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ONTARIO >> The Vineyard Grade Separation project on Vineyard Avenue near L.A./Ontario International Airport is starting to take shape as crews spent a recent Thursday morning removing truckload after truckload of dirt from the closed off intersection. Since February, crews have been working on the project which calls for the Union Pacific Railroad tracks to be elevated with an underpass configuration for cars and other vehicles and a two-track bridge just south of Holt Boulevard.
The project's estimated cost is $44.1 million and expected to be completed by summer 2016, said Otto Kroutil, Ontario's development director.
"The project is 18 percent complete and is proceeding as planned," he said.
In recent weeks, excavation work near the tracks has started. A temporary track has been constructed and the plan is for the main tracks to be disconnected sometime next month, Kroutil said.
The city and Los Angeles World Airports have a five-year deal that hands over responsibilities for the grade separation to the city.
As part of the agreement, 2.62 acres of airport parking lot and cargo property will become a roadway.
Kroutil said a portion of Airport Drive and Vineyard will be lowered, similar to the Archibald Avenue and Airport Drive intersection to the east.
The project also required the removal of two vacant buildings and a hangar in the southwest corner of Airport Drive and Vineyard. The buildings were knocked down in April.
"In order to do the work, some of the old airport buildings had to be demolished," he said. When those buildings were demolished, gone was a bit of the airport's deep roots in military and air defense.
In 1943 the Army Air force leased the airport for use as a training base but three years later, the airport returned to civilian use.
"The post-war era became a boom era for Ontario," according to an article in the Daily Report on Feb. 28, 1982.
During the post-war development era, several aircraft overhaul and maintenance firms used Ontario Airport as a base, including Douglas and Northrop, as well as Pacific Overseas Airlines. Ontario Airport received the "international" designation due to Pacific overseas' flights.
Lockheed Aircraft Services came to Ontario International Airport in 1952 where employees would refurbish, repair, as well modify private jets. According to a 1966 Ontario Airport fact sheet, Lockheed even ventured into missile components. There were 1,700 employees at that time.
At that time the airport was the only airport with capabilities to land jets in the region.
Richard Delman, who co-owns Otto Instrument Service, still recalls first visiting the site when he was young.
"My dad was invited to the open house of the building and I remember when we went into the cafeteria, there was some speeches but I can remember how modern everything was," said Delman, who is also a member of the city's Ontario Heritage, the historical society.
Delman, who also serves as a Planning Commissioner, said he recalls that most work for Lockheed was military contract work, such as building a reconnaissance airplane.
The site was bustling with mechanics and crews tending to rows and rows of aircraft parked outside or in hangars, Delman said.
"When I was growing up, I knew a lot of kids whose parents worked there," he said.
General Electric Aircraft Apparatus opened a service shop and started operations in May 1954. By 1966, General Electric occupied three hangars with more than 80,000 square feet.
In October 1966, Lockheed had plans to invest $1.4 million in expansion program and by January of 1967, Boeing was said to be considering coming to the airport.
"It was really neat in its heyday and it had a lot to do with the economic boom to the city in the 1950s and 1960s," Delman said.
But by the 1990s, Lockheed had moved operations out of the airport, said Jess Romo, general manager of the airport.
Two decades later, the site remains predominantly vacant.
Romo said the former Lockheed site encompasses about 80 acres. Currently, LAWA does not have a master plan, or long term vision for that property. There were efforts to review the master plan just about the same time the economic recession began. With the dramatic declines in passenger traffic, officials decided to shelve the plans until conditions improved.
Romo said there have been short term uses at the property such as an overflow parking lot for nearby rental companies and logistics companies.
There is however an airport layout plan, an element of the master plan, which identifies the site for future cargo use.
There have been plans for the site to be completed between fall 2009 and spring 2010, the Pacific Gateway Cargo Center, a cargo operations area, was slated to boast up to 1 million square feet of space, 400 truck docks and 16 aircraft parking places. The developer estimated that it could generate up to 850 jobs.
The project fell apart in 2011 when Aero Ontario, an affiliate of Aeroterm, a Maryland-based developer and property owner, filed a lawsuit against LAWA. In the lawsuit, Aero Ontario complained that LAWA had not done enough to boost air passenger traffic. It also claimed the city had "undermined and circumvented Aero Ontario's efforts to place cargo tenants at ONT by itself, placing tenants at LAX or other LAWA-controlled airport properties without making any attempt to market the project."
Ontario officials, who are in the midst of a legal battle to wrest control away from Los Angeles, have expressed interest in developing the former Lockheed site. Officials envision a booming cargo facility that could eventually generate enough revenue that it would help lower costs for passenger carriers.
Given the conditions of the hangars and empty administrative office buildings, Delman said he is not sure what can be done to renovate them.
"It may be best to scrap them and start over," he said. "It doesn't have any historical significance. It is a nice piece of property the city would like to have the airport back, I'm sure they could do a lot more with that space for cargo."


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We are pleased to announce that we have a very special guest joining us today at Jezebel: the athlete, model, actor, and speaker Aimee Mullins will be here for a Q&A session with you, our readers, starting around 1 PM E.S.T. Mullins, whose legs were amputated below the knee when she was just 1 year old, is known for competing against able-bodied athletes as an NCAA Division I track and field athlete at Georgetown, setting three world records at the Paralympic Games in 1996, walking Alexander McQueen's runway on a pair of hand-carved wooden prosthetic legs, and telling awesome stories at the Moth.
Mullins appears in a fashion spread in the new issue of Garage magazine. Whether you want to talk about her fashion work, activism for women's and disabled people's rights, or what it was like to act in Matthew Barney's Cremaster 3, we suggest you think of your questions...now! Check back in at 1 PM for Aimee's live discussion, which will last half an hour.


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May/June 2005
Closing the Gap: Reaching Female Audiencesin Science Centers
By Linda Kekelis, Etta Heber,and Jeri Countryman
Look in on a typical high school computer programming class or science center robotics session, and you are likely to see a roomful
of boys. These classes are not limited to males, of course, but the girls aren't there. Don't they want to learn about technology?
At Chabot Space & Science Center, we were offering a variety of technology-based classes for elementary, middle, and high school
students, but girls weren't signing up. To find out why, staff arranged to meet with young women, aged 12 to 15, in our Oakland,
California community. From these focus groups, we learned that girls are indeed interested in technology—what doesn't attract them
is the way it is usually presented. For example, they are interested in technology that serves a social benefit, but they don't
perceive computer science as having this potential.
Based on this input, we came up with Techbridge, an after-school technology program tailored specifically to the interests of girls
in grades 5 to 12. Now in its fifth year, Techbridge serves more than 250 girls in Oakland and nearby communities. Sponsors include
the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and local business partners.
The power of personal contact
As we prepared to launch Techbridge, it was especially important that we reach out to girls who might not be inclined to
enroll on their own. After all, even the most wonderful program won't do much good if girls won't give it a chance. So we went to
schools that had signed up to participate and talked with girls during lunch.
What they told us echoed the concerns we had heard in our focus groups. Some girls didn't think they were suited for the program
because they weren't "good at technology." Others had had a bad experience being the only girl in a computer class where speed and
competition ruled. Lack of confidence and misconceptions about the lifestyle of computer scientists held some girls back; for others,
technology just didn't seem compatible with their interests.
The key to recruiting these girls turned out to be reassurance from friendly Techbridge staff and a personal invitation
from a trusted teacher. Promotional techniques like taking digital photos of the girls or passing out treats also helped create a
"buzz" that got girls to take notice.
Techbridge sessions are held once a week at an elementary, middle, or high school site. A classroom teacher and a technical
advisor from Chabot co-host each session. This is not a drop-in program. Experience has taught us that long-term participation leads
to significant benefits, so we ask our girls and their families to make a yearlong commitment.
Activities are varied: One month the girls may learn HTML and create web pages; the next month they may take apart household
appliances or fix the drives on their school's computers. Rounding out the program are field trips to work sites and visits with
role models currently working in science and technology. These activities introduce the girls to different career options and
inspire them to look into advanced classes and internships.
The program purposely includes the people who are involved in the girls' lives on a daily basis—teachers and parents/caregivers.
For teachers, we offer training, resources, and curriculum. For parents, we schedule events that celebrate their daughters' achievements
and workshops that offer academic and career guidance.
Three keys to success
Because Techbridge meets outside of school hours, we thought hard about ways to keep the girls engaged. Three main
ingredients make up our recipe for success:
• Keeping it fun. Hands-on projects allow the girls to master a range of technical skills. How many girls can say
that they put together their own telephone? For Techbridge participants, it's often the first time they have assembled an
electronics kit, but with teamwork each girl eventually has a working telephone she can keep. To test their new phones, the girls
line up to call home. The excitement they feel is matched by the amazement of parents who hear a daughter say, "I'm calling you on
the phone I just made in Techbridge!"
Digital photography, another favorite activity, works well to engage girls who haven't had much computer experience. Focus, click,
and upload—in a matter of minutes, a new user can experience success and discover an outlet for self-expression.
Once each girl has amassed a photo collection of people and places important to her, the group is ready to work on projects. Photo
calendars become holiday presents, a digital quilt adorns a school bulletin board, and self-portraits accompany student biographies
sent to career role models in advance of a visit. Photos also enhance digital stories about important issues like family, friends,
body image, and relationships with boys.
• Bolstering confidence. Self-esteem grows out of working on projects that require problem solving and perseverance.
Building a mechanical robot or soldering an LED kit may seem daunting at first to a girl who hasn't had the chance to tinker with
tools or build with LEGOs. When the technology doesn't work right away, some girls are overcome by frustration and want to give up.
But it is just such challenges that help girls believe in themselves.
We saw this the day our girls launched the kites they had spent a week designing and building. When some of the kites wouldn't fly
or crashed after takeoff, we offered no easy answers. Instead, we encouraged them to trouble-shoot their problems using our cheat
sheet. A single girl took up the challenge and modified the bridle point on the keel of her kite. One by one, the others followed
her, trying to figure out the flaws in their designs. By the session's end, each kite had had a successful flight.
• Managing the social dynamics. Any-one who has worked with girls will tell you that relationships and group
interaction are important to them. Because Techbridge reflects the diversity of our neighborhoods, it is especially
important to build a sense of community quickly and to break up any friendship cliques or racial divisions.
To accomplish this, we start each meeting with a social activity. One week, the girls are paired and asked to find two experiences
they have in common. The next week, they are invited to talk about their names. The lesson is that while names and backgrounds may
be different, everyone shares some common ground, such as being named after a grandmother or liking soccer and math.
We pay careful attention to the social dynamics and partner the girls in ways that help them feel comfortable, meet success with
technology, and practice teamwork. Initially, girls may not want to move outside their comfort zone, but with practice they come to
appreciate the opportunity to be part of a Techbridge team.
A community of commitment
Although Chabot Space & Science Center is only a few miles from the homes of the girls we serve, many of the Techbridge
families had never come to visit our exhibits or participate in our programs. We set out to change that by sponsoring family nights,
complete with presentations by the girls, at both the schools and the science center.
At first, we relied on flyers to invite parents to these events. But when the RSVPs didn't materialize in the numbers we expected,
we began calling the girls' homes. Just as personal invitations had turned out to be important in making girls feel welcome, the
personal approach also turned out to be key to engaging families. The calls doubled our attendance numbers. One mother told us she
hadn't thought the flyers about family events were meant for her. It had never occurred to us that someone might feel this way; the
lesson was an important one.
As part of the Techbridgee evaluation process, parents take part in interviews and focus groups, helping staff to better
understand their own perspectives and better serve both parents and daughters. We find that the majority of families are eager to
support their girls. In fact, some teachers have told us that the Techbridge family events, where our staff has the chance
to meet and talk with families individually, are the best-attended events at their schools.
We also find that, after a school encounter, parents are more willing to come to the science center for Techbridge-sponsored
events. Some families have even bought museum memberships, and one parent became a science center volunteer as a result of her
daughter's participation in the program.
By connecting school with the science center, Techbridge truly serves as a bridge to science and technology for girls and
their families.
At the Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland, California, Etta Heber is director of programs, and Linda Kekelis and Jeri Countryman are project director and project coordinator, respectively, for Techbridge.
For more details, go to www.chabotspace.org/visit/programs/techbridge.asp.


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Last Days of Autumn
Every year music students compose original music that is performed in the spring New Music Recital. Past recitals have included music for choir, band, strings, solo piano, organ, handbells, and various instrumental ensembles.
"Last Days of Autumn" was composed by Beret Ouren, a student who is double majoring in music composition and theater. She is playing the cello in this performance of her piece from the February 23, 2016 New Music Recital.


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2003 Summer Institute Wokshop on Molecular Conduction
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July 9-11, 2003
Purdue University - West Lafayette, Indiana - Stewart Conference Center
Bring together leading groups in this field to discuss status and key challenges in molecular electronics. Both experimental and theoretical/modeling efforts will be discussed.
- Tutorials -- 45 minute overview talk summarizing current state of the art. Tutorials from this work shop are online and can be found below.
- Technical Sessions -- Each session is divided into two parts:
- Part 1 is intended to provide an overview of key challenges. It will typically consist of 3 talks. Each talk is 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of discussion. Each speaker is asked to highlight key challenges within a specific topical area. Ideally, the speaker would comment on major developments by other groups, in addition to presenting recent work by his/her own group.
- Part 2 (nominally 10 minutes per presenter) consists of a series of short presentations, with the general aim of highlighting key accomplishments to date (presumably focused on the work of the presenter).
Avik Ghosh, David Janes, and Michael Melloch
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The NSF Network for Computational Nanotechnology
The NASA Insititute for Nanoelectronics and Computing
The MARCO/DARPA Focus Center on Materials, Structures, and Devices
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An Abandoned Vintage Dodge in Adirondacks Park
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Remains Of An Empty Room, Schenectady, NY.
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An Abandoned Electric Mill in Isfahan, Iran.
Rusty Farming Machine in Galway Lake, Saratoga County
Abandoned Train Cars in Kingston, New York
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Kingston Train Car Graffiti Details.
Rusty Farming Equipment and an Abandoned Barn
Small Abandoned Farm in Rural Areas of New York.
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S Africa fears 2013 rhino slaughter will break records
South African officials have warned a major conservation meeting that the poaching of rhinos is likely to reach record levels this year.
Delegates at the Cites conference in Bangkok heard that to date 146 animals have been killed for their horns in 2013.
The South Africans said that a taboo on discussing the prospect of legalising the trade in the animals must be lifted.
But rhino welfare campaigners say the idea is flawed and dangerous for the species.
Rising demand, particularly from Vietnam, is said to be the main reason for the explosion in rhino killing last year that saw 668 animals slaughtered in South Africa.
Time for talks
Fundisile Mketeni from South Africa's environment ministry said that 146 had been killed so far this year, with 107 of them in Kruger National Park.
The South African delegate explained that while his country had not yet made a decision about calling for a lifting of the ban on selling rhino horns, the nation believed it was time for the dialogue to begin.
"We must talk about it, because all other things are spoken about, but this is taboo - no-one wants to touch it," he told the meeting.
"We are saying we have tried everything. Let us start talking about this one. There is no decision made, but we can't talk about awareness or research or range expansion without talking about this one."
A number of scientists recently published research indicating that the global demand for rhino horn could be met by permitting a trade in shavings, humanely harvested from the animals that can grow up to a kilogramme of horn in a year. The researchers said that this could stem the rhino trade.
According to the South African minister for water and environmental affairs, Edna Molewa, if something is not done by 2016 the number of rhinos being born will be outnumbered by those being killed.
"The indication is that if we do more of the same, the same work every day, more of the same will not help us produce a better result," she told the Bangkok gathering.
"By 2016, we will begin to run into trouble, the graph will begin to slide down - we shall be losing more on a continuous basis."
Economics of rhino
But the idea of lifting the rhino ban or even talking about it is upsetting for many campaigners at this meeting.
According to the charity Care for the Wild, South Africa's call for a debate on what they term "rhino-conomics" is preparing the ground for the legal sale of horn.
According to Philip Mansbridge, the charity's chief executive, this is bad news for rhinos.
"The danger is that legalising horn will feed the growth of the market rather than reduce the demand on poaching," he said.
"Most of the people calling for this are the highly influential private game-reserve owners. The legalisation of trade in rhino would make overnight millionaires of these key figures in South Africa."
Earlier a proposal that would have seen a restriction on the number of rhino horns that could be exported as sports trophies from South Africa and Swaziland was withdrawn in the face of opposition.


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Dir/scr: Justin Edgar. UK. 2013. 80mins
The misadventures of three misfit mates provide the basis of a likable, breezy British teen comedy in We Are The Freaks. The third feature from Justin Edgar may try a little too hard to appear hipper than thou but it offers a fantastic showcase for a talented, charismatic young cast who make the most of the script's jocular wit. The impressive performances and buzz of energy in the film help overcome a certain air of familiarity and a slight running time suggesting modest theatrical potential for Metrodome who will release in the UK.
Initially focusing on Jack, We Are The Freaks adopts a knowing, self-referential approach in his direct to camera speeches and cynical asides.
Set in November 1990 when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher left office, the film has echoes of everything from stalwart British television favourites (Skins, The Inbetweeners) to such cult features as Trainspotting and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Jack (Blackley) is working in a bank, reading Bukowski and dreaming of heading off to university.
Chunks (Sean Teale) is one of the idle rich, happy to indulge his lack of ambition. Parsons (Bailey) is staggering under the weight of his parents' expectations, his girlfriend's demands and a troubling sexual attraction to Margaret Thatcher. Over the course of an eventful evening they all learn lessons about life, love and the unpredictability of the adult world.
Initially focusing on Jack, We Are The Freaks adopts a knowing, self-referential approach in his direct to camera speeches and cynical asides. The tone changes as it blossoms into an ensemble piece that lightly conveys the end of an era in the political life of Britain and garlands the story with a soundtrack that includes New Order, the Happy Mondays and The Cramps.
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Thanks for the links Antiquerose. A note of caution. Don't EVER come to Australia and make a statement like this "While rooting around some (as usual, all the time)" It has a totally different meaning down here.I used to advise Americans on trips down here on what they can say and can't say. It can get to be very funny sometimes.
I say this yesterday and thought I should keep my mouth shut...
Wow, didn't know the word "rooting" was so offensive in Australia.
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Usually I read the book and then watch the film. This time I did things topsy-turvy. Thanks to my history-obsessed boyfriend, I became a massive fan of the incomparable TV series Band of Brothers long before I read Stephen Ambrose's book. Which was better? That's the real question.
I feel like a massive traitor but for once I have to say that I preferred the series to the book. Don't get me wrong – the book inspired the series and the series is pretty faithful to the book; but for me the big difference was how easy it was to appreciate what it was like for soldiers in snowy, surrounded Bastogne or anywhere bullets were whistling an inch-gap from their helmets, perhaps even burying themselves in the body of the much-loved comrade crouching beside them.
Whilst the series gripped me instantly with its portrayal of the hardships, strength and courage of the men of Easy Company, the book took longer to get going. On the page, the details of drills, training, hierarchy and strategy seemed drier, the human elements of them harder to appreciate.
I have to say at this point that this is entirely my own personal perspective – my boyfriend found that the detail given in the book added a great deal to his understanding of the challenges the men faced and a valuable background to the topic as a whole. I certainly wouldn't want to put anyone off what is still a fantastic book by my admission that it wasn't all entirely my cup of tea.
I did also find that my enjoyment of the book grew and grew as it progressed. Once everyone had been introduced, once the scene had been set, once the nitty-gritty details had all been set down, the stories of the men emerged and the scope of the book enlarged. It was wonderful to hear the men speak in their own words, through numerous diary entries and letters to loved ones, as well as in later life in a series of in-depth interviews with Ambrose.
At the beginning of each of the TV episodes, the real men being dramatised on screen give little soundbites, but the book expands on this and has them speak in their own words far more frequently. The book delves more into the men's thoughts and fears in their quiet moments and takes you to certain places that the series does not.
Read the book and then watch the series – that would be my advice. Steep yourself in the facts and the raw narrative and feel the reality of what the men of Easy Company undertook during the war…then settle down in front of the TV and prepare to be blown away by the horrifying and thrilling visual spectacle of it all.


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Forget taxing the top 1%; President Barack Obama's new budget includes a revenue-raiser aimed atthe retirement savings of the top 0.1%. The budget outline, unveiled today, includes a proposal to place a multimillion-dollar cap on the total amount of money that an individual can keep in individual retirement accounts, 401(k)s and other tax-deferred retirement accounts. If it were enacted today, that cap would hit a very narrow slice of the population – though its reach could widen over time. (MarketWatch's Robert Schroeder analyzes the broader budget proposal here.)
The proposed cap appears on page 18 of the White House budget, available in full here, and to call it a minor piece of the budget puzzle is an understatement: The Obama budget presumes that the cap would raise about $9 billion over the next decade. The level of the cap is itself a little fuzzy: The budget says that it would "limit an individual's total balance across tax-preferred accounts to an amount sufficient to finance an annuity of not more than $205,000 per year." The Obama team says that would be about $3 million for somebody who retires this year; the Wall Street Journal's John D. McKinnon estimates that it's more like $3.4 million. But as a team of number-crunchers at the Employee Benefit Research Institute points out today, it's not clear how or if such a cap would be pegged to inflation; in 2006, EBRI reports, it would have taken only $2.2 million to buy a $205,000-a-year annuity.
Who would be in the crosshairs right now? At most, about 100,000 households, by my back-of-the-envelope estimation. The EBRI team estimates that that change would affect about 0.3% of the nation's 20.6 million IRA accounts and only 0.0041% of 401(k) accounts. People over 60, of course, tend to have the biggest retirement savings and are more likely to have multiple IRAs; looking at combined IRA and 401(k) balances within that cohort, the team figures that about 0.107%, or roughly one of every thousand, would exceed the cap. EBRI also assumes that even if the cap is adjusted for inflation, today's younger workers would have a bigger chance of breaching it by age 65: It estimates that the cap could affect 2.2% of savers currently age 26 to 35.
The typical household approaching retirement today has only about $120,000 in tax-deferred savings, and with annual contributions currently capped at $5,500 for IRAs and $22,500 to 401(k)s, $3 million is obviously a high bar to clear. As Bloomberg's Richard Rubin and Margaret Collins point out, the people most likely to be hit by an immediate cap would be higher-earning self-employed business owners, including independent contractors like some doctors and lawyers, who can contribute up to $51,000 a year to their IRAs. The Bloomberg team also point out rather impishly, that the president's 2012 election opponent, Mitt Romney, disclosed during the campaign that his IRA held between $18.1 million and $87.4 million.


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Thursday's sell-off in the grain complex sure looked like a one day index fund roll as corn,wheat,beans, and meal sold off in unison shortly after the open. Beans have reasons to drift lower if you consider where domestic ending stocks sit in relation to domestic carry over stockpiles were the years prior. Corn and wheat have long term bull stories and in my view the path of least resistance is higher. Currently, Gov't shutdowns and trade deals and pacts maybe slowing the availability of Gov't data released in a usual fashion. However, we have demand figures and weather at our disposal and these are the two issues that should always determine price discovery in grains.
Wheat: Russian rumors are widespread with the Ag Ministry calling for another meeting to discuss the soft export commitment/restrictions of the countrys 20 largest exporters. If Russia exports just 1 MMT (million metric ton) of corn and 1 MMTs of barley, this would limit their wheat exports to 10 MMTs over the next 6 months or 1.66 MMTs of wheat/ month. This would place Russian 2018/19 Russian wheat exports at around 35-35.5 MMTs down 1-1.5 MMTs from the USDA annual forecast. It seems that the Russian Ag Ministry became worried with interior wheat prices near record highs and exporters still selling a sizable415,000 metric tons to Egypt this week.
If you add the Russian news with talk here of lower plantings of up to 1 million acres of HRW, and potential weather issues as the wheat crop comes out of dormancy, we could see a sizable rally. A few "ifs and Maybes" here. The aforementioned Russian news which by the way is the 3rd meeting of their AG ministry in as many months thought to curb exports and quota their crop is at the end of the day friendly for price in my opinion. Wet weather in number one wheat producer Kansas during planting season has given thoughts to lower seedings than last year. Last year, HRW plantings were at a 109 year low. There's some bullish inputs for sure from a fundamental perspective, the key will be if they come to fruition. If they do, I think this market can trade past 6.00 up to 6.60 to 7.20. Somewhere between 10 to 20 percent over last years high (5.90). My opinion here. If one were to take a shot, look at buying the July 19 6.00 call and sell the 6.80 call for 7 cents. KC Futures are at 5.25. I know its far out of the money, but its something static that allows one to add futures or futures spreads if conditions warrant. Call me for levels or for our charts at 888 391 7894 or email me at email@example.com.
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There's a variety of options to choose from on our Carvery Menu, whether you're a Vegetarian, Vegan or simply fancy something different. If you're on a bit of a health kick, why not try something from our range of salads, like our 'Super Green Salad,' with tender stem broccoli, broad beans, with peas & cos lettuce base, finished with a drizzle of reduced calorie French dressing — delicious & nutritious and less that 150kcals. How about trying our new Toby Tasters, roast meat baps and our signature Yorkie wraps? With so much variety, you're sure to come back for more!
Every day our famous carvery deck offers slow-cooked joints of beef, pork, turkey, pomegranate glazed gammon and… a new addition to our Sunday Roast family! That's right, we're introducing slow-cooked lamb, making us your favourite Five Roast Carvery! Then there's the unlimited veg, including rosemary-and-thyme roasties and wholegrain mustard mash. Why have five a day when you can have eight? Help yourself to as much as you like to go alongside your huge Yorkshire pud, stuffing and choice of gravies.
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has established a full-time "Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor" at Portland State University (PSU) to assist the growing number of returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mark Lettiere, an Air Force veteran, who has worked with the VA for 12 years, started the position on March 15 as part of a program called VetSuccess on Campus. Lettiere's job is to help vets understand the VA benefits and community resources available to them during their adjustment back to civilian life.
VetSuccess started as a pilot project on 10 college campuses throughout the United States, and was recently increased to 24 campuses after the pilot phase ended. PSU is one of the 24, and is the only campus in Oregon with this program. Lettiere said PSU, with about 1,000 veteran students, was chosen for the VetSuccess program largely because it has a higher proportion of veteran students than other Oregon campuses. It was also chosen for its location in downtown Portland.
"PSU has a long history with veterans; they were some of the first students involved with the development of the campus after WWII," Lettiere said. "The veteran population on campus is expected to grow exponentially as we see a new group of returnees. We want to make sure they feel welcome, help them transition to civilian life, and we want PSU to continue to be a magnet for veteran students."
Lettiere's assignment is to help vets with:
• Information on VA benefits such as life insurance, home loan guarantees, vocational rehabilitation and employment, Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits, health care, and other services
• Guidance and support while using VA educational benefits
• Information and referrals to VA medical centers and the local veteran's center
• Employment information and assistance in selecting a suitable career
• Outreach to various departments within PSU about VetSuccess on Campus
• Working with PSU in developing and coordinating on-campus job fairs.
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Greta asks a question of the FTB community today: Atheist Arguments — Public or Private? My answer is: both.
There's no pat answer to how you should conduct yourself in an argument, any more than you can encapsulate morality in a set of ten laws that are followed unfailingly without question. Obviously, I'm a big fan of taking arguments public, which is why I love being on a TV show with lots of callers. (Well, that, and I'm a big old narcissist.) But what I generally say as a rule of thumb is that you should only have an argument if the argument is beneficial to you and your position in some way.
Argument is a performance, and a performance only has an audience. But there are three different kinds of audience you might want to entertain, so there are basically three styles of argument you may wind up having.
- The audience is… someone else. This is what happens when Greta posts an argument on her blog, or we do one of those cute "we get email" posts, or we take calls on TV, or there's a public debate happening in an auditorium.
- The audience is the theist. Bear in mind that you do not have to enter such arguments with the expectation of completely changing the theist's mind and making him an atheist. If a theist drifts across the spectrum from fundamentalist to liberal theist to agnostic to atheist to outspoken atheist, then you've done a good job.
- The audience is… yourself. And that's the most likely motivation for keeping an argument private.
Don't underestimate the importance of the third audience, because atheists aren't omniscient. There are some difficult arguments that people butt up against as they learn to explore the philosophical implications of their beliefs, and sometimes you're going to lose. Seriously, it happens to everyone, because unless you are the single best debater in the whole world, tautologically there is somebody better than you. So don't fall into trap of thinking that "only stupid people disagree with me," because that's really not the case.
Never forget that arguing with somebody is essentially a game, and there are good players and bad players — or rather, there are better players and worse players. You may be a pretty good chess player against your friends, but I don't see you beating either Deep Blue or Garry Kasparov. But the great thing about losing is that it's a learning opportunity. When you lose an argument, you've discovered a weak spot in your understanding of the issues. Then one of two things is true: either you were wrong, in which case — hooray! — you can change your mind and now you'll be right! Or else, it turns out that you lost with a winning argument.
In this second case, now you have some direction to take your reading. You should read more about this argument that beat you. Find out what other people would say against it; find out what philosophers have said about it; find out whether it butts up against some important scientific principle that we know about. The overall tournament doesn't end just because you lost the game. And once you learn exactly where you made the mistake, then the next time you run into this argument, you're going to nail it. That's what arguing for yourself really does for you.
So really, there's nothing wrong with taking an argument private. There is always that chance that the theist is a reasonable person who will actually soften his position on some of his misconceptions. Don't tell me it never happens; it happens all the time. And there's also an equal chance that by practicing an argument in private, you will become a better player, which in turn will help you out with future public arguments.
And then those public arguments will help you sway more people who don't have a vested interest in picking one answer… but only if you get good at it. Don't be so arrogant that you think you've won when you've actually lost. That way lies victims of Dunning-Kruger. If you've honed your abilities through practice, then by all means show off and win some souls.


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skinhealer Posts: 33Have a 328xi 2008 with 67000 without a problem so far.
Did all the regular maintenance in the car. Yesterday saw the service light go on.
Can someone tell me what are the most common reasons for this light to go on?
Will be going to get it checked out. BMW dealership stated that it will be $140 to diagnose the problem. The gas cap is perfectly fitted on...0
An autozone type store will generally read the code for free and possibly point to a part. Will also give you part price. They may even know of a good shop.0
Well, a belt tensioner is usually just a pulley with a bearing(s) in it and can be manually adjusted or spring loaded. At some point, the bearings dry up and the pulley can become loose on the shaft. Sometimes they get noisy first, sometimes not. One can usually check by loosening the tension and checking the bearing by turning, feeling for roughness or wobbling on the shaft. Of course most won't do this, so another method is to take a long shafted screw driver or similar item, touch it against engine metal on the front of the engine while running, then place ear to shaft and listen for roughness, grinding or squealing. Be very careful of moving parts. Auto parts stores and Harbor Freight may sell stethescopes for this purpose for 10 bucks or so. Again, most BMW owners won't do this, but you could ask the dealer or shop to demonstrate why they think it's bad. I hate to say it, but some lie, then amazingly find other 'problems' in the process. As a check and balance, ask for your old part. I mark my part to make sure they don't pull another one from the scrap bin. OK, I don't readily trust. Read these forums to see why.0
dudebloke Posts: 7Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I dont hear any sounds, just a mild shaking since the iginition coil was replaced. Prior to that the shaking was pretty bad.
Im taking it back to the dealer. See what they say.
Thanks again!0
96_318i Posts: 1Hello,
This is my situation, i was driving with A/C Heater working perfectly fine, then all of a sudden i started to smell something that smelt like burning rubber, and the A/C heater stopped working once i shut off the car and turned it back on. Since then i have switched out the blower motor, the resistor, and the fuzes. But with no luck i still cannot seem to find out the reason. The animatronix panel still works but there is no blowing air out of any vents at all. What could my problem be?0
It could be your car has bad relay or the wiring could be burnt somewhere. It can also be both.0
rhmass Posts: 263Our '02 E46 has problem keeping freon in after recharging. The technician checked it out and told me the leak was at the inside part of the AC unit, so would entail taking the whole unit out to repair. He thought it would cost close to $1,000 or more because of the labor involved. He siad had the leak was nearing the front side of the unit, it would take less money without having taking the unit out. I don't quite get it. Just based on the problem presented (inability for the AC unit to hold the freon), anyone can hazard a guess? What could be the ball park cost for replacing the AC unit. We love the car and really want to keep it. It has just reached 70,000 miles with everythingelse opreating perfectly. TIA for suggestions.0
A quick question... Any idea what the spark plug change interval is on a 2009 335i? I read through the manual which states 45K, and that it is not in the CMS (Computer Maintenance Service), but the dealer keeps claiming it is, and that 45 K is not applicable. Has anyone else run into this issue, and if so, how did you handle it? Many thanks!0
roadburner Posts: 12,120It is definitely 45K, per BMW SI B00 01 07; if the dealer still plays dumb then escalate the issue to the regional manager.
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Any idea how to get to the regional manager? I tried to call BMW customer service, who says BMW's factory rep still insists it is on the key and they don't use 45K, despite the manual, and the TSB on the subject?0
motorcarsintl Posts: 1try someone from the corporate office0
You can buy a scanner and read the codes to see where the problem is.
Most common reasons for a BMW is typically:
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I'm hoping for some advice...
I have a 2007 335i with 80K miles. It's had its share of problems over the years, but luckily most of them have been covered by the warranty. My extended warranty runs out at the end of the year and I'm seriously considering selling the car now. I still love how it drives and I would keep the car another 6 years but I am very concerned about repair costs. If I'm going to pay $$$ for maintaining it, I might as well use that money for a new car. Am I overly worried? Or should I sell it before it gets to 100K?0
well, if you are that worried about it, I'm afraid it wouldn't be a very pleasant ownership experience. Every hiccup or noise is going to send you into a paranoid spiral.
Additionally, if you have to rely on a BMW dealership for maintenance and repairs, then, yeah, I'd suggest moving on with another car.
'18 BMW 330xi; '67 Coronet R/T; '14 Town&Country Limited; '18 BMW X2. 47-car history and counting!0
Mr_Shiftright Sonoma, CaliforniaPosts: 64,490If the car has a problematic history, I'd punch out after warranty.0
Can you go into a little detail about "share of problems?"
Did your fuel pump fail & your engine went into "limp mode" while driving 90 mph in the left lane of a busy highway?
Or are we talking defective power seats & faulty window regulators?
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Close. The fuel pump failed at midnight in the middle of nowhere while driving home from a long trip. I was still about 6 hours away. Luckily I was able to limp home despite the "engine malfunction" lights in the dash. (I called BMW assist and they assured me it was ok to continue driving.)
The engine also overheated and left me stranded while driving to work. I had to get the car towed to the dealership.
The turbos had some other issues.. I'm no mechanic, so I can't really go into the details. But the mechanic at the dealership maxed out my extended warranty to fix whatever was wrong and then advised me to come back again so he could do more work. I did that and now the car runs ok, but it's kinda hard not be concerned.
I do have a local mechanic who I can use and he is much, much cheaper than the dealer. He specializes in BMW's and he advised me to sell my car and not touch any turbo engines from BMW for a while.0
I think you've got your answer my friend. Sell or trade now.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2015 Infiniti Q40 AWD, 2017 Honda Pilot Touring AWD0
with a 2009 335i. Mine hasn't had very many problems (it was delivered with an oil leak, which the dealer fixed, and I have had some false alarms with the malfunction light) but it only has 25K miles on it. Any wise advice for me when I get closer to the end of the warrantee?
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Honestly, there isn't a whole lot to be worried about (that we know of yet). The fuel pump is covered for something like 100k miles now, I believe (maybe 120k? I forget). Same goes for the turbo wastegate problem (I'm not even sure either of these apply to your '09, though). That only leaves coils and vanos sensors as far as common failures go. Both of which are very easy to do yourself if so inclined.
Anyhoo, as you start getting close to the end of your warranty, I'd be looking into getting the walnut blasting service of the valves done on BMW's dime. Not all service advisors will do this under warranty, but if you have a good relationship with yours, it is quite possible. The other is that the spark plugs are technically due just before 50k miles. Doesn't sound like you'll be coming near that in your 4-years free service, though.
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Thanks for your response. The fuel pump has already been replaced under a recall, so I don't think it is an issue. The wastegate issue I will look into. I got the extended warrantee (I know it's not a good gamble but modern cars scare the hell out of me, what with the tendency for malfunctioning turn indicators to require replacing a $1000 module), so I have 7 years for spark plugs and such.
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you got the extended warranty, but what about the maintenance plan? That's where the spark plugs would come from. They are a normal replacement item around 45k miles. But its not a big deal.
With the extended warranty, at least the valve cleanings should be covered.
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busiris Posts: 3,490One an buy a lot of spark plugs for the cost of the extended maintenance plan. IMO, unless you're into putting tons of miles on our car, the maintenance plan doesn't get you much.0
Agreed. I wouldn't want to be forced to follow their maintenance schedule anyway.
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I didn't get the maintenance plan on my 335i which would have basically amounted to me pre-paying all the maintenance. But I did get the extended warranty and I'm very glad I did. It definitely paid off in my case, although statistically speaking it's generally not worth it.0
We have a 2004 325i. The last time when I drove it, the engine stalled on the road. Towed it to a mechanic (not a bmw expert). He replaced the coils, but which didn't do any good. Then towed it to a bmw mechanic, who showed me low engine compression -- readings of 40 and 50 on a couple of the cylinders. He told me later that a couple of the valves were not closing, so, the cylinder head has to be replaced as there is no point to repair in a piecemeal fashion. The cost would be about $2500. The addition repair needed include the timing chain guides.
The car has only 125k miles. So it wasn't driven harshly, but we did overlooked a couple of maintenance items, like spark plugs were not replaced until about 110k miles and the air filter was replaced late too.
Any advice for me for the diagnosis of cylinder head replacement? Thanks in advance.0
Was it running fine prior to stalling? What led guy #1 to think it was ignition? Not competent? If running good, what would all of a sudden cause the valves to not close? Was the oil level good? Lack of upper end lube could cause the valves to bind. In an interference engine, severe damage could occur if a timing belt were to break and the valves collided with a piston. Baaaaad news. Not consistent with ignition or coils. Opposite issue. I would want to know why he thinks the valves aren't closing. A compression test would show this. ALL cylinders? If just one or two, it could still run. I guess I would get another opinion and maybe look for a good shop that deals with foreign/European cars. There are good ones out there that won't rip you like a dealer. Ask around. For $2500, I would certainly get a couple more estimates. Hard to do when the car won't run, but describe the problem to them and see what you hear.0
kyfdx Everywhere, USAPosts: 122,747If I read it correctly, the 2nd guy they took it to, is a BMW mechanic..
If he says it needs a new head, it probably does... (plus, he did a compression check)
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I dunno. Are you sure you are relaying the info right? "Not closing" and "40 and 50" psi on a couple of cylinders are very very different. That would be NO compression vs LOW compression.
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The first guy was incompetent. That was why I towed the car to the second shop, which deals with European cars. I am not very familiar with these issues, but saw him pulling a spark plug (closest to the radiator) out, hooked up his pressure gauge, showed me the readings of about 40 or 50, and said that the min. to get spark should be ~75. He did this for the next 2 cylinders, with similar readings. I assumed that he knew what he was doing and that must be the compression test. Is it?
But I don't know whether the first guy had anything to do with these "low pressure." This first guy wasn't able to start the car, I believe, during the stay of the car in his shop. He also changed the thermostat b/c it was one of the shown codes.
Once in a while in its history, this car felt like the engine was slow and kind of struggling when first started. On average, it would also stall once every several months, but we could always restart it. But, for this last time, I just felt that the engine got slower and slower on the road and eventually stalled and would not start again.
In terms of the oil level, the low oil warning light always came up when the car first started, even right after an oil change. But the light always went away after we drove for 100 ft or so. The first mechanic (who I use for other family cars, Japanese) said that it should be an oil sensor issue and don't worry about it. So I took his word for it. But now I begin to wonder whether the oil pressure has been low now that you asked about it. We do change oil regularly.
I just dug up my scribbly notes about what the second guy said after I left my car with him. He said that Valves #3 – #6 were not closing and the head gasket was blown. I will ask him what you asked "why he thinks the valves aren't closing" tomorrow. He also said to change the timing chain guides.
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It's February, learn to embroider
February is National Embroidery Month. It's the perfect time to reclaim the skill or seize the day and learn it for the first time.
The minute you thread a needle with floss, Pearl cotton, yarn or other fiber and push it through fabric, you are joining legions of women, who for generations, have used embroidery to create art, to add beauty and color to an otherwise plain garment, to embellish a household item, or to sew in service to one's faith.
A trip to the library or a search online will yield all you need to know to start doing embroidery. Embroidery stitch guides, fabrics, threads and supplies also are available at local fabric stores and departments. It's not an expensive craft to get started in. You will need embroidery needles with long eyes in several different sizes to accommodate various threads; cotton, linen or wool fabric; an embroidery hoop; a thimble; and a few skeins of floss.
Stitch libraries are available at french-knot.com, homesewingprojects.com and marthastewart.com. Visit needlenthread.com for video tutorials of embroidery stitches. Check the stacks of your local library for how-to books or look for them at your favorite bookstores.
Much of the embroidery of today relies on printed patterns, transfers or charts, and these are easy to find on the Internet, either for purchase or to print for free. The lines of the free patterns must be outlined with a transfer pencil, then ironed to fabric. Sometimes the transfer pencils don't work very well, or at all. In that case, I tape the design to a sunny window, tape the fabric over the design and trace it. It's a little awkward, but it works.
It's always fun to look at images relating to embroidery. Go to Google, click on Images, search for embroidery designs, embroidery patterns or embroidery stitches and lots of images will appear. Click on the small image to enlarge it and you will find the website it appears on so you can go there to learn more.
Websites offering free images for embroidery include the blogs feelingstitchy.com and spottedcanary.com. Other sites are dmc-usa.com and patternbee.com. But this is only the top strand of a huge ball of thread, so to speak. Embroidery is a big topic, and much is available on the Internet and in books.
For those who would rather not rely on images from the Internet or books, or transfers, the best way to come up with a design is to work out your own ideas on paper and draw them directly on the fabric with an ordinary pencil or a marker that fades and leaves no trace after a few days. Draw a heart on fabric, embroider it, stitch it to card stock, write a message to your best beloved on the card and you have a valentine from heart and hand.
After the basic stitches, such as stem, back, lazy daisy, blanket and running, are learned, it's possible to create your own design simply by stitching, no drawing involved. Start with a stitch you like and can do easily. Sew bands of the stitch on the fabric, make the stitches large, small and in between. Use shades of one color or bright colors. Use a mix of threads, thin and thick, cotton, silk and wool. Stitch for the fun of it and see what happens — something will and you'll be intrigued.
My favorite source of inexpensive fabric for use in embroidery is thrift stores. Look for 100 percent cotton, wool or linen shirts or dresses. Wash the garments and cut them up into whatever size suits your purpose. Save buttons and zippers for future sewing projects.
No matter how you outfit yourself for embroidery — thrift shop finds or the best stuff from the best shops and online venues — let your imagination be your embroidery guide.
Interested in an embarrassment of knitting and crocheting pattern riches? Go to garnstudio.com for thousands of free patterns — in 14 languages.
Pattern categories include women, men, children, infants and accessories.
The Ewe Spinners will host a day of spinning 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at Newport Elementary School on Elm Street (Route 2). Entrance fee is $2. Coffee, tea and refreshments will be available. Bring goodies to share if you wish. Bring a mug and a lunch. The event will feature a fiber-related yankee swap, a used equipment table and a table for show and tell. Organizers say this event is for grown-ups only. For information, call 474-0476.
The Fiber Friends will gather 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, March 24 and April 28, at the Page Farm and Home Museum at the University of Maine. Organizers plan to include activities that will supplement knitting, spinning, quilting and other handcrafts. Ideas include a spinning clinic for those interested in exotic fibers, further adventures in spice dyeing, locker-hooking, or more about gardening for fiber arts to add to what was learned at last year's program on dyes from the garden.
For information, call the museum at 581-4100 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Go to tempusfugit.over-blog.com/article-23255095.html to read a blog about cross-stitch embroidery in both English and French.
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Jilliane Friel's success as a member of the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team won't be measured in wins, losses, minutes played or points scored. For Friel, her career as a Wildcat meant so much more than that.
Preparing to play her final game on the court named after her late father Gerry, and where he coached the UNH men's team for two decades and took countless shots with his five children — all of which went on to play Division I basketball — Friel looked back on her career with a mix of frustration, self-reflection and, ultimately, satisfaction.
"I would be shocked if anyone saw their career unfold the way they envisioned it," said Friel. "Just because I don't think there's any way that you can prepare for this experience. I had four siblings go through it, and I thought I knew what I was coming into, but there's just no way, until you're going through it, to know how you're going to react to different things."
Friel was recruited by former UNH coach Kristen Cole after a standout career at Oyster River High School, where Friel was a member of two Class I championship teams (plus one in soccer) and became the fifth member of her family to score more than 1,000 career points on the basketball court.
But at UNH, Friel was thrown a curveball. Cole was fired after Friel's freshman season, and under new coach Maureen Magarity, Friel did not flourish on the court the way she did a few miles away at Oyster River. Her minutes were few and her starts were zero. It gradually became apparent to Friel that it was either time to transfer or accept the fact that her career at UNH would not mirror the one she had at Oyster River.
"It definitely wasn't what I envisioned, being a high-school senior and dreaming of that Division I career," Friel said. "But I've probably grown more as a person because it didn't pan out the way I thought. I've still had an awesome experience overall. Maybe my numbers and my stats really haven't been where anyone would hope them to be, but I wouldn't change anything."
The first thing Friel did was to check her ego at the door, and to realize that coaching changes are sometimes a part of life for college athletes.
"Whenever there's a coaching turnover, you have to consider whether you are part of the future," Friel said. "For me, I felt like if I had worked hard enough and done the right things, I could be part of this system. I don't know how true that turned out to be in terms of my minutes on the floor. But I do think that my impact in practice, my impact on the team, my leadership this year has fit into the things that she values."
Transferring from the school her father coached at and was walking distance from the house she grew up in with her sister, Jennifer, her brothers, Jeremy, Keith and Greg, and her mother Joan, was out of the question for Jilliane.
"If I wasn't so in love with UNH, maybe my basketball career should have been taken somewhere else," Friel said. "I would never change the path that I'm on. Where I am now, it's hard to look back and say, 'Would I do things differently?'"
Which led to the second step of Friel's coming to terms with her situation — realizing that basketball was just a small part of her overall college experience, and that being a part of the UNH family meant more than how often her name appeared at the top of the box score.
"It's the whole field house," Friel said. "The whole college-basketball part for me was everyone in this organization. Whether it's my conversations with (athletic director) Marty (Scarano), or working for (facilities manager) 'Mama Jean' (Mitchell), who I've worked with throughout college. Having her as my extended family, she's someone that I'm going to invite to my wedding. That's something that's greater than how many points did I average. Would I love to have both, of course. But to me, it was meeting the people within the field house who are so supportive and really want everyone, all student athletes, to do well.
"I came to UNH because my siblings went here," she added. "My dad coached here. My mom is right down the road. So those were the things that were more important to me. My women's basketball career is going to be short, regardless of whether I transfer."
Academically, Friel thrived at UNH. She graduated in three years with a degree in business, and is currently in the first of a two-year graduate business program, going for an advanced degree in entrepreneurship. Financially, because she was a scholarship athlete, she'll be on the hook for only next year's expenses.
"In 10 years, it's not going to matter whether I played or I didn't," Friel said. "It's going to matter who's in my life, the relationships I had and what I was able to gain. I had a great education, my mom and my brothers and sister were able to see me and support me. I met a lot of great people. Those were the things that were important to me."
Friel isn't sugar-coating anything. She readily acknowledges that coming to terms with her role on the team — one of an emotional leader rather than a scoring leader — was the challenge of a lifetime.
"This was probably the most difficult journey of my life," Friel said. "Getting to this point of, OK, I'm happy with the decisions that I've made and the effort that I put in. Getting there was emotional, though."
Magarity, who is also the daughter of a college basketball coach, said Friel is a vocal leader whom the younger players look up to.
"She loves the game," Magarity said. "She wants to win and she's been tremendous for us. She accepted her role and as a senior, it's a tough thing to do. She just wants to be successful, and the games in which she's come off the bench, she gives us a spark."
It's not hard to see how well Friel accepts her role as the team's emotional leader. She's the one on the court enthusiastically greeting the starters during pregame introductions, and is usually the first one up on her feet off the bench during timeouts. When she gets into the game, she plays her heart out, such as when she dove for a ball going out of bounds and landing hard on the floor during Saturday's game against Binghamton.
"She grew and developed into a great leader," said fellow Wildcat senior Cari Reed, who has been Friel's roommate for the last four seasons. "She's got the most energy when she comes on the floor. For her to do that, coming from her situation, it's not easy. I give a ton of credit to Jill for that."
Part of Friel's journey included sustaining a concussion after accidentally taking a fall one month before the season started. She missed the first three games of the season but entered the team's first home game against Cornell with 5:34 to go in the first half. After an early turnover, Friel made her presence felt with two quick assists that gave UNH a nine-point lead. The Wildcats won 59-56 and Friel finished with three points and four assists.
For Friel, the Cornell game set the tone for a positive season.
"Coming back, I wasn't expecting to play," Friel said. "But we had another injury and some foul trouble and I was pretty much forced into action. Not necessarily by choice, but (that) gave me some confidence that maybe normally I don't have. Then once things started going well, I proved to myself that I could still play."
All that remains now for Friel in a UNH uniform is her final home game Wednesday night against Albany, the regular-season finale at Maine on Saturday and the America East tournament.
"That's a tough thing to grapple with," Friel said. "But it's very cool. I don't know how many people have that opportunity. So I'm just going to try to relish it. I have a friendly bet going on with my teammates about how much I'm going to cry. I'm a very emotional person. It will be extremely emotional. Big games like that, it's hard to think about my dad and wishing he was there. But he is. It's cool that he'll be here in a way.
"I can't think of a better way to go out," she concluded. "That's why I came here. My brother and my mom will walk me out, and my dad will be on the court, like he is every night. What a way to end a career."
John Doyle is a staff sports writer and editor at Foster's Daily Democrat. Email him at email@example.com and follow him on Twitter @JohnDoyle603.


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Pakistan's new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has no shortage of problems
Nawaz Sharif was named Pakistan's prime minister for a record third time Wednesday, and he immediately got down to the nitty-gritty of what arguably is the most daunting job in the democratic world.
Sharif's swearing-in Wednesday marked the first time that a democratic Pakistani government has completed a five-year term in office and passed on the baton to another popularly elected administration. Sharif previously served twice as prime minister in the 1990s, with his second term terminated by a 1999 coup staged by the army chief, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
Sharif took office with Pakistan fighting two simultaneous civil wars: with Taliban insurgents in the northwest tribal region bordering eastern Afghanistan and with separatist tribesmen in western Baluchistan province, which borders Iran and the Taliban strongholds of southern Afghanistan.
The economy is at a virtual standstill, unemployment is rife, per capita income has fallen below $1,000, poverty-driven violent crime has reached alarming proportions, and massive power and fuel shortages have halved national production and may take up to a decade to resolve. The treasury is teetering at the precipice of a balance-of-payments crisis that probably would require emergency intervention by the International Monetary Fund, followed by the unpopular austerity measures that an IMF program typically entails.
The key to the common Pakistani's problems may well lie in a peaceful settlement with Afghanistan, but Pakistan has acted as a shape-shifter there because of its strategic imperatives. Ostensibly, it's an ally of the U.S. in the war on terrorism, but its strategic policymakers in the military, since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, have been convinced that America would pull out of Afghanistan, leaving it to be governed by an administration hostile towards Pakistan, while also failing to marginalize the Taliban.
On the basis of that assessment, Pakistan has secretly and selectively supported the Afghan Taliban since 2005, notably the Haqqani network. That's because Pakistan's strategic policy remains focused on eastern neighbor India, with which it's fought two wars since both gained independence from British rule in August 1947.
Pakistan's military dreads having its defenses torn between hostile pincers on two flanks. So it also wants a peaceable border with Afghanistan, but it needs the assurance of a Kabul administration that's at least cordial, if not affable. To that end, the military has accelerated operations against Pakistani Taliban insurgents in the northwest tribal regions, and it's hoping to secure them before U.S. and allied combat forces depart Afghanistan by December 2014.
On Wednesday, Sharif signaled his intention to take over the lead role personally by not appointing ministers for foreign affairs and defense, positioning himself as the man who speaks for Pakistan, as far as foreign governments are concerned.
In his victory speech in the National Assembly, the equivalent of the House of Representatives, Sharif wagged his finger at the military, holding it responsible for Pakistan's woes.
"Dictatorships are responsible for getting Pakistan where it is today," he said. "It's why Pakistan has such a horrible image around the world. . . . It's why Pakistan cannot afford any further such spectacle."
He said that turning around Pakistan's economy would be his first priority. To achieve that, he plans to boost trade and investment with the country's neighbors, particularly China and India.
He revealed Wednesday that he'd agreed with the visiting Chinese premier, Li Keqiang, in May to construct a freight railway line from western China to the port of Gwadar on Pakistan's southwest coast, near the mouth of the oil-rich Persian Gulf.
The project probably would aggravate India, because the line would travel through Gilgit-Baltistan, part of a mountainous region contested by India on one side and allies China and Pakistan on the other.
It probably will raise some concerns in Washington, too, but in stark contrast, Sharif's only reference to Pakistan's tense relationship with the U.S. was short and sour, and didn't even mention the U.S. by name: "The chapter on drone attacks must close."
Sharif was sworn in a week after the second in command of the Pakistan Taliban, Waliur Rehman Mehsud, was killed in a CIA drone strike on a village in the tribal region of North Waziristan, a hotbed of jihadist terrorists on border with eastern Afghanistan.
By not apportioning responsibility for the drone strike, Sharif may well have been signaling his displeasure with the military, which has been blamed for initiating the strike both by militants and the cleric politicians who are gearing up to act as peace intermediaries on Sharif's behalf. The militants withdrew their offer to parley after the strike.
In his speech to Parliament, Sharif acknowledged the burden of responsibility he now carries, promised to be honest about Pakistan's crises and reached out to the opposition to work with him to develop a common agenda to address them.
"I won't make false promises," Sharif said.
"Pakistan's problems are so deep that no one party can overcome them."


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