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"I thought it would never happen to us†lamented the Director of a well-known Newcastle electrical goods wholesaler. He was referring to the situation where a long standing client went into Administration and ultimately he only recovered a small portion of the $15k he was owed as an unsecured creditor.
Through the assistance of EC Credit Control the business has now implemented Terms of Trade documentation (Credit Application, Directors guarantees, Invoice, Quote, Job Completion, and Variation forms) tailored to their business, and is compliant with all Legislation requirements. In addition, EC Credit Control have registered the wholesalers "security interest†in their Top 20 clients on the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR).
The PPSR was introduced in January 2012 and is the National register for all property other than land, buildings and fixtures. Key is that when a complete and correct registration is in place the party becomes a "secured†creditor in a Liquidation event and any payments received will not be deemed a "preferential paymentâ€.
The Director said "sure, I have had clients who had owed me money for a long time and I have had to employ a debt collector…..but none have gone broke on me for this much previously!â€â€¦..â€I now feel comfortable that I have everything set up properly should it happen again in the futureâ€.


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Ireland has returned to the debt markets, peripheral bond yields have fallen and equities have rallied to 22-month highs. What can possibly go wrong?
Quite a lot, according to Moritz Kraemer, lead analyst at ratings agency Standard & Poor's, who told CNBC that complacency could be creeping back in.
"There is a danger of declaring victory prematurely," he told CNBC Thursday.
Kraemer underlined the good work done by the European Central Bank in putting in place the euro zone's permanent rescue fund known as the European Stability Mechanism as well as launching a new bond buying plan known as Outright Monetary Transactions. However, he said it could still come undone if economic, political and social challenges were not addressed.
"None of these instruments have been tested and implementation risks remain, especially when the sense of urgency may be on the wane," he said.
"The actual structural efforts that are needed to calm this crisis for good may be falling on the backburner again. The ECB can help, but it cannot solve the crisis, that can only be done by governments."
(Read More: Is This the Year That the Euro Crisis Ends?)
Government bond yields in the periphery - often seen as an indicator of fear in the markets - have fallen in recent days. On Thursday, Spanish benchmark 10-year bond yields fell below the 5 percent level for the first time since March 2012. Italian yields on 1-year notes fell to their lowest level since January 2010 at a bond auction on the same day.
(Read More: Spain Kicks Off Tough 2013 With Strong Bond Sale)
Ireland has once again entered the long-dated debt markets as it plans to exit from its EU/IMF bailout program later this year and European shares hit 22-month closing highs on Wednesday. But Kraemer warned of the potential for a flare up.
(Read More: Ireland Raises $3.3 Billion in First Issue of 2013)
"If we had a flaring up of the crisis again, perhaps in the next quarter or two, I think this will be a complicating factor in the run-up to a general election in Germany," he said, indicating that the coalition government in the country might be much more reluctant to endorse further steps that mutualize certain risks.
"Room for maneuver may be much more constrained than last year."

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Figure this one out: In its 101-year history, Aston Martin has produced approximately 70,000 cars.
That is not a typo. There isn't a zero or two missing. Seventy-thousand.
That said, the company recently announced that it is going to be investing £20-million—roughly $33.4-million—in its manufacturing facility in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England, which is also where the company is headquartered.
Keith Stanton, who heads up Aston Martin Manufacturing, said, "The improvements at Gaydon are a big step forward, and the development will enable us to streamline and finesse our manufacturing processes which, in turn, will allow us to be leaner and even more competitive.
"We have the vision of being the best producer in the luxury sports car sector and a new facility, along with the support of our flexible, highly efficient workforce, will enable us to achieve our goal."
The investment will cover the building of a new chassis and pilot build facility, offices, and an extension of the existing parts and logistics storage area. It will be 10,000-square meters and is to be completed by 2015.
In addition to which, they're planning more investment in products –presently Aston Martin produces the Vantage family, DB9, Rapide S, and Vanquish. Hanno Kirner, the company's CFO, said, : "We have confirmed that the coming years will see Aston Martin implementing the biggest investment program in the 101-year history of the brand, with a plan to inject over £500-million into the company's next generation of high performance sports cars."
This undoubtedly makes Marek Reichman, Aston Martin Design Director, happy. He said that the investments add "important detail to our ambitious plan, and underlines our wholehearted commitment to continue to design and develop the world's most iconic sports cars through investment in numerous areas of design, engineering, manufacturing and technology."
Prior to joining Aston Martin in 2005, Reichman was director of Design for Product, Interior Design Strategy and Process for Ford North America.


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2002 Mitsubishi Montero Sport Expert Reviews at carmax.com
2002 Mitsubishi Montero Sport
These reviews are written by independent automotive journalists providing an objective and reliable assessment to help you make a smart buying decision. 2002 Mitsubishi Montero Sport.
All-wheel drive increases stability on slippery roads.
Base Price (MSRP) $22,747
As Tested (MSRP) $33,447
The Mitsubishi Montero Sport boasts rough and ready looks backed up by truck-tough underpinnings and a part-time four-wheel-drive system for serious off-road use. It's tough enough to tackle rugged terrain, yet stylish enough for a night out on the town.
For 2002, Mitsubishi adds a full-time four-wheel-drive mode designed to improve traction in slippery or inconsistent conditions, such as snow, ice, gravel, dirt, or rain-slick roads. This all-wheel-drive system enhances the safety of the Montero Sport when bad weather hits civilization.
The Montero Sport continues to offer more cargo space than a Nissan Pathfinder or Isuzu Rodeo. You can dress it up or dress it down, with optional leather and an available 3.5-liter V6 that delivers gutsy performance.
Model Lineup
For 2002, Montero Sport comes in five different trim levels: ES, LS, XLS, Limited. Each trim level is available with two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive.
ES, LS, and XLS variations are powered by a 165-horsepower 3.0-liter V6.
Even the base ES, which retails for $22,777 for 2WD, $25,087 for 4WD, boasts a long list of luxury goodies.
LS ($25,637) adds rear privacy glass, more adjustments for the front seat, a 60/40 split rear seat, larger alloy wheels. LS 4WD models ($27,777) come with four-wheel anti-lock disc brakes.
XLS ($27,397) and XLS 4WD ($29,627) bring color-keyed fender flares and other styling enhancements, plus a security system in case the wrong sort of people notice.
Limited ($31,317) and Limited 4WD ($32,887) come with four-wheel-disc brakes and ABS, a limited-slip rear differential, plus monochromatic paint, an Infinity stereo, tilt-and-slide one-touch power moonroof, LCD trip computer, leather upholstery, heated front seats, separate rear heater controls. Powering the Limited is Mitsubishi's top engine, a 3.5-liter V6 producing 197 horsepower.
For 2002, all four-wheel-drive models are equipped with the new all-wheel-drive system.
A Luxury Package ($2310) available for all models adds leather seating surfaces, 210-watt Infinity audio, and one-touch power sunroof.
The Mitsubishi Montero Sport is a sporty-looking SUV, with its low roofline, aggressive front fascia and fender flares. It sits high off the road, with more than eight inches of ground clearance, but its roof is only 65.6 inches tall, which is nearly four inches lower than a Jeep Grand Cherokee's roof.
Styling is very important to Montero Sport buyers, according to Mitsubishi. The low roof of the Montero Sport is an advantage in tight parking garages, and it's beneficial when loading kayaks or mountain bikes onto the roof rack. The outside door handles on the Montero Sport are small and hard to grasp, however.
The Limited model is distinguished by color-keyed fender flares, integrated fog lamps, and color-keyed tubular side steps.
The Mitsubishi Montero Sport is about the size of a Nissan Pathfinder.
Don't confuse the Montero Sport with the bigger and more radically styled Montero. The big Montero, with its 109.5-inch wheelbase, 104.6 cubic feet of passenger volume, and 5840-pound Gross Vehicle Weight starts near $32,000 and often tops $38,000 with all the options.
Our subject here is the Montero's little brother, the Montero Sport: 107.3-inch wheelbase, 93.6 cubic feet of passenger volume, and a GVW of 5000-5350 pounds. This is still no econo-SUV, however, with standard V6 power and a starting price closer to $23,000.
Interior Features
Overall, the interior of the Mitsubishi Montero Sport is attractive. Our 2002 Limited model was upholstered in nice light and dark tones.
The front seats hold the driver firmly and offer adjustable lumbar support. In the Limited, they come with seat heaters. They don't feel as bucket-like as the front seats in an Explorer or Grand Cherokee, but they seem to keep the body in better control.
A trip home after a weekend on the trails is relatively easy on your back, even after you've done things on your mountain bike that your chiropractor warned you not to do.
The instrument panel is straightforward. Gauges are easy to read with bold black numerals on platinum-colored faces. We didn't particularly care for the fake wood surrounding the instruments and window switches on our 2002 Limited model.
The handbrake lever is spindly and the material in the center console/cup holder area looks and feels like plastic. The tall center console takes up some elbow room and makes reaching the switches to the available seat heaters awkward. And the inside door handles are small.
The 210-watt Infinity stereo sounds good.
Just to the left of the floor-mounted automatic transmission shifter is the shift lever for the transfer case. Drivers can choose between AWD, 4H, and 4L. AWD is used in all but the worst off-road conditions.
4H is for part-time four-wheel drive to be used in rugged terrain, when there's a chance of getting stuck. 4L is the low-range for steep off-road grades, deep mud, sand or anywhere else ultimate traction is required.
Montero Sport's low roofline leads to a more cramped feeling inside. Looking out of the windshield is somewhat turret-like. Headroom is adequate for normal-size adults, but tall people may find it restrictive.
In the back seat there's adequate room for three adults and, although the interior is slightly cramped for headroom, your legs will have no complaints. Limited models provide rear heating controls on the back of the center console.
The Montero Sport offers more useful cargo space than its small exterior dimensions might suggest. With the seatback raised for passengers, the Montero Sport has noticeably more cargo room than the Rodeo, or the Nissan Pathfinder. With the seatback folded down, there is just a milkcrate less of cargo room than you'll find in Toyota's 4Runner or Isuzu's Rodeo.
Driving Impressions
Mitsubishi's 3.0-liter V6 is a smooth revver, while the optional 3.5-liter V6 gives the Montero Sport more responsive acceleration performance. Accelerating from a standstill, the 3.5-liter V6 makes the Montero Sport feel almost as potent as some of the bigger, V8-powered SUVs. It certainly shows no sign of strain when asked to move its 4330 pounds.
Montero Sport handles well on freeway ramps, and on winding roads. The new all-wheel-drive system (AWD) adds to its handling stability in corners. Fewer steering corrections are needed in tight, bumpy corners than what's often required in other SUVs.
It rides well on gravel roads. Really big impacts are felt, but you only feel them once and they never leave you with the feeling that you've broken something. The front suspension has adequate travel, so it will soak up uneven railroad crossings with aplomb.
However, while you notice very little shake inside, there is enough side-to-side wiggling of the body to remind you that Montero Sport is not a car. Like a truck, it uses body-on-frame construction. Its frame is fully boxed, and its long front torsion bars, beefy A-arms, and hefty rear trailing arms are unmistakably heavy-duty pieces.
That said, the most comforting aspect of Montero Sport's ride is the lack of rattles, squeaks, and extraneous movements, which are endemic to most truck-chassis vehicles. (You'll notice them particularly if you are trading in a passenger sedan for your new sport-utility.) In comparison, however, the more expensive Jeep Grand Cherokee and Mercedes M-class wagons hide big bumps the best.
On the pavement, the brakes feel terrific, and provide good feedback to the driver. They are easy to modulate around town. When driving off road, you can tell if you're on slippery or sticky roads by the feel of the pedal.
Antilock brakes come standard on all four-wheel-drive models, and work well going down steep hills in four-wheel drive, even when low range is selected in the transfer case.
New on all 4WD models is Mitsubishi's full-time ALL4-wheel drive or A4WD. Essentially, this is an all-wheel-drive system, which adds stability in slippery conditions because it automatically provides the appropriate traction to the front and rear tires for both on-road and light off-road conditions. Drivers do not need to activate the system.
It's always on. It's in A4WD whenever it isn't shifted into regular, old-fashioned part-time 4WD.
Driving around town in 4WD will cause the front and rear wheels to fight each other in tight corners, particularly noticeable in tight parking lot situations. In the A4WD mode, however, parking and around-town maneuverability in tight spaces is easier because binding and friction in the system is reduced. A viscous coupling, similar to what's used in Mitsubishi's all-wheel-drive cars, apportions power between the front and rear wheels according to traction needs.
All-wheel drive seems to add stability to the Montero Sport when cornering, even on dry pavement. Charge into a corner, such as a freeway ramp, and the suspension is not upset by coming on and off the throttle. This may help the driver maintain control in an emergency maneuver. In other words, all-wheel drive makes for safer handling and easier driver control than two-wheel drive.
EPA-estimated highway fuel economy has dropped to 18 mpg from last year's 20 mpg, however.
For more extreme conditions, drivers can shift into part-time 4WD as well as low-range 4WD. Part-time 4WD uses a locked center differential to ensure power is being distributed equally between front and rear axles. To enhance traction further, Mitsubishi offers a limited-slip rear differential; it's standard on Limited models and comes as part of the optional Touring Package ($1790) on XLS models, which also includes one-touch power sunroof, 210-watt Infinity audio system, platinum-finish interior trim, and leather-trimmed steering wheel, parking brake lever and shift knob.
Final Word
Mitsubishi's Montero Sport is a stylish package with real off-road capability. Its new all-wheel-drive system gives it improved stability on the road, particularly when it is slippery. The Montero Sport is priced below the larger, more-popular Ford Explorer and Jeep Grand Cherokee, while offering similar performance.


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Well, how'd she do? Who do I mean, you ask? Well, Beyoncé, of course. After all the nonsense and hooplah about her lip singing at the president's second term inauguration, as if it really was something to make a big deal over, we cannot go without discussing "did she redeem herself with her Super Bowl halftime show?"
Beyoncé is a woman of great beauty, talent and authority, and she can work a stage. However, I wasn't expecting anything other than the best, coming from her, anyway. I also wasn't one of the ridiculous complainers about her inauguration performance; Instead, the brilliance of it all I appreciated.
At the halftime show, not only did she incorporate past hits of her own, but a throwback of Destiny's Child music, alongside her previous partners, was added creating an extra thrill to the show. I was personally applauding each and every second of the performance. While I loved the show, I searched to gauge the opinions of others to see if my opinion was matched alongside the others.
"I feel Beyoncé is a phenomenal woman doing phenomenal things. Although she did admit to lip syncing at the inauguration, I feel the media blew it entirely out of proportion. Many artists have done it before, and as proven at the NFL press conference she can do it live without a doubt. Some may say that her outstanding performance was her proving that she can sing live, but honestly I feel she didn't have anything to prove to anyone. Beyoncé is the star, and she put on the performance of the year. She is, and always has been forever winning." -- Jerel Smith, junior, Lexington Senior High
"Beyonce's halftime performance blew me away. After the inauguration, there was a lot riding on her concert at the bowl, but she did not disappoint. Her dancing was amazing, as usual, and she did it all without lip syncing, not to mention the incredible special effects used throughout the entirety of the show. The performance was spot on. She truly redeemed herself, giving an unprecedented halftime show." -- Haley Motsinger, junior, Ledford High School
"When I heard Beyonce was supposed to be performing at the Super Bowl halftime show, I knew it wouldn't be anything short of phenomenal. But when she finally hit the stage, I honestly couldn't take my eyes off the screen. Her dance moves, overwhelming confidence and overall attire was something I had never seen before. I think she did an amazing job. Way better than I had originally expected. To think people were questioning her undeniable talent when she chose to lip sync for the president at the inauguration a couple days prior was absolutely ridiculous. I think the Super Bowl performance, especially following such an ordeal, not only 'made up' for it, but opened the public's eyes on the skill set Beyoncé always has and still does possess." -- Kenrick Jobe, senior, Lexington Senior High School
Therefore, it seems many of our students in the surrounding area feel the same way I do. Beyoncé is a star, and she proved to be one during her show. While I am sure that many people will find a way to continue to criticize her, I have only one response. Stars will always be judged for every little thing, but to be such amazing performers amidst the constant assessment will always be something to applaud. And really, I'm doubtful that the critics could showcase themselves anywhere near as fantastic as she fiercely does and did at both the inauguration and Super Bowl performances.
Question of the Week: Beyoncé
Well, how'd she do? Who do I mean, you ask? Well, Beyoncé, of course. After all the nonsense and hooplah about her lip singing at the president's second term inauguration, as if it really was something to make a big deal over, we cannot go without discussing "did she redeem herself with her Super Bowl halftime show?"


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Carolyn Cassady, the lover of Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac and the wife of Kerouac's road companion Neal Cassady, the "Dean Moriarty" of Kerouac's 1957 novel "On The Road," died Sept. 20 in a hospital near her home in Bracknell, England. She was 90.
Her friend Estelle Cimino, co-owner of the Beat Museum in San Francisco, confirmed the death to the Associated Press. No cause of death was given.
The Beat Generation, which included Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Michael McClure, were a close-knit group of post-World War II poets and writers, known for their experimentation with drugs, sexual freedom, fascination with Eastern religions, rejection of materialism and, above all, explicit autobiographical writings that put them at odds with the prevailing social order of the 1950s.
Mrs. Cassady, from a conventional, middle-class family, landed in their full-throttle, whirlwind, amphetamine-crazed world and attempted — unsuccessfully — to make a conventional family man out of Kerouac's muse, Neal Cassady.
While studying theater arts and set design at the University of Denver in 1947, she met Cassady, a working-class man with literary ambitions, and his close friends from the East, the budding writers Kerouac and Ginsberg. She began dating the 20-year-old Cassady, even though he was then married to 16-year-old LuAnne Henderson.
She soon discovered that Neal's friend Kerouac was in love with Neal — and later, that Neal was in love with the poet Ginsberg — a fact that came to light when she found Neal, LuAnne and Ginsberg in bed together.
Five weeks after she broke up with Neal, he got an annulment from LuAnne. Neal followed his future wife to San Francisco where they married on April 1, 1948. She was six months pregnant.
The marriage ceremony was detailed in her 1990 memoir, "Off The Road: Twenty Years with Cassady, Kerouac and Ginsberg."
When their child, Cathleen Joanne, was 3 months old, Neal used their savings of $900 to buy a new 1949 Hudson for a trip to New York City to collect Kerouac. This desertion formed the basis of a road trip that Kerouac later chronicled in "On The Road." ("On The Road" was made into a movie last year.)
Throughout their marriage, Mrs. Cassady competed with the attentions of several women, including the divorced first wife and a third wife from a bigamous marriage — as well as Ginsberg, with whom Neal had a 20-year on-again, off-again affair.
She tolerated Neal's ramblings with Kerouac. She also encouraged him to enter psychotherapy — though he was often too stoned to speak — and joined him in his study of Edgar Cayce's mix of mysticism and Christianity largely in an effort to keep him home.
After the release of Kerouac's "On The Road," Neal served three years in San Quentin for selling marijuana to an undercover officer. After his 1963 release, the Cassadys were divorced. Always looking for "kicks," Neal joined the Merry Pranksters, writer Ken Kesey's posse of LSD enthusiasts, where he was viewed as something of a sage elder. He belatedly realized his literary ambitions with the posthumous release of an autobiographical novel "The First Third" in 1971, three years after a drug-related death.
"It must have been the open sex that shocked everyone," she told the London Times in 1990. "It's interesting that it was seen by the critics as such a threat. I don't know why. There have always been bohemians. So what was the big thing about this?"
Carolyn Robinson was born in Lansing, Mich., on April 28, 1923, the youngest of five siblings. Her parents were educators. When she was 8, the family moved to Nashville, where she attended a girl's preparatory school. At 12, she joined a community theater group and later received a bachelor's degree in drama from Bennington College in Vermont.
During World War II, she served as an Army occupational therapist in California before returning to school in Denver.
Survivors include three children from her marriage to Neal Cassady.
In later years, Mrs. Cassady devoted much of her time to, as she put it, 'de-mythologizing' her ex-husband — and perhaps Kerouac's portrayal of him.
"There are a few more myths that have evolved from Kerouac's 'fiction,' " she wrote on the Neal Cassady estate Web site. "For instance, Neal would never answer a door 'stark naked.' He could be naked, but his jeans were always nearby, and he held them in front of him. He was very modest personally, not an exhibitionist."
The fascination with the Beats created innumerable opportunities for myth-making. Mrs. Cassady was particularly critical of — and amused by — a Hollywood biopic "Heart Beat" (1980), which starred Nick Nolte as Neal, John Heard as Kerouac and Sissy Spacek as Mrs. Cassady.
"Sissy's got me all cleaned up, I'm the most wonderful heroine, I go through everything and come out unscathed," she told The Washington Post during the movie's filming in 1978. "I saw the dailies the other day and I cracked up. Everything was so romantic, I was crying. It could have been like that but it wasn't at all. This is going to be a six-box-of-Kleenex movie. I used up two in that shot alone."
She added: "I kept thinking, 'Wouldn't it have been nice if it had really been that way?' "


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Here are a couple of quick database and table level queries that I have found useful lately.
How many rows in each table of a database?
The first temptation with this one was to use something like sp_MSforeachtable with a count(*), until I recalled that the catalog view sys.indexes has a row count as one of the columns. The view is database scoped so will return all indexes in the current database context. Books on line has the following index types as at SQL Server 2008R2:
0 = Heap
1 = Clustered
2 = Nonclustered
4 = Spatial
So if we filter on index types of 0 or 1 we will catch every table with no duplication.
Joining sys.indexes with sys.objects (which is also database scoped) allows us to filter out any system objects and just look at user tables, and also pick up some friendly names:
use <database name> go SELECT DB_NAME() as 'Database', SCHEMA_NAME(o.uid) as 'Schema', o.Name as 'Table' , i.Rows FROM sysobjects o INNER JOIN sysindexes i ON o.id = i.id WHERE type = 'U' --user table AND i.IndId in (0,1) --heap, clustered index
Where are the rows stored?
If you want to dig a bit deeper and locate where particular rows are stored in the data files there are a couple of undocumented functions (2008+).
This query will return a column that contains the file number, row number and slot number separated by colons. (For this example to keep things general I've included all columns from the source table – you may choose to include as few or many columns as is useful)
SELECT sys.fn_PhysLocFormatter (%%physloc%%) AS N'File:Page:Slot' , * FROM <Schema>.<Table>;
The function sys.fn_PhysLocCracker returns the same information but is used slightly differently and will return the file, page and slot numbers as separate columns.
SELECT files.file_id ,files.page_id ,files.slot_id , source.* FROM <Schema>.<Table> as source CROSS APPLY sys.fn_PhysLocCracker(%%physloc%%) as files


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Project Description: An informal survey conducted by our Library Data Officer in 2007 identified access to data as a concern of library employees, hampering the decision making process. Availability of library data, empowers employees in making data informed decisions. This project advances efforts of the Assessment Team in its commitment to enhancing data availability for library employees by:
- Identifying data that is routinely collected, and establishing timelines for data collection and dissemination (Team Goal 2012 – 2013)
- Establishing fiscal year reporting on identified library data sources to populate the Libraries Sharepoint site (Team Goal 2012 – 2013)
- Creation of yearly summary report of data sources identified
- Maintaining updated statistics on the Libraries Assessment/Statistics website
Project Leader: Steve Borrelli
Team Members: Jerry Becker, Zinthia Briceno-Rosales, Al Cornish, Robert Ferguson, Alex Merrill


text: Dairy Lobbyist: Changes in Cabinets, Congressional Committees to Influence Farm Policy Most November 7, 2012 04:33 PM Tweet Dairy producers and industry representatives from across the nation listen today at the Elite Producer Business Conference in Las Vegas. TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Catherine Merlo Farm Journal's Milk Western and Online Editor Email With White House status quo, other leadership shifts will shape direction of farm and dairy legislation. LAS VEGAS -- For U.S. agriculture and the dairy industry, leadership changes in Cabinet posts and various committees of Congress will be the biggest impact of Tuesday's election, a lobbyist said here today at the Elite Producer Business Conference. A key question is whether USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack will remain in his Cabinet post, said Dana Brooks, senior vice president of government relations for the National Milk Producers Federation. "I'm guessing he'll leave," Brooks said during her "The Election's Over: Now What?" session. "Since 2009, Vilsack has given everything [the dairy industry] asked for," she said. "He stepped up to the plate. He has done an amazing job for us. His departure would be a loss." "Best-case" replacements for Vilsack include former senators who have been involved in agriculture, she added. Brooks pointed to Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), who lost her seat in Tuesday's election, as well as to retiring senators Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) as positive potential ag secretaries. Promoting from within USDA – especially if it's someone who doesn't care about agriculture – would constitute a worst-case scenario for a new USDA Secretary, Brooks said. Although a very few races were still being counted Tuesday morning, Brooks said, it's assumed that Republicans will continue to dominate the U.S. House of Representatives and Democrats will continue to lead the U.S. Senate. Congressional leadership will be determined next week, with John Boehner (R-Ohio) expected to remain in the key leadership position in the House. On the House Agriculture committee, U.S. representatives Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) are likely to remain as chairman and ranking member. Having Lucas and Peterson hold their key posts "will be great, because we're still working for a farm bill, and they understand dairy policy," said Brooks. "It will be very good to have that status quo. They work well together." Every single committee in the Senate will see a change, "so we'll have to start over," Brooks said. Leadership changes in the budget, finance and agriculture appropriations committees, where members have been involved in the farm bill process and are "friends of dairy," mean "big losses for agriculture," she added. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) is expected to retain her chairmanship of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Brooks said she expected Congress to take up the farm bill during the Lame Duck session. Immigration reform is more likely to be addressed during President Barack Obama's second term, "although it should have been done a decade ago," she added. The conference, hosted by Dairy Today, drew nearly 500 dairy producers and industry representatives this week. Back to news


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Wounds sustained by a juvenile woolly mammoth suggest the beast was sieged by hunting lions AND ancient human beings, scientists say.
The discovery of the well-preserved mammal, know as Yuka, could reveal evidence of a run-in with prehistoric humans, as well as the typical predators she would have faced on a daily basis.
The carcass of Yuka, who was found by Siberian tusk hunters, is in extremely good condition and much of her pink flesh and strawberry blonde hair remains.
Daniel Fisher, professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Michigan, told Discovery News: "This is the first relatively complete mammoth carcass – that is, a body with soft tissues preserved – to show evidence of human association."
Speaking to the BBC, he added: "Already there is dramatic evidence of a life-and-death struggle between Yuka and some top predator, probably a lion."
The remains are currently being carbon dated, but so far it is estimated Yuka lived more than 10,000 years ago. It is believed she was two-and-a-half years old when she was killed.
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Professor Fisher continued: "It appears that Yuka was pursued by one or more lions or another large felid, judging from deep, unhealed scratches in the hide and bite marks on the tail.
"Yuka then apparently fell, breaking one of the lower hind legs. At this point, humans may have moved in to control the carcass, butchering much of the animal and removing parts that they would use immediately."
Bernard Buigues, the founder of scientific organisation Mammuthus prevented Yuka's remains from falling into the hands of private collectors.
Yuka's story is featured in the BBC/Discovery Co-Production programme Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice.


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Many agencies' systems for evaluating and rewarding senior executives are flawed, according to an official from the Office of Personnel Management.
While one size may not fit all, executives should make sure to use evaluation systems that link individual performance to agency-wide results and provide incentives for even the best performers to improve, said Doris Hausser, assistant director for performance and compensation systems design at OPM, Friday at a forum sponsored by the Performance Institute, a Washington think tank.
"This requires a culture change," Hausser said. "The change has to start at the top and trickle down."
Under the 1993 Government Performance and Results Act, agencies must develop strategic plans and measure progress in meeting mission goals. But some agencies still fail to link senior executive performance ratings to results achieved under GPRA plans, Hausser said.
In addition, agencies often fail to distinguish executives who are merely meeting performance goals from those who are exceeding goals, she said. Nearly 84 percent of federal executives received the highest performance ratings in fiscal year 2001, according to a letter OPM Director Kay Coles James sent to agency chiefs in September.
When agencies fail to make distinctions, they not only miss out on an opportunity to identify weaknesses, they also forego the chance to recognize truly exceptional executives, Hausser said. In some agencies, senior executives all receive the same bonus, regardless of the quality of their work, she said.
This is partly because bonuses are not merely used to reward performance, but to help compensate for the pay compression executives face, said Carol Bonosaro, president of the Senior Executives Association. The Senior Executive Service has a six-level pay scale, but because of pay caps, employees at the top three levels receive the same salary. In some areas of the country, executives at the top four or five levels receive equal salaries.
Despite the difficulty agencies have linking performance to results, two agencies at the forum said they have made strides in improving their executive performance management systems.
Nina Hatfield, deputy assistant secretary of budget and finance at the Bureau of Land Management, said that the agency has gone beyond a one-dimensional rating system and now uses a "balanced scorecard" to rate executives in four areas: financial management, customer service, employee satisfaction and business strategies.
Executives at BLM resisted the new system at first, according to Hatfield. "They did not like to have performance linking to goals," she said. But Hatfield said executive performance has already improved notably under the system.
The Internal Revenue Service now uses a point system to evaluate executive performance and rewards exceptional executives with higher bonuses. The rating system is based on 21 competency areas and five core measures, Chief Human Resources Officer Ron Sanders told participants at the forum. The agency also implemented a mandatory mid-year review process, helping facilitate more frequent communication about performance, he said.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb Lady Bisons 4-0 start to the 2014 season has quickly garnered them some national attention.
In the ESPN.com/U.S.A. Softball Collegiate Top 25 the Lady Bisons received two votes for inclusion.
In the Music City Classic at Draper Diamond at Smith Stadium Saturday and Sunday the Lady Bisons beat Miami-Ohio, Tennessee State, Virginia Tech and Butler.
"It is definitely an honor," Lipscomb coach Kristin Ryman said. "It is something we don't take lightly.
"It is good to get that recognition at any point in the year. But it is neat to have a great start and immediately be recognized for it. The 2-1 win over Virginia Tech was obviously our marquee' win. That is potentially turning some heads right now."
Ryman sees the early recognition as a validation of the hard work of her players.
"It is exciting for us," Ryman said. "We have worked hard to be where we are and to have a great start.
"We know how important non-conference games are. Traditionally, as good as the Atlantic Sun has been in softball, we are still working as a conference to get a second team into the NCAA Tournament. There are a lot of years where we felt like we should have and we didn't. We have been very, very close and we didn't. That is a goal for the conference."
USC Upstate received three votes for the top 25 in the same poll as the Lady Bisons. Ryman also thinks Florida Gulf Coast should be receiving more recognition
"Across the board the conference has had a great start," Ryman said. "We are getting some votes. USC Upstate is getting votes. Florida Gulf Coast is right in the mix of teams that should be getting votes as well.
"That is a good sign for everybody in the A-Sun. It is also a good sign that it is going to be a very competitive, tough conference again this season."
Later this week the Lady Bisons travel to Waco, Texas for the Getterman Classic hosted by Baylor University. Baylor is tied for 14th in the ESPN.com/U.S.A. Softball Collegiate Top 25.
Also on the schedule for the Lady Bisons in the tournament are Iowa, Drake, East Carolina and UAB.
"UAB is very close to being in the top 25," Ryman said. "Baylor is a top 25 team. They are obviously your biggest possible wins. But just getting wins over top 50 RPI teams are big for us. We have to approach every game understanding the postseason implications.


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Medicine & Healthcare, Medicine in Nepal by Jessica Wood
July 2012 was the summer that took me across the world to one of the poorest countries. I had just graduated from high school and wasn't quite 18 when I decided to get on a plane in small town BC, Canada and make the two day long journey to Nepal by myself. I didn't want to just talk about going into the medical field, I wanted to actually get a taste for it and volunteering seemed the best option. After pitching the idea to my parents I started researching and found Projects Abroad.
Projects Abroad's 2 Week Special helped to ease my mother's fears of me travelling all the way to Nepal without any support. Although I wasn't worried and opted to stay for an additional week as a regular volunteer (it was a long way to go for only two weeks).
For some time I couldn't believe I was actually going to Nepal, but as the weeks went by and I prepared for the trip, applying for a visa, booking my flight, reading up on the culture and all the other fun stuff that comes with travelling, I became very excited.
Finally arriving in Nepal
After travelling for long hours on the plane, from home to Vancouver to Hong Kong to Bangladesh, I was honestly exhausted but happy when I arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal as I was done with planes!
On my arrival at the airport I met with Projects Abroad staff who took a few other volunteers and me to a hotel, as we arrived quite late at night. Sadly, being so exhausted, I wasn't able to see much and my first moments in Nepal were very blurry.
I managed to get a good night's sleep, so I was ready for the next day. We travelled to Bharatpur, in the Chitwan region where we were going to do our volunteer work. Actually awake this time, I got see Nepal for the 'first' time. Coming from a small town, I found the busy city, full of cars and people, along with its beautiful countryside, the mountains and the rivers, incredible. The car drive, on the winding roads, was bumpy and noisy but all part of the experience of being in a different country.
Medical placement
I was placed at Bharatpur Cancer Hospital on my first day and had the opportunity to see things I would never have been able to see at home. I visited some of the wards and followed the nurses as they made their rounds. The nurses were very helpful and informative. They explained what each patient was suffering from and how they were being treated for their condition.
That day we then watched a surgical procedure, the removal of a urinary conduit (a tube used to drain urine out of the body following bladder surgery) which was incredible. Later that day, I got to visit the paediatric unit where I spent a great deal of time playing games with the kids. I was astounded by how much they appreciated life and, despite being sick, they were happy and wanted to play.
I had an eventful first day and the two weeks that followed involved visiting several other hospitals and witnessing more procedures. At all of the placements I found the doctors and nurses extremely friendly. At the Bharatpur Eye Hospital I got to watch some routine eye check-ups and learnt all about the different parts of the eye. I was also able to visit the Marie Stopes Family Planning Hospital and watch some procedures as well sitting in on many consultations.
The majority of my time in the Chitwan hospitals was spent at the Chitwan Medical College. I spent a good deal of my time in the ICU, which was well equipped with modern technology. I had the chance to see doctors use a defibrillator on someone, which was exciting (the man survived). I also witnessed the removal of tumour and bone reconstruction in the operating room.
Once again all of the doctors and nurses were very informative and happy to answer questions about any of the procedures or patients.
My third and final week was spent in a small hospital north of Kathmandu, in Bhaktapur. Since it was a smaller hospital I spent the majority of my time in the ER and got to do an ECG on a patient. I was also taught how to properly take someone's blood pressure using a non-digital monitor.
Free time and food
Not all of my time was spent in hospitals, as I had many amazing adventures on the weekends and of course it wasn't a good day in Nepal if you weren't caught in a monsoon walking home!
The first adventure was in the Chitwan National Park where we went for a hike to watch a breath-taking sunset over the river, went on a hike through the jungle where we saw two rhinos and went bird watching.
We also got a chance to make our own momo's (a Nepali dumpling that is extremely delicious). My momo ended up looking like a deformed round ball of dough! Other than that, we also visited the amazing temples in Nepal.
The food in Nepal was delicious; I loved momo's and the traditional dal baht (rice, with a lentil soup and typically curried veggies). Most of the time we ate at the hospitals in the canteens, but the food was always good.
In my last week I got to go to a traditional Nepali BBQ where they served boiled goats head. Being a vegetarian, however, I did not eat the goats head but it was an interesting custom to watch.
Another memorable trip, was teaching a group of school children how to brush their teeth properly. We ended up playing games with the school children who were so happy to see us.
Host family
For the first two weeks, the 2 Week Special volunteers stayed in a hotel. This was great because it gave me chance to meet and get to know the other volunteers who I ended up becoming really good friends with. In our third week, we stayed with a host family. I was a little worried about it, but they were very welcoming as they normally are in Nepali.
Saying goodbye
Saying goodbye to Nepal was very hard, especially when my new friends all returned to their own parts of the world. Going home was exciting, though, (besides the long flights) and my experience in Nepal was unlike anything I could have ever imagined.
Nepal taught me how to welcome guests and how to be a good host. I also learnt that happiness isn't something that is bought and that simple things can make you happy. I wouldn't change my experience for anything and every moment in Nepal left a lasting impression that I will have for the rest of my life. Namaste.
Jessica Wood
Ce témoignage est basé sur l'expérience unique d'un volontaire à un certain moment donné. Nos projets s'adaptent constamment aux besoins locaux, ils évoluent au fur et à mesure que des volontaires s'impliquent et s'adaptent aux saisons, ainsi votre expérience sur place pourra être différente de celle décrite ici. Pour en savoir plus sur cette mission, vous pouvez consulter la page de ce projet ou bien contacter l'un de nos conseillers de volontaires.


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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The Obama administration won't be rushed into a decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said Sunday.
The controversial project seemed to receive a boost last week when an environmental impact report from the State Department concluded the pipeline would not have much effect on global warming, which was a major concern for the Obama administration.
The report was seen by some Keystone supporters as a green light for Washington's approval of the project.
"The president's role is now is to protect this process from politics," McDonough said on CBS' "Face the Nation. "Let the expert agencies and the Cabinet secretaries make their assessments both of the study that was put on Friday as well as its impact on the national interest. So we'll resolve that over the coming period of time."
McDonough said the administration remained committed to pushing back on climate change. "California is now seeing some pretty serious developments as a result of climate change, so we will be looking at that," he said.


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First Round
1 Indianapolis Colts (Bo's Pelini) - Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
2 St. Louis Rams (Starbucks Fan) - Justin Blackmon, WR, Oklahoma State
3 Minnesota Vikings (Marco Polo) - Matt Kalil, OT, Southern California
4 Cleveland Browns (DaKCManAP) - Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor
5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Sfheic) - Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU
6 Washington Redskins (Archie Bunker) - Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M
7 Jacksonville Jaguars (Direckshun) - Melvin Ingram, DE, South Carolina
8 Miami Dolphins (BossChief) - Courtney Upshaw, OLB/DE, Alabama
9 Carolina Panthers (Dj's left nut) - Quinton Couples, DE, North Carolina
10 Buffalo Bills (htismaqe) - Whitney Mercilus, DE, Illinois
11 Kansas City Chiefs (Pestilence) - Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama
12 Seattle Seahawks (SNR) - Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston College
13 Arizona Cardinals (DeezNutz) - David DeCastro, G, Stanford
14 Dallas Cowboys (ChiefsCountry) - Dre Kirkpatrick, CB, Alabama
15 Philadelphia Eagles (doomy3) - Fletcher Cox, DT, Mississippi State
16 New York Jets (Lono) - Michael Floyd, WR, Notre Dame
17 Cincinnati Bengals (f/OAK) (Sfheic) - Janoris Jenkins, CB, North Alabama
18 San Diego Chargers (doomy3) - Riley Reiff, OT, Iowa
19 Chicago Bears (DaKCManAP) - Jonathan Martin, OT, Stanford
20 Tennessee Titans (Marco Polo) - Cordy Glenn, G, Georgia
21 Cincinnati Bengals (Sfheic) - Mark Barron, S, Alabama
22 Cleveland Browns (f/ATL) (DaKCManAP) - Nick Perry, DE/OLB, Southern California
23 Detroit Lions (Dj's left nut) - Mike Adams, OT, Ohio State
24 Pittsburgh Steelers (Archie Bunker) - Dont'a Hightower, LB, Alabama
25 Denver Broncos (DeezNutz) - Devon Still, DT, Penn State
26 Houston Texans (Lono) - Kendall Wright, WR, Baylor
27 New England Patriots (f/NO) (ChiefsCountry) - Dontari Poe, DT, Memphis
28 Green Bay Packers (SNR) - Michael Brockers, DE, LSU
29 Baltimore Ravens (Bo's Pelini) - Peter Konz, C, Wisconsin
30 San Francisco 49ers (Pestilence) - Stephen Hill, WR, Georgia Tech
31 New England Patriots (ChiefsCountry) - Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers
32 New York Giants (htismaqe) - James Brown, OL, Troy
Second Round
33. Rams (Starbucks Fan) - Zach Brown, LB, North Carolina
34. Colts (Bo's Pelini) - Reuben Randle, WR, LSU
35. Vikings (Marco Polo) - Josh Robinson, CB, Central Florida
36. Buccaneers (Sfheic) - Stephen Gilmore, CB, South Carolina
37. Browns (DaKCManAP) - Alshon Jeffery, WR, South Carolina
38. Jaguars (Direckshun) - Orson Charles, TE, Georgia
39. Redskins (Archie Bunker) - Alfonzo Dennard, CB, Nebraska
40. Panthers (DJs Left Nut) - Brandon Thompson, DT, Clemson
41. Dolphins (BossChief) - Nick Foles, QB, Arizona
42. Bills (htismaqe) - Lavonte David, LB, Nebraska
43. Seahawks (SNR) - Andre Branch, DE, Clemson
44. Chiefs (Pestilence) - Kelechi Osemele, OT, Iowa State
45. Cowboys (ChiefsCountry) - Alameda Ta'amu, NT, Washington
46. Eagles (doomy3) - Brock Osweiler, QB, Arizona State
47. Jets (Lono) - Harrison Smith, S, Notre Dame
48. Patriots (ChiefsCountry) - Vinny Curry, OLB/DE, Marshall
49. Chargers (doomy3) - Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford
50. Bears (DaKCManAP) - Dwayne Allan, TE, Clemson
51. Eagles (doomy3) - Markelle Martin, S, Oklahoma State
52. Titans (Marco Polo) - Kevin Zeitler, G, Wisconsin
53. Bengals (Sfeihc) - Lamar Miller, RB, Miami (Fl.)
54. Lions (djs left nut) - Chase Minnifield, CB, Virginia
55. Falcons (BossChief) - David Wilson, RB, Virginia Tech
56. Steelers (Archie Bunker) - Amini Silatolu, G, Midwestern State
57. Broncos (Deez Nutz) - Doug Martin, RB, Boise State
58. Texans (Lono) - Josh Chapman, DT, Alabama
59. Saints (Direckshun) - Jerel Worthy, DT, Michigan State
60. Packers (SNR) - Jared Crick, DE, Nebraska
61. Ravens (Bos Pelini) - Shea McClellin, LB, Boise State
62. 49ers (Pestilence) - Jayron Hosley, CB/PR, Virginia Tech
63. Patriots (ChiefsCountry) Dwight Jones, WR, North Carolina
64. Giants (htismaqe) Ronnell Lewis, DE, Oklahoma
Third Round
65. Colts (Bos Pelini) Chris Polk, RB, Washington
66. Rams (Starbucks Fan) Ryan Miller, G, Colorado
67. Vikings (Marco Polo) Brandon Brooks, G, Miami (Ohio)
68. Browns (DaKCMan AP) Zebrie Sanders, OT, Florida State
69. Buccaneers (Stefic) Bobbie Massie, OT, Mississippi
70. Redskins (Archie Bunker) Tommy Streeter, WR, Miami (Fl)
71. Jaguars (Direckshun) Marvin McNutt, WR, Iowa
72. Dolphins (Boss Chief) Nicholas Jean-Baptiste, DT/NT, Baylor
73. Bears (DaKCMan AP) Chandler Jones, DE, Syracuse
74. Bills (htismaqe) Brian Quick, WR, Appalachain State
75. Chiefs (Pestilence) Philip Blake, OC, Baylor
76. Seahawks (SNR) - Ladarius Green, TE, Louisiana-Lafayette
77. Eagles (doomy3) - Vontaze Burfict, ILB, Arizona State
78. Chargers (doomy3) - Kendall Reyes, DT, Connecticut
79. Bears (DaKCMan AP) - Nick Toon, WR, Wisconsin
80. Cardinals (Deez Nutz) - Mitchell Schwartz, OT, California
81. Cowboys (ChiefsCountry) Brandon Weeden, QB, Oklahoma State
82. Titans (Marco Polo) Bobby Wagner, LB, Utah State
83. Bengals (Sfeihc) Ryan Broyles, WR, Oklahoma
84. Falcons (BossChief) Jack Baquette, DE Arkansas
85. Lions (DJs left nut) Trumaine Johnson, CB, Montana
86. Steelers (Archie Bunker) LaMichael James, RB, Oregon
87. Broncos (Deez Nutz) Brandon Taylor, S, LSU
88. Texans (Lono) Jamell Flemming, CB, Oklahoma
89. Saints (Direckshun) Sean Spence, LB, Miami (Fl)
90. Packers (SNR) Bruce Irvin, OLB, West Virginia
91. Ravens (Bos Pelini) Brandon Boykin, CB, Georgia
92. 49ers (Pestilence) Juron Criner, WR, Arizona
93. Patriots (ChiefsCountry) Ben Jones, C, Georgia
94. Giants (htismaqe) Bernard Pierce, RB, Temple
Fourth Round
95. Rams (Starbucks Fan) Derek Wolfe, DE/DT, Cincinnati
96. Colts (Bo's Pelini) Michael Egnew, TE, Missouri
97. Vikings (Marco Polo) Marvin Jones, WR, California
98. Eagles (doomy3) Michael Brewster, C, Ohio State
99. Browns (DaKCMan AP) Brandon Washington, G, Miami
100. Jaguars (Direckshun) Levy Adcock, OT, Oklahoma State
101. Redskins (Archie Bunker) George Iloka, S, Boise State
102. Dolphins (Boss Chief) Andrew Darko, OT, Florida State
103. Panthers (DJ's Left Nut) Brandon Mosley, OT, Auburn
104. Bills (htismaqe) Nate Potter, OT, Boise State
105. Seahawks (SNR) Kirk Cousins, QB, Michigan State
106. Chiefs (Pestlience) Jonathan Massaquoi, OLB/DE, Troy
107. Jets (lono) Cam Johnson, LB, Virginia
108. Redskins (Archie Bunker) Matt McCants, OT, UAB
109. Chargers (doomy3) Chris Givens, WR, Wake Forest
110. Bears (DaKCMan AP) Dwight Bentley, CB, Louisiana
111. Cardinals (Deez Nutz) Casey Hayward, CB, Vanderbilt
112. Cowboys (ChiefsCountry) Tank Carder, LB, TCU
113. Eagles (doomy3) Mychal Kendricks, LB, California
114. Titans (Marco Polo) Frank Alexander, DE, Oklahoma
115. Bengals (Sfeihc) Mike Martin, DT, Michigan.
116. Lions (DJ's Left Nut) Nigel Bradham, ILB, Florida State.
117. Browns (DaKCMan AP) Vick Ballard, RB, Mississippi State.
118. Steelers (Archie Bunker) Josh Norman, CB, Coastal Carolina
119. Broncos (Deez Nutz) Emmanuel Acho, OLB, Texas
120. Texans (lono) Tony Bergstrom, G, Utah
121. Saints (Direckshun) Antonio Allen, S, South Carolina
122. Packers (SNR) Quentin Saulsberry, C, Mississippi State
123. Bills (htismaqe/Nightfyre) Leonard Johnson, CB, Iowa State
124. 49ers (Pestlience) Lucas Nix, OG, Pittsburgh
125. Patriots (ChiefsCountry) Aaron Henry, S, Wisconsin
126. Giants (Nightfyre) DeQuan Menzie, DB, Alabama
Fifth Round
127. Colts (Bo's Pelini) Billy Wynn, DE/DT, Boise State
128. Broncos (Deez Nutz) Coryell Judie, CB, Texas A&M
129. Vikings (Marco Polo) AJ Jenkins, WR, Illinois
130. Browns (DaKCMan AP) Josh Kaddu, OLB, Oregon
131. Buccaneers (stefhic) Isaiah Pead, RB, Cincinnati
132. Redskins (Archie Bunker) Robert Turbin, RB, Utah State
133. Jaguars (Direckshun) Travis Lewis, LB, Oklahoma
134. Panthers (DJ's Left Nut) Greg Childs, WR, Arkansas
135. Bills (Nightfyre) Audie Cole, LB, North Carolina State
136. Dolphins (Boss Chief) T.Y. Hilton, WR, Florida International
137. Chiefs (Pestlience) Trenton Robinson, S, Michigan State
138. Bills (Nightfyre) David Molk, C, Michigan
139. Raiders (Starbuck's Fan) Ryan Steed, CB, Furman
140. Chargers (doomy3) Kyle Wilber, OLB, Wake Forest
141. Bears (DaKCMan AP) Tauren Poole, RB, Tennessee
142. Cardinals (Deez Nutz) William Vlachos, C, Alabama
143. Cowboys (ChiefsCountry) Joe Adams, WR, Arkansas
144. Eagles (doomy3) Tyrone Crawford, DE, Boise State
145. Jets (lono) Russell Wilson, QB, Wisconsin
146. Titans (Marco Polo) Garth Gerhart, C, Arizona State
147. Bengals (Sfeihc) Senio Kelemete, G, Washington
148. Falcons (Boss Chief) Shaun Prater, CB, Iowa
149. Lions (DJ's Left Nut) Adam Gettis, C, Iowa
150. Steelers (Archie Bunker) Hebron Fangupo, NT, BYU
151. Broncos (Deez Nutz) J.K. Schaffer, LB, Cincinnati
152. Texans (lono) Brandon Lindsey, LB, Pittsburgh
153. Saints (Direckshun) Demario Davis, LB, Arkansas State
154. Packers (SNR) Omar Bolden, CB, Arizona State
155. Ravens (Bo's Pelini) Jeff Allen, OL, Illinois
156. 49ers (Pestlience) Trevor Guyton, DE, California
157. Bengals (Sfeihc) Janzen Jackson, S, McNeese State
158. Giants (Nightfyre) BJ Coleman, QB, Chattanooga
Sixth Round
159. Rams (Starbuck's Fan) Ronnie Hillman, RB, San Diego State
160. Eagles (doomy3) Matt Reynolds, OT, BYU
161. Redskins (Archie Bunker) Kheeston Randall, DE, Texas
162. Buccaneers (Sfheic) James-Michael Johnson, LB, Nevada
163. Vikings (Marco Polo) Blake Gideon, S, Texas
164. Jaguars (Direckshun) Austin Davis, QB, Southern Miss
165. Cardinals (Deez Nutz) Gerell Robinson, WR, Arizona State
166. Panthers (DJ's Left Nut) Jeff Fuller, WR, Texas A&M
167. Saints (Direckshun) Winston Guy, S, Kentucky
168. Bills (Nightfyre) Ryan Lindley, QB, San Diego State
169. Seahawks (SNR) Terrance Ganaway, RB, Baylor
170. Chiefs (Pestlience) Asa Jackson, CB, Cal Poly
171. Chargers (doomy3) Cyrus Gray, RB, Texas A&M
172. Bears (DaKCMan AP) Jerry Franklin, LB, Arkansas
173. Cardinals (Deez Nutz) Jacquies Smith, LB, Missouri
174. Cowboys (ChiefsCountry) Will Blackwell, G, LSU
175. Browns (DaKCMan AP) Chris Rainey, RB, Florida
176. Broncos (Deez Nutz) Kellen Moore, QB, Boise State
177. Raiders (Starbuck's Fan) Marc Tyler, RB, USC
178. Titans (Marco Polo) Tim Benford, WR, Tennessee Tech
179. Bengals (Sfheic) Danny Trevathan, LB, Kentucky
180. Falcons (BossChief) Bryan Anger, P, California
181. Steelers (Archie Bunker) Jarius Wright, WR, Arkansas
182. Colts (Bo's Pelini) Cliff Harris, CB, Oregon
183. Texans (lono) Jack Crawford, DE, Penn State
184. Dolphins (BossChief) Delano Howell, S, Stanford
185. Packers (SNR) Markus Zusevics, OT, Iowa
186. Ravens (Bo's Pelini) Marcel Jones, OT, Nebraska
187. 49ers (Pestlience) Jerrell Young, S, South Florida
188. Eagles (doomy3) T.J. Graham, WR, North Carolina State
189. Giants (Nightfyre) Chris Owusu, WR, Stanford
Seventh Round
190. Colts (Bos Pelini) Terrell Manning, LB, North Carolina State
191. Rams (Starbucks Fan) Ben Bojicic, C, Bowling Green
192. Vikings (Marco Polo) Sean Richardson, S, Vanderbilt
193. Browns (DaKCMan AP) Tramain Thomas, S, Arkansas
194. Buccaneers (Sfheic) Donte Paige-Moss, DE, North Carolina
195. Redskins (Archie Bunker) Najee Goode, ILB, West Virginia
196. Colts (Bos Pelini) Adrien Robinson, TE, Cincinnati
197. Dolphins (BossChief) Neiko Thorpe, S, Auburn
198. Panthers (DJs Left Nut) Marcus Forston, DT, Miami (FL)
199. Bills (Nightfyre) Elvis Akpla, WR, Montana State
200. Chiefs (Pestlience) Akiem Hicks, NT, Regina
201. Lions (DJs Left Nut) Olivier Vernon, DE, Miami (FL)
202. Bears (DaKCMan AP) Jaye Howard, DT, Florida
203. Cardinals (Deez Nutz) Christian Thompson, DB, South Carolina State
204. Cowboys (ChiefsCountry) James Hanna, TE, Oklahoma
205. Vikings (Marco Polo) Tahir Whitehead, LB, Temple
206. Packers (SNR) Chandler Harnish, QB, Northern Illinois
207. Seahawks (SNR) DaJohn Harris, DT, USC
208. Chargers (doomy3) Micah Pellerin, CB, Hampton
209. Titans (Marco Polo) Jordan Bernstine, S, Iowa
210. Jaguars (Direckshun) Evan Rodriguez, TE, Temple
211. Falcons (Boss Chief) Josh Oglesby, OT, Wisconsin
212. Lions (DJs Left Nut) Josh LeRibeus, G, SMU
213. Steelers (Archie Bunker) Dominique Hamilton, DE, Missouri
214. Jets (Lono) Mike Harris, CB, Florida State
215. Texans (Lono) Justin Bethel, S, Presbyterian
216. Saints (Direckshun) Kelcie McCray, S, Arkansas State
217. Packers (SNR) Jeremy Lane, CB, Northwestern State
218. Ravens (Bos Pelini) Case Keenum, QB, Houston
219. 49ers (Pestlience) Nick Provo, TE, Syracuse
220. Chiefs (Pestlience) Blake DeChristopher, OT, Virginia Tech
221. Giants (Nightfyre) Drake Dunsmore, TE, Northwestern
222. Steelers (Archie Bunker) Aaron Corp, QB, Richmond
223. Packers (SNR) Shawn Loiseau, LB, Merrimack
224. Jets (Lono) Adonis Thomas, RB, Toledo
225. Packers (SNR) Daryl Richardson, RB, Abilene Christian
226. Jets (Lono) Matt Veldman TE, North Dakota State
227. Browns (DaKCMan AP) DeAngelo Peterson, TE, LSU
228. Steelers (Archie Bunker) Chase Ford, TE, Miami
229. Browns (DaKCMan AP) Keith Tandy, CB, West Virginia
300. Steelers (Archie Bunker) Greg Zuerlein, K, Missouri Western
301. Falcons (BossChief) Carmen Messina, LB, New Mexico
302. Chargers (doomy3) Miles Burris, LB, San Diego State
303. Bills (Nightfyre) Randy Bullock, K, Texas A&M
304. Rams (Starbucks Fan) Shaun Powell, P, Flordia State
305. Colts (Bos Pelini) Ryan Davis, LB, Bethune-Cookman
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3. CB Morris Claiborne, LSU
4. OG David DeCastro, Stanford
5. OT Matt Kalil, Southern California
6. QB Robert Griffin III, Baylor
7. DE/OLB Melvin Ingram, South Carolina
8. ILB Luke Kuechly, Boston College
9. WR Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State
10. CB Dre Kirkpatrick, Alabama
11. OT Riley Reiff, Iowa
12. CB Janoris Jenkins, North Alabama
13. OG/OT Cordy Glenn, Georgia
14. DE/OLB Nick Perry, Southern California
15. WR Michael Floyd, Notre Dame
16. OT Jonathan Martin, Stanford
17. DE/OLB Courtney Upshaw, Alabama
18. DT/DE Fletcher Cox, Mississippi State
19. DT Michael Brockers, LSU
20. C Peter Konz, Wisconsin
21. DE Quinton Coples, North Carolina
22. DT/DE Devon Still, Penn State
23. WR Alshon Jeffery, South Carolina
24. OLB Zach Brown, North Carolina
25. QB Ryan Tannehill, Texas A&M
26. OT Mike Adams, Ohio State
27. SS Mark Barron, Alabama
28. DT Jerel Worthy, Michigan State
29. DE Andre Branch, Clemson
30. ILB Dont'a Hightower, Alabama
31. DT Brandon Thompson, Clemson
32. DE/OLB Whitney Mercilus, Illinois
33. RB David Wilson, Virginia Tech
34. OG/OT Kelechi Osemele, Iowa State
35. WR Mohamed Sanu, Rutgers
36. TE Coby Fleener, Stanford
37. CB Alfonzo Dennard, Nebraska
38. NT Dontari Poe, Memphis
39. WR Rueben Randle, LSU
40. WR Kendall Wright, Baylor
41. TE Dwayne Allen, Clemson
42. CB Stephon Gilmore, South Carolina
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The Lions desperately needed offensive line help this previous draft so they could keep Matt Stafford upright. What did they do? Draft a bunch of playmakers. And they never really spent any draft picks on the position recently apart from Cherilus.
I guess that bust Cherilus and their older Brandon Albert counterpart Jeff Backus actually weren't so bad after all.
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Also, that's with LeShoure being injured all year. That's a 2nd rounder that had no impact whatsoever.
Had the Lions drafted a tackle at that spot, would they have shored up the line much better, and might Stafford have avoided some hits? Possibly. But also consider this:
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Browns and Bucs, lemme know before you make your pick; I may be interested in moving up to 4 or 5 from 9.
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Wait, the same rules apply about not trading draft picks, yes?
Because here I've been planning on sitting on my ass with Seattle's #12, but they need a QB as badly as the Chiefs do.
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Damn. Well you !@#$ers need to stop talking about trading picks, then. You're confusing the nOOb.
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Fw: [Inside the Capitol] 9-2 Battleship New Mexico Invited to Japanese Surrender
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SANTA FE -- On September 2, 1945, Japan made formal the surrender it had declared on August 15. The ceremony occurred aboard the USS Missouri, in Tokyo Bay.
The Japanese delegation, unable to find any vessel seaworthy enough to take them into the bay, boarded an American destroyer to take them on the 16-mile journey.
An impressive 258 Allied warships filled the bay, making it one of the most formidable displays of naval power ever assembled in one anchorage. Many more could have joined them, but it was an invitation-only event for warships that had distinguished themselves in Pacific battles.
The Battleship New Mexico was there, honored for her service in the Gilberts, Marshalls, Solomons, Marianas, Philippines and Okinawa. In her last two battles, she suffered three kamikaze hits, killing a total of 83, including the commanding officer, and injuring 206.
Also present was Gen. Jonathon Wainwright, the beloved commanding officer who remained in the Philippines after MacArthur left.
Wainwright, who had endured all the prison camp atrocities experienced by his troops and looking like a skeleton, was quickly rescued from a prison camp in China and brought to the ceremony.
He took a place of honor, near MacArthur and reportedly received the first ceremonial pen when MacArthur signed the surrender document as the Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan.
The Navy was not impressed that MacArthur became supreme commander or that he would conduct the surrender ceremonies. MacArthur's promotion made it appear that the Army had won the war in the Pacific and not the Navy.
Obviously, it took both But neither wanted to admit it because the two services were completely separate entities. Had Japan not created the same problems for itself, our divided command would have caused us even more problems.
And the only reason the Air Force wasn't part of the argument was that it wasn't created until 1947.
The solution to the Navy's displeasure was to have MacArthur conduct the ceremony aboard a Navy ship. And to get President Harry Truman's cooperation in the deal, the vessel chosen for the surrender ceremony was the Battleship Missouri.
Instead of being conducted on the broad fantail of the Missouri, the signing took place on a narrow quarterdeck, around a worn table from the ship's galley, covered by a coffee-stained green tablecloth. The ceremony was short, which pleased both MacArthur and the Japanese.
Another indication of evident downplaying of the ceremony was that the American officers wore khaki uniforms, the British wore shorts. Our other allies wore dress uniforms. The Japanese wore top hats and tails. That's an interesting progression from those who had the most to do with winning the war to those who lost.
Although the ceremony was simple and understated, it was followed by a massive show of strength, as 1,900 Allied aircraft came roaring overhead.
Following the August 15 surrender declaration by Emperor Hirohito, it took two weeks before the first American soldiers landed in Japan. Air drops to prison camps had been occurring and agents from the Office of Strategic Services had parachuted into prison camps to keep order until troops arrived.
One of the first tasks of the soldiers who landed was to get to the airfields to remove propellers from Japanese aircraft. There still was unrest among many of the military and a fear that mutinous kamikaze pilots might make a last-minute bid for immortality during the surrender ceremonies.
The first stage of the occupation was to provide for the care of Allies who had been held captive. It was accomplished as quickly as possible because our troops were clamoring to get out and families back home wanted to know of their loved ones.
The Battleship Missouri can be visited in Honolulu by going to Pearl Harbor and taking a shuttle. Tours are conducted of various parts of the ship. Or one may go directly to view the surrender location and listen to a recording of MacArthur's words.
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CRESTVIEW � A good year for Crestview High School's competitive cheerleading team can become a great year this week.
CRESTVIEW � A good year for Crestview High School's competitive cheerleading team can become a great year this week.
Crestview cheerleaders are heading for Kissimmee and the Silver Spur Arena for the Florida High School Athletic Association state championships.
They will compete in the Class 1A extra large team division at 5:20 p.m. local time. If the Bulldogs qualify for the finals, they would go for the state title at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Crestview's competitive cheerleading squad is different from the spirit squad that cheers at games. Most of the spirit squad's girls also are on the competitive team, which is made up of varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders.
The Bulldog cheerleaders' only setback in the season � if you can call it a setback � was a second-place finish in the region meet to Okaloosa County rival Fort Walton Beach.
"We've won each of our competitions," Coach Nikki Sweatt said. "We won at Tallahassee, Chipola and this weekend in Panama City. We got second place in regional behind Fort Walton so we are going to change our routine a little bit and clean it up."
Sweatt said teams must compete in four meets and the region to be eligible for state.
Senior captains Lucie Bouchard, Rylee Hritz and Dominique Acol are ready for the state meet.
"It's very exciting," Bouchard said. "Our talent this year is outstanding. I'm excited to see what happens at state.
"We are very strong and work well together."
Acol dreams of bringing home a state championship.
"It would mean the world," Acol said. That's (champions) what we strive to be. We strive to be the best and I truly believe that we are best."
Hritz said the team's unity has played a big role in this year's success.
"We are all like sisters," she said. "We work together. We all love each other and it helps everything fall into place."
About the time the Bulldog cheerleaders take the floor of the arena in Kissimmee the Crestview girls basketball team will hit the court at Fort Walton Beach High School for their District 1-7A tournament semifinal game with Niceville.
Sweatt would like to see the state finals moved later in the year so the cheerleaders could cheer through the end of the basketball season.
"It's very aggravating," she said. "We've already missed a few games attending competitions and practicing for them."
Bouchard said not being able to cheer on the team is bittersweet because the Crestview girls have had a very good season.
Another reason Sweatt would like to see the state competition moved to later in the year is from a financial standpoint.
"It's right after Christmas and we are trying to raise money to go," she said. "Businesses, by this time, are given out and this year, it's been tough."
Sweatt said businesses or individuals wanting to donate can contact the school or simply send a check to the school with a notation that the money is for the cheerleaders.
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When it comes to social media, how young is too young?
"My kids are 11, 9 and 6," said father of three John Hunt.
The new Facebook app "Messenger Kids" is raising concerns as to whether or not the social media site created the app for their own benefit or as a safe way for parents to introduce the world of social media to their children.
"I do think their main goal in this is to reach a younger demographic, so when kids grow up, they are Facebook users as well, but they also think of Facebook's defense of it, they are trying to meet this need in a way that parents can control and a way that they can look at and I do see some of that," Hunt said.
Federal law states that children who are younger than 13 years of age are not allowed to sign up for a Facebook account. However, the app allows parents to sign their children up for the service through their own account.
Stacy Delgado, the School Resource Officer at Jim Ned, thinks that introducing children to social media is smart.
"At some point, you do have to introduce kids to it because it is really big in the schools. They use electronics for everything," said Delgado.
Social media will only become more popular as time goes on and Hunt wants to educate his children on how to be safe on the internet.
"I think if we don't teach our kids how to use social media, they are going to learn from their friends or just figure it out by trying," Hunt said.
The app is compliant with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, which protects children from online exploitation.
"I really do appreciate the effort that they are making because there really isn't something in that niche for kids, but kids are using social media," Hunt said.
But of course, with anything that you or your child decide to do online, it's recommended by law enforcement officials that you take necessary safety precautions before surfing the web. Update privacy settings and do not friend anyone that you are unfamiliar with on social media.
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