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Chrissy Kaess and Brian Albery were married Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 at St. John's Church in Apple River, Ill. with Pastor Floyd West officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Jerry and Peg Kaess of Estherville. She is a 2002 graduate of Estherville Lincoln Central High School. After graduation she attended the University of Iowa and Palmer College of Chiropractic, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science and Doctor of Chiropractic degree. She owns a practice just outside of Davenport.
The groom is the son of Mark and Sharon Albery-Stoneburner of Bettendorf. He is a 1998 graduate of Pleasant Valley High School in Bettendorf. After graduation he attended Augustana College and the University of Iowa, where he received his Bachelor of Art degree in Biology and Doctor of Pharmacy degree. He is employed by Genesis East Hospital in Davenport.
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Chrissy and Brian
The maid of honor was Michelle Kaess, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Carrie Breuer, sister of the bride; Erin Demoney, friend of the bride; Kara Birks, friend of the bride; Jasmin Ford, friend of the bride and Amanda Moore, friend of the bride. Flower girls were Haley Best and Kylie Pulido, nieces of the bride.
The best men were David Albery, brother of the groom and Mike Albery, brother of the groom. Groomsmen were Tony Meenan, friend of the groom; Paul Ford, cousin of the groom; Rashad Gresham, friend of the groom and Luke Smith, friend of the couple. Ushers were Jason Jenkins, friend of the groom and Jason Wachtl, friend of the couple. Ring bearers were Cael Pulido, Alex Kaess, Connor Best, Lance Breuer, Tyler Kaess and Nick Breuer, nephews of the bride.
The reception was at the Grand River Center in Dubuque. After the wedding the couple honeymooned in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. They currently reside in Davenport.


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M.I.A., born Maya Arulpragasam in London, is an electronica artist. Her music also blends the sounds of dancehall and hardcore rap.
In 2005, she released her first album, "Arular," which featured the popular track "Galang."
"Kala," her sophomore effort, was released in 2007. The album generated buzz in 2008 after one of its tracks, "Paper Planes," was used in trailers for the stoner action-comedy "Pineapple Express."

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Let $X$ be a (irreducible) variety (over $\mathbb{C}$ if necessary, smooth orbifold if necessary), and $U\subset X$ a nonempty open subset, and let $G$ be a finite group with an algebraic action on $U$.
When does the action extend to an action of $G$ on $X$? Are there any conditions that are reasonable to verify, as I'd prefer to avoid having to construct the action on $X\setminus U$ (I know the action exists for other reasons, but the method I'm using gives easily that I have an action on a nonempty open, rather than the whole thing)


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May 9, 2011 – On Friday, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke asking for swift application of a commercial fisheries failure declaration in anticipation of the opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway in response to rising waters in the Mississippi River. The letter, sent May 6, 2011, also requested support from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) for commercial and recreational fishing, and associated businesses. The proactive declaration and support would provide financial assistance to individual business owners in areas that may be impacted, and assistance for the restoration of recreational and commercial fisheries.
Secretary Barham also sent a letter Friday to U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Karen Mills requesting the activation of all appropriate federal disaster declaration clauses that would enable the SBA to assist the small businesses in the state that may be impacted by the scheduled opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway and the possible opening of the Morganza Spillway. In particular, Secretary Barham also asked that Administrator Mills consider temporarily suspending loan repayments for coastal businesses that may be impacted by flood waters that currently have SBA disaster and economic injury loans as a result of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, and hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Ike and Gustav.
The full texts of the letters are below:
The Honorable Gary Locke
Secretary of Commerce
U.S. Department of Commerce
14th and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20230
Dear Mr. Secretary:
As rising waters in the Mississippi River approach communities along the river's banks, our state prepares for flood conditions in the lower Mississippi River that will accompany a scheduled opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway. I am writing to you now to request that you activate the necessary federal disaster declaration clauses in the Magnunson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, as well as the applicable clauses that shall prompt support from the Economic Development Administration (EDA). These actions would result in the declaration of a commercial fisheries failure for Louisiana and make available the crucial support our communities and our fisheries industry will need to recover.
The last six years have presented immense challenges to Louisiana's coastal fisheries and the communities that are supported by them. From 2005 through 2010, we experienced hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike, and, in 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Last year's oil spill not only negated so much of the progress our fisheries were able to make in recovery from the previous four major hurricanes, but it decimated much of the market for our seafood around the globe. With fisheries like Louisiana oysters seeing a 55.9 percent reduction in production from 2009 to 2010, it is evident that the commercial fisheries industries and the residents in Louisiana who depend upon them have major challenges to overcome. These same communities will now face flood waters of record proportions; it is crucial that we proactively make assistance programs available.
In addition to the commercial and recreational fisheries industries, which are responsible for generating approximately $3 billion in Louisiana annually, our maritime and energy industries are also major economic drivers in Louisiana. Each of these industries plays a vital role not only in the Gulf Coast economy, but in the nation's economic picture.
The application of a federal fisheries disaster, fisheries disaster assistance and the financial support of the EDA will help to get our small businesses, families and their communities back on their feet as quickly as possible. EDA assistance means that associated business like the bait and tackle shops, restaurants, fisheries processors and marinas along the coast will have access to assistance that can get them back to contributing to the overall economic success of the Gulf Coast.
We look forward to a swift response from your office and the rapid application of appropriate federal disaster declarations so that we may assure residents throughout Louisiana and along our coast that as the flood waters recede, we may begin work to restore our fisheries, our coastal businesses and the communities dependent upon their success.
Robert Barham
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
The Honorable Karen G. Mills
Administrator Small Business Administration
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Dear Administrator Mills:
As rising waters move down the Mississippi River towards our communities and business, I am writing to ask that you begin the necessary step of activating all relevant federal disaster declaration clauses that would allow the Small Business Administration (SBA) to assist our residents, our businesses and our coastal communities. In particular, we would like to request that the SBA suspend temporarily any loan repayments for coastal businesses that are impacted by the impending flood waters and those who have disaster and economic injury loans related to hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike, and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
By proactively addressing these concerns and committing the SBA's assistance, you will not only allow small businesses in the maritime and fisheries industries some assurances of options for recovery after the flood waters recede, but you will allow them access to economic recovery options in the days that will follow the openings of the Bonnet Carré and Morganza spillways.
Along Louisiana's coast, the two primary industries that not only allow our communities to thrive, but allow the Gulf Coast to maintain relevance in the national economy, are the fisheries industry, both recreational and commercial, and oil and gas. Thousands of workers are employed across these two primary industries, not only directly through fishermen, processors and on the Gulf's oil rigs, but indirectly through the coastal businesses that support them.
There will be both immediate and long-term impacts associated with flood waters throughout coastal Louisiana and the state respectfully requests that the SBA step forward now to support these small businesses.
Robert Barham
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is charged with managing and protecting Louisiana's abundant natural resources. For more information, visit us at www.wlf.louisiana.gov, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ldwffb, or follow us on Twitter @LDWF.
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Devon Blackmon's high school football exploits were such that Nick Saban was fawning over him.
"I don't want you," the Alabama coach told Blackmon, "I need you."
As a senior at Summit High in Fontana, espn.com's No. 2 receiver in the country lost count of his scholarship offers before eventually choosing Oregon in 2011.
This fall, Blackmon found himself back where he began — trying to get recruited.
After two years at Oregon, the four-star prospect could count on his thumbs the number of games he set foot on the field.
In January, he voluntarily left behind a full scholarship from one of the premiere college football programs in the nation. His destination? Riverside City College.
"Coming home and looking like a failure just wasn't a popular thing to do at the time," Blackmon said. "But I was depressed day in and day out. I started doing things that I had never done before and I was like, 'That's not me. It's time to come home.'"
Blackmon is hardly unique for beginning his collegiate football career at the Division-I level only to return to community college.
What makes him a different sort of "bounce-back" is that he chose to leave, as opposed to the vastly larger percentage of players whose academics, off-field behavior or other complications force them out of the Division-I ranks.
Blackmon left Oregon with good reason to believe he could return to big-time college football a year later. Indeed the path from junior college to Division I is well worn, but there are pitfalls every step of the way.
There is enough talent in community college that consistent playing time isn't a given for even the highest profile players. Blackmon, for example, didn't start during his lone season at RCC.
The structure of tutors, study halls, meal plans, weight training and film study at Division-I programs is nowhere to be found. Community college provides the stage, but there is no hand holding behind the curtain.
Despite the drawbacks, community college provides the one thing that drove most from the Division-I ranks — the chance to play.
At the beginning of 2013 fall camp, quarterback Bram Kohlhausen was splitting reps with the University of Houston first team. Three weeks later, he was the newest addition to the Los Angeles Harbor College roster.
The Houston native, rivals.com's 30th-ranked quarterback in the country in 2011, described playing for his hometown team in front of friends and family as a perfect situation. Perfect except for the one thing he couldn't do without — playing time.
By the fourth day of camp, the redshirt sophomore was running with the third and fourth teams.
"They were burying me on the depth chart and I just didn't see an end in sight," Kohlhausen said. "If I stayed, I would have been cutting myself short. Sometimes you've got to take risks in life and that's what I did."
Beginning the second week of August, Kohlhausen worked the phones, scrambling to find a community college where he could start. He arrived in California on Aug. 26 and was in the starting lineup for the Sept. 7 season opener at Harbor College just outside of Long Beach.
Most community college depth charts, however, aren't determined over the phone.
Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, which has won two Community College state championships in the last four years, sent 13 players to Division-I programs last February. In other words, the internal competition for playing time is fierce.
Yet that was the preferred destination of Karl Holmes after two years at Arizona State. The receiver didn't see a single snap during his redshirt freshman season as a Sun Devil after Dennis Erickson and the coaching staff that recruited the Pasadena Muir High graduate was fired.
"Leaving was the hardest decision of my life, no lie," Holmes said. "I was raised by a single mom and I lived in a pretty bad neighborhood. Just to get to college was a big deal and I took a lot of criticism when I came back home."
Holmes was one of 11 players on the Mt. SAC roster last season to have previously been a member of a Division-I program.
Sharing the same depth chart with Holmes was Irshad Stolden, who spent two and a half years at UNLV. With one year of eligibility following this season, he doesn't imagine he'll ever populate a Division-I roster again. Despite a coaching change before he even enrolled at UNLV, the Rancho Cucamonga High product worked his way into a starting role by the spring of his sophomore year.
Only, he found out on the bus to the airport for the 2011 season opener he hadn't even made the list to travel with the team, later being informed that recruits of the new coaching staff had surpassed him.
"That's when I knew I had enough," Stolden said. "You're only young once and I wasn't going to waste my youth standing around in practice. I know I have the talent — I scored a touchdown against Wisconsin on my first catch — but the politics of coaching is what drove me away."
Parting ways with a coach is typically at the core of a player's decision to leave behind a Division-I scholarship for the uncertainties of community college.
The player-coach relationship is often drastically altered once the interaction is shifted from the living room to the sidelines.
College coaches notoriously appease recruits with promises of early playing time. Once on campus, however, freshman quickly discover many truths not mentioned during their courtship.
Most players are lucky to retain the same head coach that recruited them for the duration of their college career. The assistant coaches with whom they are most closely tied are even quicker through the revolving door.
Tyler Hasty wasn't bitter that the position coach who recruited him left Oregon State before the cornerback's first collegiate season. The Bellevue, Wash., native felt he was given a fair shot to compete for playing time, but the future just didn't look bright.
It was dim enough, in fact, to prompt a transfer to Santa Monica College before the season despite the Oregon State coaching staff's desire for him to stay.
"It was great to have that free education, but I wasn't doing my part," Hasty said. "The coaches had the guys that they liked and I just didn't like my spot on the roster. Of course I'm worried I might not make it back (to a Division-I program), but I think I can."
The Iowa coaching staff that recruited Jamal Overton remained intact during his year with the Hawkeyes, but he fell victim to coaching politics nevertheless. The Pomona High class of 2011 running back was recruited as a defensive back, but once at Iowa he successfully campaigned a switch to his native position in the offensive backfield.
Only problem was Iowa running backs coach Lester Erb didn't recruit Overton. Given that assistant coaches are heavily rewarded based on the performance of their own recruits, Overton was at an immediate disadvantage.
"I feel like (Erb), even though he thought I was a good running back, wasn't going to give me a chance," Overton said. "I talked to him a few times about it and he never made me feel like I was in competition for a job."
Overton left Iowa after one season and has been the starting running back for Mt. SAC the past two years, something that should go a long way towards returning to the Division-I level.
Will Gregory, who shared the Mt. SAC backfield with Overton last season, never wanted to leave Hawaii despite a head coaching change. As a redshirt freshman, he conformed to the strict rules of Norm Chow, ranging from 4 a.m. workouts to the outlawing of long hair. He sat through study halls and more than two hours of tutoring a day.
Gregory, from Compton Dominguez High, would do anything to get it back.
Gregory was dismissed from Hawaii last year for breaking team rules.
He was the school's leading rusher in 2012, made such a turn around in the classroom that he was making the best grades of his life. Even now he prefers early morning classes because of the discipline instilled in him at Hawaii. Gregory wanted so badly to keep his scholarship at Hawaii that he hired a lawyer, to no avail.
"I'd do anything to go back there, even now," Gregory said. "These guys that leave because they don't play enough or don't like the coach, I can't understand it."


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"The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust.
The Moon's entry into penetrating Scorpio (8:41 am EDT) arouses our deepest emotions and feelings and spawns a voracious desire for new discoveries, especially for delving into issues that have previously been hidden. "Seek and you shall find" may take on special meaning for those of us on an exploratory quest. Mercury's sextile to spiritual Neptune also aids here as it opens up a formidable bridge to more transcendent realms of knowledge.
Goddess of Love Venus expectantly takes up luxurious residency in sensual Taurus today (1:35 pm EDT), fondly bidding farewell to impetuous Aries. Venus will be here until April 25th. In Taurus, the Venusian love urge is steadfast and the dream is constant for a singular "everlasting love." Although, a quinqunx (stress influence) from restrictive Saturn to Venus may temporarily put this dream on the back burner today.
"We are never so helplessly unhappy as when we lose love." Sigmund Freud.
Famous Aries Persons Born this Day: Al Gore, Richard Chamberlain, Michael Savage, DMC
Memorable event in history on this date: March 31, 1980 – President Jimmy Carter "de-regulated" the banking industry. Interestingly, Uranus, the planet we naturally equate with change and freedom (fewer restrictions) was in the sign of Scorpio at the time, which is the sign that rules investment banking, loans and credit. Uranus's placement here would surely seem to have been a viable catalyst or primer for a desire to have less regulation. (Uranus moves through a sign every 7 years and had been in Scorpio already 5 years when this de-regulation occurred, so during those years, it was gradually laying the foundation for this change to occur.)
Also, on that particular date, the planet Venus (which rules money), was in the "money-ruling" sign of Taurus, at 25 degrees, exactly opposite Uranus at 25 Scorpio. Oppositions often bring about a climax or turning point in a situation. Additionally, pioneering Mars, which rules action, was exactly "square" to both Venus and Uranus, an alignment that also helped to "force the issue," so to speak. Mars-Uranus aspects, too, typically coincide with the unveiling of "big changes" with sometimes significant "disruptive" consequences due to their "sweeping nature."
Peace and love, everyone. Enjoy your day!
Written by Patricia Thompson, Astrologer
Source Notes:
Marcel Proust quote: http://www.heartquotes.net/Perception.html
butterfly photo: butterfly picture: http://www.weforanimals.com/wallpapers/butterflies/page-1/butterflies-1.htm
Famous birthdays: http://www.astro.com/
Sigmund Freud quote: http://quotations.about.com/od/lovequotes/a/lovequotes25.htm
Jimmy Carter bank deregulation: http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/march_31.html
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Friday began as another sunny day in Cascais, but this time with an almost dead calm on the water. The Nortada wind built steadily throughout the day and was again much stronger on the outer courses. It was generally a day of very difficult, shifty conditions, with good luck as well as good judgement proving a key factor in success.
Read our fleet by fleet reports by clicking on the links below:
Finn - Tornado - Yngling - Star - 49er - 470s - Lasers - RS:Xs
The changable weather and the different nature of all five race courses has meant it has been difficult for anyone to establish and hold onto a significant lead. Key to mastering the Cascais conditions is reading the shifty wind - often a seemingly wise choice can often turn out to be the wrong one. 'It really flattens the field to decisions and more than just a speed race to a corner,' commented Ben BARGER (USA) from the RS:X fleet.
|Laser Radial
|Men's RS:X
|Women's RS:X
Polish Perfection
The first two races in the two RS:X fleets (racing in three fleets for the men, two for the women) brought four bullets for Poland. Four-time ISAF Youth World Champion Zofia KLEPACKA (POL) made a perfect start in the women's fleet as did European Champion Przemyslaw MIARCZYNSKI (POL) in the men's. Defending women's World Champion Alessandra SENSINI (ITA) also posted a faultless 1,1 score.
|© Photo : Guilain GRENIER / FFV
MIARCZYNSKI's win in the second race perfectly illustrated just how cruel the Cascais conditions can be. Capser BOUMAN (NED) and Tom ASHLEY (NZL), gold and silver medallists at the 2006 World Championship, had established a massive lead and headed out left on the second upwind. MIARCZYNSKI and his team mate Piotr MYSZKA (POL) went right and benefited from a good shift, whilst BOUMAN and ASHLEY found themselves stranded in a massive hole. The Polish pair planed past their pumping rivals to take first and second place.
Two bullets were also the order of the day for Tom SLINGSBY (AUS) and Tania ELIAS CALLES (MEX) in the Laser fleets. SLINGSBY goes from sixth overall to holding a 13-point lead in first, whilst ELIAS CALLES moves into a tie for the Laser Radial lead with Lijia XU (CHN).
Hard And Smart
Although she admitted she was initially a little bit nervous heading out to the wind and waves on race area 5, ELIAS CALLES ended the day with a big smile on her face. The Mexican skipper transferred from the Europe to the Laser Radial after it became Olympic equipment for Beijing and has so far been one of the stars of the class, winning bronze at the Worlds last year. She said her approach to the Cascais conditions was a combination of sailing hard and sailing smart, 'Just keeping your head out of the boat and taking the shifts and going to the more pressure and hiking really, really hard and just going as fast as you could. Especially when you got to the downwinds where the wind was a lot higher. And it was about having fun - surfing those waves was a lot of fun.'
The British battle continued in the Yngling fleet, but today it was Sarah AYTON, Sarah WEBB and Pippa WILSON (GBR) who came out on top with 5,2 scores putting them first overall. Defending World Champion Jonas HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN (DEN) moved top in the Finn fleet, whose second race was abandoned after a massive wind shift.
Three of the four 49er fleets got their racing underway before rough weather brought an end to their day's racing. Peter HANSEN and Soren HANSEN (DEN), Morgan LARSON and Peter SPAULDING (USA) and Stevie MORRISON and Ben RHODES (GBR) scored early bullets, with MORRISON and RHODES following that win up with a second place.
|Stevie MORRISON and a balletic Ben RHODES
© Steve Arkley - www.sailshots.co.uk
Despite a great start, MORRISON was not getting carried away, "World Championships aren't won on the first day alone," he said, "so the results don't really count for a great deal at this stage. We're just pleased to have made no silly mistakes out there today!"
Tomorrow the Lasers take a break, the Star and Tornado return to action and the 470 fleets get their series underway.
About The 2007 ISAF Worlds
Over 1,300 sailors from 76 nations are competing at the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships, from 28 June-13 July in Cascais, Portugal. 'The Wind Is Calling' is the official motto for the 2007 Worlds. The Championships are the principal qualification regatta for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition, with 75% of all national places to be decided.
Watch the Medal Races live on Sail.TV
For all the news on the ISAF Sailing World Championships 2007 CLICK HERE.


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In yesterdays Knick loss to Miami, shooting guard/small forward Landry Fields struggled mightily. He wasn't great defensively, he didn't shoot well and he had a few momentum-killing plays. In fact, Fields has drawn criticism from Knick fans all season. There is justification for those criticisms. Fields' jump shot has regressed mightily from last season and has been transparent all season. His jump shot is as close to broken as broken can get, as Fields is shooting a porous 25% from 3 point land this season. Despite his struggles shooting the ball, I think Fields is a solid player. Many fans look at only his broken jump shot, and automatically assume that the rest of his game is weak. I disagree. While shooting is a huge part of the game, especially for a wing player, it is not the only aspect of the game of basketball. Take Jared Jeffries for example. Jeffries is a below average offensive player, but impacts the game positively in many other aspects, mainly his defense. Now, I'm not necessarily saying that Fields is a wing version of Jeffries. I think Fields can do some good things offensively, as well as play solid defense. From what I've seen on Twitter, I think it is safe to assume that many Knick fans believe that Landry Fields "sucks". However, I am not of that contingent. I get as frustrated as anyone about Fields' ineptitude shooting the ball, but I do not believe he sucks. I think Fields does a lot of things well and I will tell you why.
I like the way Fields plays defense. His defensive points per possession (PPP) rating of .90 is not a great rating, but I don't believe that tells the entire story of Fields' game. At 6'7 with above average athleticism, Fields has the versatility to defend multiple positions. Having played power forward at Stanford, Fields has experience guarding bigger opponents which I think adds to his defensive prowess. Fields can guard the 2,3, and 4 positions adequately, which makes him valuable to the team. There are not many wing players that are big enough to match up against 4's in a small lineup. I like Fields' ability to guard on the ball, including in isolations and post ups. While Fields isn't statistically a great post up defender, a PPP of 1 when guarding posted up opponents, I think you have to attribute that to plays in which Fields is stuck guarding a big in a mismatch. In comparison, Paul George of the Pacers is also a second year shooting guard/small forward and is considered an above average defender. At 6'8, George has more height and length than Fields, yet his defensive PPP on post ups is 1.17.
As a team, the Knicks are very good defensively with Fields on the floor. Fields' defensive rating, an opponents points per 100 possessions, is a very good 95.9. Defensive rating does not tell the entire story due to the fact that it is a very teammate dependent statistic. However, we can take from Fields' solid rating that the Knicks are a good defensive team with him on the floor. By comparison, Iman Shumpert is considered an elite defender, but his defensive rating is a 98.2 which is worse than Fields' rating of a 95.9. I wouldn't argue that Fields is a better defender than Shumpert, but my point is that he's a solid defensive player. I'm not the only person that believes Fields is a strong defensive player. Coach Mike Woodson echoed this sentiment yesterday, when asked about Fields' offensive struggles:
Fields is also a very good rebounder. Last season, Fields (along with Dwayne Wade) led all NBA guards in rebounding, grabbing 6.4 rebounds per game. This season, Fields ranks 7th amongst guards this season, averaging 4.2 rpg. Fields also ranks 6th among shooting guards this season in offensive rebounding, with 0.9 offensive rebounds per game.
Offensively, Fields has taken a step back this season. He is still shooting 46% on the season, but he hasn't had the impact offensively that you would think a 46% shooter would have. In particular, his jump shot is completely broken. His 3 point shooting percentage has regressed mightily from 39.3% last season to 25% this season. According to Hoopdata, Fields' mid-range field goal percentage (jump shots from 16-23 ft) has dropped from 39% last season to 35% this season. However, Fields is shooting 63% at the rim and has improved his close range offensive game. From shots 3-15 feet from the rim, Fields has improved, shooting 35.7% this season as opposed 26.8% last season. Now, I'm not arguing that Fields is an elite, or even above average offensive threat. He isn't, but I think it is unfair that Fields has been labeled as useless offensively by many Knick fans. Fields is a better offensive player when he's in motion. He shoots higher percentages when cutting to the hoop, driving to the rim and in transition opportunities. According to synergy, Fields shoots 61% when shooting off cuts, post ups, offensive rebounds, hand offs, screens and in transition.
Unfortunately, the Knicks need spot up shot makers right now, and Fields' jump shot has been awful all season. On spot up opportunities, Fields shoots only 33% and just 24.5% from 3 point range. His lack of a consistent jump shot has been a point of criticism for Knick fans, including myself, but that doesn't make him a useless player. Whether or not Fields is a great fit for Mike Woodson's style of offense is another argument, but I don't believe you can claim that Fields is useless offensively. His strengths do not fit in to what New York needs from him right now. We saw that Fields was a very solid player in Mike D'Antoni's offense last season (before the Melo trade) and he was very good this season during the Linsanity run without Carmelo Anthony. That is not a criticism of Anthony, but a justification of the fact that Fields plays better in up-tempo, motion oriented offenses. With Anthony, the Knicks play at a slower half-court oriented pace, which plays against Fields' strengths.
Overall, I think highly of Landry Fields. I think he is a smart, gritty player that gives strong effort every night. Fields isn't a perfect player by any stretch, but I think he's better than he gets credit for. I like the way he defends and rebounds. Offensively, he needs to improve his jump shot, but he does do a number of other things well. I think Fields' biggest problem is his confidence. Shooting the ball is all about confidence, which is part of the reason that a guy like Melo can be a dominant scorer. Anthony has the mentality that even if he misses 12 shots in a row, shot number 13 is going in. With Fields, I don't get the sense that he has that same sort of confidence. We often forget that Fields is just a second year player. Given the fact that Fields was a power forward in college, I think he has done an excellent job of quickly transitioning to an NBA level wing player. Sure, he has things to improve upon, but I don't think Fields "sucks" by any stretch. He may not be a great fit with this Knick team, but he is a solid player. Fields is one of those "glue guys" that every team needs. If the Knicks had adequate point guards (not including Jeremy Lin) and more consistent outside shooters, we would be applauding the impact that Fields has on the game. If shooting wasn't such a problem for the Knicks, we would recognize his strong defense, rebounding and effort. Unfortunately, New York needs Fields to be efficient shooting the ball and he hasn't done that this season. However, I believe that Landry Fields is a good basketball player. He is a winning player and gives great effort every night. Knick fans should appreciate Fields more and recognize the impact he has on the game.Follow @tarmosino


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Recently, we took the opportunity to recognize the valuable role that agriculture plays in protecting clean water in Pennsylvania. At an event on May 11, we celebrated our partnership with the Pennsylvania Departments of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, which has reduced pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
At our May 11 event, we had the pleasure of presenting 4,036 Certified 2010 Nitrogen Credits to Secretary Michael Krancer of the Department of Environmental Protection and Michael L. Pechart, Executive Deputy Secretary of Pennsylvania's Department of Agriculture. These tradable credits, generated by farmers in the Susquehanna Watershed, can be used by jurisdictions in the state to meet limits on pollution allowed in the watershed.
Agriculture is central to the culture and heritage of Pennsylvania. The vibrancy and passion behind efforts to protect farms and farmland in the state have deep roots, resonating beyond the fields to lawmakers and industry leaders, local consumers and small business owners.
The story of farming is one about the men and women who work every day to grow the food we eat. But they provide so much more to us. They provide jobs—both on the farm and in the community—in processing, transportation, at farmers markets and grocery stores, and in other local businesses. Their work places—we call them farms— provide such beauty to the landscape that people travel to Pennsylvania just to see them.
These farmers are also stewards of the land that can protect our water, wildlife and air quality. Water quality is of particular interest in central Pennsylvania, where numerous rivers and other tributaries are part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. While there are many threats to clean water, including industrial pollution, waste treatment plant discharge and urban run-off, certain agricultural practices also can contribute to water emissions.
But proven farm conservation practices—called best management practices—that many farmers already utilize are among the most cost-effective ways to help protect water. However, farmers face barriers to adopting these practices, including cost, concern about loss of income, lack of guidance or financial assistance, and a lack of clarity on the exact requirements for implementing the practices. We work in a number of ways to help farmers address these barriers to improving their land stewardship. Our BMP Challenge, an innovative risk-management program, allows farmers to test, on their own land, practices for reducing fertilizer run-off. We're also helping establish water quality trading markets that allow famers to earn a profit from pollution reductions on their land, which typically cost less to implement than equivalent reductions made by industries or urban communities. Our program in Pennsylvania is designed to bring these two innovations together.
Since 2006, participating farmers in our BMP Challenge in Pennsylvania have collectively reduced fertilizer applications significantly, keeping about 60,000 pounds from running off their fields and into the Chesapeake Bay. We recently worked with eight farmers and the Department of Environmental Protection on a "trial run" to see how well the department's system for calculating credits functions and to determine if a trading market could financially benefit farmers who adopt conservation practices that reduce both fertilizer and sediment run-off. At our May 11 event, we highlighted the success of the pollution reduction efforts of Pennsylvania farmers and the partnerships needed to move these much needed farm conservation practices forward. We also recognized that these efforts are not only about stewardship, but also about the economics of maintaining thriving agricultural enterprises. Supporting a viable future for our farms will ensure our continued access to abundant, healthy food; a connection to the roots of our history and culture; jobs and a solid base for our rural communities; and clean water, today and in the future. That is certainly something we all can celebrate.
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sardia wrote:Cigarettes are bad for your long-term health and cost money.
So is drinking wine. So is cheating on your partner. Both of these things can be made illegal re: Not allowing 19 year olds to drink when I personally think they are old enough and. Not allowing cheating on your partner through religious laws. So if we wanna ban young women from cigarettes then we might as well made true ironclad laws prohibiting risky sex behaviors with peoples not your partners, all drinking for all ages beyond... maybe taking a strict test to determine, "adulthood and maturity levels?" We might as well do all those things because they are all morals laws and shouldn't be pushed by social workers and therapists to their unwilling clients. In my opinions YEMV?


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NAV has been a delight to have as an investor. Through a mutual acquaintaince, they found out about a small internal round we had decided to do in early 2009 after the financing market collapse in Q4 2008 made a large Series B undesirable. They did the fastest deep dive due diligence I've ever experienced as an entrepreneur. Within six weeks, they invested $1.5 million and accepted the same price and terms (except, of course, modifying the term sheet to secure a seat on our board) that we had negotiated with our insiders, which was nicely up from our seed. Their questions and data requests were very focused and involved just about all of their partners, as they each knew someone who would have perspectives on our market and business model. I'm sure this contributed to their quick investment, so I don't know whether that is the norm or not. The lead partner on our deal even flew across the country to attend a pitch to a prospective customer with our sales folks.
As an investor and board member, NAV has been very supportive. Each partner has had extensive operational/entrepreneurial experience, so they fully appreciate that progress isn't always as linear as one would like. They don't get easily spooked, certainly since they believe in our long term success. This is what you want in an early stage investor. They are much more active than most VCs I have worked with, perhaps because they limit the number of boards each partner participates on. They do a good job of helping us focus on strategic and operational priorities. I especially like the positive feedback when things go right. All too often, investors dwell on the negative. Not so with NAV.
NAV did their full pro rata in our recently completed B round. They probably would have done more if we had the room.PRIVATE: Members Only (1242 Characters)


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Working Set
Gets or sets the maximum allowable working set size, in bytes, for the associated process.
property IntPtr MaxWorkingSet { IntPtr get(); void set(IntPtr value); };
public IntPtr MaxWorkingSet { get; set; }
member this.MaxWorkingSet : nativeint with get, set
Public Property MaxWorkingSet As IntPtr
Property Value
The maximum working set size that is allowed in memory for the process, in bytes.
The maximum working set size is invalid. It must be greater than or equal to the minimum working set size.
Working set information cannot be retrieved from the associated process resource.
The process identifier or process handle is zero because the process has not been started.
You are trying to access the MaxWorkingSet property for a process that is running on a remote computer. This property is available only for processes that are running on the local computer.
The process Id is not available.
The process has exited.
The platform is Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me), which does not support this property.
The working set of a process is the set of memory pages currently visible to the process in physical RAM memory. These pages are resident and available for an application to use without triggering a page fault.
The working set includes both shared and private data. The shared data includes the pages that contain all the instructions that your application executes, including the pages in your .dll files and the system.dll files. As the working set size increases, memory demand increases.
A process has minimum and maximum working set sizes. Each time a process resource is created, the system reserves an amount of memory equal to the minimum working set size for the process. The virtual memory manager attempts to keep at least the minimum amount of memory resident when the process is active, but it never keeps more than the maximum size.
The system sets the default working set sizes. You can modify these sizes using the MaxWorkingSet and MinWorkingSet members. However, setting these values does not guarantee that the memory will be reserved or resident.
When you increase the working set size of a process, you take physical memory away from the rest of the system. Ensure that you do not request a minimum or maximum working set size that is too large, because doing so can degrade system performance.
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That was a pretty ugly win, but I'll gladly take it. Given the news regarding Amar'e Stoudemire, the nature of the game was quite fitting. It was an extremely ugly 89-80 win for the Knicks. Both defenses played well as the two teams combined to turn the ball over 42 times. The Knicks overcame the absences of Jeremy Lin, Amar'e Stoudemire and Jared Jeffries. Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks to victory, scoring a game high 28 points.
Here are my notes from the game:
- Carmelo Anthony had his best game in a while. This was a step in the right direction for the Knicks struggling star. Anthony knew the pressure was on him tonight and he delivered. It wasn't his best game ever, but his effort and hustle willed the Knicks to victory. Melo scored 28 points on 8/20 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds. I credit Anthony for adjusting mid-game. Early in the game his shot was falling, but as the game progressed his jump shot regressed. In the 3rd quarter, Anthony began to drive the ball and draw fouls. He made his impact at the free throw line with a perfect 12/12 night. I loved his effort on defense as well. At the end of the 3rd quarter, Anthony tweaked his groin on a spin move. He was clearly in pain, but played the fourth quarter and gave full effort. I have no idea if he will play Wednesday against the Magic, but what he did tonight is quite admirable. Melo has done a lot to lose my respect. Tonight was definitely a step in the right direction. I hope Anthony continues to string together quality games like this. I loved his heart and effort, something we didn't previously see from him. It was a very quality performance from Melo.
- Tyson Chandler is awesome. Is there any other way to say it? He was totally disruptive on defense and on the boards tonight. The Knicks out rebounded the Bucks 41-32 on the night. Without Chandler in their previous matchup with Milwaukee, the Knicks were out rebounded on the offensive glass 17-9. Tonight, the Knicks grabbed 13 offensive boards to the Bucks 9. Chandler's impact cannot be debated. He is absolutely crucial to the Knicks defense. He erases so many mistakes and is a fantastic phenomenal defender. At the center and power forward positions, the Bucks played 3 key players, Drew Gooden, Ersan Ilyasova and Ekpe Udoh. Those 3 players combined to shoot 5/19 on the night. Chandler had a ton to do with that. Pair his defensive performance with 13 points on 7/9 free throw shooting and you have another excellent night on Chandler's part.
- I wish the Knicks could shoot. The Knicks absolutely cannot shoot from downtown and its incredibly annoying. New York shot 7/31 from downtown tonight. On the season, the Knicks are 26th in the league in 3 point shooting at 31.6%. If you take away Steve Novak, the Knicks don't have a player shooting higher than 35% on the season. Carmelo Anthony, Baron Davis, Iman Shumpert, Mike Bibby and Landry Fields are all shooting under 30% on the year. It's pretty sad how the Knicks can't hit their 3's. JR Smith was 1/10 from downtown tonight. If the Knicks are going to make a run in the playoffs, assuming they get there, they're going to have to start shooting consistently from downtown.
- The Knicks perimeter defense against Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis was pretty good. The two combined to shoot 8/36 on the night. Granted, the Bucks duo missed some easy buckets, but the Knicks did a good job guarding him. Totally surprising to me, Baron Davis actually did a nice job guarding Brandon Jennings. Fields and JR Smith did a good job on Ellis. The Bucks tried to get out and run with the Knicks, but the Knicks did a really nice job of getting back on defense and stopping any transition baskets.
- There was no Jeromaggedon tonight at MSG. On the pre game spreecast, we talked about whether Jerome Jordan would get any run. He didn't get any tonight. I imagine he will at some point though. The Knicks were able to play small with the Bucks tonight, but they won't be able to do that with other teams. Jordan will have to play to give the Knicks a bit of size inside.


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Novelist/essayist de Botton (The Architecture of Happiness, 2006, etc.) turns his inquisitive eye to the business of work.
For many of us, writes the author, the "unreasonable banality" of work requires "daily submission at the altars of prudence and order," typically housed in drab, soulless workplaces. (The many photographs are striking proof.) From the beginning of his latest philosophical excursion, however, de Botton appreciates that work is a meaningful act, if only in the most elemental sense—workers need to put food on the table. Still, the author found a certain heroic beauty in many of the work environments he visited, including that of an aircraft salesman, a biscuit manufacturer, an electricity-transmission engineer, a career counselor, a painter and an accountant. In each instance, he unhurriedly poked into the workings of the job, examined the possibilities for gleaning pleasure from it and embraced the Protestant worldview that "humility, wisdom, respect, and kindness could be practiced in a shop no less sincerely than in a monastery"—no matter how clownish-looking the activity, especially in an economy increasingly based on satisfying peripheral desires. There is something to be said about the delight generated by an artist's creations, or the happy, heedless energy of entrepreneurs, who require "a painfully uncommon synthesis of imagination and realism." Work may be trivial, de Botton notes, but what's interesting is the determination and gravity we bring to it.
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I greatly admire patience, dedication and tenacity but sadly these are virtues I don't possess. So I make kaya the quick way, in 10 minutes.
What's the difference between the longie and quickie?
More importantly, is the quality compromised if you take 10 minutes instead of two hours?
Well, the ingredients are more or less the same except for egg whites. The longie has egg whites; the quickie doesn't.
Egg whites, being 90% water and 10% proteins, make the kaya less rich. That is, to me, not a good thing, especially when "kaya" means rich. But I imagine those in the anti-fats and anti-cholesterol brigade would jump with joy. In fact, they probably make their kaya whites-only, no-sugar, and without coconut milk. Urgh!
Kaya made with whole eggs has to be cooked at a very low temperature. That's why it's heated over a water bath, and it has to be stirred continuously. If the temperature is too high, the egg whites would turn lumpy and ruin the kaya.
Meanwhile, the sugar has to caramelize, which starts happening at about 160°C. But it's sitting in a pool of coconut milk that consists of mainly water. H2O's maximum temperature is 100°C, right? That's way too low for browning sugar. So, before any caramelization takes place, most of the H2O has to evaporate. Which is done ever so gently over a water bath so that the princessy egg whites don't get grumpy and lumpy. Even when the caramelization finally happens, along with the thickening as water evaporates, it's very slow because of the minimal heat. Now you see why making traditional kaya takes hours of dedicated stirring?
The hard labour may be easily avoided by doing two things:
One, omitting the egg whites, thus allowing the kaya to be cooked at a higher temperature without a water bath.
Two, replace some of the white sugar with palm sugar, which doesn't need to be caramelized. It has a lovely caramel fragrance as it is without any fuss.
The simple re-engineering slashes the cooking time to 10-15 minutes. Efficiency improves, productivity rises, hallelujah! Making kaya is a royal pain no more.
Imagine smothering your morning toast with kaya that's full of the fragrance of fresh coconut milk, palm sugar and pandan. But it's not cloyingly sweet, and you're in the comfort of your own home instead of fighting the crazy crowds at Ya Kun or Chin Mee Chin. Oh yes, don't forget the slices of cold butter and soft-boiled eggs, and tea or coffee to wash everything down. Now that's a breakfast worth waking up for!
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Click here for my step-by-step video.
(Recipe for 1 cup)
45 g sugar
45 g palm sugar
200 ml undiluted fresh coconut milk
4 young, light green pandan leaves
wash and cut 5 cm long4 yolks
make sure there's no egg white at all
To make kaya, cook sugar, palm sugar, coconut milk and pandan leaves over medium heat, stirring constantly, till just starting to simmer gently. Turn off heat.
Stir egg yolks and, at the same time, slowly add half of coconut milk mixture. Next, pour all of egg mixture into remaining coconut milk in one go. Over medium heat, cook combined mixture till slightly thickened, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low. Continue stirring till mixture is thick enough to coat sides of pot thickly. Taste and add more sugar if necessary. Discard pandan leaves. Transfer to a bowl or bottle. Leave till completely cool. Cover and refrigerate. May be stored up to 1 week. Bring to room temperature before serving if you want a softer, squidgy consistency.
To make kaya toast the traditional way, grill thickly sliced old-fashioned white bread over charcoal till surface is burnt. Scrape off burnt layer. Cut each slice horizontally in the middle into 2 thinner slices. Spread with kaya, generously, and top with slices of cold butter. Butter should be at least 2 mm thick or you're a wimp. Cut sandwich into 2 or 3 pieces. Serve immediately whilst hot and crisp. Best when dipped in soft-boiled eggs seasoned with dark soya sauce and ground white pepper. Coffee or tea, made with water boiled over charcoal – gas or electricity is for wimps – is a must. Slice of butter in the coffee isn't but it's an excellent option. To cool drink quickly, pour into a saucer and then drink from the saucer. Yes, drink from the saucer like a cat.


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Hello Nick
Excellent street shot, a favourite genre of mine. And of course monochrome is the ideal choice for this sort of documentary work. Great, spontaneous expressions, but I hate to think what she might be measuring! One that got away I hope!
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I'm sure you have seen the "Toasted Ravioli" recipes before... the first time I saw one was while watching Giada years ago. I found a Rachel Ray recipe online that I used for quite some time, until I started making them without measuring ingredients. My only hesitation with these recipes wasn't so much the frying, but the clean-up. I loathe cleaning up a pan of cooking oil. I don't know where to put it. You have to wash the pan several times. I don't fry often, obviously. Blah. So, I was thinking... why not bake them? It's healthier, and a lot less messy. Thumbs up in my house - we all think they are just as good, if not better, baked. Yay! We love to eat them as a meal with marinara, and a side of sauteed zucchini. But, they would also make an awesome appetizer. Enjoy!
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A recent CFCA awareness trip to Guatemala provided this precious opportunity for sponsors to hear from Mariana, an 18-year-old CFCA scholar who was sponsored as a child in 2000.
For me it was a great blessing to have been sponsored, because in my family we are 11 siblings. For my parents it has been a little bit hard to help every one of us move forward, and much more now that my dad is suffering from health problems, just like my mother.
My sister Selva has already graduated thanks to God and CFCA's support. Seven of my siblings have already graduated, and only four remain to finish.
It has been a very nice experience to be in CFCA, because besides giving us food, shoes and clothing every month, we have had many activities.
I really liked the CFCA Christmas celebrations. The activities that take place are very nice, and I really like to participate in them.
The CFCA social workers who have helped me for the past 12 years have been very kind, as well as the entire CFCA staff; they have a unique way of caring for the people.
CFCA staffers are wonderful because they always give many smiles, and I think that for them, a smile is the greatest gift you can give them.
CFCA also stands out because it helps care for the environment. We planted many trees. They have also made recycling contests and provided training for children and young people to become aware of and care for our environment.
In 2008, thanks to God, I was offered a CFCA scholarship. The money has also helped my family very much, and helped me continue studying and pay for my transportation, as I travel. I also use it to buy school supplies and cover education-related expenses during the year.
God willing, I will graduate next year as an expert accountant, thanks to CFCA's help. I have five years being a CFCA scholar and 12 years of being sponsored.
I thank God, Don Roberto and DoÒa Cristina (CFCA president and Co-founder Bob Hentzen and his wife, Cristina), and you for giving many of us the opportunity to excel. Your support has helped so many children and youth to continue studying.
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Thanks for your support. May God bless you always, and I hope you continue to support this labor of love.


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Sunday marks the birthday of late renowned writer, poet and illustrator Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel, but it's the library at UC San Diego that's receiving a huge gift: more than 1,500 new Dr. Seuss items from his personal archive.
With this big donation – added to the university's existing Dr. Seuss Collection, which is housed in Mandeville Special Collections within Geisel Library – a famous, fitting Dr. Seuss quote comes to mind:
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
According to UC San Diego, the materials were donated to the library by Dr. Seuss' wife, Audrey Geisel. The couple – longtime residents of La Jolla – has supported the university for many years.
The materials include hundreds of rough sketches and drawings for a variety of unpublished projects such as "Cat Ballooning," "The Pet Shop," "Bee Watches," "How Welk Can You Spelk," "The Clock Book," and "Arabian Adventures."
Also among the new items: Dr. Seuss' ink drawings for a version of "Daisy Head Mayzie."
There's also a screenplay treatment by Dr. Seuss for something called "Tex McTarbox and the Fountain of Youth," described by the beloved author as "the treatment for half of a screen play which I thought had great possibilities for mirth."
Audrey Geisel told UC San Diego that passing along her late husband's work to the library helps preserve his legacy.
"I am pleased about more of Ted's work and memorabilia being in Mandeville Special Collections at Geisel Library," she said in a statement to UC San Diego. "His Seuss history will be preserved for posterity."
For more than 20 years, the UC San Diego library has had an extensive, longstanding collection of Dr. Seuss drawings, notebooks and other memorabilia given to the university after Dr. Seuss' death in 1991.
Over the past decades, Audrey Geisel has continued to generously donate funds and materials to the Geisel Library.
Today, thanks to those colorful contributions, Mandeville Special Collections houses more than 10,000 items in its Dr. Seuss Collection, including original drawings, sketches, manuscript drafts, books, notebooks, photographs and memorabilia. The items document the full range of the author's achievements, from his high school activities in 1919 through his death.
Brian E. C. Schottlaender, The Audrey Geisel University Librarian, said the new materials are highly valuable to the university.
"The UC San Diego Library is thrilled to receive this addition of creative materials to our fabulous Dr. Seuss Collection. We greatly treasure our Dr. Seuss materials and view Ted Geisel as much more than one of the most popular authors of children's books. He is also a symbol of extreme creativity and innovation, values that are part of this University's DNA," said Schottlaender.
UC San Diego chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla agrees.
"Theodor and Audrey Geisel have been generous and stalwart supporters of UC San Diego and our Library," said Khosla. "We are honored and grateful to receive these amazing new materials and feel certain that they will inspire more phenomenal Dr. Seuss books. It is clear that Ted Geisel's creative genius never ceased to burn bright."
The new materials will be exhibited through the end of March in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday.
Lynda Claassen, the director of the Library's Special Collections & Archives, said they're certainly worth exploring.
"It's an amazing collection of rough drafts, sketches, project notes, and more…further evidence of Ted Geisel's whimsical imagination and ever-present creativity. They add another dimension to the wealth of materials we already hold by illustrating how he expanded on early ideas with new freshness or how many ideas he had that were never fully realized. There are several unpublished book-length manuscripts in the gift, and these will probably be forthcoming from his publisher in the next few years."
As is done every year, UC San Diego will hold its annual birthday party for Dr. Seuss. This year, the celebration takes place Monday at noon in front of Geisel Library. The party will boast a giant, inflatable "Cat in the Hat" and 2,000 cupcakes will be served with the help of Khosla and Schottlaender.
The party will also feature live musical entertainment from The Teeny Tiny Pit Orchestra, playing songs from "The Cat in the Hat Songbook."


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Well, those kind of matchups are usually biased anyway...I remember the Vader vs. Maul Tales comic...tried to keep it within continuity which kinda made it impossible for Maul to win.
How did Fett take down Deadpool anyway? Out of curiosity...killing immortals is not an easy thing.
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Napier MP Chris Tremain is backing KiwiRail's move to close the Gisborne to Napier rail line and says the Government has already spent enough on upgrading the national rail network.
Mr Tremain said National had made a major commitment to rail transport to turn it around and make it viable.
"To do this we have invested $750 million new funding into KiwiRail over the last three budgets ($250m pa). The turnaround has also required tough decisions regarding some of the assets, including the hillside workshops and the Napier to Gisborne line."
Mr Tremain said where assets had been proven unprofitable for long periods of time and with a proven lack of customer commitment over many years, the tough call had been made to close them for the benefit of the wider rail system.
"In regards to logging, Ms Genter (Green Party MP) needs to get out of her cosy Wellington office and talk to the likes of Pan Pac who employ hundreds of local workers and ask them why they don't use rail.
"The short trucking distances, the close access to two ports (Napier and Gisborne) and the lack of rail on the Napier to Taupo Road are key reasons why the likes of Pan Pac are highly unlikely to become rail customers in the Greens' Wellington dream world."
Ms Genter is the Green Party's transport and urban planning expert, who this week supported the Business and Economic Research Limited's (BERL) review which criticised KiwiRail's decision to close the Napier to Gisborne rail line.
The review suggested a potential lift in timber production could provide the freight needed to make the rail route profitable.
"The Napier-Gisborne rail line is a vital piece of infrastructure for the region's exporters; this report shows it can be run economically," Ms Genter said.
BERL released its review on Tuesday but said it was still waiting for a response from the Government.
"The response to this review has come only from KiwiRail. The decision is clearly one involving national and regional interests so we look forward to seeing the Government's response."
BERL also released its response to KiwiRail's criticism of its review, including the need for a cost-benefit study which should be the next step to determine if the rail line can be operated viably. KiwiRail agreed such a study was required but it could not commit the money towards it.
BERL said the study should be paid for by the Government involving other interested groups.
The possibility of forestry freight was another major criticism by KiwiRail, which said there was promise of more timber being hauled on rail but no commercial agreement.
BERL said there was a strong case for national and regional governments to "take some responsibility" for restoring the rail network which was run down. Those governments should also investigate the feasibility and costs of better rail access to the northern Hawkes Bay forests and Napier processing plants and port, to encourage more forest operators.


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This is a very interesting bourbon and somewhat unique. First sniff opens up tightly and takes time to evolve and deepen. It offers whiffs of vanilla, lightly toasted oak, and very faint spice notes. Some maple and burned sugar peeks through as well. All very restrained and light, this is not a "flooding" nose and requires a bit more patience to fully open up. On the sip this bourbon shines a lot more with flavors of maple and caramel, light spice, and a fairly intense blast of salted, buttered popcorn – a very nice arrangement. The finish is moderate in length with some oaky dryness, vanilla, and corn. Well done.
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