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I have been busy planning a full and exciting year of educational programs for 2014. This year I will be teaching, or inviting a guest speaker to teach, a series of Lunch and Learn programs related to food and nutrition.
I have been busy planning a full and exciting year of educational programs for 2014. This year I will be teaching, or inviting a guest speaker to teach, a series of Lunch and Learn programs related to food and nutrition.
These programs will be held monthly in 2014 during the noon hour, so feel free to bring your lunch with you to each session. Registration and a fee of $5 for each session is required. Participants will receive a sampling of food at each session and handouts will be provided. Your name will be entered for each session you attend in a drawing for door prizes to be held in December. The classes will be held at North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Henderson County Center in Jackson Park.
Here are the first three classes that are scheduled, but check our website (www.henderson.ces.ncsu.edu) for other classes:
Jan. 17: Crock Pot Cooking. Are you preparing the same types of food in your slow cooker all the time? Join us to see how versatile they are, types of foods that can be prepared, types available on the market, and using them safely.
Feb. 14: Stir Fry. Stir frying your food is a great way to cook a wide variety of vegetables using little fat and lots of flavor. Show your sweetie that you love him/her by cooking a healthy meal.
March 14: Microwaving. Do you find yourself using your microwave just to heat water or warm up last night's leftovers? Why not come see how you can prepare meals using your microwave to save time, energy and nutrients?
Fun Fridays are being planned also. Fun Fridays are craft and heritage skills workshops that could lead to that entrepreneurial opportunity that you have been looking for, or just for fun.
To kick off the year, I will be teaching crocheting on Jan. 24, beginning at 9 a.m. Basic stitches, such as chaining, single and double crochet will be taught. Participants will also be taught how to make those beautiful ruffled scarves everyone is wearing as accessories. Registration and a fee of $20 are required. All materials will be provided.
Other Fun Fridays have been scheduled for 2014, but not all classes have been determined. Mark your calendar for these dates: Feb. 21, March 21, April 25, May 16, June 20, July 18, Aug. 15, Sept. 26 and Nov. 21.
Check our website periodically for the topics of the classes, email me (firstname.lastname@example.com) or call our office (828-697-4891) for more information. Topics being considered include jewelry making/seed beading, chair-seat weaving, tatting, Battenburg lace, quilting, scrapbooking and basket making. If you want a certain class, or would like to teach a class, please contact me.
Henderson County now has a support group for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. With changes in our society, many grandparents are picking up the role of taking care and parenting their grandchildren. If you are in this situation, I invite you to join us on Jan. 14 at 10 a.m. for our next PASTA (Parenting a Second Time Around) class.
No, this isn't a foods and nutrition class, but it does help to feed your life with information that can help you in your role, and you will also be able to meet other grandparents in the same situation. What better way to meet others, share experiences and even resources? Free child care is available, and snacks are provided. Call me to register or for more information. Classes are free and open to all grandparents who are parenting their grandchildren.
January is National Radon Action Month. What is radon? Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas. It is produced by the normal breakdown of uranium in the soil. As radon breaks down, it produces radioactive particles. If you breathe in these small particles and they lodge in your lungs, they will continue to emit radiation.
In North Carolina, indoor radon levels are generally lowest in the coastal plain and higher in piedmont and mountain areas. The coast is not free of radon. Some homes there have levels above 4pCi/L. Studies have shown that between 7 and 17 percent of the homes in North Carolina might be above the EPA action level.
Henderson County is one of the counties in Zone 1, as are seven other counties in North Carolina. So what does that mean? The zone is determined by the amount of radon that is found through testing. Zone 1 has potentially high levels of radon — 4pCi/L or higher. Zone 2 has levels of 2 to 3.9, and Zone 3 is less than 2.
Homes can be tested using an easy, do-it-yourself test that gives you a snapshot of the radon levels in your house during the time the test was made. These screening or short-term tests are usually done in a home using "closed house" condition and left in place for up to seven days. Long-term testing is usually done over a longer period of time, up to several months.
If you are interested in learning more about radon and the testing process, join us for a free Testing for Radon in Your Home workshop at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Henderson County Center. If you can't come to the program, but would like a free radon test kit, just stop by the office to pick one up.
Adult Sewing Classes have been moved from Saturday mornings to Tuesday afternoons. The next class will be Jan. 14 from 2 to 5 p.m. If this works into your schedule and you'd like to join us, just bring a project that you'd like to work on. This is an ECA Club (Extension and Community Association, previously known as Extension Homemakers), so dues do apply. If you would love to learn how to sew, a Saturday morning series of classes will be scheduled for early spring. Call to get your name on the list for more information.
To register or for more information on any of these classes or programs, don't hesitate to contact me, Renay Knapp, family and consumer sciences extension agent at 828-697-4891 or email me at email@example.com. Check our website (www.henderson.ces.ncsu.edu) or like us on Facebook — N.C. Cooperative Extension-Henderson County Center — to receive the latest notices and information.


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MONTGOMERY | The head of the Alabama Community College System has suspended the search for a new president at Shelton State Community College without filling the position.
MONTGOMERY | The head of the Alabama Community College System has suspended the search for a new president at Shelton State Community College without filling the position.
Chancellor Mark Heinrich, who was appointed in September 2012 after serving as president at Shelton State, said he would ask for a review of search policies regarding the presidential searches for Shelton State and Southern Union State Community College, which has campuses in Wadley, Valley and Opelika. Better transparency is the primary goal, he said.
"After careful study, review and consideration, I have determined that it is currently in the best interest of the Alabama Community College System and the affected institutions to terminate the presidential searches for Southern Union State Community College and Shelton State Community College without filling either position," Heinrich said in a statement.
After new procedures are in place, the search for a new Shelton State president will begin again. Heinrich said previous applicants could reapply at that time.
Alabama Board of Education member Yvette Richardson had voiced concerns about the viability of the process.
Heinrich said the new search guidelines would allow the system to attract the best candidates to the two-year schools.
New procedures should be in place in two months, and Heinrich said the appointees could begin their new jobs by the beginning of 2014.
Vicky Hawsey, president of Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, led the first search committee for Shelton State's new president. She said the new procedures could mean that the same 11 members will not return for a second search.
However, she said it is not uncommon for a search to be renewed until the best candidate is found.
"Shelton State Community College deserves the most exceptional leader for its next permanent president," Hawsey said. "In my role as president of Wallace State Community College, I have reopened searches on many occasions in order to yield a slate of candidates that would provide the most highly qualified candidate for the position.
"I would expect the chancellor to do the same for a position as crucial as president of this fine institution."
Steve Fair is serving as Shelton State's interim president.
On April 11, the Hawsey-led search committee narrowed the Shelton State presidential candidates to three:
n Robert Gunter of Marion, Ark., who now serves as deputy director for career and technical education at the Arkansas Department of Career Education;
n Linda North of Opelika, the academic dean for Southern Union State Community College; and
n Stephen Vacik, the president of Colby Community College in Colby, Kan.
According to the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education's Legal and Human Resources Division, 48 people applied for the post at Southern Union and 42 candidates applied for the position at Shelton State.

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While Windows Vista SP2 comes with a whole load of improvements and fixes, Microsoft listed the most important ones for us in a handy overview page at TechNet. A lot of work has gone into improving support for WiFi and BlueTooth 2.1, and they also added the ID and vendor strings for VIA's new processors. It also comes with Blu-Ray recording technology and Windows Search 4.0, which comes with improved performance and more relevant search results.
For Windows Server 2008 customers, there's also a list of improvements. Hyper-V will now be a part of Windows Server 2008, instead of it being a separate download, turning it into a "fully integrated feature", " including one free instance with Windows Server 2008 Standard, four free instances with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and an unlimited number of free instances with Windows Server 2008 Datacenter." Other changes include improvements in WebDAV, power management, and more.
The service pack comes in a single package which will work on both Windows Vista and Server 2008. There's a 32bit version and a 64bit version. Note that SP1 is a pre-requisite before installing SP2 (SP1 came integrated on Server 2008). In addition, people who used vLite to alter their base Windows installation may not be able to install Service Pack 2 because required components may have been removed. There's a "workaround": happy re-installing.


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- Oct 2:
- Walmart's controversial Boulder grocery store opens, met by 'unwelcome party'
- Sep 29:
- Crowded market: Walmart, Trader Joe's to heat up Boulder grocery scene
- Sep 25:
- Walmart previews Boulder store as opponents plan 'unwelcome party'
- Jun 20:
- Boulder anti-Walmart coalition sends message to retail giant
- Jan 26:
- Walmart in Boulder: A 'Faustian bargain'?
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- Walmart: We weren't 'trying to hide anything' about Boulder store
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- Walmart confirms plans to open long-rumored Boulder store at Diagonal Plaza this fall
In north Boulder, work is moving forward on a grocery store that is steeped in mystery and already drenched in controversy.
Months after fliers circulated in north Boulder claiming that Walmart was eyeing the opening of a local store, the buzz and speculation have continued to grow that the Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant is behind a project to build a nearly 52,000-square-foot grocery store at Diagonal Plaza, off 28th Street and Iris Avenue.
"I heard about three to four weeks ago that it was Walmart, but it wasn't definitive," Boulder Mayor Matt Appelbaum said. "I wasn't hearing that from the city. It was a third party and, once again, nothing definitive."
Appelbaum said he and council members have received several emails from residents opposed to Walmart opening a store in the city. However, neither council members nor city officials have been able to provide a firm answer -- mostly because of a stealthy approach taken by the property owner and prospective tenant.
"I have no new information about any proposed Walmart," said Liz Hanson, the city's economic vitality coordinator. "The city planning staff has gone back and looked at the building permits to make sure if there's any tenant name, and from what they are indicating, they don't have a tenant name.
"I have had no conversations with Walmart for years."
The project that involves combining the long-vacant Ross and PetSmart stores at Diagonal Plaza into a 51,836-square-foot retail grocery store is identified only as "Boulder (Diagonal), CA" in building permits filed with the city. Aside from modification and building permit applications submitted by the property owner of 3303 30th St. and an Oklahoma architecture firm, the store's operator has not directly contacted the city, nor has it made its intentions public.
Walmart officials, the space's property owner and the architect behind the project could not be reached for comment.
Signs of similarities
In addition to the word on the street, other signs have emerged recently that seem to increase the likelihood that Walmart could be the mystery tenant behind the grocery store at Diagonal Plaza.
Several grocers such as Whole Foods, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage and King Soopers -- the Kroger brand that previously expressed interest in opening a store at Diagonal Plaza -- told the Camera last week that they are not the operator of the 3303 30th St. store.
Also, the floor plans and certain notations included in the permit applications appear to share similarities to aspects of existing Walmart Neighborhood Market locations.
A walk through the Walmart Neighborhood Market off Chambers Drive in Aurora revealed a layout that closely resembles the floor plan of 3303 30th St. In the parking lot of the northeast Denver store, the cart corrals carried a strong likeness to renderings of cart corrals included in the Boulder building permit application.
The building permits filed with the city identified the retail location as "Store #3096." A store search on Walmart.com reveals that the company has a store No. 3096 in Ontario; however, it also appears that some Neighborhood Market store numbers overlap with existing Walmart store numbers.
Of the five Denver-area Neighborhood Market stores -- which have store numbers that range from 3019 to 3128 -- two have store numbers that overlap with Canadian Walmarts.
Additionally, the combination of certain paint colors -- such as "Jonquil" and "Humble Gold" -- and wire-mounted shelving listed in the 3303 30th building permit also have been listed in building plans posted online for Neighborhood Market locations.
Walmart's 'Neighborhood Markets'
Walmart launched the grocery-focused Neighborhood Market concept in 1998. The approach of the store and the smaller footprint -- a store averages about 38,000 square feet -- allowed the retailer to enter different markets, including more urban settings.
The Neighborhood Market stores also helped Walmart in its efforts to land an "hourglass" demographic and appeal to higher-income shoppers while maintaining its lower-income customer base, said Robin Sherk, a senior analyst at Kantar Retail who serves as the lead analyst on the consultancy's syndicated research on Walmart.
Walmart took a slow and steady approach to expanding its Neighborhood Market store base until this year, when the company embarked on plans to add 80 markets to the concept's 170 stores, she said.
As Walmart has gone about this coast-to-coast expansion, the retailer has tweaked aspects of the offerings and tailored the products for specific locales, Sherk said. Walmart's roughly 60,000-square-foot store in Plano, Texas, for example, included departments such as electronics and automotive.
Walmart is not one to shy away from entering markets where some residents might not view the company in a favorable light, she said, noting some resistance and backlash that came from areas such as Boston and parts of California.
When Walmart made a play to open a store in Boulder in the past, residents and some City Council members pushed back against the idea of a large-scale big-box retailer opening. Others locally and nationally have vocalized opposition to the retailer, citing the company's business practices, labor policies and lawsuits surrounding working conditions.
In past situations when Walmart has opened stores in markets where negative sentiment is prevalent, the retailer has concurrently announced a donation to a local organization or school as part of its grand opening events, Sherk said.
Sharing the pie
It's unclear whether the entrance of the grocery tenant could spur further activity at Diagonal Plaza, a commercial district identified by the city as ripe for redevelopment, noting the plaza's decline in physical appearance and drop in contributions to the city's sales tax base.
However, the possibility of a larger-scale redevelopment project on the site could be hindered not only by economic factors but also the nature of the center's ownership structure, officials have said. About 15 different entities own buildings and land on the 33-acre site.
The construction activity related to the new grocer is the first significant development activity and movement at Diagonal Plaza in years, and initial sentiment from residents was mixed, said Hanson, the city's economic vitality coordinator.
"I think there are some people who feel strongly that more variety in retail choices in Boulder is needed, that we're losing sales tax revenue (to other communities) and that we need more affordable choices," she said. "There are other people who feel like Boulder does not need more big-box stores, that it's not consistent with the character of Boulder."
Mel Kimura Bucholtz, a resident of a nearby neighborhood, is one of those who opposes a Walmart in the area.
"Boulder is small town and Walmart's presence, as it has done elsewhere, will harm other retailers, be a model of poor treatment of its employees and negatively impact surrounding neighborhood property values," he said in an email. "In Santa Fe, where I lived, Walmart is far enough away from the city center to not harm/interrupt the quality of city life. Not to mention the amount of increased higher-carbon pollution emissions, in a city that prides itself on air quality."
If Walmart is indeed the company behind the grocery store at Diagonal Plaza, Boulder's mayor said the smaller approach could have less of an effect than a 180,000-square-foot Supercenter.
"I think you do have to really distinguish between big-box anything with something of this size," Appelbaum said. A 100,000-square-foot big box is "not what's in front of us. It's a much smaller deal, and that does change things a lot.
"The impacts of it -- the actual impact, and I'm not talking about the philosophical disagreements with Walmart -- yeah, it makes a big difference."
Appelbaum conceded that if the store opens as billed on the building permit -- as a grocery store -- it would be "disappointing." Noting the plethora of grocery stores within the city of Boulder, Appelbaum said another grocer would only be spreading around the existing sales tax base.
"It's a little hard to see that the pie is going to get much bigger," he said.
Contact Camera Business Writer Alicia Wallace at 303-473-1332 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Chintercourse is when fat and chubby people have sexual intercouse!
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International Programs
International Programs (IP) develops and manages events, partnerships, and collaborations to enhance our musical and academic presence in the world.
We seek to build on the success of our well-established international programs. We engage in a high level of collaboration with our partners inside and outside of the college to support our institutional mission through our global initiatives and comprehensive enrollment strategy.
We invite you to learn more about our work in the world with the Berklee International Network and Berklee on the Road.
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KCBS Team Bios
IBEW SMOKIN' SPARKYSYear Started: 2010
A group of Brothers and Sister of the IBEW Local 124 decided to put down their tools for a moment and picked up a BBQ fork. Team members are:
Team Lead - Peter Semadeni, Owen Peoples, Gene Moddelmog, Dianna King, Tammy Skinner, Steve Upton, Roger Lake, Rudy Chavez, and Trent Marble
Hometown: Kansas City
State: MO
Country: US
Most wins in a year: 2
Biggest Wins: 13th place Ribs At 2013 American Royal Open BBQ. 1st place Ribs, 2nd place chicken, and 3rd place Brisket At the 2012 KC Labor Day cook-off. Most Patriotic site display at 2014 Excelsior Springs BBQ On the River and Fly In. And last but not least, the hearts and minds of the brotherhood that financially supports our BBQ addiction.
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Parents Fund
The Parents Fund: Impacting every program, every student, every year
The Parents Fund is a long-standing tradition at Clarkson that provides parents with an opportunity to demonstrate their confidence in the work being done at the University.
Unrestricted gifts to The Parents Fund deliver immediate benefits to today's students in the form of financial aid, academic excellence, state-of-the-art technology, sustainability research and Golden Knight athletics. Simply put, The Parents Fund impacts every program and every student, every year.
You Make the Difference
Your investment in The Parents Fund creates long-term impacts in shaping the University's future. At the same time, your gift has an immediate effect on today's students. By giving to The Parents Fund…
…you are supporting the financial aid that nine of ten Clarkson students need. Clarkson attracts the brightest, most promising students, many of whom simply can't afford to pay full tuition.
…you are putting state-of-the-art technology on campus so our students and faculty can work at the forefront of discovery.
…you are ensuring academic excellence throughout our more than 50 rigorous academic programs. From top professors to innovative curricula, these factors form the foundation of outstanding student achievement.
…you are putting Clarkson at the leading edge of sustainability research, and you're helping students apply that research right here on campus.
…you are giving Clarkson students an edge in athletic competition, challenging the Golden Knights to drive forward and win.
If you're a Clarkson parent, or the parent of a Clarkson graduate, please consider making a gift to The Parents Fund this year.
To make a gift online, please visit our secure giving website at: www.clarkson.edu/giveback
Or, mail your check, payable to Clarkson University to: The Parents Fund, Box 5530, 8 Clarkson Avenue, Potsdam, NY 13699
Thank you for your consideration. Your gift to The Parents Fund is an important investment and will help support the Clarkson community and make a difference for many students. For further information, contact The Clarkson Fund at 315-268-6582 or email Nichole Thomas, Director of The Clarkson Fund.
Susan Newkirk, Parents Fund Chair, and her sons Thomas '15 and Clay '15
"We all share a stake in the ultimate value of a Clarkson education. The mentoring that our students receive at Clarkson will ultimately lead to their engagement as alumni while they apply what they've learned. It is our role as parents to teach our children to contribute to Clarkson's future. The best way to achieve this is to lead by example. I invite all parents to join me in making a gift that is meaningful to you."
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Type: April Fool's Day Prank.
Summary: Victims were sent to see the washing of the lions at the Tower of London.
During the 18th and 19th centuries a popular prank in London involved inviting unsuspecting victims to come view the annual ceremony of washing the lions at the Tower of London. Early versions of the prank promised the curious that the lions were going to be washed in the moat. Later versions told the gullible to seek entrance to the Tower at the "White Gate" (there being no such gate). Whatever the details were, the hopeful sightseers would make the journey to the Tower in vain, because there was no annual lion-washing ceremony.
This prank is best known as an April Fool's Day joke. In fact, a report of it being perpetrated in 1698 is the earliest recorded example of an April Fool's Day prank. The April 2, 1698 edition of Dawks's News-Letter reported that "Yesterday being the first of April, several persons were sent to the Tower Ditch to see the Lions washed" (Notes and Queries, 1913, 357).
In 1887, a correspondent to the journal Notes and Queries speculated that the prank "originated from a custom of the warders formerly deriving perquisites from the liberality of country gobemouches, who 'tipped' them to 'see the white bears fed.'"
The washing-the-lions prank falls into the broad category of "sleeveless errand" pranks—more commonly referred to today as "wild-goose chases." A sleeveless errand involves sending a victim on a fruitless quest in search of an item, or event, that does not exist.
The Prank in the 19th Century
An admission ticket to the "annual ceremony of washing the lions," held on April 1st. (From the collection of the British Museum.) The most elaborate instances of the prank occurred in the mid-nineteenth century. For instance, the 1861 edition of Notes and Queries (2nd S. XI. 159) offers this account:
Tower of (royal arms) London.
Admit the Bearer and Friends
To view the
Annual Ceremony
Washing the Lions
On Tuesday April the 1st 1856
HERBERT DE GRASSE, Senior Warden.
Admitted only at the White Gate.
"It is requested that no Gratuities will be given to the Wardens on any account."
The above is a copy of a card printed by the late Albert Smith, and distributed among his friends. I hardly need say that if any were sold he did not authorise the transaction. I do not know whether any persons tried these cards at the "White Gate."
Gustave Louis Maurice Strauss, in his Reminiscences of an Old Bohemian, offers a more detailed account of a slightly earlier occurrence of the prank:
I think it was in the last days of March, 1848, that the proprietor of Chat, in conjunction with the editor and Pond, controved to perpetrate a vile hoax upon Her Majesty's lieges. These wretched conspirators had a great number of order-cards printed, admitting "bearer and friends" to the White Tower, on the 1st day of April, to witness, if they so listed, the famous grand annual ceremony of washing the lions. I am sorry to say that I was over-easily prevailed upon to join in the distribution of these favours among friends and acquaintances.
We went to Tower Hill in the morning of the 1st of April—to watch the result. I must confess I, for one, was not prepared for the extraordinary credulity of the British Public. They flocked up in shoals to see the lions washed. The "warders" were almost at their wits' end. They had the bits of pasteboard flourished in their faces, with angry gestures and angrier imprecations, by the indignant crowd of sight-seers and seekers. I verily believe there was a notion at one time of the day to send for reinforcements of the garrison, so threatening was the aspect of the B.P. raging at the gates of the old City fortress. In the midst of the turmoil some one spotted me to whom I had given an order of admission, and he would have set the whole mob upon me, but I most luckily succeeded in securing the friendly shelter of a cab, which I made drive off instanter from the field of action, knowing of old that discretion is, as a rule, the better part of valour. The final result to me was, that I had to skedaddle, and keep dark for a time, until the affair had blown over a little.
From 1865 onwards, almost all accounts of the prank refer to a memorable instance of it occurring on April 1, 1860. However, it has not been possible to locate a contemporary newspaper report of this event.
Animals at the Tower of London
Animals, including lions, actually were kept at the Tower of London for many centuries. The tradition of keeping animals there began in the 13th century, when Emperor Frederic II sent three leopards to King Henry III. In subsequent years, elephants, lions, and even a polar bear were added to the collection. The polar bear was trained to catch fish in the Thames.
By the time of Elizabeth I, a German visitor encountered, "all variety of creatures in the Tower including three lionesses, one lion of great size called Edward VI from his having been born in that reign; a tyger; a lynx; a wolf excessively old… there is besides a porcupine, and an eagle."
By the eighteenth century, the Tower's menagerie had become one of the most popular destinations for visitors to London. However, during the early nineteenth century the menagerie declined, until finally, in 1834, the few remaining animals were transferred to the Garden of the Zoological Society.
Zoos and April Fool's Day
The closing of the menagerie at the Tower of London did not end the prank. The pranksters simply adapted to changing times and sent their victims to the zoo instead of the Tower of London.
In 1866 one of the first instances of the "sending someone to the zoo" prank was recorded in the London Times. The police column reported the case of one Mrs. Sarah Marks who, on April 1, had sold hundreds of tickets to the zoological society, at the bargain rate of one penny per ticket. The tickets bore the inscription:
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Irish Mocha Iced Coffee
Celeb chef Wolfgang Puck has a company that produces bottled organic cold brewed iced coffee in four flavors: Vanilla Fusion, Crème Caramel, Café au Lait and Double Blend Mocha. These can be enjoyed "as is" or mixed with other ingredients and garnished to create fancy mocktails or cocktails. For this festive drink, Irish whiskey and Tia Maria add a spirited touch.
4 oz. Double Blend Mocha Iced Coffee
1 1/2 oz. Jameson whiskey
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A SOAP Message Object is a tree of objects as shown in Figure 5–5. The classes or interfaces from which these objects are derived are all defined in the javax.xml.soap package.
As shown in the figure, the SOAPMessage object is a collection of objects divided in two parts: a SOAP part and an attachment part. The main thing to remember is that the attachment part can contain non-xml data.
The SOAP part of the message contains an envelope that contains a body (which can contain data or fault information) and an optional header. When you use SAAJ to create a SOAP message, the SOAP part, envelope, and body are created for you: you need only create the body elements. To do that you need to get to the parent of the body element, the SOAP body.
In order to reach any object in the SOAPMessage tree, you must traverse the tree starting from the root, as shown in the following lines of code. For example, assuming the SOAPMessage is MyMsg, here are the calls you would have to make in order to get the SOAP body:
SOAPPart MyPart = MyMsg.getSOAPPart(); SOAPEnvelope MyEnv = MyPart.getEnvelope(); SOAPBody MyBody = envelope.getBody();
At this point, you can create a name for a body element (as described in Namespaces) and add the body element to the SOAPMessage.
For example, the following code line creates a name (a representation of an XML tag) for a body element:
Name bodyName = envelope.createName("Temperature");
The next code line adds the body element to the body:
SOAPBodyElement myTemp = MyBody.addBodyElement(bodyName);
Finally, this code line defines some data for the body element bodyName :
The elements of a SOAP message form a tree. Each node in that tree implements the Node interface and, starting at the envelope level, each node implements the SOAPElement interface as well. The resulting shared methods are described in Table 5–1.Table 5–1 Inherited Methods
Inherited From
Method Name
Add an attribute with the specified Name object and string value
Create a new SOAPElement object, initialized with the given Name object, and add the new element
(Use the Envelope.createName method to create a Name object)
Add a namespace declaration with the specified prefix and URI
Create a new Text object initialized with the given String and add it to this SOAPElement object
Return an iterator over all the attribute names in this object
Return the value of the specified attribute
Return an iterator over all the immediate content of this element
Return an iterator over all the child elements with the specified name
Return the name of this object
Return the encoding style for this object
Return an iterator of namespace prefixes
Return the URI of the namespace with the given prefix
Remove the specified attribute
Remove the namespace declaration that corresponds to the specified prefix
Set the encoding style for this object to that specified by String
Remove this Node object from the tree
Return the parent element of this Node object
Return the value of the immediate child of this Node object if a child exists and its value is text
Notify the implementation that his Node object is no longer being used and is free for reuse
Set the parent of this object to that specified by the SOAPElement parameter
An XML namespace is a means of qualifying element and attribute names to disambiguate them from other names in the same document. This section provides a brief description of XML namespaces and how they are used in SOAP. For complete information, see http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/
An explicit XML namespace declaration takes the following form:
<prefix:myElement xmlns:prefix ="URI">
The declaration defines prefix as an alias for the specified URI. In the element myElement, you can use prefix with any element or attribute to specify that the element or attribute name belongs to the namespace specified by the URI.
The following is an example of a namespace declaration:
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
This declaration defines SOAP_ENV as an alias for the namespace:
After defining the alias, you can use it as a prefix to any attribute or element in the Envelope element. In Example 5–1, the elements <Envelope> and <Body> and the attribute encodingStyle all belong to the SOAP namespace specified by the http://schemas.sxmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/URI .
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle= "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"> <SOAP-ENV:Header> <HeaderA xmlns="HeaderURI" SOAP-ENV:mustUnderstand="0"> The text of the header </HeaderA> </SOAP-ENV:Header> <SOAP-ENV:Body> . . . </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
Note that the URI that defines the namespace does not have to point to an actual location; its purpose is to disambiguate attribute and element names.
SOAP defines two namespaces:
The SOAP envelope, the root element of a SOAP message, has the following namespace identifier:
The SOAP serialization, the URI defining SOAP's serialization rules, has the following namespace identifier:
When you use SAAJ to construct or consume messages, you are responsible for setting or processing namespaces correctly and for discarding messages that have incorrect namespaces.
When you create the body elements or header elements of a SOAP message, you must use the Name object to specify a well-formed name for the element. You obtain a Name object by calling the method SOAPEnvelope.createName.
When you call this method, you can pass a local name as a parameter or you can specify a local name, prefix, and URI. For example, the following line of code defines a name object bodyName.
Name bodyName = MyEnvelope.createName("TradePrice", "GetLTP","http://foo.eztrade.com");
This would be equivalent to the namespace declaration:
<GetLTP:TradePrice xmlns:GetLTP= "http://foo.eztrade.com">
The following code shows how you create a name and associate it with a SOAPBody element. Note the use and placement of the createName method.
SoapBody body = envelope.getBody();//get body from envelope Name bodyName = envelope.createName("TradePrice", "GetLTP", "http://foo.eztrade.com"); SOAPBodyElement gltp = body.addBodyElement(bodyName);
For any given Name object, you can use the following Name methods to parse the name:
getQualifiedName returns "prefix:LocalName ", for the given name, this would be GetLTP:TradePrice.
getURI would return "http://foo.eztrade.com" .
getLocalName would return "TradePrice ".
getPrefix would return "GetLTP".


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The prime directive selects reflective aviation bathed in mood swing
I'm broke. I know a walking corpse who'd spit icicle dagger to slit throat
Quicker than you can prove there's four letters in hope (H-O-P-E)
I paint a portrait from my cell called life inside the tortoise shell
Orbiting hell's orchard intrigued but not compelled
I smell a hint of charred child flesh sweeping through my quarters
Order one canteen of liquid caffeine and eclipse the slaughter
Now is you is the villain of my kabuki hologram
Cuz I hobble with hollow hands
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I'm Bilbo Baggins with stilts tipping the Petri dish (fresh)
Beached fish on the shores where the feast of wits eat the corpse
Divvy the servings and study the traits that deemed killer breed credible
That's a harp of a different color but the song remains identical
I am not a crook
I cook the wick at both ends
Just to blend that element of chance with my tight rope dance
Sight beyond
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Belong to something civil, saint, cuz this Rembrandt paints on
And it's a cold canvas lodged in the gut of Atlantis
Some present impressive lung, some truly learn what a death chant is
I alone personify mankind's collective sulk
As a result of one angry Zeus fist blistering cult pulp in bulk
Face it
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But y'all posed by the slave ship anyway
Make it rain 'til the levy breaks
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I'll be hung in the village square in exactly 5 minutes;
You don't want to miss it
As a token of my discontent regarding the equation
I'm officially closed for consultation
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The Apache Harmony PMC initiated a vote earlier this week to begin the process of moving the codebase into the Apache Attic and disbanding the PMC. With 18 for and 2 against, the result will be that the Apache Harmony project will be wound up and placed in the Attic for posterity.
Apache Harmony was an open-source clean-room implementation of the JDK, released under the Apache license, but could never call itself Java compatible as Sun refused to honour the JSPA which would give them access to the Testing Compatibility Kit (TCK), a pre-requisite of which is needed before an implementation can call itself Java. Apache's open letter to Sun, published on April 10th 2007, asked for and failed to receive clarity on the subject.
The primary corporate sponsor of the Apache Harmony project was IBM, who founded the project in a hope of having a less restricted version of the JDK under a non-viral license. However, with Oracle's takeover of Sun it became clear that the JSPA wasn't going to be respected, which left no choice for Apache but to resign from the JCP in December 2010.
When IBM joined OpenJDK there were already questions of whether IBM would continue to be involved in two implementations. At the time, Rod Smith, vice president of emerging technologies at IBM, suggested:
… that they would, but also made it clear that IBM would be shifting its development effort from Apache Harmony to the OpenJDK. As part of this, Smith noted that IBM could bring some innovations from the Harmony project across to the Java SE Reference Implementation.
This subsequently resulted in Tim Ellison, PMC of Apache Harmony, stepping down from the role. Although there was an opportunity for either the community or another commercial sponsor to step in and continue the Apache Harmony goal, with Oracle's firm stance on the matter it wasn't ever likely to be able to call itself Java. The main beneficiary of the Apache Harmony codebase was Google, who used it to provide their runtime library for Android (although compiled down to the Dalvik virtual machine). However, since Google is currently involved in disputes with Oracle and so avoided getting involved in the Apache Harmony project.
With no PMC and no active committers, ex-PMC Tim Ellison proposed on the mailing list that Apache Harmony be moved to the Attic, where the source code will remain available under a read-only version but no further development work will occur. This does not preclude the possibility of the work being used in the future under a different project, but history suggests this is unlikely to be the case. Instead, Google's focus is on new programming languages such as Go and Dart, both of which could be used in a future version of Android should the Oracle case go against it.
Apache Harmony provided not only a clean-room viral-free implementation of the JDK and JVM, but also strove to provide modularity in a way that OpenJDK still has not. Packages were modularised and broken down into separate units, so applications that needed e.g.
java.io and
java.net could be bundled, but without
java.awt. Although this subset would not be a full Java implementation, many memory-constrained devices would benefit from the faster startup times by not loading unnecessary classes. It also solved problems such as the circular references between e.g.
java.beans and
java.applet, and thus transitively to
java.awt long before Jigsaw started to investigate these problems.
However, advances in Apache Harmony's JVM did not keep up with the performance of Hotspot and other JIT improvements with OpenJDK, with the result that it was rarely used for performance critical systems. And whilst it was capable of booting Eclipse, it was not widely used outside of demonstration cases.
The Apache Harmony language libraries live on, in a forked repository of the Google Android codebase.
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Google's use of Harmony has been a concern for me. The Harmony code tends to be pretty buggy to begin with, as one would expect without access to the Testing Compatibility Kit (TCK).
However, Android has been using a subset of Harmony - and I fear over time, this subset will diverge in capability and compatibility from the official Java stuff, making it very difficult to take advantage of tooling outside the ADT and other libraries which may depend on features in the official Java.
Although Andy Rubin defined android's openness in terms of being able to get the source code, Google shares no roadmap whatsoever with regular developers … and in the absence of encouraging information, my worries grow.
If Google does take the nuclear option and drop Java, it will be very disruptive for developers. Would I port all of my code to whatever they choose ? I doubt it, especially if its just as easy to port to iOS or WP7/8.


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I also had a bad surprise with 10.5.7 and do not recommend it to anyone who uses OSX for DVD viewing. I also have a mini but with a Samsung plasma TV. I previously could only put the TV in 1920x1080 interlaced and was surprised when it did not say it was interlaced. It also gave the options for 24Hz and 30Hz where the refresh rate was grayed out before. I never tried the SwitchResX before.
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A few days ago, Canonical released the latest version of the world's most popular distribution, Ubuntu. Aptly titled Natty Narwhal, Ubuntu 11.04 is the Linux community's bravest attempt at pushing the boundaries of the Linux desktop. Also, being a complete departure from the traditional desktop, Natty brings along changes that are good, sometimes bad, and even ugly at times. Here's a look at these changes in a little more detail.
The Good:
We've talked about Natty and its features in our previous article (see: Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal': To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade?); however, we didn't touch upon Unity much. Unity, the brainchild of the Canonical team was an out-of-the-blue decision which surprised and even shocked many users and developers alike. The shocking part of it was the decision to part ways with the GNOME desktop, which had been part of Ubuntu for so many years. The move has left many GNOME loyalists changing clans. However, there are also many users who have welcomed the changes. One reason why Unity works is because it brings something completely fresh to the user as opposed to the traditional GNOME desktop, which was getting too old-school to compete with Windows, Mac and even KDE4. Unity also relies heavily on the trusted Compiz window decorator, thus making the switch relatively smoother as compared to the one with GNOME 3 and Mutter. Furthermore, the GNOME 2.x series was a desktop that had not gone any major visual changes for years, and thus it failed to keep up with many of the modern desktop usability standards. For example, GNOME 2.x included two panels, one at the bottom and one at the top which consumed a lot of space. Also, the menus were too outdated when likened to modern desktops like Windows 7 and KDE4. Furthermore, the tray, the menubar, and indicator applets made the panels look way too crowded and tacky.
Unity despite originally being a Netbook UI, addressed all these problems perfectly. It got rid of the bottom panel, placed an application launcher at the left and removed the tray to make the desktop look more streamlined and sleek. The global menu sits perfectly at the top giving more space for applications to take over. The launcher on the left dodges windows effectively making the desktop experience less distracting. Apart from the looks, Unity scores very high when it comes to usability. It incorporates shortcuts that are easy to learn and even easier to use. For example, using Super + # gives access to the applications that are pinned to the launcher. This makes using Unity hugely productive, especially to power users. Finally, Unity brings Files and Applications searching to Ubuntu; a feature conspicuously missing from the Linux desktop for so many years.
The Bad:
Now that we've talked about all the good features of Unity on Ubuntu, here's a look at everything that's bad.
It's bad manners not to introduce yourself first!
The first thing a new user will encounter after installing Ubuntu is the completely different UI. It's nothing like Windows, Mac OS or even GNOME 2.x. With such a complex UI, a welcome tour explaining different parts of the UI would have been a great feature. Maybe Canonical could've included a video that explained users different parts of the desktop. Even though the help files do explain the desktop perfectly, they are not that conspicuous as they should be. It is only when you hover over the top panel and click on 'help' that you get access to the help files. Why cant the help guide start by default for a new session?
The first thing a new user will encounter after installing Ubuntu is the completely different UI. It's nothing like Windows, Mac OS or even GNOME 2.x. With such a complex UI, a welcome tour explaining different parts of the UI would have been a great feature. Maybe Canonical could've included a video that explained users different parts of the desktop. Even though the help files do explain the desktop perfectly, they are not that conspicuous as they should be. It is only when you hover over the top panel and click on 'help' that you get access to the help files. Why cant the help guide start by default for a new session?
Hey! How do I get started?
First things first, the Ubuntu logo on the top left is not that conspicuous. There are some users who will definitely miss the button as it is a monochrome icon and it blends in perfectly with the rest of the buttons on the panel. A good way to counter this problem is to make the Ubuntu logo glow for the first session so that users would know where to begin. Secondly, the menu is categorized in such a way that it becomes difficult for new users to find applications they need. For example, when a new user enters the 'More Apps' menu, he or she sees applications scattered without proper categorization. You may not even know what the application 'Libreoffice writer' does. Is it a CD-writing application? A text editor? There is no way of knowing unless you are a seasoned Linux user. If you are looking for something on the lines of Microsoft Word, you may search the term 'word' but to no avail.
The mysterious case of the missing app
Supposing a user is visiting his favorite tech web site. There, he sees a link to a shiny new app that will make his life so much easier. Thanks to 1-click install, he installs it to his computer and then moves on to other tasks. After a few hours, he comes back and starts looking for his newly installed app in the Unity menu. As he watches a lot of T.V, he has forgotten the name of the application and thus he has to rummage through the whole menu just to find an app he installed earlier. He thinks to himself, why can't they properly categorize the apps so that they're easier to find? The best thing Canonical can do to tackle this problem is to make sure that the applications are categorized properly. They can take cue from KDE4 or even Windows 7.
But, I'm a mousie!
Even though Unity incorporates many features that make it a great competitor to Windows and Macs, it still has a lot of shortcomings. One of those shortcomings will definitely affect people who rely heavily on their mice/touchpads. If you notice closely, Unity isn't that mouse-friendly. For example, if you start looking for a particular application, it will take more clicks to get there than it usually took with GNOME 2.x. Also, minimizing applications quickly is difficult as the only way to minimize a window is to click on the minus button on the top left. People who use Windows,KDE, or even GNOME 2.x will find it difficult to quickly minimize applications or even switch between them using only the mouse. Furthermore, another petty annoyance about Unity is that single-instance windows don't minimize if we click on their launcher icons. The question is why didn't Canonical include that feature?
I Can't Customize!
There are many users who aren't comfortable using Unity. Most of these users are usually long-time Linux users who were comfortable using GNOME and KDE by tweaking the UI according to their needs. In Unity however, this is not possible. Neither is it possible to rearrange the indicator applets. The same applies to the Dash too on which even a slightest of change is impossible. Besides that, the elusive launcher's behavior too can't be changed unless the new user knows what Compiz Config Settings Manager does and how to install it.
Poor integration
The global menu is a great addition to the Linux desktop. Not only does it save a lot of space, it also keeps Ubuntu's minimalist ideology intact. Having said that, the global menu is pretty much useless at this moment as it barely integrates with any major application. At times it is buggy and if an application loses focus, it results in the wrong window being closed. Even applications like Libre Office don't respect the global menu. The best thing Canonical could have done here is that they could've included Global menu in the next version of Ubuntu.
The Ugly:
One of the most appealing things about Ubuntu Natty is its sleek interface. However, the big fat launcher on the left sticks out like a sore thumb. Moreover, the launcher cannot be modified unless you are geeky enough to install Compiz Config Settings Manager (ccsm) and change the settings. The Dash too, looks quite tacky when contrasted with other menus like Kmenu, Gnomenu and more. Also, if you're using an old graphic card, Compiz will tend to slow down especially when many applications are open.
No way to erase the past!
Ubuntu Natty provides a smart way to search and access frequently used files by integrating with Zeitgeist framework. One annoying downside of this great feature is the inability to delete history. Furthermore, there is no application that makes up for this missing feature. The problem with that is some people need to erase history to protect their privacy especially on public and shared computers.
Too much for the fingers!
Unity is a power user's dream. It makes perfect use of the keyboard to provide a productive desktop experience. However, when a new user installs Ubuntu, he or she has no way of knowing what these keyboard shortcuts are. In fact there are a lot of users who don't know where the 'Super' key is. Ubuntu could've included a File listing all the Unity shortcuts.
Unity is a decent attempt at bringing the average desktop user to Linux. However, its half-baked and sometimes buggy features make it quite unpalatable for the next-door neophyte. Moreover, there have been many negative comments about Unity and how it's forcing users switch back to GNOME2. Also, many people are waiting for the next version of Linux Mint to come out so that they could make a switch as soon as possible.
Having said all that, this is definitely NOT Ubuntu's Vista moment. To be honest, it 's Ubuntu's KDE4 moment as they have released a half-baked product to the general audience. Another thing, this article is not a rant on how bad Unity is, it is actually a list of all the negative things users have encountered while using it. If only Canonical listens to the feed back from the users and works on the UI it can surely get back in the desktop game. Who knows, in a few years Ubuntu might be giving Microsoft a hard time.


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Composition: Extra Virgin Olive Oil I.G.P
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Provenance/origin: Greece
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Ten-X Commercial is a subsidiary of Ten-X, a digital real estate marketplace, she added.
The KABR Group was the seller of the hot property and the buyer was Zef Perlleshi of Scarsdale, Ferraro said.
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Food and small-farming activists are decrying an addition to the stopgap spending deal that was signed last week by President Barack Obama to keep the federal government operating.
The measure, which had been added to the House version of the continuing resolution, pre-empts federal courts from blocking farmers from planting, harvesting and selling genetically modified crops while their approval status is reviewed.
Monsanto, one of the global companies that produces genetically modified seeds, said in an emailed statement that the point of the addition appears to be "to strike a careful balance allowing farmers to continue to plant and cultivate their crops subject to appropriate environmental safeguards, while USDA conducts any necessary further environmental reviews."
But activists are derisively calling the rider the "Monsanto Protection Provision" because they believe it gives companies that make genetically modified seeds the ability to keep selling their products in spite of questions about the effects on human health and the environment.
The addition goes back to August 2010, when a federal judge blocked the use of Monsanto's genetically modified sugar beets after finding the U.S. Department of Agriculture "had not adequately assessed the environmental consequences before approving them for commercial cultivation," according to The New York Times.
The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association "is extremely disappointed that the continuing resolution passed including the dangerous biotech rider," said MacKenzie Bailey, policy coordinator for the group.
"This unprecedented and egregious effort guts the necessary review process put in place for public safety and leaves consumers unprotected from potential health consequences by introducing untested crops into our food system," Bailey said in an emailed statement.
"It also leaves organic and GMO-free farmers vulnerable to contamination from understudied and under-regulated genetically engineered crops."GMO stands for "genetically modified organism." The term applies to seeds that produce genetically different crops, such as those that are immune to a common weed-killer or certain diseases.
Biotechnology company Monsanto says the genetic modifications improve crop quality and yields. GMO opponents say the crops have not been thoroughly tested to rule out health and environmental dangers.
Genetically modified crops also pose problems for organic farmers. Pollen from modified crops can contaminate organic crops, making them unsalable.
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments by Monsanto, which claims an Indiana farmer who used second-generation soybean seeds infringed on the company's patent on first-generation seeds.
Until now, federal courts could halt the production of genetically modified crops until they were properly approved by the Department of Agriculture.
The recent legislative measure requires Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to issue temporary permits to farmers so they can continue to produce genetically modified crops "even when a court of law has found they were approved illegally," according to Food & Water Watch, a food-policy watchdog.
Vilsack questions the enforceability of the measure.
"Secretary Vilsack has asked the Office of General Council to review this provision, as it appears to pre-empt judicial review of a deregulatory action, which may make the provision unenforceable," a USDA spokesman said in an email on Thursday.
The measure surfaced last summer during congressional debate about a new farm bill. It drew support from the American Farm Bureau Federation, American Seed Trade Association, American Soybean Association, American Sugarbeet Growers Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council and others.
However, Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat from Montana, slammed what he called "corporate giveaways," including the biotechnology rider, in the recent government-funding bill.
Tester, the Senate's only working farmer, said the rider was slipped into the bill with no debate amid urgency to pass a law to keep the government working.
He introduced amendments to remove the measure and restore a rider that would have helped poultry farmers in their dealings with a handful of large meatpacking companies. However, the amendments weren't considered.
The activist outcry comes as the national debate about mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods is heating up.
A California proposition to require the identification of genetically engineered ingredients on food labels was defeated by voters last fall. However, labeling campaigns are gearing up in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and Washington, according to Food & Water Watch.
Early this month, the natural and organic grocery company Whole Foods Market committed to labeling GMOs in the food it sells by 2018. A few days later, Hain Celestial Group, maker of organic foods and teas, confirmed its support of increased transparency in the labeling of genetically modified organisms.
"People have the right to know what is in their food," Whole Foods founder and co-CEO John Mackey told a gathering of customers at his company's Pasadena, Calif., store, according to Zester Daily, an online news site for food, wine and travel enthusiasts.


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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler is worried that across-the-board federal spending cuts required by Washington could slow meat inspections at North Carolina slaughterhouses and hurt farmers and chicken, beef and bacon consumers.
Troxler said Tuesday the automatic cuts could mean federal meat inspectors are furloughed, putting pressure on state meat inspectors and inspectors whose costs are shared between the state and Washington. Inspectors must be at plants when slaughters and some packaging occur.
Troxler says fewer inspectors could mean farmers must hold on to livestock longer, leading to higher feed costs he thinks may be passed on to the public.
Attorney General Roy Cooper, Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin and schools chief June Atkinson also raised concerns at Tuesday's Council of State meeting about the cuts on their departments.
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With many people now using the popular Intel Core i7, I'd figure many of you are also looking into overclocking it, right? After a heatsink or watercooling loop, the next weakest link in any attempt at a decent overclock is the case. A case must have great airflow, wire managability and many good fans in order to push it to the max. But what about the ability to mount a radiator if you want water cooling? If this is some of what you're looking for in a case, then CoolerMaster might just be your answer, with the Storm Sniper Black Edition. Now, you might be sitting here wondering, "Hey didn't OCC already review the Storm Sniper?". Well, if that is your question, then you'd be correct. Already reviewed was the Storm Sniper, but here we have new words - 'Black Edition'. So does that mean the case is black? No. It is simply a new revision to an already excellent case. The Storm Sniper Black Edition ships with SSD mounting capabilities and even comes with a mousepad. But that's not all. The entire case is now black, which originally the inside and back were not. In addition to that, the 200mm side fan is now included instead of optional.
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So, I already mentioned some great features that are packed into this wonderful case, but you have not even seen the box yet. On the front you can clearly see what I already mentioned. This case comes with a mousepad. How many other case manufacturers actually do that? As you can then see on the left-side of the box, we have the specifications and on the right we just have a picture of the case. On the back, however, here we get into the nitty gritty. Here we are told the features of the case. You can also that below the features, is the Storm Tactics guarantee. You will also find that this case is recommended by gamers and lists three such groups that recommend this case. We are also shown pictures with captions pointing out specific features of the case.
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Vote Centers legislation passes Senate
Contact: Jim Gavin
(Indianapolis) – Last night, the Indiana Senate passed Senate Bill 235, legislation authorizing vote centers as a voting alternative statewide, by a vote of 45-3. The legislation allows local county election boards to approve this alternative method by a unanimous vote, leaving the choice of implementation up to each local community.
The vote center legislation is a major initiative of Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita and is sponsored by Senator Sue Landske, (R-Cedar Lake).
"The legislation provides an option for counties to adopt vote centers and tailor them to their own individual needs," Landske said. "We have had very good discussions about vote centers, and I believe they will save counties a considerable amount of money if they adopt it."
Rokita pointed out that the act of voting has not kept up with lifestyle changes.
"Our election process has remained the same for more than 100 years, yet our lifestyles have changed significantly," Rokita said. "Vote Centers mean voting the way we live today and no longer worrying about finding the right precinct because any center in the county will work. The concept also means savings for taxpayers by significantly reducing the cost of election administration."
By utilizing technology, counties opting to participate would be able to decrease the overall number of polling places and offer the option of voting at the location most convenient for individuals. Centers would be placed in high-traffic, accessible locations, with preference given to locations along public transit lines, such as libraries and public office buildings. Electronic poll books connected by a secure line to the county election board office would be updated in real-time and enable election officials to ensure each person votes only once.
The change would translate into taxpayer savings by reducing the number of voting systems needed to run an election, reducing the number of election workers, and eliminating costly printing and storage of poll books.
Vote center legislation will now head to the House of Representatives. Additional information about the Secretary of State's vote center pilot project can be found at www.sos.in.gov.
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CHICAGO, Ill. – For the seventh time this season, the Chicago Fire (15-8-5; 50 pts.) responded from a deficit, using goals from Alex and Designated Players Alvaro Fernandez and Sherjill MacDonald to rally and defeat the Montreal Impact (12-15-3; 39 pts.) Saturday night at Toyota Park. With the victory, the Fire move to within one point of Eastern Conference leaders Sporting Kansas City (51 pts.) with six matches remaining in the MLS regular season. The Fire are 10-3-2 with 32 points since June 17, 2012.
Making their first-ever trip to Toyota Park, the visiting Impact came close first. Attacking the Fire in transition, midfielder Felipe laid off for Davy Arnaud on the right before his low cross picked out Marco Di Vaio but the Italian striker only got a chopping shot off, forcing Fire 'keep Sean Johnson into an easy save in the ninth minute.
The Fire would respond three minutes later. Working up the right, Jalil Anibaba saw his cross deflected out to Alex. The Brazilian attacker took a touch before unleashing a powerful effort that forced Impact 'keeper Troy Perkins into a diving stop.
Following the chance, the visitors would slowly build up to the opening goal. First in the 15th minute when Rivas' long ball out of the back was chested down by Nyassi before the Gambian international cut towards goal and let off a curling effort that Johnson was equal to.
Three minutes later a long build up out of the midfield saw Di Vaio post up and lay off for Felipe at the top of the box but the Brazilian attacker's right-footed effort was well held by Johnson.
Montreal would finally breakthrough in the 20th minute when Rivas' sent a long ball up the right to Hassoun Camara. The French defender sent a flicked-on header towards the box and into the path of Di Vaio, who worked through the Fire back line before firing low to Johnson's right go give the Impact a 1-0 lead.
The Fire came close to equalizing in the 31st minute when Alex won a ball in the attacking end and played it back for Logan Pause. The Fire captain slotted for Alvaro Fernandez who belted a low shot just wide left of Troy Perkins goal.
Three minutes later, the Fire would find the equalizer. A long bit of possession resulted in Anibaba collecting the ball on the right before the second year defender crossed for Sherjill MacDonald who's glancing header beat Perkins inside the back post. It was the Dutch striker's second goal since joining the Men in Red in late July.
Montreal nearly went back up on a counter attack in the 36th minute. Di Vaio strolled up the middle before laying off for Patrice Bernier on the right, allowing the Canadian international to send in a whipping low ball that missed out by inches on connecting with a sliding Sanna Nyassi, taking the teams into halftime level at 1-1.
Both teams struggled for chances at the beginning of the second half, failing to connect with a shot on goal until the Fire found the go-ahead in the 61st minute. Playing with high pressure, Alex intercepted Alessandro Nesta's pass out of the back before laying off for Fernandez. The Uruguayan international chipped forward for Alex, who chested down before entering the box and firing a beautiful left-footed effort to the top right corner to give the Fire a 2-1 lead.
The visitors looked to respond in the 73rd minute when Bernier put on a dribbling exhibition at the top of the box. Finally, the Canadian international directed an effort towards goal that Di Vaio redirected but Johnson kept the chance out before it was called back due to offside.
The Fire would put the game on ice seven minutes later. Substitute defender Dan Gargan pushed far up the right to find Chris Rolfe before the veteran forward centered a pass to an open Fernandez, leaving the Uruguayan international with a one-time effort that beat Perkins inside the near post in the 80th minute.
Before the end, the Impact tried to pull things back within one goal as Bernier penetrated through the middle before finding Di Vaio. The former Italian international found space before unleashing a low drive just wide of goal in the 87th minute, leaving the Fire with all three of the points on the night.
The Fire return to action when they host the Eastern Conference foes Columbus Crew at Toyota Park on Saturday, Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m. CT live on NBC 5.2 and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes. Tickets for the match are available at www.Chicago-Fire.com or by calling 888-MLS-FIRE.
- The victory marked the 200th regular season win in the club's 15-year history.
- Only two teams in MLS have a better record than the Fire. San Jose is 17-6-5, 56 points and Sporting Kansas City is 15-7-6, 51 points.
- The win marks the seventh time this season the Fire have come back from a deficit to be victorious.
- The victory pushes the Men in Red to 15-8-5 (50 pts.) on the season, keeps the team in second place in the East and within one point of Conference leaders Sporting KC.
- The Fire are 8-0-1 when hosting Eastern Conference opponents at Toyota Park this season and 12-4-3 overall against the East in 2012.
- In a streak that has now reached 17 matches, the Men in Red have not lost to an Eastern Conference foe at Toyota Park since October 12, 2010, going 12-0-5 in that time.
- The Fire defense has now held its opposition to one goal or less in seven of its last eight matches.
- Midseason acquisitions Sherjill MacDonald, Alex and Alvaro Fernandez all tallied their second goal in a Fire shirt.
- Fernandez's 80th minute strike was his second in as many matches after scoring in the 13th minute in Wednesday's 2-1 victory at Toronto FC.
- Logging 90 minutes, Fire defender Gonzalo Segares became just the seventh player in club history to appear in 200 competitive matches. The others: C.J. Brown (372), Logan Pause (297), Zach Thornton (276), Chris Armas (272), Jesse Marsch (259) and Justin Mapp (208).
- With his yellow card in the 47th minute, defender Dan Gargan will miss out on next Saturday's match against Columbus due to accumulation.
- Arne Friedrich left the match in the 41st minute as a precaution for neck tightness.
- Fire midfielder Pavel Pardo took the night off with hamstring tightness.
Chicago Fire 3 – 1 Montreal Impact
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Jalil Anibaba, Arne Friedrich (Dan Gargan 41'), Austin Berry, Gonzalo Segares; Patrick Nyarko, Logan Pause ©, Alex, Alvaro Fernandez (Wells Thompson 83'); Chris Rolfe, Sherjill MacDonald (Dominic Oduro 77')
Substitutes not used: Paolo Tornaghi, Hunter Jumper, Corben Bone, Michael Videira
Montreal Impact: Troy Perkins; Matteo Ferrari, Alessandro Nesta (Jeb Brovsky 81'), Nelson Rivas (Justin Mapp 65'), Hassoun Camara; Davy Arnaud ©, Patrice Bernier, Collen Warner (Andrew Wenger 73'), Felipe Martins; Sanna Nyassi, Marco Di Vaio
Substitutes not used: Evan Bush, Dennis Iapinchino, Lamar Neagle, Sinisa Ubiparipovic
Scoring Summary
MTL – Marci Di Vaio (Hassoun Camara) 20'
CHI – Sherjill MacDonald (Jalil Anibabas) 34'
CHI – Alex (Alvaro Fernandez) 61'
CHI – Alvaro Fernandez (Chris Rolfe, Dan Gargan) 80'
Misconduct Summary
CHI – Dan Gargan (caution) 47'
Referee: Paul Ward
Assistants: Anthony Vasoli, Mark Cahen
Fourth Official: Michael Kennedy
Attendance: 17,691


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In Cabela's Outdoor Adventures the hunting and fishing simulation genres merge together to attain the diversity of a complete outdoor experience. The gamer immerses players in a challenging environment, where the thrill and the triumph of hunting and fishing are brought to their fullest. If the player chooses to build his own outdoor career, he can customize and improve his character's skills and gain enough reputation in order to become a true adventurer. During the game, the player travels trough 11 exotic regions and has the opportunity to bag amazing deer trophies, hunt big and small game animals (more than 30 animals in all) and catch 10+ fish species. State of the art hunting and fishing gear and many vehicles are at player;s disposal in order to aid the adventurer to complete the hunts or mission objectives, solve unexpected situations and win a great variety of challenging contests.
Also known as: Outdoor Adventures 06, Cabela's Outdoor Adventures 2006
Release Region: United States
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|START Conference Manager
ASIST 2012 Annual Meeting
Baltimore, MD, October 26-30, 2012
iSchools and L-Schools: Converging or Diverging Communities?
Irene Lopatovska, M. Cristina Pattuelli, Marcia Bates, Michael Buckland, Marija Dalbello, Samantha Hastings and Tula Giannini
Sunday, 5:30pm
The panel will discuss the intellectual differences between iSchool and
Information Science programs that are not part of the iSchool Caucus, referred here as L-Schools. The panelists, who represent both communities, will discuss
the foundational, philosophical, and formal differences between the two types of programs, and focus on the intellectual diversity of the two academic communities.