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N.C. Enacts Harshest Cuts to Unemployment Insurance, Shutting Off Federal Extension Benefits
Posted by: Mitchell Hirsch on Feb 13, 2013
In a display of shocking disregard for the hardships facing the four hundred thousand unemployed job-seekers in North Carolina, where the state's 9.2 percent jobless rate is the nation's fifth highest, state lawmakers have passed sweeping changes to unemployment insurance (UI) that deeply slash benefits, cut back available weeks, and severely restrict claimants' eligibility.
Newly-elected Republican Governor Pat McCrory has said he wants the bill to be one of the first that he signs into law. UPDATE - Feb. 19: Governor Pat McCrory signed the bill today.
On a vote of 36-12 the North Carolina Senate gave final approval to the bill Wednesday, it having passed the House last week.
Amendments offered in both chambers to postpone implementation of the cuts were defeated on party-line votes. As a result, when the law takes effect July 1, all federally-funded extension benefits under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program will shut down abruptly in North Carolina. A provision in federal law prohibits states from reducing UI benefit amounts while receiving EUC benefit funds. By knowingly flouting that provision, North Carolina lawmakers voted to cut off EUC benefits as of July 1, immediately cutting off benefits to an estimated 80,000 unemployed workers still seeking work after their state benefits run out. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates a total of 170,000 North Carolinians will lose access to those benefits in the last half of 2013.
The loss of EUC benefits will take an estimated $780 million out of the state's already-struggling economy in the last half of 2013, causing a substantial decrease in overall economic activity of as much as $1.5 billion.
Among the numerous, harmful cuts imposed on new claimants for state UI benefits starting July 1 are:
- A one-third cut in the maximum weekly benefit amount to $350 per week
- A cut in the available weeks of state UI benefits from a maximum of 26 to a sliding scale of 12-20
- A cut in benefits for many claimants based on a new calculation formula not used elsewhere
- A cut in benefits availability for many claimants based on more restrictive eligibility rules
The legislation was based on a plan released last year by the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce, and Chamber lobbyists and employer representatives worked with Republican lawmakers, who have controlling majorities in the legislature, to write the bill. It was put on a fast track at the opening of the 2013 legislative session – without public hearings or comment, and with no input from advocates for unemployed workers, employees or labor groups.
North Carolina's UI finances have long been hampered by a series of substantial business tax cuts enacted in the 1990s, which reduced the flow of funds into the state's UI trust fund, leaving it woefully unprepared to deal with a surge in benefit payments such as the one caused by the recent deep recession and persistently sluggish job market. As a result, like some 30 states, North Carolina's UI fund borrowed heavily from the federal government and now owes $2.5 billion on those federal loans.
The bill passed by the legislature this week is ostensibly designed to allow the state's UI fund to pay back that debt at a faster pace, and be debt-free by 2016. But once the debt is retired, the drastic cuts to unemployment benefits would remain permanent under the new law.
Republican legislators who pushed the plan through and beat back all attempts to amend it continuously labeled it as a "balanced" package. But the costs to unemployed North Carolinians stemming from the severe benefit cuts are only partially offset by minimal tax increases for some businesses, while taxes would actually be reduced for others. Overall, 75 percent of the debt repayment burden falls on jobless workers through unemployment benefit cuts.
Last year, the average unemployed worker's job search in North Carolina lasted more than 40 weeks. But the loss of federal EUC extensions combined with the cutback to a maximum of 20 weeks of state UI benefits would reduce the current up-to-73 weeks by 53 weeks – all 47 weeks of EUC in Tiers 1 through 4 and 6 weeks less in state benefits.
As of July 1, North Carolina, the state with the fifth highest unemployment rate in the nation at 9.2%, will offer HALF the total weeks of benefits available in North Dakota, the state with the lowest jobless rate at 3.2%.
Ahead of the final Senate vote, Bill Rowe, director of advocacy for the North Carolina Justice Center, told Reuters that the legislature's plan "makes dramatic changes to our unemployment benefits that no other state has ever done. It just puts a huge hurt on a lot of people." The Justice Center is part of a broad coalition that has strongly opposed the plan.
A policy brief from the National Employment Law Project (NELP) this week detailed how seven other states have already cut back their available weeks of state benefits, and triggered reductions in weeks of federal EUC benefits as well. But no other state has gone as far down the draconian path as North Carolina, cutting not only state UI weeks and benefit amounts as well as shutting off federal EUC extensions to those whose state benefits run out.
"Unemployed job-seekers are facing a one-two punch, with state cuts triggering federal cuts too—a real double-whammy hitting families whose needs remain great," said Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project. "It doesn't take much imagination to realize just how critical every week of unemployment insurance is to the unemployed, especially those who experience longer spells of joblessness. Unemployment insurance is indispensable to the families who are hanging on by a thread, but it's also crucial for the economy because it delivers a big boost in consumer spending directly to local businesses. Pulling the rug out from under the unemployed is the wrong thing to do on so many levels."
"It was bad enough when legislators in high unemployment states like Michigan and Florida made drastic cuts to their unemployment insurance programs, while so many remained out of work," said Owens. "But the situation in North Carolina—cutting state benefits and rejecting federal aid—is beyond the pale. Roughly one in ten North Carolinians is still unemployed, and the state's recovery remains fragile. Refusing available aid under these circumstances is simply unconscionable."
The extent to which lawmakers incorporated other mindlessly harsh provisions in the bill, squeezing even more benefit dollars away from jobless workers to pay off the debt owed by businesses, is evidenced by changes to some key eligibility provisions.
Workers who lose their jobs due to health issues, or who must leave a job, even temporarily, to care for other family members in need, would no longer be eligible for benefits under a revised definition of "good cause" for leaving an employer.
Also redefined are the "suitable work" provisions governing continued eligibility. Under the new plan, after 10 weeks of benefit payments claimants are required to accept any "suitable" job offer where the pay amounts to 120% or more of one's benefit amount or be disqualified from further eligibility.
That provision, in the context of the newly-established maximum weekly benefit of $350 would mean that someone receiving that top weekly amount would be required to accept a job offer of as little as $420 per week – which translates to $21,840 a year, less than the 2013 federal poverty level of $23,550 for a family of four. Someone receiving even the current average benefit of $299 in North Carolina would be required to accept a job offer of $18,658 a year, which is less than the poverty level for a three-person family. And with the new benefit formula, the average weekly benefit will be far less than it is now.
Slashing unemployment insurance benefits, cutting off federal aid to 170,000 unemployed jobseekers, driving down wages, increasing severe financial distress and exacerbating poverty – all to protect low business tax rates in North Carolina. One wonders how some of these lawmakers sleep at night.
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This is the most worrisome time of year for NFL head coaches.
The month-plus layoff between minicamp and training camp in late July is the rare occasion when the league effectively shuts down, coaching staffs take vacations before the grind of the season begins in earnest and players return home and away from the supervision of said coaching staffs.
When the Eagles broke a mid-field huddle at the end of last Thursday's final minicamp practice at the Novacare Complex, it is the last time they'll be together as a team until training camp gets underway July 25.
"I don't look at this as I need a break from what we've just done," Kelly said. "This isn't like Fred Flintstone with the 'yabba dabba doo' and we're trying to get out of work. . . . I think anybody that's in our situation [who] coaches, isn't like: 'I can't wait to get out of there.' I think most of them can't wait to get back in there."
Historically, this is a time of year where trouble can lurk around just about every corner>. Just look back to last summer when Jason Peters was arrested for speeding and Riley Cooper launched a firestorm of a controversy by shouting a racial slur at a country concert.
Kelly though, is confident that his players will be smart during their summer break.
"They're grown men, and I think they understand the difference between right and wrong," Kelly said. "I don't want a bunch of guys I have to worry about when we're away, that I've got to worry about how they're supposed to behave. They understand anything they do has ramifications, whether it's positive or negative, and they've got to understand how it affects not only themselves, but how it affects the team."
"[You've] got to Continue to work," wide receiver Brad Smith said Thursday. "You get to focus on yourself and yourself and your body. You get to build a fort, build a defense system so you can work throughout the season."
While there is no requirement to do so, many of the Eagles' veterans and rookies alike spoke at length about using this down time wisely to get ready for the start of the season.
"Even though it's off time, you're still working out," offensive lineman Evan Mathis said. "You can't take time off from the weight room. The last thing you want when you're off is your body to go on the (decline)."
When the players do return, there will be only two weeks between the day the coaching staff reports for duty and the first pre-season game. Four weeks later the ball is snapped in the season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Lincoln Financial Field.
Just as Kelly wasn't counting down the final moments of last week's minicamp, Eagles linebacker Connor Barwin is looking forward to getting back on the field.
"I've done all that stuff (taking vacations)," Barwin said. "That's already done with. I do that after the season. I'm excited to play football again."
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Sanford heads to runoff in Dist. 1 GOP Primary
Colbert Busch easily wins Democratic race
Mark Sanford says he believes in "a God of second chances," and now the former South Carolina governor has taken the first step toward reviving a political career that was derailed by an extramarital affair.
Sanford advanced in Tuesday night's primary for the coastal District 1 congressional seat left vacant by now-Senator Tim Scott. Gov. Nikki Haley appointed Scott to fill the senate seat vacated when former Sen. Jim DeMint stepped down last year.
Sanford took 37 percent of the Republican vote. He needed more than 50 percent to clinch the nomination, so he will face a runoff against Curtis Bostic, and Larry Grooms on April 2.
Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of political satirist Stephen Colbert, always dreamed of a career in politics, and now she has a chance to realize that dream.
Colbert Busch easily won the Democratic primary to earn a spot on the May 7 general election ballot.
Colbert Busch would appear to face an uphill battle against the eventual Republican nominee in the conservative-leaning district. Mitt Romney carried the district by 18 percentage points in the presidential election last year.
Fifteen other Republicans were running in the primary, including Teddy Turner, the son of media mogul Ted Turner.
Tuesday was Sanford's first political race since disappearing while governor in 2009 and then returning to admit an affair with an Argentine woman. They are now engaged.
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ALBERTVILLE, Alabama - A 52-year-old Albertville man is dead after being run down by a car driven by a family member Wednesday afternoon.
Maj. Jamie Smith, assistant police chief in Albertville, said Tony Lynn Lee was killed about 2:15 p.m. on Willoughby Road near the Albertville city Limits.
Lee was in the road when he was hit by a car driven by a relative, a 27-year-old man, Smith said.
The 27-year-old was taken into custody and formal charges of murder are expected to be filed Thursday, Smith said.
Until those charges are filed, the suspect's name is not being released.
Smith said police believe the suspect is either Lee's son or stepson, although their last name is different.
An argument between the two apparently led to the younger man to get into a vehicle and hit Lee, Smith said.
Lee was pronounced dead at the scene by Marshall County Coroner Marlon Killian.
The body has been sent to the state forensics lab in Huntsville for autopsy.
Willoughby Road was closed for about two and a half hours while police investigated the incident, Smith said.


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After a low around 34 Sunday night, look for increasing clouds on Monday with a 50-percent chance of showers after noon. The high should be near 61 with 5- to 15-mph winds coming from the Southwest.
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When the dust finally settled on the western half of the "AAAA" playoff bracket, there was no WPIAL rep in the state finals for the first time in the history of the "AAAA" playoffs. It was the team that knocked out Woodland Hills,
State College (12-2) faces
The Lions making history with this appearance in the state finals. For starters, this is District 6's first ever berth in the "AAAA" championship game. Of all the districts with a "AAAA" school in them, only Districts 2, 4, 8, and 9 have never been represented in a PIAA state championship game.
District 6 big schools, "AAA" and "AAAA," had never won a PIAA semi-final game before last weekend. Between the two classes, District 6 reps were 0-8 and had been outscored by a combined total of 246-76. D6's two "AAA" semi-final reps, Lock Haven in 1992 and Huntingdon in 1998, failed to score a point.
The average margin of defeat for D6 teams in those games was 21.25 points. State College's margin of victory against
After the Lions' victory against
While semi-final victories have been hard to come by in D6, state titles are even tougher. In the districts' four PIAA title appearances to date, only the 1999 Tyrone Golden Eagles won gold. Tyrone defeated
The aforementioned Kenney, a
The Lions do not pass the ball much, but when they do, they can be effective. Both Mills and Mazzarra have taken snaps this season, and Mills leads the duo in passing yardage, with 595 yards and five touchdowns. Mills was a perfect 6-for-6 in the
Mazzarra went 1-of-1 for 10 yards and a touchdown against CV, completing the pass on a faked field goal in the third quarter. Mazzarra, recall, was thought lost for a good while after being injured in the Woodland Hills game with a dislocated shoulder. Mazzarra's thrown for 377 yards and a trio of scores.
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October 10, 2012
Nevada County's favorite string duo return to the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley for a special evening of musical fire and grace presented by Strings Concerts Thursday.
Recently, Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and his former student, cellist Natalie Haas spent a week at the local Flying Whale studio, one of Fraser's favorite places to record, working on another album of original material and some old favorites. This is the duo's fourth album together.
"We're excited to be adventuring forward musically. We've now been touring pretty much exclusively for over 12 years. Who would've thought!," Fraser said.
The musical partnership between Fraser, long regarded as Scotland's premier fiddle ambassador, and the talented young California cellist Haas may not seem an obvious one.
Fraser, acclaimed by the San Francisco Examiner as "the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling," has a concert and recording career spanning 30 years, with a long list of awards, accolades, television credits, and feature performances on top movie soundtracks such as "Last of the Mohicans" and "Titanic." Fraser has been sponsored by the British Council to represent Scotland's music internationally, and received the Scottish Heritage Center Service Award for outstanding contributions to Scottish culture and traditions.
Haas, a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, wasn't even born when Fraser was winning national fiddle competitions on the other side of the Atlantic. But this seemingly unlikely pairing is the fulfillment of a long-standing musical dream for Fraser who sought to bring back the cello to its historical role at the rhythmic heart of Scottish dance music.
"Going back to the 1700s, and as late as the early 20th century, fiddle and cello made up the dance band of choice in Scotland, with the cellist bowing bass lines and driving the rhythm. Pianos and accordions elbowed out the cello, relegating it to an orchestral setting. I've been pushing to get the cello back into the traditional music scene for years, always on the lookout for a cellist with whom I could have a strong musical conversation, one that incorporated not just the cello's gorgeous melodic tones, but also the gristly bits—the rhythmic, percussive energy that makes the wee hairs on the back of the neck stand up," Fraser said.
Natalie Haas was just 11 when she first attended Fraser's "Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School" in California. She responded to Fraser's challenge to find and release the cello's rhythmic soul, and four years later, when Natalie was 16, Fraser and Haas played their first concerts together.
Now regularly touring with Fraser and creating a buzz at festivals and in concert halls throughout Europe and North America, Haas is in the vanguard of young cellists who are redefining the role of the cello in traditional music.
"We can delve into centuries of music with this combination and also explore many different energy levels from the "rockin' out" to the very intimate," Fraser said.
The two represented Scotland at the Smithsonian Museum's Folklife Festival, have been featured on nationally broadcast Performance Today, the Thistle and Shamrock, and Mountain Stage. They both teach at Fraser's popular annual summer fiddle courses, "Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School" and "Sierra Fiddle Camp" both in California, and at "Sabhal Mor Ostaig Gaelic College" in Scotland.
In June, the musical partners played at the Sierra Fiddle Camp concert in Pioneer Park along with more than a hundred other musicians. The four fiddle camps Fraser runs – two in California, one in Scotland and one in Spain – remain a big part of the duo's musical life and inspiration, said Fraser.
Haas is on the faculty of Berklee College of Music in Boston.
"Cellists are coming out of the woodwork to study with Natalie, to learn how she creates a groove and a whole chunky rhythm section," said Fraser. "It's inspiring to hear the cello unleashed from its orchestral shackles!"
The duo released their debut album, Fire and Grace in 2004, displaying dazzling teamwork, driving, dancing rhythms, and a shared passion for improvising on the melody and groove of Scottish tunes. The recording won critical acclaim and the coveted Scottish Traditional Music "Album of the Year" award, the Scottish equivalent of a Grammy.
Other recordings include: "In the Moment" and "Highlander's Farewell," available from Culbernie Records.
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door and available at The Center Box Office, (530) 274-8384 ext 14, BriarPatch Co-op or online at http://www.thecenterforthearts.org. For more information, go to http://www.stringsconcerts.com. The Center is located at 314 W. Main St. in Grass Valley.


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NVIDIA has been doing its up most to stop 3D becoming a dirty word and the graphics guru has done that with it's Nvidia 3D Vision 2
Stereoscopic pioneers NVIDIA has been doing its up most to stop 3D becoming a dirty word and the graphics powerhouse has done just that with it's Nvidia 3D Vision 2. From 3D hardware to content, there are so many duff offerings but NVIDIA knows that PC gamers are the perfect punters to swirl around in the stereoscopic rabbit hole.
In that sense, its new NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 glasses and the compatible Asus VG278H flat panel with LightBoost-certified desktop display are the best 3D solutions for gamers on the market – bar none.
NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 Glasses: Design
NVIDIA's marketing team seems to have listened to feedback from gamers and completely rectified all the issues it had with its first generation of mass-market 3D glasses. The 3D Vision 2 glasses still use active shutter 3D tech but are 20 per cent larger, block more background light out and more comfortable on our face for extended gaming sessions. I have a massive bonk anyhoo so spectacle slippage during sweaty gaming sessions was never a problem but, for smaller nozzled folks, NVIDIA has added firmer rubberized different grips.
Do they look cool though? Of course, that's a resounding no but we can't imagine too many PC gamers give a rat's rawhide about the fickle winds of fashion. Let's just say they aren't the new black.
NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 Glasses: Features
In the bundle, NVIDIA includes a USB cable to charge the glasses, which only takes a couple of hours and lasts for hours of gaming. There's also an external IR receiver so they don't have to be plugged in.
If, like us, you already had the first NVIDIA solution, you'll be pleased to note that everything is backwards compatible. That means we could use the IR receiver we already had and could just pay out £99 RRP for a single pair of glasses, or, you could buy the glasses and receiver for £149. IF that sounds expensive, when you consider the alternatives for consoles and other multimedia 3D products, you'll realise it is the cheapest way by a long shot.
NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 Glasses: 3D tech
Here's the science. The glasses have NVIDIA's advanced active-shutter tech inside and the killer update is Lightboost tech. We always lost detail in the hazy grey 3D output from the old 3D tech but the new glasses offer twice the brightness. To work properly, this has to be supported by a compatible flat panel and that's why we tested them on the stunning Asus VG278H.
Now that wouldn't be worth the back of the stamp it was written on if there wasn't a wealth of 3D content to write home about. Fortunately, NVIDIA gamers have an embarrassment of riches and worked in partnership with games developers to make sure next gen 3D gaming is optimised for the best possible playback. There are over 550 3D games we can play on full HD and, while the 3D playback is varied on different titles, the ones that are top certified like Battlefield 3 and Batman Arkham City are worth the price of entry alone.
NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 Glasses: Performance
You do need enough juice under the hood to game at full 3D HD with all the bells and whistles on. Battlefield 3 and Batman Arkam City are visual candy par excellence and we were lucky enough to have an NVIDIA white box system with 6GB, Intel's flagship core i7 processor and with two GeForce GTX 580 cards hooked up in SLI mode. That meant we could pump everything up to 11 and what a ride Battlefield 3 is.
It's not the perception of things popping out the screen, it is the neat way the 3D Vision 2 glasses offer unparalleled depth and the developers used neat tricks on foreground, middle ground and background to offer a stunning sense of gritty immersion.
We were also happy to play with the 3D slider at fill tilt and had no headaches to report after long sessions. We did experience minimal ghosting but that was easily rectified by turning the 3D down and we can vouch that the Lightboost tech is a big winning point for NVIDIA.
NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 Glasses: ASUS VG278H flat panel
We were spoilt to be able to play Battlefield 3D on such a stunning gaming flat panel from Asus. The 27-inch LED display is full HD, has a 120Hz refresh rate to cope with NVIDIA's 3D tech and a speedy 2ms response time. Asus also throws in a 3D HDMI 1.4 input and a Dual-link DVI input. If anything, it is a little too bright initially, though that was easy enough to amend using the comprehensive settings in the menu
The cheapest we could find the Asus VG278H flat panel was £565 from Expansys it is a little over-priced but still a great monitor. How add the Lightboost tech, which really did make a huge difference, and this is a five out of five product.
NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 Glasses: Verdict
Combined, the NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 glasses and Asus VG278H flat panel are five star products. NVIDIA's new 3D tech juju with Lightboost is a brilliant update from the graphics company and complement beautifully by the gorgeous Asus VG278H flat panel.
OK, it's still not going to be for everyone, but for PC gamers staring in to the third dimension, it is the best 3D solution money can buy.
NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 glasses availability: Out now
NVIDIA 3D Vision 2 glasses price: £149


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It's practically pure tuber starch. Go for it.
It's practically pure tuber starch. Go for it.
It's probably harmless. When I lived in Japan bricks of konjac would show up everywhere.
I use shredded zucchini myself, it seems better at absorbing sauce.
My peculiar nutrition glossary and shopping list
How do you guys make them (the shirataki noodles) taste good? I've bought them twice and ended up throwing them out both times because they're so rubbery. Maybe the ones I used were tofu though, I don't remember (this was pre-primal)
Konjac root shiritake noodles are OK, but, as pointed out are just about pure dietary fiber. I found them to have a digestive plugging up effect.
I prefer seaweed noodles. The Sea Tangle brand is the one I use.
I was making spiral zucchini sautéed in butter for months as a side dish before I ever tried it as a pasta substitute. I was sure it would be a pathetic disappointment. Then one day I was combining leftovers from different meals and put some marinara and meatballs over some spiral zucchini. I have to say I liked it *more* than pasta. The texture was like al dente, but better. Subsequently, I tried steamed spiral zucchini without the butter sauté and the texture was not as good. I'm going to try it with an Alfredo sauce next.
I have also done a mixture of spiral carrot and zucchini with Asian meatballs and that was also delish. DH likes the carrot, DD the zucchini, I like them both. They are beautiful together.
I've been looking for shirataki noodles, but haven't had much luck. At this point, I think I don't care.
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This is the one I have, and I've really been happy with it. It's got a few different blades, and has held up so far. Not bad for 26 bucks.


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View of Santa Rosa Wilderness in the background. Mecca Hills Wilderness in the foreground. (Photo by Bob Wick/BLM)
Location: Riverside County; 7 miles south of Palm Springs, California (Note: Boundary set backs from roads or trails are 30 to 300 feet)
Area Description: 58,878 acres. The terrain within the Santa Rosa Mountains Wilderness is rugged with elevations rising dramatically from just above sea level to 7,000 feet. Laced with deep washes and shallow drainages, the area supports a variety of riparian streams which flow year-round. Here, desert and mountain environments blend together to form unique plant habitats, which thrive in riparian oases. The Santa Rosas are strewn with boulders. The steep canyon walls have been eroded by springs and streams. Bear Creek Oasis, Lost Canyon Oasis, Guadelupe Canyon, Devil Canyon and Rockhouse Canyon are all found within this wilderness. Many of these areas provide important lambing habitat for bighorn sheep. The Santa Rosa Mountains support the largest herd of Peninsular bighorn sheep in the United States. Mule deer can be found throughout the coniferous forests, which grow along the higher elevations of the range. Great horned owls, prairie falcons and golden eagles nest and forage throughout the entire wilderness. Reptiles, including frogs, toads and the desert slender salamander also live in this desert setting.
Getting There: State Highway 74 provides access to the Santa Rosa Mountains from the north; State Highway 86 and surface streets provide access from the east.
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From "Wicked" to "The Phantom of the Opera," from "Mamma Mia!" to "Rent," most shows did not go on as Broadway stagehands walked off the job, shutting down more than two dozen plays and musicals.
It was a dramatic, uncertain day in the Times Square area for disappointed theatergoers, who mingled on the streets today while striking Local One stagehands picketed in an orderly fashion behind barricades and declined to talk to reporters. The union had no official comment on the walkout.
No new negotiations have been scheduled between Local One and the League of American Theatres and Producers, so the outlook for a quick settlement looks murky.
The two sides have been in contentious negotiations for more than three months. Much of their disagreements involve work rules and staffing requirements, particularly rules governing the expensive process of loading in and setting up a show. The producers want more flexibility in hiring; the stagehands don't want to give up what they say are hard-won benefits without something in return.
"We must remain committed to achieving a fair contract," Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of the league, said. "Our goal is simple: to pay for workers we need and for work that is actually performed."
City officials said today that it was too early to estimate the economic impact of the strike. Mayor Michael Bloomberg expressed disappointment that the two sides couldn't settle their differences without a strike, but reiterated, "The city continues to stand ready to help in any way we can."
The work stoppage first affected "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical," a holiday attraction for families that had an early 11 a.m. matinee.
School counselor Vicki Michel, with teacher husband Pat, came to New York from their home in Puyallup, Wash., for a weekend of Broadway shows. The three shows they intended to see were all canceled: "Grinch," "Hairspray" and "Mamma Mia!" They managed to nab tickets to "Young Frankenstein" (which was not affected by the walkout) and the "Radio City Christmas Spectacular," and were headed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Saturday instead of the "Grinch."
Outside the Gershwin Theatre where "Wicked" plays, Wanda Antonetti, of DuBois, Pa., and her daughter, Sherry Antonetti, of Dover, Del., contemplated where to shop. They arrived Saturday morning to celebrate Wanda Antonetti's 70th birthday and did not know about the strike until they arrived at the theater. "We came a long way for lunch," Wanda Antonetti said.
Theater employees told patrons they could expect refunds, but no rescheduled tickets. At "Wicked," several received pamphlets for "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," which was playing next door and was open for business.


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And they also sound pretty unique, you can indeed talk about a few real trademarks. MADDER MORTEM can sound a bit dissonant, which gives this band its special flair, although it is not as prominent on "Deadlands" anymore, if you compare it to "All Flesh Is Grass". The songs have turned a bit catchier, not so weird as before, maybe a bit more mature!
Especially the vocals make this band so special. The bandwidth that singer Agnete Kirkevaag covers with her impressive voice, seems to have further grown on "Deadlands". The Gothic-typical angelic voice is almost the only pitch that she does not use, she doesn't have to either. She has a so expressive and variable voice that she has so much more to offer than just the highest chant and thankfully she utilises all of that as well. If she screams, shouts, whispers, sings or even almost growls, she gives life to the songs. It is definitively her voice that leaves its very own mark on MADDER MORTEM, because it doesn't have to be harmonic all the time, especially the contrast that Agnete's rough shouts build up is very appealing.
Sure not a commercial success for the Dortmund-based label, but for fanatic music-freaks and innovation-junkies a sure tip! (Online November 6, 2002)


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Highlights of this day in history: Cuban missile crisis fuels Cold War clash at UN; China's UN seat changes hands; 'Charge of the Light Brigade' battle takes place; Author Geoffrey Chaucer dies; Golfer Payne Stewart killed in plane crash. (Oct. 25)
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At the Elle Women in Hollywood awards in Los Angeles, Kristen Stewart and Lupita Nyong'o talk about the film industry's gender disparity, and Amy Adams discusses how she balances family and career. (Oct. 25)
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Police said Marybeth Pupa, 55, of Hampton was headed north on Route 513 when the left rear wheel separated from her 2003 Nissan Pathfinder.
The loose wheel then rolled into the south bound land where it collided with a 2003 Honda Civic driven by Shannon Carney, 18, of Lebanon Township.
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AUBURN, Alabama -- Auburn's linebackers have to make a big transition in the 4-2-5 defense.
After playing in a three-linebacker scheme ever since arriving on campus, the Tigers are now shifting to a 4-2-5, where both linebackers have to play inside the formation.
Being inside the formation means Jake Holland, Cassanova McKinzy, Kris Frost and the rest will have to take on more blocks inside, playing more like the inside linebackers in a 3-4 from either the "Mike" or the "Will" designation.
And although the positions are somewhat interchangeable -- Holland and backup Chris Landrum are learning both spots right now -- Auburn defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Ellis Johnson asks each spot to do a few different things.
"We ask the Mike to do a lot more of the quarterbacking of the defense," Johnson said. "I've found the guys that can talk and communicate, and there's some guys that are better at that than others, and usually they end up being a Mike."
Although Johnson was quick to point out that any pecking order is fluid after only two days of practice, Frost is playing exclusively at Mike, and Holland is playing some there ahead of LaDarius Owens, who's trying to make the transition from defensive end to linebacker this season.
Frost, who was asked to play on the outside as a weak-side linebacker last season, has embraced the vocal role of the position early in practice, impressing Johnson with his ability to communicate.
"Anytime I can be vocal, I like it," Frost said. "It's fun making the calls and everything. I had a whole lot of fun out there today."
Beyond Holland and Landrum, who are learning both spots, Cassanova McKinzy's been working with the first group at Will, and Anthony Swain is working with the second unit.
"The Will probably has a lot more variation in his coverage drops," Johnson said. "The other thing the Will has to do a little bit more is he'll do a little bit more blitzes on pass rushes. So those are two things that you have to look for that they've got to be able to do to play there."
Auburn will put on the pads for the first time in Saturday's practice, but the coaching staff won't really start to establish a depth chart until after the Tigers start scrimmaging.
For the moment, Johnson has been pleased with the way the linebackers are fighting to pick up the new scheme.
"The attitudes are good, they're trying to be like sponges, they're hungry to learn something," Johnson said. "We've got a long way to go, but in saying all that, our whole depth chart's in pencil. Nobody's really done anything right now to say they're a starter."
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TYLER, TEXAS (Indiana's NewsCenter) - Antoin Campbell ran for 108 yards and three touchdowns as Saint Francis romped to a 46-10 season opening football win at Texas College Saturday.
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Authorities are in the scene of a bank robbery in Inverness.
FBI officials say a black male entered Regions Bank about 11 a.m. and entered a note to the teller demanding money. He fled in a two- door silver vehicle.
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- Expert knowledge without the expert: integrated analysis of gene expression and literature to derive active functional contextsRobert Küffner
Department of Informatics, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, Munchen, Germany
Bioinformatics 21:ii259-67. 2005..However, comparing experimental results against manually compiled knowledge resources might limit or bias the perspective on the data. Thus, manual analysis by experts is required to obtain confident predictions about involved processes...
- Rigorous assessment of gene set enrichment testsHaroon Naeem
Department of Informatics, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat, Amalienstrasse 17, Munich, Germany
Bioinformatics 28:1480-6. 2012..The objective evaluation of tests on real measurements has not been possible as it is difficult to decide a priori, which processes will be affected in given experiments...
- A Turing test for artificial expression dataRobert Maier
Department of Informatics, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat, 80333 München, Germany
Bioinformatics 29:2603-9. 2013..However, this just defers the problem, as it is difficult to assess how closely simulators emulate the properties of real data...
- Reliable gene signatures for microarray classification: assessment of stability and performanceChad A Davis
Institute of Informatics, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, Amalienstrasse 17 80333 Munich, Germany
Bioinformatics 22:2356-63. 2006..Both unstable gene signatures and overestimated classification accuracy can impair biological conclusions...
- MIRTFnet: analysis of miRNA regulated transcription factorsHaroon Naeem
Institut fur Informatik, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, Germany
PLoS ONE 6:e22519. 2011..The miRNA induced regulatory effects can be propagated via transcription factors (TFs). We propose the method MIRTFnet to identify miRNA controlled TFs as active regulators if their downstream target genes are differentially expressed...
- RelEx--relation extraction using dependency parse treesKatrin Fundel
Institut fur Informatik, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, Amalienstrasse 17, 80333 München, Germany
Bioinformatics 23:365-71. 2007..g. physical or regulatory interactions between genes and proteins. Most interactions mentioned in the free text of biomedical publications are not yet contained in structured databases...
- miRSel: automated extraction of associations between microRNAs and genes from the biomedical literatureHaroon Naeem
Institut fur Informatik, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, Amalienstr, 17 80333 München, Germany
BMC Bioinformatics 11:135. 2010..We propose to use text mining of publication abstracts for extracting microRNA-gene associations including microRNA-target relations to complement current repositories...
- A comprehensive gene regulatory network for the diauxic shift in Saccharomyces cerevisiaeLudwig Geistlinger
Practical Informatics and Bioinformatics, Institute for Informatics, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, Amalienstrasse 17, 80333 Munich, Germany
Nucleic Acids Res 41:8452-63. 2013..Additionally, we developed a browsable system organizing the network into pathway maps, which allows to inspect and trace the evidence for each annotated regulation in the model. ..
- Inferring gene regulatory networks by ANOVARobert Küffner
Department of Informatics, Ludwig Maximilians University, Amalienstr 17, 80333 Munich, Germany
Bioinformatics 28:1376-82. 2012..To improve the understanding of molecular regulation events, various approaches have been developed for deducing gene regulatory networks from mRNA expression data...
- Refining ensembles of predicted gene regulatory networks based on characteristic interaction setsLukas Windhager
Institute for Informatics, Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany
PLoS ONE 9:e84596. 2014..g. due to probabilistic optimization or a cross-validation procedure. ..
- ProSAS: a database for analyzing alternative splicing in the context of protein structuresFabian Birzele
Practical Informatics and Bioinformatics Group, Department of Informatics, Ludwig Maximilians University, Amalienstrasse 17, D 80333 Munich, Germany
Nucleic Acids Res 36:D63-8. 2008..The ProSAS database is freely accessible at http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/ProSAS...


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Calculus Applets
We defined the derivative at a point. If we take the collection of all the derivatives of all the points of a function, we wind up with a new function. This derivative function tells us the value of the derivative for any point on the original function. We define the derivative function as:
This definition yields a function. When we evaluate the derivative function for a given x value, we get a number which is the derivative at a point (i.e., the rate of change of f, or the slope of the graph of f ). If y = f (x), an alternate notation for the derivative function is , which is reminiscent of the difference quotient "change in y over change in x." A third notation uses as a derivative operator, as in f (x). This is different from operators like + and -, which take numbers and give a number as the result; takes a function and gives a new function (the derivative) as a result. When evaluating a derivative function at a specific point, such as x = 2, you use either f ' (2) or .
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