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The two major candidates in this exceedingly close race for governor each claim to have the best approach for turning around a state government facing its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
In interviews conducted just days before Tuesday's election, Republican Chris Dudley and Democrat John Kitzhaber presented divergent views on how they will close the state government's estimated $3.2 billion budget gap - and grapple with what outgoing Gov. Ted Kulongoski has warned could be a "decade of deficits" facing Oregon.
Over the past four months, The Oregonian has dug into the state's worsening money troubles, examining the causes and detailing the difficult choices that lie ahead. As voters make up their minds between now and Tuesday, a central question is which candidate has the best plan to put Oregon back on firmer fiscal ground and the political grit to carry it out.
Kitzhaber describes how he will put state government and schools on a diet, warning them that they will have to live with much less than they are used to over the next two years. And he says that when times improve, he'll start adding money to the most valuable programs and let others wither. But Kitzhaber leavens the tough talk with an admission that he might go along with additional taxes if aimed at such priorities as improved educational accomplishment.
Dudley has his own tough talk, insisting he's the only one with the independence to take on the state employee unions and wrest the pay, pension and health benefit concessions needed to balance the budget. But he's taking a wait-and-see approach to other budget cuts. He says he wants to first sit down with agency managers to figure out where to trim programs.
Kitzhaber wryly charges that Dudley's only experience with labor negotiations -- when he was an official of the NBA players union -- was more akin to "colliding limousines." Dudley says bringing a fresh set of eyes to state government is an advantage and that denizens of the state Capitol will find someone with an open door who is "not an in-your-face-confrontational" personality.
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Sunset's Jonathan Zoucha was named The Oregonian's boys swimmer of the year for 2013-14 by The Oregonian high school sports staff.
Zoucha posted wins in all four of his events at the Class 6A state championships, with dominant individual wins in the 200 freestyle (1:38.72) and the 100 butterfly (49.28), and team wins in the 400 freestyle relay and the 200 medley relay. Zoucha will swim next year at Louisville.
We caught up recently with Zoucha to ask him about his high school career, his accomplishments and life outside running. Here's what he had to say:
What are your college plans?
Swim and study business at the University of Louisville.
What lessons have sports taught you?
Discipline. Putting other teammates before yourself, and what it takes to be a leader.
Who do you look up to and why?
My mother is the most important role model in my life as she has given me anything I could ever ask for: a roof over my head, food, and loving family. She has given everything to me. I find this extremely encouraging and a reminder while competing to give it my all.
What's your gameday routine?
Spend time talking with friends and share a few laughs. While in the ready room I prefer to stretch, listen to pump up music, and mentally prepare to race.
What kind of music is on your iPod?
Dubstep, remixes, rap, and underground rap.
What's your favorite book?
"The Lightning Thief" series.
What's something about you that would surprise others?
I highly doubt there's anything too surprising about me.
Are you involved in any activities or volunteering other than sports? If so, what?
I work at Monteaux's Public House.
What's your perfect day?
Hanging out with friends.

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WATCHUNG — A man who tried to fraudulently return an item to Walmart on Dec. 26 was arrested, then found to have an outstanding warrant, police said.
James A. Stephens Jr., 60, of North Plainfield tried to return a 100-watt RCA converter worth $78 to Walmart, police said. Police arrested him and took him to headquarters, where they learned he had an outstanding warrant from Piscataway for $145.
He was released on his own recognizance for the Watchung charges, pending a court date, then Piscataway released him on his own recognizance.
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While you — and just about everyone else — were busy checking the weather forecast after the departure of the frigid polar vortex this morning, here's what happened in crime news:
- A Carlisle woman accused of helping a man alter the crime scene after he reportedly stabbed and killed his mother for drug money waived her preliminary hearing before a Cumberland County judge Wednesday afternoon.
- Pennsylvania State Police were investigating the theft of almost $6,000 worth of tools and welding equipment from a welding shop and a home workshop in back-to-back burglaries reported overnight Tuesday in Schuylkill County.
- A state dog warden ordered the rottweiler mix that survived having its throat cut last month to be put down after reportedly learning the dog had repeatedly bitten the daughter of the man who arranged to have the dog killed in the first place.
- Finally, a Harrisburg man pleaded guilty Wednesday to disorderly conduct charges relating to a traffic stop in Swatara Township in which he attempted to flee police before crashing his vehicle into a retaining wall.


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Tag: martin luther king
What Will Happen to All of That Beauty?December 2014
Religion in America: Why does our humanity mean we are at once of God and utterly separate from Him?
Ariel Dorfman: A Time for Creative SufferingAugust 2013
Martin Luther King's words in a surveillance world.
Lewis Black: A Tiny Part of Something HugeAugust 2013
The author and comedian remembers attending the 1963 March on Washington, and feeling a movement converge.
Ira Chernus: Political Dreaming in the 21st CenturyJuly 2013
As the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's famed speech approaches, give in to the power of dreaming and "the fierce urgency of now."


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"That area was virtually destroyed," Bell said. "We've been working quietly but feverishly to rebuild the Pratt community better and stronger than it was before."
The next phase of the now seven-month-long recovery process will work to repopulate Pratt with 25 single-family homes and a 42-unit senior housing community, all paid for with federal funding.
The new homes will be built along several storm-swept blocks between Dugan and Division Avenues along Lafayette and Hibernian Streets. The senior living center will be on Dugan Avenue.
The plan is based on suggestions from a team of volunteers from the American Institute of Architects that has held forums to sketch ideas for rebuilding the area. The JCCEO will work with the city to build the homes, Bell said.
Houses there will be designed to be compatible with existing architecture and to fit lot sizes. The average house size will be 1,400 square feet with detached garages and saferooms.
The mayor is recommending using $2.5 million in federal funding for single-family homes and $5.2 million for the senior housing. The Birmingham City Council will have to approve the plan before it can move forward, said Bell's chief of staff, Chuck Faush.


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Every year since 1989, citizens have cheered on as a giant lit strawberry descends to ring in the new year.
Shae Basehore has been coming to the strawberry drop ever since moving here from Arizona three years ago. She's a fan of the event, mentioning that there was a lot more people at the drop than at Arizona's past festivities. Also, another key difference - "It's freezing!" she said.
Part of the reason she and her friends came was the band slated to perform. Lima Bean Riot, a cover band from Philadelphia, rocked a packed crowd.
"In the last couple of years, there hasn't been families," said James Fairthcloth of Upper Allen Twp. "It's been single people there, a lot of drunks. But this is the first year I've noticed families since 2006 or 2007."
"Maybe they didn't care about the 'violence' - but they were out there and I really took notice to the amount of people and the amount of families," he said. "
The end to the violence in Harrisburg was a common wish among those in attendance at the strawberry drop.
"I'm hoping for less crime because there's been a lot of crimes here," Basehore said. "Everyday I hear that someone's been shot."
But as the strawberry fell, the past year's violence did not seem to matter, as everyone joined together to watch the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013.
It's an amazing moment where around the eastern seaboard every one is celebrating the new year at the same time, Hauer said. "For one moment, we're all happy."


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Notes of the night/Stats of the day, Aug. 23
Hello, all…
Note of the night/Stat of the day, August 11
So… that was an entertaining series, eh?
Note of the night/Stat of the day, July 28
Note of the night: When Albert Pujols hit a potential double-play ball in the 11th inning on Wednesday night, he pulled up well short of the bag. Even after a bobble on the relay throw, it took another bobble for Pujols to be safe on the ball.
Note of the night/Stat of the day, July 27
Note of the night: Lots of apparent injuries and injury scares tonight, but after asking about them all, it sounds like everybody is OK.
Note of the night/Stat of the day, July 7
Note of the night, 1: Quite a few things contributed to Evan MacLane pitching in the ninth inning on Wednesday, but one of them was that Dennys Reyes was unavailable due to illness.
Note of the night/Stat of the day, July 1
Note of the night: It shouldn't come as any surprise that TLR is pleased that Albert Pujols is skipping the Home Run Derby. He saw Jim Edmonds come down with an injury in the Derby some years back, and the perception at least is that the Derby has sapped Pujols' performance in past years.
Note of the night/Stat of the day, June 30
Note of the Night: The Cardinals are playing with a short bench right now. Just how short wasn't entirely evident until Wednesday afternoon.
Stats of the day, June 27
Stat of the Day, 1: The Cardinals are 4-17 when their starting pitcher allows more than three runs.
Note of the night/Stat of the day, June 16
Note of the night: Coming off two starts in which his command was off, his pitch counts ran high and he was done sooner than expected, Jaime Garcia wanted to right the ship. He wasn't pitching badly, but he wasn't getting as deep into games as he or the Cardinals wanted.
Note of the night/Stats of the day, June 15
Note of the night: Slowly, surely, Colby Rasmus is becoming an everyday player. And with good reason. Rasmus has been one of the best offensive players in the National League this year, ranking third in the league in slugging and fifth in OBP.


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When you stay at Pestana Sao Luis in Sao Luis, you'll be near the beach and convenient to Tropical Shopping and Calhau Beach. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Sao Marcos Beach and Sacred Art Museum.
Make yourself at home in one of the 124 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Rooms have private balconies. Cable programming provides entertainment, and wired and wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities, including an outdoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Free self parking is available onsite.
The facilities and friendly staff The restaurant for anyting other than breakfast is poor and expensive
Attention in the restaurant; staff went out of their way to serve a special wish I had and that was not in the menu Yes, service at the reception was not efficient and staff lacked attention for the hotel guests


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Caledonia goalkeeper Helene Miller made 18 saves in a 10-6 win against Lake Forest High School from Illinois on Friday night, and in the process hit 500 career saves to become the state's all-time leader in career saves for women's lacrosse.
Miller is also in the state record books for saves in a game for both the regular season, and playoffs.
The state first started tracking saves in 2002.
"I don't think there's anyone even close to where she's at statistically," Caledonia coach Ralph Shefferly said. "She's a four-year varsity starter and she probably averages double-digit saves every game."
Caledonia led 6-5 at halftime, and would shut Lake Forest down in the second half, outscoring them 4-1 to earn the win.
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Avila had a breakout season beside and behind the plate as he was named to the American League All-Star team, won the Silver Slugger Award, was second in the Greatness In Baseball Yearly (GIBBY) Award voting and was a Gold Glove finalist.
Avila, who will turn 25 on Jan. 29, played in 152 games last season and was a big reason why the Tigers won the AL Central Division crown and were two wins away from the World Series.
However, by the end of Detroit's 11-game postseason run, Avila was undoubtedly worn.
"After catching that many games, I don't think anybody is going to tell you they feel great, or like they did in spring training," the catcher said Friday in the Bernhard Center on Western Michigan University's campus during the Tigers' Winter Caravan tour.
"That's part of the job. I did have the tendonitis in my knees and it was unfortunate that it kept progressing, but that's part of the job."
Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski, who gave several speeches and cracked jokes in front of the hundreds of gathered fans at Friday's banquet, did his job this offseason by acquiring Gerald Laird, who caught for the Tigers for two seasons in 2009 and '10, to back up Avila.
"Bringing Gerald back, you know, 'OK, now we have somebody and they're probably going to give me some more days off,'" Avila said. "It's good knowing he can give me a blow here and there. Like I said, I want to play every day and that's my feeling. They know that, but at the same time you know where they're coming from. They want to keep me fresh all year."
Avila said he would play every game of the season if he could, but the Tigers want to make sure the week after the season Avila said he spent "not doing anything, just sitting on the couch watching TV," doesn't turn into an extended or permanent break.
Especially since the young player has a never-quit attitude and pushed through a lingering knee injury that could have become much worse.
"I've always felt that if I can go out there and feel like I can produce and help my team win without doing any further damage, as far as injury, then I should be out there," Avila said. "That's always been my thinking and that's how I was raised about this game. It was never a question in my mind."
Detroit pitcher Rick Porcello said he saw that attitude every day from the catcher.
"He works his tail off," Porcello said. "He's catching 25, 30 games in a row at different points in the season. I think, for anyone who doesn't catch, it's hard to understand how difficult that really is, getting back there and squatting for nine innings and handling the entire pitching staff the way he did. He's exceptional.
"And then, swinging the bat the way he did, that's unbelievable. That was a heck of a year by any standards and to have that type of year in his second full season, it just shows that the potential that he has to be one of the best catchers in the league."
The Tigers, favored to win the Central Division again, will be without slugger and backup catcher Victor Martinez after he tore an ACL recently while training. They will need Avila to build on last season's impressive stats, which included a .295 batting average with 137 hits, 19 home runs and 82 RBIs.
Avila said he has not set any personal goals for the upcoming season outside of working as much as he can to improve.
"I don't really have goals as far as statistics or making an All-Star team and things like that," he said. "That's stuff you can't really control. Results happen from the work you put into it, so really what you can put into it is your work ethic and what you do physically to get your body ready and what you do as far as preparation mentally before games."
When asked if his knees were ready to again help guide a pitching staff that features the American League's Cy Young and MVP Justin Verlander, Avila said with a smile, "Absolutely. I feel great."
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Discarded bicycles litter the staging area near the end of the fourth annual Tri4Kids triathlon at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Park in Mechanicsburg on Saturday, July 26, 2014. The friendly competition was open to all students aged 5-18 and included swimming, biking and running. Elizabeth Frantz, PennLive
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PIA04890: Layers in Crater Wall
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Sol (our sun)
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-555, 25 November 2003
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) picture shows layers exposed in the upper wall of a meteor impact crater, and the dry talus that has been shed from this layered slope. This September 2003 image is located near 30.2°N, 272.8°W. The image covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) wide, and is illuminated by sunlight from the lower left.
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Just hours before the puck was dropped, coach Jacques Lemaire said there would be games lost even if the Devils were playing well.
That almost proved to be prophetic before the Devils came from behind to edge the sizzling San Jose Sharks, 2-1, on another dramatic goal from Ilya Kovalchuk with 3:59 remaining Friday night at the Prudential Center.
The Devils are 12-1-2 in their last 15 games and now trail the eighth-place Carolina Hurricanes by 11 points in the race for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot. Friday's win came one day after Kovalchuk scored the game-winning goal in overtime to give the Devils a 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
San Jose's five-game winning streak came to an end.
The fact that the Devils had gone into overtime in Toronto on Thursday night and were playing their seventh game in 11 days seemed to work against them. They looked tired in the first two periods and needed Hedberg to keep them in it.
"That was our seventh game in 11 nights. That's not easy," Kovalchuk said. "We survived the first period and a half."
Patrick Marleau's 21st goal snapped a scoreless deadlock at 6:08 of the third. But Brian Rolston tied the score at 9:12 with a power-play goal as the Devils skated 4-against-3.
Kovalchuk set up a one-timer from above the slot that found the net. Henrik Tallinder was still in the box for the Devils, but Joe Thornton and Logan Couture also were off for San Jose.
"It felt great," Rolston said. "When you play hockey for a living there aren't many things that feel better than that. You turn around and see the crowd (of 17,102) go up. It's an exciting thing. Especially through the ups and downs that I've had this year."
It seemed headed for overtime before Kovalchuk scored his 19th goal.
Travis Zajac won the faceoff in the right circle, the puck coming to Kovalchuk. He turned and delivered a shot from the circle that beat goalie Antti Niemi at 16:01.
"He's feeling it, obviously," Patrik Elias said of Kovalchuk. "The puck is going in for him. Even on a night he doesn't feel great he's still dangerous."
It was Kovalchuk's team-leading sixth game-winning goal of the season.
"I've seen it before. This is the fifth year in a row I've played with him. He's an elite player in the world," Hedberg said.
"Like everybody else, I think he had a slower start than he wanted. He's turned it up a couple of notches. He's playing a complete hockey game all over the ice and scoring the big goals for us."
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What: United Way of Eastern New Mexico Day of Caring
When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday
Where: Greene Acres Park
Why: To provide local organizations with volunteer assistance while promoting the spirit of caring throughout the community.
United Way Executive Director Erinn Burch said the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization will meet at 9 a.m. at Greene Acres Park for a briefing on a Day of Caring. The volunteers will then clean up trash in parks located throughout Clovis. Burch said volunteers as young as 4 years old will participate in the event.
At 1:30 p.m., youth and adults from Sandia Baptist Church will meet at Greene Acres for a briefing on their volunteer duties. Burch said one group will travel to Portales to assist Habitat for Humanity by disassembling fluorescent light fixtures. Another group will provide assistance to the Boy Scouts by painting their new building in Portales.
Two of the afternoon groups will help the Salvation Army and Matt 25 Hope Center by sorting donated items, sweeping and cleaning items.
Ceiling tiles will also be installed in the basement of the Matt 25 Hope Center.
Dennis Chavez park will also receive a face-lift by volunteers who plan to paint fences and park benches, Burch said.
"This event is special because it provides volunteers an opportunity to really put a dent into something. This is not just busy work there is a point to it (volunteering)."
— Erinn Burch, executive director of Eastern New Mexico United Way


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Join me tonight as I cover the Kris Perry lecture at Dickinson College live on PennLive.
Join in the discussion - whether you are at the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium or at home. If past comment streams on the topic of same-sex marriage are any indication, tonight's lecture promises to generate lively debate.
In her private life, Perry and her 13-year partner, Sandy Stier, are the parents of four boys. But Perry's public profile has been catapulted onto the national stage : She is the plaintiff at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court case challenging California's anti-gay marriage initiative, Proposition 8.
During her lecture, entitled "Same-Sex Marriage & The Supreme Court: A Plaintiff's Story," Perry will share her personal experience of her challenge to the 2008 ballot initiative, which amended California's constitution to restrict marriage to a man and a woman.
The Supreme Court in March heard oral arguments in Perry's case as well as another case challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The court is expected to rule on the cases in June.
The lecture begins at 7 p.m. in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.


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How are microbes used as resources?***
•Solve environmental problems
-Degrade biodegradable materials
-Recycle nutrients in ecosystems on earth
•Solve agricultural problems
-Nitrogen fixation
-Food production
•Solve medical problems
-Drug, enzyme, vaccine
both beneficial and harmful***
•Microbes are
C.more harmful than beneficial
D.more beneficial than harmful
E.both beneficial and harmful
Scopes of microbiology***
•Public health
•Food microbiology
•Agricultural microbiology
•Industrial microbiology
•Genetic engineering
no,*** antibacterial products produce a mutant bug. Regular use of antibacterial cleaning products produces/promotes antibiotic resistant mutant
Advertisements tell you that bacteria and viruses are all over your home and that you need to buy antibacterial cleaning products. Should you?
antibacterial products produce a mutant bug.*** Regular use of antibacterial cleaning products produces/promotes antibiotic resistant mutant
What is consequence for regular use of antibacterial cleaning products?
peice of tiny, infects plants, citrus disease, cownut dunk (disease would make cocunuts fall at night)
•Anton van Leeuwenhoek***
-Dutch linen merchant
-First one invented microscope
-First one to see bacterial cells
-Farther of bacteriology and protozoology
Francesco Redi
-One of the first people to doubt the spontaneous generation theory
-His and related experiments partially disproved the idea of spontaneous generation
-His experiments did not convince many scientists that simpler organisms such as microorganisms could arise this way
Louis Pasteur***
-Invented pasteurization
-Finally disproved abiogenesis
-Completed some of the first studies in Germ Theory of Disease
Robert Koch***
Perfected germ theory of disease
-Established postulates
- postulates are the cornerstone of the germ theory of disease
abiogenesis theory/
spontaneous generation
early stage theory that all things come from non living organism {(trash created rats/worms. or meat produced worms)later disproved}
Koch's Postulates
1.Isolate the organism from every case
2.Propagate in pure culture in vitro
3.Reproduce disease by injecting the organism into a suitable recipient
4.Re-isolate the organism
Kochs postulate
symptom>isolation>culture>re-inoculate>symptom(see if this culture produces symptom again
Corolus Linnaeus***
Originated the idea of classifying organisms according to a hierarchy of increasingly restrictive levels or taxa
-Standardized binomial system of nomenclature
Abiogenesis theory/spontaneous generation theory
theory of living organisms coming from non living organisms (meat produces maggots, leter disproved)
spontaneous generation**
early belief that living things arose from vital forces presentin nonliving and decomposing matter.
making observations*******
Steps of proving a hypothesis in inductive approach begin with
A. formulating a hypothesis.
B. testing hypothesis.
C. making observations.
D. consulting prior knowledge.
formulating a hypothesis***
Steps proving hypothesis in deductive approach
A. formulating a hypothesis.
B. testing hypothesis.
C. making observations.
D. consulting prior knowledge.
Steps to proving a hypothesis****
1. making observation (inductive approach)
2. Formulating Hypothesis (deductive approach)
3.test hypothesis
4. collect data
5. Interpret data
6. Draw conclusion
7.Scientific theory
C establishin kingdom is not included***
Taxonomic system has three primary functions excpet
AClassification B Nomenclature C. establishing kingdom D identifying species
classification, nomenclature, identification of species
What are the three primary functions of the taxonomic system?
Genus - noun, always capitalized**
**-species - adjective, lowercase
•Both italicized or underlinedStaphylococcus aureus (S. aureus)
-Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis)
-Escherichia coli (E. coli)
-Homo sapiens (H. sapiens)
.Binomial (scientific) nomenclature
•Gives each microbe 2 names:
Thhe 5 kingdom system forms monera which combines the eubacteria and archaea***
What is the difference between the five kingdom system and the six kingdom system?
the 5 kingdom combines Eubacteria and archaea to = monera
What is the difference between the five kingdom classification and six kingdom?
Evolution - living things change gradually over millions of years
•Changes favoring survival are retained and less beneficial changes are lost.
•All new species originate from preexisting species.
•Closely related organism have similar features because they evolved from common ancestral forms.
•Evolution usually progresses toward greater
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The city's central commercial districts would creep slightly beyond their borders and into residential zones under a revised Solon master plan.
Among other things, homes along the west side of SOM Center Road between Baldwin and Inwood roads might someday be converted into offices.
The news alarmed some members of City Council, including Susan Drucker, who said she doesn't want residents to think they'll be kicked out of their homes.
Planning Director Rob Frankland, who revised the master plan, said the zoning changes are only suggestions -- a possible vision for Solon's future.
Mayor Kevin C. Patton agreed. He said the city, even if it rezones land, can't force residents or business owners to tear down buildings on their properties.
Council discussed the matter Monday night during a review of Frankland's proposed master plan.
Under Frankland's plan, existing central commercial districts would creep beyond their existing borders at:
• Bainbridge Road east of SOM Center. Historic homes across from City Hall would become stores and shops.
• SOM between Baldwin-Inwood. This stretch of land would match commercial zoning on the opposite side of the SOM.
• the south side of Aurora between Solon Boulevard-Solon Road. There are apartments there today. New zoning there would match retail zoning across the street in Solon Square Shopping Center.
Frankland said residents living on SOM between Baldwin-Inwood might be happy if someone purchased their homes.
That's because parts of their front yards were taken to make room for the recent SOM widening.
However, those living behind the SOM homes -- the residents left behind -- might not be happy if they suddenly find offices in their back yards.
Councilman John Scott added that developers wouldn't have to convert the SOM homes into offices. Instead, they could tear down the homes and build new offices, which would be even more intrusive for neighboring residents.
Councilman Rob Pelunis said it's expensive to convert a house into an office due to requirements under the American Disabilities Act.
As for Aurora Road, Frankland said apartment owners there, not the city, would decide whether to raze the apartments, even if the city rezoned the land.
Suit was concerned about homeowners living near the apartments. He said the city shouldn't allow restaurants along that stretch because they would disturb homeowners.
Frankland said he would take restaurants out of the zoning mix on Aurora across from Solon Square.


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William Malcolm "Bud" Bengson, 80, Minot, died Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in a Minot hospital.
William Malcolm "Bud" Bengson was born Feb. 15, 1932, near Esmond, to Virgil and Katherine (Getz) Bengson. He attended grade schools in Tacoma, Wash., Eugene, Ore., and Esmond. Bud graduated from Esmond High School in 1950.
Bud began his college education at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, in 1950 and transferred to Mayville State Teachers College in 1951, where he studied until joining the Army in September 1952. In 1953, he volunteered for Korea and was honorably discharged from the military in August 1954. This allowed Bud the opportunity to complete his degree and he graduated from Mayville State Teachers College in 1956.
Bud was united in marriage to LaVonne Reierson on Sept. 2, 1956, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Esmond. Following their marriage, Bud began teaching and coaching at Neche from 1956 to 1964, moving on to Drake from 1964 to 1968 and Finley for the 1969 academic year.
Bud graduated from North Dakota State University, Fargo, with a master's degree in school administration in 1969. Soon after graduating, Bud became the superintendent at Anamoose, where he served in that capacity until 1973.
Bud and LaVonne moved to Minot in the fall of 1973, where he opened an insurance agency for the crop hail division of Glacier General Insurance Co. In 1985, he joined Hartford Insurance Agency and continued with the company until his retirement in January 1996.
Bud was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Minot, where he served as the Sunday school superintendent and as a church council member. He was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Eagles and the Golden K Kiwanis in Minot. Bud was an active volunteer for the Minot Commission on Aging and the Norsk Hostfest.
He enjoyed all athletic activities, especially those involving his grandchildren. Bud was known to many for his phrases or 'Budisms' that could explain or simplify any situation. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and friend to many. He will be deeply missed.
Bud's loving family includes: his wife, LaVonne; daughters, Kathleen (Joel) Hansen, and Melissa (Michael) Larsen; son, Douglas (Patti) Bengson; grandchildren, Meagan (fiance, Jordan Dorsch); Matthew (Bobbi) Hansen; Emily and Sophie Bengson; Hayden Schwarz; Charlie and Halle Larsen; great-grandchildren, Elijah and Jayla Hansen; sister, Agnes Carlson; and many nieces and nephews.
Bud was preceded in death by his parents, Virgil and Katherine Bengson; parents-in-law, Henry and Clarissa Reierson; brothers-in-law, Merton Reierson, Leo Halvorson and Basil Truax; and sister-in-law, Ellen Truax.
Celebration of Bud's Life: Will be held Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Minot.
Family service: Will be held today, Aug. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Thomas Family Funeral Home, Minot.
Visitation: Will be held today from 2 to 7 p.m. at Thomas Family Funeral Home, Minot.
Memorials: Are preferred to St. Mark's Lutheran Church of Minot, Golden K Kiwanis, Minot, or to an organization of the donor's choice.
Those wanting to sign the online memorial register or share memories and condolences are invited to use the expressions of sympathy section at (www.thomasfamilyfuneralhome.com).


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Everyday you go through your usual routine. You wake up to the alarm, take a hot shower, cook breakfast and drive to work. Then at the end of your day you drive home, cook dinner and try to relax by surfing the Internet or watching TV before you go to sleep and do it all again tomorrow.
Many of us take it for granted that our daily routine is a private ritual, that no one else on the face of the earth is aware of exactly what we are doing at any one time in the privacy of our own home.
Well that is all about to change thanks to the Smart Grid.
The Smart Grid is being sold as a modernization of the power grid which includes a distribution system that will contain a two way communication between your home and the utility company. This communication system will allow 'Demand Response Appliances' (the creation of which is being spearheaded by GE) the ability to 'talk' to the utility company and inform them of it's energy use, time of operation and function. Demand Response Appliances also allow the Utility company the ability to shut them off during times of Peak Energy use in order to cut down on the demand of the power grid, thereby reducing the need for rolling blackouts.
The Energy Industry, and the Obama administration, claim that the Smart Grid will allow the utility company the ability to provide you, the consumer, with detailed information about the energy use of everything in your home and in turn will save you money on your energy bill by helping you adjust your energy use. Not to mention help lower carbon emissions.
According to the document, the standards set forth in the NAESB Energy Usage Information Model (PAP-10) for the collection of information "forms the basis of the required Business Practice Standard."
CO2 created by your Energy Use- Environmentalists see the Smart Grid as a tool they can use to curb carbon emissions and save the planet from 'Global Warming'. The information collected through the Smart Grid would help the Federal Government place a restriction on the amount of CO2 created by an individual house hold especially after a cap and trade type law is in place. While this may seem like an 'unrealistic' concept, there is no other viable explanation for the collection of your house hold CO2 production.
Electricity, Gas Use and Current Rates- The Smart Grid will allow the utility company to adjust the price of electricity, and possibly gas, by the minute based upon Peak Demand, this is referred to as 'Real Time' or 'Dynamic' Pricing.
For example, electricity will be more expensive to use at 3 P.M. during a hot summer day than it will be to use at 3 A.M. The Smart Grid will allow you the ability to program your Demand Response Appliances to run at 'Off Peak' times in order to help you save money.
The irony of this concept is if everyone begins to run their Demand Response Appliances at a certain 'Off Peak' time, say 3 A.M., then that 'Off Peak' time has the potential of becoming a new 'Peak Use' time and therefore may not save you very much money. Besides that, who is going to stay up to do laundry at 3 A.M.?
Water, Heat and Cold Use including Hot Water, Steam, Chilled Water and Ice- By tracking not only your water use, but how much energy you use to create hot water, chilled water and ice, the Smart Grid becomes the ultimate 'Green Police State' tool. That is because it will have the ability to track your hot water use, possibly even the length of your hot showers, how much chilled water you are drinking through your dispenser in your fridge and even track how many times your Ice Maker is refilled with water.
Imagine a future where the Government says that you can only take 3 minute hot showers or create only so much ice in order to help cut down on carbon emissions. The Smart Grid gives them the ability to not only monitor that information but through Demand Response Appliances they will also have the power to shut off your water heater or ice maker once you have reached your allowed usage. Again crazy as it sounds, what other possible reason do they have for collecting such information as Hot Water and Ice Cube Useage?
Refuse (trash) and Sewerage Use- The only reason I can come up with for collecting information on your refuse is that in the future the Government might possibly make recycling mandatory. Someday you may see 'Trash Police' digging through your garbage to make sure your recycling properly or be fined.
TV Licence Use- TV Licence does not currently exist here in the United States. But in the United Kingdom citizens are forced to pay a 'fee' for a Licence in order to watch or record television shows on their TV or over the Internet. Hard to believe I know but this is a statement taken from the British Licensing Authority website in 2003:
"Using a television without an appropriate licence is a criminal offence. Every day we catch an average of 1,200 people using a TV without a licence. There is no valid excuse for using a television and not having a TV Licence, but some people still try - sometimes with the most ridiculous stories ever heard. Our detection equipment will track down your TV. The fact that our enquiry officers are now so well equipped with the latest technology means that there is virtually no way to avoid detection."
-- from the official website of the British Television Licensing Authority, May 2003"
I assume that someone in the Progressive movement is planning on passing such a law here in the U.S., otherwise why would this be included in the type of information collected? Again, there is no other reason for the collection of this information other than Big Brother and Big Business keeping track of your TV habits.
Internet Use- Yes you knew it was coming... The Smart Grid will have the ability to track your Internet use. Why? Well by the time you reached number 6 on the list of things they are going to track I figured you would know the answer by now. The Government through the Energy Sector (Or maybe the future seizure by the Government of the Smart Grid) and the Smart Grid, are going to record and control every aspect of your life. The Internet has been an annoyance for those in power because of Grass Roots groups, like the Tea Party, have effectively used it to expose corruption and lies. Again, what other reason can you possibly think of for them to track your Internet use other than control?
Now during my research I discovered a document that lists the comments made by member organizations in NASEB while they drafted PAP-10. Here it is:
Smart Grid Comments
According to the comments it appears not all members of NAESB are kosher with the information the Smart Grid will collect, that is except the EPA:
EPA Comments: "EPA staff is supportive of efforts to improve utility customer access to electronic energy consumption data. As a part of the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency, EPA facilitated stakeholder discussions and released an issue paper entitled "Utility Best Practices Guidelines for Providing Business Customers with Energy Use and Cost Data." The findings of this paper indicate that an effort like NAESB's PAP 10 is a needed standard that benefits building owners and managers who need access to electronic data for benchmarking and energy management."
While the EPA seems to applaud the tracking of things like, Refuse (trash), Internet and TV Licence some other members such as Honeywell and TC9 Inc. wonder why such things are going to be tracked at all:
Honeywell's Comment: "Interesting to see tvLicence (hmmm… UK?), and internet in there. I don't understand why."
TC9 Inc's Comment: "ServiceKind should be restricted to Energy, or at least to measurable time variable delivery. Time? Refuse? tvLicense? Internet?"
Also while reading through the comments I discovered something that isn't readily known outside of the Energy industry. Some of the "End Devices" (Demand Response Appliances) that are going to communicate with the utility via the "Energy Management System" in your home through the Smart Grid covers more than just your refrigerator, washer and dryer but devices such as light switches, pool pumps and even PEVs (Plug-in Electric Vehicles):
" Energy Management System (EMS): An application used for controlling multiple energy-controllable devices (e.g., pool pump, Programmable Communicating Thermostat, light switches, PEV charging, etc.). This application may reside within a HAN Device (e.g. Programmable Communicating Thermostat, In-Home Display, computer, cable set-top box, other computing device, etc.). This application may also control other devices or systems in the home providing integrated automated services for the Consumer."
The Smart Grid was not the Brain Child of the Obama Administration, it is a concept that has been pushed forward by every President since Bush #1 (albeit slowly pushed). But the Obama Administration have gone through great pains to not only fund it's advanced development (3.4 Billion Dollars) but to twist it in such a way, with the help of useful idiots in the industry, that future administrations can utilize it as a tool to control the populace for the sake of Global Warming.
If the Smart Grid comes to completion as envisioned, every time you walk in your front door, turn on a light, take a shower, make ice or even throw away a piece of garbage the utility company and even possibly the Government, will know.
If that isn't disturbing enough for you, think of it this way...
If it wasn't for the technology, then in order for this amount of detailed information about your private actions in your own home to be collected, it would require a platoon of utility or government employees following you around 24/7 recording every thing you do, how long it takes you to do it and what device you are doing it with...
It appears the Progressives' Idea for the Future is All About Control.
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The possibilities are endless, no?
Makes me wish that kicker, Justin Smelley(?) was still on the team.
Spurrier has bigger "Fish" to "Fry". Huh? Huh?
I know that's bad but I couldn't pass it up.
Spurrier seeks to use players to teach an object lesson to Coach Johnson that the Georgia game is the most important on the schedule. The look of disgust spells the obvious: Spurrier never wears a shirt and always has a Coors Light when attending a fish fry.
"Well, they whipped us. Nothing left now but to have Fish Fry"
Oh no you bozos, it's Fish Fry! not Fry Fish!
The look on Steve's face says that 29 and 18 didn't care enough to be in the right position
"They couldn't hush our puppies".
"I didn't steal you fellas from Georgia Tech so you could blow a dadgum extra point."
No, boys. It's starting to smell like fried chicken.
Poor darth visor brought crawfish to a fish fry. What a nutsack…
Due to economic woes of the South Carolina athletic department, the university has resorted selling advertising on game jerseys. So fans, don't forget about the Friday night fish fry at Maurice's Piggy Park. Bring in your ticket stub for free hush puppies.
New Capn D's ads- Eat More Chicken!
Steve is on low country boil.
Do you like fried fish sticks?
How many times have I told you two knuckleheads not to stand next to one another!
29-18? Nah guys…their record going to be 46-18. Where's #46…whatdaya mean we got no #46???? OK – do the stupid fish fry thing. SMH – can't even get that right.
Visor Boy pic: Both of you smell like bad fish!
$34 a pound pic: Obamacare Grocery prices
Fry fish cocks!
29! 18! dadgumit !! (throwing visor) that reminds me we are having seafood at the Country Club tonight. This games' over, if I do not use my time outs, I can get 18 holes in before supper.
Caption: You guys are so dumb you can't even stand next to each other right. It's "FISH FRY" dammit–not "fry fish."
Country Joke and the Fish (Fry)- "Gimmie an F…"
And we thought Gurshall was bad!


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FLINT TOWNSHIP, MI – History was made on Cavalier Field on Saturday afternoon.
For the first time in school history, Carman-Ainsworth has advanced to the state semifinal game in the postseason. C-A won its first-ever regional championship with a 27-20 win over Hudsonville.
"That's always great for the kids because we talk about making history," said Cavalier coach Nate Williams. "There will never be another first so these guys will go down forever in the history books at Carman-Ainsworth so I'm proud of them."
Eleven wins are also the most victories in a season for C-A which has produced multiple pro football players like Brandon Carr, Dan Skuta, and Jon Runyan. Carman-Ainsworth's only loss was to Birmingham Brother Rice in Week 3 this year.
"It just felt good to be the first team to be able to do this in school history and to leave my name," said C-A senior running back Malik Seales, who scored two rushing touchdowns. "It's just crazy because I've worked hard all four years just to be able to play in the playoffs and to get a win and it came true."
Jevonte Alexander spearheaded the Cavs attack with a first quarter interception at 3:48 followed by a 66-yard touchdown off a quarterback keeper at 2:58 on C-A's second play of its opening drive. C-A then got the ball back off Tyler Minor's fumble recovery on the kickoff but allowed Hudsonville to gain momentum in the second quarter where the Eagles took a 13-7 lead at halftime.
Both teams combined for 11 penalties in the first half but the Eagles ran 36 plays compared to the 11 by C-A. Hudsonville's time of possession was 17:31 while C-A only held the ball for 6:29. Carman-Ainsworth also fumbled and snapped the ball badly to lose yards in the second quarter but everything changed in the last two quarters.
"Our coaches came in there and talked to us a little bit at halftime," said Alexander, who rushed for 121 yards and intercepted two passes. "We weren't worried so we went in there and just came back out and dominated the second half."
Seales scored both of his touchdowns in the second half. He jumped over a pile for his goal line score in the third and then lowered his shoulder to run over a Hudsonville defender at 11:16 in the fourth for a 17-yard rushing touchdown to give Carman-Ainsworth a 27-13 advantage.
Eagles quarterback Mason Opple connected with Dustin Trip in the fourth for a 20-yard touchdown at 5:29 to make the game 27-20 in crunch time but Opple's last pass resulted in an Alexander pick in traffic after the ball was tipped.
Opple was also Hudsonville's leading rusher with 157 yards. Kyle Toth also scored two rushing touchdowns in the second quarter for Hudsonville but Williams was proud of the way his team bounced back in the second half after trailing.
"Anything that's special is not going to come easy," Williams said. "We were faced with adversity and I was proud of the way our kids responded. They came back and played like that championship team that I know they are."


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The biggest problem with our health care crisis today is a lack of understanding of what real health is ... and the knowledge of a safe, simple and affordable way to improve our health on a regular basis.
Today, "health care" is in actuality "sick care," and has little to do with real health. Our country spends more on "health" care (sic) than any other country in the world, and yet those under that care are not the healthiest by a long shot.
Being healthy is not the same thing as "feeling" good. We can "feel good" and not be healthy. We can "feel" good one minute and drop dead the next. Only 20 percent of the nerves in the body are capable of carrying signals interpreted as pain, so a person could lose 80 percent of their health and still "feel" good!
Better health equals better function, period. "Health" is defined by the W.H.O. (World Health Organization) as ... "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
On a personal level our health is controlled and coordinated by the impulses traveling from our Brain stem to all other parts of our body. Misaligned spinal bones that interfere with the normal function of the Brain stem (vertebral subluxations) necessarily contribute to a loss of health ... regardless of how we "feel."
Doctors of Chiropractic have been safely and affordably helping people enjoy the benefits of better health by correcting these subluxations for over 100 years. Maybe if we spent more time doing common sense things to improve our health (i.e. receiving regular Chiropractic Brain stem Adjustments) - regardless of how we "felt" - we would all enjoy better heath year round ... and we wouldn't be in a crisis in the first place.
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There will be no SAFE for Salmon legislation passed in this legislative session.
A House committee reviewing salmon harvest issues on the lower Columbia River failed to act on HB 2734 on Tuesday, letting the bill to shift gill-netters into off-river zones die.
The committee did pass on to the Ways and Means Committee HB 2579, originally a proposal by the Coastal Conservation Association to allow harvest gear other than gillnets to be used on the Columbia.
The version passed to Ways and Means, however, bears no resemblance to the CCA's original intent.
The committee stripped those provisions for alternate fishing methods and inserted (it's called "gut and stuff" in Salem) language establishing an off-legislative season task force to meet in 2010 and come up with a new, fair allocation system for salmon harvest. The task force's work would then be approved in the 2011 session.
SAFE for Salmon officials expressed disappointment, but said in a news release (detailed below) they will lobby Ways and Means committee members to work key provisions back into the reborn 2579-1.
The CCA has not announced its intentions, although its lobbyists told SAFE officials the association now opposes their reworded bill.
Fish and wildlife commissions in Oregon and Washington have tried three times to work out differences between commercial and sport-fishing interests. Participants walked out of the first two attempts, and although the third try produced a proposal, four Oregon commissioners balked because they wanted more fish for commercial netters.
The proposed working group would be appointed by the Legislature and have nothing to do with either fish and wildlife commission. Netters, sport anglers/industry and legislators themselves would sit together at the table.
The legislative drive this session, meanwhile, is far from over. SAFE for Salmon campaigners believe there is still a good chance for temporary concessions, including an interim sharing plan giving more fish to sport anglers and/or mandating the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to begin shifting some spring chinook production into SAFE areas.
You can read more on SAFE for Salmon here.


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This year both the Women's Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships were announced – thanks to the Association of Chess Professionals and Batumi, Georgia, the city which agreed to host it. This news came as a pleasant surprise for many players, because normally either none or just one of those events is held at all.
While considering whether this championship would fit my schedule, I found out that people, who had a published rating over 2500, as well as World and Olympic champions, receive personal invitations and special conditions. I was seduced by the offer and decided to take part. In addition to the above-mentioned contestants each federation could nominate a certain number of players, depending on how high-rated they were.
When I arrived on Batumi, the World Chess Championship was in the tie-break stage. We had to postpone our trip around the city with Alexandra Kosteniuk until the end of the rapid games. At first I was anxious to go, but then I got excited with the show and couldn't stop watching! Here are some interesting expert opinions about the match.
While I was familiarizing myself with the city, two guys asked me to pose with them so they could take a picture. I doubt they knew who I was though. And here are some pics I took to give you a sense of the environment we were playing in:
A luxury hotel
View from my window
A lighthouse and a wheel
Overall, I found most of my colleagues focused and very motivated. While I personally prefer classical chess to anything else, many of the participants were looking as concentrated as if the supreme chess crown was at stake. One well-known player, a friend of mine, said that she believes that rapid chess is the future of the game, and that hence she would like to win the event very much. Whenever I went out, most of the participants would stay in their rooms and prepare. I am not sure how and what they were preparing, given that one could find out in advance the pairings for just one game out of three and that many players were experimenting with openings in rapid chess, but that's the way it was.
The financial conditions were rather tough for the players. The prize fund was $100,000 ($59,000 for the rapid championship and $41,000 for blitz). Given that the field included 50 competitors, you can get an impression of how much an average participant would make. On a positive note, winning the championship gives great bragging rights, as well as earns one a real crown – what else does a girl need?
The line-up included five former World Women's Chess Champions (Gaprindashvili, Chiburdanidze, Zhu Chen, Stefanova, Kosteniuk) and most of the world's best female chess players. A notable absentee was the reigning chess queen Hou Yifan. Being busy playing in a Chinese super tournament, she couldn't come.
The rapid part of the tournament lasted 4 days: 3 rounds, 3 rounds, 3 rounds, 2 rounds. The time control was standard for such events – 25 minutes/game + 10s/move. You can find the final standings here. As usually, most of the games were very tense: mutual mistakes, amazing tactics, nerve-racking time troubles. Below I will offer you a selection of some interesting positions – positive examples and, using Mark Dvoretzky's terminology, tragicomedies:
P.S. The blitz tournament is taking place on June 5th-6th. You can follow it at the official website.
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Very interesting article, thank you!
nice post nat!keep it up and good luck!
i see many game in this tournement many game played in reti 1 Nf3 game played in 1e4 (and here they play in this tournement 1 ....e5 1....e6 1....c5 1...d5 scandinavien ) 1d4 played also and they play 1...Nf6.
i see also memorial tal played 1b3 the nimzovich larsen attack
many quetion is why the sacandinavien defense we have not any grand master in the world play realy scandinavien in blac why the scandinavien defence is not played for example by carlsen or by aronian?
many option in scadinavien1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Be2 Bg4 5. f3 Bf5 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Qf4 8. Nh3 Bxh3 9. gxh3 Qh4+ 10. Kf1 Qxh3+ 11. Kf2 e6 12. Bf1 Qh4+ 13. Ke2 Nd4+ 14. Kd3 O-O-O 15. Ne4 Nxb3+ 16. Kc3 Nxa1 17. Bxa1 f5 18. Ng3 Qb4#
this a game for example other game
1 e4 d5 2 e*d5 Q*d5 3 Nc3 Qe5+ 4 Be2 Bg4 5 Nf3 B*f3 6 g*f3 Nc6 7 00 000
1e4 d5 2 e*d5 Q*d5 3 Nc3 Qe5+ 4 Be2 Bg4 5 Nf3 B*f3 6 g*f3 Nc6 7h4 000
1e4 d5 2e*d5 Q*d5 3 Nc3 Qe5+ 4 Be2 Bg4 5 Nf3 B*f3 6g*f3 Nc6 7h3 000
1e4 d5 2e*d5 Q*d5 3Nc3 Qe5+ 4 Be2 Bg4 5Nf3 B*f3 6g*f3 Nc6 7 Tf1 Nd4
1 e4 d5 2 e*d5 Q*d5 3 Nc3 Qe5+ 4 Be2 Bg4 5 Nf3 B*f3 6g*f2 Nc6 7 d3 000
1 e4 d5 2e*d5 Q*d5 3 Nc3 Qe5+ 4 Be2 Bg4 5 Nf3 B*f3 6 g*f3 Nc6 7 d3 000 8 Be3 Nf6 9 Qd2 e6 10 000 Nd4
@paul211, is there any sarcasm involved in your comments or you were serious when you talked about posting pictures and google maps? I think there is nothing wrong in posting pictures of the places where competition was held. It makes us familiar with the place, and it somewhat makes the article more interesting.
Some of these posts just make me shake my head. Unbelievable.
i think this is not a hypocrisy to support gender based segregation and criticize racial segregation.
i read the previous comments. If women players can participate in men competition then why man can't participate in women's only championship? Is that the context of this discussion?
But how gender based segregation can be compared with racial segregation? Gender is created by the god.This is a truth that woman can't be comapred with man in context of physical strength. Thats why we segregate man and woman as far as physical sports are concerned. You see the world records for athletics, swimming, etc. woman are far behind than man. So the segregation is a necessity in physical sports. In chess, it is not required as it a mental game.
please don't discuss racial issues here. Natalia just reported about the ongoing women's rapid and blitz championship. I am happy India's Koneru Humpy finished 3rd in Rapid and 2nd in blitz tournament.
two indians finished in top ten.
nice article as always by Natalia Ma'am.
"There has never been any kind of sport or competition that had a designation for black people only, so the thought of making one now would just be silly."
So your argument is that because we haven't done it in the past, we shouldn't now? I don't think there should be black-only tournaments, but not for that reason. On the other hand, if another group, such as a different race, shows a lack of interest for chess, it's not impossible to apply the same line of reasoning we have for women (we want to make them more interested in playing) to other groups who aren't as plentiful in the chess world.
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I hope to learn from some of these blunders and not repeat them in my own games.
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Physics is a great field -- keep encouraging her!
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Very good post with interesting history -- thanks for taking the time to write it!
That's what I was trying to explain. Women are allowed to participate in ANY competition, not just women's. In fact, some women choose not to participate in women-only competitions.
Have you ever heard of Judit Polgar? Her rating is 2709. At one point, back in 2005, she had the 8th highest rating in the world. Well guess what, she has never been denied access to any FIDE tournament (and neither has any women), and she has played at top-level with the best of the world.
The fact remains that there isn't tournament were only men are allowed to participate, so I stand by what I said, there is no sexism in FIDE.
The women-only tournaments were introduced in 1927. This was a time when literally there was little to no participation in tournaments from women, for all kinds of reasons, and FIDE wanted to change that. Can you call them sexist for wanting more women to be involved in chess?
Everyone can and should participate in the regular FIDE tournaments (the ones were both men and women can participate in case it's not clear enough for you by now). The reason why they still hold women-only tournaments is more out of tradition and because a lot of female players actually like them; they see it just as one more oportunity to compete and have fun.
Trust me, if all female players thought that it was wrong to have an extra competition that is women-only, they could end it very quickly. All they have to do is to never attend these, and they would cease to exist. It's that simple.
No, it's not the same situation. Back in 1927, when the first women's world championship was created, there were already other international competitions that were for women only, so it seemed fitting at the time to make one for chess too, and now it has been kept for other reasons.
There has never been any kind of sport or competition that had a designation for black people only, so the thought of making one now would just be silly.
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As students, teachers and administrators across Oregon scramble to adjust to the new Common Core State Standards, the Hillsboro School District's special education program is ahead of the curve.
That's because the district was already working on a transition to "standards-based" individualized education programs, or IEPs, for special-education students when Common Core first appeared on the horizon.
"We began the switch to standards-based IEPs prior to our general education teachers learning about the Common Core … so it put us in the position to be right on point with them," said Elaine Fox, who oversees special education as the district's executive director of student services.
An IEP is a document that schools must compose for each student who receives special education, as mandated by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The IEP states how the student is currently performing in school and sets goals that, according to the U.S. Department of Education, "the child can reasonably accomplish in a year." The goals can be academic, social or behavioral.
But school districts across the country are now adopting "standards-based" IEPs, which are IEPs written with the expectation that more special education students will engage with more of the general education curriculum and be taught according to the same academic standards as other students.
Hillsboro school officials say that standards-based IEPs:
• Set high goals for special-education students rather than focusing on what the students cannot do
• Include more special-education students in regular classrooms rather than pushing them into resource rooms, and
• Increase the likelihood that special education students will graduate with standard diplomas.
Right now, Hillsboro is in the second year of a three-year rollout plan for standards-based IEPs. By the beginning of next school year, Fox said, all IEPs will be written to the Common Core. But the district would have made the transition to standards-based IEPs regardless of whether the Common Core was adopted, according to Fox.
"We would have done it anyway," Fox said. "And we would have done it based upon the [current] Oregon standards if the Common Core hadn't been initiated."
Since the special education program was already in transition mode when Common Core came "down the pike," as Fox put it, Hillsboro was able to incorporate the anticipated changes that the new curriculum would bring into special education.
Fox and other Hillsboro administrators, including Superintendent Mike Scott, explained those changes to parents of special-education students on Wednesday, Oct. 9 during an evening presentation at Lincoln Street Elementary School. They told the parents that their children's education would be less "compartmentalized" and involve more collaboration between general and special education teachers.
Hillsboro administrators also recently presented about their transition to standards-based IEPs at a state education conference in Eugene, and it went so well, Fox said, that they were asked to give the presentation again at another conference on Oct. 21 in Bend.
There are many opinions and a feeling of uncertainty surrounding the Common Core, but the timing of its rollout – students will take the first Common Core-based tests in the 2014-15 school year – was beneficial for those in charge of Hillsboro's special education, according to Fox.
"Hillsboro's really ahead of the game with the standards-based IEP rollout," Fox said.
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This wedding aisle meanders down tree-lined paths edged with lush grass, where the background music is singing birds, lapping waves or the spray of a foundation. No artificial light, organ music and rows of pews here.
Where can you find this idyllic setting? Any Bay City park.
The best part is it's free — unless you want to use one of the pavilions. The down side, though, is it's first-come, first-served. So if someone else gets to "your" spot first, you'll have to find another location or just wait your turn.
The price of a park wedding is what caught Rachelle Sharrow's eye. She and Steven Ranzille were married in Wenonah Park in front of the Ring of Friendship.
"We were looking for an outdoor place," she said. "It's less expensive outside and we're not very religious, so we didn't have a church. We were looking at Carroll Park, but I like the simplicity of Wenonah Park."
Keeping it simple for them meant no decorations beyond what the park itself offered and folding chairs for wedding ceremony.
"I thought the statue was pretty enough," Sharrow said.
Another bride, Jennifer Mills, opted to pay the $100 to rent the pavilion in Carroll Park for her July wedding to Brian Sequin. Cost played a role in the couple's choice, as well.
With family coming from Kansas, Alabama and Florida, their first choice was having the wedding and reception at Soaring Eagle Casino. But the costs began to add up.
"We had to have a $1,000 deposit and after that it was at least another grand," Mills said. "I can't afford that. We thought about doing it in a park. We said, 'Let's do Carroll Park.' We put down the $100 deposit. I get $25 back if we clean it up. I like that better."
Religion also played a part in the Mills/Sequin wedding plans. Sequin is Catholic, and the couple thought about getting married in his family's church. But he hasn't been to church in years. Mills' children are Baptist and she attended People's Baptist Church when she as younger.
"I wanted something quick and easy and be on my way. This is my first wedding."
Guests are welcome to bring lawn chairs as the couple says their vows on the bridge over the park's duck pond. Friends will decorate the area, although nothing can be pounded into trees, bushes or the pavilion.
After the ceremony, Mills and her family will grill chicken and serve other dishes and then head to the casino.
"It was a lot cheaper going this route," she said. "It was going to be about $35 a plate at the casino. Now I'm doing it for pennies."
While using the parks are free, there are rules to be followed, especially for those renting a pavilion – three pages of rules to be exact. Alcohol is not allowed in any city park or is loud music.
Wenonah and Carroll parks aren't the only outdoor settings Bay City and Bay County has to offer. Brides and grooms are welcome to get married in any city park or along any part of the 17.5 miles of Riverwalk and Railtrail.
Couples are also welcome to use Waterfall Park at the foot of Third Street between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m.
"We dreamed we would have weddings and other special moments in Waterfall Park," said Candace Bales of the Bay City Downtown Management Board. "That makes those memories that are so important. You can come and get married, bring your babies there and sit with your sweetie and gaze at the water."
— For more information on park weddings, call Bay City Parks Department at 989-894-8314. For Wenonah Park, call the Bay Arts Council at 989-893-0343. For Waterfall Park, call 989-893-3573.


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Sauvignon Blanc "Cuvee Jeanne" is beautifully balanced and aromatic with suggestions of passion fruit and grapefruit. The palate is crisp and dry but not too acidic with a good depth of flavor.
Wine Maker Notes
The juice from the crushed grapes stays at 0°C for ten days before fermentation begins in order to produce and enhance its fruity aromas. Fermentation is maintained at 13°C to express all the aromatic potential and to bring balance to the wine. After the fermentation, the wine rests on its lees for a while to achieve more body and fullness. No oak is used in this wine.
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Alcohol: 12.0%
Food Pairing
The wine is perfect as an aperitif or with chicken, fish or creamy pasta dishes


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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - A scouting report for the week, with a drawing on the cover and a kaleidoscope of X's and O's tumbling about inside, sits on a stack of other paperwork on the corner of Brawnski Towns' desk in the Alabama A&M football offices.
There is wisdom and insight and many hours of work in the scouting report. There is also great simplicity in it as the Bulldogs (2-5) prepare to face Alabama State (6-1) in the Magic City Classic (Saturday, 2:30 at Legion Field).
Stop. The. Run.
Alabama State averages 272 yards per game on the ground. It's rushed the ball 343 times and thrown just 201 passes. The passing game might be further limited as starting quarterback Daniel Duhart has been dealing with a bad back. The Hornets' Isaiah Crowell, who transferred from Georgia after a star-crossed tenure there, is averaging 116.3 yards per game, with 16 carries a game.
"They line up and they're coming at you," said Towns, the Bulldogs' veteran defensive coordinator who is going into his 39th Magic City Classic as either an A&M player or assistant coach.
"We've got to prepare to stop the run. If they pass for 400 yards and beat us lefthanded, they deserve the win," he said.
"They're a very good football team offensively, very explosive," said head coach Anthony Jones. "A powerful offense, great running backs and the quarterbacks are doing good things. They've got real good personnel throughout at all levels."
From a scheme standpoint, there are many teams more difficult to prepare for, those that might be a whole variety pack of plays. Alabama State is a team that executes well and has superb talent, utilized with efficiency.
"With Crowell back there and with a young quarterback they should be trying to establish the running game and they're doing a good job at that," Towns said. "They're running the ball more to set up the pass."
An SEC-caliber back - Crowell was SEC Freshman of the Year in 2011 before two felony weapons arrests led to his dismissal at Georgia - is an obvious challenge for a defense. However, a more experience A&M defense held him to 60 yards on 17 carries last season.
"He does a good job hitting and pounding and keeping his legs moving," Towns said. "And then he's going to try to break some tackles and get away. We've got to do a good job of gang-tackling him at the point of attack. Don't give him a way out or he'll take a way out."
The Bulldogs have been plagued by some defensive mistakes that were a combination of fatigue - the offense has converted only 31 percent of third downs, keeping the defense on the field too much - and poor judgment.
"We've missed a lot of tackles last three games that really hurt us, being in position and not making the play," Towns said. To remedy that, the Bulldogs have been spending time in practice on fundamental tackling drills nearly every day, stressing "the importance of getting the man down," Towns said.
Getting the Hornets down, not figuring out what the Hornets might do, will be the trick in this Magic City Classic.


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City Council President Christine Quinn made a most courageous choice last week when she opted to exercise her power to shelve legislation that would have required employers to provide a minimum number of paid sick days to all workers in the city - whether or not those employees need the time off because they or their families actually get sick.
"Providing sick leave to working New Yorkers is a noble goal, and supporters of this bill have the best of intentions. But now is simply not the right time for a measure that threatens the survival of small-business owners," she said, adding, "The reality is that more than 50,000 small businesses are already forced to close their doors every year. And the reality is that passing this bill would cost each of those business owners between $700 and $1,200 per employee."
Proponents of the Paid Sick Time Act, including many activists on the progressive/left who have supported Ms. Quinn in the past, strenuously objected to her legislative maneuver.
The legislation would have required businesses with more than 20 workers to provide employees up to nine days a year of paid sick leave. For businesses with fewer than 20 workers, the maximum number of paid sick time would be five days. Backers of the bill claim, implausibly enough, that the measure would not only be good for workers but good for small businesses and the overall economy.
Just how the advocates come to the conclusion that requiring small business-owners to pay employees for days they don't work is good for business-owners is beyond us. A business with 20 employees would have to pay employees for up to 180 days of no work. The unintended consequences of such a mandate are anything but painless.
And it's a given that virtually all employees who might be granted this new "right" by the Council would take their full allotment of days off, meaning their employers wouldn't get the benefit of their services even though they're paying them for those days.
The proponents' math just is beyond fuzzy, much as they try to spin this as good for everyone.
Far more credible is the contention by business groups that the measure, if passed, would cost an extra $789 million in overall payroll costs per year - nearly 50 cents an hour more per worker, on average. That's about $1,000 a year for every worker affected. The proponents seem to think that affected businesses should simply absorb those increased costs. But that's so much wishful thinking - and heedless economics. More likely, small businesses struggling to survive in a tough economy will find other ways to cut their costs, including laying off workers.
By far, most employers in the city - 88 percent - already offer paid sick time, but they would still be hit hard by the added costs imposed by the bill's mandates.
Advocates have claimed that the legislation is absolutely necessary to protect 1.8 million workers in the city, primarily in the service industry, who don't get paid sick time. It's a worthy goal, but the burden it places on all businesses and the city's economy offsets the extremely limited benefits of providing paid sick leave to just 12 percent of the work force.
And it's worth noting that the law would not apply to those employees represented by unions. But unions and their allies in the Working Families Party have been the most vociferous supporters of the bill.
Ardent backers of the bill, which also has the support of a veto-proof majority in the Council, have vowed to keep fighting to pry the measure away from the Council speaker and get it passed. They won't soon forget what they undoubtedly see as Ms. Quinn's "betrayal."
That's why Ms. Quinn, who presumably wants to run for mayor in 2013 with support from these very people, deserves all credit for standing up to the intense pressure and doing what's right for the city as a whole, if not necessarily for her own political prospects.


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