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Semiahmoo Bay to fill with sails this weekend
By Jack Kintner
Blaine's unofficial beginning of the sailing season happens this weekend with the eleventh annual running of the Semiahmoo Regatta, sponsored by the International Yacht Club (IYC) of Blaine and White Rock. The weekend of racing will bring nearly 100 state of the art race boats and crew to Blaine from as far south as Seattle and as far North as Vancouver for the April 25 and 26 weekend.
Added this year as a kind of finale to the nautical weekend is a Sunday afternoon mini-regatta featuring graduates of Drayton Harbor Maritime's community sailing school racing in the program's six Clancy class dinghies right in front of the Blaine Boating Center's boardwalk. All graduates as well as sailors from the bigger boats are welcome to participate. The racing will be easy to see because the course follows the visitor's float out to the end and back, and is timed to begin during the regatta's post-race barbecue and awards ceremony.
As far as local sailors go, Alan Finston on his J-36 "Joy" promises to finish well. He's contended with White Rock's Terry Willey in his CS 40 "Hushwings" all season for first and second in a small but highly skilled big boat fleet, and after a season of sorting things out has the lightweight 36-footer moving well. With a crew of eight to 11 sailors, more when the wind blows to level the hull, he should finish somewhere in the money if there's enough wind for a decent race.
Shipwright Mark Grumley on his trimaran Blue Lightning is a veteran northwest competitor with a number of long distance races to his credit, including around Vancouver Island, and will dominate the multi-hull fleet.
Far and away the fastest hulls in the race, the group of six or seven boats will start last and work their way through the entire fleet at speeds some powered hulls can't match.
The complete schedule of events begins with a skippers' meeting Friday night in the kitchen building on the Canadian side of Peace Arch Park. The sponsoring International Yacht Club will host continental breakfasts for skippers and crew at the Blaine boating center both Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 a.m.
Saturday night there will be bands and impromptu parties at both the White Rock Pier for boats that are racing out of Canada and at Paso Del Norte for boats moored in Blaine for the night.
Racing begins at 10 a.m. sharp both days, so boats will be leaving the marinas at Semiahmoo, Blaine and White Rock by about 9 a.m. Boats are divided into six classes by size and speed, and for Saturday's long-distance race will circle a course counter-clockwise that starts deep in Semiahmoo Bay near the White Rock pier, proceeds west to boundary marker F off Kwomais Point (southwest corner of the white Rock peninsula) and then turns south for the Alden Bank buoy before returning to run along Birch Point and the shoreline to the finish off Semiahmoo Spit.
The total distance is about 26 miles with some of the slower boats sailing an abbreviated course. The race usually lasts until 3 or 4 p.m. but anything can happen. Race chairman Roger Gibb said that from roughly noon onward there should be quite a spinnaker parade visible from a number of places from Birch Point north and east to Semiahmoo Resort.
Sunday is the day that shoreside observers will get the best look with two round-the-buoys races on parallel courses set up inside Semiahmoo Bay. The courses can vary according to how the wind is blowing but will keep all 100 or so yachts well within sight for the whole race. Prime viewing area is Semiahmoo Spit County Park northeast to the resort.
With any kind of breeze and six different classes of boats each with their own start only five minutes apart it doesn't take long for the faster boats to catch up with the slower ones. Before long the bay looks both colorful and chaotic as all but one of the classes will be flying spinnakers going downwind, sails often big enough to wrap an entire house.
Shorebound visitors can monitor the race committee and chatter from the boats on marine channel 72. Before and especially after the racing is done people are welcome to roam the docks to inspect these machines. Although you're not allowed on board unless invited, for many of the skippers that's just what they like to do, and it never hurts to ask.
Racing on the bay goes back to the days of salmon fishing by sailboat, and this regatta turned ten just last year. Four years ago the race hit the big time, so to speak, when it was sanctioned by the Vancouver Area Racing Council (VARC), putting it on the short list of major area races along with such classics as Southern Straits, Swiftsure and Whidbey Island Race Week.
The racing fleet this weekend will include veterans of such prestige races as the Whitbread Around the World challenge and the America's Cup. Trophies are awarded in each of six classes for both Saturday's long-distance Haleys' Dodge Cup and the two shorter races on Sunday afternoon.
Saturday's results are combined with Sunday's to determine the White Rock cup winners. Blaine's West Marine Express store, recently honored for outstanding community involvement by the parent chain, is managed by Debbie Morley, one of the better women sailors in the area.
She began a perpetual team competition a few years ago for the West Marine International Trophy which goes to the best Canadian or American three-boat team based on combined results for the whole weekend. The store is also helping to sponsor the Community Sailing School Mini-Regatta.
Three years ago local sailor Mark Gumley, on his F9 trimaran Blue Lightning, won the discontinued VanDenBorne trophy in the multi-hull class and the West Marine trophy as well, and teamed up with Gray Hawkins's Davidson 40 named Teddy Bear and Brian Tyrell's J-22 called T-squared. Tyrell came from Texas to sail in the race. Last year a Canadian team won the prize, so look for the Americans to get it back this year.
For more information and to find out how to register for the race contact Malcom Fletcher at 604/562-0125 . More information is also on the club's web site at www.iycbc.ca/regatta.asp.
all festivities open to public
Friday, April 24
• 7 p.m. Skipper's meeting, kitchen building in the Canadian side of
Peace Arch Park; late registrations accepted.
Saturday, April 25
• 7:30 a.m. Breakfast at the Blaine Boating Center for race participants
• 10 a.m. Haleys' Dodge Cup start, Semiahmoo Bay
• 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Practice for Community Sailing School Mini-Regatta,
Monkey Island off Blaine Boating Center Gate #3
• 6 p.m. day's results posted followed by dinner and dancing at Paso Del Norte and
at the White Rock Pier
Sunday, April 26
• 7:30 a.m. Breakfast at the Blaine Boating Center for race participants
• 10 a.m. White Rock Cup Races Start – Monitor CH 72; Second race begins about
a half hour after the first one finishes, all racing to conclude by about 3 to 4 p.m.
• 3:30 p.m. Skippers' meeting for the Community Sailing School Mini-Regatta
• 4 p.m. Mini-regatta begins, free refreshments for the public courtesy
Banner Bank
• 4 p.m. IYC Barbecue and Awards Presentation, Blaine Boating Center.

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Both Kimberly-Clark and Colgate-Palmolive reported a higher quarterly profit and an upbeat full-year forecast, sending their shares higher.
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The mysterious Inspector O is once again drawn into a web of concessions and cover-ups in the newest mystery from critically acclaimed author James Church.
Autumn brings unwelcome news to Inspector O: wrenched from retirement, he has been ordered to Pyongyang for an assignment. The two Koreas are now cooperating--very quietly--to maintain stability in the North. Stability requires compromise; stability requires peace; stability requires that O investigate a crime of passion committed by the young man who has been selected as the best leader of a transition government.
O is instructed to make sure the case goes away. Then he learns that several groups—remnants of the old regime, foreign powers, rival gangs—all want a piece of the action, and all make clear that if O values his life, he will not get in their way. O isn't sure where his loyalties lie, and he doesn't have much time to figure out whether 'tis better to be noble or be dead.
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"Each Inspector O novel is a strange new trip through the looking glass, and this one is every bit as praiseworthy as its predecessors." --Booklist, starred review
"Church once again shows an extraordinary ability to bring that enigmatic country to life, a feat made even more impressive by the wholly plausible near-future setting. Satisfied readers will hail Church as the equal of le Carré." –Publishers Weekly, starred review
"In literary retirement, [Church] employs the accumulated intelligence to get inside 'enemy' skin—using the character of Inspector O to show the spectrum of emotions, ideals and historical sensibilities through which a jaded yet ultimately loyal North Korean apparatchik might make sense of his country's plight." –Wall Street Journal
"The Man With The Baltic Stare is a spy thriller supreme…Church steers a suspenseful route of elegant twists and hairpin turns." -- Dayton Daily News
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Treatment for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
Name of the Trial
Principal Investigator
Why This Trial Is Important
This trial will enroll patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx, oropharynx, or hypopharynx. "Locally advanced" means that the cancer has spread to nearby tissues or lymph nodes but not elsewhere. All patients will be treated with radiotherapy and the chemotherapy drug cisplatin. In addition, half of the patients will be treated with a monoclonal antibody called cetuximab.
Cetuximab targets a protein called epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), which is found in excess amounts on the surface of many cancer cells. Blocking the activity of EGFR may inhibit a tumor's ability to grow. In a previous trial, adding cetuximab to radiotherapy significantly improved the survival of patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer (see related article). Researchers want to know if adding cetuximab to radiotherapy and cisplatin treatment will help patients live longer without their cancer recurring.
"Earlier trials have proven that combining radiation with either cisplatin or cetuximab decreases the likelihood of recurrence," said Dr. Ang. "With this trial, we hope to see if combining radiation with both agents further improves disease-free survival."
Who Can Join This Trial
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Updated: 8/15/2012
In July 2012, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) released additional important information about Keystone Exam implementation. As a District, we feel that it is important to keep our parents and community informed as to the educational changes that will impact their children. As a result, we have created a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the Keystone Exams is provided below.
Q: What are Keystone Exams?
Keystone Exams are state mandated end-of-course tests intended for students in the Class of 2017 and beyond to demonstrate proficiency in core subjects. The expectation is that all students will pass these tests in order to graduate. There is a secondary purpose of the Keystone Exams as well. The Keystone Exams in Algebra I and Literature will be used to determine the high school's AYP status each year. The Keystones will replace the PSSA for 11th graders.
Q: What subjects have a related Keystone Exam?
English Language Arts, Algebra I, and Biology are the first three Keystone Exams to be implemented. The state will be developing other exams as part of the graduation requirement in future years which include but are not limited to Composition(2019), and Civics and Government(2020). The state will also develop 5 Keystone Exams that will be available for voluntary use. These exams are Geometry, U.S. History, Algebra II, Chemistry, and World History.
Q: How are Keystone Exams related to high school graduation requirements?
Students graduating in 2017 (current 8th graders) and beyond must demonstrate proficiency in English Language Arts, Algebra I, and Biology. Students graduating before 2017 will be required to take the Keystone Exams for AYP purposes but their results will not be counted towards their graduation requirements.
Q: When do students take Keystone Exams?
Keystone Exams are attached to a particular course, not a student's grade level. The exam is administered like a final exam when the course is completed and when the exams are made available by PDE. For example, Algebra I is taken by both middle school and high school students. The Keystone Exam will be administered at the end of the Algebra 1 course regardless of the grade level of the student. This will be applied to students in the graduating class of 2017 and beyond. Starting the 2012-13 school year, all eleventh grade students will take the Keystones.
Q: How soon will Keystone Exams be administered?
The Keystone Exams will be administered starting in the spring of 2013.
Q: My child took Algebra I last year. What happens if a student in the class of 2017 or beyond has completed a course before the test is offered?
The regulations state that students who complete a course before the Keystone is required for graduation will not need to demonstrate proficiency on the exams for graduation, however; students will be required to take the Keystone Exams while in high school to determine the school's AYP status.
Q: Does this mean that the state will be applying test results from middle school students to high school graduation requirements?
Yes. If a student completes a course aligned to a Keystone Exam during the middle school years, the proficiency outcome is used to determine eligibility for a high school diploma.
Q: Can an individual student opt out of a Keystone Exam?
No. The regulations do not permit this.
Q: Can a student earn credit for a course by passing a Keystone Exam without taking the course?
The District has no plans to enable students to earn credit for a course by examination.
Q: What happens if a student is not proficient?
Students who do not pass the Keystone Exam score must receive remedial instruction and must retake the Keystone Exam until a passing final course grade is achieved. After two unsuccessful attempts, students will be eligible to demonstrate proficiency through the completion of a project-based assessment that will be scored by a team of regional teachers.
Q: I have heard these tests are voluntary for Districts. Can a School District choose not to administer these exams?
The regulations permit school districts to use local assessments instead of Keystone Exams. The assessments must be deemed by an independent validation to address all required content, to be of comparable rigor, and to have comparable proficiency cut scores. The state is currently developing guidelines for local assessments. The Coatesville Area School District does not have plans to administer or create local assessments to replace the Keystones.
Q: Will there be testing accommodations for students with special needs?
As with the PSSA tests, students with special needs may take Keystone Exams with accommodations listed in a student Individualized Education Plan, subject to any limitations the state applies to a particular test.
Q: Will the scores be on the high school transcript?
Keystone Exam scores shall be listed by proficiency level on student transcripts.
Q: Will colleges and universities view success on Keystone Exams as an advantage during the college admissions process?
Current information counselors have shared about college acceptance patterns indicates that state test results are not important factors in acceptance decisions.
Q: Will Keystone Exams replace the PSSA tests?
The Keystone Exams will replace the PSSA tests for eleventh grade students only beginning in the 2012-13 school year.
Q: Will my child be prepared for Keystone Exams?
District courses aligned with Keystone Exams are designed to address the requirements of these tests.
Q: I have further questions. Whom shall I contact?
Middle and High School Directors will assist you. For High School, contact David Krakower and for Middle School contact Dr. Teresa Powell at 610-466-2400.
For further information please visit the links below:
Parent Information Sheet Provide by the PA Department of Education
PSBA Issue: Assessments, Testing, and NCLB
Pennsylvania Department of Education SAS Portal on Keystones


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Marvin Chase, a former volunteer LaFayette firefighter charged with arsonContributed Photo
The attorney for a former LaFayette, Ga., volunteer firefighter accused of starting several fires in abandoned buildings over a five-year span will ask for a change of venue if his client's case goes to trial.
Marvin Chase, 34, pleaded not guilty to eight counts of arson during his arraignment Wednesday in Walker County. His next court appearance is set for May. If he pleads not guilty at that time, a trial date will be set.
But Chase's attorney, David West, said he will try to have the trial moved out of Northwest Georgia because of the way officials "sensationalized" the case.
"They're trying to use my client as a scapegoat in a lot of unsolved arsons," West said Wednesday afternoon.
When Chase was arrested in December 2010 on one count of arson, police said in a news conference that they would be able to prove the volunteer firefighter was responsible for more than 20 fires within the city.
Last month, Chase was indicted on eight counts of arson.
LaFayette police Sgt. Stacey Meeks said at the time of the indictment that authorities couldn't trace many of the property owners of the burned buildings through the records, which limited the number of arson cases that could be prosecuted.
Chase was a volunteer firefighter for the LaFayette Fire department from 2005 to 2010.
Setting fire to abandoned houses in LaFayette has been a trend for decades, authorities said at the time of Chase's arrest, but starting in 2005 there was an uptick, resulting in nearly 30 cases of arson reported over the next five years.
Chase was often the first firefighter on the scene, Public Safety Director Tommy Freeman told the media at the time of Chase's arrest.
Meeks also said in 2010 that Chase had confessed to starting multiple fires in the area using gasoline.
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I've always loved to take photographs - in a previous post I've written a bit about how valuable it is to capture my surroundings. And I always wondered how other people see the world around them. Its fascinating how communities can change just based on the people that live in them - I wanted to create something that appreciated that.
A few months ago, I had the chance to help with a couple of friends make a project called Captures. It was a photography exhibit that used images submitted from people living in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood in Vancouver, Canada. We were able to design a set of panels that I was really proud to display in a central part of the neighborhood.
Rather than advertising something specific, we wanted to show parts of the community through peoples' eyes that you might not notice at first glance. That bike attached to the street sign, the mural on the side of the corner store, the back alleyways, or the building's reflections in the coffeeshop window all create a piece of the environment of that community.
It was more than creating panels that sat on a piece of land. I loved creating this simply because it invited people to pause and appreciate their everyday environment - something I feel we don't do nearly enough. I'd do it again in an instant.
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Two congressmen from Arizona and Nevada plan joint town halls in their respective states on May 1.
The locations for the joint town halls planned by Arizona Republican Paul Gosar and Nevada Republican Joe Heck could hardly be closer.
The morning session will be held in Laughlin, Nev., while the afternoon session will be held just across the Colorado River in Bullhead City.
A statement issued by Gosar's office says the town halls will allow residents to discuss issues that concern them.
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A dog at a coon hunting event in Albany attacked a young boy.
Albany Police say it happened at the Exchange club fair grounds around 4:30 Saturday afternoon. Officials say the 6 year-old boy was looking at the dogs on display and when he approached the hound dog, it lunged at him. Witnesses had to strike the dog to get it to let go. The boy suffered two wounds to his chest. He was taken to the hospital, but his condition is unknown at this time. The dog was not part of the Coon Hunting competition, but it was on sale.
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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- A Tacoma woman calls herself a "rogue taxidermist."
The 41-year-old woman who goes by the name Acataphasia "Cat" Grey creates paintings and sculptures with animal skins, bones and skulls.
Grey told The News Tribune friends often bring her their dead cats to be immortalized as art. She also gets skulls from trappers, buys skins online or picks up road kill.
Grey and her work are scheduled to appear Thursday on the reality TV show "Immortalized" on the AMC channel. It's like the "Iron Chef" show except with taxidermists.


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Oscar de la Renta
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News about Oscar de la Renta, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Sep. 11, 2014
Vanessa Friedman reviews New York Fashion Week collections by Michael Kors, Narciso Rodriguez, Oscar de la Renta and Sophie Theallet. MORE
Feb. 14, 2014
Suzy Menkes Fashion Review; three collections during New York Fashion Week for fall 2014, from Narciso Rodriguez, Oscar de la Renta and Rodarte, try to balance everyday needs and feminine flair. MORE
Dec. 12, 2013
Oscar de la Renta shows pre-fall collection in his Bryant Park showroom; Carolina Herrera indicates unhappiness with main Fashion Week stage, saying it has become too commercial. MORE
Sep. 12, 2013
Cathy Horyn Fashion Review column on New York collections by Michael Kors, Narciso Rodriguez, Oscar de la Renta, Proenza Schouler and more. MORE
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Presence of fashion designer John Galliano, disgraced after an anti-Semitic tirade in Paris, is felt in Oscar de la Renta's fall 2013 fashion show in Manhattan; some see it as sign of a possible return to the fashion world. MORE
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Cathy Horyn reviews New York Fashion Week collections, highlighting the work of Narciso Rodriquez, Oscar de la Renta, Sophie Theallet and Michael Kors. MORE
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Cathy Horyn reviews New York Fashion Week fall collections of Michael Kors, Narciso Rodriguez, Oscar de la Renta, Rodarte and Sophie Theallet. MORE
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At Altuzarra, Oscar de la Renta and Diane von Furstenberg, the sweet, summery pattern packed a graphic punch in black and white.
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New York Fashion Week Morning Report, Day 6
Tory Burch kicks off the latter part of New York Fashion Week with a show at 9 a.m., and Vera Wang and Rodarte will follow.
September 9, 2014, Tuesday
The Hillary Clinton-Fashion Love Affair Continues
If Mrs. Clinton does decide to run for president, she's already got some stylish votes.
June 18, 2014, Wednesday
A Season That Defies Its Own Description
Designers cannot agree on what the five-week pre-spring season is, or even what to call it. Resort? Cruise? Pre-Collection?
June 12, 2014, Thursday
Lace Shows Its Strength
The more bridal dresses change, the more they don't. The latest collections showed few new wrinkles.
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A Sushi Guide, Designer Tableware and More
Recommendations for the week of April 15.
April 16, 2014, Wednesday
Chic in Review | André Leon Talley's Secret Shoes, Valentino's Morbid Mess-Up and Barbie's Newest Designer Frocks
Plus, the "eyebrow party" after the Alexander Wang show, L'Wren Scott's cancelled runway and more, as we run the numbers from the last week in style and culture.
February 14, 2014, Friday
Looks That Are Up to the Job
Three collections, including a nostalgic selection from Rodarte, tried to balance everyday needs and feminine flair.
February 14, 2014, Friday
An Unexpected End to the Oscar de la Renta Show
André Leon Talley and several other magazine editors were stuck in an elevator last night while departing Oscar de la Renta's show.
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- Don Anderson
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- United States
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I need help with a dilemma: What does it mean to be American? And Why does it work?
Up-date to thread's scope: (July 10th)
Thanks for all the comments, they have been very helpful.
I have sorted out my feeling on being American, it maybe a jumbled mess but it is working for me. And to avoid rehashing what has been said I'll leave it at that.
But the large diversity of views here, and within America's culture, politics, values, heritages, etc. I have to ask;
Why does it work?
By most standards we are a highly dysfunctional group, and should be a failed society.
But here we are a great nation, and by most logic that should not be the case.
Yes we are the home of the free and the brave, but also home of tyrants, cowards, passive, aggressive, moral and immoral and I could go on and on forever.
Americans are often labeled as racist and intolerant, if that was true we would not have more nationalities and different cultures than any other country in the world.
Being American is a lessen tolerance and that is something we can't experience in heaven, but I feel the lessen goes deeper than that.
Is American where you live, or is American a belief in freedom and liberty for all?
Firstly let me state I believe we are here to learn from experience that we can't have in heaven. And recently I have had two events in my life that have me confused as to the lesion I should be learning from them.
My Background: I'm just an average lower-middleclass Midwest American.
Experience 1: I have been researching my ancestry for about a year now, and I feel pride with my findings. So far my ancestors range from English noble that came to America in 1633, to peasant framer and serving maid from Prussia (Germany) in 1820. No slave owners, only union army soldiers, fought for America in the war for independence, etc.
Experience 2: Many people throughout the world, now are fighting and/or protesting for freedom and libe
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I just noticed that when I added the up-date at the top it cutoff some at the bottom.
Basically Experience 2 was feeling shame for the current America and how all the founding values gone, and asked how to address the confecting feelings.
I have concluded that I can feel pride for upholding the founding values of America, and as I witness its fail I should feel sadness instead of shame. And find comfort in that like the Roman Empire it values will live on thought out the world, even though it exists in name only.
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Jul 24 2013: Just saw the update; thanks for the addition!
I think our large diversity causes our nation to be 'great'. Our diversity allows us to bring different cultures and experiences into one nation. I'm going to use this TED community as an example, since nation smoothly seems complex—which I have little to no idea on how to run a nation even badly. I'll try to make some parallelisms to running a nation, but just heads up I really don't know much about running a nation.
The starting question, debate, or idea in this forum could be compared to a particular goal or problem of the government. Someone is presenting a problem and it is up to the community to try to find and maybe decide (if possible) a possible solution that might work. Our diversity helps in that we will most likely get many answers that solve the problem adequately. If we had little diversity, many of answers most likely would be similar and our options would be few. The main difference in this parallel is that a nation would try out these solutions. While TEDsters (is there a more official name... TEDinese...TEDians...TEDers...anyway) may put these philosophies and ideas to use in the real world, much of this forum is theoretical (not knocking it), so many possible solutions (due to the diversity) may not be as easily seen as a plus. In a nation, diversity of plausible solutions is easily seen as an advantage as they put the solution into action. If one solution does not work, they have many others that they can try that are more or less unique. If the solution doesn't work with a less diverse population—and therefore less diverse solutions— however, the nation won't have many other solutions to try out. In addition, this diversity of solutions is advantageous because while one solution may work for a particular era, it may as well not be adequate for the next era, so another solution can be tried out from the pool of diverse solution from earlier.
Again let me know if I need to expand or clarify!
Jul 24 2013: Good comments.
The deeper you dig into diversity the more you discover the benefits and find fewer flaws.
Nearly everyone who comes to America is economically poor. My ancestor came to America in 1634 he raised 19 children (5 orphans from a deceased brother).
All he had in his will were a few acres of land and a few household trinkets.
His treasure was those 19 children. Those 19 (children /children) started Mormon Church, included Eli Whitney, Henry Morse. John Trull, Revolutionary War, Joshua Chamberlain Civil War hero.... and me.
In our people is where Americas wealth and future resides.
Greatness starts from humble beginnings and brotherly love.
America is living proof of that... as so am I.
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Upper Soda Springs
Upper Soda Springs is on the banks of the Sacramento River in Dunsmuir, California, USA. It consists of approximately ten acres (40,000 m²) of level ground on both sides of the River, the surrounding hillsides, and continues north along the eastern bank of the Sacramento River to the Dunsmuir City Park. The State of California and the City of Dunsmuir are creating a new park on this historic site. The Upper Soda Springs site contains a riparian ecosystem and includes its namesake mineral water springs. In large part because of its location on the Siskiyou Trail, the site mirrors the history of the state and of the American West.
Before the California Gold Rush[edit]
Before the California Gold Rush, the site had no permanent inhabitants. The nearest inhabitants, members of the Okwanuchu tribe, used the site as a temporary campground during the annual salmon fishing season. Another nearby tribe, the Wintu, likely did not have regular habitation sites this far north along the Sacramento.
The first European or American visitors in the area were likely hunters and trappers, including Hudson's Bay Company hunting and trapping parties headed by Michel Laframboise, coming down from the Pacific Northwest during the 1820s-30s. As early as the 1830s, a pioneer cattle drive led by Ewing Young, along what was to become known as the Siskiyou Trail from Mexican-controlled California to settlements in Oregon, stopped at Upper Soda Springs. In 1841, an overland party of the United States Exploring Expedition with cartographers and botanists entered the upper Sacramento River canyon, and recorded visits to mineral springs sites on the upper Sacramento River, including passing through Upper Soda Springs.
During and after the Gold Rush[edit]
The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848, brought the Forty-Niners to California in search of riches during the California Gold Rush. For the next ten years, these prospectors spread from the original Gold Country region of the Sierra Nevada throughout the state. Discovery of gold near Yreka, California in 1851 greatly increased the traffic between California's Central Valley and Yreka, and north into Oregon and Washington.
Packers with mule trains joined the prospectors heading north, following existing Native American foot trails through rugged mountains, including the Sacramento River canyon. A rustic wayside hostel for these travelers was the first permanent habitation on the site, established in the early 1850s. During this same time, a band of Wintu, fleeing the predation of the Forty-Niners on the Trinity River, crossed the mountains, and settled near the springs.
In about 1855, a toll bridge crossing the Sacramento River was built on the site by pioneers Ross McCloud and Mary Campbell McCloud. During the next 30 years, the first stagecoach road between the Central Valley and Oregon passed through the site and a more substantial inn was developed, with a covered "springhouse" to allow the public to enjoy the "soda water" from the mineral springs (on the far right in the image to right.) Notably, the name "Dolly Varden trout" was first given to a colorful local fish species by Elda McCloud, the daughter of Ross and Mary McCloud.
The arrival of the Central Pacific railroad in 1886 heralded still further expansion of the inn. Now known as the Upper Soda Springs Resort, it was a destination for well-to-do Victorian Era travelers who would come to "take the waters" at the mineral springs.
With the increasing popularity of the automobile in the 20th century, vacation tastes changed, and the Resort closed by 1920. The property was subdivided, and became private residences and businesses.
Modern era[edit]
Beginning in the late 1990s, through public and private efforts, riverside parcels of the historic Upper Soda Springs Resort property were acquired and dedicated to park land. Sections of the site have been restored and further work is planned.
Tauhindauli Park and Trail[edit]
The former resort site is now part of Tauhindauli Park and Trail, which is a project of the Dunsmuir Garden Club. Activities include running, walking, fishing, swimming, kayaking and picnicking.
- Museum of the Siskiyou Trail
- Photos of the original site and further information;
- More detailed history;
- Upper Soda Springs website;
- College of the Siskiyous website;
- College of the Siskiyous website;
- College of the Siskiyous website;
- College of the Siskiyous website
- Siskiyou County Historical Society website;
- Upper Sacramento miners
- Okwanuchu information;
- United States Exploring Expedition;
- United States Exploring Expedition;
- U.S. Exploring Expedition's visit to Soda Spring;
- Park funding;
- Park funding;
- Further Park information;
- Further Park information;
- Stagecoach roads;
- Shasta County History;
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- Dunsmuir information;
- References from "My Playhouse Was A Concord Coach";
- Reference in 1885 County Directory;
- Dolly Varden;
- Dolly Varden;
External links[edit]
- Tauhindauli Park and Trail - official park site
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LANSING (WKZO) -- A casino that's proposed just blocks from the state Capitol in Lansing is moving closer to reality.
Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians have completed what both call a "critical step" toward earning federal approval for the casino. The Tribe completed the agreement to buy city-owned land next to the Lansing Center to build the facility and will put the land into trust.
Lansing officials say the proposed 245-million dollar casino will create 15-hundred jobs at the site and 700 construction jobs.


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Oil refiner Tesoro is proposing a 135-mile insulated pipeline connecting the Uinta Basin with Salt Lake City-area refineries in the hopes of reducing truck traffic by up to 250 trips a day.
It would also ease a transportation bottleneck that state officials say is holding back development on Utah's busiest oil patch and costing the state's economy billions. But environmentalists fear adding such infrastructure further commits Utah to a dirty energy future.
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Because of its high paraffin content, Uinta's waxy crude must remain warm in transit, reducing producers' options for where they send their oil and reducing the price it fetches.
Last week, the U.S. Forest Service published the refiner's notice of intent to seek authorization for the Uinta Express Pipeline, triggering a federal environmental review expected to take at least a year.
Still, Tesoro hopes to have the 12-inch underground line running by early 2017, according to Michael Gebhardt, vice president of business development for the Texas-based company that operates refineries in North Salt Lake and five other U.S. cities.
The pipeline would move up to 60,000 barrels a day, pushing the oil from its starting point west of Myton to the refineries in 40 hours.
"There is a great need for it," said Cody Stewart, Gov. Gary Herbert's energy policy advisor. Uinta crude "is a unique product in that it has to be refined in a special way and is hard to transport ... [The pipeline] addresses a unique Utah problem."
Uinta's black wax crude must remain above 95 degrees and yellow wax above 115 degrees or it's liable to congeal.
"If the oil stops moving [in the pipeline], how do you keep it from turning it into a candle? We are not in the candle-making business," Gebhardt said.
The company is exploring two technological options. One would put heat tracers on the outside of the pipe's .375-inch wall, while the other would place four 25,000-barrel heated break-out tanks along the line. These tanks would only be filled in rare situations when flow stops, Gebhardt said.
The line would follow routes of existing pipelines operated by Chevron, Questar and Kern River. The latter two move natural gas.
"We want to minimize impact to sensitive areas and communities and maximize use of designated corridors and utilities," Gebhardt said.
At times, the line would switch to corridors used by Questar and Kern River to avoid populated areas, so it is several miles longer than if it simply followed the Chevron line. The line would be buried below the frost line at a depth of three to five feet.
Currently, there is no rail service to move oil out of the basin, although some is trucked down U.S. Highway 191 and loaded onto east-bound rail cars at the Price River Terminal in Wellington. Chevron operates two pipelines across the basin, moving Colorado crude to Salt Lake City. A small amount of Uinta oil is mixed in with that product for delivery to the refineries.
Trucks haul most Uinta oil west over U.S. 40, which passes down Heber City's Main Street, and Interstates 80 and 15. An insulated pipeline would benefit air quality and highway safety by taking "an awful lot of trucks off the road," said Lee Peacock, executive director of the Utah Petroleum Association.
But environmentalists aren't so eager to see investments that would further promote the basin's oil boom, especially if it facilitates oil shale mining.
"This calls into question the state's position on climate change. Ever-expanding fossil fuel industrialization is moving us in the opposite direction climate scientists say we should go," said Taylor McKinnon, energy policy director for the Grand Canyon Trust.
He pointed to the 2010 Red Butte spills, when the Chevron pipeline disgorged 54,600 gallons of crude oil, much of it into a Salt Lake City creek, to make a key point.
"There are no safe ways to transport oil. Pipelines fail, just as trains and trucks fail," McKinnon said. "That means more pollution for waterways and communities along the way."
Statistically, however, pipelines are the safest and most efficient way to move oil and other products, according to Gebhardt. To minimize spill damage, the new pipeline will have leak detection equipment and remotely activated valves.
For better or worse, Uinta Basin oil and gas production is increasing and expected to double by 2022 to the equivalent of 50 million barrels a year. Much of that growth is expected to come from tar sands and oil shale, which exists in abundance in the basin but has yet to be commercially developed. Currently Duchesne and Uintah counties account for more than two-thirds of Utah's oil and gas production and generate revenues of $2.5 billion. Energy development supports half of the jobs in the area.Next Page >
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The FTC files its first mobile phone cramming case, alerting consumers that this problem continues.
Federal consumer protection officials have filed charges against a company they say collected millions of dollars from consumers through unauthorized charges added to their cellphone bills.
Adding unauthorized charges to cellphone bills is known as cramming -- a longstanding problem that continues, authorities said. The lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission against Wise Media LLC and its owners is the first such case by the agency.
In its case, the FTC asked a U.S. District Court judge in Atlanta to freeze the company's assets, to order the operation to stop "deceptive and unfair practices" and to give back money collected via cramming so consumers can get restitution.
The company is accused by the FTC of seemingly randomly adding charges of $9.99 a month to consumers' cellphone bills for "premium" texting services for such things as horoscopes and dating tips. The consumers didn't sign up for these services, the government said.
"The concept of 'cramming' charges on to phone bills is a not a new one," said FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez. "As more and more consumers move to mobile phones, scammers have adapted to this new technology, and the Commission will continue its efforts to protect consumers from their unlawful practices."
The FTC said Wise Media would send texts to consumers "that suggested they were subscribed to the service, which many consumers dismissed as spam and ignored." When consumers sent back responses to cancel, they were ignored, the FTC said, and the consumers continued to be charged.
Cramming has been a problem that many consumers might not be aware of. One of the biggest problems is that a lot of consumers fail to scrutinize their cellphone bills and don't expect there to be charges from anyone other than their carrier. Plus, the FTC said, the charges from companies like Wise Media often appear with abbreviations, further confusing what they were.
"As a result, many consumers didn't notice or understand the charges and paid the bills," the FTC said.
In addition, consumers who did detect the charges and called Wise Media to request a refund were told one would be on the way. But those promises were often hollow, the FTC said.
Here are some tips from the FTC to help combat cramming:
- Wireless carriers allow third-party charges that can appear on their bills. So, it is important to read your bill line by line to be sure there isn't a charge you don't understand. If you spot something of concern, contact your carrier.
- Most carriers will allow you to block third-party charges. Ask yours about how that would work.
- Crammers often get cellphone numbers by finding them online. Be careful where you post yours.
- The FTC has more information about cramming here, and suggests consumers who have been crammed file a complaint with the agency.
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After a 25-day stay in Kenmore Mercy Hospital's Medical Rehabilitation Unit, violist Leslie Balher wasn't quite ready to run, but she was ready to perform again.
After a stroke-like illness earlier this year, Bahler, a music teacher and a professional violist, lost use of the right side of body, forcing her to suspend her life's passion.
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While there is certainly something to be said for job security, the notion of a professional athlete remaining in one place for 17 seasons seems ludicrous at this point in time.
It appears as though the NHL agrees with that notion as on Tuesday, the league announced that it had rejected Ilya Kovalchuk's 17-year, $102 million contract with the New Jersey Devils on the grounds that the deal circumvents the NHL's salary cap.
Although it seems incredibly likely that the Devils and Kovalchuk will eventually be able to come up with a solution to their problem, it is clear that the NHL is no longer willing to simply look the other way on enormous multi-year deals made specifically to find the loopholes in the current collective bargaining agreement.
There are very few athletes that have earned the right to be called "franchise players". Unless you are a Steve Yzerman, a Martin Brodeur, a Joe Sakic or a Nicklas Lidstrom, this title does not apply to you.
Before the deal was put on hold on Tuesday, the Devils organization decided that after a grand total of 32 games (27 in the regular season and five in the playoffs), they are ready to hitch their wagon for the better part of two decades to Kovalchuk, a player with nine post-season contests on his ledger and who saw his shooting percentage and goals-per-game actually decrease once he relocated to the Swamp in February.
What is inarguable is the fact that Kovalchuk was the best player available on the free agent market and that he is an elite-level sniper for a team that has been accused in the past of doing more to prevent goals than trying to actually bulge the twine behind the opposing netminder.
If it had been approved, the 17-year pact would have been the longest contract in NHL history, topping the 15-year deal that the New York Islanders handed oft-injured goaltender Rick DiPietro and the 13-year offer agreed to by two-time Hart Trophy winner Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. The contract was to include a no-movement clause for the first seven seasons and a no-trade clause for the last nine.
Obviously the NHL's decision to reject the contract changes things considerably as there are now bigger issues at play such as the precedent set last season by the 12-year, $62.8 million deal that Marian Hossa signed with the Chicago Blackhawks.
While both the Blackhawks and Hossa were eventually cleared of any potential wrongdoing, the nature of the deal left a bad taste in their mouths as it appeared that both the team and the player had signed a deal that neither seemed intent on honouring in its entirety. With Tuesday's decision, it is now clear that the NHL has decided that monster contracts, such as the one that the Devils and Kovalchuk agreed upon, should no longer be allowed.
Ironically, Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello told the NorthJersey.com earlier in the day that he himself believed that such contracts should be eliminated in the next round of collective bargaining agreement talks. However, he did not believe that there was anything technically wrong with offering a monstrous deal that would see Kovalchuk still hopping over the boards for the Devils when most players would be collecting their pensions.
Lamoriello explained his position in an interview with NorthJersey.com.
"This is within the rules," Lamoriello told NorthJersey.com. "This is in the CBA. There are precedents that have been set. But I would agree we shouldn't have these. But I'm also saying that because it's legal and this is something that ownership felt comfortable doing for the right reasons."
The NHL does not appear to agree with Lamoriello's notion that the contract was put together for "the right reasons," as they feel the deal was far too 'front loaded.'
Kovalchuk was set to earn $95 million for the first 10 years of the deal and just $7 million for the final seven years of the deal. It will be back to the drawing board for both sides on a contract saga that was already far too drawn out before this latest twist.
Assuming that the deal eventually gets done, it may well be the end of the salary cap circumventing era that has become a valuable tool to progressive-thinking NHL general managers.
When attempting to analyze a contract of this size, the total salary number is almost irrelevant despite its enormity. The 27-year old Kovalchuk was scheduled to earn $102 million over the length of the deal. When it would expire following the 2026-27 season, Kovalchuk would be 44 years old. To put that in perspective, newly-hired Devils head coach John MacLean turned 45 this past November.
The number that really counts is the very manageable $6 million that the Devils would pay against the salary cap for a player that they believe has the ability to help return them to past glories. If Kovalchuk is able to once again reach 50-goal status, then a $6 million cap hit would be a bargain. In addition, the signing would be a clear signal to Devils fans that the organization is willing to do whatever it takes to win and believes that Kovalchuk is a player that they can build their franchise around.
Whether you agree with that sentiment or not, the Russian sharpshooter is undoubtedly a talented goal scorer, however it must be noted that no player has reached the 50-goal plateau in Devils' franchise history. Brian Gionta came closest when he potted 48 for the 2005-06 Devils.
On the plus side for Kovalchuk, if the deal is completed of course, is that he will (in theory anyways) be freed from the shackles of the defence "first, second and third" line of thinking of former Devils' bench boss Jacques Lemaire. New head coach MacLean has spent the majority of his professional career within the Devils organization and has to hope that Kovalchuk can have a similar impact that another noted Russian sniper, Alexander Mogilny, had during his tenure in Jersey.
The truth of the matter is that the Devils have a very small window before Martin Brodeur retires and both Kovalchuk and talented forward Zach Parise are in the prime of their careers. Considering how busy the Devils have been this summer - signing shut-down defenceman Anton Volchenkov and bringing former Devil Jason Arnott back into the fold - New Jersey is in 'win now' mode and perhaps a massive contract to a proven goal scorer is just the price of doing business in the modern NHL.
Should the 17-year deal eventually be pushed through, both Kovalchuk and the Devils have several options available to them of getting out of their side of the agreement. After 11 seasons in Newark, Kovalchuk could decide that playing at $750,000 a year is not something that he wants to do at age 38, and could well announce his retirement at that point, saving the Devils little in actual salary, but a significant $6 million hit against the cap.
The other side of the coin is that the Devils can buy him out at any point or after his no-movement clause expires in seven seasons, can place him on waivers with the intention of sending him to the minors where his salary will not count against the cap. While that seems unlikely to happen anytime soon, the Devils have proved themselves somewhat ruthless in the past, burying players in the minors to ensure that they are able to compete year-after-year while negotiating the cap.
So our question to you in this edition of Netcrashing is the following: "Are monster contracts like Kovalchuk's bad for the NHL?"
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It's only a few days after Tropical Storm Irene but residents are still feeling its affects. In today's paper find out how parents in South Kingstown are feeling after school was delayed one week and how area businesses coped with the power loss. Also, read about how the Union Firefighters made the damage from the storm less than what it could have been.
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CHARLESTOWN - The 2011 Rhythm and Roots Festival is upon us once again.
Crews have been hustling and bustling around Ninigret Park to get the stages set up in time for the first acts, and according to the festivalŌĆÖs founder, Chuck Wentworth, everything is right on schedule. Some difficulties have arisen, as most of the area is still without power as of Tuesday afternoon, but Wentworth is not worried at all.
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NORTH KINGSTOWN ŌĆō On Monday, the day after Tropical Storm Irene did her worst, the village of Wickford and much of North Kingstown were dead, the result of power and phone outages.
Banks, restaurants, drug stores and the library were closed although, on Tuesday morning, the Rite-Aid on Brown Street was operating albeit in the dark. An employee said the store is powered by separate lines and all but the one providing light were working.
CHARLESTOWN - In the wake of Hurricane Irene, which ripped through the Northeast over the weekend, the majority of CharlestownŌĆÖs residents were without power.
CHARLESTOWN - For Magnolia, a 7-piece Cajun based in New England, playing the Rhythm and Roots Festival at Ninigret Park is like home. The band, which formed in 1989, has played the festival every year since.
NARRAGANSETT—Seventy percent of the world's surface is covered by ocean, and only ten percent has been explored. There are deep trenches and reefs, alongside small, remote islands which are unknown, including the habitats that surround them. Yet even in parts of the ocean which humans themselves have not touched, mankind's presence still pervades in the form of plastics.
NARRAGANSETT—The fog hung low, hugging the waves at Narragansett Town Beach as they grew larger by the hour. Hurricane Irene was on its way, but for the surfers and sea kayakers, this day was better than any to have some real fun.
"We're taking a break right now, but we are going to go back at the waves," said Ryan Fotit of Belchertown, Massachusetts. "We come here all the time, and got in the waves today at 12 p.m."
For better or worse, that one name has been on the minds of everyone in North Kingstown this week and, in this week's Standard Times, we give you comprehensive coverage of the storm, it's damage and the aftermath.
In addition, Martha Smith profiles local man John Amaral, who has turned his life long love of boats into a noble cause.
Plus, we've got all the local non-Hurricane news for you from North Kingstown, Exeter and Jamestown this week, including the latest on a rollover accident on Post Road, a fire on Navy Drive and a fight that led to four arrests at Kingstown Bowl.