget May, and Curt Sherman
Internet Fact Search
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 8 Occupational Therapy
Introduction to the Discipline of Occupational Therapy
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Occupational Therapy
College Skills: Reading for Meaning
Readiness for College Success: Think Critically
Reading Selection 1: Portraits in Post-Humanity, Aimee Mullins
Reading Selection 2: What Does Autism Mean?
An Interview with a Student in the Field of Occupational Therapy
Reading Selection 3: Carpal Tunnel---One Patient's Story
Reading Skill Focus: Patterns of Organization
Landmark in the Field of Occupational Therapy: Individuals with Disability Education Act (1973-1974)
Reading Selection 4: Shields Valley Ranch Helps Rehabilitate Soldiers, AP
Panel Discussion: Teaching Students with Special Needs
Writing Connections: Keeping a Weekly Reading guide
Reading Selection 5: Democratic Party Ignores Handicapped Woman's Plea for Access to Downtown South Bend Headquarters, Jason Aubrey
Textbook Application: Understanding the Domain and Process of Occupational Therapy, Janet V.
DeLany and Margaret J. Pendzick
Internet Fact Search: Occupational Therapy
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 9 U. S. History
Introduction to U. S History
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of U. S. History
College Study Skills: Active reading: Asking Pertinent Questions of Text
Readiness for College: Understanding Your Class Assignments
Reading Selection 1: Rethinking Columbus and His Day, Sharon Short
Reading Selection 2: The Journey of Tom and Sally Peters, Jones, Wood, Borstelmann, Tyler May, and Ruiz
An Interview with Student in the field of History
Reading Selection 3: John C. Calhoun's 1848 Speech Warning Against Incorporating Mexico into the United States, John C. Calhoun
Reading Skill Focus: Author's Bias
Landmark in the Field of US History: The Digitization of Books
Reading Selection 4: Luxury Domestic Products Become "Necessities": Late Nineteenth Century Technologies
Reading Selection 5: The Women's Century: Short Biographies of Influential Women of the 20th Century
Panel Discussion on the Future: What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2100?
Writing Connection: Imagining the Future --- A Short Essay
Reading Selection 6: Zelda Anderson, one of the First Black Women to Enter the U.S. Army Auxiliary Corps. (1942), Shares Her Story
Textbook Application: Interviews with historians Peter H. Wood and Elaine Tyler May
Internet Fact Search: U. S. History
Formal Presentation Projects
Chapter 10 Travel and Tourism
Introduction to the Discipline of Travel and Tourism
Reading into a Photo
Follow Your Interests
Key Terms in the Field of Travel and Tourism
College Study Skills: Sharpening your Memory
Readiness for College Success: Choosing your Classes for Next Semester
Reading Selections 1: Dispatch, Alaska: Tour Leaders' Enthusiasm Shines Through, Johanna Jainchill
Reading Selection 2: How Ecotourism is Destroying America, Andy Stone
An Interview with a Student in the field of Travel and Tourism
Reading Selection 3: Tourism Marketing Strategies, Laura Acevedo
Reading Skill Focus: Combined Skills
Landmark in the Field of Travel and Tourism: Online Travel Agencies (OTAs)
Reading Selection 4: Mexico Launches Tourism Plan for Mayan Sites, Brianandrews.com
Reading Selection 5: Focus on Attractions and Entertainment, John Walker and Josielyn Walker
Panel Discussion on Tourism Planning to Attract Tourists to the Forgotten Town of Solitude
Writing Connections: Budget Allocation
Textbook Application: Definition of Tourism, John Walker and Josielyn Walker
Internet Fact Search: Travel and tourism
Formal Presentation Projects
Appendix I The Academic Word List
Appendix II Discipline Guide
Appendix III Guide to Genre
Read to Achieve: Gateway to Academic Reading, Books a la Carte Edition
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PRINCETON, N.J. – The Dartmouth men's swimming and diving team placed second at the 2013 Big Al Open hosted by Princeton University over the weekend.
Dartmouth finished second out of six squads competing in the three-day event. Defending Ivy League champion and host Princeton took first with 1,283 points, while the Big Green finished with 850. Ivy members Brown and Columbia took third and fourth, respectively. Rider and Villanova rounded out the field in the open.
The Big Green finished the open with three first-place and five second-place finishes.
Sophomore Brett Gillis won the one-meter diving competition with a 343.60. Gillis secured 20 points for team. In the three-meter diving competition, Gillis placed second behind Princeton. The Big Green also had a first-place finish in the 100-Breast, as senior Nejc Zupan won the event in 54.04. Sophomore James Verhagen gave the Green another first-place finish, this time in the 100-Back, as he finished in 47.48.
In the 400-Medley Relay, the Big Green finished mere seconds behind event winner Princeton, but a new school record by Verhagen in the 100-back highlighted the race. The Dartmouth foursome of junior Ian Woon, freshman David Harmon, Verhagen and Zupan finished in 3:13.95.
The Green and White continued to pressure Princeton in team relays, and picked up a second place finish in the 200-Medley Relay. In this race, senior Andrew North and sophomore Daniel Whitcomb joined Verhagen and Zupan finishing the race in 1:28.64, just one-second behind the Tigers. The foursome also placed second in the 200-Medley in 1:28.64 behind the hosts.
Dartmouth took third in the 800-Free relay in 6:40.96. The quad team of Zupan,Woon, sophomore Jun Oh and freshman Jack Long finished just behind the Princeton 'B' squad.
In the 200-IM, Zupan placed second at 1:47.97 and sophomore Aaron Athanas finished fourth. Whitcomb placed fourth in the 50-Free at 20.32 and North crossed in seventh.
In the 400-IM, sophomore Logan Briggs and Athanas finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Briggs and Athanas both finished at 3:58.18.
The Big Green had four top-eight finishes in the 100-Fly, with North, Harmon and Zupan finishing fourth through sixth. Verhagen crossed in eighth. North and Harmon both hit the touch pads at 48.91, while Zupan completed the race 0.9 seconds later at 49.00.
The swimmers from the Upper Valley also had four racers finish in the top-eight of the 200-Free, with Long finishing the event in fourth place in 1:40.17.
The squad will now head down to San Juan, Puerto Rico for its Winter Training Trip. Check Dartmouthsports.com throughout the training session for daily blogs and updates from the team.


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The homegrown governments of former presidents Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) and Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) wanted to extricate themselves from this idea and so emphasized Taiwan's status as a sovereign nation, trying to wrest back the powers it was due.
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) speaks of participation in the international community, but bases this approach on the idea that Taiwan is "a part of China."
The reason Lee and Chen wanted to attend APEC leaders' meetings was to secure the right to participate in the organization equally with leaders from other countries. The purpose was not so that they could meet the US or Chinese presidents.
The reason that Ma wants to attend one of these international meetings is that he wants the chance to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平).
There is no other national leader in the world who would so shamelessly fawn on the leader of another nation, just so they would be granted an audience with them. It makes Ma look like a commoner seeking an audience with the ruler in the big city.
Ma's lack of dignity is dragging Taiwan down, degrading its image, and has set the nation's moral compass spinning.
The corrupt system of crony capitalism that we have in this country, obfuscated by Chinese politics, has drawn in Taiwanese politicians preoccupied with self-promotion and personal profit, businesspeople pursuing huge profits through bribes and special privilege and an old-guard Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) media apparatus that does not understand the value of freedom.
While senior Chinese officials try to mitigate risk, sending huge sums of money overseas, Taiwanese capital is blindly invested in China. While Chinese are desperate for political and economic reform, Taiwanese — who see China as the answer to everything — are happy for their country to sink with China.
The "people of vision" within the opposition talk not of the national interest, but pander instead to China's demands, so that they can improve their party's image.
During the Martial Law era, when the press was subject to severe restrictions, those who wanted a free press felt nothing but abhorrence for the government's interference in the media and the way it ordered news outlets to report only the official line. These shackles were removed with the arrival of democracy in Taiwan.
However, with Ma's spineless China policy, the heads of formerly resolute anti-communist media organizations, such as the Central News Agency and state television, have been summoned to Beijing to listen to propaganda from officials intent on securing China's annexation of Taiwan. They have been instructed to push the line that both sides of the Taiwan Strait are part of one family, to realize the "great renaissance of the Chinese nation."
Ma is allowing a hostile, totalitarian nation in through the back door, to influence the Taiwanese public through their bellies and their brains and to help the Chinese communists annex Taiwan.
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So, since I wasn't aware of the thing with sonograms, and not really believing it, I need to know what goes on in other countries. I don't want to post a snappy comeback, and find out <gasp> that I am wrong.
Does anyone know firsthand about this? Second, anyone know anyone that positively had a sonogram in Europe or Australia, and can tell me about it?


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The Bar None Cowboy Church will have a new home here in Newton sometime in the spring. The new church home will be at the old International Wrestling Museum. Dave Rex, pastor of the church wants to set the record straight on how the church acquired their future place of worship.
"About four months ago I received a call from the man who owned the wrestling museum," said Rex. "And he asked, 'If we were interested in this building if it was given to us?' And my response was, 'We'll have to discuss this and pray about it.' Finally, I got back to him and said, 'Yes, if you are inclined to give it to us we will take it.'"
Rex mentioned that he was a bit apprehensive on accepting the building at first. Having been a man of the clergy for over 30 years he knew the costs and responsibilities of maintaing a building. But after praying he put his faith in God's hands.
"Up until December it was kind of up in the air," said Rex. "There was no certainty on either part. And we weren't going to be disappointed if we didn't get it. We have a great home at the fairgrounds. We are really pleased and thankful to the fair board for all that they have done to make cowboy church possible."
"But things got serious around the 1st of December," he continued. "And by the 21st of December we closed, and we owned the building."
The good news didn't stop there for cowboy church. Pretty soon another person came out and made a donation to the church, which by the way never asks for donations.
"It's funny, we didn't ask nor did we pray for any of this," said Rex a chuckle. "But we got another call about chairs, 200 banquet type chairs. That were given to Cowboy Church. They were some really nice chairs. It was kind of a confirmation that God was in on this. And I'll be honest with you, I didn't want a building. But it seemed like everything was coming together. And I thought, 'If God can give us the building, he can help us take care of it.'"
Turning a former museum into a church seems like a pretty non-traditional move, but nothing the Bar None Cowboy Church does is traditional. They hold a "come-as-you-are" service, meaning wear whatever you want. They hang up a bucket in the back and if people feel like donating they can. Rex only mentions it one time during service for the "new folks." The service is about 80 percent music and only 20 percent preaching. The music is live and comes from regional and national bluegrass, western and southern gospel acts. Rex also wants his church to be "fun and entertaining" and to eliminate the "traditional threatening aspects of church." And by offering service one night of the week, Rex hopes to have as many visitors as possible at the Cowboy Church on Thursdays while also avoiding poaching members from other local churches.
The 12,000 square-foot building is still undergoing preparations to turn into the new church and isn't expected to be ready until sometime in the spring. Until then, the church will still be held at the Jasper County Fairgrounds 4-H Building in Colfax. For more information visit the church's website at www.barnonecowboychurchofiowa.com.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Junior Amanda Babbin scored two goals and assisted the game-winner in helping the Birmingham-Southern women's soccer team shut out Hendrix, 6-0, Saturday evening in BSC Soccer Park.
The Panthers move to 7-5-1 overall and 3-1 in the Southern Athletic Association, while the Warriors fall to 4-7-1 overall and 0-3-1 in the SAA. Today was BSC's fourth shutout of the season, and second-straight 6-0 win after defeating LaGrange by the same score on Wednesday at home.
Junior Jamie Sullivan scored the first goal of the game, assisted by Babbin, in the seventh minute, and senior Devon Weldon scored in the 19th minute, assisted by senior Melissa Sweeney, to put the Panthers up 2-0.
BSC scored four more times in the second half of the game, with a goal from freshman Sammy Manzo, assisted by freshman Jessie Sperry, in the 65th minute. Sperry scored a minute later, and Babbin scored two minutes after that, assisted by Sullivan. Babbin wrapped up the scoring in the 73rd minute off an assist from junior Kelly Craft.
The Panthers led in shots, 18-10, and shots-on-goal, 7-5, led by Craft and Babbin with three shots each. Junior Richelle Byrd started in goal for BSC and played 74 minutes, recording four saves. Freshman Katie Williams came in for the final 16 minutes and made one save.
BSC travels to face Huntingdon on Monday before returning home next weekend for Homecoming 2012, taking on Berry on Friday, Oct. 19, at 5 p.m., and Oglethorpe on Sunday, Oct. 21, at noon.


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Maxis (also known as Maxis The Invincible) is a mutant from Denebria, that was banished by Skeletor to the snowy planet Omega-4, the last planet in the Tri-Solar Galaxy. Maxis is an ape-like mutant, with incredible power that comes from his cybernetic-goggles, that are mounted on his helmet. The goggles gives him the abilities of freeze vision and heat vision. His Lackey is Zark , a two-headed, dragon-like mutant, who obeys Maxis's every command. They are both in cold weather gear because the planet the planet of Omega 4, is frozen waste land. On Omega-4, he and Zark, put the population to work mining a deadly gas called "Black Omega", which had the power to destroy the shield of Primus. Skeletor planned to capture some Black Omega to use on the Shield Of Primus.
Trivia (Clawful94): Maxis was a one-shot villain from the NA of He-Man. It was unclear if he and his lacky, Zark, were once part of Floggs Evil Space Mutants. At this point, it is unknown who voiced him in the Jetlag Cartoons.
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Good second for JK; two whiff's sandwiched around a long James Loney fly to center that Cutch tucked away. They put on the shift against Jones, so he poked a heater to left for a leadoff knock. The excitement died quickly when Gaby Sanchez rolled an 0-2 sinker to second for a 4-6-3 DP. Pedro got an infield knock up the left side, catching a break on a bang-bang call at first. The Fort drew a five pitch walk in between a barrage of pickoff throws to first, but a Clint Barmes bouncer ended the frame.
AJ Ellis opened the third with a double off the Clemente Wall, and Harang dropped a two strike bunt to move him up a station. Shane Victorino got a 2-2 sinker down the middle and banged it into right for a two bagger and an LA lead. Mark Ellis battled through eight heaters and drew a walk; JK is working the black and the knees and not catching many calls. Walking the guy ahead of Kemp is usually not a good idea, and Matt banged a 2-2 fastball down the middle into center to plate Victorino. Ethier smacked the first pitch to right; Jones made a leaping grab to take away a double and caught Kemp before he could scamper back to first. Whew, but still 2-0 Blue with JK at 56 pitches.
Starling Marte delivered a knock to right with one away. Walker drove a blast to center, but it settled in Kemp's glove for a noisy out. Cutch walked on five pitches; both guys on the bump are getting squeezed tonight by Tim Tschida. Jones didn't waste all that speed on the sacks; he ripped a slider for a double to right to bring both the burners home and went to third on a throwing error. He was stranded there, but after three, it's a 2-2 game.
Karstens tossed a clean and quick fourth. Harang got through the bottom of the order giving up just a walk to Mike McKenry, but it was enough to turn over the order next inning and run his pitch count up to 77, thanks to a hard fought Barmes K that took ten offerings.
With one down in the fifth, Harang smacked a single to center. Victorino fell behind 0-2, ran the count full with a couple of pitches just missing, and then bombed a slider over the Clemente Wall to put LA back up 4-2. First Headley, now Victorino...hey, the Pirates couldn't trade for everyone on their wish list, could they? The Pirates sent up the top of the order and went down in order, although The Kid and Cutch both took balls to the left field track. With all the long fly near misses by both teams, it would be an interesting horseshoe match.
Ethier opened the sixth with a knock to right, but was left there. Jones started the frame with his third hit, a single to right. And just like in the second, Sanchez rolled a ball to second for a 4-6-3 DP. Pedro whiffed, and it was on to the seventh, without Harang, who was lifted for a pinch hitter after 99 tosses. Karstens put the Dodgers away 1-2-3, and was done. He went seven innings, giving up four runs on seven hits and a walk with four whiffs, throwing 104 pitches.
Javy Guerra, the opening day closer who saved all three games against Pittsburgh in April and then had a knee scope in June, took the hill. He got McKenry swinging, survived a long fly out to right by Barmes and lost Josh Harrison after getting ahead 0-2. Marte kept the inning alive when 2B Ellis booted his grounder. Don Mattingly raised the right arm for Randy Choate. The Kid lined the second pitch up the middle; Choate stuck up his mitt and snapped the leather around the horsehide before the ball could reach center. Walker's hit the ball pretty well tonight, but has an 0-fer to show for his efforts.
Juan Cruz climbed the mound. After an out, he walked Kemp; better him than the guy ahead of him. Ethier got drilled with a pitch, and Hanley Ramirez drew a five pitch free pass to load the sacks; welcome to tonight's tight strike zone, Juan. Clint Hurdle called on Tony Watson to try to keep the game in hand. Righty Juan Riviera grabbed a stick in place of Loney, and singled in a run to center. Adam Kennedy rolled a 1-2 delivery to Pedro; he got the force at home. Watson fell behind AJ Ellis 2-0, but three pitches later sat him down looking. But the Blue added another run, making it 5-2 with six outs to go.
Ex Bucco farmhand Ron Bellisario took the ball in the eighth. Cutch greeted him with an 0-2 infield dribbler that went for a knock. Jones drove the next pitch, a sinker, to the Notch for his fourth hit, another double, and it was 5-3. Travis Snider took the stick for Sanchez and flied out to left. Pedro bounced out to third, freezing Jones. The Fort came through; his seeing-eye single to left plated GI. After eight, it's 5-4 LA.
Watson stayed on; pinch hitter Luis Cruz banged a lead off double to left center, and Victorino bunted him to the corner. That brought on Jason Grilli to look for a few swings and misses. He had it for Mark Ellis, fanning him on three pitches, blowing gas past him. It took him a little more work to sit Kemp down, but he went down swinging on a full count slider. Man, does this guy ever get to pitch against the bottom of an order?
Kenley Jansen came on to close; he fanned Rod Barajas on three pitches to start the ninth. Marte flew out to left and Walker popped out. The Buccos dropped the opener 5-4.
We know we're beating a dead horse, but carrying six starters and a long reliever along with Hanny who only comes out for a save is putting a huge burden on the bullpen plus it leaves the bench a man short. The FO may be crossing their fingers that the team can carry on into September, but with ten of the next sixteen games against LA and Saint Louis, it's pretty much crunch time.The players aren't fumbling the ball as much as management. Set a rotation, set the bullpen - Jared Hughes, Chris Leroux, Justin Wilson, Bryan Morris and Evan Meek are all sitting by their phones at Indy - and stock the pine.
Chad Billingsley faces Kevin Correia tomorrow.
- Pittsburgh has lost the opener in four of their last five series.
- The turnstiles click 24,670 times tonight.
- Mad scientists Clint Hurdle has reshuffled the already once shuffled rotation. AJ Burnett will go on Thursday against the Dodgers to keep him on his five day schedule. The revamped look starting tonight is: Jeff Karstens, Kevin Correia, Wandy Rodriguez, AJ Burnett, James McDonald and Erik Bedard. Our feeling is that any configuration that gets AJ the ball early and often is a good one by us.


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Hao Jiang Tian is the first Chinese born opera singer to achieve lasting success at the Metropolitan Opera and around the world. The story of his amazing journey from his childhood in China, to surviving the Cultural Revolution to finding his voice and building his life and career in the U.S., is a deeply moving and universal story of triumph over adversity in these challenging times. Tian tells his story and performs a range of music that helped to sustain him.
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Padres vs. Diamondbacks: Game 1 Preview
Tonight Cha Seung Baek is pitching for the Padres. Moves will probably be officially announced before the game. It would be so great to pound Arizona! Baek needs to go deep into the game. Our bullpen has been good but it should get a break. In the past 10 games, our starters haven't gone over 6 innings. NOT GOOD! Hopefully the Padres can get something going tonight. But please, no more injuries!


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Lady Wolves volleyball team looks for playoff return
Last year's Kane Lady Wolves volleyball team was in an unusual place during last year's District 9 playoffs—home. For the first time in 17 seasons, head coach Judy Kessler's squad missed out on a chance to earn a spot to the state playoffs. With a record of 7-9, they were close, and with a number of key starters returning with an additional year of experience, Kessler is looking forward to making the playoffs once again. 2012 Fall Sports Previews can be purchased at The Kane Republican.


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UND signs license to develop breakthrough breast cancer detection technology with Neomatrix, LLC
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The University of North Dakota (UND) and Neomatrix, LLC, announced today that they have signed an exclusive agreement to develop technology for the early detection of breast cancer using the company's HALO® Breast Pap Test device.
The HALO® breast test is for physicians and is designed to help screen and assess breast cancer risk in women using techniques from cell biology. The UND technology, used with the HALO® device, is based on the detection of cancer indicators in breast nipple aspirate fluid (NAF).
Early detection of breast cancer is widely recognized as the most effective strategy for successfully treating the disease. Health outcomes are greatly improved when breast cancer is discovered in the early stages of development.
"Dr. Edward Sauter, professor in the department of surgery at the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, renowned for his research on NAF constituents and their role in breast cancer prediction, and his team, find it rewarding to begin collaborations with our partner Neomatrix and its scientists to help develop our technology," said Michael Moore, UND associate vice president for intellectual property commercialization & economic development. "I want to recognize Dr. Kumi Combs in my group for her work in putting this agreement and relationship together. This option agreement sets the stage for further development of the technology. We look forward to working with Neomatrix and sincerely hope we can be part of an important diagnostic technology and assay for the early detection of breast cancer."
"We identified a promising breast cancer predictive marker panel through funding from the National Institutes of Health," Sauter said. "We needed a partner to take the next step toward practical application in development of an assay. It is exciting to partner with Neomatrix to validate our panel, in the hopes of gaining Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and bringing it to clinical use."
"We are thrilled to be participating in this important collaborative program with the world-class personnel and facilities at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences," said France Dixon Helfer, president and CEO of Neomatrix, LLC. "We concur with the University that this biomarker research will open new doors in the early detection of breast cancer in women."
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Neomatrix develops solutions to promote optimal women's health, including the HALO® Breast Pap Test and detection assays for breast cancer.
The FDA-approved HALO® Breast Pap Test is the first fully automated noninvasive breast disease-screening device for use in physician offices for the collection of NAF for cytological evaluation. Like the Pap test for cervical cancer, HALO® looks for cellular changes years before breast cancer is detectable by mammographic imaging. To learn more about the test and locate a physician who offers it, visit neomatrix.com or call (877) HALOPAP.
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The University of North Dakota is located in Grand Forks, with a population of 50,000 on the Red River of the North separating North Dakota and Minnesota. The campus includes 223 buildings (more than 6 million square) on 550 acres.
The University of North Dakota is the state's most comprehensive intensive research university and the primary center for professional education and training. Since 2001, the University has received $890.6 million for sponsored programs from internal and external sources. In fiscal year 2010, UND received $143.37 million for projects in areas such as neuroscience, unmanned aerial systems, vaccines, advanced electronics, nanotechnology, high-tech coatings, and alternative fuels. UND's total economic impact on the state and region is more than $1 billion a year.
Founded by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before statehood in North Dakota, UND was intended to be, and has remained, a University with a strong liberal arts foundation surrounded by a variety of professional and specialized programs. UND is one of only 47 public universities in the nation with both accredited graduate schools of law and medicine. It is admired for its spacious, beautiful campus. The University is recognized for its superior research facilities.
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Newton Public Library Director Sue Padilla presented her annual report to the Newton City Council at Monday night's regular council meeting.
Her report detailed how much times have changed — particularly in recent years — for libraries all over. The library is no longer just a place where books are kept and checked out for readers to borrow for their own reading.
The library has evolved.
At the same time that circulation of the library's in-print volumes dropped 6 percent in just a single year, the advent of downloadable materials, such as audiobooks and e-books, has increased the size of the library's offerings to nearly 95,000 titles.
"Circulation for 2011-12 totalled 124,861 items plus 11,448 Internet computer checkouts — using just six Internet computer stations," Padilla said. "Besides circulating books, movies and CD's and providing free Internet access and educational programming, you many not know some of the other services that your public library provides the public without charge."
Library staff will proctor exams for college students enrolled in online and correspondence courses. The library also provides a free Notary Public service and basic Internet instruction.
"Twenty-nine database subscriptions are available to library cardholders from home and at the library on topics ranging from auto repair to genealogy," Padilla said. "We have recently added Small Business Reference Center, which has information about starting a business, and Small Engine Reference Center with repair instructions for ATVs, boat motors, motorcycles, tractors, jet skis, snowmobiles and outdoor power equipment."
The library also serves as a public Wi-Fi "hot spot." Patrons may bring their own computers and use the public Internet connection via Wi-Fi at any location in the library building.
"With the increased popularity of e-readers, the library reference staff can often be found teaching people one-on-one how to use these new devices," Padilla said. "Reference staff have also been assisting job searchers become more digitally literate as they assist more people than ever before with online applications and access to Iowa Workforce information."
She said donations to the library in the past year totalled more than $2,200. Those funds were used to add materials to the library's collection and to support library programming. Additionally, the Friends of the Library organization has provided additional vital support to the tune of more than $2,100.
"Since its inception in 1996, the Newton Public Library Foundation has continued to play a vital role in funding public library extraordinary requests that reach beyond budget allowance to enhance technology, building, programming and collection needs," she added. "In 2011-12, the Foundation provided roughly $12,412 of funding for library programs and reading promotion, reupholstering chairs in the children's area, a new puppet theater, DVD replacements for VHS cassettes and increased audio-visual security."
Padilla said the Library Board had developed a strategic plan in the past year that identified four key areas of emphasis for the library:
• supporting readers as they pursue personal growth and learning goals;
• fostering, encouraging and stimulating young readers' interest in learning and reading;
• providing free public access to the Internet and digital services; and
• providing a public space for people to meet and interact with others in the community.
"Several of the action steps will require funding from the city, and I will be addressing those issues in the coming months," she said. "Partially refilling circulation staffing levels lost in 2009 and updating and improving library connectivity for the public within the library and remotely are two action steps that are quickly becoming more crucial to the library's goals and mission."
A copy of the library's annual report and Padilla's presentation are available at the library website, www.newton.lib.ia.us.
Bob Eschliman can be contacted at (641) 792-3121 ext. 423 or via email at email@example.com.


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Lucas Glover increased his lead to two strokes in the Zurich Classic to remain in position for his first victory in two years.
The 2009 US Open winner shot a 2-under 70 on Saturday to reach 14 under at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La.
''Some windier conditions than expected,'' Glover said. ''But started up one, now I'm up two, so can't be too upset. The good stuff is still there.''
Glover birdied the eighth and ninth holes to get to 14 under, and opened a three-stroke lead at 15 under with a short birdie putt on the par-5 11th. But he failed to make par from the fringe on the par-3 14th to drop back to 14 under. He missed a 10-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole and tapped in for birdie.
Kyle Stanley, Jimmy Walker, Billy Horschel, and D.A. Points were tied for second. Stanley had a 65, Walker and Horschel shot 66, and Points had a 70.
Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old Chinese amateur, shot a 77 to drop to 2 over — last among the 71 players who made the cut. He will play in a US Open qualifier in two weeks in Dallas.
LPGA — Carlota Ciganda shot a 5-under 66 to take a two-stroke lead over the world's No. 1 player and a tour rookie into the final round of the inaugural North Texas LPGA Shootout in Irving.
Ciganda had only one bogey in the third round. Even after driving right into a concrete drainage ditch on No. 12, the Spaniard hit the half-submerged ball out of the water to about 10 feet and made the birdie putt. She was at 11-under 202 after her second 66 of the week.
Top-ranked Inbee Park from South Korea finished her 67 with consecutive birdies. Caroline Masson, the leader after each of the first two rounds, recovered from an opening double bogey for a 69 that included a birdie at the par-5 18th.
Champions — Roger Chapman and Jay Don Blake shot an 11-under-par 61 in the second round of the Champion's Tour better-ball tournament to take a one shot lead.
Chapman and Blake are 17-under for the tournament at the Club at Savannah (Ga.) Harbor.
Five teams, including 18-hole leaders Brad Faxon and Jeff Sluman, are a shot back.
Blake and Chapman combined for a bogey-free round. Chapman made birdie putts on six straight holes to start the second nine and Blake holed out from a greenside bunker for a birdie on No. 8, their 17th hole of the day.
European — Alex Noren of Sweden leads by one stroke at the Ballantine's Championship in Seoul after shooting a 3-under 69 in the third round following his earlier 67 in the rain-delayed second round Saturday.
After two days of delays, the event got back on track despite the cold and windy conditions at the Blackstone Course.