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Our power lies in the people behind this movement, and investments in people pay great dividends at every level of our organization. Obama Organizing Fellows are a key part of building that people power in our communities and campuses across the nation. The Obama Organizing Fellowship is a 12-week, volunteer program which will take place in the summer and fall of 2012. We are now accepting applications for the Summer Program.
Organizing Fellows who complete the program will leave with a full understanding of the most effective tools and methods that organizers use to make change in their communities. This program is often a first step in preparing for employment as some Organizing Fellows will go on to full-time jobs with their state's organization. Organizing is inspiring but difficult work, so only those with a serious interest should apply.
Organizing Fellows will help us build neighborhood and campus teams of volunteers to help get out the vote in November.
They will:
- Engage potential new volunteers through phone calls and canvassing.
- Hold one-on-one meetings with potential volunteers and campus organizers to discuss shared goals and strategy, develop relationships, and plan events.
- Engage new voters by organizing voter registration drives at community events.
- Persuade, motivate and turn out voters in specific neighborhoods with specific messages.
- Enter, organize, and maintain data from all of our interactions in communities.
- Use social networks to help amplify our message and talk about the work that we do.
- Hold house meetings to bring supporters together in communities and on college campuses to strategize about what the campaign should look like locally.
- Recruit, coach, and develop local and campus teams of individuals who are willing to work together to hold outreach events with other potential volunteers and voters.
- Plan and execute events with other campaign staff and Organizing Fellows.
Candidates for the Obama Organizing Fellowship Program must be:
- Enthusiastic about helping to re-elect President Obama and other Democrats up and down the ticket
- Willing to volunteer long and irregular hours at times, potentially including weekends (these will be determined by you and the staff member you work with)
- Interested in people-centered, metrics-driven work
- Goal-oriented
- Personally organized
- Hard working
- Strong communicators
- Committed to collaboration and teamwork
- Flexible
- Self-motivated
- Willing to commit to 15+ hours a week for a part-time fellowship or 40+ hours a week for a full-time fellowship.
Applications are being accepted and processed on a rolling basis until the program is full, but it is filling up quickly. Apply now before your state has reached capacity.
Applications and resumes for the Organizing Fellowship program may be shared between Obama for America and Organizing for America. Applicants for the position may be interviewed and accepted by either Obama for America or Organizing for America. Organizing for America is a project of the Democratic Party in the state in which the Organizing Fellow may be serve.
Obama for America is committed to diversity among its staff, and recognizes that its continued success requires the highest commitment to obtaining and retaining a diverse staff that provides the best quality services to supporters and constituents. Obama for America is an equal opportunity employer and it is Obama for America's policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis. Obama for America will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is strictly prohibited.


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A whimsical tale in which paper converges with pixels and creativity flows without boundaries. The newest Moleskine covers for iPad 3 and 4 combine analog and digital working methods.
In the video, a pencil is not just a sketching tool: it becomes the subject of the artwork as it enters the iPad: photographed, imported and enlarged. A hand drawn wolf runs onto the iPad. We zoom in on it as it passes under a magnifying glass, as it is pinched by the human hand on screen. The notebook sketches are transferred onto the iPad screen, manipulated and shared.
On one side of the cover is a refillable Volant Reporter notebook – whether you're right or left handed you can choose which. 96 blank pages for jotting down notes, sketching and writing. The iPad sits opposite: your two tools for writing, sketching and self-expression brought together to ease the transition from one to the other.
Rubberized shell, rounded corners and elastic band, in six different colours: now also slimmer and lighter. Carry and protect your most precious tools and give more space to your creativity.
Available on the Moleskine Store.
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- Longmont-area locations carry history in their names
- Curious about the St. Vrain Valley? Get your answers here
- Public art can be found throughout Longmont, inside and out
- Cruising has storied history in Longmont
- Table Mountain west of Longmont: Federal researchers study radio devices at restricted site
- Del Camino has earned its place on the Colorado map
- Surviving Boulder County granges stress their rural community roles
- Mead historian inspired by 19th-century woman pastor who founded Highlandlake Church
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LONGMONT -- Twenty years after her trip to Chino, Longmont's sister city in Japan, Cherie Kanemoto remembers how gracious her host family was to the young teenager staying in their home.
"I remember coming downstairs for breakfast and the mom made -- I'm not even kidding -- probably 12 plates of things that were on the table because she didn't know what I'd want, so she put everything out," recalled Kanemoto, 37.
That trip in the summer of 1992 -- the first one Longmont students made to Chino after the sister city relationship was established -- opened a lot of doors for Kanemoto. She decided to minor in Japanese at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and the travel experience impressed a number of employers along the way, she said.
This July, Kanemoto, who is now a counselor at Longmont High School, will chaperone a group of teenagers traveling to Chino for the student exchange.
Part of her reason for returning to Chino stems from wanting to provide a new group of Longmont teenagers the same kind of experience she remembers.
The other part ties into her family's roots. Cherie Kanemoto is the granddaughter of prominent Longmont developer Jimmie Kanemoto, who died in 2006. Leading the trip is a way to give back to the community -- a concept central to her grandfather's character.
"My grandpa felt that the community of Longmont had given our family so much, and therefore he wanted to give back to the community," she explained. "This drove a majority of the things that my grandpa did in his life. We saw these examples through our grandparents and through our parents, and I think that this got passed down through the generations."
Longmont's connection to Japan goes back to the early 1900s, when Japanese-American families began farming in the city. In 1990, Longmont established a sister city relationship with the city of Chino in central Japan to promote economic development between the two communities. At the pinnacle of the relationship, the Japanese emperor and empress visited Longmont in 1994.
The first Japanese immigrant to venture into Colorado was a young aristocrat, Matsudaira Tadaatsu, who settled in Denver in 1886. Nowadays, a little more than 1,000 Japanese-Americans live in Boulder County, according to the 2010 U.S. Census.
The first generation of immigrants from Japan settled on farms in the St. Vrain Valley around 1915 to 1920, according to Betty Ann Newby's "The Longmont Album: History and Folklore of the St. Vrain Valley." Surnames like Tanaka, Mayeda, Miyasaki, Nishida and Yoshihara dot the area's early history.
One of the most influential families in Longmont's history was the Kanemotos. Goroku Kanemoto emigrated from Hiroshima, Japan, in 1908. His work on the railroad brought him to LaSalle, where he first began farming. In 1919, he moved his family to a farm near Terry Lake north of Longmont.
After he was killed in a car accident in 1935, his sons, Jimmie and George Kanemoto, bought 140 acres of farmland on South Main Street and started large-scale truck farming, growing vegetables to sell throughout the Front Range and at their own Freshway Market.
In the mid-1960s, the brothers got into land development and turned the family's former farmland into Southmoor Park, a 700-house subdivision in southern Longmont that opened in time to accommodate the influx of folks flocking to IBM, which opened its Boulder campus in 1965.
In 1966, the brothers donated nearly nine acres of land off Missouri Avenue and South Pratt Parkway for Kanemoto Park, which was named after their late father.
In 1972, the Kanemotos built the Tower of Compassion pagoda in Kanemoto Park as a way to thank Longmont for its acceptance of their family during World War II, a time when many Japanese-Americans were forced into internment camps. The 60-foot structure, which is modeled after a traditional Japanese temple, includes five levels that symbolize the levels of compassion: love, empathy, understanding, gratitude of all things and giving selflessly of oneself. The Rotary Club of Longmont has since taken on the tower as the symbol of its annual compassion awards, including the Jim Kanemoto Citizen Award.
One reason Longmont has a sister city in Chino, Japan, is Jimmie Kanemoto and the late Bill Hosokawa of Denver, Japan's honorary consul general to Colorado. In the 1980s, Kanemoto and Hosokawa worked to make inroads between Longmont developers and Japanese companies.
Chino was chosen as Longmont's sister city in 1990 because of similarities between the two communities, said former Mayor Leona Stoecker, who led the city from 1993 to 2001. Both are similar in size, are located near mountain resorts and, at least at the time, were transitioning from an agricultural economy into high-tech.
Since the relationship, about 125 Longmont students have visited Chino, said Longmont Sister Cities Association board member Sue Bolton, who has been involved with the organization since she chaperoned the first group of Longmont ambassadors to Chino in 1992.
"Our main project every year is the student exchange, whereas I think the men who initiated the contact were looking more for a commercial exchange of some kind because of the economy. It has evolved into a student and friendship exchange," she said.
In 1997, Longmont got a second sister city, Ciudad Guzmán, México. Now, each summer, students from Longmont visit both Chino and Ciudad Guzmán, and students from both countries also come to Longmont.
The fledgling relationship between Longmont and Chino was cemented when, on June 18 and 19, 1994, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Longmont and stayed with local developers Ken and Susan Pratt during a 10-city U.S. tour.
Stoecker called the royal couple "real people." Still, when she visited Japan several years later and took along a photograph of her granddaughter being greeted by the emperor and empress, the reaction was shock.
"Literally, people took pictures of my picture because they had never met anyone who had even seen the emperor and empress because they don't go down the street waving. That's foreign to them," said Stoecker, who still displays a personal gift from the royal family in her home, a white porcelain vase with a chrysanthemum seal, the imperial seal of Japan.
As she prepares to lead a sister cities trip to Chino this summer, Cherie Kanemoto said she's looking forward to revisiting the same sites she visited as a high schooler, this time looking at them through the eyes of an adult.
"I know that I, along with my cousins, all have great pride in Longmont, and as a result we are all still deeply rooted here in one way or another. The same is true for the Sister Cities program, and while I traveled with the group as a student and took away so many experiences from that trip, I feel that if I can give other students that great experience, as a chaperone, then it will have come full circle," she said.
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INTERVITIS INTERFRUCTA 2013: New ideas in cultivation and harvesting technology
INTERVITIS INTERFRUCTA is an innovation trade fair with global appeal. The next trade fair, slated for April 24-27, 2013 will focus on innovation in cultivation and harvesting technology, and a separate hall has been dedicated to this area.
"In Stuttgart we will present innovations on the topics of soil cultivation, mowing and rootstock extraction," said Bernd Clemens, managing director of Clemens Technologies. Together with the company Wagner Pflanzen-Technik (Friedelsheim) the mechanical engineering company from Wittlich, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, has further developed a device for extracting waste wood from the wire frame. Its name: Kobold. According to Clemens, "in general" the further mechanization and automation of external trade are "the order of the day." For businesses it is about cost savings, reliable yields and sustainable soil cultivation.
Messe Stuttgart and the German Winegrowers' Association, the organizers of INTERVITIS INTERFRUCTA 2013, have come up with a novel idea: the machine demonstrations will no longer take place indoors, but outside beside Hall 1. An elevated section will be used for the creation of a steep-slope winegrowing area. Every afternoon 2:00 p.m., 1,800 visitors can watch the stands live demonstrations of state-of-the-art agricultural machinery with machines from exhibitor companies such as Holder, Fendt, iNew Holland, KMS Rinklin, Braun, Wanner, Sexauer and others. The management of the machine demonstrations lies in the hands of the Committee for Technology in Viticulture (ATW).
The Export Organisation of South Tyrol (EOS) of the Bolzano/Bozen Chamber of Commerce will be represented for the first time with its own stand at INTERVITIS INTERFRUCTA. The 400 square metre joint stand in Hall 1 will showcase innovations from various exhibitors in the area of mulching equipment, spraying devices, lifting platforms, stacking devices, as well as weed control equipment and thinning out methods. At the stand of the Agricultural Trade Cooperatives, the focus is on topics such as load security, storage of hazardous materials, working platforms, box transport and preventative health protection. Several stations offering minor health checks and nutritional advice are also present.
Meanwhile the organizers of INTERVITIS INTERFRUCTA 2013 are registering a high degree of interest in exhibition space at the leading technology trade fair for the production of wine, fruit, fruit juice and spirits. The registration status, according to Andreas Schnabel and Monique Mayer from the Project Team of INTERVITIS INTERFRUCTA, is "significantly above that of the previous event". Approximately 620 exhibitors (2010: 590) are expected from April 24-27, 2013 on roughly 60,000 square metres of exhibition space – a third of whom are coming from outside Germany.
Exhibitors who have already confirmed their booking in the area of cultivation and harvesting technology alone include well-known names such as Agricolmeccanica, APE Impianti and Antonio Carraro (Italy), Baertschi Agrartecnic (Switzerland), Bayer Crop Science, Berthoud Agricole and Euroviti (France), Braun Maschinenbau, Caffini (Italy), KMS Rinklin, Claas, Clemens, Letina (Croatia), De Wild (Netherlands), GAI (Italy), Industrias David (Spain), Max Holder, NIKO, Pellenc (France), SAME Deutz-Fahr, Syngenta Agro, Tecnoma Technologies (France) and Tehnos and Zupan (Slovenia).
For more information on the trade fair and on the 61st German Winegrowers' Congress please visit www.intervitis-interfructa.de or www.dwv-online.de/kongress .


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Tight Credit Still Stifles RV/Campground Sales
November 13, 2012 by Jeff Crider · Comments Off on Tight Credit Still Stifles RV/Campground Sales
Russell Baehre hopes the campground real estate market will pick after this month's presidential election. "I think after the election there will be a lot of people actively pursuing properties," he said.
Woodall's Campground Management reported that Baehre, who has worked as a Kerrville, Texas-based campground real estate broker for over 25 years, said sales always slow down before a presidential election.
And while the recession and tightening credit have slowed the pace of campground sales in recent years, campgrounds, RV parks and resorts are generating interest from investors because of their profitability.
"Our returns are better than other investments," Baehre said, adding that cash buyers of $1 million parks could see returns of 10% or more on their investment each year, which is much higher than they could get from banks, CDs and other investment vehicles given today's low interest rates.
"That's $100,000 in income versus maybe $10,000 on CDs," Baehre said.
Baehre added that campground occupancies are growing in many areas, fueled not only by travelers, but also by people who live and work in their RVs full time, including oil industry workers, doctors, nurses, accountants and other consultants.
The challenge, however, is convincing banks to lend money on campgrounds, RV parks and resorts.
John Grant, president of Park Brokerage Inc. in San Diego, said most of his transactions involve seller financing.
"Unless the seller is in a position to carry the financing, the property often cannot be sold," Grant said. "You have people who want to sell and people who want to buy. But it's hard to find transactions that will work."
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Senate Passes Superstorm Sandy Aid Bill
By CNN Political Unit
(CNN) — A bill providing billions of dollars of aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy passed the Senate late Friday, and senators from New York called on the House to take it up promptly.
If the House does not approve the $60.4 billion measure before the new Congress is sworn in Thursday, consideration would require the process to start over again.
The Senate approved the bill 61-33.
"Our goal is to get the House to vote. Just as they have a responsibility on fiscal cliff, they have a responsibility here on Sandy, and the fact that this was not a partisan bill should give impetus to put it on the House floor," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, at a press conference after the vote.
Congress also is wrangling over a deal to avoid the expiring tax breaks and automatic spending cuts which would trigger in 2013. Legislative leaders and President Barack Obama met Friday to discuss their self-imposed crisis.
Sandy killed at least 113 people in the U.S. and left millions of people without power after running up the East Coast in late October. The storm hit hardest in New York and New Jersey.
The bill includes grant funding for owners of homes and businesses, as well as funding for public improvement projects on the electric grid, hospitals and transit systems to order to prevent damage from future storms.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has put the storm-related costs at $41.9 billion, while New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has estimated a price tag of $36.8 billion.
The two governors, one Democrat and one Republican, have lobbied together for the measure, including separate trips to Washington for meetings at the White House and on Capitol Hill.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg applauded the measure "because the funding it contains is crucial for the thousands of residents and small businesses impacted by the storm."
"Time is of the essence and any delay will further impede our ability to rebuild, impacting not only the city's economy, but that of the entire nation," he added, noting that nine weeks have passed since the storm hit.
Republicans in the Senate forced cost offsets for $3.5 billion in the bill. Republicans have argued that emergency aid measures should include spending cuts elsewhere, though Democrats have argued disaster aid should not come with such a requirement.
"Bottom line, this is a very strong bill," Schumer said. "Is it everything we asked for? No. But is it a huge, huge shot in the arm for New York and the national economy? New York is 10% of the national economy … We now need the House to act."


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GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The University of North Dakota women's hockey team extended its program-record unbeaten streak into the postseason Friday as it skated its way to a 6-1 decision over visiting Minnesota State University, Mankato at the Ralph Engelstad Arena.
North Dakota is now unbeaten in its last 11 games and is one win away from advancing to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Final Face-Off for the third consecutive season.
UND used points from 10 different players with six different goal scorers this afternoon to improve to 24-10-1 on the year while MSU falls to 10-20-5.
UND came out with arguably its most dominating period of the season to open the game, outscoring the Mavericks 4-0 and outshooting them 15-1. UND only allowed two attempted shots in the stanza while firing 26 of its own.
Freshman Becca Kohler (St. Thomas, Ontario) knotted the game's first goal only 1:46 into the first frame while Jocelyne Lamoureux (Grand Forks, N.D.), Josefine Jakobsen (Aalborg, Denmark) and Monique Lamoureux (Grand Forks, N.D.) added goals before the first intermission.
The Mavericks would change goaltenders after the first 20 minutes as Erin Krichiver entered the game for Danielle Butters.
North Dakota's Ashley Furia (Sedalia, Colo.) scored her first goal of the season at 5:53 of second period and the home team thought it had opened six-goal lead only 43 seconds later as Monique Lamoureux found the back of the net. Lamoureux's goal was reviewed and taken off the scoreboard after goal interference was called.
The game would level out after this point as MSU was able to find some offensive zone time it had lacked up until this point.
The Mavericks opened the third period on the power play and took advantage as Tracy McCann scored on one UND netminder Shelby Amsley-Benzie (Warroad, Minn.) would like to have back. MSU's Kathleen Rogan attempts to hit McCann, who is standing even with the goal line, looking for a backdoor shot. The puck hits McCann's skates, trickles to the crease, and goes off of Amsley-Benzie's skate and in.
UND would convert its first power play in the third period to close out the game's scoring at 11:40 as Meghan Dufault (Winnipeg, Manitoba) gave Michelle Karvinen (Rodovre, Denmark) the puck in the slot, who then made a behind-the back pass to Jakobsen. Jakobsen sent it right back to Karvinen for the wide-open net.
Amsley-Benzie concluded the game with 10 saves to improve to 17-6-1 and set a new program record for single-season wins.
Both team's concluded the game 1-for-3 on the power play while UND finished with a 35-11 advantage in shots.
UND will look for the series sweep beginning at 2:07 p.m. to advance to Minneapolis next weekend.


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Oh my. When did life just get so complicated?! With Ivan's new (longer) work schedule and the start of the school year, our days have just become so crazed. Now, please don't get me wrong. I've come to love Matteo's school and his lovely, caring Kindergarten teacher. Nico's preschool and the wonderful community of families there have been a warm stop in the madness of drop-offs and pick-ups (and I am SO talking to you Liz, Sam, Naomi and Polly!)... but it's those things like keeping several schedules, making spreadsheets to plan meals and the endless lists that are driving me absolutely INSANE! What is mind boggling to me is that we don't do extracurriculars like sports or music lessons.... this is all just getting everyone fed, dressed, bathed and delivered to their appropriate locations on time! I've been finding myself running like a madwoman from the time I wake up to the time I collapse into bed at night. This is not the life I envisioned for myself or our family.
I am rereading my favorite parenting book Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne. I am absolutely evangelistic about this book! It's been a lifesaver and it makes me feel so at peace with its simple suggestions on how to take out the distractions that make for a chaotic homelife. I'm starting right now with trying to find a new rhythm for lives. Though the boys have their schools in the mornings and there is little I can do to change those schedules, I can create an environment in our home that is relaxed, warm and simple. A place that nourishes ALL of our souls. I was very inspired by how my friend Nicole organized her week and I decided to take it to the basics by having just a single thing for the day to focus on. One activity to structure our afternoon around.
On gardening day, Nico sang to our freshly planted broccoli :)
or time for the big Kindergarten boy to play with his beloved trains
As we settle into this new rhythm, I know that we will all feel calmer and more nourished. I would love to hear more from you on how you develop rhythm in your homes, especially with kids in school. (as an aside- can I tell you, my homeschooling friends, I've more than just a *few* times considered homeschooling for the simple reason that I want to be able to NOT rush around... but that's another post for another time ;} )


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Nestled in the beautiful valley of Amphoe Mae Chaem, this agricultural station of the Royal Projects is set under the idea of agro-tourism site visitors can enjoy scenic valleys and plantations as well as experience the experimental process for agricultural produces. Mae Chun Luang station focuses on doing researches and studies about fruits for high-terrain landscape and cool weather. If you visit the station in winter time, let's say December to February, you will get a chance to witness the blossom of pink-colored cherry blossom flowers as well as other floral plants in various palettes. Tea lovers shouldn't miss to visit the tea plantations, where various kinds of tea are grown, as well as sample the tender aromas and tastes of them. Yam Bai Cha, or spicy tea-leaf salad, is a specialty available you should also try. A wide range of accommodation options are available for either 50-member group or a sweet couple.


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Play ball! Looking at the language of baseball
In spring, as the saying goes, "a young man's fancy lightly turns to love." Who first penned that immortal mush, anyway? You well-read literary types probably know it was Alfred Lord Tennyson, in his poem "Locksley Hall," and I suppose that was romantic of him, but the way I see it, when love becomes a […]more


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Leveraging ECU's Resources for Economic Success
The Office of Innovation and Economic Development brings the considerable resources of the University to task in helping communities and companies throughout North Carolina address the critical challenges of competitiveness and economic development.
As the state's third largest and fastest growing university, ECU is a catalyst for economic growth throughout the region, and our multi-faceted office is the strategic focal point for external organizations to access the university's intellectual and physical assets. We provide information, technical assistance, and problem solving services to facilitate the implementation of economic development plans and programs in the region.
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Aug. 26, 2006
STANFORD, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara women's volleyball team fell to No. 4 Stanford on the road Saturday evening, 30-20, 30-26, 30-25. Senior Jamie Garbisch posted a team-high 13 kills and .265 hitting percentage in addition to a game-high two service aces in the Gauchos' first loss of the season.
UCSB falls to 1-1 on the young season, while nationally-ranked No. 4 Stanford starts the season with a 1-0 record.
Besides Garbisch, the only other Gaucho to post double-digit kills was freshman outside hitter Rebecca Saraceno who tallied 10 kills for the second time this weekend while also posting four blocks. Another freshman leader for UCSB was Stephanie Brandt who posted 34 assists on the day while senior Olivia Waldowski led with five blocks and rounding out the Gaucho stat leaders was senior Emily Hendrickson who led the team in digs posting 17 total.
UCSB took an early lead in game one with a kill by Saraceno followed by a service ace by Garbisch, but the Cardinal quickly gained momentum and posted six unanswered points including three kills by sophomore Cynthia Barboza. Following another three unanswered kills, the Gauchos took a timeout while trailing 10-5. Stanford continued to move ahead but UCSB managed a three-point run, capitalizing on a kill by Lauren McLaughlin and two Stanford attack errors to bring the score to 12-8. The Cardinal collected a series of three-point runs before finally capturing the game on a UCSB service error, 30-20.
Game two saw the Gauchos jump ahead, 11-7 following a five-point run featuring three kills by Garbisch. Stanford rallied back to a 14-12 lead following a timeout with a kill by Foluke Akinradewo. The Gauchos tied the game at 14 with a service ace from Garbisch, but an attack error helped the Cardinal regain the led. UCSB tied things up again at 18 off of a Stanford hitting error, but Richards reclaimed the Cardinal advantage with back-to-back kills. Richards continued her streak with a service ace to bring the Stanford lead to 22-18. The Gauchos rallied back and tied the game at 22 with a kill by Brett Quirarte. Stanford's Erin Waller answered with a block to put the Cardinal ahead once again with this lead being the final as Stanford finished with a 30-26 win.
Stanford captured an early 4-1 advantage in game three with kills provided by Richards and Franci Girard, but the Gauchos' were able to play catch-up and tied the game at 7 following a Cardinal attack error. Santa Barbara then captured their first lead of the game with yet another kill by Garbicsh. Stanford once again pulled away, but UCSB served up a five-point run, including two kills and a service ace by Brandt to gain a 15-10 lead. The Gauchos held the lead until Niji Nnamani put down a service ace that tied things up at 21. The Cardinal went on a 9-4 run featuring Richards' game winning tip over the net to end the game at 30-25 in favor of Stanford.
Stanford was led by three players that tallied double digit kills, including Richards (14), Akinradewo (13) and Barboza (10). Sophomore Jessica Fishburn led the squad with 14 digs, while Richards added 11 digs. Kehoe ended the night with 30 assists, including 11 in the final game. Akinradewo led the squad with six blocks, followed by Kehoe with four.
The Gauchos will continue their road swing Sept. 2--3 when they head to San Francisco, Calif. for the USF Coca Cola/Asics Classic where they will face San Jose State first on Saturday at 4:00 p.m.


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Hilda's Kathrine
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I made Kathrine in heavy silk, maybe a little bit too stiff, because the result is very theatrical. I feel like a puppet from Alice in Wonderland in it! I didn't have enough from one color, so I used two, blue and gold.
It was HARD WORK! Mostly because I made a big mistake cutting the front part and it took me hours to find out what I did wrong. Then the lines of the pattern were of no use to me anymore, so I had to find out how to 'pleat the pleats' all by myself, so to say. It's not finished jet, I will post more pictures wearing it. The sash I made from the blue silk as well, but it looks silly if you wear it like a belt.
It's a nice pattern, but one tiny bit of criticism: I think size 40 could have had bust darts too. It feels a bit tight, I have a cup D.
Material Notes
double woven Thai silk, both the pieces I bought cheap in Malaysia, but they were too small to make a whole dress from
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Apr 28, 2010, 02.30 PMby bastor
Incorporating two different fabrics it was all the dress need. Great job!
Apr 28, 2010, 01.47 AMby sewhipmomma
wow!! great idea on the two colors ..makes it gorgeous!! great work!!
Apr 27, 2010, 10.40 PMby splendarose
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Dallas Mavericks (59-19) @ Golden State Warriors (30-47)
Start time 7:30 PM PST @ The Arena in Oakland
Probable starters for the Golden State Warriors
PG - Derek Fisher
SG - Jason Richardson
SF - Mike Dunleavy
PF - Troy Murphy
C - Adonal Foyle
Probable starters for the Dallas Mavericks
PG - Jason Terry
SG - Jerry Stackhouse
SF - Josh Howard
PF - Dirk Nowitzki
C - DeSagana Diop
Team leaders
PPG - J. Richardson (23.5) | D. Nowitzki (26.5)
RPG - T. Murphy (10.1) | D. Nowitzki (9.0)
APG - B. Davis (8.9) | J. Terry (3.8)
SPG - B. Davis (1.6) | D. Christie (1.3)
BPG - A. Foyle (1.7) | D. Diop (1.8)
Matchups this Season
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the warriors has to win to redeem themselves. but if they dont. only gets better for fans cuz we keep staying at number 6th in lottery
nice game. we better lock up our rooks to 6 yr deals now. monta and ike were flat out amazing. we basically beat a rested dallas team who was playing for the #1 spot with our rookies. i better see either monta or ike in the starting lineup next season.
Quazza wrote:just curious guys.Bein in Aus,dont see mjuch action,only box scores and reports.How does monta get his points.Jumpers,hard drives etc?
There's a url that you can download games from and I also get cable channel with some Warriors games
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Just got back from the game. I had a choice of games to take my dad to and I chose this game because...DALLAS AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' ON THE WAAAARRRRIORS!!! CAN YOU DIG IIIITTTT!!! Man, if we could just play Dallas and Cleveland 10-12 times a year each everything would be good. What a game, my entire section was silent and when I turned around to look they were all wearing Dallas gear, it was so sweet. When Diogu dunked that ball nobody knew there was a foul called because I sh*t you not it was so incredibly loud. Avery was furious but it's not the refs fault Diogu is the man. My god what a game and Monta is ready, like now. The kid has ice-water in his veins he is Morgan Freeman cool.


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I'm sure you've heard the rumor that has been floating around for decades: there is a cure for cancer, but the medical and pharmaceutical industries don't want to use it because it would put a halt to their cash cows -- chemotherapy and surgery. It sounds logical, considering the cost of cancer treatment is skyrocketing with no end in sight. According to USA TODAY, "Of the nation's 10 most expensive medical conditions, cancer has the highest per-person price. The total cost of treating cancer in the U.S. rose from about $95.5 billion in 2000 to $124.6 billion in 2010, the National Cancer Institute estimates." [1]
Even though I'm a strong critic of the pharmaceutical and medical communities, I'm not so confident there is an actual cure for cancer. I'm even less confident that if there was a cure for this horrible disease, these industries would keep it from us. However, one thing I am certain of is that these industries lose interest if there isn't a big payback. In other words, if these industries don't see a way to corner the market with patents and charge outrageous amounts of money for their products, there is little or no investment.
If the pharmaceutical or medical industries don't invest money, this puts an almost complete halt to research. So even if a substance shows promise, like vitamin D3, because the return will be less than standard, companies will not invest. This only hurts the consumer, because we'll never know vitamin D3's full potential.
A prime example of the pharmaceutical industry turning a blind eye to a drug's development -- because the financial return won't be anything near the billions generated by useless cholesterol lowering medications -- is dichloroacetate, or DCA. The patent on DCA ran out a while ago, and there is no way a pharmaceutical company would put money into a substance it cannot keep from the competition. This is only going to hurt the general public because preliminary research regarding DCA as a treatment for cancer is very positive.
A study performed in 2007 out of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, started a firestorm of interest when they announced that rats fed DCA showed rapid tumor regression without any apparent side effects. [2]
In 2009, a study published in the Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Journal reported the sensitivity of breast cancer cell lines to DCA ranged from 20 percent to 80 percent inhibition of cell growth over four days. [3]
In a study published in June 2012, researchers concluded that the results of treating cervical carcinoma with DCA show a quick and effective pathway to a cure. [4]
Though their findings seem promising, many researchers themselves are the first to say the results of the above studies, and others, are very preliminary. They are cautioning cancer patients against medicating themselves with DCA prior to clinical trials:
If you are a cancer patient and have interest in trying DCA, there are currently clinical trials (as of publication of this article) that are recruiting participants. However, don't just haphazardly jump on the bandwagon before educating yourself on the pros and cons of this drug, and how it works. Some of the trials will be studying DCA in conjunction with other chemo drugs and radiation. All of the treatments can have devastating side effects. I know that it's easy for me to hand out advice like this when I don't have cancer, but I'm asking you to make an informed decision. [5]
In order to understand how DCA works, you need to understand the basic difference between a cancer cell's metabolism and a normal cell's metabolism. A cancer cell and a normal cell differ in how they develop their energy.
Most of the cells in our bodies contain the organelle mitochondria. Because mitochondria are the primary energy producers within the cell, they are often referred to as the "cell's power plant." For normal cells, the main chemical process that occurs within the mitochondria that produces energy is called glucose oxidation, or cellular respiration (not to be confused with breathing).
Oxidation is any chemical reaction that combines oxygen with another molecule; the molecule that is combined with oxygen is understood to be oxidized. Cellular respiration is an aerobic process, requiring oxygen to occur. During this process, food (glucose) is broken down and energy is released. This energy is often not used directly by the cell, but stored as adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to be used as needed.
Glycolysis is another chemical reaction that produces energy, which occurs in the cytoplasm of the cell. Unlike cellular respiration, it's an anaerobic process, meaning without oxygen, and relies on the presence of glucose. This form of energy production is also referred to as fermentation, and is the preferred energy source of cancer cells:
"Cancer, above all other diseases, has countless secondary causes. But, even for cancer, there is only one prime cause. Summarized in a few words, the prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by a fermentation of sugar. All normal body cells meet their energy needs by respiration of oxygen, whereas cancer cells meet their energy needs in great part by fermentation. All normal body cells are thus obligate aerobes, whereas all cancer cells are partial anaerobes. From the standpoint of the physics and chemistry of life, this difference between normal and cancer cells is so great that one can scarcely picture a greater difference. Oxygen gas, the donor of energy in plants and animals, is dethroned in the cancer cells and replaced by an energy-yielding reaction of the lowest living forms, namely, a fermentation of glucose." [6]
In normal cells, pyruvate is required for glucose oxidation. The enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) acts as the gatekeeper to regulate the flow of pyruvate. If PDK is present, it suppresses the transport of pyruvate into the mitochondria, and the cell is forced to rely on glycolysis (fermentation) even if oxygen is accessible.
PDK is very active in cancer cells. As stated above, if you suppress the PDK, it forces the cancer cell to switch to glucose oxidation. Forcing the cancer cell to switch is where DCA makes its mark.
DCA suppresses PDK and restarts the cancer cell's mitochondria. This not only forces the cell to change to glucose oxidation, it flips on the cell's suicide switch. This happens because one of the many functions of mitochondria is apoptosis, or cell suicide. They react to abnormalities in the cell by self destruction. So when the mitochondria are restarted and they realize it's a cancer cell, it kills itself.
The deactivated mitochondrion is the reason cancer grows and spreads so fast. When a cell becomes cancerous, all other life functions except growth stop. DCA reverses this and has been shown to work well with other treatments, like radiation. A number of studies performed to date have been very encouraging. Some studies, however, reported that DCA treatment induced significantly increased growth. [7]
It is worth noting that DCA is not a natural substance. It's a small chemical derived from trichloroethylene, a very volatile compound believed to cause cancer. Because DCA is such a small chemical, it can travel to places other drugs cannot, like the brain. This is why there is particular interest in treating brain cancer.
The bottom line is we aren't really sure of the effects DCA will have on the body, positive or negative. So, if you're already using a cancer medication, DCA's effects are going to be unpredictable and potentially dangerous.
As Benjamin Franklin said, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Although I believe keeping up to date with new and innovative treatments for cancer is something everyone should do at least to some degree, everyone who is breathing should be more concerned with cancer prevention.
Stay tuned for Part II of this article to learn of several steps you can take to help prevent cancer.
1. Marchione, M. (2012, February 27). Cancer's growing burden: the high cost of care. USA Today. Retrieved from USAToday.com.
2. Bonnet, S., et al. (2007). A mitochondria-k channel axis is suppressed in cancer and its normalization promotes apoptosis and inhibits cancer growth. Cancer Cell, 11(1), 37-51. Retrieved from ScienceDirect.com.
3. Sun, R., Fadia, M., Dahlstrom, J., & Blackburn, A. (2010). Reversal of the glycolytic phenotype by dichloroacetate inhibits metastatic breast cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 120(1), 253-260. Retrieved from SpringerLink.com.
4. Lui, D., et al. (2012). Necrosis of cervical carcinoma by dichloroacetate released from electrospun polylactide mats. Biomaterials, 33(17), 4362-69. Retrieved from ScienceDirect.com.
5. U.S. National Institute of Health, (n.d.). Clinicaltrials.gov . Retrieved from website: ClinicalTrials.gov.
6. Brand, R. National Institute of Health, National Center for Biotechnology Information. (2010). Biographical sketch: Otto heinrich warburg, phd, md. Retrieved from website: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
7. Shahrzad, S. (2010). Sodium dichloroacetate (dca) reduces apoptosis in colorectal tumor hypoxia. Cancer Letters, 297(1), 75-83. Retrieved from CancerLetters.info.
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In 1994, 7-year-old Megan Kanka was raped and murdered by Jesse Timmendequas, a convicted sex offender who had been released
after serving a maximum sentence. In response to this event and other sex crimes, community members successfully lobbied for
the enactment of a law requiring sex offender registration and public notification that a sex offender is living and working
in the community.
Since the mid-1990's, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have passed similar legislation, collectively referred to
as "Megan's Law." Underlying these laws is the belief that notifying the public of the presence of sex offenders in their
community allows citizens to take protective measures against potentially dangerous sex offenders who live nearby.
In New Jersey, sex offenders are required to register with the local police department within a specified time after they
are released from prison. Registration and notification are separate steps in New Jersey but are often referred to as one
process as they are in other states. Notification to the public and past victims is determined by the level of risk the offender
poses. Placement in a tier is determined by a risk assessment instrument the state of New Jersey uses to estimate an offender's
likelihood of committing another offense.
Offenders who represent the lowest risk are placed in tier one. They are only required to notify law enforcement officials
and the victims after release. Tier two classification represents moderate risk of reoffense and requires notification of
organizations, educational institutions, day care centers and summer camps. Tier three offenders are predicted to present
the greatest risk to reoffend. Placement in this category generates the most legal resistance because it calls for the broadest
level of notification. Under the law, a sizable portion of the community is notified through posters, pamphlets and, more
recently, the Internet.
Back to: Sex Offender Registration and Notification: Research Finds Limited Effects in New Jersey.
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Wallpaper with a bigger pattern can make a great focal point, especially in a galley kitchen (Images 6 and 8). Used on more than one wall, wallpaper can make a kitchen feel as cozy as a living room (Image 3). As in Image 7, it also can give continuity between those rooms. When applied in small areas, such as above (Image 10) or between cabinets (Image 4), wallpaper can provide an unexpected touch of color and creativity.
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A last-ditch effort to halt the spread of the massive fire seemed to be working Thursday night after a stretch of the newly rebuilt walkway was ripped out as a makeshift fire break. An official said the fire was, "essentially under control," and 70% contained.
Public works crews in Seaside Heights took out a 25-foot section of boardwalk and filled the breach with towering sand dunes Thursday evening. They aimed halt the northward march of flames from a wind-whipped fire that destroyed dozens of businesses.
Seaside Park Mayor Robert Matthies says the fire break appears to have prevented the blaze from spreading for two hours. The walkway was only recently rebuilt from Superstorm Sandy.
"Our focus right now is getting this fire out," Gov. Chris Christie said. "Right now the key thing is keeping it from jumping across the street."
Seaside Park declared a state of emergency as more than 400 firefighters battling the flames. Seaside Park and Seaside Heights have support from 29 different fire companies in Ocean County. Firefighters from Atlantic, Cape May, Burlington and Monmouth Counties then provided backup to the towns who sent help to Seaside Park.
Several police agencies, NJ State Police, Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, Ocean County Sherriff's Office, Toms River police, Seaside Heights police, Lavallette police, all have made arrangements to set up a security perimeter around the site.
The fire began in a frozen custard stand on the boardwalk around 2:20 p.m., and quickly spread north into neighboring Seaside Heights.
Hours after the fire started, flames were still leaping into the sky and thick black smoke covered a long stretch of the coastline.
Evacuations were ordered for more than six blocks to the north of the fire.
Water pressure at the fire scene dropped to low levels due to so many firefighters operating and issues related to Hurricane Sandy. Water had to be pumped from Barnegat Bay.
The flames were destroying new boardwalk wood that had just been replaced days before Memorial Day weekend as both towns raced to recover from the devastation of Superstorm Sandy. Much of the Seaside Heights boardwalk was destroyed, and a roller coaster that plunged off a damaged amusement pier became a defining image of the storm.
Christie, who raced to the fire scene, was typically blunt describing his thoughts as he approached the blaze.
"I feel like I want to throw up," he said.
For hours, two boardwalk businesses, an arcade and the Saw Mill Cafe, a popular Jersey shore bar, escaped the flames. But shortly before 7 p.m. both were engulfed in a huge orange fireball that rolled into the darkening sky.
"We had to deal with Sandy last year and now this happens. We can't catch a break," said resident Janet Meisner as she watched firefighters struggle to contain the flames, which jumped from building to building.
An iconic building at the Funtown Pier that residents said was once a haunted house collapsed into a pile of burning embers.
Borough Councilwoman Nancy Koury said the fire caused several million dollars' worth of damage. At one point, she said, flames jumped across Ocean Avenue, the oceanfront street, and ignited two or three small houses but firefighters quickly doused them. A motel near the boardwalk also was engulfed in flames.
Authorities said several firefighters and residents were being treated for smoke inhalation. Two firefighters are said to have suffered very minor injuries.
Outsiders were urged to stay away from Seaside Heights and the fire area. Route 35 was closed in both directions between Route 37 in Seaside Heights and 24th Avenue in South Seaside Park.
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy released a statement Thursday night saying:
"I called Governor Christie this evening and pledged whatever support we can provide for this summer-time landmark. After the tremendous effort to get the Jersey shore rebuilt after Super Storm Sandy, the fire that ravage the boardwalk today is an unimaginable next chapter. We stand ready to help in whatever capacity we can."
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Selecting a critical power monitoring and control technology
Choosing a monitoring and control technology should be based on the power reliability requirements for the application.
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum for better power reliability: monitoring and controlling that power started taking center stage.
Reliability-based design, reliability-centered maintenance, and failure prevention depend on gathering, analyzing, and acting on data from critical power generation and distribution components and systems. Everyone involved in designing, constructing, commissioning, and maintaining a building—consulting engineers, contractors, and building owners/managers—has a stake in optimizing power system monitoring and control. They all win when it works; they all lose when it doesn't.
Data center and health care facility executives, especially, crave more power control information. One reason is that power systems are more complex and sophisticated than ever, and could mean the difference between life and death to an organization's operations. For example, data center downtime costs business more than $5,000/min, according to a 2011 Ponemon Institute study of U.S.-based data centers. With an average reported incident length of 90 min, that's nearly $500,000 on the line—or off the bottom line.
Complex power systems are vulnerable to problems that can undermine the very power reliability they're designed to provide. Sophisticated power monitoring and control technologies help ferret out potential problems and provide a raft of benefits that can extend throughout an organization (see Figure 1). The starting point for evaluating and selecting power monitoring and control technologies is for the facility executive to pinpoint information needs and thoroughly understand the business's operational processes.
The monitoring and control technologies that are usually considered are legacy supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and building management systems (BMS). The two new technologies are data center infrastructure management (DCIM) systems and critical power management systems (CPMS). The first three are overarching technologies. They aim to monitor and control an entire facility or campus, including critical power. The fourth dedicates itself to controlling only critical power generation and distribution systems.
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SCADA systems help improve efficiency and operational reliability, and lower costs, thus increasing profitability of operations and processes and enhancing worker safety. Best-in-class SCADA provides alarm handling, trending, diagnostics, maintenance scheduling, logistics, and other benefits. For alarm handling, though, a cascade of quick alarm events could mask the underlying causes of trouble.
Third-generation SCADA systems include a computer and open, or off-the-shelf, system architecture that acquires data from and sends commands to monitored equipment, a human-machine interface (usually a computer monitor screen), a networked communication infrastructure, sensors and control relays, remote terminals units (RTUs), and programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Note that the range of available RTUs and PLCs require careful consideration to ensure the classes of equipment selected will provide needed scalability, optimize functionality, and prove most cost effective for a given SCADA application.
Standard protocols and Internet accessibility of networked SCADA systems make the systems susceptible to remote attack. In April 2008, the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse [EMP] Attack issued a Critical Infrastructures Report that concluded: "SCADA systems are vulnerable to EMP insult. The large numbers and widespread reliance on such systems by all of the Nation's critical infrastructures represent a systemic threat to their continued operation following an EMP event. Additionally, the necessity to reboot, repair, or replace large numbers of geographically widely dispersed systems will considerably impede the Nation's recovery from such an assault."
Additionally, in June 2010, an antivirus security company reported the first detection of the Stuxnet malware, which attacks SCADA systems running on Windows operating systems. SCADA and control product vendors have developed specialized industrial firewalls and virtual private network products for TCP/IP-based SCADA networks.
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The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and the politics involved, is what's on everyone's mind. I will address some of the issues, but not many. Why? Because the election will come and go. We may or may not have a new president and Congress. But right now, we don't know the outcome or even how it will affect the future health care law, no matter the winning party or its promises.
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What is really important now, and for the future, are the many huge problems affecting each of us living right here in the Bluffton area. And it's these problems that I am going to address. Here are a sample:
1. What's with the incredible and often confusing competition between the hospitals and medical facilities in our area?
2. What's with the growth of so-called "concierge" medicine where you pay a physician a retainer fee of $1,500 or more and he/she also collects your insurance payment?
3. What's with "primary" care that not only encompasses private family physicians, internists and pediatricians, but also hospital based care, urgent care centers, private nurse practitioners and others now all using the term "providers" of health care?
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8. What's with the entire Medicaid system for which we all pay for and few understand?
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Seizing the spotlight, Paul Ryan told the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night that Mitt Romney "will not duck the tough issues" if he wins the White House this fall, and their party will move forcefully to solve the nation's economic woes.
"After four years of getting the runaround, America needs a turnaround, and the man for the job is Governor Mitt Romney," the Wisconsin lawmaker told the gathering dogged by Tropical Storm Isaac.The storm, though downgraded from a hurricane, was still inflicting misery on millions along the nearby northern Gulf Coast.
To the cheers of the delegates, he pledged Republicans would save Medicare from looming bankruptcy, despite constant accusations from Democrats that the GOP approach would shred the program that provides health care to more than 30 million seniors.
"Our nation needs this debate. We want this debate. We will win this debate," Ryan declared. But he offered no details of the remedy Republicans would propose.
His speech was part attack on President Barack Obama, part spirited testimonial to Romney, all leavened by a loving tribute to Ryan's own mother, seated across the hall in a VIP box. "To this day, my mom is a role model," he said while she beamed and exchanged smiles with one of his children and delegates cheered.
As for Obama and the Democrats, he said they `have run out of ideas. Their moment came and went. Fear and division is all they've got left."
Ryan's vice presidential acceptance speech marked not only his turn to address convention delegates but also a prime-time national debut by a 42-year-old lawmaker lauded by fellow Republicans for his understanding of the complexities of the nation's budget.
In a secondary role if only for a moment, Romney accusedObama of backing "reckless defense cuts" amounting to $1 trillion. "There are plenty of places to cut in a federal budget that now totals over $3 trillion. But defense is not one of them," Romney said in remarks that referred elliptically to the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Romney spoke to the American Legion in Indianapolis as his aides in Florida scripted an economy-and-veterans-themed program in their own convention hall and kept a wary eye on Isaac. The storm was threatening levees in the New Orleans area almost exactly seven years after the calamitous Hurricane Katrina.
If Ryan's selection was designed in part to appeal to conservatives, the convention was scripted to strengthen the ticket's appeals among women, Hispanics and others who prefer Obama over the Republicans, as well as veterans who supported John McCain in 2008.
Appearing before delegates on his 76th birthday, the Arizona senator joked that he "had hopes of addressing you under different circumstances," a reference to the dreams he once had of speaking as the incumbent in the White House.
Without mentioning Obama by name, McCain accused the president of failing to lead — on military spending and grave international issues as well. "Sadly, for the lonely voices of dissent in Syria and Iran and elsewhere who feel forgotten in their darkness ... our president is not being true to our values," he said.
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"Republicans must acknowledge that not every dollar spent on the military is necessary or well-spent, and Democrats must admit that domestic welfare and entitlements must be reformed," he said.
The presidents Bush, George H.W., elected in 1988, and his son, George W., winner in 2000 and 2004, were featured in an evocative video. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza praised the Republican ticket in a speech that made no overt mention of Obama.
"Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will rebuild us at home and inspire us to lead abroad," she said. "They will provide an answer to the question, `Where does America stand?"'
In his speech, Ryan said, "The present administration has made its choices. And Mitt Romney and I have made ours: Before the math and the momentum overwhelm us all, we are going to solve this nation's economic problems.
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Romney delivers his own nationally televised acceptance speech Thursday night in the final act of his own convention. The political attention then shifts to the Democrats, who open their own convention on Tuesday to nominate Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden for a second term.
Deep into a two-week stretch of national gatherings, the race for the White House is in a sort of political black hole where the day-to-day polls matter little if at all as voters sort through their impressions.
Despite the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on television commercials by the candidates, their parties and supporting groups, the race has appeared unusually close since Romney clinched his nomination last spring.
Only eight or so battleground states appear to be competitive, although Republicans say they hope to expand the campaign after Labor Day, particularly in industrial states struggling to recover from the worst economic recession since the Great Depression.
Yet for all of the attack ads and inflammatory rhetoric, the two campaigns tiptoed carefully around the storm ravaging the Gulf Coast, vying to demonstrate concern for the victims without looking like they were seeking political gain.
Obama told an audience in Virginia he had spoken on the phone with governors and mayors of the affected states and cities while aboard Air Force One earlier in the day. Romney's aides let it be known he might visit the region once the storm had passed.
Romney's reference to $1 trillion in defense cuts was a 10-year figure that combined reductions already enacted by Congress and reductions scheduled to begin next January as a result of Congress' failure to reach agreement on a broad plan to cut deficits.
He did not say so in his speech, but most Republicans, including Ryan, voted for the first installment as well as the second.
The reference to 9/11 was glancing in a speech that accused Obama of unwise defense cuts. Romney noted the economy is the top issue in the race, but he said, "Our debates can change suddenly, with a ringing phone in the dead of night ... or a plume of smoke on a clear blue morning.
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Democrats spent part of their time working to tarnish the Republican brand. They pointed to an ABC News report that said Romney's campaign had held a reception in Tampa Tuesday night aboard a yacht flying the flag of the Cayman Islands.
Romney has been criticized for having investments there by Democrats who say the effect is to reduce his taxes.
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Romney had already returned to Florida aboard his chartered jet when Senate Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky began the convention's daily battering of Obama.
"America is suffering through an economic calamity of truly historic dimensions," he said in excerpts released in advance of his convention appearance.
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Former Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. executive C. David Partin, 66, of Surprise, Ariz., passed away peacefully March 25 after having been hospitalized with pneumonia since Jan. 25 at Kindred Long Term Acute Care Facility in Peoria, Ariz.
Born in Milan, Mo., Partin started his career in 1966 as a draftsman at Fisher Controls in Marshalltown, Iowa, and went to work in 1969 in corporate concept development for Winnebago Industries Inc. in Forest City, Iowa. Partin was employed by Winnebago until 1987, when he became director of design for Fleetwood Enterprises in Riverside, Calif., until his 2006 retirement.
"David was a natural 'product guy,'" recalls Dave Russell, the now-retired director of product planning for Fleetwood Enterprises who first hired Partin to work on Fleetwood's legendary Bounder Class A. "He had an innate sense of what would work, what made sense and what would sell. "David worked very closely with (Fleetwood founder) John Crean throughout the evolution of the Bounder product as it eventually became the No. 1-selling motorhome in the U.S. John had a deep respect for David's abilities and trusted his judgement on product improvements. That is a huge statement."
Partin is survived by his wife of 45 years, Jennifer, of Surprise, Arizona, and daughters Jill, San Marcos, Calif., and Stacia (Jesse) Stout of Honolulu, Hawaii, in addition to grandchildren Carter and Lilah Stout. Funeral services are private. In lieu of flowers, suggested donations are to The American Lung Association in memory of David. Visit http://www.lung.org/donate/ .


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Thank you for your time I hope you can Help me help my Friends Susan PaynterSusan,Are you saying that there is a picture of a "signed" word on the gold badge?And you want to know what that sign means?If so, what does the picture look like? Could you send me a photo scan of the picture or maybe describe it to me so I can tell you what the sign means?Cordially,Dr. BillIn a message dated 7/20/2005 12:21:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, susan_paynter@.com writes:Thank you very much for answering my E.mail I understand the School Children
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Susan,That handsign is an acronym standing for "I Love You." It is a combination of the ASL fingerspelled letters "I," "L," and "Y." It is called the ILY sign. The typed letters "ILY " are often used as a valediction (farewell statement) in romantic emails, IMs, (instant messages) TTY (teletype) conversations, and other text-based correspondence.Cordially,Dr. Bill
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Thanks a Million for your help god bless susan
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