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Credit: By LANCE MIHM, Staff Writer, Wapakoneta Daily News, www.wapakdailynews.com 13 January 2012 ~~
Buckland area and rural residents in the surrounding townships will have the chance to get more information on the possibility of a renewable energy plant being built in the area.
U.S. Mainstream Renewable Power Inc., headquartered in Chicago, recently completed preliminary studies for the project, which would have portions in the village, as well as parts of Duchouquet, Logan and Moulton townships.
"We thought now was the time to let people in the public get involved and get their input," Buckland Mayor Dan Lambert.
The meeting to discuss the project is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Buckland Community Center.
Mainstream will continue to conduct further and more in-depth analysis through 2012. The company will look at determining wind speeds and thee overall feasibility for the development of a wind generation project in the area.
Size of the plant, numbers of jobs created or the amount of energy that could be produced have not been estimated yet as the company continues its feasibility studies.
The U.S. company is managed internationally by Mainstream, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. They have established wind and solar energy plants in eight countries on four continents.
"Right now we just want to get information out to thee public so they can give us feedback," Lambert said.
"We want to hear if their are any concerns from people in Buckland or the surrounding townships."
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This modern day classic is built to ride. It's lightweight. It's durable. It's comfortable. The wide range gearing is perfect for everything from the bike path to beer runs. The 7D comes equipped with an alloy frame, 7-speed drivetrain and fenders for all-weather riding.
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(CNN) -- The first weekend of the Winter Olympics brought us moments of humor and technical problems from the Opening Ceremony, a skater's reaction that went viral and the sparkling debut of a sport where "stoked" and "dude" are part of a winning news conference.
That face
Oh, how we love figure skating, a sport with subjective scores. And just like gymnastics -- another subjective scoring sport -- two years ago, it's given us what should become an Olympic Internet meme.
On Saturday, U.S. skater Ashley Wagner went to the kiss-and-cry area to await her score in the women's short program of the team competition. She obviously expected a higher score than she received.
A picture of her pouty face after the score was announced is drawing as much attention as the one that showed gymnast McKayla Maroney's reaction after she got a silver medal in 2012. But if you watch videos of Wagner's reaction, she also seemed to use her potty mouth, saying something with bull in it.
"I know roughly when I skate a good program where the score should end up. So to score that low was very disappointing for me," Wagner said.
Ecstatic about that short program tonight! I. Belong. Here. Great job team! #Sochi2014— Ashley Wagner (@AshWagner2010) February 8, 2014
Wagner's the early favorite to become the meme star of the Games. She might have to compete with American bobsledder Johnny Quinn and one smashed-out bathroom door.
Bobsledder to front desk: Yeah, I need a new door
Smashing debut
Step aside for a second, curling. It looks like slopestyle is a new fan favorite. Especially in the United States, which took gold in both the men's and women's events.
Jamie Anderson and Sage Kotsenburg turned many viewers into fans with their winning performances. At its first Games, the sport lit up the first two days of Sochi.
In a very unscientific poll, CNN users said the women's final was more exciting than the men's, which left a lot of people pretty stoked, including the surprise winner.
Incredibly, Sage (you can't call a snowboarder by his last name, can you?) won while breaking out a new trick. After all, what did he have to lose? Besides a gold medal.
"I just kind of do random stuff. I had no idea I'd do a 1620 (four-and-a-half rotation spin) until three minutes before I dropped. I invented that (the self-named 'Holy Crail') a few months ago, and it was sick to do it on the first try."
What a great time interviewing gold medalist @SageKotsenburg. Plus, I got a lesson in SageSpeak! Airs on @CNN Monday pic.twitter.com/XAQI7DEnwW— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) February 9, 2014
Kotsenburg dude looks like Spicoli
In the women's final Jamie was no surprise. She dominated this season, according to Bleacher Report. How did she prepare for the big day?
Only with the love and support from the most amazing family, friends, community and sponsors! So much gratitude. pic.twitter.com/v4QSITCFhq— Jamie Anderson (@Jme_Anderson) February 9, 2014
"Last night I was so nervous I didn't eat. I put on the meditation music, burnt some sage and did some yoga," she said.
We're guessing there weren't too many other people in the athletes' village doing that.
Viral moments from the Opening Ceremony
Things don't always go according to script at the Opening Ceremony. Four years ago in Vancouver, a really cool lighting of the cauldron went awry when one of the four arms didn't rise from the floor of the stadium. On Friday night, five snowflake lights were supposed to morph into the five Olympics rings.
OK, a minor glitch in what was otherwise a terrific show. Nothing to send someone to Siberia over. Or kill.
So don't believe it when you see the headline in your Facebook news feed: "Man Responsible For Olympic Ring Mishap Found Dead In Sochi." The person who posted it and wrote, "Is this true?" didn't take much time to check the Internet to see if something they posted on the Internet was true.
It was satire from the Daily Currant, which also once ran the headline: "Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 In Colorado on First Day of Legalization."
In Russia, viewers saw the snowflakes work
What was true at the Opening Ceremony was the picture that came with the caption, "Russian Police Choir Performs 'Get Lucky' at Opening Ceremony." Yes, Daft Punk's catchy "Get Lucky." Yes, the Russian police have a choir.
Man, the Daft Punk guys look nothing like I thought they would. http://t.co/3pCtkG2F2H— tommy tomlinson (@tommytomlinson) February 8, 2014
Yes, many of them have perplexed looks on their faces.
Family tradition for downhill skier
There are now two Olympic medals in his family after Austria's Matthias Mayer picked the perfect moment to win his first major downhill.
In upsetting pre-race favorites Bode Miller of the United States and world downhill champion Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, the 23-year-old skier added his gold to his father Helmut's super-G silver in 1988.
"This is unbelievable. I thought maybe in a few years I could dream of this sort of achievement. It was really cool and my family will be excited," he said.
For Svindal, the disappointment is huge. "It is pretty much the worst place to be," he said.
Miller, at 36 the old man of alpine skiing, finished eighth in his last Olympic downhill. He seemed to be in good shape until he hit a gate, Bleacher Report said.
"I'm not really sure what went wrong," he said. "The visibility is different today and that's the only disadvantage I had. But it's something I face all the time. If the visibility is really good, I can ski my best; if it isn't, I can't. I wanted to ski (the course) as hard as I could and not really back off, but it requires a lot of tactics today, which I didn't apply."
He still has the super combined on Friday -- the event he won in 2010 -- for a chance at a sixth career medal.


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The country is experiencing record drought conditions… the likes of which have not been seen since the 1950s.
Here in New England, we haven't seen rain for weeks now, either. But this is pretty typical for us (and reading my old posts, I see I post regularly in July lamenting the arid conditions). As a home gardener, I can still water; but farmers are seeing all sorts of restrictions.
I posted these tips last year, and they are still relavent now.
Here are five tips to help protect your garden from the dry spell.
1. Water the garden after 5pm. This will give the soil (and plant roots) a chance to absorb the water before the sun hits it and starts to evaporate. Do not water your garden during the middle of the day. Water droplets on the leaves will cause reflection from the sun and burn the plants.
2. Water the soil, not the plant. You may even want to consider buying a soaker hose. These are black mesh hoses that snake around the garden to make watering easier.
3. Water for longer than you think necessary. There have been many times when I've watered my garden, and then gone back 10 minutes later to discover the wet earth is not even a centimeter deep. With the soil as dry as it is, you'll need to water longer to penetrate the layers of earth and get to the plant roots.
4. Weed. The weeds want water just as much as the plants. But you don't want your weeds competing for this precious commodity. Getting rid of them helps ensure that your prized plants won't have to fight as hard for the water they need.
5. Container plants do not hold water as well as plants directly in the earth. Consider moving these pots to the shade during peak-sun hours.
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Mayor Don Wesely today said a proposed $4 million bond issue will allow the City to reduce the backlog of needed improvements on sidewalks and trails. Passage of the bond issue would provide $3 million for sidewalk work and $1 for trail renovation projects throughout the City over a three-year period.
"Since 1992, when voters passed a charter amendment transferring the responsibility for sidewalk repair costs from property owners to the City, we have fallen about 40 years behind," said Mayor Wesely. "This bond issue would allow us to quadruple our sidewalk repairs. In addition, our trail system is recognized as one of the best in the country, but we have been able to allocate only about $10,000 a year for renovation, far less than what is needed. The bond issue would allow us to make a real noticeable difference in sidewalks and trails in older and newer neighborhoods in all parts of the City."
The Mayor is also proposing an $8 million bond issue to help the community maintain and improve fire protection as the City grows. If the City Council approves, the two bond issues would be on the November 5, 2002 general election ballot. The City Council will have a public hearing on placing the bond issues before voters at its regular meeting beginning at 1:30 p.m. Monday, August 19. The Council is scheduled to vote on Monday, August 26 on whether to put the bond issues on the ballot. If both bond issues are approved, the property tax on a home valued at $110,000 would increase about $13 a year.
The City receives about 400 sidewalk complaints a year and has been able to allocate only $250,000 annually for repairs. The current maximum allowable sidewalk elevation differential in the Americans with Disabilities Act is one-fourth inch. The estimated funding needs in Lincoln are $9 million to repair gaps of three-fourths of an inch and $5 to $6 million to repair gaps of two inches.
If the bond issue passes, four sidewalk repair contracts of $150,000 to $200,000 would be awarded each year for three years. Contractors would have from March through November to complete the work, and penalties would be assessed for not completing on time. About $100,000 would be available each year for reimbursing property owners for sidewalk repair. The City Public Works and Utilities Department would allocate $150,000 to $200,000 for repair and curb ramp construction at priority locations each year.
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Didier Drogba has been written off enough times in his career to know how to deal with criticism, and sees tonight's Champions League last-16 first leg clash with Napoli as an opportunity for Chelsea to recover their reputation.
The 33-year-old striker recently returned from Africa Cup of Nations duty as a losing finalist with Ivory Coast after a penalty shoot-out showdown, and is determined to get back to winning ways as soon as possible.
Drogba came off the bench in Saturday's disappointing 1-1 draw with Birmingham City in the FA Cup, and is pushing for a start when the Blues meet the Serie A outfit in southern Italy tonight.
"I think we can feel that nobody believes in us," he revealed in yesterday's pre-match press conference. "Tomorrow we are going to have to show we deserve to be here. Tomorrow we are going to have to make a good result. We have to be clever and we are going to do what the manager asks us to do.
"We are all responsible for the results. Chelsea Football Club is responsible for the results and we all have to play our game. Tomorrow is our chance.
"We've been in a difficult situation in the last few weeks and months, but in the past we always found the strength to play these games and win them, like against Valencia where we won and qualified. Tomorrow we have to do a good game and make a good result, then there is the second leg at Stamford Bridge.
"In football there is always another game to change the bad moment or the difficult moment. Tomorrow is one of those, and in a good atmosphere we have to go out and enjoy the game, play as a team."
Like Chelsea, Napoli have struggled for form domestically this season, and currently lie in sixth position in the league having drawn 10 of their 24 Serie A matches. However, their form has improved of late, and come into tonight's clash off the back of an impressive 3-0 win away at Fiorentina last Friday, and have not conceded a single goal in their last four league outings.
Drogba is adamant that league form will not come into the equation when the two sides return to European action, but insists that Chelsea will not underestimate the threat posed by Napoli.
"If Napoli is here it is because they deserve it. Napoli has improved a lot in the last few years," he acknowledged. "They were a really good team and became stronger and stronger, now they have individuals who can make a difference like [Ezequiel] Lavezzi, [Edinson] Cavani and [Marek] Hamsik and I think they are very dangerous.
"They can score goals and I like the way they are playing, but there are also some parts of their game we can explore and create them some problems.
"It's a fantastic place to play football. When I was young I was always looking at videos of Napoli and Maradona, so I am very happy to be here and we want to play this game and make a good impact."


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In one week, Fringe will kick off its fifth and final season in what can only be called a fast-paced sprint to the finish line.
Set in 2036, the final season follows the just-reunited Fringe Division as they attempt to rid the world of Observers, who enslaved humanity in 2016. Will Walter (John Noble) & Co. be able to succeed?
Fringe Season 5 Photos: Will the Bishop family be reunited?
We've just screened the season premiere, which will make you laugh and cry. It picks up shortly after last season's 19th episode left off, with Walter, Peter (Joshua Jackson) and Astrid (Jasika Nicole) being freed from amber by Etta (Georgina Haig), the daughter of Olivia (Anna Torv) and Peter. Before the series returns Friday, Sept. 28, here are the six things to know:
1. Where's Olivia? The good news is that she's still alive. The bad news is that someone very familiar has, ahem, acquired her. Still, what she has in her possession is what's of real importance, and it involves Walter's plan to take down the Observers, which is far from coming to fruition in the premiere.
2. Time to take charge: We'll see right away how and why the Observers destroyed our planet (hint: they kind of had to), and if there's anything our team can do about reversing its effects. While the Fringe team attempts to take them down in secret, their presence will be discovered pretty quickly, forcing them to go head-to-head with the bald-headed bastards.
Mega Buzz: Will there be a death on Fringe?
3. Wedded bliss: There's a reason you see Peter and Olivia wearing wedding rings in flashbacks, but not in the future. That's all we'll say.
4. Bloodied Walter: The promos don't lie, Walter will be in deep trouble when the series returns — and it's painful to watch. Remember how Walter's brain wasn't all together when he was freed from the amber last season? There's a reason for that and it will drive one Observer to take drastic actions.
5. Family reunion: Olivia and Etta's reunion will be sorrowfully sweet and sad at the same time, though that's not to say that won't change down the line.
6. Cuisine: Ever heard of egg sticks? No? You will!
Fringe returns Friday, Sept. 28 at 9/8c on Fox.


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Can't believe Summer has officially started. Let's all say goodbye to May together and welcome June by going through all the May posts and social media pictures! Every month is special and unique, some outfits, some events even some new beginnings!
What was your best moment in May? Which one of my outfits is your favourite? Feel free to follow me on Instagram and Bloglovin so that we can keep in touch.x
Wishing you all an amazing Summer and new month!
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I just arrived in Finland last night. They're racing me all over the country starting in about an hour. So I have no time to write anything profound.
The Frankfurt sesshin was wonderbar! Many thanks to everyone attended and big special thanks to Regina Oberndorfer for making the whole thing happen. The photo is a shot of the whole group on the last day. The quilt I'm wearing over my shoulder is actually a kesa made by Michel Proulx from fabric scraps donated from all over Europe. Groovey!
I'd like to direct your attention to the page linked over there to your left about my tour in case you're in Finland and want to see some of the stuff. It's over there<<<<<<
Here's where I'll be today:
•August 24, 2009 (Mon) 4 – 5:30 pm Zazen at Joogastudio Samadhi, Askaistentie 89, 20810 Turku, After zazen there will a talk and open discussion. Contact: Ari Vuokko email@example.com
•August 24, 2009 (Mon) 6:30 - 8:00 pm, public lecture at Turku Main Library's lecture hall (Studio) Linnankatu 2, 20100 Turku.


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Unlike some other parts of the United States, such as Dallas or New York and most famously Beverly Hills the high-end luxury real estate market tends to hover around the $3M to $5M mark. These home are often described as estate homes and typically they are found on a minimum of 5 acres or in exclusive gated communitie... read more »
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Operational History
October 1930 - Greece orders 18 MS.230 aircraft from France.
1931 - Delivered.
1936 - Removed from service as training aircraft and used only for maintenance flights until the beginning of World War 2. According to some sources, a small number were used for reconnaissance until 1941.
MS.230 ET2 trainer
Crew: 2 (instructor and student)
Engine: Salmson 9AB, 9-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine, 109 kW (230 hp)
Weight: (Takeoff) 1,160 kg, (Empty) 832.35 kg
Height: 2.98 m
Length: 6.93 m
Wingspan: 10.72 m
Speed: 204 km/h
Range: 560 km
Ceiling: 5,000 m
Armament: none
For gamers and game designers
This aircraft has little gaming value. It's just a trainer. Relatively modern for its time, but still only an elementary trainer.


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By Matthew Heimer
One of the wonkiest debates in retirement planning is arguably also one of the most important. It's about whether financial advisers who sell IRAs should be required to follow the so-called fiduciary standard. A fiduciary is required to act in a client's best financial interests; someone who doesn't follow the standard can sell a client almost any investment product that's "suitable"—even if it's expensive, or if selling it earns the adviser a fat commission.
Opponents of the fiduciary standard say that it would generate red tape and liability issues that would make the system more expensive for consumers. And recently, that side of the debate got some valuable support, in the form of a third-party study that concluded that retirement-account clients whose advisers followed the fiduciary standard were already paying as much as 70% more than their peers. The report has had a lot of influence in Washington, D.C. policy circles. But as SmartMoney.com's Ian Salisbury reports today, it includes some notable flaws in its methodology—and consumer advocates aren't pleased.


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Angelina Jolie Has Preventive Mastectomy
The Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie said that she has had both of her breasts removed because of the high genetic risk of her getting cancer. She said that the procedure will reduce her chances of getting breast cancer to 5% from 87%. Photo: Getty Images
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Uou think that you are in a lonely vaccum? Listen to my rant (it will by Piro-esque whiny).
Today I went to the college for the friday anime club meeting. I joined this club last Sunday, and the people there were cool. By cool, I mean weirdos like me. Shunned as I am by the normals at my youth group (I'm a high school senior), these anime fans were my kinds of people, and the cat-ear wearing girls were really cute. Today, my dreams of using shoujo-anime ("can you teach me about magic girl cartoons? I know nothing about them.") to flirt with cute girls and eat pocky while cosplaying was shattered when the leader said there weren't going to be any summer meetings, contradicting what she said last sunday.
So I went downtown. I will never look at a payphone the same way again, because I spent an hour using the damn phone card to call every name in my address book, to no avail. I went to the hobby shop, and realized that I forgot my "Call of Cthulhu" rulebook, so I couldn't try to start a game. Why the hell don't people like tabletop roleplaying games, yet play crap like Final Fantasy 10?! Video games are anti-social and put me in a lonely vaccum, while pen and paper is fun and creative! Final Fantasy just has "fight" "magic" and "item", but in pen and paper you can "throw a rock at a guy's head, knock him down and the party stomps him to death".
p.s. I had a great idea for a krakow guest strip, but my drawing sucks. I was gonna have one of the aformentioned cute girls draw the drawings for me, but that's over and done with.


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Tag Archives: Sexism in Hollywood
Can You Believe it! It's 2016 and Women STILL Can't Catch a Break
Can you believe that in the year 2016 women are still fighting to be heard? To be equals? Or even to simply be comfortable in our own skin? The internet is flooded with content on gender equality and body shaming. From the workplace to the big screen, we can't seem to catch a break. It's like everyone has an opinion and in this digitally social world we live in today, it's quite easy for the haters to voice their opinions.
Beyoncé Sends a Powerful Message
Our girl Bey put out a song at the top of the month called Formation. In a nutshell, the Queen Bey seems to be sick and tired of being sick and tired. She's voicing her opinion about the haters, her heritage, her man, her child, and police brutality within the black community. Let's not forget to mention that she's also empowering women to get in formation to conquer the world… sounds like an awesome movement right?
Well leave it to the cynics to have something to say. You have those who feel that her performance during the Superbowl was in fact "anti-cop" as it promoted the Black Panther Party and the Black Lives Matter Movement. So they decided to Boycott Beyoncé (Though that turned out to be an epic fail).
Now it seems as if the Miami Police Union is urging a nationwide boycott by law enforcement labor organization of Yoncé's forthcoming world tour. I never thought a few dance moves and song lyrics would entice this type of response.
Instagram Yoga Star Gets Body Shamed
While you would assume that a yoga enthusiast would be in tip top shape, social media still had to voice their opinion. Kerri Verna posted a picture on her Instagram account wearing a pair of white shorts. To most she looks great and seems to be enjoying herself and loving the skin she's in. Leave it to social media trolls to mess things up…
Do you know they had the audacity to say her rear end was too fat???!!! (Side-eye) They antagonized the poor woman to the point she deleted the post. Luckily she put the post back up and used it as a platform for body shaming.
Ashley Graham and Sports Illustrated Photoshop Madness
What was supposed to be a momentous moment for model Ashley Graham, took a turn for the worse. Ashely Graham along with Hailey Clauson and Ronda Rousey, graced the cover of Sports Illustrated Magazine making history. We congratulated Sports Illustrated on getting it right in our weekly Blab session. However, not everyone shared our sentiment. In fact, the internet went wild stating that she was photoshopped! Are you serious? Curvaceous women can't slay the cover like other models without having some sort of technological assistance? Bad enough that she was the only model who's clothing size was repeatedly publicized next to her name, "the plus size 16 model".
Reese Witherspoon Addresses Sexism in Hollywood
Last (but certainly not least) you have the talented actress Reese Witherspoon who is speaking out about sexism in Hollywood. Apparently, women are typecast a lot in Hollywood and can only get roles that portray them as less than their male counterparts, or in a sexual nature. As Reese puts it she's tired of being "the girlfriend in the dumb comedy".
While she decided to start producing her own movies, not all the women in Hollywood have that platform. Why can't a woman have a strong leading role that has nothing to do with her physical appearance and everything to do with her intellect or ability to act?
I tell ya, we've certainly overcome a lot of obstacles over the past few years including gender equality within the military, but we still have a long way to go. Why won't society let women be? Why must we continue to prove that we can hang with the best of them? That we can be beautiful in all shapes, sizes, and colors? That we deserve to be taken seriously? That we are more than babies maker and care-givers… in the words of Queen Bey, "Okay ladies now let's get in formation." It's time to stand up for change.


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It is difficult to pay Mother's Day respects to just one grandmother, particularly since I have so many in my various family files. However, I have recently visited Grandma Caroline's grave, thus I have selected her for my blog. The vitals on her are ... Caroline Gettis, born 11 February 1839 in Ohio to Ira Ellis Gettis and Mary "Polly" Daniel; died 20 August 1924 in Beatrice, Gage Co., Nebraska. She married Jacob Zehrung in 1855 in Tama Co., Iowa.
Her life between the dates is interesting and adds meaning to the family history. Caroline had thirteen children, the first born when she was almost eighteen years of age and the last when she was almost forty-four years of age. There were eight girls and five boys and twins (boy and girl) born in 1874. That qualifies her for being an outstanding mother!
The Zehrungs lived in Iowa until about 1879 when they moved to Jewell Co., Kansas. According to family stories they made the journey by wagon, most likely stopping off at places in eastern Nebraska and eastern Kansas to visit relatives. In 1881 they moved to Harlan Co., Nebraska, where they lived near Ragan. Some of their older children married in Kansas as well as Harlan Co., Nebraska.
Jacob took advantage of the Timber Culture Act in Nebraska and left Harlan County in about 1890, going to Sheridan County, NE in the sandhills. It was there that he died on 15 June 1893. The land had not been proved up on and Caroline was left with some young children. Jacob was buried in a country cemetery not far from the land that he owned which was relinquished. Each year our family decorates his grave.
In 1969 the son of Caroline's older daughter, Nellie, visited me. He was elderly, but his memory was sharp. There would be no written documents to verify his stories, but they were interesting. When Jacob, Caroline and children (some married and some children) left Harlan Co., Nebraska for the sandhills in Nebraska's panhandle, they went by wagon north to the Dismal River, stopping to visit his brother, David Zehrung. They followed the river as far as they could to locate the land they would claim. The prairie was desolate, and while the government wanted settlers to plant trees, it would be next to impossible to grow them in sand.
Caroline tied young children up to their wagons to keep them from wandering off in the never ending flow of sand. The older boys hunted wild game and eventually they built a house, most likely from sod. When Jacob died at age 57, Caroline probably didn't have to think twice about leaving the sandhills of Nebraska. According to descendants, Jacob's brothers in eastern Nebraska provided the means for her to bring the younger children to Gage Co., Nebraska. In 1915 Caroline married Aaron Rummerfield.
With Jacob in the panhandle of Nebraska and Caroline in eastern Nebraska, there were children married and buried in various locations. Amazingly they stayed in touch through their lives. My sister-in-law and I had never been to Grandma Caroline's grave until last week. She is buried in the Evergeen Cemetery in Beatrice, Gage Co., Nebraska. This year, both she and Jacob have flowers on their grave for Memorial Day.
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Founding Rivals...a great chunk of founding history....the rivalry between Madison and Monroe. Then, who is the next Reagan? Bill Pascoe from CFTR says Iowans say it's Newt. Michael Gerson from ONE encourages us to assist AIDS ravaged sections of the world. Then what have Iowans decided about Herman Cain? WOW!
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Revolution midfielders Kenny Mansally and Sainey Nyassi have been called up to the Gambia National Team for the squad's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Burkina Faso on Saturday, Oct. 9, in Burkina Faso.
As a result of their call-ups, Mansally and Nyassi will miss the Revolution's match against the Houston Dynamo on Sunday, Oct. 10, in Houston. The pair will travel to Belgium for pre-qualifier training camp with Gambia on Sunday, Oct. 3.
Mansally, 21, has five caps with the Gambia National Team, while Nyassi, 21, has three caps with two goals. Nyassi scored in the team's earlier Africa Cup of Nations qualifier victory over Namibia on Sept. 4, in Banjul, Gambia.
The Revolution (7-14-5, 26 pts.) returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 2, when they host defending MLS Cup champion Real Salt Lake at 7:30 p.m. Comcast SportsNet will televise the game, while 98.5 The Sports Hub will have the call of the game on the radio.
The team has also partnered with the Massachusetts Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure for a breast cancer awareness night. Special ticket packages, which include two tickets to the game and two limited-edition Revolution breast cancer awareness t-shirts, are available for $50 with all proceeds going to Komen MA. For more information, visit revolutionsoccer.net or call 1-877-GET-REVS.


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As the US and Israel push Europe for more draconian sanctions, murder Iranian scientists, send warships to the Persian Gulf, and threaten a nuclear strike on Iran, hundreds of Londoners demonstrated outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square on 28th January 2012. The protest was organised by the Stop the War Coalition and called for no Western intervention in Iran and Syria.
Jeremy Corbyn, Chair of Stop the War Coalition, explained that Stop the War was "calling for no intervention in the Middle East, appalled at the build up for war in the region, appalled that this country has billions to spend on wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya and now apparently Iran, but not enough to maintain our health service, our education service, or deal with the problems of homelessness or youth unemployment.."
There was a great line up of speakers starting with Tony Benn, President of Stop the War Coalition. He pointed to the hypocrisy: "There are many ways you could look at this, one way is that here are nuclear states, America the most powerful nuclear weapons country in the world, France with nuclear weapons, Britain with nuclear weapons, Israel with nuclear weapons, planning to attack Iran for developing nuclear energy, for which there is no proof that it will lead, or is intended to lead to nuclear weapons.."
Sarah Colborne from the PSC raised the issue of about Western hypocrisy. The war mongers claims that these wars are to defend democracy yet the West has done its utmost to punish the Palestinian people with genocidal sanctions for their democratic choice of voting Hamas in to power. Israel continues to lock up its Members of Parliament including the Speaker of the Parliament with total impunity.
Linsey German, the convenor of the Stop the War Coalition made it clear that this war about "spreading the power of US imperialism", that those supporting intervention were wrong, the Iranian government was a matter for the Iranian people "we here in the West have one duty - to oppose our own regime and that is what we are doing".
Sabah Jawad, of Iraqi Democrats Against Occupation, talked of western hypocrisy with their continued support of the Arab dictatorships, supported the Shah of Iran, supporting Saddam Hussein and still supporting the Saudi regime and the Qatari regime. He said if the Iranians right now reverted back to the policies of the dictator Shah the Americans would once again consider them as their allies. He suggested US plans were to hijack the Arab spring and true democracy in the middle-east.
Andrew Murry, of Unite the Union, said "this war, if we do not stop it, will not be about stopping the spreading of nuclear weapons. As others have said it they were interested in doing that they would start by addressing Israel's possession of nuclear weapons. Its about protecting the dictatorships of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain oppressing their own people, defying the Arab spring and propping up those dictatorships. The reason is absolutely simple and its absolutely clear and it was spelt out recently in an article by a man who was till a few months ago was the Pentagons own advisor on Iran policy, and he said Iran cannot be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, even if it wants to, which is contested of course. It cannot be allowed to adopt nuclear weapons because it would mean the United States of America would lose its freedom of manoeuvre and freedom to act at will in the middle-east. Well the United States and Britain should not have freedom to manoeuvre and freedom to act in the middle-east, that has brought nothing but bloodshed and terror to millions of people in the Middle-East, and it is up to us, our movement to stop the freedom of manoeuvre of our governments in the middle-east.."
Kevin Ovenden, of Viva Palestina, called for unity in the movement and against sectarianism, but warned that there were some people who were not really of the movement and wished to destroy it. He said with determination we can break Britain from the war machine and truly stand with the people of the Middle-East.
British actor Roger Lloyd Pack, of 'Only Fools & Horses' fame, could not understand how anyone could support this war after having gone through the disastrous war on Iraq. He read out a poem from the first World War "Strange Meeting".
Abbas Edalat, from the Campaign Against Sanctions & Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII), said in his riveting speech that "US Imperialism, supported by its allies in Europe have conducted a multi-pronged policy of warfare against the people of Iran and against the Islamic Republic of Iran. An economic warfare which is leading to an oil embargo, covert military operations, assassination of Iranian scientists, a bombing campaign, supporting terrorist activities of PJAK, MKO and Jundallah. The are all geared to a regime change in Iran because the US wants to reverse the course of the Iranian revolution which brought down its main ally in the Middle-East, which was the late Shah of Iran." He stressed that "The Iranian people will never surrender their rights for a peaceful nuclear technology, they will never surrender their rights to the war mongers of America and Israel!". He talked of Imam Hussein saying that "for the majority of Iranians who emulate Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, who knew he was going to be martyred, but he still rose up against oppression, they will emulate him and they will resist any kind of aggression against Iran to the very last blood that they have!". He said "The US, supported by Israel, they have no shame in telling lies and distorting the truth. Only yesterday the US defence officials told the Wall Street Journal that the United States is considering to use tactical nuclear weapons against the military and nuclear sites in Iran. They have no shame in using nuclear weapons after first using them in Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
When the Iranian people under the leadership of Imam Khomeini brought about the Islamic Revolution, many of the Shah's men, having plundered the country's wealth, fled with him and settled in the West with their stolen loot. For many years they worked hand in hand with the Israel lobby, especially in the US, to instigate an overthrow of the Iranian government and the return of the monarchy to Iran. When the so-called 'green movement' emerged in Iran, these people having finally realised that the Iranian people will never again allow the tyranny of monarchy to rule over them, they reinvented themselves as the UK 'green movement'. Recently they have formed alliances and held joint demonstrations with zionists and other racist groups like the EDL against the annual Al Quds Day event. Only their name has changed, the agenda remains the same - eradicate the Islamic Republic by any means. Doesn't matter if it involves seeking patronage of the zionist lobby, the neocons, or the islamophobes and racists.
Perhaps they should learn the lessons of the MKO, who for decades have been bankrolled by the US government along with European patrons and middle-eastern dictators, they even built up an army equipped with the latest tanks and missiles but what did it get them? Nothing. The Iranian people sacrificed a generation to defend their Islamic Revolution, and they will continue to do so. Yes there is always a healthy debate of how to best fulfil the aims of the revolution and in that debate many parties and fraction have emerge in Iran but ultimately the people have judged them by the yardstick of Islam and the revolution it inspired.
Video of all the speeches from the rally is provided below.
Leading the chanting..
'no justice, no peace
US out the Middle East..
1 2 3 4 we dont want another war
5 6 7 8 stop the killing stop the hate'
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Every week a few of us from team TiPb, bloggers and forum crew alike, will bring you our current favorite, funnest, most useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they're iPhone (or iPod touch) related, they're fair game.
So who's on deck this week and what are our picks? Find out after the break!
James' Pick: Nike+ (3GS version)
I am an avid runner and used and iPod Nano with Nike+. Nike+ tracks your runs and syncs with an online website/community. Now with the iPhone 3GS and Nike+ built it, I have one less item to carry around when I travel. [Built in]
Justin's Pick: SportsTap.
It's been an app I've used for a while, but now with push it's really useful. Makes it easy to follow the score of the Marlins. [Free - iTunes link]
Leanna's Pick: Stoneloops of Jurassica!
My hand cramped and I nearly got a callous on my finger from playing Stoneloops so much. Enough said. [$0.99 on sale - iTunes link]
Matt's Pick: Helios
For any cinematographer or photographer that does any serious work, this is a must. Helios helps you determine when and where the sun will be for any location on the Earth, as well as tell you the azimuth & the shadow length. Lastly, my favorite is the Inclinometer,which can be used to determine when the sun will come out from behind or go behind an object. The application has saved me a lot of time. And for more practical uses- you can use it (as I have) to find the parking space likely to have the most shade ;) [$29.99 - iTunes link]
Rene's Pick: Stoneloops of Jurassica
Sigh. I love TiPb's community. I really do. But they recommend games that end up consuming vast portions of not only my life, but the lives of many staff members. Trails of gems snake their way towards a skeletal maw, and you fire more gems at them in an attempt to make matches, blow them up, and prevent them reaching their grim gateway. Combine 15 levels repeated, with additional colors each time, over several ecosystems (jungle, desert, glacier, etc.) and you have a lot of fun for your iPhone. Like the very best casual games, Stoneloops is quick, simple, and utterly addictive. And yeah, I totally got Leanna hooked too! [$0.99 on sale - iTunes link]
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The Guardian Angels are fanning out in the Washington Heights neighborhood Friday to hand out flyers with a police sketch of a serial rapist on the loose.
"This guy definitely needs to be off the street," Guardian Angel Miguel Fuentes told CBS Chicago. "This is…a number one priority, especially on the South Side. The community; somebody knows who this guy is. They need to drop dime, they need to call the police, they need to call the Guardian Angels, and get him off the street."
Wednesday night, police released a man they had been questioning in their investigation into the series of sexual assaults.
Police are still searching for the man who broke into a home in the 10300 block of South Emerald Avenue and assaulted a 40-year-old woman and her 22-year-old daughter about 4:15 a.m. Wednesday, NBC Chicago reports.
The attacker entered the mother's bedroom and put a knife to her throat, a family member told NBC, and took both women's IDs, credit cards and cell phones before fleeing the scene.
In two other attacks police believe are connected to the initial invasion, a man broke into another home in the 10100 block of South Green Street and tried to assault an 11-year-old girl, according to DNAinfo Chicago.
The girl woke up to the sound of her puppy barking, CBS Chicago reports, and screamed when she saw a man staring at her from her closet. He then dove out of the girl's bedroom window when the girl's father entered the room.
Police say the same man next sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl who was on her way to school in the 10000 block of South Peoria Street.
A witness to the teen's assault told the Chicago Tribune he recalled the victim telling him, "'Why me? I get straight A's in school. I told him to stop. He wouldn't stop.'"
All the attacks took place within the same three-hour span.
"It's not like the guy's going to all of a sudden find Jesus, and heal himself," Fuentes said. "This guy's going to attack again, so we need to stop him before he does."
The suspect has been described as a black, 6-foot-1 tall man between the ages of 16 and 22 years old and weighing between 150 and 170 pounds. He had medium-length black dreadlocks and he was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, baggy blue jeans, a light-colored belt and white gym shoes.
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Visual Paradigm for UML (VP-UML) is no stranger to the Jolt Awards. In 2004, it won a Jolt Productivity Award. That product is a mere shadow of the 2011 Jolt Award winner. Today, the product is not just about UML. Visual Paradigm is a fairly complete design toolbox.
Certainly, VP-UML has all of the features one expects from a UML modeling tool: reverse engineering code into a model in order to understand it, creating a UML model and generating source code from the model, and publishing the model to communicate the design to others. But, there's so much more. Do you want to perform textual analysis on requirements or use SysML to specify requirements? It's in there. What about business process modeling? That's in there. Want to design a database? VP-UML helps with support for E-R and ORM models. Do you need to develop traceability relationships between model elements? VP-UML has matrix diagrams for this. How about Mind Maps or affinity diagrams for brainstorming sessions? Yep, it's in there. The point is, that the product is one of the most complete design tools in software development.
It hits the sweet spot for software developers who desire a robust UML modeling tool, but want the freedom to use as little or as much formality as they need. For example, you can use it to simply communicate class relationships or at the other end to do the complete design of a large, complex system.
Some recent feature additions that help keep VP-UML at the top of the field are:
- Brainstorming diagrams for quickly capturing ideas and organizing them
- Mind mapping diagrams
- Requirements capturing tools including CRC cards and UI design diagrams
- Glossary support
- Streamlined UI that unclutters the toolbar
- Model quality checking
VP-UML has excellent reporting capabilities that can produce model documents in PDF, Word, or HTML format. The report generation dialog lets one easily select the diagrams and level of detail that will produce the right design document for each audience.
Learning to use the basic set of features takes relatively little time. Going beyond the basics requires more intimate product knowledge and time investment to learn the features. For example, there are sixteen tabs in the Class Specification dialog more than most users need.
This complex view into the underlying model properties is not unique to VP-UML. Most full-featured modeling products have at least as much complexity. Providing a way for the user to easily select just the features needed with progressive levels of detail and required expertise would go a long way to improving product adoption. This is a minor complaint when compared with the value that VP-UML delivers.
We evaluated VP-UML Enterprise Edition for this year's awards. Depending upon your needs, you might opt for the Professional, Standard, or Modeler editions. If you're new to modeling, you can start with the free Community edition to learn with and then graduate to one of the other versions when you need more. Whichever edition you choose, you will get value from the time spent using the product.
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House Theatre of Chicago Announces Return of DEATH AND HARRY HOUDINI, 6/21-8/11
The House Theatre of Chicago announces that their 2012 hit production, Death and Harry Houdini, will return this summer to The Chopin Theatre (1543 W. Division St.). Press Opening is Sunday June 30th at 7:30pm.
The company's dynamic production played to sold-out crowds in Chicago and Miami from January through August of 2012. Multiple extensions were not enough to fill ticket demand. The full cast and design team return to mount an 8-week run of the production from June 21 - August 11, 2013, giving another 5,000 theatre-lovers the chance to see the acclaimed production.
The Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Artistic Specialization - Magic Design was given to Company Member Dennis Watkins in November 2012. He was honored alongside nominations for Best Production - Play Midsize, Best Direction, Best Lighting Design - Midsize, Best Costume Design - Midsize, Best Sound Design - Midsize, and Original Incidental Music.
Artistic Director Nathan Allen returned to his very first script having spent the last decade developing The House's voice. The House's original production in 2001 featured magic, music, dance, and film. Now Allen, along with The House's incredibly artistically diverse ensemble, has brought their experience in creating ensemble theater and devising story to the life of history's greatest magician, while reaching deep into its bag of tricks to create an altogether new theatrical event.
Company Member, actor and award-winning magician Dennis Watkins brings a lifetime of creating magic to the character of Harry Houdini. Watkins has designed a magical landscape for The House to play in that includes many of Houdini's original creations, as well as an onslaught of classic magic driving the story's narrative.For the 2013 production, Allen and Watkins will incorporate additional magic into the story, including an appearance of an entire school of fish.
Additionally, Watkins performs Houdini's most infamous stage escape, The Water Torture Cell, in which he is locked upside down in a tank of water, with only as much time to escape as he has air in his lungs. The Water Torture Cell, as performed by Houdini, is a rarely-seen stage escape. Furthermore, The House boasts the first-ever recorded performance of The Water Torture Cell in the round. This escape gives the audience the one-of-a-kind opportunity to witness magical history from inches away!
All eight cast members will return for the 2013 Production. House Company Member Carolyn Defrin takes on the role of Houdini's wife, Bess and Company Member Shawn Pfautsch (recently acclaimed for performances as Cyrano at The House and as Nanki-Poo in The Hypocrites' Mikado) plays Houdini's brother, Theo. Company Member Marika Mashburn plays Houdini's mother, Cecilia. Visiting artists Abu Ansari, Kevin Stangler, Trista Smith all reprise their roles. The ensemble is led by Company Member Johnny Arena as The Ringmaster.
The show features the work of an all-star Company Member Design Team, many of whom were nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards for their work in 2012. Collette Pollard has designed a bold industrial set, which is lit by Ben Wilhelm. Composer Kevin O'Donnell brought a new sound to the show and Lee Keenan designed costumes.
Join The House for the epic story of Harry Houdini and his life-long battle against Death for the 2013 Summer run, June 21 through August 11. Showtimes: Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 7:30pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00pm beginning July 6th. All performances play The Chopin Theatre Upstairs Theatre (1543 W. Division St., Chicago, IL).
Tickets: $25 Previews June 21 - 29th, $40 Regular Run, $10 Student and Industry rush tickets available at all performances. Purchase at www.thehousetheatre.com or by phone at 773.769.3832.. Tickets and Membership packages go on sale Monday February 4th.
The House is Chicago's premier home for original works of physical and spectacle storytelling. Founded and led by Artistic Director Nathan Allen and driven by an interdisciplinary ensemble of Chicago's next generation of great storytellers, The House aims to become a laboratory and platform for the evolution of the American theatre as an inclusive and popular artform.
The House was founded in 2001 by a group of friends to explore connections between Community and Storytelling through a unique theatrical experience. In 2002 The House was hailed by the Chicago press as "The Next Big Thing." In early 2007, following dozens of world premiere productions, and national attention from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Variety, and American Theatre Magazine, The House achieved even greater success with "The Sparrow," which Chicago Tribune theater critic Chris Jones called, "Among the very best original theater pieces I've ever seen."
Since becoming eligible in 2004, The House has been nominated for 56 Joseph Jefferson Awards (19 wins) and became the first recipient of Broadway in Chicago's Emerging Theater Award in 2007. Now entering its 11th year of original work, The House continues its mission to unite Chicago in the spirit of Community through amazing feats of Storytelling.
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Even if you don't have a compelling interest--getting personally and deeply involved--in any of these topics, you might enjoy exploring the lifelong learning assets offered here. Why so? Because most of these topics touch our everyday lives to some extent ... movies, art, theatre, music, languages and cultures, literature, and so on and on... .
So see what you can find in one of these topics I've fit into the general category of Arts & Humanities
The visual arts represent the human spirit and condition in the form of pictures and objects—photographs and sculptures, for example. In essence, the visual artists says, "I have something in my mind that I want to express in a way that others might see it, too." And they set about to do a painting, take a photo, make a video, or design an object.
The visual arts can be very "artsy" and altruistic in nature. And it can be very ordinary and highly commercial. Any one of the visual arts can be a simple hobby or a challenging and rewarding career.
And believe me when I say the visual arts are loaded with independent career opportunities that aren't found in the usual job fairs and school curricula.
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PSE's Jared Bloomgren Advantages & Disadvantages of fixed or mechanical broadheads
By Jared Bloomgren
Each and every year there are new and "improved" broadheads hitting the market that are supposed to be sharper, stronger, and more accurate than previous models. Many archers go through various broadhead brands and types almost like toilet paper in the neighborhood out-house after a chili feed! I am much different and have found a head that flat out gets it done for me and has numerous years now without letting me down. Of course it is a replaceable blade head and I choose to stick with this style of head for various reasons.
Which is better, fixed/replaceable blade or mechanical heads? This is a question that can get as heated as any political campaign out there when brought up at the wrong time at a pro shop or hunting camp. The argument will go on and on for decades to come I am sure. Or until exploding tips are legal to use…..who knows! Keep in mind that the following is merely opinion and facts based on my own trials with various heads in today's market. This is a topic that will either earn me some fans or will turn some away. At any rate let's get to it…..
Let's look at advantages of both: Like stated previously, I prefer a replaceable blade head for many reasons. The advantages include but are not limited to: strength, replaceable blades to maintain a sharp cutting surface, better penetration, and more confidence in the equipment that I use. The advantages of a mechanical head are improved accuracy with field tip flight characteristics, less wind drag, many now have replaceable blades, bigger cutting diameter, and the sharp blades are often not exposed while not in use thus increasing safety.
Now disadvantages: Replaceable or fixed blade heads often times will not fly as true as a field tip, the blades can cause the arrow to guide off path from a field tip. Mechanical heads have many more disadvantages. Keep in mind this is from my own trials and experiments! In my opinion a mechanical head will rob you of momentum and kinetic energy in order to get those blades to open. This is actually a fact, not just my opinion. Not a big deal to many considering they are way up in the numbers when it comes to KE and momentum. I also think that mechanical heads perform best when given the perfect scenario such as a perfect quartering shot. Why is that? Because no matter what mechanical head you look at on the market, it will cause an arrow to lose some energy when that arrow strikes a surface at an angle. The arrow does not want to continue in a straight line, it wants to kick to the side to open those blades. This causes a loss of energy. When I am shooting at an animal I want extreme confidence in my broadheads. Some states do not allow mechanical heads for elk. I want to use the same head for all my game!
Many believe that a replaceable or fixed blade head will never fly like a field tip. Well I would like to invite you over someday and I will shoot a field tip and any one of my broadheads side by side at yardages out to 120 yards or better to prove my point that it is indeed possible. With a well tuned bow and accessories and the correct spine arrow many (but not all) of this type of heads will fly like field tips. That is why I will always choose a replaceable or fixed blade any day over a mechanical.
To each their own. There are some very reliable mechanical heads on the market. At this time I am not 100% sold on them and will continue to shoot what I have most confidence in. My tried and true replaceable blade heads.
Jared "J-Rod" Bloomgren is a hardcore Do-It-Yourself bowhunter who strives to better himself each year in the outdoor community. As a professional hunter, freelance writer and photographer, he likes to relive his outdoor adventures through written expression and photography making the reader feel as if they were along on the hunt. He attributes much of his success to the vital education he has learned from the various big game animals that he hunts. He is quoted as saying, "In each and every hunt, success or defeat, I learn something from every outing and that I can put in my arsenal of knowledge to use at a later date, a later date that will again put my wits against that of my prey."
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TV Episodes Full List of Kurtlar Vadisi Episodes
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Below is a complete Kurtlar Vadisi episode list that spans the show's entire TV run. Photos from the individual Kurtlar Vadisi episodes are listed along with the Kurtlar Vadisi episode names when available, as are the dates of the original airing of the episode. Kurtlar Vadisi episodes from every season can be seen below, along with fun facts about who directed the episodes, the stars of the and sometimes even information like shooting locations and original air dates. "Season 1, Episode 5" and "Season 1, Episode 2" are included on this poll, along with many more. Are you remembering a funny scene but can't think of the name that the Kurtlar Vadisi episode is from? Scroll below and you'll find what you're looking for.


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A total of $18,000 in prizes was awarded to winners of the 2012 World Ag Expo Forage Challenge, presented by Mycogen Seeds. Finalists were chosen from 77 entries from nine Western states.
The competition challenged farmers to enter the best of what they grow to see who produced the highest-quality forage in the West. Samples of the finalists' entries will be on display in World Ag Expo's New Products and Forage Challenge Center on T Street and Expo Lane during the Expo.
"The significance of high quality forages on Western dairy operations is reflected in this year's World Ag Expo Forage Challenge participants. We congratulate all the winners and finalists for their dedication to high-quality forage production," said Greg Cannon, Mycogen Seeds forage marketing specialist.
Lallemand Animal Nutrition North America sponsored $18,000 in contest awards and prizes. First place winners in all three categories received $3,000, while second place winners were awarded $2,000 and $1,000 for third place winners.
Farmers and ranchers from 11 Western states were invited to enter the competition. Entries were judged in three categories: alfalfa hay, standard corn silage and brown mid-rib (BMR) corn silage. Cash prizes were awarded based on forage lab analyses, along with a visual evaluation of the entries by experts in dairy nutrition and forage production.
"High quality forage is vital to our industry and we're proud to provide an outlet for forage growers to showcase their products," said Patty Colson, 2012 World Ag Expo chairman. "Our hope is that the Forage Challenge will provide a competitive venue for growers while educating anyone interested in high quality forages."
2012 World Ag Expo Forage Challenge Winners:
Alfalfa Hay
- 1st Place - Phil Troost, Springs Dairy, Lake Arthur, N.M.
- 2nd Place - Greg Nunes, Nunes Farms, Modesto, Calif.
- 3rd Place - David Hinman, Hardrock Farms, Wheatland, Wyo.
Corn Silage BMR
- 1st Place - Leo Van Warmerdam, Van Warmerdam Dairy, Galt, Calif.
- 2nd Place - Mike Barcellos, Monster Dairy, Newman, Calif.
- 3rd Place - Rich Callahan, Callahan Farms, Royal City, Wash.
Corn Silage Non-BMR
- 1st Place - Kelly Callahan, Royal Turf Farms, Royal City Wash.
- 2nd Place - Rob Van Grouw, Elbow Creek Dairy, Visalia, Calif.
- 3rd Place - Bert Weststeyn, Weststeyn Dairy Farms, Willows, Calif.


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The Netherlands as seen from four hundred kilometres up
19 May 2004
One task given to Dutch ESA astronaut André Kuipers during the recent DELTA Mission was to take a photo of The Netherlands.
The result is this photo, on which the Dutch coastline and the Wadden Islands can be clearly seen, as well as the Afsluitdijk, the 32 km dam between the Zuiderzee and the Ijsselmeer to the north of the country. The distinctive string of Wadden Islands was one of the first views Kuipers saw from the Soyuz capsule during the journey to the International Space Station on 19 April 2004.
André Kuipers took the photo on 23 April 2004 from on board the International Space Station, which orbits the Earth at an altitude of approximately 400 km.


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When U.S. U-20 Women's National Team head coach Jill Ellis announced the 21-player roster for the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup on May 30 of this year, Mollie Pathman and Meg Morris weren't on it.
But both are in Germany and both made their World Cup debuts against Switzerland in the USA's second Group D match, coming off the bench in the second half to contribute to the big win.
It is not uncommon for a World Cup roster to change after it's named. The reasons can range from injuries, lack of fitness, coach's decisions or other factors. In the days before the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, numerous players were struck down with injuries and replacements were called up.
And that's exactly what happened to give Pathman and Morris the unique opportunity to play in a World Cup for their country.
Both players saw the majority of their national team action in 2010 with the U.S. Under-18s, but that doesn't mean Ellis wasn't keeping an eye on them. Both are among the top young players in the country – Pathman was named the Gatorade Girl's High School Player of the Year – and both are versatile, able to play multiple positions on the back line or in the midfield. That versatility played a major role in both making the World Cup squad, but the phone calls from Ellis certainly came as a surprise to Pathman, who hails from Durham, N.C., and Morris, who is from Montclair, N.J.
Pathman was in a U-18 training camp that butted up against a U-20 camp and was asked to stay and train. She eagerly accepted.
"I think I did well at the camp and we played two games against Mexico," said Pathman. "It was good to be with the team and experience a higher level of play, but I really didn't expect much coming out of it."
The U.S. team went on to Germany, without Pathman, for a pre-World Cup training camp, but she was invited in with the U.S. U-23s for a camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The U-18s to the U-20s to the U-23s in a matter of weeks? Not a bad run for Pathman, but it would get better.
During the second day of camp she got a call from Ellis, who had just returned from Germany.
"She first asked me about my fitness and how the U-23 camp was going, and then she told me she wanted to bring me into the World Cup Team," said Pathman. "I couldn't say anything, no words would come out of my mouth, I just took a breath and luckily she just kept talking. I knew I was an alternate for the team, but I never wanted anyone to get hurt or fall out of favor. I just couldn't speak, I couldn't breathe. It was like everything I worked for just came all together in that one moment."
Morris got an even later call, finding out on a Wednesday before the USA began its final domestic training event in New York on a Saturday.
Ellis told Morris basically what she told Pathman. She'd been tracking Morris' progress, she needed to make a change in the roster and would she be available to come to the World Cup with the USA.
"I was like, 'oh my god, this is not happening,'" said Morris. "I only had a few days before camp so I had a lot of stuff to do. I had to pack for college, complete all the medical forms and get in some quality time with my friends. It was just a lot of running around but I'm used to running around."
There was one catch. Neither player could tell anyone but her immediate family. The rest of the team hadn't been informed and in Morris' case FIFA had to be petitioned for a roster change. Also, U.S. Soccer had not yet announced the changes, so neither could say a word.
That can be hard for a teenager.
"I called my mom right away, but it was harder not to tell the people back home," said Pathman. "I wouldn't answer the phone if my club coach called because I knew I wouldn't be able to not tell him."
"It was hard to keep it to myself," admitted Morris, who has played with U.S. U-20 teammate Maya Hayes since they were nine years old. "I was so excited that I was ready to tell everybody, but I didn't. My family had a BBQ before I left and Maya came over and that's when I told her. She jumped up and down and was really excited, but not as excited as me."
While neither played in the first game, a 1-1 draw with Ghana, both players contributed against the Swiss. Pathman came on for Zakiya Bywaters in the 70th minute and did 20 minutes of work at left midfield. Morris played the last 12 minutes at right midfield, appropriately, in relief of long-time buddy and teammate Hayes.
Morris' 12 minutes was eventful. She got a yellow card just three minutes after coming on for sending a Swiss player flying on a crunching tackle and she almost got an assist after racing down the right wing on a break.
"I was excited to get in but I've never been more nervous in my life," said Morris. "After the foul, I guess, I kind of settled down. I probably need to get one good tackle in to settle my nerves. Unfortunately, it was too good."
Hayes was asked how Morris looked when she came on. "She looked like she was anxious to hit someone and she did, so I knew she was ready to play."
Pathman, whose game is as much skill as Morris' is brawn, managed to pull herself together prior to entering the match.
"I was more nervous warming up and stuff," said Pathman. "By the time I checked in I was calm and collected, surprisingly. We were sitting in a bit because we had a lead, but it was good to get in a game, get the experience and be a part of such a big win."
Pathman, who is headed to Duke in a few weeks, and Morris, who will attend North Carolina, will surely meet on the soccer field as opponents many times over the next four years, but on July 17 in Dresden, they got to share a goal fulfilled that many thousands of young players only dream about.
"It's just been better than anything I ever expected, or dreamed or hoped for," said Pathman of her World Cup experience so far. "We have a lot of work to do still in this tournament, but the team has been great, and the experience of being able to put on that U.S. jersey and represent your country on the world stage is amazing and maybe something that will only happen once in a lifetime."


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Opinion: Can Regulators Prevent Stock Market Meltdowns?
Yale Law professor Jonathan Macey and WSJ assistant editorial page editor James Freeman on Thursday's Nasdaq shutdown. Photos: Getty Images
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I ... intro I'm Mary Kissel and happy Friday ... it's really a relief for the markets today after yesterday's Nasdaq stock market melt ... down ... trading stock for about three hours it wasn't pretty ... could happen again in ... the regulator's actually fix this problem ... we've got Yale law professor and author of the death of corporate reputation Jonathan Macey ... on the phone with us from Martha's vineyard and assistant editorial page editor James Freeman here ... in the New York studio John ... I was start with you ... whatever to go back to the days were traitors to add on boxes on the for the stock exchange brightwork where stock with this electronic trading ... well I figure I ... used a reading of ... the zombies taking over the world so anything can happen although ... the needs of those low probability of Islam can imagine ... why ... does it matter what is it so why is it so complicated and it is an aspect of dealing with mass that trains and what what was behind this breakdown ... it's very complicated ... the ... question is is is a little complicated and tested be ... the problem is that the technological ... of platforms of which are trading run ... are far more complicated in eighteen eighty and the reason for that ... is because of regulation that ... he is truly impossible to a mention ... the minutia the kids regulator the financial markets in everything from ... the way quotations are just lazy ... this is a rich price quotes how data is sold out orders for our customers are in all ... um ... even ... in how close they are too far away the harder they are ... mine usually regulated as technology ... develops ... compliance with these regulations ... would markedly age regulations ... we use some of the sea and competitive ... concerns is all of these exchanges in existing dairy ... of rival restore it so it's not a ... lot ... it sounds like you're giving Nasdaq packets chains breaking your I mean ... and of giving them a little bit of a pass in the sense that ... the SCC is largely created the architecture of U S equity trading at something it's a fair question ... when we see the flash crash when we see this of ... how much of the regulators responsible and all is there some of the ... regulatory underbrush that without him sweep away that would fix some of this but ... I guess the question number one the bigger question is ... you know are we appropriately obliging Nasdaq at at the end of the day whenever the rules are ... I've that ... the governor of the system and it didn't work well one thing's for Sharon and this is can you go to John and then on to ... acquire appear on the screen for our viewers in the NCC they wanna get involved and I quote ... the commission is determined to enhance the safeguards necessary for strong market systems ... as ones that I will work to advance rules that the Commission proposed earlier this year ... regarding new standards for treating other systems that are central ... to the integrity of our markets that's from chairwoman Mary Jo White said John ... regulators are descending on and fix things and I can make it worse ... the deal worse is that in a borrower's city ... in the yen and the Nasdaq is in the airline in the government and the SCC is pretty lady how the airline ... flight rules are that technology is ... that was the airplane ... and then we have a listen to fly ... with a lady immediately EBIT one of the regulars is also Porter remember that ... regulators love these problems has increased worker regulators ... this is actually pay for Nasdaq they internalize ... the business costs associated with ease ... Martin Breck and so it is that we should believe is on the Nasdaq is really misguided ... you have a better solution ... one question is about who pays when they're with their problems of the people I learn from those consequences and Jonathan R E ... not a surly with this one but a lot of these trading glitches and the Goldman I issue this week to ... it speaks to this ... of the exchanges end up canceling trades and up knocking out orders and I wonder is that a mistake should they ... make people whose computers go haywire and make a mistake ... that their algorithms are not right she didn't suffer the consequences there is a mistake to cancel trait ... additionally any age Kennedy he is not ... the only way to work in a way to stop that sort of behavior to stop ... can it be to Asia and China game the system ... is going back to the old school trading rules where ... when you make a trade you have to honor your commitment urges you to say I know I said I don't think that one should be canceled I totally disagree with that much ... old school training moves the regulators are descending Yale law school professor Jonathan Macey assisting editorial page and are ... James Freeman ... the