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Earlier this year the Corzine administration bought $3 million worth of gas-guzzling SUVs for state employees.
Meanwhile the same Corzine administration wants you to drive a car that gets 40 miles a gallon. Corzine's in court demanding the feds let him impose the strict California Car Standard on cars sold in New Jersey. That standard calls for a crackdown on gas-guzzlers beginning with the 2009 model year and culminating in a 40.5 mpg average by 2016.
Well, I'm willing to give it a try even if the governor isn't.
Mr. Environment still travels in a caravan of big SUVs. But I've liked small cars ever since high school.
Back at St. Joe's in the '60s, my mechanic friend Zeke convinced me to adopt the European philosophy of motoring. This is the idea of skillfully piloting a small, agile vehicle rather than lumbering along in a land barge.
So when I got a chance to drive a Smart Car, I leapt at it. The Smart, which has long been popular in Europe, recently went on sale in the U.S. If you've never seen one, I'll describe it: The Smart Car looks like that cartoon crab from "The Little Mermaid," and it's every bit as agile.
The Smart is one of the few cars on the market to reach the 40-mpg plateau. It's also the cheapest, with a base price around $13,000.
The test model I drove is called the Fortwo. As the name implies, it has two seats. They're surprisingly spacious. The Smart is only slightly longer than a Hummer is wide, yet it feels like a normal car once you're behind the wheel.
After I picked it up in Newark I decided to drive some city streets to get that European feel. Though the Smart is a Mercedes product, it is made in France. So as I worked my way through Elizabeth and Roselle Park, I pretended I was in Paris wearing a beret and shopping for baguettes. The Smart is very well adapted to urban traffic. I found I could squeeze through openings that would cause gridlock for larger vehicles. Parking is a breeze. The Europeans often get two Smarts into one space by parking them facing the curb.
It was past rush hour when I made it to the Parkway. That was a lucky break. Commuting in any small car these days is like driving in a demolition derby. The politicians say they want us in fuel-efficient cars, yet they've rigged the fuel-economy rules in favor of monster trucks. If you're not being terrorized by a Tahoe, you're in danger of being rammed by a Ram.
I made it safely to Zeke's house in Brick Township and pulled the Smart into the driveway. Zeke gave it a good looking over.
"Well, it's no Renault Dauphine," he finally said. "But it'll do."
Back when we were in high school, Zeke had a Renault. He got it free with a bad engine and fixed it up with a $15.95 rebuild kit from the J.C. Whitney catalog. It was the first car both of us learned to drive, since I had dedicated my transportation budget to a Ducati motorcycle.
The Smart represents a huge leap forward from the Renault technologically, but there are some similarities. Not only does it go a long way on a gallon of gas, it's got an electric clutch.
What's an electric clutch? This may seem like a point of automotive trivia, but in fact it's important. When American politicians talk about reducing our dependence on foreign oil, they always embrace some sort of magical solution such as "alternative" fuels. But there's no alternative to something that shoots out of the ground begging to be burned.
The Europeans, meanwhile, cut their imports through the only approach that has worked: A big tax on gasoline. If we cut our oil consumption to French levels, we could tell the Arabs to pound sand.
The Europeans achieve their economy with such innovations as a manual transmission with an electric clutch. This was pioneered on Zeke's Renault and perfected on the Smart. You can either let it shift automatically or shift it via two Grand Prix-style paddle shifters on the steering wheel. This is tremendous fun, and it's easy to conjure up images of rounding the Nurburgring while winding that three-cylinder motor to the red line on the back roads in Brick.
The next day I took the Smart to Trenton. I had the idea of offering the governor a ride, but he was busy. So I settled for Jeff Tittel of the Sierra Club. Though I'm a conservative and Jeff is a liberal, we agree on the goal of reducing oil consumption. We conservatives want to cut oil imports for security and financial reasons. Meanwhile the liberals want to cut the carbon dioxide they contend is warming the planet.
"The reason the global warming bill passed in New Jersey is that the legislators knew the people wanted the state to do something about global warming," said Tittel.
Perhaps. But I'll bet the people are no more ready to start driving tiny cars than the lawmakers. And the lawmakers prefer gas-guzzlers, as a quick look around the Statehouse garage revealed.
An exception is state Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean Jr. He drives a Ford Escape hybrid. When I ran into him in the Statehouse later, Kean told me he sees no reason why the Corzine crowd can't drive hybrids as well.
I'd go a bit further and put them all in Smart Cars. Imagine the governor showing up at a state function in a car that looks like a large crustacean.
I'm not sure if that would be smart, but it sure would be fun.


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One of the prizes for winning the overall title in the National Challenge Competition was a Halo Swim Training System like the one in the image below. More info about the system can be found here: http://www.haloswimtraining.com/guest/index.php
We don't really know what to do with it and want to make sure it doesn't just go in the Club's storage unit and sit there for years. So we are seeking ideas on what do to with it. I know this is a creative and opinionated community, so don't be shy. Best idea wins a USAT NCC Champions winter running hat.
Bring it to the brick-nic this morning so people can get a swim in without having to get into that lake (gross).
Bonus points if someone wears a Finnis swim counter that counts strokes and does a mile on this thing.
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April 21, 2011
Food Lion, JCPenney, Lowe's, Kohl's, Staples and Sears were the only six retailers out of more than 100 companies that achieved 2011 Energy Star Awards, honoring their various levels of contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency.
Top honors went to Food Lion and JCPenney, which each received the Energy Star Award for Sustained Excellence. Forty-four other companies also achieved this award that recognized "long-term commitment to protecting our environment through superior energy efficiency," according to EPA. "These winners exhibit outstanding leadership and achievement year after year."
The Food Lion Family, including Bloom, and Bottom Dollar Food, operating 1,300 grocery stores in 11 southeast and mid-Atlantic sites "takes great pride in its energy program and considers energy management to be a cornerstone of its operational strategy." The grocer's award stems from its"consistent reductions in energy consumption and strong commitment to strategic energy management practices."
Key accomplishments include reducing energy consumption by more than 25 percent, and adding more than $59 million to its bottom line since 2000. The company also earned the Energy Star for 66 additional stores in 2010, bringing the total to 1,044 certified stores and successfully executed a pilot program to measure the impact of installing glass doors on medium-temperature cases, reducing energy consumption for the refrigeration system by more than 30 percent with a net neutral sales impact. Overall, Food Lion increased its portfolio-wide average Energy Star score by five points over 2009 to 84, with 89 percent of eligible stores scoring over a 75 on EPA's Energy Star performance scale.
JCPenney, with more than 1,100 in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, received accolades for "all aspects of its energy management program and has achieved impressive results year after year," EPA said. Key accomplishments include implementing an aggressive 5-year energy strategy to reduce the company's energy consumption 20 percent by 2015 and earning the Energy Star at 99 stores in 2010 for a total of 204 certified stores since 2007. The company also yielded impressive results through its Advanced Energy Management program, with 52 newly participating stores reducing energy consumption by 8.9 percent over the energy strategy baseline year of 2008.
Lowe's also received the Energy Star Award for Sustained Excellence, pertaining primarily to its in-store marketing and merchandising efforts at its 1,725 home improvement stores. Key accomplishments include integrating Energy Star into its national corporate marketing strategy through the Efficient Home and "Build Your Savings" programs that have represented the retailer's go-to-market platform for addressing the growing energy and water efficiency consumer market. Lowe's also continues to expand its selection of Energy Star qualified products.
Partner of the Year Awards
Staples, Kohl's and Sears all earned Energy Star Partner of the Year Awards, along with 41 other non-retail companies. This award recognizes "partners for strategically and comprehensively managing energy use and promoting Energy Star products and practices in their own operations and/or providing efficient product and services to consumers and within their communities," according to EPA.
Staples' award was in recognition of "its commitment to and success in increasing the energy efficiency of its buildings and its dedication to promoting the importance of energy efficiency to employees and customers." Key accomplishments include earning the Energy Star for more than 135 buildings including stores, warehouses, and distribution centers in 2010, making significant progress toward the corporate goal of 500 certified buildings by 2012.
The office supply chain also improved retail store energy intensity (kBtu per square foot) by more than 14 percent since 2009, and starting an energy awareness and management initiative in its 200 distribution centers. Staples also offers more than 600 retail products that have earned the Energy Star.
Kohl's received its award for "its continued commitment to maximizing energy efficiency and for communicating the value of environmental stewardship to customers and the general public," according to EPA. Key accomplishments include earning the Energy Star at 196 stores in 2010 for a total of 563 certified sites, and surpassing its 2 percent energy reduction goal for 2010 by reducing energy use on a Btu per square foot basis by 2.4 percent compared to 2009. The company also upgraded Energy Management Systems at 150 stores and initiated a nine-month Energy Challenge for all of its electric utility representatives.
Sears received its award for "leadership in merchandising a broad selection of Energy Star qualified products, and promoting Energy Star through a variety of customer channels."


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MS candidate
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Former Program Manager & Education Coordinator
The Center for Tropical Ecology and Conservation
Fall 2006 Symposium Coordinator
"Banking on Biodiversity: The Ecological and Socio-Economic Dimensions of Sustainable Agriculture"
My goal as a student of conservation biology is to explore ways in which human modified landscapes can be restored so as to support higher levels of biodiversity and ecosystem services. In 2006, I organized the CTEC fall symposium, Banking on Biodiversity: The Ecological and Socio-economic Dimensions of Sustainable Agriculture. This symposium is linked to my own research involving the ecological value of small-holder agroforestry systems in Central America.
M.S. Candidate, Environmental Studies, Antioch University New England
August 2005 – (anticipated completion July, 2008)
Concentration in Conservation Biology Thesis: Measuring Ecosystem Services as a Baseline Evaluation for the Conservation Viability of Agroforestry in Southern Belize, Central America
Bachelor of Arts, May 2001, University of Montana – GPA 4.0
Major: Environmental Science, concentration in Biology 2nd Major: Literature and Writing
Center for Tropical Ecology & Conservation, Keene, NH
Program Manager
January 2007 – January 2008
- Hire and supervise staff
- Review grant proposals and scholarship applications
- Assist with Strategic Development Plan
- Prepare and edit grant proposals, biannual newsletter, budget, and year end report
Center for Tropical Ecology & Conservation, Keene, NH
Education Coordinator
MarchDecember 2006
- Developed, organized and implemented international symposium entitled Banking on Biodiversity: The Ecological and Socioeconomic Dimensions of Sustainable Agriculture
- Compiled and edited symposium proceedings
- Edited grant proposals and organized educational events
- Prepared budget and final report
Medomak Retreat CenterWashington, ME
Co-Founding Director
January 2003 – September 2006
- Co-founded Maine retreat center dedicated to arts, education, community and environment
- Established an array of environmental education and outdoor recreation programs
- Operated facility, hired and supervised employees
- Designed and constructed recreational trail network
Denali Wilderness LodgeDenali, AK
Naturalist and Hiking guide
MaySeptember, 2001
- Constructed and maintained low-impact trail system
- Organized naturalist program and designed educational media for guests
- Guided day hikes and expeditions throughout Wood River Valley
- Interpreted geology, ecology, and cultural history of glacial landscape
- Delivered evening natural history and ecology presentations
Beaverhead County Community Development Committee, Dillon, Montana
Grant Writer
JanuaryMay, 2001
- Worked with Forest Service to negotiate integration of recreational trails program in
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
- Prepared grant proposals to promote economic, social and environmental enhancement projects for local community
American Safari CruisesJuneau, AK
Naturalist and Expedition Leader
MaySeptember, 2000
- Interpreted natural and cultural history of Alaska's Inside Passage
- Guided hikes and expeditions through Tongass temperate rainforest
- Delivered evening programs on marine mammals, birds, glaciology and rainforest ecology
- Led guests on kayak and zodiac tours through glacial fjords
U.S. Forest Service, Fire CrewDillon, MT
Fire Fighter/Field Worker
MayAugust, 1999
- Fought wildfire and prescribed burns
- Prepared forest sites for control burns to reduce catastrophic wildfire and soil sterilization
- Removed seedling and mature conifers from aspen stands (USFS aspen restoration project)
University of Montana, Western – Youth Sports Gymnastics Program, Dillon, MT
Founder, Director and Head Coach
September 1998 – January 2002
- Established recreational gymnastics program for boys and girls in Dillon, Montana
- Organized holiday events, college sports half-time shows, and community demonstrations
Internships and Volunteer Work
Sustainable Harvest International, Central America
Volunteer and Researcher
May, 2006 – September 2007
- Conducted field research on the ecological impact of the SHI farm extension program in Belize
- Assisted in the construction of fuel efficient wood stoves, water catchment systems and solar driers
- Supervised US student volunteers in tree planting and other service learning projects
AmeriCorps S.E.R.V.E. New Hampshire
Campus Compact Community Service Volunteer
- Collaborated with Antioch University New England Faculty to create community event proposal
- Engaged volunteers to participate in international sustainable agriculture symposium
- Prepared symposium report and recruited new education coordinator for the Center for Tropical Ecology
US Geological Survey-Biological Resources Division, Volcano Village, HI
Field Biologist
MaySeptember, 2002
- Nest searching, radio tracking, mist netting and banding palila (an endangered finch-billed honeycreeper inhabiting a relict patch of mamane forest on the west slope of Mauna Kea, Hawaii)
- Data entry and statistical analyses at Kilauea Field Station
Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, MD
Trails Coordinator
1995 – 1998
- Designed and constructed trails system throughout Gunpowder State Park
- Led community hikes and canoe trips
- Organized invasive plant removal work sessions
Academic Event Coordination
Coastal Connections: Linking Research and Education in Tropical Coastal Systems. The Center for Tropical Ecology & Conservation. Antioch University New England, Keene, NH. November 3, 2007
Birdsong and Coffee: A Wake up Call. The Center for Tropical Ecology & Conservation. Antioch University New England, Keene, NH. February 23, 2007
Banking on Biodiversity: the Ecological & Socio-Economic Dimensions of Sustainable Agriculture. The Center for Tropical Ecology & Conservation. Antioch University New England, Keene, NH. October 28, 2006
Professional Presentations
Antioch Student Symposium. Antioch University New England, Keene, NH. Measuring Ecosystem Services as a Baseline Evaluation for the Conservation Viability of Agroforestry in Belize, Central America March 29, 2008
The Center for Tropical Ecology & Conservation's Tropical Speaker Series. Antioch University New England, Keene, NH. Agriculture and the Maya: Issues of Conservation and Sustainability in the Working Landscapes of Southern Belize. December 6, 2007
On the Rocks Science Colloquium. University of Montana, Dillon, MT. A Summer in the Wilderness: Cushy Life on the Alaskan Tundra. November 13, 2001
Denali Wilderness Lodge Evening Lecture Series, Denali, AK. Geo-Ecology of the Alaska and Coast Range. June – September, 2001
On the Rocks Science Colloquium. University of Montana, Dillon, MT. Impacts of Ecotourism in Alaska's Inside Passage. January, 2001
North American Interdisciplinary Conference on Environment & Community, University of Nevada, Reno. Being Responsible Educators: Environmental Education and Student Empowerment. February, 2000.
Raptor Research Foundation Annual Meeting, La Paz Mexico. Utilization of Nest Trees and Nest Stands by Northern Goshawks (Accipiter Gentilis) in Southwest Montana. November, 1999
Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association. Jackson Hole, WY. Being Responsible Educators: Environmental Education and Student Empowerment. October, 1999
Montana Academy of Sciences. Butte, MT. Utilization of Nest Trees and Nest Stands by Northern Goshawks (Accipiter Gentilis) in Southwest Montana. April, 1999
Awards and Scholarships
Center for Tropical Ecology & Conservation Scholarship, 2007
Antioch University New England Scholarship, 2006
University of Montana, Western, Out of State Fee Waiver 2000, 1999, 1998
University of Montana, Western Honors Scholarship 2000
University of Montana, Western ES Department Scholarship, 1999
NASA Space Grant, 1999
Susquahannock Environmental Scholarship, 1996
Baltimore County Gymnastics Scholarship, 1996


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AURIESVILLE, N.Y. (AP) -- Catholics in the Mohawk and Hudson valleys are celebrating the sainthood of a Native American woman who has been honored in the region for generations.
Kateri Tekakwitha was canonized Sunday morning at the Vatican, along with six other new saints. She was a Mohawk Indian born in the Mohawk Valley west of Albany.
Masses were celebrated in her honor on Sunday at the National Kateri Shrine in Fonda, where she was baptized, and at the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville. Native American musicians played at a mass for Saint Kateri at St. Margaret of Cortona Church in Rotterdam Junction, 25 miles west of Albany.
In Lagrangeville, 70 miles south of Albany, hundreds of parishioners filled Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Roman Catholic Church for a mass in Kateri's honor.


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JACKSONVILLE -- Far be it for me to promote the virtues of a competing newspaper, especially when I know that The Post-Standard is as fine a publication as you can find in its circulation class anywhere in the land (no brag, just fact . . . as I see fact).
But sometimes, to coin a horrid sports cliche, you have to tip your hat . . . and, by the way, who does that anymore? Heck, I don't even wear a hat, so I've got nothing to tip even if I wanted to.
Anyway . . .
There is a marvelous photo package/"story" on Page 8C of today's editions of USA Today. The pictures show the Air Force Academy's men's basketball team (1) boarding its plane for a flight to San Diego where it will play Illinois this evening in the NCAA Tournament, and (2) sitting in its seats on that flight.
Only, it's not a charter jet or a commercial airliner. It's a C-130 cargo plane and the athletes are strapped to the sides of the thing, bundled up in knit hats and hooded sweatshirts. And, yeah, they're smiling.
Talk about perspective, huh? Talk about a dose of reality. Suddenly, I don't much care that this club probably doesn't belong, on basketball merit, in the Tournament field. Suddenly, I'm a big Falcons fan.
Alas, that's likely not going to help them one bit against Dee Brown.
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SPARKS, Nev. - Police say two people are dead and two more are injured in a shooting at Sparks Middle School in northern Nevada Monday morning.
Washoe County School District Police didn't immediately offer details of the identities of the dead. They said the school is "all clear" and the suspect is "down," but offered no further details.
Spokeswoman Angela Rambo of Renown Regional Medical Center says two boys are in critical condition.
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In this photo provided by Jerry Davis, police gather near Sparks Middle School after a shooting at the school, Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Reno, Nev. A student at the school opened fire on campus, killing a staff member who was trying to protect other children, police said Monday. The suspected gunman is also dead, and authorities say no shots were fired by law enforcement
Washoe County School District spokesman Charles Rahn says the middle school and next door Agnes Risley Elementary School have been evacuated to Sparks High School. Rahn said the middle and elementary schools will be closed Monday.
Sparks is a city just east of Reno.


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CHESTER – Vincent G. Dowling, who had a decades-long association with Ireland's national theater company, performed three times at the White House and was the artistic director for the Great Lakes Theater Festival and founder of the Miniature Theatre of Chester, died Friday at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 83.
Dowling, who left school in Dublin at age 16 to become an actor, was a poet, playwright, author, director and raconteur whose work at what was then the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival had a profound impact on a then 20-year-old unknown actor named Tom Hanks when Dowling invited him to the Ohio stage company in 1977. He had directed Hanks one year earlier in California.
"Vincent's the reason I'm an actor, man," Hanks would say years later. "To act with Vincent on the stage is to share the wings with a master."
Dowling was a star in his own right, performing on stages from Moscow to Hong Kong to Washington, D.C., and, finally, in his adopted home of Chester, a tiny hamlet in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains.
"My reality was in who could I pretend to be," Dowling said. "Acting is to experience everything in God and the devil in yourself on stage."
During his 27 hears at the national theater of Ireland, The Abbey Theatre, he was artistic director, director of experimental theatre and a leading company actor. He organized The Abbey's first visit to The Moscow Arts Theatre and brought the famous Russian theatre to Dublin.
Dowling also played and directed in the United States, London, Paris, Florence, and the Edinburgh Festival.
In his native Ireland, he was a well-known radio and television broadcaster. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1976.
At Great Lakes, Dowling was producing artistic director from 1976-84. There he staged, among others, the "Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," an 81/2-hour, 40-actor production .
Although he described himself as a committed Democrat, he performed solo on three state occasions at the White House during the Reagan years.
He won an Emmy Award for his PBS television production and direction of "The Playboy of the Western World." His oldest daughter, Bairbre Dowling, was a member of the cast.
In the early 1990s, he founded The Miniature Theatre of Chester, a professional theatre now in its 20th season. He resigned from MTC in 1997 and formed the Vincent Dowling Theatre Company,
Dowling's reputation attracted Academy Award winner Kim Hunter, Dan O'Herlihy, David Birney, Ireland's David Kelly and a long list of other actors to the stage in Chester.
Two years ago, he brought Norman Corwin's play about the Lincoln-Douglas debates, "The Rivalry," to audiences in Boston and New York.
Asked once if he was retired, he replied no. "Old actors don't retire, they only get less work," he said.
Besides his wife Olwen, an artist, Dowling is survived by children Bairbre, Louise, Valerie, Rachael and Cian. He leaves seven grandchildren.
The memorial service is private
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to The Actors Fund , 729 7th Ave., 10 floor, New York New York 10019. The fund may be reached at (212)221-7300


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Foundation seeks donations to help military overseas
By Donna Kessler
Times Herald-Record
Posted Nov. 24, 2015 at 2:01 AM
Lucy Mercado of New Windsor has a son, Marine Luis Mercado Jr., stationed overseas. Care packages he received, he shared with other soldiers who received nothing. Lucy saw that there was a need to help these soldiers who had no one at home.
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Donations sought to support military troops
Poughkeepsie Journal
Published: 11/18/15
Lucy Mercado, New Windsor, is preparing to ship items to military service members as part of her foundation, Support Our Heroes. She supports three platoons in Afghanistan.
Contributions can be made out to:
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18 Windsor Square Drive
New Windsor, NY, 12553.
Call (845)569-9450
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A Very Special THANK YOU is in order to:
Support Our Heroes Founder Lucy Mercado would like to thank the Junior Division #5 Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Of Monroe, NY They donated over $500 worth of goods from WAL-MART in Monroe
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for all the necessary items that we need for our Troops currently serving in Iraq.
I'm Sure All Our Americans Serving in Iraq are also greatly Feeling Grateful that people like the above contributors remember that we are still over in Iraq. Keeping us safe back here in the United States.
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This has been a steller stock and it is in line to get hit. When sellers come in we may be able to pick this up between $70-$75. We are closer than you think
Have to admit I dont eat their donuts. It takes a real donut attack to do that and I do love them. :)
Which tells me their pastries sit in the case far too long. I wouldnt buy anything to eat there. I would go to Dunkin where I know the donuts are fresh.
What do they have to do with donuts.??? Come-on! People who buy coffee at DNKN (a small part of their business) wont stop buying their coffee. Their coffee stop on the way to work. I dont own either stock.
hope it gets a little boost
It happens his ownership is the only reason I checked this stock out. On CNBC
Anyone know?
They have been working on this for a very long time and when it takes off it will be steaming hot. Everyone will be in line to buy it.!!!!!! Except me , I will wait.
Buffett just announced he did not and it was a mistake. Meanwhile it is mentioned many times on Yahoo Summaries that he Did!! Interesting mistake hugh?
Rest assured, nothing has changed at Appl.Its just MARKET MANIA. Things will shake up on their Big Event on Sept 9 when they will introduce their new operating system.
Just stay off these boards and use your time for research unless you want a little entertainment. I seldom check the boards unless I need a laugh.
Off like a rocket!!
113 is nothing when AAPL decides to Blast Off!!!
Anything can happen so I wouldnt bet on any stock!!!
to one of his callers. He is probably right - take the money and buy a new sweater!
It was a buy in May. Just overbought
This stock is asking for a beating. WW_A__Y Oversold.
Might buy back after the next hair cut.
Pretty hard to find to my surprise
What are Qdoba comps?
So with all the green arrows why do you think this stock is down?


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A 53-year-old Birmingham man was struck by a pickup truck and killed early Saturday morning while walking in the middle of the westbound lanes on Corridor X at Mile Marker 91.
That marker is near Jefferson County Road 105 and Cherry Avenue.
The accident happened just before 6 a.m., according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
The truck driver, who was traveling with a passenger, was on his way to work when the accident happened. The driver stopped and called 911 for help, according to the sheriff's office.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. His identification was being withheld pending family notification.
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Wherever you find plentiful engineers and free-market economies, living
standards thrive. That has been the case through most of this century, and
conditions seem right for more of the same.
Not only are controlled economies giving way to free markets, but the supply of engineers is growing. A new report from the American Association of Engineering Societies shows that the world is producing just over a million new bachelor-level graduates each year in engineering and closely-related professions, such as computer scientists. Moreover, some of the fastest growth comes from the emerging economies of Asia, such as India and China, as well as Latin America. Among other findings of this study:
The biggest producers of engineers are, in rank order, Russia, China, Japan, the U.S., and the Ukraine.
While the number of engineering graduates is still rising in Europe, new bachelor-level engineering degrees have been dropping in the U. S. since 1986. Currently, the U.S. is graduating about 119,000 new engineers and related professionals each year--about 12% of the world's total supply.
The report notes that engineers educated in the U.S. tend to be broader-based and better prepared to adapt to the changing demands of the world economy. By contrast, engineers trained in controlled economies tend to be handicapped by narrowly defined specialties.
How will the bigger worldwide supply of technical talent affect U.S. engineers? With the global economy, international companies from Western nations, such as the U.S. and Germany, can now substitute cheaper engineering talent in developing countries for higher-priced engineers at home.
But on the other hand, history has shown that free-market countries with increas- ing populations of engineers demand more and more technology-based products. And that will mean more work for U.S. engineers who design the computers, semiconductors, communications equipment, and countless other products needed by engineers in emerging economies.
A healthier world economy--and a leveling off of corporate downsizing--have already improved the job outlook. Since the first quarter of 1995, nearly 200,000 new engineering jobs were created in the U.S. The unemployment rate among engineers has fallen to around 2.5%, compared to more than 4% in 1993. With increasing worldwide demand for technology, career prospects should continue to brighten.


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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama– The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is halfway to reaching the $1 billion goal of its current fundraising drive, the largest in the history of the school, and officials say the money raised will benefit the city and region, not just the campus.
More than 74,000 donors have contributed more than $500 million to The Campaign for UAB, according to a UAB news release on Monday.
The public phase of The Campaign for UAB launched in October 2013 and will run through 2018. The campaign allows donors to choose what efforts their donations support.
The money donated is to be used for a wide variety of purposes, including support for research, economic development and technology-transfer efforts, recruitment of top-quality faculty members, enhanced campus facilities and improvements to the student experience on campus.
UAB officials and others working on the campaign say that the monies raised will have economic and cultural benefits not just for UAB but for Birmingham and the entire region.
"Together we are transforming the future of Birmingham and Alabama -- creating new treatments and potential cures for disease, exciting new avenues for the arts, academic programs that inspire and equip students for 21st century careers, and the innovations and startup companies that make us very competitive in a global, knowledge-based economy." UAB Vice President Shirley Salloway Kahn said in the release.
"The scope and impact of this campaign will extend far beyond our campus," UAB President Ray L. Watts said.
The campaign will leverage UAB's "incredible resources" and will "nourish economic and cultural development in our city and state for decades to come," Johnny Johns, president and CEO of Protective Life Corp and campaign co-chair, said.
The campaign includes money for the arts. The release refers to the Cultural Arts Corridor anchored by The Alys Stephens Center for the Performing Arts and including the new Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts. There will also be money spent on art education and other community initiatives.
"We are now fostering in Birmingham the caliber of arts opportunities and venues that we used to associate strictly with bigger metro areas nationally and globally," said Theresa Bruno, co-chair of the campaign.
UAB is also in the midst of a comprehensive strategic planning process to establish priorities to guide the spending of the money raised, according to the release. "These priorities give a targeted purpose to each philanthropic gift," Watts said.
For more information about the campaign, click here.
For more news from Birmingham, go to www.al.com/birmingham.


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(On the Slugyard blog) is a photo I took on Friday. The bases of the trees you see are normally about 10 to 15 feet above the edge of the river. Not today.
The space between the camera and the trees is a grassy field. But, the
river didn't crest (hit its highest point) until Saturday. What did it
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Baye Moussa Keita played the second half of the 2010-11 season with his left hand wrapped in white tape.
During games, the wrap would get slick from sweat and Keita struggled to maintain control of rebounds and passes from teammates.
After the season, Keita underwent surgery to repair a ligament in his hand.
He entered this season supposedly healthy, but he had the hand wrapped again during Syracuse's 87-69 exhibition game victory over the College of Saint Rose at the Carrier Dome on Tuesday night.
"It's kind of sore,'' Keita said. "I'm just being careful.''
Keita, who had two points, seven rebounds and two blocks in Tuesday's game, said he was told that he might experience some soreness in his hand.
"After I got the surgery, they told I was going to be sore for another year or so,'' Keita said. "I'm just playing through it. This year is way better. It's just sore. It's nothing serious.''
» Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse's point guard in waiting, shows why college recruiters coveted him


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Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) at The University of Texas-Pan American will host a Life after College forum with Sea World communication representatives at the UTPA Student Union Theater on Tuesday, Nov. 18 from 5-6 p.m.
The event will feature Sea World San Antonio's fascinating live animals. Representatives will visit the students from UTPA as part of a program to teach conservation and preview public relations at Sea World San Antonio.
Students from UTPA will have a chance to meet some of Sea World's amazing animals up close, including a lemur, Burmese python, bearded dragon, spoonbill and Magellanic penguins! Bring a camera for some great interaction between the students and these animal favorites.
PRSSA is a nonprofit professional organization at UTPA that helps enhance members' knowledge of the public relations field. The goals of the organization are to increase public awareness of the field of study and establish relationships that will benefit the institution, the community, and the student organization. For more information about PRSSA, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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NPT is proud to announce the newest addition to our Leadership Council – Michael Soukup.
Mike was the Chief Scientist for the National Park System (NPS) for 12 years and was the key architect of the Natural Resource Challenge – the NPS vision for approaching the next century of rapid environmental change. That program initiated a 13-agency Cooperative Ecosystem Studies (CESU) Network with over 300 academic partners, 19 research learning centers, and a long-term faunal/floral inventory and monitoring system for the 270 natural resource parks. Most recently, Mike is the past president and CEO of the Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park; he currently serves on several boards and as director of science for the Schoodic Institute.
We are delighted to welcome Mike Soukup as our newest member of the Leadership Council," stated Chuck Knauss, NPT board member and chair of the Leadership Council. "Mike's expertise in the ecosystems of our national parks and dedication to education will be a tremendous asset for our land preservation work and for our Buddy Bison environmental education program." Mike agreed to serve on the Leadership Council because, in his own words, "the National Park Trust can be a valuable asset in assuring a bright future for national parks and I hope to help however I can."
Mike was also the former director of research at Everglades National Park. His personal research targeted lake and marsh biogeochemistry and restoration. Mike continues to explore the role that national parks can play for greater impact on the future landscape, as they are superb natural laboratories and inspirational sites for lifelong learning. Mike's experience and vision will be a wonderful compliment to NPT's Leadership Council. Thanks to Mike for giving of his time and knowledge so generously.


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Today we've released Pivotal Tracker for iOS 1.6 to the App Store. With this release we've thoroughly refined the app to make updating stories easier and more enjoyable. While there are all kinds of refinements, we think you'll be most excited about the following:
A story's name, description, tasks, and comments are all editable inline, without transitioning to a new screen and losing context. While editing, text now wraps gracefully across multiple lines as you type.
For example, previous versions of the app provided a separate screen for creating a comment. In version 1.6 this now happens inline, right where the comment will be added. This allows you to continue to scan other comments or details about the story as you write.
Finding and adding labels to a story is much improved, especially for larger projects. The label list now filters as you type, which helps avoid duplicate or mistyped labels. Adding a new label is also much more obvious and easy.
All tasks can now be moved using the standard move controls, without the need to go into "move" mode. This gets rid of a needless extra taps. To remove a task, simply swipe it and tap the "Delete" button.
We've gotten rid of the separate "Action" screen, and replaced it with a pair of buttons to move or delete a story. You'll find these at the very bottom of the story editor, rather than the old icon in the title bar.
We hope you love this release! Please don't be shy about letting us know in our community about how we can continue to make the app better.
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The one mile scroll – a combination of an endurance race and a fall from space. Mile markers laid out as height. Elevations of points on the globe, heights of structures. It starts high and you slowly fall closer to sea-level.
I've had dreams like this, falling off a satellite, passing landmarks in the atmosphere. This is different, this is a crawl from the air to the surface. Gravity means nothing now, we're climbing downwards.
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The Arts Council of New Orleans is bringing 23 local artists and more than 1,000 pieces of their artwork packed into a 22-foot truck to Norfolk, Virginia for the 21st Annual Bayou Boogaloo and Cajun Food Festival June 25 - 27. The Bayou Boogaloo and Cajun Food Festival is Norfolk's annual love-fest with New Orleans' special spirit and unique bayou culture.
"The result of many months of planning and coordinating between the Arts Council of New Orleans and Norfolk Festevents, this artistic showcase is part of the Arts Council's aggressive strategy for promoting the cultural economy of New Orleans while providing viable avenues for artists to bring their creative works to new marketplaces," Arts Business Program Director Gene Meneray said.
Artists from the Arts Council's Arts Market of New Orleans, regularly held the last Saturday of each month in Palmer Park, are returning to the Bayou Boogaloo for a fourth year and bringing handmade New Orleans' art and New Orleans' stories for the festival goers. Known for her fish and fleur de lis designs, regular Arts Market of New Orleans Artist Linda Berman was selected to design this year's commemorative festival poster. The 2010 poster represents the vibrancy of Louisiana's bayou culture.
"When we can share the rich cultural resources of New Orleans--everyone wins," Advisor to the Mayor for Cultural Economy Scott Hutcheson said. "Our depth of talent in New Orleans is tremendous and this is an enriching exchange for our artists."
Grammy Winners Allen Toussaint, Buckwheat Zydeco, Terrance Simien and BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet are scheduled to perform as well as Nevillution featuring Cyril Neville and Tribe 13, Charmaine Neville, Omari Neville, Damion Neville with special guests the Wild Tchoupitoulas and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Eric Lindell Band, Feufollet, Soul Rebels Brass Band and Lil' Brian and the Travelers. In addition to the vast set of musical artists, Norfolk Festevents will feature authentic Cajun and Creole food, specialty entertainers and activities for all ages to enjoy.
Information in this release provided by the Arts Council of New Orleans.


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Syracuse, NY -- The NBA's preseason schedule affords some early viewing of former Syracuse University players this fall.
Perhaps the most intriguing matchup involves Philadelphia's trip to Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 21. There, Michael Carter-Williams' 76ers will play Dion Waiters' Cavaliers in a 7 p.m. game. The Cavs' website brags that tickets can be had for as low as $10 for that game.
Carter-Williams and Waiters played together for one season at Syracuse, before Waiters declared for the NBA Draft and Cleveland stunned draft day viewers by selecting him No. 4 in 2012. Waiters told me this summer that he'd sent Carter-Williams a congratulatory note after the Sixers -- his hometown team -- plucked him from the draft board this year.
Carter-Williams, the No. 11 pick of the June NBA Draft, will play his first NBA exhibition game this season in Spain, where the Sixers meet Bilbao on Oct. 6. The noon game will be televised by NBA.TV. The Sixers then play the Oklahoma City Thunder in Manchester, England on Oct. 8. That game will also be televised by NBA.TV (3 p.m.).
A couple other games of note involving former Syracuse players:
The Lakers (Wes Johnson) open Oct. 5 vs. the Golden State Warriors. Johnson and his new teammates will also travel to Beijing and Shanghai to play games in China, where the NBA is wildly popular. The Lakers play Golden State overseas on Oct. 15 and Oct. 18. Those games will be televised by NBA.TV.
And Arinze Onuaku and Fab Melo meet on Oct. 7 in Dallas. Onuaku accepted an invitation to the New Orleans Pelicans training camp, whereas Melo (recently picked by ESPN to be the second-worst player in the NBA), will try to make the Mavs roster.
Will Donte Greene stick with the Celtics, a team that keeps purging former Syracuse players? Greene, traded for Melo during the summer, will attempt to make the Boston roster. The Celtics open the preseason Oct. 7 vs. Toronto in Boston.
And Carmelo Anthony, the elder Syracuse statesman, starts training camp with the New York Knicks on Sept. 30. The Knicks open the preseason vs. the Celtics in Providence on Oct. 9.
UPDATE -- Donte Greene's time in Boston has apparently ended:
Agent Chris Grier-Luchey tells HoopsHype the Celtics are waiving forward Donte Greene, who will sign with a club in China.— HoopsHype (@hoopshype) September 17, 2013


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To the Editor:
As October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we would like to draw everyone's attention to a new draft recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Routine screening for intimate partner violence (IPV) has long been advocated by groups such as Futures without Violence (nationally) and Vera House (locally), and by health care professional societies. Until now, the documentation of its effectiveness in preventing death and injury has never been available. With the recent update of this recommendation, the task force has found evidence that asking routine questions in the doctor's offices about overall safety and about specific types of abuse can reduce violence, abuse and physical and mental harm in women of reproductive age.
The task force is a group of health professionals from primary care and related disciplines who review the scientific evidence for preventive services. This group's recommendations are made independently of the government. They have an important role in health reform as insurers are required to pay for those services the task force has found evidence to support.
IPV will affect one in four women in their lifetime and is responsible for a large portion of injury and death among women of reproductive age. As a group of health care educators, we feel it is important to emphasize the health care system's role in reducing IPV. We urge primary care providers and others to screen routinely for intimate partner violence in their practices.
John Epling, M.D.
Melissa Arthur
Susan Stearns
Frederick Lee Dutton, M.D.
Doctors should screen for violence by partner
on November 12, 2012 at 3:00 AM
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As usual, the city of Covington has many exciting things going on this weekend.
It all starts on Saturday with the Covington Farmer's Market from 9 a.m. until1 p.m. at the City Hall Side Yard. The farmers will be out there with their fresh produce come rain or shine. The market will be followed by free 30 minute brewery tours at the Heiner Brau Brewery. Tours will be held in the mornings at 10, 10:45 and 11:30. The brewery is located at 226 E Lockwood. For more information about the go to www.heinerbrau.com.
Also, Shakespeare at the Landing has been rescheduled for June 21. It will feature Romeo & Juliet performed by the Dog & Pony Theater Company.
Finally, starting today and ending May 30, Keep Covington Beautiful along with Waste Management will be collecting old phone books for recycling. There is a roll-off container at the
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Whoa Mama, that's one big belly
I can't believe I'm already at 37 weeks, I feel like this pregnancy has flow by. I remember Jarod and I being so excited we were pregnant, then the first doctors appointment, first ultrasound, hearing the heartbeat, finding out the sex, feeling the first flutters and then kicks, viability week, and now full term!
Not only are we full term but it's October 1st which is her birth month. She can literally come any day this month. By October 31st if she's not here my midwives will probably suggest inducing me, which is not something I want to do but I'm also not looking to grow a record weighing baby.
The middle of last week I started drinking Raspberry Leaf Tea and taking/using Evening Primrose oil. These do not induce labor but help prep the body for it. Raspberry leaf tea helps tone the muscles of the uterus to help labor move along more progressively, not so much faster but more efficient. Evening Primrose oil helps thin the cervix so that when I do go into labor and I also heard in helps with tearing (I know, TMI- Sorry!)
My back has been the most uncomfortable part. I've defiantly reached that I'm over this point and just ready and excited to meet our little girl.
Sleep has been ok besides the wake-ups to pee. I may just be getting used to less sleep now. Also I would love to take a nap but lounging on the couch isn't comfortable, although a heating pad and Jarod rubbing my back does feel good so most nights end this way.
Weight: Ugh, the inevitable gain. I think I'm at 32lbs gained now, I have my prenatal appointment tomorrow so I'll know for sure. I can tell I'm retaining a lot of fluid and now in the end that I'm not walking everyday like I used to the weight is coming on. I try not to be overly crazy about what I've gained, I've enjoyed foods that I might have otherwise restricted myself from, and for my first pregnancy I think I've done pretty good and have learned a lot for the next time around <—- yes I want to do this again
Yesterday I got my car cleaned, washed and went to the police station to have the car seat installed. After that I went to Babies R Us to get a sun shade, baby on board sticker and mirror for the back of the seat. Later that evening Jarod and I uninstalled the car seat and redid it because the level was a little off. When I went to the police station to get it installed the car was on a bit of hill so it didn't end up level when I was in my flat driveway, I'm not really sure why the police officer trained to install these didn't take that into account. At least I saw him put it in the first time so fixing it with Jarod was easy.
Hospital bag is almost completely packed, Nursery is all set up, and I started getting Pipers clothes and Diaper bag ready too. While I've been doing this Jarod had been chopping and stacking wood, installing new piping for the woodstove, and finishing up side work. We both have our own way of nesting.
We are ready.
I'm not going to lie and say I don't have fears and doubts about labor as it inches closer and closer. My goal is to have an un-medicated birth and I know my body is capable of doing that. If my birth plan doesn't go the way I've imagined I'm ok with that because no matter what my outcome will be the same….our daughter will be born.
The last thing I want to do these days is take pictures of myself or rather my growing belly, but I really want to be able to look back on this time. I'll probably update weekly now that I'm 3 weeks away from the due date and any post could be my last pregnancy one!


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(PG) New Line Cinema (107 mins.)
Directed by Adam Shankman. Stars Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta. Opens Thursday at midnight at theaters throughout New Jersey.
From film to Broadway and back, "Hairspray" holds up remarkably well. The musical delivers guilt-free retro fun, a giddy mix of song, dance and social commentary.
Jaunting back to the age of beehives and sock hops, the picture follows a plus-sized teen queen, Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky), who wins fame dancing on a TV show and uses her newfound celebrity to protest segregation.
Instead of simply recycling the live musical on celluloid, a la "The Producers," choreographer-turned-director Adam Shankman helms a stand-alone film with a terrific new cast. He offers up a dazzling pop collage true to the irreverent spirit of the 1988 John Waters movie and the hit Broadway adaptation.
The original picture was the first PG-rated film from Waters, best known for kinky classics such as "Pink Flamingos." He cleaned up the humor to create a nostalgic comedy with a healthy message of tolerance.
Adapting the material for the stage, Tony- and Grammy-winning composing partners Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman wrote catchy, humorous tunes to tell the story. Most songs from the show are featured in the film, which recaptures the qualities that have made the previous incarnations of "Hairspray" so enjoyable. Although the movie contains a moderate amount of sexual innuendo, it is a good option for families at the multiplex.
Between the rousing production numbers and lovable characters, the picture is virtually flawless. There's just one glaring problem. John Travolta is grotesquely out of place as Tracy's mom, Edna, stepping into a transgender part played by Divine in the Waters picture and Harvey Fierstein on stage.
Wearing a fat suit and layers of latex to transform him into an overweight housewife, Travolta looks like a fugitive from a wax museum. This is not the way you want to see the star revisiting his musical past, mugging desperately in lipstick and a wig.
One could argue that recruiting a macho actor like Travolta to portray a maternal character is more subversive than using a performer with a history of cross-dressing roles. That still doesn't make him less of a liability amid an otherwise superb ensemble.
Making her screen debut as the heroine, Blonsky delivers songs, hip clicks and wisecracks with flair. The Long Island native, who quit her job as a singing ice cream server at Cold Stone Creamery to make the movie, projects a great amount of confidence for a first-time Hollywood actress. Her love interest is played by heartthrob Zac Efron of "High School Musical," a bit of casting sure to please young viewers.
Other standouts include Jersey's own Queen Latifah as flamboyant TV host Motormouth Maybelle. The rapper-actress brings down the house belting out a poignant ballad of racial equality, "I Know Where I've Been." Deadpan Allison Janney earns big laughs as the puritanical parent of Tracy's friend Penny (Amanda Bynes), who falls for Maybelle's son, Seaweed (Elijah Kelley).
Christopher Walken portrays Tracy's jokester dad, singing a love song to Travolta and doing the tango with him/her. Walken, whose roots are in musical theater, proves he's still as smooth as Fred Astaire, but he never gets a chance to really rock out like he did in the sadly obscure "Pennies From Heaven."
Michelle Pfeiffer camps it up as former beauty pageant winner Velma Von Tussle, who wants her evil daughter Amber (Brittany Snow) to follow in her footsteps as Miss Baltimore Crabs. Cult fans of the famously awful "Grease 2" will be amused to see Pfeiffer in another song-dance role.
More a reinvention than a retread, "Hairspray" is a pleasant surprise, a breath of fresh, whimsical air in a season that's been dominated by franchise entertainment.
Rating note: The film contains strong language, sexual content and John Travolta in a housecoat.
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As a keen Vulcan fan I have been watching the progress in getting XH558 back into the air again.
The last I heard (about 3-4 weeks ago) were they were refitting the engines.
I have looked at the 'Vulcams' on the Vulcan to the Sky website but they give nothing away, and there is no recent news on there either.
I know it is planned for the aircraft to lead the flypast over Buckingham Palace in June, commemorating 25 years since the Falklands, and then it is scheduled to appear at the Waddington and RIAT airshows.
Does anybody have some inside info with regard to when they will start taxiing trials, and then when the first test flights are scheduled for?


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Michigan State football has moved up another two spots in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, improving its standing from No. 13 last week to No. 11 on the strength of a 30-6 win at Northwestern on Saturday.
The Spartans (10-1, 7-0 Big Ten) passed up offensive juggernauts Oregon (No. 12) and Texas A&M (No. 19) in the rankings, both of which were defeated on Saturday, the Ducks losing to Arizona and the Aggies suffering a defeat to No. 15 LSU.
Michigan State plays host to Minnesota (8-3, 4-3) at noon on Saturday at Spartan Stadium with visions of clinching a BCS bowl at-large berth.
To be eligible to be selected for a BCS bowl, a team must be ranked in the top 14 of the BCS standings, which will be released later this evening.
The Spartans have won the Legends Division and clinched a Dec. 7 date with No. 3 Ohio State (11-0, 3-0) in the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis.
Alabama held the No. 1 spot in this week's AP Top 25 poll, with Florida State No. 2 followed by the Buckeyes, Auburn (10-1) and No. 5 Missouri (10-1).
Clemson (10-1) leads the next five, followed by No. 7 Oklahoma State (10-1), Stanford (9-2), Baylor (9-1) and South Carolina rounds out the Top 10.
Wisconsin, which stands to challenge Michigan State for a BCS at-large bid should Ohio State defeat Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship Game, is ranked No. 14 after its win at Minnesota on Saturday.
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With holiday sales growth up but not by much, retailers are hoping to make the most of the post-holiday season. Dinga /Shutterstock
Today as shoppers return to the stores with unwanted Christmas gifts, analysts say the holiday season saw disappointingly marginal retail sales growth amid concerns about the fiscal cliff among other factors.
Although sales were up, some experts are calling it the weakest growth in spending since the 2008 recession—so weak that analysts were dialing back their predictions.
By the week before Christmas, some analysts began lowering their sales forecasts. ShopperTrak, which tracks retail foot traffic at 40,000 U.S. retailers, trimmed its holiday-season forecast to $257.7 billion, or a 2.5% gain, from a previous estimate of 3.3% growth.
MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse said that U.S. holiday sales grew by 0.7 percent from October 28 through December 24, compared to 2 percent growth at the same period of time last year, although it did not provide a dollar figure, reports Bloomberg. Factors cited by SpendingPulse for the slowdown: Washington fiscal cliff hand-wringing and Hurricane Sandy, which prompted consumers to spend on home repairs versus gifts.
Marshal Cohen, chief research analyst at NPD Group, a Port Washington, Long Island-based market research firm with a network of analysts at shopping centers nationwide, estimated that customer traffic over the weekend was about the same as last year, but suggested shoppers seemed to be spending less.
"There was this absence of joy for the holiday," Cohen said, according to an Associated Press report. "There was no Christmas spirit. There have been just too many distractions."
Several analysts cited the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, as being among the events that brought sadness to the nation this holiday season. And Hurricane Sandy reportedly hurt luxury sales in the New York region, which is responsible for one-fifth of the nation's luxury sales.
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Woodstock Union Middle School gets their students moving in the morning by starting the day with exercise. A program led by Physical Education teacher, Tim Whitney as well as student leadership uses dance, walking, jump roping and more to get the mind and body up and moving before school. Watch the video of this program and interviews –click here
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ESCANABA - The Escanaba Eskymos may be short on experience this season, but not on talent.
Returning just four players from last year's senior-loaded squad, head coach Theresa Heidt hopes her team can overcome the turnover with superior athleticism and chemistry.
"This group of girls have played together throughout their careers and the chemistry on the team is wonderful,"Heidt said. "We have a little more hitting power than we had last year and the team leadership is top notch."
Returning seniors include setter Alyssa Polequin, outside hitter Jessica Gill, middle hitter Tara Strahl and libero Becca Piron.
"The returnees confidence is higher this year. They're the top dogs now and their confidence is high," said Heidt. "Mentally and physically, they're strong players."
Senior Sam Connor is new to the team and will add height in the front row along with Strahl and junior middle hitter Haile Waters. The rest of the team is comprised of juniors' Paige Daginais who will backup Polequin at setter, right hitter Mackenzie Leisner, right hitter Erika Carne, Maddie Cseter, JJ Laviolette and outside hitter Katie Ziebell.
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The schedule:
Aug. 23 - at Sault Invite; Aug. 26 - at Iron Mountain
Sept. 2 - Negaunee; Sept. 4 - at Menominee; Sept. 9 - Kingsford; Sept. 11 - at Stephenson; Sept. 13 - at Gladstone Invite; Sept. 16 - at Negaunee; Sept. 18 - at Gladstone; Sept. 25 - Marquette; Sept. 27 - at Marquette Invite; Sept. 30 - Menominee
Oct. 11 - Escanaba Elks Invite; Oct. 14 - Gladstone; Oct. 21 - at Kingsford; Oct. 22 - at Manistique; Oct. 28 - at Marquette; Oct. 30 - Stephenson.
Laviolette a standout on the jayvees last season, will serve as a versatile backup specialist on the team.
Though the Eskymos are not particularly imposing up front, Heidt says her team will put pressure on the opposition by getting off more shot attempts. Defensively, Esky should have an advantage in the back row with athletes such as Piron and Laviolette diving for errant balls.
"We're running a new serve receive with the girls this year and we're going to try to hit more this year," Heidt said.
Escanaba will get its first action Saturday at the Sault Invitational. The team will face Houghton, Petoskey and Rogers City. Gladstone will also be at the tournament.
"I haven't seen a lot of Gladstone and I'm not sure what they look like, but every year they're tough competition," said Heidt. "I'm sure they have a lot to bring to the table this year. Their coach is very experienced."
Other contenders figure to be Great Northern Conference defending champion Stephenson, and Marquette which could return as many as nine seniors.
The Eskymos are scheduled to visit Iron Mountain on Tuesday before hosting Negaunee for their home opener on Sept. 2.


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Lexus: Too Japanese for the Japanese
Why Toyota's luxury lineup is getting little traction at homewhile German brands remain an obsession
When Toyota (TM) introduced its Lexus brand in Japan three years ago, the company was hoping drivers like Masayoshi Haku would swoon over the luxury lineup. The 46-year-old doctor is a car lover with a $110,000 BMW 750 sedan and a $60,000 Porsche Boxster, so he should have been a prime customer for Lexus. But Haku hasn't taken the bait. Why? Lexus is too Japanese for his tastes. "Lexus makes excellent cars. But if you ask me whether I'd buy one, the answer is no," says Haku. "Foreign brands have more individuality."
For most Japanese car buyers, "foreign" really means "German." Although Lexus hit American showrooms 19 years ago and has been the top-selling luxury nameplate in the U.S. since 2000, it didn't arrive in Japan until 2005. By that time German brands dominated the high end, and Lexus has had a tough time getting a toehold, reaching only 60% of Toyota's initial sales projections. In 2007, Lexus moved 34,800 cars—about what it sold in December alone in the U.S.—and sales so far this year are down.
A big problem was the initial lineup. The company started with just three models: the $52,000 GS sports sedan, the $68,000 SC convertible, and the entry-level IS sedan, starting at about $40,000. All three had previously been available in Japan under the Toyota nameplate—for about 20% less than the Lexus models.
Worse, the buzz Toyota created for Lexus may have benefited the Germans. Following the Lexus launch, rivals say they saw increased interest as customers then visited BMW, Mercedes-Benz (DAI), and Audi (VLKAY) showrooms to compare. "The introduction of Lexus is energizing the luxury car market," says Ashvin Chotai, an independent auto consultant. But few customers have steered away from the German makes. Chotai says 80% of early Lexus buyers were former Toyota drivers; only 5% came from Mercedes or BMW. "Getting Lexus accepted as a bona fide luxury brand seems to be a lot harder in Japan than in the U.S.," says Chris Richter, an auto analyst at brokerage CLSA. "It's one of the rare times Toyota has stumbled."
Japan's German-car obsession shouldn't have been news to Toyota. Wander through Tokyo's upscale wards and you'll find no shortage of expensive German models, even though they're often too big to comfortably navigate Japan's narrow streets. And many of them have the steering wheel on the left, the European standard, rather than on the right, Japan's norm. "I wanted to drive an authentic BMW, like the ones in Germany," says Yoshihiro Nakahashi, who runs a Web site for BMW fans and pilots a left-hand-drive BMW 320si.
Still, few are giving up on Lexus in Japan. After all, Toyota has 45% of the car market there, it has built 160 plush Lexus dealerships at an estimated cost of $10 million each, and it has booked tons of prime-time TV ad slots. Most important, Lexus added the latest version of its flagship, the $77,000-plus LS sedan, to its lineup in September, 2006. Last year it accounted for more than half of Lexus sales in Japan.
Toyota says Lexus' fortunes are improving. In the segments where Lexus competes, the company claims it outsells German rivals. Mercedes' numbers, Toyota notes, include its A-class small car, and BMW sales figures count two SUVs. Lexus doesn't sell an SUV in Japan, though the mid-size RX is due in 2009. And Lexus last year topped buyer surveys by researcher J.D. Power & Associates (MHP). "It's going to take Lexus three to five years to create a brand image to rival Audi, BMW, or Mercedes," says Hiroaki Kihara, editor of magazine Autocar Japan. "But they took many years to establish their brands in Japan, too."


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The non-profit Threadhead Cultural Foundation and its affiliated Threadhead Records, founded by fans of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, have facilitated the creation of nearly 50 albums by New Orleans acts. It makes sense, then, that the Threadhead organization's major fundraiser amounts to an extra day at one of Jazz Fest's local stages.
On April 29 -- the Tuesday between the two weekends of the 2014 Jazz Fest - the 10th annual "Threadhead Patry" takes over the Old Ironworks at 612 Piety St. in Bywater from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Scheduled performers for the "Patry" - it's a "patry" rather than a "party" because of an early typo that became permanent -- include John Boutté and Paul Sanchez, Billy Iuso & the Restless Natives, Chris Mulé & the Perpetrators, the Rebirth Brass Band, the New Orleans Suspects and Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen.
Food by Zatarains, boiled crawfish by Carlton's Crawfish, beer by Abita beer, Bin 504 Wine, Old New Orleans Rum drinks, soft drinks and water are included in the ticket price.
Tickets are $75, on sale Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 7 p.m. Central Time.
Tickets must be purchased online through Threadhead. A different link accesses the ticket sale site from a mobile device.
To put the ticket price in perspective, it is $5 more than a Jazz Fest ticket purchased at the gate - but also includes food and drink.
The Threadheads first launched a record label in 2007 to help Sanchez and Boutte make an album. The volunteer-run non-profit has since worked with dozens of artists, loaning them money, raised through the organization's membership and from the musicians' fans, for recordings. Once the loan is repaid, the act owns its master recording.
The Threadhead Cultural Foundation, which the April 29 event benefits, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that awards grants and assistance to musicians and artists whose work promotes the cultural heritage of New Orleans.


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The Byron Center Jazz Orchestra spent three days at the Savannah Music Festival in March, working with celebrated musicians including Christian McBride and Marcus Roberts.
Only 12 high school jazz bands from across the United States were invited to Georgia for the Swing Central Jazz High School Jazz Band Competition and Workshop.
Band director Marc Townley only learned on Thursday that his 24 musicians had come in fourth in the contest offering a total of $13,000 in cash prizes.
"They only published the top three placements," Townley explained.
But he's not disappointed with the experience of leading the first high school jazz band from Michigan ever to participate in the nine-year-old contest.
"Our trip was amazing in every sense of the word," he said. "The students did an amazing job and had a phenomenal experience.
Related: Savannah Music Festival invites Byron Center High School Jazz Orchestra to Georgia for 2014 festival
During the three-day event held March 26-28, the Byron Center High School students had clinics and master classes with 23 top jazz musicians in the world, performed on the riverfront as part of the Savannah Music Festival and competed against 11 other jazz bands from across the nation.
A small combo performed outdoors in Reynolds Square after the competition.
Finishing in fourth place "was beyond our wildest dreams," said Townley, who is in his ninth year at Byron Center High School and his 17th year of teaching.
"We just wanted to go to Savannah and play to the best of our abilities and entertain as many people as we could. The competition aspect was not really our focus," he said.
"However, what's nice about the placement is that it's an indication that we're in the same company as the best jazz ensembles in the country."
The Savannah Music Festival, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2014, is one of the largest cross-genre music festivals in the world. More than more than 100 performances took place from March 20 through April 5.
The high school bands invited to the competition spanned the country from Seattle to Clearwater, Fla., representing some of the finest, young jazz musicians in the country, according to Roberts, associate artistic director of the competition and workshop along with Jim Ketch, director of jazz studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Byron Center High School Jazz Orchestra, with eight saxophonists, six trombonists, five trumpeters and rhythm section, raised more than $16,000 from corporate and individual sponsors to help pay for their trip.
On the way back, they met trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Marsalis Family, who were in Indianapolis for a concert.
"We were able to get into sound check, and Wynton came out after the sound check, along with Marcus Printup and Ali Jackson, and talked with our students for about a half an hour," Townley said. "After the concert, many students went backstage and were able to speak with Wynton about music."
"It was the perfect ending to an amazing week," he said.
Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk covers arts and entertainment for MLive/Grand Rapids Press. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.


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Aphasiology User Documentation
Browsing is a good way to access documents if you don't have a specific idea of what you're looking for. There are two ways to browse the archive, by subject and by year.
To browse the archive either select Browse from the front page or from the navigation bar at the top of the screen. Then choose which property you wish to browse by eg. "subject".
You will be presented with a list of possible values, select one of these, and you will be given a list of references to documents in the archive (if any) which match this value. To access a paper, simply click on its reference in the display.
On the abstract page, you should be able to see what subjects are pertinent to the current document. Clicking on one of those subjects will take you back to the relevant browse by subject view.
The archive offers two levels of searching, simple and advanced. They are similar, but the advanced form lets you perform a finer-grained search using more fields. Access the simple search using the Search the Archive link on the front page, or using the navigation bar at the top of the screen. To perform an advanced search, use the advanced search link at the top of the simple search page.
Text Search Fields
These are used to search fields like abstract or author. These are the fields where there is a text entry area, and a popup menu just to the right of it. Type your search terms into the box. You can decide how the system will use your search terms by selecting one of the options from the popup menu just to the right of the input box.
Match all, in any order.
In the example shown, the system will search for records in which any of the title, abstract or keywords fields contain both the word ``patient'' and ``care''.
Match any.
In the example shown, the system will search for any record with either the term ``patient'' or ``care,'' in any of the title, abstract or keywords fields.
Match as a phrase.
In this case, the system will search for your terms appearing exactly as you type them. In the example, the system will return any record with the phrase ``patient care'' appearing in the title, abstract or keywords.
Lists of Values
With these you can select one or more values from a list of values for the system to search for. If no value in the list is selected, the system will ignore this field (i.e. it will retrieve records with any value of this field.)
In cases where each individual record may have more than one value attached to the list, you can also change search behaviour by selecting ``Any of these'' or ``All of these'' from the popup menu on the right of the list.
Any of these.
If this is selected, any record which has any of the values you select will be retrieved.
All of these.
If you select this option, a record must have all the values you choose associated with it to be retrieved.
When you're searching a year field, you can specify a single year or range of years that you're interested in:
- 1999
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- 1987-1990
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- -1998
- retrieves records with years up to and including 1998.
Yes/No Fields
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The new Docker testbot that will power Drupal Quality Assurance
by Ricardo Amaro
Drupaldevdays 2014 at Szeged was a huge success, especially regarding the seven-day long sprints, where a lot of work was done, from the core development initiatives to drupal.org improvements and infrastructure developments.
On the Drupal infrastructure team we have been quite busy, trying to improve processes, making things easier and faster for Drupal and the Drupal community. Therefore I went to Szeged and engaged live with jthorson, dasrecht and beejeebus on a mission to modernize the Drupal automated testing, on qa.drupal.org, commonly known as the "testbots."
The primary working results are available at the public repo:
Git Commit statistics:
- Ricardo Amaro 132 commits
- Jeremy Thorson 7 commits
- Bastian Widmer 1 commit (via pull request)
and 40 retweets of the announcement.
Based on this work, Nick Veenhof wrote up a great post on
How to reliably test sandbox projects using the drupal.org testbot locally.
Why do we need this and why do we think it's awesome?
- Test patches on your local box the same you do on http://qa.drupal.org
- Test multiple patches and multiple modules/sandboxes at once
- Test any Drupal version/branch
- Get realtime output from the Docker container
- Choose mysql, sqlite
- Choose PHP5.3/5.4/5.5 versions
- Test offline with caching feature
- Test only what you need and faster!
- Runs natively on Linux and on MAC/windows via vagrant
Here are the quick Linux instructions for building the containers:
git clone https://github.com/ricardoamaro/modernizing_testbot__dockerfiles.git
cd modernizing_testbot__dockerfiles
sudo ./build_all.sh cleanup
… and Vagrant MAC/Windows instructions:
(You do need Vagrant and Virtualbox installed)
git clone https://github.com/ricardoamaro/modernizing_testbot__dockerfiles.git
cd modernizing_testbot__dockerfiles
vagrant up
Example of one run, using one patch, against D8 Bootstrap tests:
sudo \
TESTGROUPS="Bootstrap" \
DRUPALBRANCH="8.x" \
PATCH="https://drupal.org/files/issues/1942178-config-schema-user-28.patch,." \
More examples and documentation at: https://github.com/ricardoamaro/modernizing_testbot__dockerfiles
Try it out now. Seriously! It's easy!
Read the full "Modernizing Testbot: Drupal Dev Days report" at: https://groups.drupal.org/node/417188
What are the next steps?
Aside from keeping improving the docker testbot we will:
- Integrate with the Jenkins service
- Connect with qa.drupal.org
- Improve drupal.org issues with the new options
- Use the new OpenStack to run the containers
And possibly integrate with travis.ci in order to have testbots on pull request off github repos.
Thank you to all who are supporting, helping and testing this project!


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A titular see in Armenia. This city does not appear in ecclesiastical history before the seventh century of our era. The true primitive name seems to have been Camacha. Camachus or Camache are later forms. When the "Pseudo-Ecthesis" of St. Epiphanius was drawn up (about 1640), it was not yet a see. In 681 George, " Bishop of Daranalis or Camachus", was present at the Council of Constantinople and subscribed its acts as " bishop of the clima of Daranalis"; a third name of the see, Analibla, is given by the old Latin version. The same prelate subscribed (692) the acts of the Trullan Council. About the end of the ninth century, Camachus, until then a suffragan of Sebaste (metropolis of Armenia Prima), was made a metropolitan see by Leo the Philosopher ; it had five, and at one time eight, suffragan sees. Bishop Sisinnius is mentioned in 1028 ( Lequien, I, 435). The Assumptionist manuscript lists contain many other names. By the fifteenth century the see had disappeared. Three Latin titulars are mentioned by Lequien (III, 1109). Camachus is today Kemakh, the chief town of a caza in the vilayet of Erzeroum; the whole district has about 20,000 inhabitants (5000 Christians, mostly Armenians ). It is a village of the western Euphrates (Kara-Sou), half way between Sivas and Erzeroum, about 135 miles from both towns, and carries on a trade in gloves and carpets. In the neighbourhood are many old Byzantine or Turkish castles, and turbés ( Mussulman tombs ).
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