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The community of Minot, North Dakota was recently affected by unprecedented flooding, resulting in the displacement of thousands of residents and the destruction of many of their schools. With the new fall semester beginning in a month, the community of Minot is doing everything they can to ensure all of their students, many of whom have lost everything, recover from the devastation.
Minot teacher Thomas Scheeler, a long time Edmodo user and frequent contributor to the Edmodo Communities, has partnered with The Kids In Need Foundation, a national, non-profit organization to accept donations that will provide supplies to Minot students affected by the record-breaking flood.
This year feels like the year of natural disasters – from the earthquake in Christchurch NZ, the tsunami in Japan, to the floods in the eastern US, and forest fires in the Southwest US, it seems there is no place on earth untouched by heartbreak. So we've decided that it's time to mobilize the Edmodo Community to lead the charge in supporting each other when we need it most. And we're starting with Minot.
A $15 donation will purchase a backpack full of supplies for a Minot student. Donors can visit the http://www.kinf.org/minot/ website and make a donation that will deliver school supplies directly to the hands of local Minot teachers and students.
Stay tuned for more updates and announcements related to this initiative. Thank you for your support – and thanks to Thomas Scheeler for your dedication to the students and community of Minot…and for reminding us that we're all in this together.


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Industries Environmental Documents
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) evaluates relicensing of the 1,167-megawatt Hells Canyon Hydroelectric Project (P-1971-079) in Idaho and Oregon
Issued: August 31, 2007
The project is an existing, operating hydroelectric facility located on the Snake River in Washington and Adams Counties, Idaho, and Wallowa and Baker Counties, Oregon. The project occupies approximately 5,640 acres of federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the U. S. Forest Service. The project is licensed to Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power).
In this FEIS, Commission staff assessed the environmental and economic effects of:
- Continuing to operate the project with no changes or enhancements (no-action alternative);
- Operating the project as proposed by Idaho Power (Idaho Power's proposal); and
- Operating the project as proposed by Idaho Power with additional or modified environmental measures (staff alternative).
Under the staff alternative, the project would be operated as proposed by Idaho Power, but with the following additional operational constraints:
- Releases from the project to augment downstream flows for the purpose of enhancing juvenile fall Chinook salmon migration conditions;
- Additional ramping restrictions during the fall Chinook rearing period;
- Stricter reservoir refill targets after the flood control season; and
- Warmwater fish spawning protection levels in Brownlee reservoir.
In addition to the foregoing operation-related measures, the staff alternative incorporates most of Idaho Power's proposed environmental measures, but with certain modifications. The staff alternative also includes 35 environmental measures additional to those proposed by Idaho Power.

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You assume he has the stamina to stand on the sidelines for 17 weeks.
He will bring poise to the position.
You assume he has the stamina to stand on the sidelines for 17 weeks.
He'd be an improvement over Cavacrap. But there must be better options ... No ?
If there's a chance to bring in Penny and we don't, then we are just trying to lose.
Pennington is a mentor to Marshall's QB Rakeem Cato who just led the nation in passing yardage; Chad would be a benefit to the NY Jets with his leadership skills & football I.Q. ...
Forget coach if he can step on the field make him our QB. Has to be better then what we have. At vet min could be the best QB we've signed sense Vinny the 1st time around.
Ratliff, Ainge, Bollinger, any of them could do a better job than the current crop.
I would love to see him replace sparano also and become a OC/QB coach think he would do an excellent job.


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Commute to Downtown Fort Walton Beach
Most errands require a car.
This location has a Walk Score of 42 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so most errands require a car.
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The race we have been waiting for. A HPF Stage 2.5 E46 M3 takes on a Gintani Stage 2+ DCT E92 M3.
Did some duns with Drew down in Mexico. Great times! Both cars on 91+Meth. Enjoy!
HPF E46 M3 Turbo Stage 2.5 vs. Gintani Stage 2+ Supercharged E92 DCT M3
This article was originally published in forum thread: HPF Stage 2.5 vs. Gintani Stage 2+ started by MSpiredM3 View original post18 Comments
oddjob2021 - 08-08-2010, 12:15 PM
is there anymore you plan to do to your car drew? its already damn fast if you're keeping up with hpf cars. nice runs. i love to see close races.
Thanks guys!
I agree, in the higher gears, after we both had shifted, I would be slightly crawling forward
So, what is the common denominator here? I mean, the E92 is making almost 200 ft/lbs less torque and weighs more. Im guessing its the gearing of the E92 that is helping it rocket to the HPF's range? And it seems it also has the traction to fully use the high gear ratio?
I mean, E36 guys typically poke fun at the HPF car's lack of torque comparatively, and the E92 makes way less than them... But they are still very fast as you can see.
Its impressive, and if that is the case, imagine what some of these turbo E46/E36's could do with similar gearing and traction.
Yes, the car is impressive.
LostMarine - 08-08-2010, 04:11 PM
It all makes sense though, Drew trapped 131mph with is setup, pretty much exactly what I would expect my car to trap on pump and meth at a track like Fomosa.
LostMarine - 08-08-2010, 06:08 PM
very true, but my situation wouldnt call for much more than what either of yours are producing on pump meth. but to have the added power that you do have, would be very very nice should have done a vid of that, just because
LostMarine - 08-08-2010, 07:21 PM
oh i know, at first a JB2 was enough for me
when can we expect a racegas/meth rematch?
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Cold and Distant
Mars is a cold, dry, desert landscape of sand and rocks (Figure 1). Many land features on the present-day surface of Mars, such as volcanoes, canyons, and valleys, make it look very similar to Earth, but humans could not survive in the present environment on Mars. The average surface temperature is -63 degrees C (-81 degrees F), and nighttime temperatures on Mars can plunge to -110 degrees C (-170 degrees F). By comparison, the lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -89 degrees C (-130 degrees F) at Vostok, Antarctica in July, 1983. One reason Mars is much colder than Earth is its distance from the Sun. On average, Mars orbits the Sun at a distance of about 228 million km (about 142 million miles). This is about 1.5 times farther from the Sun than the Earth. Mars' greater distance from the Sun also gives it a longer orbital period, or year. One year on Mars is 686 Earth days (Figure 2). Although one Mars year is almost twice as long as an Earth year, Mars' rotational period, or day, is only 40 minutes longer than the Earth's.
Figure 1. This image from the Mars Pathfinder images shows a Martian scene not too different from desert scenes on Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL
Figure 2. Comparison of physical properties of Earth and Mars. Graphic graciously provided by the University of Washington, Kay Dewar and Jim Tillman. Mars Image Credit: NASA and Phil James
My Martian Can Jump Higher Than Your Earthling
Mars has a diameter of about 6,800 km (~4,200 miles). This is about half the diameter of Earth (12,700 km; ~7,900 miles) Figure 2 compares the surface areas of Earth and Mars. As a consequence, gravity on Mars is only about 38% of Earth's (Figure 2). So, if you weighed 100 pounds on Earth, you would only weigh about 38 pounds on Mars. And if you can jump one meter (3.25 feet) high on Earth, you would be able to jump 2.64 meters (almost 9 feet) high on Mars. The lower gravity on Mars could prove beneficial to future astronauts, as it would permit them to easily walk around the surface wearing large spacesuits and carrying heavy backpacks.
Figure 3. If you could form a ball out of the Earth's continents, the ball would be about the same size as Mars! Credit: NASA/JPL/Corby Waste
Mars' Wobbling Wackiness
Mars and Earth share a similar tilt - Mars at its present 25 degrees, and Earth at a fairly constant 23.5 degrees (Figure 2). During the past ten million years, Earth's axial tilt has only varied between about 22 and 24.5 degrees, because our relatively large Moon helps maintain a stable tilt. But Mars, which has two tiny moons, has experienced more extreme changes in its axial tilt - between 13 and 40 degrees over timescales of about 10 to 20 million years. At times when Mars' axial tilt is high, the summer polar cap points directly towards the sun, which allows the entire polar ice cap to melt or sublime (change from a solid to a gas). These fluctuations in tilt lead many scientists to believe that extreme changes in climate and seasons have occurred throughout Mars' history.
Surface Features and Geology
Mars is only about one-half the diameter of Earth, but both planets have roughly the same amount of dry land surface area (Figure 3). This is because over two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans, whereas the present surface of Mars has no liquid water.
Although Mars and Earth are very different planets when it comes to temperature, size, and atmosphere, geologic processes on the two planets are surprisingly similar. On Mars, we see volcanoes, channels, and impact basins much like the ones we see on Earth. Because of this similarity, scientists can study certain geologic features and processes on Earth in order to learn about the same or similar features on Mars. These comparisons are called analogs. Because we don't yet have the capability to send humans to do fieldwork on Mars, these Mars/Earth analogs enable scientists to make inferences about features they see on Mars by combining field studies on Earth with satellite imagery of the Martian surface, as well as imagery obtained by landers.
Because of the similar geologic processes, many of the same physical land features we see on Earth also exist on Mars. But the sheer size of some landforms on Mars dwarfs that of similar features on Earth. For example, Olympus Mons (Figure 4) is not only the largest volcano on Mars, it's the largest known volcano in the solar system. Towering at 26 km (16 miles) high, Olympus Mons is about four times as tall as Mauna Loa, the largest volcano on Earth, and about three times as high as Mount Everest (Figure 5). Mars also boasts a canyon system that would extend all the way across the United States, if on Earth (Figure 6). Valles Marineris (Figure 7), sometimes called the Grand Canyon of Mars, is 7 km (4.3 miles) deep and 4000 km (2500 miles) long, which is actually ten times longer and about four times deeper than the Grand Canyon.
Figure 4. In terms of area, Olympus Mons is similar in size to the state of Arizona! Credit: NASA
Figure 5. Olympus Mons dwarfs Earth's two largest mountains, Mauna Kea and Mount Everest.
Figure 6. Valles Marineris would stretch across the continental United States, and beyond. Credit: Dr. Allan Treiman/LPI
Figure 7. Valles Marineris is a large scar on the surface of Mars formed by the stretching of Mars' crust. Valles Marineris is named after the spacecraft that discovered it, Mariner 9. Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech
The surface of Mars is covered with impact craters (Figure 8), bowl-shaped depressions that are created when an asteroid or comet collides with a planetary surface. Scientists estimate that on Mars, there are more than 43,000 impact craters with diameters greater than 5 kilometers (3 miles). In contrast, only about 120 impact craters have been identified on the surface of the Earth. Why don't we see a similar number of impact craters on both Earth and Mars? For one thing, the Earth's surface is still geologically active. Because of ongoing volcanic eruptions and plate tectonics, many land surfaces are still fairly young. In addition, erosional processes happen much faster on Earth than on Mars, largely because Earth has flowing water on its surface and rain. Most impact craters on Earth have been "erased" from view by erosional processes and geologic activity. The best preserved impact crater on Earth is Barringer (Meteor) Crater (Figure 9) in northern Arizona. Barringer Crater is 1.2 km (0.75 miles) in diameter and is thought to be about 50,000 years old.
Figure 8. The layered appearance of the inner walls and floor of this Martian crater show that the erosion and deposition of sediment has played a significant role in the evolution of the Martian surface. Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS
Figure 9. Barringer (Meteor) Crater in northern Arizona was formed about 50,000 years ago by an impact from a 50 meter-wide (162 ft-wide) nickel-iron meteorite. Credit: Lunar and Planetary Institute
Volcanoes and canyons are not the only familiar surface features seen on Mars. Long winding channels (Figure 10) that resemble dried river beds on Earth can be seen snaking across the surface. Dried-up networks of tributaries (Figure 11) and river deltas (Figure 12) hint at the long-term existence of liquid water. Gullies, usually formed by liquid water on Earth, are found on the walls of craters and other slopes (Figure 13). All of these features suggest Mars, at some point in the past, must have been warm enough to support liquid water. Not only that, the water had to stick around for a very long time to carve out the river channels, tributaries and to form the deltas.
Figure 10. Viking orbiter image of a long, sinuous channel, most likely formed by flowing water. Credit: NASA
Figure 11. Network of streams on the Martian surface likely filled with liquid water long ago. The smaller streams at the upper-left merged together into a single, larger stream at the bottom-right. Credit: NASA
Figure 12. Ancient river delta? This geologic feature resembles river deltas seen on Earth. This image, captured by the Mars Global Surveyor, is evidence for liquid water existing on the surface of Mars for a long time. Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS
Figure 13. Gullies typically occur year round in areas on the Martian surface where temperatures are well below freezing. Nearly all of them form on slopes that face away from the Sun. Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS
Mars has a very thin atmosphere composed mostly of carbon dioxide (95%), while Earth's atmosphere is mostly nitrogen (77%) and oxygen (21%). The average atmospheric pressure on Mars is less than 1% of Earth's, and no human could survive there without a pressurized spacesuit. Mars' atmosphere also lacks a protective ozone layer, which allows much of the Sun's dangerous ultraviolet radiation to reach the planet's surface.
Mars appears red when viewed from space (Figure 14) due to the presence of red hematite (a type of iron oxide, similar to rust) in the rocks and soil. And if you looked up at the sky from the surface of Mars, you wouldn't see a blue or cloudy gray sky like you would from Earth. Instead, you would see a bright, pinkish-color sky (Figure 15). This is due to the fine, red dust carried by the Martian winds. Because of Mars' thin atmosphere, these winds can blow up to 100 km (62 miles) per hour, sometimes stirring up the thin, Martian dust and creating global dust storms that engulf the entire planet.
Figure 14. The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of Mars in 1997. The northern polar cap is visible at the top of Mars and clouds can be seen at the bottom of the planet. Credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech/David Crisp and the WFPC2 Science Team
Figure 15. The Imager for Mars Pathfinder captured this image of a Martian sunset, revealing the pinkish hue of Mars' sky. Credit: NASA/JPL
Satellite imagery of Mars has revealed that huge, swirling dust storms periodically cover nearly the entire planet, and measurements taken during the Viking Lander missions in the 1970s showed that wind gusts of up to 95 kilometers (60 miles) per hour occur during these dust storms. In addition, the low gravity conditions on Mars enable sand and dust grains to jump as high as one meter (3.25 feet) off the ground and then travel 3 to 10 meters (9 to 30 feet) downwind. These observations and measurements tell scientists that sand and dust are routinely transported across the Martian surface in massive amounts. When Mariner 9 arrived at Mars in 1971, the first images to arrive back at Mission Control revealed a huge dust storm that covered the entire surface of Mars (Figure 16). It was nearly a month before the dust settled and scientists were able to begin mapping the planet. Then in June 2001, the Hubble Space Telescope detected a dust storm brewing in Hellas Basin, a huge impact crater in Mars' southern hemisphere. Within a day, the dust storm enshrouded the entire planet (Figure 17) and was so large that amateur astronomers could see it from Earth with their telescopes. Although dust storms occur on Earth, they don't come close to reaching the size of dust storms on Mars. First, because Mars is a global desert, it offers plenty of fuel for feeding and sustaining dust storms. Second, because dust absorbs sunlight, it can substantially heat Mars' dry, thin atmosphere, which then increases winds. Earth's atmosphere, however, contains water vapor, which helps control atmospheric temperatures. During the 2001 dust storm, the global air temperature on Mars was about 30 degrees C (86 degrees F) warmer than before the storm began.
Figure 16. The Mariner 9 spacecraft took this image of a global dust storm on Mars on its approach to the Red Planet in 1971. Credit: NASA
Figure 17. The Hubble Space Telescope captured these before and after images of Mars after a dust storm enveloped the planet in 2001. Credit: NASA/J. Bell (Cornell), Mike Wolff (SSI) and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)


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Evans, Pelicans stun Thunder
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Not long after Pelicans coach Monty Williams said he expected Tyreke Evans to take the night off to rest his sore right knee, Evans surprised his team by suiting up.
Then he stunned the Oklahoma City Thunder with one of the best performances of his career.
Evans scored a career-high 41 points to go with nine rebounds, eight assists and three steals, and the New Orleans Pelicans snapped an eight-game skid by topping the playoff-bound Thunder 101-89 on Monday night.
"It was one of those, man, where I felt like nobody could guard me out there," Evans said. "The knee was sore but I was just fighting through it. ... It was just one of those games where I wanted to win, no matter what it took."
Evans made 14 of 26 shots while scoring mostly on quick, powerful bursts to the hoop. He also scored 12 points at the foul line and hit a clutch 3 - turning and pounding his chest as the shot went through - to put the Pelicans ahead 90-82 with 4:21 left.
"He wasn't going to play today. That's the amazing part," Williams said.
Kevin Durant scored 25 points for the Thunder, who have lost two straight and won't lock up the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs without at least one more win or a Los Angeles Clippers loss.
"I'm not making any excuses. They just beat us," Durant said. "They got whatever they wanted on the offensive end and it felt like we were just out of it."
With Oklahoma City having played in Indiana on Sunday, coach Scott Brooks chose to rest point guard Russell Westbrook, starting Reggie Jackson in his place.
Jackson, however, was not a factor offensively for much of the game, finishing with four points and three assists.
Oklahoma could hardly complain about being short-handed, though. With all five early season starters and its best scorer off the bench out for the season, New Orleans had only one regular point guard among 10 players in uniform.
That was Austin Rivers, who was ejected, along with the Thunder's Nick Collison, after the pair got into a scuffle with 7:56 left in the second quarter.
Evans, normally a shooting guard, took over at point guard after that and went on to score 37 of his points.
"I knew I had to take over with Austin out," Evans said. "We needed a win - bad."
The Thunder generally refrained from double-teaming Evans, instead switching the players assigned to defend him.
"We tried many guys on him. He just got around us," Brooks said. "Give him credit. He had a career night. We have to do better. ... It starts with our team defense. We don't focus on one guy scoring points. We focus on them scoring points."
Luke Babbit scored 12 points, hitting a late 3 to help seal New Orleans' first victory over the Thunder in 11 meetings, dating to Jan. 24, 2011. Darius Miller and Alexis Ajinca each had 10 points, and rookie center Jeff Withey blocked four shots.
Serge Ibaka had 22 points and 16 rebounds for Oklahoma City. Caron Butler added 19 points, but after making six of his first seven shots, he did not score in the fourth quarter.
Durant played below his usual standard, missing 14 of his 23 shots and not reaching double figures in scoring until his driving floater with 4:35 left in the third quarter.
Three nights earlier in Oklahoma City, the Thunder opened up a double-digit lead on reeling New Orleans in the first half and was up 25 after three quarters en route to a 116-94 victory.
Things changed back in the Big Easy, where the Pelicans are 21-19.
"We weren't just going to give them layups and dunks the way we did when we were at their place a few days ago," Williams said.
New Orleans held a slim lead most of the first quarter and the game got testy in the second, when Rivers was angered by a prolonged screen Collison set on him.
Rivers pushed his way out of the screen and soon after the two were shouting at each other as they followed the action to the Pelicans' offensive end. Rivers then lunged violently at Collison, and the Thunder big man shoved back vigorously.
Minutes later, Oklahoma City led by as many as six on Butler's 3, but New Orleans closed the half with Anthony Morrow's short jumper and Evans' layup after he'd intercepted Thabo Sefolosha's pass, cutting Oklahoma's lead to 46-45 at halftime.
Notes: The loss prevented Oklahoma City from becoming the only NBA team with 60 wins in each of the past two seasons. ... Evans' previous career-high in scoring was 35 points with Sacramento in Jan. 21, 2011, in an overtime loss to Golden State.


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4 Generations: The Water Buffalo Movie
T2 shot and produced "4 Generations" in 2007 when Robert Thompson was living in China. It is a story documenting a journey in southwestern China (near Tibet) to first find, then deliver a water buffalo to a poor family. The water buffalo led him to a family with an phenomenal story.
The video has reached millions, been front-paged on Digg, and was inspired and donated by author, educator, and founder of photo.net, Philip Greenspun.


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- Park and walk in well-traveled, well-lit areas.
- Walk to your car in groups, if possible.
- If you are uncomfortable, call LCC Police at 483-1800 for an escort.
- Carry a cell phone. If you are being bothered or followed, call 911. If you don't have a cell phone, ask a passerby to call 911 for you or go to the nearest emergency phone box.
- Ask LCC Police for a safety whistle to carry. The whistles are available to LCC students and employees and are intended to be used ONLY in emergency situations where there are no means of escape and you cannot get to a phone to call 911. If you hear someone blow a whistle, call 911 immediately. Furthermore, if you see anything suspicious, dial 911.
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Ok, I gotta admit, this really took me by surprise. I really didn't just fall of the turnip truck and know all too well that bigotry, stupidity and rank ignorance not only still exist in 21st century USA, but fester in every state of the union.
But the reaction that ABC got when it announced that Chaz Bono would be among the celebrities on the new "Dancing With the Stars" season had my jaw dropping to the floor.
Homophobia itself is ugly and uninformed, of course, but those who spew anti-gay epithets often do so because they believe sexual orientation is a "choice" and, as such, some kind of mental abberation, despite what people like, oh I don't know, doctors and pyschiatrists have said repeatedly for decades.
But just looking at some of the comments from "DWTS" fans on the show's ABC page is nothing short of a reminder of how blindly ignorant so many people remain in this country.
Somehow, there is no awareness at all of the physiological facts of transexualism, only a stunningly uneducated belief that Chaz Bono, by transforming from Chastity to Chaz, is somehow committing "sin."
Here is just one of the comments from the page: "I don't hate Chaz Bono at all. I feel sorry for her, she has obviously had a hard time and it takes courage to do what she's done. However, it doesn't mean her decisions are normal or right or GOOD. Everyone has a RIGHT to an opinion and to voice their opinion. I have news for you "enlightened ones" who call Christians ignorant…most people in the US and the world share our views on homosexuality, YES even in 2011, despite a very powerful agenda by the LGBT activists. Just because something is called normal and acceptable for decades doesn't make it normal or acceptable to God. You have to literally forsake God, His Word, and common sense to call homosexuality good, normal and acceptable."
I should be angry. I should be mightily pissed off, and to an extent, I am. But even more than that, I'm sad — not just that this kind of "thinking" still exists in a supposedly educated society, but because it says so much about the fractiousness of our culture and why we can't make progress on so many issues that have nothing to do with sexuality or gender.
Faith is not a bad thing. Faith can be empowering, uplifting, reassuring — all of the things that can make human beings want to better their lives.
But it can also be used not just as a crutch, but an excuse to avoid having to open the mind to any new idea or thought. The same people who think that upper casing the "H" in "his" and the "W" in "word" reaffirms their fear-based ignorance to the facts about transexualism, are equally incapable of opening their minds to new thoughts and ideas on other issues.
And, of course, it's ultimately their fear and tenacious adherence to their beliefs that politicians use to get elected and to keep us from finding solutions to all kinds of issues.
And, for the record, ignorance, alas, is not only the stock in trade of the right. Liberals are just as capable of this kind of intractable "thinking."
I won't presume to speak for God, upper or lower case. I'm just one person who finds all of this quite sad.
As for Chaz, to set the record straight, she was born Chastity, of course, but from an early age, long before she could make choices about her sexuality (if one believes that sexuality is, indeed, a choice), she exhibited traits and interests of a little boy. As she got older, the inner conflicts only worsened.
For a while, she sought some kind of resolution to her turmoil in lesbian relationships. But the feeling that something was wrong never went away. Finally, and after more struggle and work than most of us could ever endure, and working with people who understood that it is very possible for a person to be born with the wrong gender, Chaz saw the path to self-acceptance and to becoming who he was all along and meant to be.
The only "sin" here is that ignorance prevents some people from learning the facts of transexualism. It would have been a sin in Chaz Bono's life if he had tried to conform to being someone he was not.
Someone he never was.


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Recital: "Happy Birthday, Chopin and Schumann"
Songs by Schumann and piano music by Chopin
Andre Garcia-Nuthman, tenor, and Linda King, piano
Sunday, October 31, 2:00, at the Baha'i Center in Manuelitas, $10
Birthday cake afterwards!
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For the last 13 years K Squared Racing has been lead by Kenyon Kluge. As the team manager and rider, Kenyon has lead K Squared Racing in competitions covering a number of different racing disciplines. During this time Kenyon supported his passion for racing through his daytime career as an electrical engineer. For the bulk of these years Kenyon worked for networking and microchip companies. However, in 2008 he merged both worlds when he became an electrical engineer at Zero Motorcycles.
The K Squared Racing entry was a production Zero S with some minor modifications for racing. By racing a modified production motorcycle K Squared racing showed what a privateer racer can do with an electric motorcycle that is available today. The K squared racing motorcycle used the same motor that is equipped on every Zero S and Zero DS motorcycle. While Zero Motorcycles was Kenyon's biggest support, Kenyon's team and motorcycle were put together through his own private efforts. The suspension and chassis setup was provided by Aftershocks Suspension.
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Egg Nog – A Cup O' Creamy Deliciousness
So, as promised, I made homemade Egg Nog over the Thanksgiving holiday. To give a brief summary for those of you with ADD, it is totally worth the effort. I went with the standard (non-cooked) Good Eats Egg Nog recipe and used Eagle Rare bourbon as my spirit of choice. The whole process took less than 30 minutes and would have been faster had it not been my first time making said concoction. The process was quite easy but there is onne comment I'll add to Alton's recipe. Make sure you use an enormous bowl, larger than you think you'll need, to make the custard mixture. The bowls I used were perfect for mixing the custard base and whipping the egg whites, however were only just barely large enough when it came time to combine the two.
In the future I'll be using a very large bowl to mix the custard in, and whipping the egg whites in a smaller bowl, that way when it comes time to combine there will be no worry of overflow. Another option which I considered and think would work very well is to execute the recipe as suggested but combine the whipped egg whites and custard in a large, sealable plastic pitcher then shake to combine. This method should better combine the foamy whites and custard. However, it may deflate your egg whites more than the whisking method. When I combined the two in the bowl there was a noticeable foam layer and a liquid layer below that, so when serving I had to make sure I got some of both.
And, how was it? Fantastic! The fresh grated nutmeg came through with flying colors and the bourbon added a huge amount of flavor without making the drink overly boozy. This recipe produces an Egg Nog that is likely going to be thinner that what you're used to getting from the store. This didn't bother me but Alton suggests trying the cooked recipe if you're looking for a thicker product. I'd guess that the Egg Nog would last in the fridge for a couple of weeks at least assuming you started with fresh ingredients, but I can't really say for sure as it only lasted about a day and a half in our fridge. :)
So, to wrap things homemade Egg Nog is well worth the effort and I'd highly suggest you give it a try some time. Matt had an interesting comment that I'd like to investigate before Nog season passes up by, so I'll keep you updated on my thoughts on spirit selection when mixing with store bought Nog.


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Rockford, Ill. - Chicago Blackhawks General Manager of Minor League Affiliations Mark Bernard announced on Monday that the American Hockey League's Rockford IceHogs have loaned defenseman Ben Youds to the ECHL's Toledo Walleye.
The 24-year-old defenseman recorded his third career multi-point game with two helpers in the IceHogs 5-4 victory over Charlotte on Sunday. In three games this season, the d-man has two points and two penalty minutes.
In 2011-12 Youds competed in his first professional campaign, notching 17 points (4g-13a) in 57 games for Rockford. The defenseman also appeared in one contest with the Walleye, tallying the game-winning goal in overtime on Dec. 27, 2011. The Maple Grove, Minn. native was named Rockford's Most Improved Player in 2011-12.
Before joining the IceHogs, Youds skated with Minnesota State University-Mankato (NCAA) for four seasons, garnering 67 points (11g-56a) in 145 contests with the Mavericks.
Next Game: Thursday, Oct. 25 vs. San Antonio. The puck drops at 7:05 p.m. The IceHogs meet up with the San Antonio Rampage for the first time in 2012-13. It's WIFR sellout night as the TV station has bought all the remaining tickets for the game and are giving them away to fans for free via wifr.com.


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Quick reminder that they're are three huge fiscal battles that are coming up soon.
They are: The debt ceiling, the sequester (the automatic spending cuts), and the new budget.
Goldman's Alec Phillips puts them into timing and context:
Q: How does the debt limit relate to other upcoming fiscal debates? A: The debt limit is the most important of three separate fiscal issues Congress must address in Q1. Beyond the debt limit, congressional leaders and the President must work out two other issues: further delay in spending cuts under "sequestration" and an extension of government spending authority. While these are separate issues, it is clearly possible that all three could be wrapped up into one agreement. Spending cuts under sequestration are scheduled to take effect from March 1, 2013. Those cuts had been scheduled to take effect January 1, but were delayed two months as part of the fiscal compromise reached last week. In the upcoming debate lawmakers will aim to delay those cuts once again, offsetting the increased spending that would result with savings (spread over ten years) from other areas of the budget.
A month later, on March 27, the temporary extension of spending authority (known as a "continuing resolution") that Congress enacted last year expires. Congress is likely to extend spending authority to September 30, the end of the current fiscal year, but lawmakers must first agree on a spending level. If no agreement is reached by March 27, all non-essential government operations funded by congressional appropriations would cease. However, while this sounds severe, it is far less of a risk to the economy or the market than a failure to raise the debt limit, since the lapse would be temporary and the payments that would cease are clearly categorized, would have no effect on Treasury financing nor on most payments to individuals, and are of a smaller overall size.
It really does appear as though the combination of these issues will make the January 1 fight over taxes seem like a walk in the park.
SEE ALSO: Terrifying presentation shows what happens if we don't hit the debt ceiling >


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The design of Open Monograph press is heavily structured for maintainability, flexibility and robustness. Those familiar with Sun's Enterprise Java Beans technology or the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern will note many similarities.
As in a MVC structure, data storage and representation, user interface presentation, and control are separated into different layers. The major categories, roughly ordered from "front-end" to "back-end," follow:
As the system makes use of inheritance and has consistent class naming conventions, it is generally easy to tell what category a particular class falls into. For example, a Data Access Object class always inherits from the DAO class, has a Class name of the form [Something]DAO, and has a filename of the form [Something]DAO.inc.php.
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CLEMENCY BURTON-HILL talks to Gustavo Dudamel, the dynamic music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, about his success in bringing El Sistema to the U.S.
High above New York City's Lincoln Center Plaza, on a glittering and crisp winter's night, Gustavo Dudamel is collecting Musical America's Musician of the Year award. The ceremony at the Rose Building is a family affair. His wife and baby son are here. His mother and grandmother are here. His mentor José Antonio Abreu, founder of El Sistema, is here. And his "brothers" are here, too, in the form of a young Venezuelan brass ensemble that Dudamel introduces with touchingly obvious pride.
The room seems to shimmer with the expectation that envelops Dudamel like a force field. It is four seasons since this exceptionally charismatic young Latin American took the helm at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the luminaries gathered for the ceremony are by now well accustomed to thinking of him as some kind of messiah — the ultimate musician, perhaps, predestined to be here, collecting yet another honor, single-handedly rescuing the future of the art form for classical audiences everywhere.
So when the newly anointed Musician of the Year takes to the podium and begins to speak, the implications of his words take a moment to be fully absorbed. "I am often asked, did I decide to be a musician, or did music take me?" Dudamel reveals. "But it's not the music that chose me, or I the music. Without El Sistema, it was impossible to happen. Impossible. It is only that El Sistema gave me the opportunity to create a life through music." Even as he graciously accepts this latest accolade, Dudamel issues a gentle but firm clarification. "All of the prizes, the recognition, I thank you so much for all of that. But a conductor without an orchestra is nothing, you know. So this is not about me. I only represent this community — of children dreaming and building a life through music."
This is no false modesty: for all the attendant glamour of his life as one of the most in-demand and celebrated artists of our time, Gustavo Dudamel really means it. His notion that music education can fundamentally change society, and that all children deserve "access to beauty," drives everything he does. "It is his creative internal core, his DNA," suggests Deborah Borda, President and CEO of the L.A. Philharmonic. Borda describes her first experience watching Dudamel with El Sistema — years before she had lured him to be the L.A. Phil's music director — as "transformational." "When I left Caracas that first time," she confides, "I thought, 'Well, I may not be able to persuade Gustavo Dudamel to come to Los Angeles, but no matter what, I will bring this back. We will do this in America…."
More than two thousand miles away from the bright lights of Lincoln Center, back in Dudamel's adopted American city, the ambitious El Sistema-inspired music-education initiative that he and Borda did indeed launch is gathering pace. One of three international programs to which he has officially committed his name, time and energy (the others are in Raploch, Scotland, and Hammarkullen, Sweden), Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) is by far the most visible manifestation outside of Venezuela of Dudamel's belief that "the most important thing is not to forget your beginnings, your basis, your family." It is also based on his unshakable conviction that a classical-music education should be an inalienable right for every child, regardless of demographics, background or race — here in America, too, just as it is in Venezuela, where, since founding El Sistema in 1975, Maestro Abreu has succeeded in making universal free music education a transformative tenet of social policy. "You know, we have to rebuild our vision of life, we have to work in another way, and that is El Sistema," Dudamel says at a post-concert interview in his office at the Walt Disney Hall on South Grand Avenue. "And here in L.A., it's really coming now. We're really building something with YOLA." He describes the process as "a responsibility, but a beautiful responsibility."
Abreu famously began with eleven kids in a Caracas garage. YOLA began with eighty kids, all from local underserved neighborhoods. At its two centers, the Philharmonic and its community partners now provide free instruments, intensive music training and academic support to more than 550 students in a program that was established even before Dudamel had taken the podium as music director in L.A. By this fall, that number will rise above 600; both centers have waiting lists running into the hundreds, and Borda admits that demand, always rising, cannot currently be met. Dudamel, meanwhile, is more than just a compelling figurehead: whenever he is in town, he visits YOLA, conducting rehearsals and concerts, talking to students, encouraging them, cracking jokes. It clearly matters to him that the students understand he is invested in their futures, and that he believes in them, not just as young musicians but as individuals, filled with promise and potential.
It's a humid weekday afternoon, and I'm visiting the YOLA at HOLA (Heart of Los Angeles) center in the disadvantaged Ramparts district. Pouring out of every classroom is the unmistakably joyous, if chaotic, cacophony of young children learning music — a brass ensemble, a woodwinds class, a strings sectional. The program also has a choral component. I'm struck by how much it resembles the local music schools (known as nucleos) that I saw in Caracas, such as La Rinconada, where, like almost half a million children around Venezuela, hundreds of children learn music after their normal school day, every single day. "Gustavo's very funny — he makes music very fun," says Raymond Chavez, a clarinetist who's been a student at YOLA for two years. Raymond, now fifteen, is very earnest, and he's smiling broadly as he walks me down the noisy corridor. "Music has always been a part of him, and when he talks about music, it's like we've known each other for a long time — there's a connection."
Raymond, I subsequently discover, hails from a tough background. Like so many kids in this neighborhood, he had been skipping school and running with a local gang before he enrolled at YOLA. When I catch up with him a little later, he tells me he now plans to apply to the Ramón C. Cortines High School, a prestigious specialist performing-arts high school. "Music has given me a different perspective of how I view myself and the world around me," he says. "YOLA has made me realize that I could be part of something greater in life."
Raymond tells me he hopes to attend college one day. If he gets there, he will be the first person in his entire family to do so. And after college? "I want to be a professional musician like Gustavo," he replies patiently, stopping short of punctuating this statement with "Duh." Recalling the time he had the opportunity to perform and rehearse with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, he admits, "It was life-changing for me. It made me realize that you do not have to be from the greatest community to become an inspiring musician. I saw how in Venezuela, young musicians wanted their communities to change for the better and then decided to be that change." And then, politely excusing himself, off he skips to his next clarinet lesson. (Raymond has since been accepted by the Ramón C. Cortines High School, where he is now flourishing.)
Dudamel describes the Raymond effect as "the circle" — how positive change ripples out from the individual child through friends, family and wider society. "You see how the child changes when they learn like this, and then you cannot even imagine how the family around them change too," he tells me. Tellingly, El Sistema in Venezuela is funded by the social services department, not the culture purse, and according to purely financial analysis, the investment of each dollar returns at least $1.68 in savings made elsewhere across the budget, but the emotional metrics are unquantifiable. "The families, they come to the concerts, they enjoy the music, and all the time they learn more about how to listen to classical music," he says. "They feel that music is part of them, and now they own the right to enjoy and to have classical music. And that is a beautiful thing that will help to change society."
Dudamel's insistence on the right of all people to have classical music in their lives was a statement of intent made riotously clear when he first put YOLA kids prominently onstage at the Hollywood Bowl in 2009 during his inaugural concert as music director of the L.A. Phil. In the intervening years, that clarion call has resonated ever louder. In September, YOLA players will take to the stage of the Walt Disney Hall alongside members of the L.A. Phil, in a side-by-side concert. Later in the season, "Tchaikovsky Fest" builds on the monumental "Mahler Project" of 2012, an unprecedented international jamboree of performance, education and community engagement across cultures and continents. Combining the forces of the L.A. Phil and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, the music of the Russian master will be explored not just through major performances of the symphonies and tone poems but with a program of community and education events that place the students of YOLA at their very heart.
Also integral to the festival will be the latest incarnation of Take a Stand, the national initiative forged between the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Bard College in New York and its Longy School of Music, which supports social change through music and "seeks," Borda says, "to change the face of music education in the United States." Recognizing that the intensely group-focused El Sistema approach diverges from the individualistic pedagogical methods traditionally employed in the U.S., Take a Stand has launched a Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program to ensure sustainability. In training teachers like this, it reflects what Dudamel calls "the pyramid" of El Sistema — how, almost as soon as a child can play, he is immediately encouraged and enabled to teach those below, thereby vibrantly communicating a message that teachers are also active musicians, people who play.
Since Dudamel launched YOLA, the spread of analogous educational initiatives across America has been nothing short of exponential. From Seattle to South Carolina, Massachusetts to Miami, there are now close to seventy such music-education programs around the country; it is hard to keep track of the exact number of children involved. The Sistema-inspired Miami Music Project, for example — currently serving more than 300 young people aged between five and eighteen in two chapters — has seen almost one thousand percent growth in two years. "This is spreading like wildfire — it seems to have its own wild momentum," says Jamie Bernstein, daughter of Leonard Bernstein, who is involved with El Sistema in Venezuela and has been making a documentary about a Sistema-inspired West Philadelphia music-education project for more than three years. "And in this country, we're in our infancy," Borda adds, wryly. "Look at what it's achieved in Venezuela! Here, it's early days, but in YOLA orchestras, 95 percent of the kids return, there are huge waitlists. It's early to say what this will be, but it is something that has inflamed and caught people's imagination." Later, she tells me, "I see it as potentially: 'Could this be the Trojan horse for classical music? Could we finally ignite and capture people's hearts and imaginations, move them forward?'"
Amid the excited clamor of revolution, there are inevitably notes of caution being sounded. America is not Venezuela; in such a different political climate, evidently a top-down, one-size-fits-all, Sistema-style music-education program cannot be imposed on American communities, which may be as unrecognizable to each other as they are to Venezuelan villages. Patience, vigilance and flexibility will clearly be vital ingredients for any long-term change to take hold. "It will not be instant," warns Dudamel himself. "It's not easy. Remember, when Maestro Abreu started this project, for the people in Venezuela he was a crazy guy. How Venezuelan children can play music when they are poor? How music can change people? Hmm. Well, here we are forty years later, and you see what he got — the attention of the world, and most importantly, that music in Venezuela is now a right in the constitution of the country. But it is very hard work."
Bernstein agrees. "It's not a panacea. It's not going to cure every ill. But it is going to help thousands and thousands of kids, and their families, and their communities. And you know what else it's going to do? What if, let's say, from all these thousands of kids in El Sistema programs in the U.S., from each nucleo two of them go to conservatories, which is a very modest estimate. And let's say one from each conservatory joins an orchestra. That is still changing a lot of American orchestras. Over time, eventually — literally and figuratively — the complexion of American orchestras will be transformed, which in turn will change their audience and increase their audience. So these nucleos are creating this vast new audience of young people who care about classical music, who know a bit about it, who recognize the tunes because someone in their family plays it. In Venezuela, everybody has a relative in El Sistema, everyone is connected to it, and the audiences there are gigantic. We're worried about the decline of classical music in this country? Twenty years from now, we might have the biggest classical-music audience we've ever had!"
"All of this is happening — people adding more ideas. They have the idea or the vision to be part of all of this," Dudamel nods, gratified that, while his relentless international conducting commitments mean he cannot possibly be involved with every program that would proudly adopt his or the El Sistema name, the raucous revolution in American music education shows no sign of abating. "They are the new generation — not only of musicians, but an audience."
It seems an obvious question, but one worth asking: why, ultimately, does the growth of that audience matter? "Why music?" he smiles. "Because music is magic — it's special. We cannot see music, but we can feel it. And when you have an instrument, and you play your first note, you feel that, together with the hundreds that are next to you, or the thousands, or the hundreds of thousands, you can build your world, your own world. You can build a better world."
CLEMENCY BURTON-HILL is a British arts and music writer and a host on WQXR, BBCTV and BBC Radio 3.
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The Federal Highways Administrations' Every Day Counts (EDC) Initiative is designed to identify and deploy innovation aimed at reducing the time it takes to deliver highway projects, enhance safety and protect the environment.
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President Barack Obama's chief trade negotiator, Demetrios Marantis, had a message for Myanmar this week as he met with government officials and toured a downtown Yangon bazaar, just weeks after the government was criticized for its handling of deadly minority clashes in the heart of the country:
"I've seen your beautiful lacquer and the other amazing products that you produce here," Ambassador Marantis told an audience of local and foreign journalists at the American Center, tucked away on a quiet street away from the growing traffic of downtown Yangon. "And I know Americans will buy them."
The United States is considering a move to drop tariffs on Myanmar-made imports, another reflection of the surprisingly rapid progress of American engagement with Myanmar. But it comes at an awkward time.
President Thein Sein's reformist government is facing scrutiny over its handling of anti-Muslim tensions in this largely Buddhist country, which erupted into communal violence that left more than 40 dead in the central Myanmar town of Meiktila last month.
And just as Myanmar scored another huge economic victory this week, when the European Union announced an end to political and economic sanctions other than an arms embargo, international nonprofit Human Rights Watch threw allegations of "ethnic cleansing" at the government, saying it was complicit last year in reported massacres of the Rohingya, a displaced Muslim minority.
The cognitive dissonance creates a difficult political needle for Western officials to thread as they seek to turn the political promise of last year, when President Obama made history by visiting the former pariah state, into a more comprehensive relationship. Marantis was also in town negotiating a new trade and investment framework with the Myanmar government that would help eager American corporations sell their goods in this country of 60 million as it emerges into the world economy after decades of isolation.
Many human rights and governance observers say the quick ramp-up in Western engagement is too much of a reward, too soon.
But the US ambassador here, Derek Mitchell, argues that helping Myanmar's economy through programs like trade preferences is key to prodding along other reforms.
"In fact, the ability to engage economically and provide opportunity, provide jobs, provide development is essential to the success of reform – broader reform, political reform, social reform – not just economics," he says.
The US government has already suspended and relaxed several restrictions on US companies doing business with Myanmar – which the US government still refers to as Burma (though Obama used both terms in November, and US officials seem to get around the awkwardness by referring to "you" and "your country" in speeches here.)
If the United States grants Myanmar trade privileges under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), it would slash duties on about 5,000 types of products from Myanmar, said Marantis, who has been acting US Trade Representative since Ron Kirk stepped down earlier this year.
The US government revoked Myanmar's GSP privileges in 1989 over concerns about the military regime's forced labor and labor rights. And Marantis expects tough questions from members of Congress. Labor rights were a key point of discussion during his talks with high-level officials in the capital city of Naypyidaw.
Myanmar-made products may amount to small change, however, compared with the profits US companies hope for in Myanmar.
Along with new press freedoms and the release of more political prisoners, economic reforms have been quickening – the government is considering foreign bids for oil and gas exploration blocks and nationwide telecom licenses – and American companies have been visiting Myanmar in increasing numbers.
"Geopolitics are at play, as well. Your position at the crossroads of Asia," Marantis said in his speech at the American Center, "makes you a very attractive partner for the United States."


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I just bought a new AppleTV and will be getting it soon, and I want to know how I can stream my movies which are located on a shared drive to it?
Right now, my videos are in a folder which is shared by my MBP (which is running SL) and have various formats. I've been trying to find a way to show these on my ATV without having to convert them.
I've heard about AirFlick, but I'm running Lion and apparently it doesn't work (someone tell me I'm wrong). I also vaguely remember a way to stream it to my iPhone4, and then stream that to AirPlay on the ATV?


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Emmy Rossum does not get nearly enough credit for her fab sense of style, in my humble opinion. Here she is leaving Elle's Women in Television Dinner in LA, wearing a glittery pair of Christian Louboutin Princess Pumps – a CL newcomer from the Spring 2014 collection and a most appropriate pump for Emmy's super feminine look! You can get Emmy's exact pumps for $151 at our site.
Many of the ladies we adore from television walked the red carpet at this Elle-sponsored event, but not everyone brought their fashion A-game. Emmy definitely had one of the best ensembles. (This is how you dress for a dinner that's tangentially thrown in your honor, ladies.) I've been trying to find out who designed her dress all morning, but sadly, to no avail. Emmy's show "Shameless" is back for its fourth season on Showtime, as of this month.


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The University of North Dakota announces $14 million in private and public partnership funding that will greatly enhance UND's efforts in petroleum geology and related fields. The announcement also included the naming of the Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering in the UND College of Engineering and Mines.
The total project of $14,000,000 includes $10,000,000 provided as a gift from Harold Hamm and Continental Resources, Inc., which will create the Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering. Another $4,000,000 from the Industrial Commission/Oil and Gas Research Program will fund the proposal entitled "Public-Private Partnership to Support Geology and Geological Engineering Education and Research at UND's College of Engineering and Mines."
"With the discovery of the world's largest oil field in more than 40 years, Continental Resources and North Dakota are changing the world," said Harold Hamm. "The Bakken Play is one of the primary fields making North American energy independence a reality, releasing us from the grip of foreign oil and serving as a model for unconventional oil production worldwide. Establishing the School of Geology and Geological Engineering is a vital commitment to continuing North Dakota's national and global leadership in energy."
North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple said, "We're proud to be partnering with Harold Hamm and Continental Resources to provide funding through a private-public partnership for this major expansion of UND's geology program. This is a perfect example of what can be done at our research institutions to enhance educational and employment opportunities for our state."
UND President Robert Kelley said, "This is an exceptional day for the University of North Dakota. We are delighted to announce the naming of our School of Geology and Geological Engineering for Mr. Harold Hamm in honor of this very generous gift from Mr. Hamm and Continental Resources, Inc. This is the largest-ever gift to UND from someone who is not an alumnus of the University, and adds a significant dimension to North Dakota Spirit -- The Campaign for UND.
"I also want to thank the North Dakota Industrial Commission for their very important portion of the private-public partnership," said Kelley. "This is a perfect model of private dollars and public resources working together for maximum benefit. The combined funding will enhance the education of future petroleum geologists and engineers, which is key to the ongoing development of the Williston Basin and the nation's petroleum resources."
Said Hesham El-Rewini, dean of the UND College of Engineering and Mines, "As an essential part of the UND College of Engineering and Mines, the Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering will highlight the importance of geology and geological engineering in the state, not only in terms of North Dakota's financial well-being, but also in terms of employment within the state. The School will help attract high quality faculty members and the best and brightest students to North Dakota."
"Our goal is to produce future generations of petroleum geologists and engineers who can contribute to building a better world through professional service and research for safe, reliable, and affordable energy production," El-Rewini added. "We also aim to increase the research efforts currently conducted by faculty members and students in petroleum related fields, which will create new opportunities for collaboration with industry in North Dakota and elsewhere."
"This generous funding will give students at the University of North Dakota access to technology and resources that will better prepare them for engineering and energy-related jobs here in North Dakota and around the world," said Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, a member of the North Dakota Industrial Commission. "It is our hope that this is only the beginning of what we can do, partnering with industry, to educate our future workforce."
"We already have one of the best core libraries in the United States housed at the Wilson M. Laird Core Library on the UND campus. These dollars will help us leverage the information in that facility and improve the opportunities for students and others to better understand the geology of North Dakota's natural resources," said Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring, a member of the North Dakota Industrial Commission.
The $10 million private gift from Harold Hamm and Continental Resources, Inc. will be made available over the next four years, and the endowment portion will continue to return funding on an ongoing basis. Designed to enhance education and research at the Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering, the gift will have an impact on the entire College of Engineering and Mines for many years.
The gift has been designated as follows:
The $4 million funding from the Industrial Commission Oil and Gas Research Program will be used as follows:
Harold Hamm, Continental Resources, Inc., announcing his $10 million private gift.
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African-American Shakespeare Company Presents CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, Now thru 2/17
San Francisco's African-American Shakespeare Company continues its 2012-13 season with Tennessee Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning play CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. African-American Shakespeare Company Artistic Director L. Peter Callender (A Raisin in the Sun, Twelfth Night) helms this scintillating interpretation of Williams's timeless play. Called "an indestructible American classic" by Variety, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF plays tonight, January 26 through February 17 (press opening: tonight, January 26) at the Buriel Clay Theater at the African American Art and Culture Complex in San Francisco. For tickets ($10-35) and more information, the public may call 1-800-838-3006 or visit African-AmericanShakes.org. Parental guidance suggested.
Brimming with Tennessee Williams's trademark emotional intensity and insightful wit, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF investigates the lengths people will go to protect themselves and the ones they love. Maggie Pollitt is a young Southern wife in a powerful Southern family doing everything she can to save her marriage to Brick, a one-time football star who continues to live, miserably, off his former glory. A series of explosive secrets, lies, and betrayals are revealed as Maggie and Brick join the rest of the Pollitts to celebrate family patriarch Big Daddy's birthday, and it becomes clear that the Pollitt family has long constructed a web of deceit for itself. One of Williams's best-known works, and one of his favorite plays, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF originally opened on Broadway in 1955 under the direction of Elia Kazan; the play was made into a film in 1958 starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman, and was revived on Broadway in 2008 featuring an all-black cast, including James Earl Jones (Big Daddy), Phylicia Rashad (Big Mama), and Anika Noni Rose (Maggie).
"I am thrilled to be directing Tennessee Williams's iconic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," said African-American Shakespeare Company Artistic Director L. Peter Callender. "It was one of Williams's favorite plays, and it's most definitely one of my favorite plays. It's about a young woman and her struggle to win back her estranged husband, while dealing with one seriously dysfunctional family. It's sexy, messy, and, I think, incredibly moving."
"We contain within us so many experiences," continued Callender, "so many stories, and the beauty of African-American Shakespeare Company is that we have the opportunity to share the full range of those experiences, channeled through such classic stories as Cat on a Hot Tim Roof. It's a wonderful opportunity and a rare gift."
African-American Shakespeare Company Artistic Director L. Peter Callender helms CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Callender has worked professionally as an actor, writer, and director for over 30 years. He received his formal training in theater at the Juilliard School in New York City, and has appeared on Broadway, off-Broadway, and in regional theaters across the United States and abroad. Directing credits at African-American Shakespeare Company include last season's production of A Raisin in the Sun and the company's production of Twelfth Night; additional directing credits include productions at Word for Word, Solano College, and the San Francisco School for the Arts. As an actor, Callender is an Associate Artist at California Shakespeare Theater, and has regional credits including productions at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Aurora Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theater, Lorraine Hansberry Theater, Magic Theater, Marin Theatre Company, Thick Description, Cincinnati Playhouse, Arena Stage, and New York Shakespeare Festival, among others.
African-American Shakespeare Company has assembled a talented ensemble for CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF including: ZZ Moor (Maggie), Tyrone Davis (Brick), Peter Temple (Big Daddy), Eleanor Jacobs (Big Momma), Yazmina Kay (Mae), Shawn J. West (Gooper), and E. "Alx"Alexander (Doctor).
African-American Shakespeare Company was introduced in 1994 to create an opportunity and a venue for actors of color to hone their skills and talent in mastering some of the world's greatest classical roles. The company is dedicated to producing classic stage works from an African-American cultural perspective, providing opportunities and accessibility for minority artists and their communities to view these works in a manner that is inclusive of their cultural heritage. African-American Shakespeare Company has produced over 30 productions, toured to over 97 schools, and reached over 105,000 patrons through its main stage productions and arts education program.
DATES:Opening: Saturday, January 26, 8pm (also press opening)
Sunday, January 27, 3pm
Saturday, February 2, 8pm
Sunday, February 3, 3pm
Saturday, February 9, 8pm
Sunday, February 10, 3pm
Saturday, February 16, 8pm
Sunday, February 17, 3pm
Buriel Clay Theater at the African American Art and Culture Complex is located at 762 Fulton Street (at Webster), San Francisco, Calif. For tickets ($10-$35) and information, the public can call 1-800-838-3006 or visit www.African-AmericanShakes.org.


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Who's the world's shortest man? Meet Junrey Balawing, the Filipino man who earned the title on his 18th birthday on Sunday, the Associated Press reported. Standing less than 2 feet tall, Balawing celebrated the declaration in his hometown of Sindangan in the southern Philippines.
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Balawing jokes with a ruler prior to being measured by the Guinness World Records at Sindangan Municipal Hall.
Balawing went through a series of measurements before his title was officially recognized.
At 23.5 inches, Balawing dislodged previous record-holder Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal, who is 26.4 inches tall.
Balawing was presented with a certificate by a Guinness representative, Craig Glenday. The framed certificate barely reached his ears.
Glenday said he was struck by Balawing's lively personality and constant smile.
"Although he's short, he takes that in stride," Glenday told The Associated Press. "He has this cheeky smile."
The last of a series of measurements confirming Balawing's height.
Balawing needs to hold onto something to stand because of his weak knees.
Nobody could explain why Balawing stopped growing two months after his birth, his father said, adding that he first walked with help from his parents when he was 5 years old.
Sindangan Vice Mayor Bess Jagonio, a doctor, speculated that he may have had an endocrine or a birth-related defect.
Balawing tried repeatedly before managing to blow out the candles on the cake and clapped heartily each time the crowd applauded. He was later heard saying "Kapoy," or "I'm tired."
Balawing's parents, villagers and town officials showered him with a feast of roasted pigs and seafood, balloons and cash gifts in addition to his birthday cake.
Ryan Chua, a local television reporter, has his picture taken with Balawing using his iPad.
Balawing joked around on the microphone during the ceremony. "Thank you," he told the crowd in a local dialect which was translated by his father, Reynaldo.
Balawing's mother grew teary-eyed during the ceremony, saying she was happy with her son's instant fame.
About 100 villagers and journalists attended Balawing's ceremony recognizing his status. Sindangan is a fishing and farming town of 90,000 located about 450 miles south of Manila.
Local officials got the idea of informing the Guinness records committee about Balawing from journalists who learned about his size.
Balawing has an animated personality and a lively sense of humor. Here, he jokingly props himself up with empty Coca-Cola bottles, which are taller than his waistline.
Balawing is weighed by his father prior to the official series of measurements.
Balawing waves a Philippine flag on his birthday, which also happens to be Philippine Independence Day.
Balawing's family said they tried to send him to school but withdrew him after he distracted other children's attention.
Balawing, who is about the size of a toddler, has a child's demeanor.
Balawing's mother carries him during a photo shoot with a Guinness World Records-hired photographer.
Balawing's brother and two sisters are all average size.
Aside from the Guinness certificate, the crown does not come with any cash award. Glenday said he hopes the international fame will bring in gifts and donations, particularly medical supplies to ensure Balawing's health.


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Sustainability & Cork Recycling
Preservation and environmental stewardship were of the utmost importance to George Vanderbilt and continue to be a priority on his estate today. Our vineyards are lined with grass row middles to prevent erosion and keep soil out of our lake and creeks. We use organic fungicides, such as sulfur and copper, whenever possible and irrigate our vines with water from nearby Long Valley Lake. To help reduce waste, we reuse all growing materials, and we recycle all of our cardboard, plastic, glass, paper, and steel.
Our Winery is powered in part by a six-acre, 1.2-megawatt solar panel system. Grape byproducts such as stems and must are used for mulching and compost, and retired barrels are cut in half and reused as planters across the estate and repurposed into cork recycling barrels wine racks to display our wines at retailers.
Cork Recycling at Biltmore
Why Cork?
Cork forests are a sustainable, regenerating product which make natural corks the most sustainable wine closure on the market. The cork forests are threatened by the influx of alternate wine closures such as screw caps and synthetic corks. Cork forests have a large positive environmental impact, so keeping them sustainable is important to us.
Our partner in recycling is Cork ReHarvest with Cork Forest Conservation Alliance. They are a non-profit organization committed to educating the world on the importance of using and recycling natural corks. Learn how they recycle cork at their website.
Feel free to drop yours off at any of the following locations:
- Gate House Gift Shop, located at Biltmore's entrance*
- Biltmore Winery
- All Biltmore Estate restaurants
- Grove Arcade in Asheville
- World Market stores in North Carolina
*No estate admission required.
You can also mail used corks to:
Biltmore Estate Wine Company
Re: Cork Recycling
1 North Pack Square
Asheville, NC 28801