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Reports that lawmakers were captured on tape accepting cash from a confidential informant working for the state attorney general's office has brought back to center stage a concept that just a few years ago was everywhere in Harrisburg: reform.
The scandal, which broke in The Philadelphia Inquirer, has triggered several inquiries and forced both chambers in the Legislature to move toward new limits on the types of gifts lawmakers and staff are allowed to receive.
"Harrisburg only works in crisis mode, and now it's trying to manage another crisis of public integrity," said Matt Brouillette with the Commonwealth Foundation, a conservative think tank. "Hopefully this will cause some of the reforms that haven't been done to be revived."
It's been seven years since state lawmakers took up reform issues with enthusiasm. At the time, they were desperate to undo some of the damage from the dead-of-night passage of a big pay raise for themselves and others in government, and the subsequent revelation public resources had been commandeered for campaign purposes.
Several changes were adopted, including a curfew on floor sessions and more time for lawmakers to consider legislation before having to vote on bills. They also passed a comprehensive reworking of the state's Right-to-Know Law and vastly improved the amount and type of information about the Legislature's actions that is available online.
Other proposals stalled or simply disappeared, including merit selection for judges, term limits for elected officials, fewer House and Senate members, limits on campaign donations, improved elections and redistricting procedures, and a ban on gifts to public officials.
Dave Steil, a former Republican representative who co-chaired the Speaker's Commission on Legislative Reform seven years ago, said he was never sure about the momentum for reform in the Legislature.
"I don't see any movement for a new reform effort to change the methods by which the House operates," Steil said. "It seems rank-and-file members are perfectly comfortable to let the leaders run the place."
Late in the 2010 gubernatorial campaign, the Republican candidate broadcast an ad telling Pennsylvanians he was determined to achieve a number of reforms. As attorney general, Tom Corbett had overseen successful prosecutions of House members in both parties for the misuse of government resources for electioneering, a record he highlighted on the campaign trail.
Corbett, who went on to become governor, said he wanted to end "the perks and special privileges" in Harrisburg and vowed to "work swiftly with the General Assembly on any reforms needing legislative approval."
He said he wanted to eliminate per diem payments for lawmakers and others in state government and institute a cap on funds controlled by the Legislature's leaders. Neither has occurred.
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Now that he's running for a second term, the issue of government reform is again a prominent element of his campaign.
As reform accomplishments, he points to reducing the number of state workers by 4 percent, getting most of the budget legislation passed by the start of the new fiscal year during his first three years in office, and eliminating some legislative earmarks.
He also includes cutting 1,800 vehicles from the state fleet and imposing new travel policies for state workers.
Corbett, who has accepted gifts while serving as attorney general and governor, has spoken in favor of a ban on cash gifts but has expressed practical concern about a wider prohibition on gifts to public officials, using as an example meals that friends might buy for him.
"I think the Legislature is going to have to be very careful in defining what they mean," he recently told reporters.
As for other reform topics, Corbett says he supports merit selection of appellate judges and wants to mandate online filing of campaign finance reports but opposes term limits or a cap on political campaign donations.
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The Democrats seeking the nomination to run against him in November have their own ideas, from U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz's plan to institute a chief integrity officer and campaign donation limits and former Revenue Secretary Tom Wolf's proposal to halt no-bid contracts with law firms to state Treasurer Rob McCord's ideas about making redistricting nonpartisan and revamping how economic development projects are selected and funded.
The cash gift scandal has moved issues of governmental integrity back to center stage. The governor and his opponents will have plenty of time to convince voters they know how to turn high-sounding ideas into actual changes.

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Crafty people, artisans and those with a green thumb are invited to be a part of the booth offerings at the first "Second Saturday" event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 12 around the square in downtown Mount Vernon.
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Sol Te Whata, 95 this month, reckons wives keep you young at heart.
He should know - the Moerewa great-great-great-grandfather has had three and is one of a growing number of Maori living longer lives.
There are 5000 Maori over 80, according to Statistics New Zealand figures released yesterday. That's twice as many as a decade ago, when there were only 2400.
It is lower than the general population, where about 159,600 people are aged over 80. But population statistics project manager Jo-Anne Skinner says the change over a decade is marked.
And the proportion of Maori men living longer has also been growing faster in the past decade.
Mr Te Whata, who celebrates his 95th birthday on November 30, said his wife, Martha, 70, who he married in 2004, was a special part of his happiness. "She's been good to me."
He had smoked in his younger years after becoming hooked during World War II but his first father-in-law gave him good life advice.
"He said, 'E hoa, you don't stop smoking, you don't get a wife."'
The Ngai Tu kaumatua and devout Mormon credits his relationship with his God for his longevity. "I think the Heavenly Father has looked after me."
He hopes to make it to 100 with Mrs Te Whata at his side.
She, meanwhile, said friendship and whanau were the keys to a good life. "Just be happy, keep well and look after yourself."
About one in seven Kiwis are Maori, with 682,200 people in the country identifying as Maori, out of the total population of 4,433,000.
The median age for Maori crept up slightly from 22.1 a decade ago to 23.2 - the median for the whole of the country was 37, up from 34.8.
That older age structure is being driven by ageing baby boomers whose numbers are at unprecedented levels, adding to the financial pressure on the rest of the population.
That age group makes up 14 per cent of the population and continues to rise, surpassing all other groups.
In the past decade the baby boomers have steadily risen from about 12 per cent to the present figure. While the number of those aged 65 and over has grown by 43,100 in the past two years, fertility and mortality rates have fallen. The result is an increasingly ageing population, which has far-reaching implications.
"You've got the situation with superannuation, and people then moving into an area where they're not actively generating income for themselves," said Ms Skinner.
"The rest of the population has to effectively support that group through taxes and the like."
She said as the population aged the health sector would also be affected, creating the need for a changed focus on services including residential care.
Baby boomers are those born during the post-World War II baby boom between 1946 and 1964.
As the boomers reached retirement, the effects of an increasingly ageing population were "starting to hit home now", she said.
Numbers of those aged 0-14 have fallen by 3400 in the past two years, and the 15-39 group is down by 1500.
By 2036 the population is expected to reach 5.4 million, according to Statistics NZ projections.


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BOSTON � A new, environmentally friendly auto racing series just got even greener.
Boston Celtics managing partner Wyc Grousbeck and a dozen of his co-owners in the NBA franchise have invested $21 million into Formula E, an all-electric circuit that has already attracted celebrities with environmental interests such as actor Leonardo DiCaprio and billionaire Richard Branson. The series is scheduled to debut in Beijing in September and continue on the streets from Miami to Monaco in a 10-race, Formula One-style championship.
�We aim to help make Formula E a worldwide sensation,� Grousbeck told The Associated Press this week shortly before the deal closed. �With our upcoming races in the centers of Los Angeles and Miami, we will help showcase the power and promise of sustainable vehicle technology.�
The leader of a group that purchased the NBA�s most-decorated franchise in 2002, Grousbeck formed Causeway Media Partners this May � it�s named for the street that runs past the Boston Garden � along with fellow venture capitalists Bob Higgins and Mark Wan, a Celtics co-owner who is also part-owner of the San Francisco 49ers.
The group has raised about $100 million to invest in sports media and entertainment properties.
Formula E is its first.
�We know the power of competition and entertainment, and will bring our knowledge to the development of the market for electric vehicles,� Grousbeck said. �Causeway�s mission is to find investment opportunities that benefit from our deep network of NBA and NFL team owners, media executives and professional investors. Formula E is a perfect match.�
In an email from Malaysia, Formula E chief executive officer Alejandro Agag said the investment by American sports team owners is �a game-changer.�
�The U.S. is one of the main markets for Formula E,� said Agag, adding that there will be two American teams and two American races in the first season. �To have a partner that knows deeply the U.S. sports market places us in a unique position to develop our championship in the Americas.�
Auto racing aficionados have long been drawn to the pure power of Formula One, with its Ferraris and Mercedes pushing the limits of automotive technology.
But the circuit�s detractors complain that the technology � and the money spent to develop and obtain it � makes driving skill an afterthought, with a lack of passing that can turn the typical Formula One race into a parade. The politics of the sanctioning body can also border on the sordid, with F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone currently facing bribery charges in Germany.
The Formula E founders are hoping their circuit will be attractive to younger fans who are enthusiastic about the environmentally friendly mission.
�Formula E is a completely different proposition,� Agag wrote. �We see ourselves as a complement, not a competitor, to other series like IndyCar or Formula One.�
The first generation of the Formula E car will be a uniform vehicle that reaches a top speed of 160 mph, with an electric power unit by McLaren, a wireless charging system by Qualcomm and tires from Michelin that are designed to last the entire race. Batteries will last about 25 minutes; instead of traditional pit stops, drivers will switch between two cars.
�The spectacle of the drivers running is going to be cool,� Grousbeck said.
But perhaps the most noticeable change is that the roar of the engine familiar to race fans of other circuits will be replaced by what Agag called a �futuristic noise� of about 80 decibels.
�We believe the sound is going to be one of our big assets,� he said. �That level is high enough to deliver plenty of excitement, but low enough to allow us to race in the center of cities all around the world. We think fans will love it.�
The plan is for individual manufacturers to begin racing their own cars in the second year, �making possible a technology fight essential to motorsport competition,� Agag said. DiCaprio�s group said last week it will build its own chassis in Year 2.
�The championship aims to become the development platform for batteries, power trains and charging technologies that then can trickle down to road cars,� Agag said. �We want to make cities more sustainable and healthy by promoting EV�s.�
Grousbeck, who will serve on the board of Formula E Holdings, said the competition for faster and more efficient electric racecars is expected to bring technological breakthroughs that will show up in street-ready electric vehicles.
The environmental benefits are no doubt what attracted Branson and DiCaprio. While they are backing individual teams, Causeway Media Partners is investing in Formula E itself, which has been licensed by the international governing body for motorsports as the exclusive international all-electric circuit for the next 25 years.
According to the investment group, there is a waiting list beyond the 10 teams that have already signed on for the first year. Car manufacturers Audi and Renault are already backing the series, as are sponsors DHL and Virgin, and broadcasting deals have been signed with Fox Sports in the United States and TV Asahi in Japan.
�The ultimate goal is to become a preferred channel for promoting and increasing electric vehicle sales to consumers,� Causeway Media Partners said in a release. �If this goal is achieved, the holding company that owns the sport should become highly profitable.�
The complete Formula E schedule includes Beijing; Putrajaya, Malaysia; Rio de Janeiro; Punta del Este, Uruguay; Buenos Aires; Los Angeles; Miami; Monte Carlo, Monaco; Berlin and London.


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McHENRY – The latest contract proposal from the District 156 School Board has the teachers' union upset.
The McHenry Community High School Teachers Association said the school board is not negotiating in good faith based on a proposal that was posted on the district website Friday.
The school board's "final proposal" calls for a three-year deal instead of a two-year deal, which the last nine months of negotiations have been framed around. The proposal also attempts to move away from the traditional salary schedule approach for teacher compensation based on years of experience.
Under the salary proposal from the board, teachers for the 2013-14 school year would receive a 3.6 percent average step increase on the experience scale.
For the 2014-15 school year, teachers would receive half-a-step increase plus 75 percent of the increase in the consumer price index for a total average increase of 2.925 percent.
For the 2015-16 school year there would be no "vertical movement" for experience on the salary schedule and all teachers would receive a 2.925 percent increase.
As part of the offer, the district wants to eliminate two lanes on the salary schedule: master's degree plus 15 hours of continuing education, and master's degree plus 45 hours of continuing education. Teachers currently in those lanes would be grandfathered in, and other lanes of master's degree plus 30 hours and master's degree plus 60 hours would still exist for teachers to move in.
Teachers are traditionally paid based on years of experience and how much education they have.
Going to three-year contract from a two-year deal opens up other questions and issues, said Brian N. Weidner, spokesman for the union.
He said the union has done its research based on a two-year deal.
"Three years opens up new questions that we haven't considered or investigated in the last nine months," Weidner said.
Weidner said board members have stated frequently the uncertainty of the economy both locally and nationally, causing them to be conservative in their decision making and projections.
"This conversation has changed suddenly," Weidner said.
Weidner also said the offer moves away from the traditional salary schedule structure for teacher compensation.
That "is something that concerns us," Weidner said. "It's really moving from the step-based system to one that is flat percentages."
The union's negotiating team plans to meet Sunday to go over the board's proposal in further detail. Those discussions could potentially extend to a full membership meeting within the next seven days, Weidner said.
The union, which has been working without a contract since August, has voted to authorize its negotiating team to call for a strike.
Weidner said going on strike is not expected to be part of Sunday's discussion, and that the union wants to avoid a work stoppage.
"Our desire is to be in the classroom teaching students," Weidner said.
Weidner said the union is looking for a contract that attracts high-quality young teachers and is able to retain high-quality veteran teachers.
The school board wants to go to a three-year deal because negotiations have gone on so long that under a two-year deal, the union and board would be negotiating again in a year, said School Board President Steve Bellmore.
Bellmore refuted the claim the board was negotiating without good faith.
"We've bargained in good faith all along with numerous times we've waited for responses and have not received it," Bellmore said.
Bellmore said if the district continued with the traditional steps and lanes as they exist, it would be more expensive for the district.
"We're trying to move it over to CPI-based raises so we have a better idea of where our money is going," Bellmore said. "I value the teachers wholeheartedly, but it boils down to what the district can afford financially."
The proposal also has language for teachers who have reached the end of the steps in their lanes and no longer can receive step increases unless they obtain further education.
Under the proposal, teachers who receive longevity increases, their increases would be 5.2 percent for this school year, 2.25 percent for the second year of the deal, and 2.5 percent for the last year of the contract.
The board also proposed having employees contribute 25 percent toward family health insurance in 2013-14, 27.5 percent in 2014-15, and 30 percent for 2015-16. Teachers with individual coverage would pay 7.5 percent for health insurance for all three years of the proposed deal.
The district would limit tuition reimbursement for teachers to $225,000 over the life of the deal, with no more than $100,000 used in one year. All teachers would be eligible, but the superintendent would have to approve the courses.
Underlying the negotiations is disagreement over the financial health of the district.
During the last contract negotiations, the union agreed to a pay freeze for a year and a half, increased insurance contributions and cuts to coaching and club sponsor stipends to help offset a deficit.
Bellmore said he hopes the district and the union can come to an agreement soon.
"I'm optimistic," Bellmore said. "We'll see what happens."


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The video, released on Thursday by the Obama campaign and called "Your First Time," features the 26-year-old HBO star talking about how the president took her voting virginity.
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"My first time voting was amazing. It was this line in the sand," she deadpans. "Before I was a girl. Now I was a woman."
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Foreign Policy noted that the "first time" idea has also been used in another political campaign -- for an ad supporting Russia's Vladimir Putin.


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Another highlight of the evening was the 2013 Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award — named after legendary filmmakers Sergei Paradjanov and Mikhail Vartanov — which honored late Oscar-winning screenwriter William Saroyan (1908-1981). Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight presented the award to Saroyan's granddaughter, Cream Saroyan.
BHFF founder and president Nino Simone, said, "It is an honor to host so many incredibly talented independent filmmakers and screenwriters at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. We are proud that we have been able to give acknowledgement for their work for the past thirteen years, while creating a bridge for up-and-coming filmmakers to the Hollywood establishment."
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2013 BHFF award recipients were awarded with custom-made crystal and marble trophies. Out of 50 competition films, a complete list of the 2013 winners follows:
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Best Director went to Hadzi-Aleksandar Djuovic for "Love Comes After."
Best Producer went to Hersh W. Chadha and Gauri Chadha for "Gawah."
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Best Screenplay went to Matt K. Firpo for "Child's Play."
Best Foreign Film went to "Rouge Sang (The Storm Within)."
Best Animation went to "Vengeance + Vengeance" from filmmaker Mark Chavez.
Best Cinematography went to Phil Holland for "Illusion."
Best Editing went to "Darkness," from filmmaker Levi A. Taylor.
Best Short Film went to "Spine" from writer/director Sophie Miller.
Best Documentary went to "Death by China 2.0" from writer/director Peter Navarro.
Best Feature Film went to "The Yellow Kid" from writer/director Tetsuya Mariko
Best Feature Film went to "Lost on Purpose" from writers/directors Ian Nelms and Eshom Nelms.
Best Documentary went to "Jihad in America: The Grand Deception," directed by Steven Emerson and Rachel A. Milton.
Best Short Film went to "Abstraction" from writer/director Daniel Gomes.
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FAKE Tennessee State Troopers Brent Gobbell & Calvin Jenks: Of White Pride & Pigsties (Featuring FAKE Colonel Mike Walker & Dave "Boss Hog" Mitchell)
Tennessee Black Foot Soldiers are calling for the resignation of racist Tennessee state trooper Brent Gobbell who sent out an e-mail proclaiming white pride and a list of racist epithets to 787 state employees, Friday and reminding all black and minority citizens that anytime they find themselves under pursuit by white Tennessee State Troopers and white police that their lives and rights are in danger.
"Can any of us feel safe when devils like Gobbell have stated their beliefs and the devils who call themselves their bosses feel that justice is being served by suspending them for fifteen days," Tennessee Penitentiary Islam minister Elijah Ahmadenijad Jr waged from their Nashville Mosque. "The lot of them comprise a sty of filthy pigs."
According to the Associated Press (AP), Gobbell, who attempted to conceal his racist writings after being discovered, has been suspended for fifteen days without pay.
THP Colonel Mike Walker recommended to Safety Commissioner Dave Mitchell that Trooper Gobbell be suspended without pay following a complete and thorough investigation by the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR). Commissioner Mitchell also requested assistance from the State Office of Information Resources (OIR) to ensure an independent and thorough review of Trooper Gobbell's computer usage.
Ahmadinejad, however, called Walker and Mitchell racist cowards who are attempting to cover their own racist asses.
According to other sources, Gobbell's e-mail, in part, states: "You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member … you call him a racist. "There is nothing improper about this e-mail. Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on … BE PROUD TO BE WHITE!""
"We call you racists because that's what you are," lifting up the names of Alejandro Guana and Orlando Garcia, Ahmadinejad condemned. "We know that not one among you, from the stinking corpse of Calvin Jenks to the stinking flesh of Brent Gobbell represents justice."


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Strong winds above 7000 m in the Himalaya have made things more difficult for Suunto ambassador Ueli Steck. But a good weather window might open just long enough for him to make a dash to the summit of 7861 m Nuptse. Here's part three of our four part series.
Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck is ready to make an attempt on Nuptse any day now.
While he's been enjoying good weather in Khumbu Valley, where he's been acclimatizing since late September, strong winds above 7000 m have forced him and climbing partner Colin Haley to consider an easier line up the notoriously difficult south face of the mountain.
Ueli caught up with fellow Suunto ambassador Kilian Jornet. © Ueli Steck
"We might start tomorrow or the day after tomorrow for an attempt," Ueli says. "We decided to choose a different route because of the conditions and weather. "The weather window is quite short and the conditions are not great. But we will try!"
No one has successfully climbed Nuptse via its highly technical south face since Valeri Babanov and Yuri Koshelenko first did it in 2003. However, whereas the two Russian climbers climbed it with fixed ropes, Ueli and Colin intend to climb it in the far more challenging alpine style, which means a one-time single push to the top.
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Kilian Jornet is training in Nepal. © Ueli Steck
Meanwhile, Ueli has been enjoying perfect weather up to about 6000 m. He's been spending his days running and climbing smaller peaks. Suunto ambassador and mountain runner Kilian Jornet is also in the valley and the pair caught up and went climbing together.
"Kilian, Helias Millerioux and myself did a little tour climbing today," Ueli says. "It's just great to hang out with these guys. It's very inspiring for me. The hope for Nuptse is still alive!"
Tenji Sherpa on the summit ridge of Cholatse. © Ueli Steck
Ueli also teamed up with Tenji Sherpa, a Nepalese mountain guide, and together they climbed 6440 m Cholatse via its north face. In 2005, Ueli made the first solo ascent via the north face.
"Tenji became the first Nepali to climb this difficult face," Ueli says. "It's so cool to see this new young generation of Sherpa that loves to climb and not only for business!"
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In Levis, flannel button downs, canvas sneakers, and grandpa cardigans, a friend of mine and I used to laugh that rather than dressing for the boys we wished we were dating, we dressed like the boys we wished we were dating. And the funniest part was that despite our different taste in men, somehow our fantasies of their wardrobes were identical. Some things are for the everyman and, as it turns out, for the everywoman too.
I designed the Boyfriend Hat with the versatility of any timeless article of clothing. Man or woman, wear it slouchy or cuffed. Pull it down taut or let it hover above the ears. Cuff it twice for a Wes Anderson style watchman cap.
Knit up with two different colored strands of Purl Soho's Line Weight merino, the effect is gently marled and toasty warm. In a tight 1 x 1 rib, this hat is also exceptionally elastic and durable, hugging the head and feeling decadently soft, even through winter's wear and tear.
The Boyfriend Hat is the hat you wish he had so you could steal it from him. Or is it the hat you have that he wants to steal from you? I don't know… Just make two. -Laura
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To celebrate Line Weight's newest colors we made a fall 2014 set of Boyfriend Hats, this time in the rich and spicy colors of the season! For the full story, additional pictures and all the yarn details, just click here!
- Yarn A: 1 skein of Purl Soho's Line Weight, 100% merino. I used the color Heirloom White.
- Yarn B: 1 skein of Purl Soho's Line Weight, 100% merino. I used the color Toasted Charcoal (shown above in the left photo) for the Women's Small and Oyster Gray (shown above in right photo) for the Women's Medium/Men's Small.
- A US #3, 16-inch circular needle
- A set of US #3 double pointed needles
- 4 stitch markers, 1 of which is a different color or type to indicate beginning of round
NOTE: If you are making a solid color hat (pulling two strands of a single color) rather than a marled hat (pulling a strand of two different colors), you'll need 1 (1, 2, 2) total skeins of Purl Soho's Line Weight.
9 3/4 stitches and 8 1/2 rows = 1 inch in 1 x 1 rib, unstretched
- Finished Circumference: 14 3/4 (16 1/2, 18, 19 3/4) inches, un-stretched, comfortably stretching to approximately 19 3/4 (21 1/2, 23, 24 3/4) inches
- Finished Height: 9 1/2 (9 3/4, 10, 10 1/4) inches
With one strand of Yarn A and one strand of Yarn B, cast 144 (160, 176, 192) stitches onto the circular needle. Place marker and join for working in the round, being careful not to twist stitches.
Round 1: *K1, p1, repeat from * to end of round.
Repeat Round 1 until piece measures 8 inches from cast on edge.
Shape Top of Hat
NOTE: Switch to double pointed needles when necessary.
Set-Up Round: [Work 36 (40, 44, 48) stitches in established 1 x 1 rib pattern, place marker] three times, work in established pattern to end of round.
Round 1: *[K1, p1] four times, k1, k2tog, work in established pattern to 2 stitches before next marker, ssk, repeat from * to end of round. [8 stitches decreased]
Round 2: *[K1, p1] four times, k1, p2tog, work in established pattern to 2 stitches before next marker, p2tog tbl, repeat from * to end of round. [8 stitches decreased]
Repeat Rounds 1 and 2 five (six, seven, eight) more times. [48 stitches]
Next Round: *Ssk, [k1, p1] two times, k1, k2tog, p1, k1, p1, repeat from * to end of round. [40 stitches]
Next Round: *Ssk, p1, k1, p1, k2tog, p1, k1, p1, repeat from * to end of round. [32 stitches]
Next Round: *Ssk, k1, k2tog, p1, k1, p1, repeat from * to end of round. [24 stitches]
Finish Hat
Cut yarns and thread them onto a tapestry needle. Draw the needle through the remaining stitches. Pull tight and bring tails to inside of hat to weave in.
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Another iPad launch, another event filled with intense anticipation and speculation. This time Apple's CEO Tim Cook revealed that the latest iteration of iPad will feature a high-definition screen, and no doubt its competitors will rapidly follow suit.
But there is a problem looming on the horizon for fans of the latest tablet computers, not to mention smart phones and flatscreen TVs. Whether it is on the shiny new iPad, computer or phone, the chances are that you are reading this article through a screen laced with one of the rarest metals on Earth: indium. And analysts are warning that global supplies of indium could be exhausted as soon as 2017. So how will we live without the gadgets that we have come to depend on?
Such a prospect might not seem as alarming as running out of essential commodities, such as food or water. But over the past few decades digital displays have become so enmeshed in our lives that they are integral to our social interactions and livelihoods from rural East Africa to the offices of Wall Street. I have met Kenyan fisherwomen trading their wares via SMS to clients based hundreds of kilometres away – an opportunity that depends on indium just as much as my need to read these words I am typing on my computer monitor.
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Though it was discovered 150 years ago, indium's remarkable qualities have been harnessed only recently to create wafer-thin electrodes. It is a very soft silvery metal that can be painted onto glass because unlike other soft metals, such as mercury, it wets the glass rather than forming beads. (Another curious property of indium is that when you bend a rod of the metal, it issues a high-pitched crackling sound, known as its "cry".)
Indium is most useful, however, when it is manufactured into indium tin oxide, or ITO. The reason you cannot see it is because when indium reacts with oxygen, it becomes transparent. This, plus its tremendous ability to conduct electricity, allows our mobile phones to be smarter, our TV flatscreens to be larger and our tablet computers to be more sleek.
As a result, the price of indium has rocketed in recent years – it went from $60 per kilogramme in 2003 to $1,000 in just three years – giving rise to a whole new indium smuggling industry, primarily out of China. And there is no let up on our demand for hi-tech displays – there were more than 1.5 billion mobile phone handsets alone sold in 2011, one of which was to me.
But the supply of indium cannot meet our voracious demands. Indium is harvested as a byproduct of zinc mining because this so-called "hitchhiker" metal exists almost entirely in trace amounts inside deposits of other ores such as zinc and lead – sometimes as little as 1 part per million. And because indium is not mined in its own right, greater demand for it won't necessarily lead to more being mined, according to Robert Ayres, a physicist and economist at INSEAD business school in France. "Most of the indium is just single atoms stuck inside rock that can never be utilised," he says.
If the most gloomy predictions for indium are true, Ayres says the only solution is to increase recycling efforts. Because of its value, the indium recycling market is already bigger than primary production.
But a single monitor screen typically contains less than 0.5 g of ITO, so recovering such a tiny amount from electronic products is expensive and energy-intensive. "I call indium a "spice metal", because it's sprinkled into products in a way that makes it almost impossible to recover," says Armin Reller, a materials physicist at the University of Augsburg in Germany.
So what other options do we have to indium? Finding a material that is transparent, light and conducts electricity as efficiently as ITO is a big challenge, but there are some candidates. So-called non-stochiometric tin oxides, which use the far more abundant aluminium, are one option that could be incorporated fairly easily into current manufacturing set-ups. The problem is that they do not perform as well as ITO and that tin is itself running out, with reserves estimated to last another 20-40 years.
Researchers in Germany and Japan are working on a flexible polymer-based material called PEDOT, which when doped with various chemicals becomes more transparent and a better conductor. Again, the polymer relies on non-renewable oil or coal supplies.
What's desperately needed is a sustainable alternative, and the best solution could come in the shape of a remarkable material called graphene, the subject of a recent Nobel Prize. Like pencil-lead and diamonds, graphene is yet another form of carbon, one of the most abundant elements on Earth. Graphene's carbon atoms are arranged in a flat sheet of hexagons, like chicken wire, and this structure makes it the strongest known material and can conduct electricity as well as copper. And because graphene is just one atom thick, it is almost transparent.
Graphene may be one of the most versatile materials ever discovered – with an endless list of possibilities ranging from miniaturised computer chips to high-capacity batteries (and believe it or not for making extra-strong vodka). But one of its most-desired applications is to roll it up into carbon nanotubes and use it in touchscreens, as it offers several advantages over ITO. Graphene is more stable, so it will survive better in applications where the product will be subjected to constant physical force, such as regular finger-pounding. And graphene's superior flexibility means that it can be shaped in various configurations – you could create a spherical touchscreen, for example.
So why have we not already moved from ITO to carbon? Mark Hersam, a carbon nanotubes pioneer at Northwestern University in Illinois, believes we're waiting for an industry tipping point. "There's tremendous inertia in the electronics sector because the entire industry is modelled around ITO. Big companies like Apple are wedded to the ITO manufacturing processes and will need to invest substantially to start using carbon," he says. However, as the price of indium goes up and it becomes harder to get hold of, there is likely to be a switch."
With solar cells and electronics all competing for the same rare metal, industry is already under increasing pressure to start using a different material, whether that's another metal oxide or novel carbon chicken-wire. Looking through the breathless coverage of the iPad 3 launch on my phone, one thing is for sure: our unwavering enthusiasm for touchscreen/display-screen technologies means we desperately need to find alternatives soon.
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With "Casa de mi Padre" opening this week, I thought it would be a good opportunity to turn to one of our "What do you think of ___" discussions, this time, Will Ferrell.
Will Ferrell can actually be a pretty divisive comic. There are a number of people who love his movies and consider his best comedies to be classics, and then a number of others who think either he's a one trick pony (playing the same character over and over again) or just don't find him funny.
The Tank and I go over our feelings on his career tomorrow on (title pending), but I wanted to hear how YOU felt. Do you think Ferrell is an insane genius? A hysterical clown who can crack you up by reading a soup recipe? Or does he rub you the wrong way? Maybe his movies fall flat for you, or you feel like he's just doing the same silly stuff again and again and again.
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A new study finds that the use of drug-eluting stents after angioplasty bears little relationship to patients' predicted risk of restenosis (reblockage) of the treated coronary artery, the situation the devices are designed to prevent. In an Archives of Internal Medicine paper receiving early online publication, a multi-institutional research team reports that the devices are used in treating more than 70 percent of patients at low risk of restenosis. Since patients receiving these stents need to take costly anticlotting medications for at least a year - medicines that also have clinical risks - the benefits of drug-eluting stents may not outweigh the risks, inconvenience and costs of the devices for those patients. In addition, the authors note, reducing unnecessary usage of drug-eluting stents could significantly cut U.S. health costs.
"Both drug-eluting stents and bare metal stents help prevent reblockage of the coronary arteries, and drug-eluting stents further reduce that risk by inhibiting regrowth of tissue within the stent," explains Robert Yeh, MD, MSc, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Heart Center, the study's corresponding author. "While these procedures can save lives during an acute heart attack and improve the quality of life for many patients, being more sensible in our application of this technology could lead to substantial savings with minimal clinical impact."
Coronary stents are tube-shaped wire scaffolds designed to prop open a coronary artery after a blockage has been removed by angioplasty. Coated with agents that prevent the growth of tissue around the stent, drug-eluting stents were introduced in 2003 to prevent the restenosis that occurred around some bare metal stents. By 2005 drug-eluting stents were used in 90 percent of all angioplasty procedures, and while their usage subsequently declined, 75 percent of U.S. angioplasty patients currently receive the devices. Costs to Medicare alone from the use of drug-eluting stents - including costs for the devices themselves and for required long-term treatment with two antiplatelet drugs - were around $1.5 billion annually between 2002 and 2006.
The current study was designed to investigate how drug-eluting stents are being used in clinical practice, particularly whether their usage was focused on patients most likely to benefit from their effects. The investigators analyzed data from the National Cardiovascular Disease Registry (NCDR) of the American College of Cardiology to determine rates of drug-eluting stent usage among U.S. physicians, any association between stent use and patients' predicted risk of restenosis, and the potential impact of reducing usage among low-risk patients. Each patient's risk of restenosis was calculated using a model incorporating variables such as the presence of diabetes, the diameter of the treated artery and length of the initial blockage, and other clinical and demographic factors.
Focusing on data from the NCDR CathPCI Registry, the largest U.S. clinical registry of patients undergoing cardiac angioplasty, the investigators analyzed information on the treatment of 1.5 million patients at more than 1,100 U.S. hospitals between January 2004 and September 2010. Among those patients, only 13 percent were categorized as being at high risk of restenosis, while 44 percent were at moderate risk and 43 percent were low-risk. Overall, 77 percent of patients received drug-eluting stents: 83 percent of high-risk patients, 78 percent of moderate-risk patients and 74 percent of low-risk patients.
Among low-risk patients, the authors found, at least 25 and as many as 130 patients would need to be treated with drug-eluting stents instead of less expensive bare metal stents to prevent the need for a single repeat procedure. Physician usage patterns varied greatly, with some doctors using drug-eluting stents rarely, while others used the devices for virtually every procedure. The investigators calculated that reducing by 50 percent the use of drug-eluting stents in low-risk patients could save more than $200 million in U.S. health costs annually, even after accounting for a modest increase in the number of patients requiring a second angioplasty procedure.
In addition to cutting financial costs, reduced use of drug-eluting stents would prevent complications, such as increased risk of bleeding and the need to delay elective surgery, associated with the year-long antiplatelet treatment recommended for patients receiving the devices. Use of bare metal stents calls for only one month of antiplatelet treatment in stable patients. The authors note that, since both the costs and risks of antiplatelet therapy are born by patients, incorporating assessment of restenosis risk into regular practice could help patients and physicians make better-informed decisions about the best therapeutic strategy to pursue.
"The critical challenge in using stents is to be sure the decision reflects the patient's preference, rather than the physician's," says co-author John Spertus, MD, MPH, clinical director of Outcomes Research at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. "If half the patients who find they are at low risk for restenosis choose bare metal stents to avoid the costs, bleeding risk and other complications associated with dual antiplatelet therapy, we could generate significant savings while better respecting patients' preferences." Spertus and other members of the research team are developing a study to examine whether improved understanding by patients and physicians of the risks and benefits will lead to usage patterns more in line with patients' actual risk level.
Yeh adds, "We need to start thinking more about who is really going to benefit from drug-eluting stents, or really any technology, before we utilize it. Developing predictive clinical models that can help with risk/benefit assessment and finding ways to more effectively integrate those tools into our busy clinical routine are important challenges we are trying to overcome." Yeh is an instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Spertus is the Lauer/Missouri Endowed Chair and Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Additional co-authors of the Archives report are Amit Amin, MD, MSc, David Cohen, MD, MSc, and Adam Salisbury, MD, MSc, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and University of Missouri; Adnan Chhatriwalla, MD, Kevin Kennedy, MS, Katherine Vilain, MS, Saint Luke's Mid America; Lakshmi Venkitachalam, PhD, University of Missouri; Sue Min Lai, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center; Laura Mauri, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Sharon-Lise Normand, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health; and John Rumsfeld, MD, PhD, and John Messenger, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine. The study was supported by grants from the American College of Cardiology.
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Looking for someone to take on your ex-boyfriend? Just audition for "The Voice" and you'll find your new big brother!
Adam Levine took on this role for one of his contestants (who is currently going through a rough breakup) during the NBC reality hit's performance show on Nov. 26, when the Top 8 took the stage. (We're pretty sure this episode of "The Voice" will score very high in the swoon demo after Adam's protective moment!)
The Maroon 5 frontman wasn't the only coach getting emotional when it came to their contestants! Blake Shelton gushed over one his team member's take on his hit song "Over," Cee Lo Green found "a dear friend" in one of his hopefuls and Christina Aguilera has formed a deep connection with her final contestant, Dez Duron. Yes, it was one big ol' lovefest on "The Voice!"
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Team Christina
Former Yale football player and resident heartthrob Dez Duron decides to take on a fellow heartthrob's song: Justin Bieber's "U Smile." There's a lot of pressure on Dez as he's Christina's final contestant. "The stakes have never been higher," Christina says. While Cee Lo admits it wasn't his favorite performance, he says that Dez is one of his favorites in the competition. Adam agrees, and Blake praises Dez's "star quality." Christina gushes over Dez's performance and begs viewers to vote for him. "Let's bring it home, America!" she exclaims.
Team Adam
Amanda Brown decides to take on one of the most popular songs currently in the reality television competition universe: Adele's "Someone Like You." However, Adam wants to make it "really powerful" and put a "rock" twist on the hit song. "I think we have something very explosive," Adam says. After the performance, Blake praises Amanda's decision to make the song her own. "You are a rocker. I can't get enough of you, that rock element that you do," he says, while Christina says she's still waiting for Amanda to find herself as an artist. Cee Lo really appreciated Amanda's bravery to take on Adele and Adam calls her Amanda's rendition "a massive power ballad," one that he always wanted the song to be.
The creative New York high schooler Melanie Martinez, who admits she's "shocked" that she's still in the competition, performs Alex Clare's hit "Too Close," because it relates to the breakup she is currently going through. Adam takes on the role of "big brother" and offers to kick the guy's ass. (So cute!) Melanie's take on the song is one of our favorite performance of the season, and the coaches seem to agree with us. "Your voice, it just melts me...you're one of my favorites," Blake gushes, while Christina says it was her favorite performance of Melanie's yet. Cee Lo compliment's Adam's new arrangements on well-known songs and praises Melanie for making it her own. "
Missed last week's episode? Get caught up with our recap!
Team Cee Lo
Since Freddie Mercury is one of his vocal inspirations, Cody Belew chooses Queen's hit song "Somebody to Love," saying, "That's who I model myself after." Cody gets emotional toward the end of his performance, which impresses the coaches. "That was great, that's one of my favorite songs," Adam gushes, and Blake praises Cody's ability to handle whatever Cee Lo throws at him, calling them the "perfect combination." Christina calls Cody a "risk taker," adding, "We need to hang out after the show!" Cee Lo says he's "so very proud" of his contestant and calls Cody "a good friend." Awww!
Trevin Hunte, whom Carson Daly describes as "newly confident," tackles one doozy of a song: Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love of All." "I feel like once you learn to love yourself, that's truly the greatest love of all," Trevin explains. After his powerhouse performance, Adam says, "I really hope that when I die, and hopefully I go to heaven, that this is heaven!" Blake continues the gushfest, calling Trevin "a good dude" and says he's the contestant to beat. "Wonderful job as usual," Christina says, adding that Trevin has yet to fully capture what his voice can do, and Cee Lo says, "I'm certain that Ms. Whitney would be proud."
The competition's most mellow contestant Nicholas David, who announced that he and his wife are expecting their third child, tackles Marvin Gaye's iconic song "What's Going On." Cee Lo surprises the singer during their rehearsal to bring in Bill Withers, whose song Nicholas covered last week ("Lean On Me"). "Holy buckets!" Nicholas exclaims. Adam says he's loves Nicholas' soulful sound, adding, "I'm going to be a fan of yours forever." Blake thanks Nicholas for choosing to come on the show and Cee Lo says, "I love you so much."
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Team Blake
Scottish rocker Terry McDermott decides to show off his softer side by singing "Over" by his coach, Blake. "I think the song is better suited for Terry than it ever was for me," Blake admits. "His voice was meant to sing this song." Of the decision to go from rock to country, Terry says he wants to show that he has "versatility." Terry's performance earns him a standing ovation from Blake and praise from Cee Lo, who says he's a "big fan," and Adam jokes. "So that's what that song is supposed to sound like! Just kidding, I love you, Blake!" Christina calls his vocals "solid." Blake gushes that Terry performed the song he always wished he could, saying, "For real though, [Adam] is right!"
Cassadee Pope, whose performance of Blake and his wife Miranda Lambert's hit song "Over You" reached number one on iTunes last week, takes on Michelle Branch's "Are You Happy Now." Though her distant father has yet to reach out to her, Cassadee says Blake has become like family to her. (She affectionately calls him her "crazy uncle.") Cee Lo says Cassadee could "win this thing," and Adam agrees, calling her "the frontrunner." Coach Blake reveals it's Cassadee's mom's birthday and says her performance was the perfect gift. "You just sang the crap out of that song. It was amazing. Thank you for being on my team," he gushes.
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Bristol, TN/VA -- On Friday, March 15th, lucky audiences in Bristol, Tennesssee are expected to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime bluegrass musical experience when two bands of bluegrass music legends and masters, for whom the term "supergroup" seems grossly inadequate, make their first road appearances since each debuted at the International Bluegrass Music Association's World of Bluegrass last October. The Masters of Bluegrass will be joined with The Rambling Rooks in a wonderful bluegrass music extravaganza. Originally scheduled for January 25th, the program had to be rescheduled due to bad weather. Now, the Paramount Center for the Arts will present this program Friday, March 15th.
Hailed as an unrivaled assembly of first and second-generation legends, the Masters of Bluegrass -- J. D. Crowe, Bobby Hicks, Del McCoury, Jerry McCoury and Bobby Osborne -- anchor a night that begins with the Rambling Rooks, featuring three of the most admired and influential musicians of the past 20 years by reuniting one-time Lonesome River Band members Ronnie Bowman, Don Rigsby and Kenny Smith. Either group would be exciting enough on their own, but put them together and the result is guaranteed to be a one-of-a-kind musical experience.
Between them, the Masters of Bluegrass can count four Bluegrass Hall of Famers, two Grand Ole Opry members and a lineage that reaches back to bluegrass music's earliest days. Separately (and occasionally together), they've appeared on countless late night TV shows, at every major bluegrass venue and on prestigious music festival and performing arts center stages across the country and around the world, where they've built enduring careers by delighting new fans and thrilling long-timers alike with wit, warmth, virtuosity and enduring creativity. The Masters are truly both keepers of the flame and also bearers of the torches with which bluegrass is blazing new trails in the 21st century.
With a score of IBMA awards between them, the Rambling Rooks have been in the forefront of bluegrass for some twenty years themselves, including a key five year stint with the Lonesome River Band. Since their departures from the band early in the new century, each has earned acclaim for individual accomplishments -- Bowman as a soulful singer and successful songwriter with a brace of #1 country hits to his credit; Rigsby as a college-level bluegrass educator and soaring vocalist; Smith as the co-leader of the Kenny & Amanda Smith Band, known as one of the most elegant exponents of modern bluegrass.
With renowned banjo man Rob McCoury on board for the tour, the Rambling Rooks live up to their name with an unsurpassed ability to wander through the entire bluegrass catalog, dishing up first generation classics along with their own contemporary contributions to the genre.
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They've got tens of gigabytes of capacity. They can synchronize and back up your data. You can access them from tablets or smartphones. They are free, or they can cost $100 a year. As of now, there is no clear winner. As the market readies for a possible new Google Drive cloud-based storage offering by the search giant, a look at the existing services today shows a varying field with room for more competition.
Here, the CRN Test Center rates the various cloud storage services for mobile devices.


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The official Kuwaiti news agency KUNA, reported on Wednesday March 21, that the Kuwait-based Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) signed an $82 million loan with Sudan.
The loan will be repayable over 25 years, carrying a three percent interest and having a seven-year grace period. The purpose of the loan is primarily to finance the construction of a road between Khartoum and the country's main harbour, Port Sudan.
The loan was signed in Kuwait by the chairman and director general of AFESD, Abdul-Latif al-Hamad, and the Sudanese minister of finance and national economy, Abdul Rahim Mahmud.
AFESD is a multilateral Arab development organization established in 1974, which has since lent more than $550 million to Sudan for various development projects. — (Albawaba-MEBG)
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I would like to have your opinion about the different methods for protein precipitation.
I usually use Acetone or Methanol precipitation for most of my projects which are usually quantitation by iTRAQ.
Different other methods exist with their advantages and disadvantages.
TCA/Acetone seems great but i have heard that it lead to some degradations and modifications.
TCA alone seems a good compromise.
The use of chloroform is quite hard in my lab because of hard safety procedures.
So i wanted your advices. According to your experience, what precipitation method is the best for a good yield in general cases.
Also i don't use any benzonase or sonication after lysis ( I'm worried that even on ice, sonication can lead to carbamylation due to the very high increase of temperature localy during cavitation process and i use 6M Urea).
So do you think Acetone remove efficiently DNA ? Usually i got a very huge and viscous pellet directly after adding ice cold acetone to the lysate (Probably DNA ?) that i remove with a tip, then i let the protein precipitate over night).
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I have never compared precipitation methods to be able to comment on the advantages of one over the other. I would routinely use TCA precipitation with a final acetone wash step to dry the sample, but these samples were simply used for SDS-PAGE and nothing else. After lysis of of your cells, DNaseI should be added to the lysate. After sufficient time for enzyme to work, the viscosity due to genomic DNA is no longer an issue. I would hesitate to remove anything with a pipette tip as a significant percentage of your protein may be present in what you are removing.
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I've only ppt'd protein with acetone/tca for SDS-PAGE samples when they are too dilute to load the typical 1-10ug of protein needed for coomassie staining in the 20ul or so that gel lanes allow.
For doing this though, I always prefer acetone ppt'n because it's one less step. 1 part sample to 4 parts cold acetone, incubate -20C for 30 min, spin at 16k x g at 4C for 10min, aspirate and dry. Solubilize pellet in 1x sds-page buffer. Boil sample at 95C for 5 min and you're good to go. Quantitative recovery as well.
I only use TCA ppt'n when volume is an issue or when sample has so much salt that the salt isn't soluble in 80% acetone. Add 1 part sample to 0.3 parts 100% (w/v) TCA. Spin at 4C for 10 min, aspirate supernatant, wash pellet with cold acetone, spin again at 4C for 10 min, aspirate acetone and dry pellet, resuspend pellet in 1x SDS sample buffer. Quantitative recovery and gel samples always look clean.
I've spent many a time encouraging lab mates to take the time to do these ppt'ns when their protein samples are too dilute to run on a gel. Instead they just prefer to run max volume of their samples on the gel and squint for hours trying to interpret the most faintest of bands on gels and getting nothing out of it....all in an effort to save 45 min of time to get no results.


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Slay selected Academic All-DIstrict
Slay selected Academic All-DIstrict
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Senior Katie Slay has been selected to the Capital One Academic All-District team, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Thursday (Nov. 7). Slay is one of six to earn the honor within the District II category.
Slay will now be considered for national honors as an Academic All-American, which is set to be announced at the end of November. A two-time Second Team AVCA All-American and 2011 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, Slay has emerged as a top offensive and defensive performer on the court, earning numerous honors for her efforts. Presently, her .408 hitting percentage ranks second in the conference and 22nd nationally, while her 1.60 blocks per frame ranks fourth in the nation and leads the Big Ten. Slay has also led the Nittany Lion blocking unit in 18 of 22 matches this season.
Off the court, Slay has been actively involved as a volunteer for the Special Olympics and the Penn State Dance Marathon (THON), since her sophomore season. In addition to serving as a member of the Student- Athlete Advisory Board, Slay spends her summers coaching and mentoring young students who attend Penn State volleyball camps. Slay is majoring in communication sciences and disorders and minoring in human development and family studies.
The Capital One Academic All-District volleyball teams are selected annually by the College Sports Information Directors of America and recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. All nominees must be either a starter or an important reserve and have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).
Slay and the rest of the Penn State women's volleyball team hosts Big Ten foes No. 14 Purdue and Indiana this weekend in Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions and the Boilermakers square off Friday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m., before taking on the Hoosiers Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.


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United Way Romania, established in 2004, stands for togetherness, the simple, yet grand act of connecting people. Their partnerships with more than 50 multinationals, 2.800 individual donors and 700 volunteers have provided more than 4.000 volunteering hours. Their aim is to foster better and more united, prosperous and healthy communities in Romania.
Their major education program is Learn to Succeed, bringing together parents, teachers, school authorities, concerned citizens and social institutions from across the community. United Way Romania's goal is to create a safety net for children, encouraging them to stay in school, helping to ensure students have the necessary conditions to improve school performance and find motivation to aspire to and reach long-term goals.
During the 2014 Day of Action, educational kits were given to young students, enabling them to keep active and engage in learning during the summer holidays.


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San Francisco, the hometown of Oracle Team USA, is out of the running to host the 2017 America's Cup.
After much consideration, San Diego, Bermuda and Chicago remain as potential hosts.
San Diego is believed to be in a strong position, backed by political support from Mayor Kevin Faulconer. If selected, its racing would be on the bay, rather than farther out into the Pacific Ocean where it was in 1988, 1992 and 1995.
Bob Nelson, the chairman of the board of commissioners at the Unified Port of San Diego expressed the importance of San Diego securing the bid, saying, "We must secure this race in a way that benefits the people of our region and also advances the interest of the sport.''
Even though the 2013 America's Cup was troubled in many ways, racing on San Francisco Bay was spectacular, with the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz bordering the first inshore race course in the regatta's long history.
Oracle Team USA, owned by software billionaire Larry Ellison and backed by the Golden Gate Yacht Club, staged one of the greatest comebacks in sports to beat Emirates Team New Zealand and retain the oldest trophy in international sports.
America's Cup officials are unhappy that San Francisco officials aren't offering the same financial terms as last year, including free rent for piers as well as police, fire and other services. Cup officials also are opposed to paying the equivalent of union wages for construction work.
Although last year's remarkable American Cup extravaganza wowed spectators, it cost taxpayers more than $5 million. San Francisco city officials hope the bid will return to their favor if the other potential hosts fail. The city's physical attractions add to its commercial appeal, which promotes its chances of hosting the American Cup.
Bermuda's bid would come with controversy, as it would mark first time the America's Cup would be held outside the home country of the defending champ. Bermuda is a British territory in the Atlantic Ocean situated about 640 miles off North Carolina.
The only time the event was held outside a winner's territory is when Alinghi of Switzerland hosted it in Valencia, Spain. Similar to what Valencia offered, some believe Bermuda's bid provides an income tax break for those participating in the America's Cup. Bermuda's location nearer to Europe entices television networks and other sponsors. Olympic star Ben Ainslie is launching a British campaign Tuesday in London, and other entries are expected from Italy, Sweden and possibly France.
Chicago's bid remains a mystery, though many believe Donald Wilson, who founded DRW Trading Group in Chicago in 1992, has a hand in the Windy City's bid. He also founded the Chicago Match Race Center. Chicago may host a stop on the America's Cup series prelude to the elimination round. San Diego, Bermuda and Chicago are competing to host the semifinals and finals. Early rounds will be hosted elsewhere.
The America's Cup began in 1851 when the schooner America beat a fleet of British ships around the Isle of Wight.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.