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Shifting to left field, Ackley finding his comfort zone
PEORIA, Ariz. -- A year ago, Dustin Ackley was searching. Searching for his swing, searching for his position on the team, searching for answers as to why things weren't going as easily as they always had in his baseball past.
But the 26-year-old former first-round Draft pick looks like a different man in Mariners camp this spring. He looks more comfortable at the plate, which has been evident by a torrid start in which he's gone 6-for-10 with three doubles, a home run and six RBIs in his first four Cactus League appearances.
PEORIA, Ariz. -- A year ago, Dustin Ackley was searching. Searching for his swing, searching for his position on the team, searching for answers as to why things weren't going as easily as they always had in his baseball past.
But the 26-year-old former first-round Draft pick looks like a different man in Mariners camp this spring. He looks more comfortable at the plate, which has been evident by a torrid start in which he's gone 6-for-10 with three doubles, a home run and six RBIs in his first four Cactus League appearances.
And if Ackley can continue playing like the guy for whom the Mariners have been waiting the past two years, it will be a huge boost for a club that needs its core group of youngsters to step up and bolster its offense around new additions Robinson Cano and Corey Hart.
Ackley hit .304 after the All-Star break last year to partially salvage a season that started horribly, resulting in a stint in Triple-A Tacoma and a switch to the outfield after rookie Nick Franklin took over his second-base job.
The athletic Ackley played mostly center field, as well as a few games in left, some games back at second and even a little first base when needed. He headed to his offseason home in LaPeer, Mich., not certain of his future role, but new manager Lloyd McClendon wasted no time pronouncing that he wanted Ackley to be his left fielder.
"Because that's where I want him," McClendon said at the start of camp. And that was that.
Ackley has played strictly at that spot this spring. And his comfort level seems to be soaring, along with his early batting average.
"This is a very talented young man," McClendon said. "I think our challenge is to get him in one place and leave him there and let him flourish."
Ackley welcomes the stability, which provides one less thing to worry about for a guy looking to lock himself in at the plate as well.
"I think that's what everybody wants," Ackley said. "Everybody wants to be in one spot and know where they're going to be every day. That's what I want. I want to play every day, I want to be in the same spot and not here and there and all over the place and not really know what I'm doing. So that's my goal this camp, to win a spot and stay there. I think that's probably everybody's goal here."
If Ackley hits as he's capable, he'll keep that job. The Mariners drafted him with the second overall pick in 2009 out of North Carolina because of his pure hitting talent and he quickly rose to the big leagues after just one year in the Minors.
But there is a learning curve for any player, an adaption to Major League pitching and the failures that come with playing against the best in the game. Ackley acknowledges the mental part of his game suffered as he struggled for the first time in his career.
And that makes his strong early start this spring all the more important. Cactus League games and statistics are forgotten as soon as the regular season begins, but the confidence built now can certainly help reinforce all the work that's been done to refine the batting stance he toyed with unsuccessfully last year.
"Sometimes it's like, 'Well, this could just be early bloomers or whatever,'" Ackley said. "But I feel great. Even in live batting practice when I wasn't doing so good at the start, I still felt like I was seeing the ball great, recognizing pitches. I think that's the most important part.
"If you're seeing the ball right and swinging at good pitches and making good contact, I think that's right where I want to be."
Ackley drove his home run to straightway center field on Sunday against the Indians in Goodyear, then laced a three-run double over the center fielder's head Monday against the Rockies in Peoria. Hitting the ball hard, straight up the middle, as well as a crisp opposite-field single Sunday are good signals that his swing is right where he needs it to be.
"I'm letting the ball get deep, I'm hitting the pitches where they need to be hit," he said. "That's as good a sign as I need right now. I didn't expect to be this far along, but I'm excited about it and am just going to try to keep it going."
Outfield coach Andy Van Slyke said Ackley is a guy who works hard to get things right and has been a willing pupil in the challenging drills they've been doing since camp opened. Van Slyke believes in making practices harder than games and working time and again on tough plays against the wall or in the gap that might only come once every few days in the regular season.
That has been a good match for Ackley, who has limited experience in the outfield after playing mostly first base in college due to an arm issue and then transitioned to second base after being drafted by the Mariners.
The experience he does have in the outfield mostly was in center, which is why previous manager Eric Wedge kept him mostly there with his midseason makeover last year. But now that Ackley has time to take in left field, that comfort level is coming as well.
"There's not a huge difference, just the reads off the bat are a little different," he said. "You don't quite get that same jump you might get from center on balls, where you're reading the ball coming into the plate. But it feels good right now. Arizona is a good place to learn how to play, just because the ball carries and goes in the sky and makes it tough. But I'm excited where things are. The drills Andy has us doing make the games seem pretty simple. I like what we've been doing."
And the Mariners like what they've been seeing from Ackley as well, both in the field and at the plate.
"Everybody knows the stories about how he came in last spring and had a different stance," said McClendon. "He just needs to get back to being him and understanding that hitting a baseball is probably the most difficult thing to do in any sport. And from time to time, even the best are going to struggle. It's just a matter of getting back up off the mat and going at it the next day. I think he's understanding that and enjoying the game."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog.


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Mario Crawford became a student assistant in the spring after two high successful seasons on the Monarchs.
Prior to injury sidelining Crawford, he led the Monarchs in rushing with 505 yards and averaging 45.9 yards per game as a sophomore in 2010. He posted six touchdowns including a pair against VMI and for a season-high 91 yards against future Georgia State that season also making 24 receptions for 216 yards. Crawford was also a member of the Phil Steele Preseason All-Independent Team and FCS College Football Performance Award Watch List.
In his first season with ODU in 2009, Crawford was the second leading Monarch rusher averaging 60 yards per game and 6.1 yards per carry. He recorded six rushing touchdowns including a pair against Virginia Union and at Jacksonville in the Monarchs' FCS debut. He also captured the longest run of the year in a 52-yard carry at Fordham and tore downfield for a season-high 102 yards at Savannah State.
Crawford was a two-time all-state selection and all-conference honoree at Romulus High School in Michigan before enrolling at Fork Union Military Academy prior to his joining the Monarchs.
The son of Sam and Deitra Crawford, he is majoring in criminal justice.


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The Lincoln Police DepartmentÆs Traffic Enforcement Unit will join a nationwide ōClick it or Ticketö enforcement effort from Monday, November 23, 2009 through Sunday, November 29, 2009. This increased enforcement is made possible through a grant from the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety. Special attention by law enforcement will be directed to those motorists who fail to buckle themselves, their passengers and children.
According to the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety, one in every 23 licensed drivers in Nebraska will be involved in a motor vehicle collision each year. The use of safety belts can cut the risk of death or serious injury in a crash by 45 to 50 percent. Therefore, the single most important thing you can do to protect yourself and passengers in your vehicle is to buckle up each and every trip. If your vehicle is equipped with airbags, the use of the seatbelt is even more critical. These safety devices work in concert with each other and offer you the best protection in the event of a collision.


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An Indecent Proposal
Wrecks reader Mark B. decided to propose to his girlfriend while they were on a Caribbean cruise last August. Like all good guys, he wanted to do it in a way that was both memorable and a little unique. So, after much thought, he decided to use a cake. (Told you he was a good guy.) With that settled, all that was left to do was choose the perfect words to form his request.
Well, the night before he planned to propose arrived, and Mark still hadn't decided on an inscription. As he and his girlfriend went for a walk on the beach, though, they came across the very inspiration he'd been looking for. There, written in the sand, illuminated by moonlight, was the word "dork".
Ok, so that might not seem like the most romantic of inspirations to you or me, but for Mark it was "a sign". He tells me his girlfriend was always calling him a dork at the time (with much affection, I'm sure), and so standing there that night, he knew exactly what his proposal cake should say.
Now, let's set the scene:
The meal is over, the dessert orders have been given, and Mark is sitting on pins and needles, awaiting the arrival of his proposal cake. The waiter approaches and, with a smile at Mark, places a covered tray before his unsuspecting girlfriend. Then, with a flick of the wrist, the waiter removes the lid to reveal....
Well, on the bright side, Mark, this IS quite memorable. In an incomprehensible, what-exactly-did-the-baker-think-s/he-was-writing? kind of way. Still, here's hoping your lovely lady had "many" reasons to agree to "marry" the dork in question. ;)


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LAKELAND, Fla. – A 12 goal third quarter blew open what was a tight contest as Division II Florida Southern College defeated men's lacrosse by the final of 22-7 Tuesday afternoon at Bryant Stadium.
In the first-ever meeting between the two program's UMass Boston went back-and-forth with FSC through the first 30 minutes of play and went into the halftime break trialing by three.
Unfortunately after the break the host Mocs would outscore the Beacons 15-3 to earn the victory. UMass Boston saw John Powers (Marshfield, Mass.), Donny Delpha (Walpole, Mass.), and Noah Ellis (Hingham, Mass.) score the Beacons first four goals. In the second half it was Powers, Dom Fichera (Scituate, Mass.), and Tommy Petitti (Quincy, Mass.) each finding the back of the cage once.
Craig Frehill (Norwell, Mass.) played a majority of the minutes in Tuesday's loss and made a combined eight saves. Delpha and Powers both finished with a pair of goals, while Powers recorded a team-best four points as he finished with two assists as well.
Combined the Beacons recorded 25 groundballs and forced Florida Southern to turn the ball over 21 times. They also finished 20-for-24 on clear attempts, while the Mocs went a perfect 19-for-19.
Andrew Guy (Northbridge, Mass.) led the Beacons defense with four caused turnovers and collected a total of six groundballs.
Lacrosse returns to action on Thursday when they face SUNY Geneseo at 3 p.m. in Kissimmee, Florida.


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Carla Barnhill knows a stereotype of perfection when she sees one, especially when it involves mothers. As senior editor of Christian Parenting Today, an evangelical publication, she meets many women who are striving valiantly, and not always successfully, to fulfill their church's idealized expectations of child-rearing.
"The definition of what makes you a good Christian is: You are a good mother," says Mrs. Barnhill, who explores the subject in a new book, "The Myth of the Perfect Mother." Many evangelical churches, she explains, portray the "good" Christian mother as someone who is "always loving, always patient, always happy, always ready to serve her family."
As women's roles and responsibilities have expanded in recent decades, so has the degree to which they are judged - or judge themselves - as successful mothers. These days, social observers say, a growing religious conservatism is intensifying stereotypes of maternal perfection. At the same time, secular culture creates its own expectations of perfection. As Barnhill, who has two children, notes, magazines portray the "good mom" as someone who is "very creative and loves making smiley faces on sandwiches." This time of year, she's also expected to create perfect holidays for her family.
Call this approach to parenthood the new momism, extreme mothering, intensive mothering, or exclusive mothering. Whatever the name, this romanticized version of motherhood takes many forms, secular and sacred.
"Most of my images have come from TV shows, Hallmark greetings, Norman Rockwell, Martha Stewart, and the 'perfect' churchwoman," says Susan Wehrley, a mother in Brookfield, Wis. "They're all illusions of motherhood."
For those trying to be the "perfect churchwoman," the pressure can be subtle. "I don't think the church has intentionally gone out and said, 'A mother has to look like this,' " Barnhill says. "This has grown out of good intentions. As the church has felt more threatened by the secular culture, there's been an effort to circle the wagons around the family and create a sense of safety."
In the secular world, the quest for perfection manifests itself in other ways. When Christine Walker was expecting her first child, well-meaning friends and even strangers peppered her with guilt-producing questions: Are you exercising? Taking prenatal vitamins? Avoiding caffeine? Staying away from certain foods?
"The striving to be the perfect mom begins when you're pregnant," says Mrs. Walker, a mother of three in Winnetka, Ill. Noting that this striving continues through every stage of child-rearing, she adds, "The pressure to be Martha-Stewart-meets-June-Cleaver is really hard."
For Jamie Farrell of Revere, Mass., even bottle- feeding her baby, rather than breastfeeding, drew critical comments from others. "If you use formula, you are made to feel almost criminal," she says. "I felt I could never be a 'perfect mother' because I wasn't able to perform something that is presented as such a simple task."
Some women look to their own mothers as models - and come up short by comparison. "My mom never used a cake mix," says Mary Boone of Tacoma, Wash. "Everything was from scratch. I can't even tell you the last time I baked something from scratch."
And then there is that other beloved icon of perfection, June Cleaver. By today's standards of parenthood, she had it easy. "June Cleaver never worried about whether she breastfed long enough, if she should get sealants on her kids' teeth, or if the favors she chose for her 3-year-old's birthday party would be well received," says Stephanie Gallagher, author of "The Gallagher Guide to the Baby Years." Calling herself a "recovering perfectionist," she adds, "I've agonized over those things and more."
Debates about working or not working also produce insidious doubts. Most days, Mrs. Boone feels relatively satisfied with her ability to mother her two preschoolers. But on Thursdays, everything changes. That's the day she takes her 4-year-old daughter to ballet class. As the only working mother in the group, Boone feels a nagging inadequacy as the others talk about their children's many activities.
"They're giving their kids all these great opportunities, and here I am, working," says Boone, a writer. At the same time, she knows that even great opportunities have limits. One mother proudly explained that her young daughter is taking a Japanese language class and a ski class. Soon she'll even begin a Japanese ski class, where all the instruction is in Japanese. "This girl is only 4 years old!" sputters Boone.
Maternal overreaching also troubles Faulkner Fox, author of "Dispatches From a Not-So-Perfect Life." She calls herself "very concerned" about the stereotypes of perfection that lead some mothers to think that "a child should speak Portuguese at 18 months.
Beyond the subtle messages delivered by religion and popular culture, ideals of perfection have roots in other sources as well. "A lot of this pressure for some women is to impress their man," says Amy Quinn, a supervisor in an advertising agency in Providence, R.I. "There are men who have expectations for their wives, and they communicate that."
But for her, as for many women, much of the pressure is self-imposed. Mrs. Quinn enjoys a weekly playgroup with five other mothers and babies. When it's her turn to host the group, she frets about the menu.
"Lunch has become this competitive thing, although it's not spoken about," Quinn says. "You wouldn't dare go to the market and buy something already prepared." When she used canned soup - shhh, don't tell - she added chicken and spinach to give it a homemade flavor.
As mothers become more involved in managing children's daily lives than they used to be, even the best intentions can have unintended consequences. The pressure to help offspring achieve and succeed is wearing mothers down, Boone finds.
Yet women press on because they think it's the only way to help their children get into their dream college, says Lisa Jacobson, CEO of Inspirica, a New York company that specializes in tutoring. "But in reality these children are never really taught the life skills they need to manage their own lives. In the end, many kids report that the strategy backfires. Overmanaging sends a message that the parents don't believe the kids can do it themselves. The kids are ill-prepared to go out on their own."
To begin changing the culture of perfection, Barnhill would like to see an end to the silence that keeps mothers from talking honestly about their concerns. Within churches, she says, "We hold motherhood up as the most important thing you'll ever do with your life, but you're not allowed to complain about it, struggle with it, have questions about it, talk about it. We don't acknowledge the complexity and difficulty of it in church."
In evangelical culture, she continues, "we don't want to talk about the things that happen in our lives. We're afraid of the judgment we might get from our fellow Christians. If we share a problem, we may be met with something that doesn't feel compassionate. Someone might say, 'Well, you'll have to pray harder,' or 'You need to get your act together.' That creates a certain amount of shame for us."
Some churches, Barnhill says, also send messages from the pulpit that the perfect mother should home-school her children. "Home schooling is a great thing to do if you think it's the best thing. But there are people who have gone into it not because they think it's the best thing for their child, but because it's what they think they should do."
Whatever choices mothers make, Rosemary Forrest of Aiken, S.C., favors what she calls the "good enough" model. Like every parent, she says she sometimes "blew it" in raising her two daughters. But, she adds, "I was good enough, which is no easy thing. No one can live up to 'perfect.' It communicates something wrong to the kids as well."
Proposing a truce among mothers, Boone urges women to determine their priorities and be at peace with that. "When you hear someone say, 'My daughter is taking a Japanese ski class,' you can think, well, good for them, but that doesn't fit with where our family's priorities are."


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The Wildlife Division conducts/sponsors a number of survey and research projects to keep abreast with turkey populations status, turkey habitat needs, basic biology, harvest, and harvest rates. These include poult surveys [3], gobbling activity surveys [4], banding, and radio telemetry. While more complete information about these projects is contained in the turkey program reports, several generalizations can be made as a result of these activities:
- Brood size has been found to be generally largest in the western longleaf region of the State.
- Adult gobblers typically make up more than 80% of the reported harvest at check stations on a statewide basis.
- Turkeys are quite mobile. Movements of 5-plus miles is common in contigous habitat. Two radio-tagged hens moved about 20 miles before radio contact was lost.
- Gobbling generally increases until the start of hunting season, regardless of the start date.
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Highlight: Tascosa sophomore Tucker Davidson competed in the Punt Pass & Kick national championship which was held in conjunction with the Houston vs. Baltimore AFC Divisional Playoff game. Davidson won the 14-15 age group at the Texas Regional competition during the 2011 regular season and represented the Dallas Cowboys in the national event.
10 other newsmakers
� Randall graduate and Abilene Christian sophomore Andrea Carpenter was named an NCAA Division II first-team all American by the National Soccer Coaches Association.
� Bushland senior Shelby Morrison signs to wrestle for Oklahoma City University.
� Former Buffs receiver Charly Martin signed with the Seattle Seahawks to play in the NFL
� Tascosa graduate Jason Cunningham, kicker for the Montana State football team, won the 43rd Annual Blair Cherry Memorial Award.
� Former West Texas A&M offense coordinator Mike Nesbess was named the offensive coordinator at the University of Houston.
� The Randall Raiders basketball team lost to No. 7 Frenship 76-72, in a rare four-overtime game.
� Canyon girls cross country coach Ray Baca was named the Southwest Sectional Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Coaches Association.
� The Hereford and Bushland girls wrestling teams placed second and third, respectively, at the dual state wrestling tournament.
� The Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame announced its Coaches of the Year: Baseball - Jeff Smith, Bushland; Basketball - Joe Lombard, Canyon; Football - Wade Williams, Wellington; Golf - Trevor Guy, Memphis; Tennis - Jeff Pinkerton, Borger; Wrestling - Anthony Hoppe, Caprock; Soccer - Heath McLaughlin, Caprock; Track - Jay Belcher, Randall.
� The Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame announced its Athletes of the Year: Basketball - Nicole Hampton, Canyon; Baseball - Sterling Kiper, Bushland; Volleyball - Brianne Barker, Oklahoma/Kelsey Black, Texas A&M; Wrestling - Shelby Morrison, Bushland/Nick Herrmann, Tascosa; Golf - Zack Norrell, Amarillo; Tennis - Josh Madden and Abbie Madden, Borger; Football - Brittan Golden, West Texas A&M; Track - Nick Jones, Abilene Christian/Michael Stigler, Canyon.
Highlight: Arguably two of the best high school wrestlers the Panhandle had seen since 2000 Olympic gold medalist Brandon Slay, Tascosa's Nick Herrmann and Bushland's Shelby Morrison, made state history. Morrison became the first wrestler to win four consecutive UIL state titles while remaining unbeaten for her high school career. Herrmann was the first male wrestler to win four-straight state titles.
10 other newsmakers
� The Caprock girls wrestling team won its ninth straight state team title and 10th overall state title.
� The landscape of high school sports changed when Amarillo High moved down to Class 4A for the first time in school history and River Road jumped up to Class 3A as a part of the UIL Realignment.
� The Amarillo Bulls beat the New Mexico Mustangs 5-2 to clinch a playoff berth, the first step in their North American Hockey League semifinal run.
� The Canyon Lady Eagles basketball team beat Frenship 41-31 for their 40th consecutive district victory and to clinch the District 3-4A title.
� The Randall boys wrestling team snuck by Tascosa 178.5-163.5 to win its 11th district title. Hereford claimed the girls crown in the District 6 meet. Dumas dominated the boys division to win the District 5 crown and Bushland did the same to win the girls District 5 crown.
� Canyon bareback rider Will Lowe captured an elusive win in the Fort Worth Stock Show. Lowe has now won bareback titles from RodeoHoustin and San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo's as well as Fort Worth.
� Randall's Braun Marquez captured his second straight UIL State Wrestling title with a 7-1 championship win over Dammion Heard of Keller Fossil Ridge in the 113-pound weight class to help Randall finish second in the team race.
� El Paso Franklin stunned the Randall boys wrestling team as Franklin knocked off Randall in the Region I Wrestling Tournament with 192.5 points. Randall finished second with 154.5 points, snapping an eight-year reign in the Region I tournament.
� Caprock kept tradition alive in the Region I Wrestling Tournament, winning its ninth consecutive Region I Wrestling team title.
� The San Jacinto Christian Academy boys and girls swim teams had top-10 finishes at the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools state meet in San Antonio. San Jacinto's girls team finished sixth out of 25 teams with 61 points. The boys team was seventh out of 20 teams.
Highlight: San Jacinto Christian Academy coach Jeff Bearden went out on top.
Bearden led the Lady Patriots to a 46-37 win over Tomball Rosehill Christian in the TAPPS Class 3A State Basketball Championship. Bearden had previously announced it was his final season coaching.
"I told the kids in the dressing room that this was kind of like a fairy tale," Bearden said. "Couldn't top that. That's a heck of a way to finish 47 years."
10 other newsmakers
� Randall linebacker J.D. Allen signed to play Division I football at North Dakota.
� Bushland senior Gus Mast, who is deaf, got a chance to play football in college. Mast signed a letter-of-intent to play with Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. Gallaudet is an all-deaf college. Mast played nose guard for the Falcons and also wrestled. He finished his wrestling career with a 45-25 record.
� Hereford graduate and Wayland Baptist wrestling Jose Alvarez became the first wrestler from the 2-year-old program to earn NAIA All-American honors after placing fifth at the NAIA Wrestling Championships.
� Tascosa had a 10-0 win against Perryton, where sophomore right-hander Tanner Cordova threw a five-inning no-hitter. That wasn't as unexpected as the Rebels turning a triple play to help preserve Cordova's no-hitter.
� Despite a loss, the Amarillo Bulls clinched the North American Hockey League South Division title. Topeka lost to St. Louis to hand the Bulls, who lost 5-1 to Texas, the division crown.
� Amarillo native Cody Pfister's night on the national mixed martial arts stage didn't go as planned. Pfister lost his first fight in Las Vegas on FX's ''The Ultimate Fighter Live'' by way of tap-out to Vincent Pichel of Sherman Oaks, Calif.
� Abilene Christian University senior and Tascosa graduate Nick Jones won the men's shot put national title at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field National Championships
� Amarillo High baseball coach Jeff Timmons captured his 400th career coaching victory with a 4-0 win over Caprock en route to winning Amarillo High's pool in the Amarillo ISD-Randy Keller Memorial Classic.
� Two West Texas A&M softball players made history as senior outfielder Kim LeComte became WT's all-time leader in hits with a walk-off home run in one game and junior outfielder Meghan Slattery became NCAA Division II's record holder after hitting her sixth career grand slam in another game.
� Amarillo Globe-News Sports Editor Lance Lahnert was named the Texas High School Putt Powell Sports Writer of the Year for the second time. Lahnert, who was one of eight nominees for this year's award, also won the award in 2001. A sports writer can't win the award twice in any 10-year period.
Highlight: Amarillo High and Tascosa meet for the last time as district rivals in a District 2-5A baseball game at Sandie Field. Amarillo High, which was reclassified for Class 4A during the UIL realignment two months earlier, beats Tascosa 9-0. Dylan Gadbury throws a three-hit shutout and doesn't allow a Tascosa runner past second base. Grant Phifer's bases-loaded triple to center gave the Sandies a 7-0 lead in the fourth inning and slammed the door on the competitive phase of the last AHS-Tascosa district game.
10 other newsmakers
� Amarillo High's girls golf team won the District 2-5A title with a 713, 25 shots ahead of Lubbock High. Lindsey Sames wins the medalist title for AHS by one shot with a 160.
� Amarillo High's boys golf team also wins the 2-5A title with a score of 624 as Clarke Hudgins wins the medalist title by nine strokes with a 145
� Former Canyon basketball player Brooke Walthall is named to take over as the girls head basketball coach at Randall, replacing the retiring Ronnie Glenn.
� West Texas A&M's men's and women's track teams combine to set eight school records at the David Noble Relays in San Angelo.
� In a Canyon ISD playoff matchup, Randall beats Canyon 3-1 in a Class 4A sectional round girls soccer game at Happy State Bank Field at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium.
� The Randall girls golf team wins the District 3-4A title with a score of 1,025, beating second place Frenship by 31 strokes. Chelsea Burnet and Ashley Zang sweep the top two medalist spots for Randall.
� The Randall girls repeat as 3-4A team track champions with 151 points.
� It's an AISD team sweep at the 2-5A track meet Tascosa wins the boys team title with 259 points, more than twice as many as second place Amarillo High. AHS wins the girls team title with 174 points.
� Former Amarillo High and current West Texas A&M player Krista Strange has 11 points and 11 rebounds to lead the West girls to an 80-58 win over the South in the championship game of the Golden Spread all-star basketball tournament at First United Bank Center.
� Borger football coach Rusty Purser takes the head coaching job at Taylor. Purser had a 20-14 record in three years at Borger, winning three straight District 1-3A titles.
Highlight: For the second straight year at the UIL state track meet in Austin, athletes from Canyon ISD repeat as gold medalists in Class 4A events. Randall's Logan Brittain wins the gold in the boys high jump and Canyon's Arin Rice wins the gold in the 1,600 meters while taking the silver in the 800. Tascosa's Zach Weatherly pulls off the rare double of winning gold in both the shot put and discus in Class 5A.
10 other newsmakers
� Canadian's Emily Lusk wins a silver medal in the girls 1A singles tennis tournament after losing in the final to Seymour's Macie Morris 6-4, 6-2.
� Tascosa girls basketball coach Jason Cooper leaves to take the job at Claude after only one year at the school. He is
replaced by Betsy Baughman.
� The Memphis girls golf team wins the Class 1A state title with a 685, beating second place Grapeland by 39 strokes. April Barnett wins the medalist title by one shot with a 161.
� Tascosa graduate Nick Jones becomes the first male athlete in NCAA history to win four outdoor discus championships as he wins at the Division II Track and Field Championships in Pueblo, Colo.
� In their second season, the Amarillo Bulls fall to the St. Louis Bandits 3-2 in the national semifinals of the NAHL Robertson Cup National Championship Tournament in Frisco.
� Amarillo Venom sign quarterback Nate Davis, who was a fifth round pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 2009.
� San Jacinto Christian Academy reaches the TAPPS Class 3A state title game by beating Austin St. Dominic Savio 5-0 in the semifinals as Brandon O'Grady throws a shutout and drives in two runs. But the Patriots lose the championship game to Tyler Bullard Brook Hill 11-6. � Canyon's Michael Stigler wins the 400 meter hurdles at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships at Kansas State in a time of 49.45 seconds.
� Wrestlers Nick Herrmann of Tascosa and Shelby Morrison of Bushland are named the Happy State Bank boys and girls athletes of the year. Wellington's Wade Williams and Jack Wilson of Dumas are named the boys and girls coaches of the year.
� Amarillo Sox lose their home opener to the Winnipeg Goldeyes 14-9, giving up 12 unanswered runs in the first four innings, the first of four straight losses to open the season.
Highlight: The Bushland baseball team reaches the Class 2A state tournament for the third consecutive year. The Falcons reach state by rallying from a first game loss to beat Sonora in the final two games for a best-of-three Region I-2A final series. In the state semifinal, Bushland beats Brock 1-0 in eight innings as Gerald Reyna throws a two-hitter. But in the state championship game, Jarrell beats Bushland 9-2 as the Falcons avert a shutout in the seventh inning.
10 other newsmakers
� John Dawson wins the Miller Lite Open with a par on the first playoff hole to beat Logan Leggett.
� The Houston Stallions suspend operations in the Lone Star Football league, opening the door for the Amarillo Venom to compete for a championship.
� The Panhandle has 15 players selected to play in the eighth annual ASCO West Texas Football Classic in Lubbock, where Palo Duro coach Steve Parr is presented with the Greg Sherwood Memorial Award.
� In the Globe-News all-sports points contest, Amarillo High won the District 2-5A overall title with 153 points in the last year in Class 5A.
� Casey Weiss makes a six-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole to beat Josh McCoy 1-up to win the Michelob Ultra Men's City Championship for the fourth straight time.
� The Philadelphia Phillies draft San Jacinto Christian Academy graduate Brad Wieck, a left-handed pitcher, in the 29th round of the Major League Baseball draft.
� Bushland seniors Gerald Reyna and Nick Welch are named to the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 2A first team.
� The Amarillo Sox go on a 13-game home winning streak which is ended with a 10-5 loss to Laredo at the Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium.
� Michael Casey shoots a final round 64 to win the Tall Tower Open with a total of 213.
� Palo Duro wins the Caprock West Texas Summer Football League 7-on-7 tournament by defeating Dalhart 14-6.
Highlight: The Amarillo Venom defeated the Rio Grande Valley Magic, 62-40, in the Lone Star Football League championship game in San Angelo on July 21. Wide receiver Raymond Johnson was the championship game MVP with eight catches for 154 yards and three touchdowns, including a catch over the wall in the fourth quarter. Venom head coach Julian Reese, who won the Lone Star Football League title in his first full season, celebrated his second indoor-football championship in Amarillo. Reese also won a title as quarterback for the Amarillo Dusters in 2004.
5 other newsmakers
� Canyon High School graduate Michael Stigler advanced to the finals of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Ore. in the 400-meter hurdles event.
� Luke Kane won the 2012 Tascosa Golf Club Men's Championship. Kane shot a closing round of 2-over 74 to finish at 8-under 278 and two shots clear of Tom Doughtie, who fired a final-round 4-under 68 to finish at 7-under 279.
� The Amarillo Sox defeated Worcester 11-5 on July 4 before 6,424 fans at Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium. The win was the 16th in 21 home games to that date.
� Amarillo native Ryan Palmer had rounds of 74-67-69-74 for an even-par 284 and a tie for 15th at the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club at Bethesda, Md.
� � Golfers Zach Norrell and Josh McCoy won the Budwesier Partnership for the second consecutive year at Ross Rogers WildHorse.
Highlight: After a decent start, the Amarillo Sox stumbled through a long, hot summer at Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium. The team was eliminated from playoff contention following a 17-8 home loss to the Kansas City T-Bones on Aug. 29. The loss gave the Sox a 45-50 record, tied for fourth place in the American Association's South Division. The team ended up finishing 46-54.
5 other newsmakers
� Mike Veeck, son of former Major League Baseball executive Bill Veeck and heir to his father's tradition of unusual promotions, helped organize an "atheist night" promotion for the St. Paul Saints in their Aug. 1o game with the Amarillo Sox. Amarillo defeated the "Mr. Paul Aints" 2-0 on an evening the host club billed as "a night of unbelievable fun."
� Amarillo High freshman Alex McCausland got to meet Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton thanks to the Amarillo Sox and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
� Tascosa and Palo Duro met for the 51st time to kick off the 2012 high school football season. The Dons won, 42-21.
� The worst came first for the West Texas A&M football team, as the Buffaloes dropped a 44-34 game at Colorado State-Pueblo on Aug. 30. Eight weeks later, the Buffs defeated CSU-Pueblo on that same field to win their NCAA region.
� Mark Lee, the popular general manager of the Amarillo Sox, said Aug. 2 that the 2012 season might be his last, sparking local concern. But as of this writing, Lee is scheduled to return in 2003. Highlight:
Highlight: West Texas A&M head coach Don Carthel became the winningest coach in school history after the Buffaloes' 40-10 defeat of Texas A&M-Kingsville at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Sept. 15. The win, Carthel's 69th, moved him past legendary West Texas State coach Joe Kerbel, who led the program in the 1960s.
5 other newsmakers
� Caprock wide receiver Addison Bustos caught 13 passes for 392 yards and two touchdowns as the Longhorns defeated Lubbock Estacado 43-33 Sept. 13 at Lowrey Field in Lubbock. Bustos was 2 yards short of tying the Texas high school football state record for receiving yards in a game. A questionable taunting penalty called on Bustos nullified a catch that would have given him the record.
� Amarillo High defeated Tascosa 48-0 on Sept. 7 in game that featured the largest margin of victory in the history of the series between the two schools, which began in 1958.
� Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Charly Martin, a former West Texas A&M Buffalo, enjoyed an unlikely moment in the national spotlight when he was in the middle of a controversial moment on Monday Night Football Sept. 24. Martin was in on a play where Seattle's Golden Tate was awarded a touchdown catch even though it appeared Green Bay defender M.D. Jennings had made an interception. The incident highlighted the plight of replacement officials used during the NFL's lockout of its officiating staff during a labor dispute.
� In a battle between two top-10 teams, Amarillo High defeated Frenship 21-12 at Dick Bivins Stadium on Sept. 22 in a statement game that foreshadowed the Sandies' long run into the playoffs several weeks later.
� The scoring potential - and prehaps scoring excess - of the "spread" offenses currently popular in high school ootball was illustrated when Caprock and Lubbock Monterey combined to score 136 points in a game Sept. 28. Monterey won, 75-61, a kind of final score usually reserved for six-man football games.
Highlight: The Battle of Bell Street - Randall vs. Amarillo High in football - returned after a three-year hiatus and was an instant classic in front of 8,000 fans at Dick Bivins Stadium. AHS won the District 3-4A game 35-28 in overtime when Josh Woods scored his third TD of the game from four yards out.
10 other newsmakers
� West Texas A&M running back Khiry Robinson was named Lone Star Conference offensive player of the week. Robinson ran for 125 yards and caught six passes for 90 yards in WT's 41-21 win over Tarleton State.
� Former White Deer High, Pampa High and Texas Tech star Zach Thomas was inducted into the Miami Dolphins Hall of Honor.
� The funerals of longtime Amarillo High trainer Bruce King and retired AHS assistant football and baseball coach George Cobb attracted a large gathering of friends, family, along with current and former AHS athletes and coaches.
� Arguably the toughest Class 4A volleyball district in the state continued won Oct. 2 and Oct. 4. No. 10 ranked Randall defeated No. 5 ranked Dumas 25-17, 25-22, 27-25 in District 3-4A action on Oct. 2. Then on Oct. 4 No. 22 ranked canyon upset No. 3 Amarillo High 25-23, 11-25, 25-18, 10-25, 15-12 in 3-4A play.
� River Road, an 0-10 team in 2011, won its fourth consecutive football game 23-21 over Iowa Park. The win lifted the Wildcats to 4-2 under second-year coach Jayme Carr.
� West Texas A&M's Brenda Sindet led the way to the Lady Buffs first-ever women's cross country title. Sindet won on the 6-kilometer course in a time of 22 minutes, 12 seconds.
� The oldest Amarillo ISD football rivalry played out on Oct. 12 when Palo Duro and Amarillo High met in Dick Bivins Stadium. AHS coach Mel Maxfield saw his Sandies romp 31-0 in the 56th meeting between AHS and PD,
� West Texas A&M moved to 6-1 defeated Abilene Christian 36-0 in Lone Star Conference play before 13,019 fans at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium. This was the last LSC meeting between the two schools with ACU heading to Division I football.
� Coach Rick Ware and Sanford-Fritch Eagles started the season 0-3 but pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the year defeating 5-2 Canadian 21-20 in a District 1-2A, Division II opener. Ware and his Eagles used the win as a catalyst to claim the district crown.
� West Texas A&M 20-year men's basketball coach Rick Cooper was inducted into the Wayland Baptist Hall of Fame on Oct. 20. Cooper spent 15 years at WBU as a player and men's basketball coach. Three times hed the Pioneers to national NAIA tournament as the head coach.
Highlight: Amarillo-area teams and athletes shined during the Region I cross country and state meet. Highland Park's Qunlin McGregor captured the 2A state boys gold medal, while Canyon's Arin Rice placed second in the 4A girls state meet. The Bushland girls made good on their first-ever trip to regionals claiming the 2A state title under coach Kevin Ufford. At regionals, team titles went to Canyon girls in 4A; Dalhart girls in 3A; Bushland girls in 2A; Gruver girls in 1A; Boys Ranch boys in 2A.
10 other newsmakers
� West Texas A&M under coach Don Carthel earned a share of the Lone Star Conference football title with a convincing 45-14 win over Texas A&M-Commerce, The Buffs added November playoff wins over Chadron (Neb.) State and Ashland (Ohio).
� Amarillo High won the highly-entertaining District 3-4A football title going 5-0 with a win over Dumas on Nov. 9. Amarillo High coach Mel Maxfield reached the elite 200-win mark on Nov. 24 in an area playoff win over El Paso Chapin.
The Wellington Skyrockets completed their second consecutive undefeated regular season, pushing their unbeaten streak to 25 in a row under coach Wade Williams. The Skyrockets added two impressive playoff wins in over Bovina (56-20) and Springlake-Earth (47-13).
� West Texas A&M women's soccer - coached by Chad Webb - claimed the Lone Star Conference title with a dramatic 3-2 double-overtime victory over Incarnate Word.
� District 3-4A volleyball put its statewide-rep of excellence on display when Amarillo High, Canyon, Dumas and Randall each reached the Region I quarterfinals.
� Hereford native Lauren Beville became the all-time digs leader in West Texas A&M volleyball history eclipsing the old mark of 2,248.
� Caprock senior Michael Guerrero threw for 361 yards on Nov. 9 to become the all-time Texas Panhandle passing yards leader at 7,033 yards. He would hold the record for 20 days.
� Booker sophomore quarterback Hunter Lile set the all-time Texas Panhandle passing record during a playoff loss to Sudan. Lile has thrown for 7,120 yards in two seasons.
� West Texas A&M junior quarterback Dustin Vaughan was named a Harlon Hill finalist (the Division II Heisman Trophy).
� Canyon catcher Jake Rogers and Amarillo High outfielder Ryan Sluder signed Division I baseball scholarships with Tulane and Oklahoma State, respectively.
� Dumas senior libero Haleigh Valenzuela and Highland Park coach Sarah Hallum were named player and coach of the year on the 2012 Amarillo Globe-News Super Volleyball Team.
Highlight: West Texas A&M stunned the Division II football world upsetting No. 1-ranked Colorado State University-Pueblo 34-13 in a national quarterfinal game in Pueblo. The Buffs advanced to the national semifinals under coach Don Carthel for the first time in school history. WT bowed out in the national semifinals at Winston-Salem State finishing 12-3. The 2012 Buffs produced arguably the greatest football season in school history.
10 other newsmakers
� The West Texas A&M volleyball team wasn't the top seed but played spectacular winning the Division II South Central Regional Tournament in Denver. WT, under coach Jason Skoch, advance to the Elite Eight D-II national tournament in Florida falling in the quarterfinals to BYU-Hawaii.
� Follett, under coach Harley Ethridge, advanced to the Six-man Division II state championship game losing to Richland Springs 60-14.
� Wellington, under coach Wade Williams, advanced to the Class 1A, Division II state semifinals losing to eventual state champion Munday 48-6.
� Valley, under coach Bret Tyler, advanced to the Six-man Division I state semifinals losing to eventual state champion Throckmorton 60-48.
� Stratford, under coach Eddie Metcalf, advanced to the Class 1A, Division I state quarterfinals losing to eventual state champ Stamford.
� Amarillo High, under coach Mel Maxfield, reached the regional round of the Class 4A, Division I football playoffs falling to eventual state champion Denton Guyer 38-30.
� Caprock wide receiver Addison Bustos (Class 4A) and Muleshoe center Ryan Johnson earned APSE first team all-state honors.
� Texas A&M freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel won the Hesiman Trophy earning 474 first place votes. One of those first place votes was cast by Globe-News sports editor Lance Lahnert.
� The Amarillo Bulls and coach Dennis Williams continued to be the class of the NAHL during the first half of the NAHL season. The 24-3-3 Bulls (as of Saturday) led the NALH in wins (24) and points (51).
� WT setter Lacy Hayes was named first team All-American to the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division II team.


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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Nudge #9, The Creative Revolutionaries
The nudge this week isn't journal-related. It's all about our tastebuds. When you head to the grocery or produce store this week, look for something you never ate or rarely eat. In my case, it is beets: fresh beets with their tops attached. See here for beet dyed fabric and here for Beet Soup.
At Ina Garten's personal suggestion (ahem), I peeled the beets, cut them into chunks, tossed them with olive oil and roasted them in the oven. Yeah, diggin' the beets. This could be a good time to browse your recipes or make something crazy, play with your food. S'mores, anyone?
Yes, this nudge is more than 5 minutes but cooking is good, right?
If you can't bear the idea of cooking, go to a new restaurant. Desserts absolutely qualify. It's all about taste.
I'll be simmering my beet trimmings in some water to make beet ink. Yeah, diggin' the beets.
Journal as desired.
14 comments:
- melydia said...
I don't know if I'd ever had a beet in my life. One recent tasty I'd discovered is goat cheese. My husband and I have started eating this amazing salad: baby spinach leaves, green pepper, cucumber, tomato, sugar snap peas, mushrooms, other assorted veggies, goat cheese, smoked salmon, and poppyseed dressing. Delish.
Thanks for all these nudges, BTW. I've been reading but, alas, not participating. I need to get on that.
- November 10, 2010 at 7:36 AM
- Laurie said...
Ooh, I love beets, as long as they aren't pickled! Did you have the beet soup at Journalfest - it was SO GOOD! I've been looking back through your nudges. Now that my life has calmed down, I'm going to play a bit.
- November 10, 2010 at 8:49 AM
- Susan said...
I had roasted brussel sprouts this week, absolutely yummy. DH was an avowed brussel sprouts hater, but he was won over. I'll have to try the beets. Thanks for the nudge.
- November 10, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- Diana Trout {firstname.lastname@example.com} said...
Yummy beet soup. Must make some.
Melydia's salad sounds yummy. Maybe we should put these recipes up on our blogs then I can provide links to them?
Parmeggiano Reg, thinly sliced with a smear of fig jam. Heaven. I'm getting hungry!
- November 10, 2010 at 3:23 PM
- Kym said...
I was never a huge beet fan. But then on the way to JournalFest a few weeks ago, I stopped at a co-op in town and I had a fabulous beet salad. I don't know how they made it exactly, but it had pomegranate seeds and citrus! Yum. Then at JournalFest they served the beet soup (as mentioned by Laurie above) and it was fabulous.
So I'm liking the beets now. Unfortunately my boyfriend is still a beet-a-phobe.
I'll try to find some good sounding recipes.
- November 10, 2010 at 4:22 PM
- Jane LaFazio said...
I've heard of people printing with beets. much more appetizing to make art with them, than eat them. just my opinion...
- November 10, 2010 at 5:23 PM
- trish said...
Could you please share how you make and use your beet ink? SO curious! Will you use a pen with a nib? Or how will you use it? Can;t wait to see more on this!
- November 11, 2010 at 1:49 AM
- trish said...
Could you please share how you make and use your beet ink? SO curious! Will you use a pen with a nib? Or how will you use it? Can;t wait to see more on this!
- November 11, 2010 at 1:49 AM
- Diana Trout {firstname.lastname@example.com} said...
Yes, Trish! I though there was something about using beet juice as ink. Sounds like YouTube vid to me :)
- November 11, 2010 at 8:14 AM
- Diana Trout {email@example.com} said...
Oh yeah, Laurie, the beet soup at artfest was awesome. Not to mention, the taste of magenta. I love eating really vividly colored food.
- November 11, 2010 at 8:16 AM
- sisa said...
Funny! I did this nudge last month! A friend gave me some horseradish and before trying them I had to draw them in my altered book and later journaled about my adventure. I posted my page to the flickr album!
- November 12, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- Joy said...
No way, Jose. I'll pass! Beets...bleh. [shudder]
I did taste sweet potatoes at a friend's house Friday. First time in years...and I still don't like them.
But, that was something new! hahaha
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Englishman James Hepworth will take a two shot lead into the final round of the Norwegian Challenge after firing a four under par 68 on day three.
Saturday is traditional known as 'moving day', and so it proved as a number of players surged to the top of the leaderboard from lower down the field, and the overnight leaders struggled.
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"On the 16th, the par five, I chipped on and holed the putt from about two metres, and on the 17th I holed out from about 40ft. Then I holed a 15-footer on the 18th, so it was nice to see some putts roll in.
"I wanted to shoot five or six under and give myself a chance and I've managed to do that. Tonight I'll be watching the rugby – South Africa versus Australia – and I can't wait."
Lee was delighted to be at the top of the leaderboard, but rued a missed putt from four feet on the 18th which would have given him the outright lead.
"I played nicely on the front nine and putted very well, but it was a round of two nines and I seemed to change into a different golfer on the back nine.
"I didn't hit great drives off the tenth and 11th and then hit a shocking drive on the 13th and ended up with a double bogey. I had quite good momentum going until then, so it was like hitting a brick wall, and I limped home from there. Then I missed a short one for birdie at the last.
"If someone said to me on Wednesday I'd be joint leader going into Sunday I'd have taken it, but when you have the opportunity to be in front and it slips away it's always disappointing.
"There are plenty of positives to take into tomorrow and if the putter works as well as it did today then I should have a chance."
Thornton credited a different mental approach for his fine form this week, commenting: "I've just been setting myself goals now where I get to a point on the course and I say to myself 'Right, you need two or three more birdies from here', as opposed to in the past where I've tried to set a goal for the entire round of seven or eight birdies."
Two former Junior Ryder Cup players are the highest placed Norwegians, 16 year old amateur Kristoffer Ventura and Marius Thorp both reaching five under par with rounds of 71 and 69 respectively on day three.
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Virginia Ruth (Lewis) and Billy Bates Davis will be celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary on Thursday, June 23, 2016.
The couple were married in 1951 at the home of Virginia's Aunt and Uncle Judge Thomas and Emma McGregor in Frankfort, Ky. The Davis' made their home in New Liberty, on the family farm where they reside today.
Donald Ray and Betty Jane (Perkins) Bishop were married June 23, 1956 by Bro. Orlie Hale at Beechwood, Ky.
All their family and friends are invited to attend a celebration of their "60 Years of Marriage" to be held in the fellowship hall of the Long Ridge Baptist Church on Sunday, June 26, 2016. The reception for Don and Betty will be from 2-5 p.m.
Delbert and Charlotte Howard are celebrating their 55th wedding anniversary with their family. The Gratz Road, Squiresville Road area has been their home for all of their married life. They have three children, two grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and five step great-grandchildren.
John and Margie Porter will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary tomorrow. They were married June 9, 1956 in Wiesbaden, Germany.
The children of Dennis and Beverly Miller are proud to invite all friends and family to gather for a celebration lunch to honor the couple for 40 years of marriage. A potluck style meal, followed with cake and punch will take place at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 6, at the Owen County Extension Office. Arrive any time after noon to visit and share in some laughs and photos from the past.
Bob and Betty Lou Gullion Skirvin of Sparta were married May 23, 1964 in Carrollton. They have three children, Sonja Hopkins of Sparta, Jeff Tackett of Warsaw and Tammy Trimble of Sparta. They also have six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
L.J. and Mary Ellen Stewart Skirvin of Sparta were married Feb. 15, 1964 in Poplar Grove. They have two children, Steve Skirvin of Sparta and Jay Skirvin of Glencoe. They also have four grandchildren.
The couples celebrated May 4 with a dinner held by their family at Jonesville.
The children of Gene and Beverly are proud to share in the celebration of their parent's anniversary. On Nov. 25, 2012, Gene and Beverly Mason will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.
Chester and Emily Marston celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary Oct. 18. They spent a quiet afternoon at their home in Owenton. They were congratulated by their children, Barry and wife Donna; Bruce and wife Mary Ann; Sherry and her husband David. The couple has six grandchildren and expect a great-grandchild in January.
Ronald and Norma York of the Canby community in Owen County will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. Ronald and Norma were married on Oct. 4, 1952, at the Kavanaugh Methodist Church in Owen County. Their children are Michael York, Mark and Joyce York, Greg and Lisa York and Aaron and Gwen-York Alexander, all of Owen County. They also have eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. They still enjoy traveling all over the United States and are celebrating their 60 years with a trip to Gatlinburg, Tenn.
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On Thursday, October 23rd The Anti-Cruelty Society hosted its 14th annual fall gala, It's Raining Cats & Dogs! at Galleria Marchetti. Nearly 200 supporters sampled fantastic food from our talented chefs, enjoyed a chance to pull a great bottle of wine in our wine pull, and bid on exciting items in our live and silent auctions. We couldn't go without mentioning our hosts, our four-legged friends, who mingled with the crowds hoping to meet their new forever family.
After all the fun was over, we are pleased to announce that $122,000 was raised to support our programs and services that help 50,000 animals and humans every year. This event helps to ensure that we are able to fulfill our mission of building a community of caring by helping pets and educating people and support our commitment to our open door policy for any animal in need 365 days a year.
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I took this National Geographic quiz and only got 50% right. Can you beat me?
What You don't Know About Energy Subsidies
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Hey, Ruth. This is a non-functioning link. Can you repost? Thanks! Carl
Thanks for the heads-up. I repaired the link.
I also got 50%. 6 right and 6 wrong.
On a side note, I never understand why the big oil companies lobby against alternative forms of energy. Energy is their field and their product. They should be investing in future avenues for their companies. Much like horse-carriage makers evolved and got into auto manufacturing (Studebaker) or Coca-Cola getting into bottled water (Dasani) for a health-conscious market. It's a natural extension of the business. Am I being too naive and missing something? Perhaps the big oil companies want the little guys to make all the initial investments and then swoop in and buy them out once the technology has been perfected. It seems the auto makers did that with electric car technology.
That was interesting I got 8 correct (64%). I think that if the military was taken into account that Oil subsidies would be higher than stated in this test.
Interesting point, Chris. Military fossil fuel purchases, which are huge, are an indirect subsidy. It's tax money pouring into oil company coffers too.
I meant the military cost to keep oil regions stable and the military costs to keep shipping lanes open.
I also got 50% on the quiz.
I got the same grade. I need to learn more I suppose.
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Using the arranged sets of four coarse wheels and two fine wheels, you only have to draw a knife through the V intersection of the ceramic stones to remove nicks in the blade (on the tan coarse wheels) or to hone it on the fine white wheels.
Better a simple two-stage system at hand than using a dull knife because there is no time to take it to the shop for the full treatment. At just under 8" x 3" and 1-1/4" thick, it stores readily. High-impact plastic frame. Not for use with laminated knives.
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Editorial: Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell agree: Voters don't need to know
Lately, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been denouncing David and Charles Koch, calling the oil billionaires "un-American" as they funnel tens of millions of dollars into campaigns to defeat Senate Democrats.
There's plenty to criticize. The Koch brothers are notorious for cloaking their campaign money behind a web of tax-exempt social welfare organizations. But Reid has an issue of secrecy in his own house, one that he ought to remedy.
Unlike candidates for most city councils, state legislatures, the U.S. House of Representatives, and president of the United States, U.S. senators refuse to file their campaign finance reports online.
The reason is simple. Senators make their own rules. Some of them don't want to make it easy for the public to see who funds their campaigns, or how they spend their campaign money.
In 2007, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., promised to fight to require online filing. She failed. In 2014, roughly 80 senators, plus most Senate candidates, use snail mail or couriers to deliver their paper reports to an obscure Senate office a few blocks from the Capitol, far from voters' inquiring eyes.
Sen. Barbara Boxer of California is one of 20 senators who voluntarily filed their year-end 2013 campaign finance reports online with the Federal Election Commission earlier this year.
Some of the 20 filed for the first time, joining Boxer and a smattering of others who long have made it a routine practice. Voluntary filing is an iffy proposition. Some senators who make online filings do so late, or skip online reporting altogether. Feinstein, for example, usually files electronically, but didn't send her year-end 2013 report this year. Laxity is understandable. The FEC cannot fine them for failing to adhere to deadlines, since online filing is not required.
FEC records show that among senators who fail to voluntarily file their reports online are Reid, Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, plus potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida.
The FEC obtains the paper reports, copies them, and delivers them to a company in Virginia, where keypunchers type donor information into computers. Once the keypunching is complete – days or weeks later – the FEC puts the reports online.
The commission estimates the laborious process costs taxpayers $430,000 a year, unnecessarily, all because the Senate is cavalier in its treatment of the public's right to know who funds their campaigns.
The Sacramento Bee's editorial board has written about this insult to the citizenry before. The Senate's hesitancy to step onto the World Wide Web is worth pointing out again, as The Bee and several other McClatchy newspapers are doing today, in recognition of Sunshine Week, a project led by the American Society of News Editors that is intended to underscore the importance of open government.
Senators fail to file their reports online because they understand the power of disclosure. They know that any voter with a computer could pick through their reports and see that they take money from, say, tobacco- or oil company-funded political action committees, or that the bulk of their money comes from various interest groups in Washington, D.C.
The nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks federal campaign money, is petitioning Reid to bring to a vote legislation by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont, which would force senators to file their reports online.
The bill has 37 co-sponsors, including 29 Democrats, six Republicans and two independents, although, ironically, a majority of the 37 fail to file their reports online.
"When will you bring the Campaign Disclosure Parity Act (S.375) to a vote?" the petition directed at Reid asks.
It's an excellent question.
Political prognosticators believe Republicans could take control of the Senate in the 2014 elections, in part because of the tens of millions that the Koch brothers will spend.
Reid believes that attacking the Kochs is good politics as he defends his fellow Democrats. Perhaps he is right. But he'd have greater moral authority if he proved his commitment to openness by forcing a vote on legislation requiring senators to finally enter the Internet age.


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- Giclée on Canvas
- Size: 15″ x 30″
- Limited Edition of 125
- Signed by Kim Gromoll
Kim Gromoll has been designing, illustrating and painting for over 30 years.
He has been a designer for Universal Studios Orlando the past 15 years. In that time he has designed hundreds of projects for live entertainment including haunted houses for their award winning Halloween Horror Nights, concert stages, parades, themed vehicles, show sets and more.
His other theme park clients include Walt Disney World, SeaWorld,
Nickelodeon Studios, Ripley's Entertainment and many, smaller themed entertainment companies.
As a freelance illustrator, Kim has painted the artwork for over 600 postage stamps and numerous magazine, book and game box covers. He designed and painted a series of murals for family play centers throughout northern Italy and Switzerland. His paintings have been featured in galleries in St. Augustine and Key West Florida.
His love of Star Wars, Disney and all things Geek, has brought him to a partnership with Acme Archives and a new series of prints set in the Star Wars Universe


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This post describes how to create a remote terminal to unix like server, problems and solutions.
- an office on a 1st floor
- a database server in the office
- a storehouse of cars spare parts on a ground floor
Automate sorting process of incoming and outgoing spare parts, eliminate or greatly reduce hand work.
- the program interface must be as simple as possible and designed to be used by person that has never used a computer
- remote terminal must operate stable in a very hot (about +40C) and a very dusty environment
Available hardware.
- very old Pentium 1 computer
- barcode scanner, connected between keyboard and computer
- stickers printer
From first restriction I found that any GUI interface is not appropriate because
- our workers are not familiar with mouse driving
- operating of 3 items - keybord, mouse, barcode scanner takes more time then operating of only keybord and barcode scanner
From second restriction I found that the older computer is the better for stability in such hard environment.
So FREESCO should be a perfect software for my needs.
First I reduced clock frequency of that old Pentium computer as much as I could using jumpers on its motherboard, and installed small IDE flash disk. Thus I increased reliability of this computer.
I installed FREESCO on that computer, set it up in a printer mode. Then I added a ssh package and tested connection to server, printer etc. Everything was ok.
On the server I wrote a perl program that connects to database and provide to our storehouse workers an interface for sorting spare parts and printing stickers on a remote printer connected to FREESCO.
I created a user on the server and as a shell for that user I set my perl program.
I checked that I can use program sshelling from FREESCO.
The main goal was achieved.
On FREESCO I created the same user as on the server, set empty password for this user and `ssh -l user server' as his shell. So now worker types his FREESCO user name, servers password and gets into the perl program.
Originally my program was written for a standard terminal with 80 columns and 25 lines.
Later I rewrote my program for 100x30 terminal and found that my perl program doesn't work anymore if I login from storehouse computer but still works perfectly if I connect using putty ssh client. After some investigations I found that the problem was ile program on my FREESCO computer. ile resets "rows" and "columns" parameters for a console and ssh client sets 0 rows and 0 columns for remote terminal and as result any program uses ncurses (or Curses in perl) will work as if it is running in 80x24 terminal or even will not work.
So better disable ile - set Memory/Extra option to `n' in FREESCO config.
As a client for FREESCO printing service I used standard rlpr program.
2 such terminal work flawless in our storehouse for more then a year.


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Last week, Democrats for Life of America President Kristen Day penned an article for Catholic Online in which she revealed that Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) had been removed from the group's advisory board, excerpt:
There was a time when pro-life Democrats were proud of Congressman Ryan. He was even elected to the National Advisory Board for Democrats For Life of America (DFLA). But in the last year or so Congressman Ryan's voting record has become more and more pro-abortion. After his last vote in favor of taxpayer funded abortions, his credibility as a pro-life legislator has crumbled with the national pro-life community.
These developments forced DFLA to quietly remove Congressman Ryan from the National Advisory Board last year. DFLA gave Congressman Ryan ample opportunities to prove he's committed to protecting life but he has turned his back on the community at every turn.
Speaking to Vindy.com on July 13, Ryan called Democrats for Life of America a "fringe group" and said:
"We're working in Congress with groups that agree with preventative options while [the DFLA] is getting left behind," Ryan said. "I can't figure out for the life of me how to stop pregnancies without contraception. Don't be mad at me for wanting to solve the problem."
Ryan achieved a 0 percent score from National Right to Life both in 2009 and 2008 and last week he did something truly astonishing for a self-described "pro-life" congressman.
Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-TN) had proposed a amendment to remove funding for abortion from the DC Appropriations bill. The Rules Committee barred consideration of the amendment. 39 Democrats voted to bring Davis' amendment up for a vote. Tim Ryan did not.
So not only is Tim Ryan no longer pro-life - he is actively working against pro-life Democrats who have risked their political careers to support life in the party.
DFLA's Day speculated in her column at Catholic Online that lust for higher office may be responsible for Ryan's about face on abortion, but she held out hope he would change again.
Why it Matters that Ryan is not Pro-life
A friend who works on Capitol Hill believes that Ryan along with Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) will introduce the Reducing the Need for Abortions Initiative this week. The move has already been telegraphed by a number of Catholic prObama groups and so has the spin. Writing in the Washington Post last week, two officials with Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good wrote:
President Obama has emphasized respectful dialogue and supports efforts to help women avoid the tragedy of abortion. Pro-life Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) and pro-choice Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) are sponsoring legislation in the House with the goal of reducing the number of abortions.
The Ryan-DeLauro Bill looks to be presented as the President's much vaunted "common ground" approach to reducing abortion - appealing to both pro-life and pro-choice leaders. Problem is, it is sponsored by two pro-choice legislators. By his consistent moves in the last two legislative sessions, Rep. Ryan has given up any claim to being pro-life. As we mentioned above, he is actually working against pro-life Democrats.
This Ryan-DeLauro bill is meant to derail any truly common ground approach to aid women in crisis pregnancies and their families. In its previous incarnations the bill is top heavy with hundreds of millions for Planned Parenthood and lite on actual support for women. Its unveiling this week will reveal whether it gives more to Planned Parenthood and abortion providers than before.
That is my fear and should cause concern for all who have supported common ground efforts to reduce abortion. Now more than ever, it is critical for Democrats and Republicans to show support for the Pregnant Women Support Act written by Democrats for Life and strongly supported by the USCCB.
Mark Shea sums up what common ground on abortion means for President Obama as no one can:
"Common Ground" means "On the one hand, legalize abortion; on the other hand, federally fund it."
And if that ends up being the end all and be all of "reducing the need for abortion", Deal Hudson at InsideCatholic and the widely respected chair of the Congressional pro-life caucus, Rep. Chris Smith, both opine that President Obama lied to Pope Benedict about his intention to reduce abortions.
Facilitating that lie were not only the now totally discredited DNC Catholic shingle front groups, but the editor of L'Osservatore Romano as Hudson reports.


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Early opinions vary on Edward Snowden, the former spy who just leaked confidential national security documents and accused the U.S. of building an intelligence machine that records nearly all human communications.
Some people think Snowden is a traitor.
Some people think he's a hero.
Some people are reserving judgment until they learn more.
Those who think Snowden is a traitor and criminal are gearing up to arrest him.
And those who think he's a hero are petitioning the White House to pardon him.
As of this morning, a petition to "Pardon Edward Snowden" has received nearly 8,000 signatures.
To put that in context, it's about 0.0004% of Americans over the age of 18.
Click through for the actual petition >


text: The article I did several months ago, "Hyrum and the River" discussed an old 'vinegar pie' recipe that was actually used in logging camps across the country. The reason they made vinegar pie was because it was cheap to make and logging camps had a hard time acquiring fresh fruits. The recipe is from the logging camps of the 1800s here in Michigan. I make it every couple of years. It's very tart!


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JBL adapters allow you to match up just about any tip to shaft configuration you can imagine and. JBL adapters are constructed from 303 stainless steel to help resist corrosion. This JBL 1-1/2" (38 mm) Adapter is for Cressi Sub Spear Shafts. Shaft Adapters add versatility to your arsenal by allowing use of multiple spear tips. The JBL adapter has 6mm threads and makes a great save-a-dive-kit item.
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would be best to just buy the whole shaft, this after market adapter does not thread on shaft very good.


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Travel information Laos pilgrimage: Laos is a country in Asia with 6.7 million inhabitants. It is enclosed by five neighboring countries, namely China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar. The Democratic People is hilly with four mountain plateaus. Half the country is covered with afforestation. There flows a number of rivers. The Mekong River provides for a large portion of the border with Myanmar and Thailand. Laos has a tropical monsoon climate. The capital Vientiane has 400,000 inhabitants and a classic European colonial architecture. The city has attractions as the triumphal arch Putuxai, Xieng Khuan, the Buddhist temples Haw Pha Kaew, What Si Saket and Pha That Luang. Furthermore, the Laotian museum of art, the museum of the revolution and the boulevard along the Mekong River. Other cities are Savnnakhet, Pakxe, Namtha, Sam Neua and Phonsavan. At the World Heritage list of UNESCO included the city of Luang Prabang with its 66 temples and the cultural landscape of Champasak and What Phou temple complex. Other attractions in Laos are Boloven plateau, island group Si Phan Don (in the Mekong river), the plain of jars and the waterfalls of Li Phi and Khong Phapheng.
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KDevelop 4.1 Brings Git Integration
Roughly half a year and over a thousand commits after the first stable release, the KDevelop hackers are proud and happy to announce the release of KDevelop 4.1, the first of hopefully many feature releases. As with the previous bugfix releases, we also make available updated versions of the KDevelop PHP plugins.
KDevelop 4.1 is more stable and polished than 4.0; we suggest everyone should update to this new version.
Here are some statistics to show you how active the last months were for us:
New Features
KDevelop 4.1 comes with a list of new plugins and feature additions, which explains the growth of the KDevplatform codebase.
In addition to the SVN and CVS integration that was already shipped with KDevelop 4.0, KDevelop 4.1 finally supports Git natively.
That means that we have support for the basic features for management of a VCS-controlled project, like moving, adding and removing files inside the project. Additionally we integrate the basic VCS features like comparing and reviewing local changes, sending our changes back to the server, updating the local checkout and annotating files.
Additionally, there are two features that are unique to the Git support, which are Branch Management and Stash Management. The former lets the user switch branches easily, while the latter can be used to stash the current project changes in case there's something else to work on first. (For more information, check "git branch" and "git stash" help pages).
Screenshots and more information can be found on Aleix Pol's website.
Patch Exporting
Whenever you're reviewing your changes, e.g. by comparing to a remote VCS server, you are now able to ask KDevelop to publish your changes using different methods like e-mail, pastebin or ReviewBoard. This can be considered the first social feature in KDevelop and we hope to see more of these in the future.
External Scripts
If you used to run scripts through an external console, KDevelop 4.1 now has a plugin just for you: The external scripts plugin lets you run arbitrary shell commands or external tools directly from inside the IDE. You can pipe editor contents into those tools and/or let your editor contents be replaced by the outputs of the external command. Alternatively, you can just see the output in a toolview.
This is a useful addition to Kate scripts, and makes it simple to compile simple "Hello World"-style applications, support arbitrary build scripts or run external helpers like linters, beautifiers. Or you could use it to paste selected text to a pastebin server. As you see, this plugin should increase the versatility of KDevelop greatly and help users of software that is not (yet?) integrated into KDevelop natively.
Screenshots and more information can be found on Milian Wolff's website.
Project Fetching
With KDevelop 4.1, you are now able to import remote projects and start working on them directly. You can transparently create a local checkout of a SVN or CVS repository or clone a Git repository for example. For KDE projects, there is even a special provider that simplifies it even more to checkout a module to start working on it.
More information and screenshots can be found on Aleix's website.
Hex Editor
Developers who work on input and output of files can now view and edit all files as raw data directly in KDevelop simply by selecting "Open as Byte Array" in the context menu of all file listing sidebar tools, thanks to the new Okteta plugin for KDevelop. It reuses the components of the Okteta program and in this first version already makes many of them available, including the great Structures tool.
PHP 5.3 Support
The PHP plugin for KDevelop has seen some work to support PHP 5.3 features. It now supports new syntax like goto, late static binding, closures, nowdoc and quoted heredocs, and namespaces. The latter is not yet perfectly supported, but this should improve over time.
There have been many more internal changes to the KDevelop codebase making it more robust and stable than ever. The features you found in KDevelop 4.0 have been polished and are better than ever.
Here is a list of some noteworthy bug fixes, but keep in mind that over 150 bugs have been fixed since the 4.0.0 release!
Get It!
We invite everybody to get a copy of the source code from KDE mirrors or install packages from distributions. We wish you all many happy hacking hours. If you run into problems or have questions, do not hesitate to contact us either in #kdevelop on freenode, via Bugzilla or on our mailing lists.
I really like that project import stuff. It should make it painless post move-to-Git for KDE 4.7 development to try using KDev instead of my usual Kate + Konsole environment. Thanks guys!
By odysseus at Tue, 2010/10/26 - 12:07pm
Completely agree! I think
Completely agree! I think it's one of the most brilliant integration features in KDevelop I've seen! :-)
I think KDevelop 4 is an awesome IDE, and something we can all be proud of! I love to see more of it coming to KDE! :D
By vdboor at Thu, 2010/10/28 - 12:00pm
A great IDE gets better
I am using KDevelop for several years and really like it. The kdevelop 4.x series is a big leap forward. Its understanding for C++ is superb and programming with such support is a pleasure.
In particular, I like that KDevelop's parser understands the meaning of the underlying objects. Auto-completion just works (which saves a lot of time), refactoring is extremely helpful (and a real time-saver, too) and the syntax highlighting is very well.
The only problem I had with the 4.0.x series were random crashes here and there. However, using the 4.1 betas these seemed to be solved.
Thanks a lot for your hard work and dedication--KDevelop rocks!
By mkrohn5 at Tue, 2010/10/26 - 6:12pm
It's a pity that I cannot try
It's a pity that I cannot try it in KDE 4.4
By Konstantin Tokarev at Fri, 2010/10/29 - 5:51pm
You're right, it works for
You're right, it works for me!
What is the status of QMake plugin? I'm trying to compile it with KDevelop 4.1 and KDevPlatform 1.1.0, but get error about missing "project/abstractfilemanagerplugin.h"
By Konstantin Tokarev at Thu, 2010/11/18 - 12:55pm
KDevelop compilation
I have had the same problem, I will try to find what I did.
By Francis Bouchard at Fri, 2010/11/19 - 4:43pm
What is the status of QMake
What is the status of QMake plugin? I'm trying to compile it with KDevelop 4.1 and KDevPlatform 1.1.0, but get error about missing "project/abstractfilemanagerplugin.h"
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Towards the end of Catch-22, we see Yossarian confront his friend Aarfy in a room where the latter confesses to raping and murdering a girl by throwing her out of the window.
Who is the dead girl? The two men talk as if she's not a stranger (and also not a prostitute).


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About the Book (taken from Laura Miller's website)
The Magician's Book is the story of one reader's long, tumultuous relationship with C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia. As a child, Laura Miller read and re-read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and its sequels countless times, and wanted nothing more than to find her own way to Narnia. In her skeptical teens, a casual reference to the Chronicles's Christian themes left her feeling betrayed and alienated from the stories she had come to know and trust. Years later, convinced that "the first book we fall in love with shapes us every bit as much as the first person we fall in love with," Miller returns to Lewis' classic fantasies to see what mysteries Narnia still holds for adult eyes—and is captured in an entirely new way.
In her search to uncover the source of these small books' mysterious power, Miller looks to their creator, Clive Staples Lewis. What she discovers is not the familiar, idealized image of the author, but a man who stands in stark contrast to his whimsical creation—scarred by a tragic and troubled childhood, Oxford educated, a staunch Christian, and a social conservative, armed with deep prejudices.
The Magician's Book is an intellectual adventure story, in which Miller travels to Lewis's childhood home in Ireland, the possible inspiration for Narnia's landscape; unfolds his intense friendship with J.R.R.Tolkien, a bond that led the two of them to create the greatest myth-worlds of modern times; and explores Lewis' influence on writers like Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Franzen, and Philip Pullman. Finally reclaiming Narnia "for the rest of us," Miller casts the Chronicles as a profoundly literary creation, and the portal to a life-long adventure in books, art, and the imagination. Erudite, wide-ranging, and playful, The Magician's Book is for all who live in thrall to the magic of books.
I am not a big fan of this book. I suspect the biggest reason for that is I believe in Jesus and I find the Christian themes found in the Narnia chronicles beautiful. The author finds them a betrayal and a way to wreck a perfectly good story. I disagree. Although I think the book is well written I found some of the research really bogged it down. I think Miller did a lot of research and work on this book but it definitely did not suit my fancy.
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USDA Announces Determination of Nonregulated Status for Altered Colored Roses
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2011--The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing its determination of nonregulated status for roses that have been genetically engineered to produce novel flower color.
Florigene Pty., Ltd. petitioned APHIS for a determination of nonregulated status for two hybrid rose lines designated as IFD-524Ø1-4 and IFD-529Ø1-9 in 2009. APHIS prepared a plant pest risk assessment (PPRA) as required by the Plant Protection Act and an environmental assessment (EA) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. On April 13, both documents and Florigene's petition were made available for public review and comment, and APHIS received a total of two comments from various groups and individuals.
APHIS determined that the rose is unlikely to pose a plant pest risk. The finding is based on the agency's analysis of field and laboratory data submitted by Florigene, references provided in the petition, peer-reviewed publications, information analyzed in the EA, the PPRA and its review of the comments provided by the public. The rose is therefore no longer subject to APHIS regulations.
Interstate movements and field trials for IFD-524Ø1-4 and IFD-529Ø1-9 have been conducted under permits issued or notifications acknowledged by APHIS.
Notice of this decision is published in the Sept. 29 Federal Register and becomes effective upon publication.
Note to reporters: USDA news releases, program announcements and media advisories are available on the Internet and through really simple syndication (RSS) feeds. Go to the APHIS news release page at www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom and click on the RSS feed link.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender. To file a complaint of discrimination, write:
USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call
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