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|Public Law 90-28
|Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1968.
|Public Law 90-28
|Public Law 90-28
|Public Law 90-28
|72 Stat. 906.
|Public Law 90-28
|77 Stat. 301; 80 Stat. 814.
|Public Law 90-28
|18 U. S. C. 4124 and note.
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|49 Stat. 1458.
25 U. S. C. 309, 309a.
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|Public Law 90-28
5 U. S. C. 551 et seq.
|Sec. 101
|Emergency reconstruction.
|Sec. 102
|Forest or range fires.
|Sec. 103
|Operation of warehouses, etc.
|Sec. 103
|47 Stat. 417.
|Sec. 104
|Employment of experts, etc.
|Sec. 104
|80 Stat. 416.
|Sec. 105
|Uniforms or allowances.
80 Stat. 508.
43 Stat. 175.
|Sec. 105
|Sec. 105
|Sec. 105
|42 U. S. C. 2001-2004a.
|Sec. 105
|Sec. 105
|25 U. S. C. 891 note.
|Sec. 105
|73 Stat. 267.
|Sec. 105
|Sec. 105
|60 Stat. 1049.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and for other purposes, namely:
For expenses necessary to provide education and welfare services for Indians, either directly or in cooperation with States and other organizations, including payment (in advance or from date of admission), of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians in boarding homes, institutions, or schools; grants and other assistance to needy Indians; maintenance of law and order, and payment of rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of law on Indian reservations or lands; and operation of Indian arts and crafts shops; $126,478,000.
For expenses necessary for management, development, improvement, and protection of resources and appurtenant facilities under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including payment of irrigation assessments and charges; acquisition of water rights; advances for Indian industrial and business enterprises; operation of Indian arts and crafts shops and museums; and development of Indian arts and crafts, as authorized by law; $47,179,000.
For construction, major repair, and improvement of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facilities; acquisition of lands and interests in lands; preparation of lands for farming; and architectural and engineering services by contract; $40,770,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of the sum
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herein appropriated shall be used for the acquisition of land within the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah outside of the boundaries of existing Indian reservations except lands authorized by law to be acquired for the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for the acquisition of land or water rights within the States of Nevada, Oregon, and Washington either inside or outside the boundaries of existing reservations except such lands as may be required for replacement of the Wild Horse Dam in the State of Nevada: Provided further, That such amounts as may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation; Provided further, That $450,000 shall be for assistance to the Tularosa School District Numbered 4, New Mexico, for construction of a junior-senior high school facility.
For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority contained in title 23, United States Code, section 203, $18,000,000, to remain available until expended.
For payment to the revolving fund for loans, for loans as authorized in section 1 of the Act of November 4, 1963, as amended (25 U. S. C. 70n-1), $450,000.
For expenses necessary for the general administration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including such expenses in field offices, $4,627,000.
In addition to the tribal funds authorized to be expended by existing law, there is hereby appropriated $3,000,000 from tribal funds not otherwise available for expenditure for the benefit of Indians and Indian tribes, including pay and travel expenses of employees; care, tuition, and other assistance to Indian children attending public and private schools (which may be paid in advance or from date of admission); purchase of land and improvements on land, title to which shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the tribe for which purchased; lease of lands and water rights; compensation and expenses of attorneys and other persons employed by Indian tribes under approved contracts; pay, travel, and other expenses of tribal officers, councils, and committees thereof, or other tribal organizations, including mileage for use of privately owned automobiles and per diem in lieu of subsistence at rates established administratively but not to exceed those applicable to civilian employees of the Government; relief of Indians, without regard to section 7 of the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 391), including cash grants; and employment of a curator for the Osage Museum, who shall be appointed with the approval of the Osage Tribal Council and without regard to the classification laws: Provided, That in addition to the amount appropriated herein, tribal funds may be advanced to Indian tribes during the current fiscal year for such purposes as may be designated by the governing body of the particular tribe involved and approved by the Secretary: Provided further, That nothing contained in this paragraph or in any other provision of law shall be construed to authorize the expenditure of funds derived from appropriations in satisfaction of awards of the Indian Claims Commission and the Court of Claims, except for such amounts as may be necessary to pay attorney fees,
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expenses of litigation, and expenses of program planning, until after legislation has been enacted that sets forth the purposes for which said funds will be used: Provided, however, That no part of this appropriation or other tribal funds shall be used for the acquisition of land or water rights within the States of Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, either inside or outside the boundaries of existing Indian reservations, if such acquisition results in the property being exempted from local taxation, except as provided for by the Act of July 24, 1956 (70 Stat. 627).
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the revolving fund for loans) shall be available for expenses of exhibits; purchase of not to exceed fifty-five passenger motor vehicles, of which fifty shall be for replacement only, which may be used for the transportation of Indians; advance payments for service (including services which may extend beyond the current fiscal year) under contracts executed pursuant to the Act of June 4, 1936 (25 U.S.C. 452), the Act of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 986), and legislation terminating Federal supervision over certain Indian tribes; and expenses required by continuing or permanent treaty provisions.
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $5,100,000, and in addition, not to exceed $152,000 may be reimbursed or transferred to this appropriation from other accounts available to the Department of the Interior: Provided, That hereafter hearing officers appointed for Indian probate work need not be appointed pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (60 Stat. 237), as amended.
Appropriations made in this title shall be available for expenditure or transfer (within each, bureau or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available under this authority until funds specifically made available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted.
The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office) of any appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for fire suppression purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft or other equipment in connection with their use for fire suppression purposes, such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently available at the time of receipt thereof.
Appropriations made in this title shall be available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to
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any other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of June 30, 1932 (31 U.S.C. 686): Provided, That reimbursements for costs of supplies, materials and equipment, and for services rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reimbursements are received.
Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in this title or in the Public Works Appropriations Act, 1968, shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U. S. C. 3109, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $300,000; hire, maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members.
Appropriations available to the Department of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U. S. C. 5901; 80 Stat. 299 and D.C. Code 4-204).
For expenses necessary to enable the Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), as amended; purchase of not to exceed seventeen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the purposes set forth in sections 301 (with respect to research conducted at facilities financed by this appropriation), 321, 322(d), 324, and 509 of the Public Health Service Act; $82,005,000, of which $350,000 shall be available for payments on account of the Menominee Indian people as authorized by section 1 of the Act of October 14, 1966 (80 Stat. 903).
For construction, major repair, improvement, and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites; purchase and erection of portable buildings; purchase of trailers; and provision of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U. S. C. 2004a); $16,848,000, to remain available until expended.
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act of August 13, 1946 (25 U. S. C. 70), as amended (81 Stat. 11), creating an Indian Claims Commission, $500,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for expenses of travel.
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Sufficient, however, remains to indicate the noble character of a building partly due to Jules Hardouin and Mansart.
These ruins are the remains of the Chteau d'Issy, the work of Mansart.
Mansart, once installed at Chantilly, did not leave it for many years.
Mansart designed it for noble stock, and the populace will get their children in it!
There was also a chteau as well, a great Mansart affair with an overpowering dome.
This was the preparatory period of the coming into being of the works of Le Notre and Mansart.
Mansart designed the architectural attributes of the lower cascade and scores considerably over his colleague.
The printed books were sold at the Hague in 1722, along with those of Mansart, the famous architect.
In the mansarde roof we have the name of Mansart, the architect who introduced it.
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LEAKED: Find out the title of upcoming 'Star Wars' Movie
LEAK ALERT! The title of the new Star Wars movie was accidentally released on Twitter!
Rumor has it that the production company tweeted out that the name of the film will be Star Wars: Episode 7-The Order of the Jedi. The tweet was, of course, quickly deleted, but that didn't stop Star Wars fans everyone reposting the information.
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Montreal, QC (SportsNetwork.com) - Max Pacioretty pumped home two goals to lead the Montreal Canadiens in a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins at Bell Centre.
Pacioretty's second tally came 1:20 after Tomas Plekanec had given the Canadiens a 2-0 lead in the third period.
Carey Price made 29 saves for Montreal, which wound up holding on for the victory after James Neal scored twice for Pittsburgh.
The Canadiens have won three straight and improved to 5-1-1 in their last seven games.
"Obviously, winning three games in a row is good for anyone's confidence," said Pacioretty. "Everyone is contributing and it's good for the team's confidence."
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots for the Penguins, who were looking to equal a season high with a fourth consecutive win.
With the teams skating 4-on-4, Plekanec got the puck in the slot off a feed from Andrei Markov and ripped a shot past Fleury at the 1:05 mark.
Pacioretty was then able to get good positioning on defenseman Kris Letang and beat Fleury with a wrister from the right circle at 2:25.
Not long after the goal, Montreal captain Brian Gionta went off for hooking and the Penguins converted on the power play. Evgeni Malkin fed James Neal for a wicked one-timer in the right circle at 5:44.
Malkin set up Neal again, this time after a dazzling rush from behind the Pittsburgh net. Malkin carried into the Montreal zone and dished to Neal, who slipped a backhander past Price with 2:53 remaining.
"Price was the difference," said Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma. "We had some flurries around his net, but he was strong."
Both teams registered 12 first-period shots despite Pittsburgh having a pair of power plays.
Pacioretty capitalized on a turnover to open the scoring. He intercepted rookie defenseman Olli Maatta's pass in the neutral zone, skated into the slot and beat Fleury with a snap shot off the right post 1:53 into the second period.
The Canadiens had a chance to extend their lead, but failed to convert on three straight power plays later in the frame.
Game Notes
Letang, a Montreal native, played in his 400th career NHL game ... The Penguins had gone 6-0-1 in their last seven games against the Canadiens ... Pittsburgh has not allowed a power-play goal in six consecutive road games.


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Stolen Ride Down a Dead End Street
Weather: Rainy morning followed by a damp, cloudy day.
There's a big storm headed our way, coming up from the Gulf of Mexico. At least that's what the Windsock and Crystal Ball Guild says. What a racket meteorology is! It's the only profession I know of where you can be wrong so often and still keep your job.
I drove the cage to work today, because I didn't want to soak the Black Baron in corrosive road brine for fifty-three miles. It was raining hard when I left home this morning, but then it tapered off to nothing throughout the day. I drove through a couple of sprinkles on the way home, but you know what I was thinking… I should have ridden.
My wife had a doctor's appointment when I got home, (nothing serious), so I hung out with my daughter while she was gone. When she returned, the streets were fairly dry, and I was itchin' to ride. With Amy's blessing, I donned my Darien, helmet and gloves, and practically sprinted out to the garage. I would have to get this one in quickly, because the green blob on the weather radar was already approaching the 494 side of the freeway loop around the Twin Cities. With the helmet and gear on, I felt like a fighter pilot scrambling on an intercept mission.
BB and I rolled out of the driveway and headed south. He is such a smooth-running, comfy character. We stayed off the rush-hour highways and headed for Concord Street. This runs through the stockyards in South Saint Paul, all the way out to the ever-sprawling suburb of Inver Grove Heights. I cherish the old buildings and the few independent businesses still operating there, because I know that eventually they will be replaced by the clone-stores found in every strip mall across the country. Progress, huh? And this is a good thing for whom? (Oh, but it's so conveeeeenient!)
Hey, who put that soapbox there? Sorry…
Speed limits on Concord are right in BB's sweet spot. Thirty-five mph zones roll into forties, then fifty as you get farther away from the business center. We rode Concord Street all the way to the end, and turned right on something called Courthouse Road.
I had never been here before, and it was a fascinating ride. We had just passed one of the suburban strip malls I mentioned, but here, only a half mile down the road, we were riding past old red barns and pastures. I know for a fact that only a few more miles south lies the prosperous modern community of Eagan. But right here in the middle, caught between the big city and the big-time `burbs, was this bucolic interlude of charming rural character.
Please don't tell me these are what they call "Hobby Farmsâ€. But of course, that's exactly what they are… Well, they make for much better scenery than Starbucks-Blockbuster-McDonalds. We rolled past some marvellous homes, tastefully hidden amongst the trees, across many acres of rustic lawn.
Eventually, we came upon a Dead End sign. A lady was walking her two dogs, off-the-leash, right down the middle of the road. I pulled up cautiously, lifted the visor on my helmet, and played the lost traveller.
"Pardon me, but I think I'm lost. What neighborhood is this?â€
She smiled and said, "This is OLD Inver Groveâ€. She really emphasized that "old†part.
"Are there any other roads like this around here?â€
She thought for a moment, and then shook her head. "No, we are very fortunate to have this one, so close to the city. Where were you trying to go?â€
"Well, to be honest, I was just sort of wandering around. I thought I would steal a ride in between rainstorms. I live in West Saint Paul, and I guess I should be heading back now.â€
Again, the gracious smile… "Well, the only way to get there is back the way you came.â€
I thanked her, and then the Black Baron and I turned around. We rode away slowly from that little pocket of the American Dream, and made our way back to Concord Street, and the cheap side of town.
It started raining lightly along the way, and the wind was starting to pick up. We pulled into the driveway as the storm gathered strength. I tucked BB in for the night and headed into the house.
The rain is beating down hard on my roof as I type this. I'm sitting up here in my attic, in the dark, listening to the drip-drip-drip of the leak around our skylight. I've placed a large bowl under that, and it has never filled up even during the worst storms of the past two years.
Yes, I am a bad homeowner. The trouble is, whenever it's nice enough outside to tackle a job like fixing that leak, it is also perfect riding weather. I've never been able to resolve that conflict in favor of the house. That's also why I usually have the longest grass in the neighborhood.
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Our kids named our elf Haerkin. Here he is with his adventures so far!
The first night we read the Elf on the Shelf book and named our elf Haerkin. The next morning, we found Haerkin swinging from the dining room lights!
On the 2nd morning, Haerkin got into the cookies
The third morning we found Haerkin opening some of the kids' presents! He must have brought them back from Santa when he visited last night.
Haerkin decided he would show up the next morning with Barbie in her pink car! They were in the middle of a traffic jam!


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I love Mexican food! We grew up having it quite a bit and I think that is why all the girls love it so much. If you are looking for a new Mexican Dish you have to try this – it is delicious!
1 lb lean ground turkey
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14 to 16 manicotti shells uncooked (whole wheat if you can find them)
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Once Upon A Nuclear Ship, a new documentary by filmmaker Thomas Michael Conner, tells the story of the NS Savannah the world's first nuclear powered merchant ship that was once the diamond in the crown of the US merchant fleet.
Imagined by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1955 and built by the New York Shipbuilding Corp in Camden NJ from 1957 to 1962, the Savannah sailed the oceans of the world for 9 years before being taken out of service. In her brief lifetime she visited 77 ports of call around the world hosting 1.4 million visitors and proved that a nuclear powered merchant ship carrying cargo and passengers was a viable option to conventional ship smokestacks spewing soot and other contaminants into the air and laid the ground work for a future that never came to be.
Once Upon A Nuclear Ship follows the Savannah through all of her trials and tribulations from the keel laying
to her decommissioning and abandonment to her resurrection in 2006.
It's a story best told by the men who "were there when it happened" and although many of these pioneering seamen have sailed into the sunset, Conner tracked down some key players and let them tell the story in their own words. It's a story he too knows well because he was a member of the health physics (radiation protection) staff and was there from the day the reactor split it's first atom then sailed on the ship until the end of 1964. The Savannah was the only ship requiring a special department for the assessment of radiological hazards.
Today, a small group of passionate people led by Erhard Koehler and Jon Stouky of the US Maritime Administration are preserving the history and technological know how that produced the Savannah in the first place. Stouky like Conner was involved with the Savannah since the New York Ship days in Camden and is currently the project's Nuclear Advisor. (Sadly, Stouky passed away in October of 2012.)
There is hope for the future though and a small handful of engineers and researchers are planning the next fleet of nuclear ships. This effort is being led by Stan Wheatley who was the Chief Engineer on the NS Savannah from 1962 to 1964 and has been involved in promoting the idea nuclear ships all these years later and is currently the Managing Director of Center for the Commercial Deployment of Transportation Technologies at California State University Long Beach CA.


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During the Bay Area media day, Stanford right-handed pitcher Mark Appel spoke candidly about his relationship with Scott Boras. Appel used the super-agent as his advisor during draft proceedings, a draft that saw the Pittsburgh Pirates select him with the eighth overall pick, seven selections later than most pundits projected Appel going off the board. Near universally projected to be the top overall pick of the 2012 draft, Appel is preparing to open his season Friday at Rice, instead of prepping to open spring training with the Houston Astros.
That Appel is an amateur yet again in the eyes of some if the fault of Boras. As Boras has negotiated high-bonus salaries for Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg, the belief is teams passed on Appel as Boras would demand a bonus that left little room in a team's allotted draft pool.
Appel spoke favorably of Boras, that the two have an honest relationship, that Boras does a good job for his players and that he trusts in his ability. As Appel spoke to having no regret in turning down an offer from the Pirates that has been reported at $3.8 million, it wasn't how he spoke of Boras that is shocking, it is that he even spoke of a relationship with Boras.
It wasn't exactly an unknown that Appel used Boras as his advisor. MLB clubs knew it, baseball writers knew it, casual fans knew it. But in the current landscape, rarely does a college player speak openly about his advisor, the relationship tends to be hush-hush.
Appel did nothing wrong in retaining or using Boras as his agent. But the NCAA has a record of going after top pitchers they suspect have engaged in activity that would end their amateurism due to advisor-player relations.
In 2008 the NCAA deemed Oklahoma State left-handed pitcher Andrew Oliver ineligible for as a sophomore after finding out Oliver had a lawyer present while negotiating with the Minnesota Twins who selected him in the 17th round of the 2006 draft. After Oliver turned down the offer from the Twins, the NCAA determined Oliver had violated a rule intended to preserve amateurism in college athletics, by having his advisor negotiate directly with the club. Oliver sued the NCAA and won a $750,000 settlement as an Ohio appellate court (Oliver is a native of Ohio) ruled in his favor.
A year later, James Paxton was not so fortunate.
The NCAA determined Paxton ineligible as he prepared for his junior season after Boras supposed negotiated on his behalf with the Toronto Blue Jays who selected him with 39th overall pick in the 2009 draft.
Paxton did not answer questions from NCAA regarding his relationship with Boras and his role in negotiations with the Blue Jays, opting instead for independent baseball, making four starts with the Grand Prairie (Texas) Air Hogs of the independent American Association prior to being the fourth-round pick of the Seattle Mariners in the 2010.
That Paxton was even in a position to be forced to answer to the NCAA and that Oliver needed to go to court to resume playing for the Cowboys should have never occurred.
College baseball players, and high school players that have the opportunity to go to college, should have the ability to retain a lawyer and have him or her present at negotiations.
Baseball and hockey are different from football and basketball. The latter two sports require one to opt-in for the professional draft. Unlike the NBA and NFL, where one elects to leave college, MLB can select a graduated high school player and any player that is three years removed from high school or is 21 years of age within 45 days of the draft. There is no opt-in.
When potential millions of dollars, and a life-changing decision is on the line, shouldn't a player have the opportunity to retain professional guidance?
The NCAA seems to slowly be coming around on the idea.
During January's American Baseball Coaches Association, NCAA director of football and baseball Dennis Poppe spoke on the NCAA reviewing its advisor-agent stance.
"Having been involved with this discussion with the leadership council, the fact that a young man can be drafted without knowing when or if he'll be drafted, there's a sensitivity to it," Poppe said, recognizing the difference in baseball to basketball and football.
"There's a need on the part of us baseball folks to change things, but whether they [leadership council] approve it or not, is another story. Those of us in baseball feel it should be considered, though. Frankly, it just makes sense."
But Poppe and NCAA vice president for academic and membership affairs Kevin Lennon stated a possible change to NCAA bylaws would only pertain to prospective student-athletes, junior college or high school athletes.
Wait, what?
According to the NCAA, if the change was made, a high school senior has the OK to retain representation and use one to negotiate a contract that will likely use a college scholarship as leverage to entice a greater bonus, but a college student-athlete will not have the same right to determine if it would be in his best interest to leave his university after two or three seasons. Isn't the purpose of going to college to better ones chance in having a successful living with the education and experience?
Again the NCAA misses the boat.
The association is to be applauded for opening and having the discussion. But while other aces around the country prepare to join Appel in toeing a rubber, some embarking on a journey that will see them skyrocket up draft boards, they shouldn't have to do it while a hushed and closed-door take on their advisor, fearful of giving the NCAA any hint of wiggle room to investigate.


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Bill allowing limited use of cannabis oil advances
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - A bill that seeks to allow children with severe epilepsy to legally use oil derived from marijuana has advanced to the Senate floor in the South Carolina Statehouse, but it's so restrictive, supporters say it won't help those for whom it's written.
The Senate Medical Affairs Committee approved Thursday allowing use of cannabidiol, or CBD oil, but only as part of clinical trials testing federally approved drugs.
The bill would amend the definition of marijuana, adding that the CBD oil could be used by people with severe forms of epilepsy. This oil has almost none of the mind-altering substance found in marijuana.
Sen. Tom Davis said he wanted to allow wider use of CBD oil to control seizures. Davis, (R) Beaufort, sponsored the bill after hearing from a constituent, Harriett Hilton of Beaufort, whose granddaughter has a severe form of epilepsy. She has up to 100 seizures an hour and with conventional medication, that can be reduced to 20-30 seizures an hour, which is still debilitating. CBD oil can provide relief.
But the South Carolina Medical Association and State Law Enforcement Division raised concerns about purity of oils not controlled by the Food and Drug Administration, and he knew the bill stood no chance with their opposition.
Two FDA trials of CBD oil are going on now. The preliminary evidence on it is very positive that the CBD oil will greatly reduce the number of seizures, but Hilton says clinics trials are extremely limited and won't help her granddaughter.
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CINCINNATI (AP) Semaj Christon scored a season-high 20 points on Friday night as Xavier got back to full strength and remained unbeaten with a 79-56 victory over Morehead State.
The Musketeers (3-0) kept their momentum from a 67-63 win over Tennessee at the Cintas Center on Tuesday night. Xavier led 38-23 at the break and pulled away during a foul-filled second half. The officials called 56 fouls overall, and the teams combined for 68 free throws.
The Eagles (2-1) were trying for their first 3-0 start in 20 years, but couldn't make shots with any consistency against Xavier's man-to-man and zone defenses. Morehead State shot only 29 percent from the field. Chad Posthumus led the Eagles with 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Matt Stainbrook had seven points and 10 rebounds for Xavier, which led by as many as 25 points.
Xavier was back to full strength with point guard Dee Davis in the starting lineup and forward Justin Martin coming off the bench.
Davis missed the first two games recovering from a concussion sustained during a preseason scrimmage. Coach Chris Mack opened with a three-guard offense. Freshman Brandon Randolph, who started the first two games in Davis' place, also was in the lineup along with Christon.
Martin, who missed the Tennessee game recovering from a blow to the head, checked in with 12:40 left in the first half. Martin finished with eight points and two rebounds.
Neither team got into a flow for the first 13 minutes, with no lead bigger than three points. Morehead State missed eight of its first nine shots while Xavier had three turnovers, two by Randolph.
Davis led Xavier's first spurt, hitting a floating bank shot and a 3-pointer during a 12-point run that pushed it to 24-15. Freshman forward Jalen Reynolds had four free throws and a tip-in during the run.
The Musketeers closed the half with a 14-2 spurt that included Martin's steal and three-point play for the 15-point halftime lead. The Eagles were only 5 of 27 from the field in the half.
Junior guard Angelo Warner was coming off his best game for Morehead State - a career-high 25 points and team-high 10 rebounds during a 71-63 win at East Tennessee State on Tuesday. He got only three shots in the first half and missed all of them.
Warner finished 0 for 6 from the field with five points on free throws.
The second half started ugly - 10 fouls, 10 points combined in first 4 minutes, 11 seconds - and turned into a slog of free-throw shooting. Xavier went 21 of 30 from the line overall, Morehead State 24 of 38.
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Federal Task Force Brings Furniture to Hurricane-Affected Schools
November 1, 2005
Contact: Mary Alice Johnson, (202) 501-1231
Washington, DC – The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) today joins with the U.S. Department of Education to announce the Furniture for Schools Task Force, a new federal initiative to identify and donate surplus furniture and other supplies for schools affected by the recent hurricanes. The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are also members.
"GSA is proud to be a part of this coordinated effort to help the children impacted by the recent hurricanes, by serving as the facilitator and operational manager for determining priorities and helping to identify the property available," said GSA Acting Administrator David L. Bibb. "The task force members are already hard at work to match schools with much-needed furniture and supplies, such as desks, bookshelves and computers."
The Furniture for Schools Task Force will streamline existing interagency efforts to match the needs of schools and districts along the devastated Gulf Coast with federal surplus and excess furniture and supplies. Property being donated under the initiative includes student and teacher desks, chairs, bookshelves, filing cabinets, tables, computers, printers and room partitions. The task force assists both schools damaged and destroyed by the storms – mostly in Louisiana and Mississippi – and those schools hosting displaced students, including those in Alabama, Florida and Texas.
Already, the task force has arranged for nearly 1,100 desks to go to school districts in the hardest hit areas of Mississippi and Louisiana. GSA has also identified matches in those states for chairs, room partitions and boxes of other supplies.
Schools seeking assistance should register their requests at the federal "Hurricane Help for Schools" Web site, at www.ed.gov/Katrina, which is maintained by the Department of Education. GSA is the task force lead for matching the school needs with personal property that is classified either as surplus (unclaimed by federal agencies) or excess (not needed by a particular agency). GSA also determines priorities of competing requests and screens school eligibility.
The task force operates under the authorization of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the United States Code and the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
GSA is a centralized, federal procurement, property management, policy development and information provision agency, created by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. In this role, GSA acquires products and services on behalf of federal agencies; plays a key role in developing and implementing government-wide policies; provides services and solutions for the office operations of more than one million federal workers; and encourages a citizen-centric relationship with government by providing a single "point of entry" to the information and services citizens need in a timeframe they can appreciate. This allows citizens to receive accurate, timely and consistent answers and information, and helps federal agencies better respond to citizen inquiries.


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Congratulation to Roger and Braulio. No need to go to Brazil, the best in the World teach and train here. My son Luke is with Gracie Barra in Birmingham. He is still young and Braulio and his team have treated him very kindly. Its nice to be important but more important to be nice and they are both at this excellent acadamy. Watch out for Luke at the British open!


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'"The first time he was called up, he lived with me when he was 15 and I was 16," Schenn said. "He was probably 6-foot-6 at the time, but he had troubles with the overall speed of the game. To see how far he has come, it's pretty amazing how he has put it all together."'
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Meryl Davis and Charlie White capture first Olympic ice dance gold medal for U.S.
SOCHI, Russia – Meryl Davis and Charlie White delivered the United States its first gold medal ever in ice dance, besting their rivals and training partners, Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, here on Monday.
White and Davis, both originally from Royal Oak, Mich., posted a combined score of 195.52, well enough to hold off Virtue and Moir who finished at 190.99.
The Americans' free dance was brilliant, garnering a world-record score of 116.63, just one day after a world-record short program of 78.89 gave them a solid 2.56-point lead heading into the free dance.
Davis and White held off a strong effort by Virtue and Moir, who posted a season-best 114.66 in the free dance and left the Games – they've said they will retire after these Olympics – to roaring crowds and big smiles.
[Related: The Detroit area rules the world in ice dancing...yes, for real]
The result is a reversal of the Vancouver Games when Virtue and Moir won gold and Davis and White took home silver. The two teams have trained in the same complex in suburban Detroit for nine years despite representing different countries. They even share a coach, Russian-born Marina Zoueva.
The team of Elena Bobrova and Nikita Katsalapov from Russia took home the bronze, after a dynamic final performance that left the local crowd at the Iceberg Skating Palace in jubilation.
Davis and White surpassed Virtue and Moir in the last couple years, winning four head-to-head competitions, including the 2011 and 2013 world championships, coming into the Sochi Games.
Some thought the margin between the two teams should have been closer following the short dance, which would have tightened the race for gold. In the end, it didn't matter as Davis and White claimed gold in definitive fashion.


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Alice Munro Is Legal Tender, and Other NewsBy Dan Piepenbring
- Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize last year, which is neat and all, but what's even cooler is that her face is going to appear on a five-dollar Canadian coin—an honor second only to having a New Jersey Turnpike rest area named after you.
- The world's most expensive musical instrument: "a Stradivari viola, whose asking price will start at $45 million when it is offered for sale this spring."
- If one loses the ability to speak, a prosthetic voice offers the chance to restore one's vocal identity.
- What was on French television in the sixties? Michel Foucault and Alain Badiou discussing philosophy. Obviously.
- If you've got two left feet, scientists have done you a solid: they now know exactly which dance moves catch a lady's eye. The Electric Slide is not among them, experts say.


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Neil Campbell and Jane Reece's BIOLOGY remains unsurpassed as the most successful majors biology textbook in the world. This text has invited more than 4 million students into the study of this dynamic and essential discipline.The authors have restructured each chapter around a conceptual framework of five or six big ideas. An Overview draws students in and sets the stage for the rest of the chapter, each numbered Concept Head announces the beginning of a new concept, and Concept Check questions at the end of each chapter encourage students to assess their mastery of a given concept. New Inquiry Figures focus students on the experimental process, and new Research Method Figures illustrate important techniques in biology. Each chapter ends with a Scientific Inquiry Question that asks students to apply scientific investigation skills to the content of the chapter.
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Business opportunities are prepackaged small business deals offered primarily to inexperienced entrepreneurs. Fraudulent business opportunities bilk consumers nationwide of tens of millions of dollars a year according to the Federal Trade Commission. These scams take a variety of forms, from stuffing envelopes or doing medical billing at home, to the sale of vending machines or greeting card display racks, to selling internet businesses. Promoters of these scams use high pressure sales tactics and promise huge earnings to buyers. They often target vulnerable Alaskans: senior citizens, individuals at home because of disability or illness, or people experiencing financial difficulties.
AS 45.66.010 - 45.66.900 is a new law regulating the sale of business opportunities in Alaska. As soon as regulations are adopted, sellers of business opportunities will have to register with the Department of Law before they do business in the state. In order to register, sellers will have to post a bond, pay a registration fee, and disclose information about the business opportunity and about the seller's civil and criminal history. AS 45.66 also provides important safeguards for consumers, such as the following:
Not all business opportunities are covered by this law. There are exemptions for business opportunities that involve total payments under $250, for business transactions that fall under other regulatory schemes, for ongoing business transactions, and for direct sellers under certain circumstances. The full list of exemptions is found at AS 45.66.220.
Under the bill, violations of the chapter are also violations of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protections Act, AS 45.50.471, et seq. In addition, they may be punishable as criminal offenses.
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How do I help boost my daughter's self confidence?
My daughter is really shy and doesn't socialize with other people. She's the tallest among their class and quite big on her age (10 y/o) which makes her insecure. I'd like to know what kind of approach I should do in order for her to change her outlook in life.
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Dear proudmommy,
I'm sorry to hear about your concerns for your daughter. Are you able to talk to your daughter about this and hear her feelings?
Does she get on better socialising in smaller groups or one-to-one? I was wondering if play dates with just one other friend would work well for her?
I think it's important to remember that the way we talk and think about ourselves as mums has a huge affect on the way our children, perhaps particularly girls, think of themselves. I just mention it incase you or another close adult ever think negatively about your own image.
Its equally important that we make time each day to tell our children what we love about them. I'm sure you already do this
Spending quality parent-child time together each day also gives our children increased self-confidence levels and builds our relationship so that they can talk to us about any concerns that they have.
How much time does your daughter spend watching TV/ reading magazines each day? These can reflect an image-obsessed culture and have a real impact on young children.
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(Berea) - The Cleveland Browns have signed a local product to help fill the void with the broken left fibula of running back Dion Lewis.
The team has announced it has signed rookie free agent running back Jamaine Cook from Youngstown State University.
Cook prepped at Midpark High School in Berea. He tallied more than 4,000 during his career at YSU along with 39 TD's.
The Browns originally signed Cook as an undrafted free agent April 30 but released him May 21.
The team waived DB Kenronte Walker was waived to make room for Cook on the roster.
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Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
Remarks by Secretary Eric K. Shinseki
Disabled American Veterans Mid-Winter Conference
Arlington, VA
February 27, 2011
I'm honored to join you, once again, for your mid-winter conference. With your help and support, we've had a good year for Veterans. There's still much to be done, but we have momentum in key areas with clear directions for the future. The need for us and our programs continues to grow, and we have plans on how to respond to that need. A case in point:
On 26 March 2010, Marine Corporal Todd Nicely led his squad on a foot patrol near Lakari, Afghanistan. Walking point, he tripped a 40-pound, pressure-detonated, improvised explosive device, which ripped off his body armor and helmet, and tore off his right leg and left hand. Badly shredded, his left leg and right arm were subsequently removed.
Todd Nicely is one of our Nation's three surviving quadruple amputees from Iraq and Afghanistan. He has remained resilient through innumerable surgeries. Late last year, the Washington Post told his incredible story of survival, adjustment, love, and support—but at its core, that front-page article described a Marine with the heart of a lion.
What shines through in the article are his resilience, humility, strength of character, and an incredibly positive attitude from deep within.
"I remember screaming once or twice. You know, those blood-curdling screams they do in the movies," he recounted of the moments immediately after the IED went off, "and I remember thinking to myself. 'Don't do that again, because this is the last image that these boys are going to have of you in their heads. So stay strong.' After that, I just shut up."
At Bethesda, in his first meeting with his 24-year old wife, Crystal—a wonderful woman every bit as tough as her husband—she asked him if he knew his legs were missing. He said he did. She then asked him if he knew that his hands were also missing. He said, "No." He was quiet for a moment, then asked, "Did anybody else get hurt?" Crystal said, "No." His response was one word—"Good."
During an awards ceremony at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, with members of his unit present, Lieutenant Colonel McDonough, Todd's battalion commander, said that he hoped that his own children might one day have the courage of Corporal Nicely. When it was his turn to speak, Todd said simply, "I'd just like to thank everybody. I'd like to thank my platoon for getting me back. If it wasn't for you guys, I don't think I'd be alive today." Other than that, I really don't have much more to say. I love you guys."
Todd Nicely's toughness, his courage, concern for squad mates even when his own life hung in the balance, and his quiet humility are hallmarks we have witnessed time and again amongst this generation of warriors. Whatever service we come from, all of us can see in Todd Nicely and his actions the essence of the Marine Corps: Semper Fidelis—Always Faithful.
On 14 February, President Obama submitted his 2012 budget and 2013 advance appropriation requests, and in doing so, kept his promises to Veterans. Today, I'd like to address what we must accomplish this year, and next, with these resources.
Each document is important enough as a separate budget, but taken together, they are powerful in terms of energy, opportunity, and continuity—thanks to the advance appropriations for which you fought so hard. While VBA and NCA and others all across government are dealing with a continuing resolution, VHA is delivering healthcare to Veterans without interruption for the rest of 2011.
Less than 1% of Americans serve in our military. In doing so, these men and women allow the rest of us to do what Americans do best—and that's out-think, out-create, out-work, and out-produce the rest of the world. In protecting us against outside threats, they enable the rest of the Nation to stoke our powerful economic engine into doing what we Americans have historically done. And that's win.
Now, look—I know the economy has lost a bit of sparkle for the moment, but I will always trust the instincts, the energy, the creativity, and the intellect of the American people to get us back on course. President Obama has challenged us to win the future by out-innovating, out-educating, and out-building our competition.
Today, our military remains operationally deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan—conflicts that have been underway for most of the past decade. The burden on our magnificent all-volunteer force, and their families, to accomplish every mission—without failure, fanfare, or complain—has been enormous.
As our troops redeploy home, shed their uniforms, and return to their communities, the Nation needs to find ways of offering them the opportunity to add their substantial skills, knowledge, and attributes to that powerful economic engine.
VA's mission is crucial to their transition home. As President Lincoln reminded us 146 years ago, "We care for [those] who have borne the battle and [their spouses] and [orphans]."
Those requirements and responsibilities have grown as we addressed longstanding issues from past wars—Agent Orange, Gulf War illnesses, generational combat PTSD, for example—and watched the injuries and illnesses tied to the current conflicts grow significantly. These numbers will continue to rise for many years, perhaps decades after the last American combatant departs Iraq and Afghanistan. You know this because you have lived our history, but not everyone appreciates that historical reality. It's been true for every war—and we need to make this point.
As you know, VA is a large organization with a correspondingly large budget and a diverse and complex mission—care and benefits. We provide healthcare, disability benefits and pensions, home loans and life insurance, robust education programs, and run the Nation's largest cemetery system, which has outperformed every other enterprise in our country for the past decade—public or private, profit or non-profit.
Some ask, why is the VA enterprise so large and complex? Why is the federal government doing so many things for Veterans? Simple. Because in times past, those who wore the Nation's uniforms were often unable to either acquire, or afford, these services on their own. No one would provide them—too much risk.
At present, about 8.3 million Veterans depend on VA for medical care and benefits, and over 800,000 Veterans and family members depend on us for educational benefits. But over 22 million Veterans and another 35 million spouses and adult children see themselves as Veterans or part of Veterans' families, whether or not they visit our medical centers or apply for benefits. They all expect us to get things right for the Veterans we serve.
We will not curtail Veterans' support when missions are declared, "Accomplished" and the troops come home, as has happened on occasion in the past, leaving at least one generation of Veterans to struggle in anonymity for 40 years. We owe them all better, and we will need your continued advice and support in serving them.
To keep his promises to Veterans and meet the obligations of the American people, the President's budget requests approximately $132 billion in 2012—nearly $62 billion in discretionary funding and roughly $70 billion in mandatory funding. Our discretionary budget request represents an increase of $5.9 billion, or 10.6 percent, over the 2010 budget.
Both funding requests allow VA to concentrate on five of our highest-priority goals in the coming two years:
- Reducing homelessness to under 59,000 by June of 2012, enroute to ending it in 2015;
- Fully automating GI Bill benefits processing by the end of this year;
- Standing up a paperless claims processing system by 2012 that will provide high-quality, Veteran-centric claims decisions in under 125 days by 2015;
- Creating the next generation of electronic records with DOD to finally effect a seamless transition for youngsters leaving active service;
- And, addressing increasing needs for mental healthcare through receptive access and high-quality treatment outcomes so Veterans achieve stability in their lives.
Let me quickly make a few key points:
President Obama strongly supports our mission to end Veteran homelessness by 2015. We have made major progress. Six years ago, there were approximately 195,000 homeless Veterans on any given night. Today, we estimate there are about 76,000. We intend to get to 59,000 by June of next year.
The 2012 budget includes $939 million for specific programs to prevent and reduce homelessness among Veterans—an increase of 17.5 percent, or $140 million over 2011.
A comprehensive review is underway to use VA's inventory of vacant or under-utilized buildings to house homeless and at-risk Veterans and their families. VA has identified 94 sites that will potentially add another 6,300 units of housing through public-private ventures using VA's enhanced-use lease authority. This authority is scheduled to lapse at the end of calendar year 2011, and its reauthorization by Congress is needed to continue increasing housing for homeless Veterans and their families. We are counting on Congress to help us here.
The most flexible and responsive housing option remains the HUD-VASH voucher, on which we work closely with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Both Secretary Donovan and I endorse the importance of this joint effort. HUD-VASH vouchers are our only option, at the moment, for housing Veterans with families.
Claims Backlog and GI Bill
In 2009, we produced 977,000 claims decisions—and received another million claims in return. In 2010, for the first time, we produced a million claims decisions—and received 1.2 million claims in return. We expect 1.45 million claims to be submitted this year and know that we will produce another record in claims decisions—and still fall short. This is a big numbers game and merely hiring more people to handle claims won't let us get ahead of the incoming surge, let alone cleave the size of the backlog.
We must automate—and fast. The 2012 budget request for VBA is $2 billion, an increase of $330 million, or 19.5 percent, over the 2010 budget. These funds are needed to get us out of paper and into electronic processing, where we should have gone years ago. As we automate, we must also increase accuracy—today, 84 percent, 2015, 98 percent. We have good direction. It's just time to get it right before this assignment ends.
The President's budget request for VBA provides $148 million to complete pilot testing and field our paperless Veterans Benefits Management System. In the short term, the budget funds an increase of 716 fill-time employees.
The budget request also supports expanded eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits by including non-college degree programs such as on-the-job training, flight training, and correspondence courses. It also allows us to fully automate the payment process to speed tuition and housing payments to all eligible Veterans by the end of this calendar year.
Through October 2010, VA issued over $7 billion in tuition, housing, and stipends for more than 423,000 student-Veterans and eligible family members. This program is working—need to work graduation rates next.
Mental Health
The budget request seeks nearly $51 billion for medical care—including $6.2 billion for critically-required mental health programs, $68 million directly for our suicide prevention initiative alone. Our focus is on treatment for post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, and other psychological and cognitive health requirements as well as greater collaboration between the Departments of Defense and VA in providing mental healthcare.
In addition to those major initiatives, the new budget:
- Recognizes the tremendous medical responsibilities and financial burdens assumed by Veterans' caregivers by providing $66 million for specialized training, stipends, healthcare and mental health services.
- Includes an investment of $270 million for eligible women Veterans to address their healthcare needs wherever they seek care.
- Provides almost $251 million in operations and maintenance funding for NCA, allowing us to provide nearly 90% of the Veteran population a burial site within 75 miles of their homes.
- Continues our outreach to recently-separated, severely-disabled Veterans to tell them about a two-year free extension of their Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance coverage and their right to apply for Veterans' Group Life Insurance. In 2010, we contacted 1,300 such individuals, resulting in $120 million in issued coverage.
In all of our efforts, DAV has been critical to the successes we've enjoyed—and no one has contributed more to our efforts than your executive director, Dave Gorman. Let me conclude by making a small presentation to recognize his service to his country and to his fellow Veterans for the past four decades.
Let me invite Dave to join me here at the podium and, as he makes his way up here, let me just say that since his service and sacrifice in Vietnam as a "Sky-Soldier," since joining DAV in 1970 and taking on ever-increasing leadership responsibilities from the local to the national levels, and finally, to service as executive director since 1995, Dave has been a tireless advocate for all Veterans.
It's been a pleasure to partner with him and a privilege to call him "friend."
All of us at VA wish you and Paula the very best as you begin the next phase of your lives together. This small token is of a Soldier knelt in prayer before a wall inscribed with Lincoln's timeless challenge to all of us "to care"—not just talk—but "care for those who have borne the battle," and for their spouses and orphans.
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The 72″ x 80″ blanket is big enough to wrap around most furniture and thick enough to protect finishes. Double-stitched for durability, the blanket is ideal for moving, placing items in storage or protecting furniture during construction. Customers love this blanket though we have to admit, there have been a lot of questions about why the blankets have a camouflage design. It all started back in the early 2000's. Fashion icon Valentino was reviewing fabrics for his spring line.
While pondering a bolt of raw silk, he was suddenly struck in the head with a cantaloupe (long story, but will suffice to say never stand within throwing distance of your personal assistant who's on her third day of the Scaresdale diet). He was temporary rendered unconscious. While unconscious, he dreamed that he was a general in the fashion army and wore a camouflage field uniform, a.k.a. fatigues. He was meeting with his two military advisors, Giselle Bündchen and Kate Moss, to plan an all-out offensive on Michael Kors for selling out to Target. In his dream, he turned to Giselle and said "Darling, why do they call what I'm wearing fatigues?" To which she responded, "Because, darling, camouflage is so bourgeois, you feel fatigued just wearing it." Valentino woke from his dream with two things: a nasty lump on his head from the projectile cantaloupe and the commitment to integrate camouflage into haute couture fashion.
As coincidence would have it, Valentino's stepsister's second cousin once removed was friends with the first cousin of the ex-wife's niece of the woman who happened to be married to a buyer at Harbor Freight who was forced to go to a fashion show while vacationing with his wife in New York where Valentino's new line of camouflage fashion was being revealed. On the way home from the fashion show, he too was struck by a cantaloupe (long story, but will suffice to say never stand within throwing distance of a malfunctioning mechanical orangutan at a produce stand). He woke up with two things: a nasty lump on his head from the cantaloupe and, well, you can figure out the rest… The 72″ x 80″ Camouflage Utility Blanket from Harbor Freight Tools—the perfect integration of function and fashion.


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Thought I'd get a jump on the holidays with this card created by Emma, age 6. Emma's "Pees on -th" card (translation: Peace on Earth) is part of the One Million Peace Signs project on Flickr. Check out the group's website and blog.
Here's what the project is about:
"Peace can start small, and every single act of Peace matters. Maybe you don't have the time or energy to make a huge impact on Peace today…but maybe you can still commit some Little Act of Peace. And you can pass it on…right here. Brainstorm it at the dinner table and add your idea…we think it's gonna be something we can all learn from and add to!"
As of this posting, Emma's photo is one of 9,006 photos from 2,988 members in 321 days. Scrolling through the images is not only moving but inspiring. I don't know about you, but there are never enough ways to say "peace."
Check out some of the amazing peace statements that have been submitted, then remember you don't have to climb the highest mountain to spread the peace word; sometimes a Sharpie scribble is enough.


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Unplug the dongle and reboot Backtrack.
After Backtrack is up plug in the dongle and type:
If there is the message:Code:ifconfig wlan0 up airmon-ng start wlan0 airodump-ng mon0
Kill those processes by typing:Code:Found 2 processes that could cause trouble. If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops working after a short period of time, you may want to kill (some of) them! PID Name 745 dhclient3 882 dhclient3
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- A six-car accident on the New Jersey Turnpike early Saturday morning that has left actor/comedian Tracy Morgan critically injured resulted in the death of a Peekskill man, according to a report by CNN .
James McNair, 62, of Peekskill, was a passenger in a limo bus involved in the crash, according to the report. McNair was a comedian known as "Jimmy Mack."
Four people sustained injuries, with three classified as critical, including Morgan, according to the report.
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'He's had a bit of a head start on how to be a pro. Last summer, he moved in to Adam Mair's Buffalo home and worked out with the longtime Hamilton NHLer. It gave the kid a chance to see how things work in the big time. He's not sure if he'll be doing it again this year, but he'll probably spend most of the next few months in Buffalo just to be around the trainers and the team staff.'
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MOSCOW (School release)-- The first day of the 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championship, which runs through Sunday, is in the books, and the USA Women's 3x3 World Championship Team won both of its games on Thursday.
Tennessee's Cierra Burdick (Charlotte, N.C.) and teammates Sara Hammond (Louisville/Mt. Vernon, Ky.), Jewell Loyd (Notre Dame/Lincolnwood, Ill.) and Tiffany Mitchell (South Carolina/Charlotte, N.C.) opened play with a 21-5 victory over Hungary (0-2) and then took care of Brazil, 21-8.
Pool D play continues on Friday, as the Americans face Ukraine at 4:20 p.m. (8:20 a.m. ET), Spain at 6:20 p.m. (10:20 a.m. ET) and Argentina at 8:40 p.m. (12:40 p.m. ET). Round of 16 and quarterfinal contests will be played on Saturday, followed by semifinals and finals on Sunday.
Burdick is seeking her fourth international gold medal with USA Basketball. She previously played for the 2011 U19 World Championship, the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship and the 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Championship.
In addition to the women's 3x3 tournament, included in the 2014 3x3 World Championship program will be a skills contest, shoot-out contest and free throw pursuits. Burdick is entered in the shoot-out competition. The qualification process will take place on Saturday, while the medal finals will be held on Sunday afternoon.


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Dell: "Not so fast, Linux folks"
Computerworld reported today (March 1) that Dell has decided to put the brakes on their pre-installed GNU/Linux announcement of a couple of days ago. Typical. This, of course, raises a plethora of questions like:
Did they leave out " . . . just kidding" from their news release? So let me see if I understand this: Being a newbie-with-portfolio to GNU/Linux, I can install — and have installed — and maintain GNU/Linux distros with roughly two-months of hands-on experience with GNU/Linux. So, Dell can't install any variant of GNU/Linux on their desktops and laptops? Want some help, guys?
Does Dell really believe they have to test GNU/Linux all over again? File this one in the "let's reinvent the wheel" drawer which — and I know I promised to play nice with Dell, but I can't — remains consistent with Dell's legacy of being an industry follower. Dell spokesman Jeremy Bolen says in the Computerworld article that "[W]hen you talk about an operating system, if Dell is going to install it and test it, it takes a lot of work" before getting it ready for the marketplace. Jeremy, pass this on to your buddy, Mike: It's not like GNU/Linux is fresh out of the box — we're reaching the two-decade point of the operating system's existence fairly soon. Those years are involved with a lot of development, incidentally, which makes GNU/Linux the operating system that, gee, Dell seems to think highly of at the moment. Of course, this "ready for the marketplace" nonsense begs another question.
Does Dell really think there aren't enough GNU/Linux wonks out there to hire/steal/cajole for tech support? One of the reasons given for what is turning out to be a world-class balk by Dell is that they don't have training and support in place. That's fair. So what's the problem there? Go to any list like LinuxQuestions.org or LXer.com or my Internet hangout, DistroWatch.com, and the experts are there.
This is beginning to look like Dell biting off more than they can chew and starting the world-class backpedaling for which they pay their PR people those high fees. Either this, or the call came down from Redmond . . . .


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No. 13 LSU Rallies in Sixth Inning to Defeat No. 17 UK 3-2
March 17, 2013
BATON ROUGE, La. - The No. 13 LSU softball team rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, getting a two-out, two-run single from outfielder A.J. Andrews to erase a 2-0 defeat and clinch a 3-2 victory, sealing the three-game sweep over No. 17 Kentucky on Sunday at Tiger Park.
True freshman pitcher Kelsey Nunley picked up the loss in the game after throwing all six innings, allowing three earned runs on six hits with three strikeouts. Nunley is now 12-3 on the year after earning the loss in the series opener Friday night.
Offensively, UK was led by true freshman Maisie Steed, who went 1-for-2 with a two-RBI single in the second inning. Fellow freshman Ansley Smith collected the other hit for the Wildcats, going 1-for-2 with a run scored.
LSU pitcher Ashley Czechner improved her record to 6-0 on the year, going seven innings, allowing two earned runs on two hits with two strikeouts. Andrews was the main offensive leader for LSU, posting a 2-for-4 day with two RBI. Jacee Blades went 2-for-3, while Rikki Alcaraz had a hit and an RBI.
The Wildcats will return to action with a pair of midweek home games against Western Kentucky and Iowa. UK and WKU will square off Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET before the Wildcats face Iowa on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. ET. The UK-Iowa game is the first of four televised games this season on the UK/IMG Sports Network. The game can be seen live throughout the Fox Sports South footprint.
Kentucky (19-7, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) scored first in the game for the first time in the series getting two runs on one hit in the top of the second inning. The rally started with Ansley Smith drawing a walk on a 12-pitch at-bat before Krystal Smith laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt that the LSU third baseman fielded and threw late to second allowing both runners to reach safely. After a strikeout, pinch hitter Emily Gaines grounded out, advancing the runners to second and third for Steed, who hit an infield single to the second baseman, scoring both runners. Steed got thrown out at second trying to grab an extra base to end the inning.
Nunley got out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the bottom of the third inning. After a single, walk and hit-by pitch, LSU loaded the bases for cleanup hitter Bianka Bell, who grounded a ball sharply to third baseman Krystal Smith. Smith threw home to sophomore catcher Griffin Joiner for the first out and on to first to complete the double play. Nunley then got Alcaraz to groundout softly to second to end the threat.
The Tigers took the lead for good in the sixth inning. Bell started the rally with a double to right-centerfield, coming home to score when Alcaraz singled through the right side of the infield. After a walk and a strikeout, LSU brought up pinch hitter Kellsi Kloss, who flied out to leftfield for the second out. Nunley then hit Simone Heyward with a pinch, loading the bases for Andrews, who hit a bloop single to rightfield to score the winning runs.
Kentucky will play host to the SEC Tournament this season for the first time in school history. The event, which is considered one of the most prestigious softball tournaments in the nation, will be May 8-11 in Lexington. The championship game will be featured on ESPN2, while all other games will be shown on ESPNU. Ticket information for the tournament can be found here.
For the latest on UK softball, follow "@UKSoftball" on Twitter or like Kentucky Softball on Facebook.


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Pronoun TroubleBy Caleb Crain
Elizabeth Bishop was a painter as well as a poet, and the paintings that she left to her partner Alice Methfessel, who died in 2009, are now being sold. I've been to see the paintings a couple of times: last winter in the office of James S. Jaffe Rare Books, and a few weeks ago in the Tibor de Nagy Gallery.
The paintings are quiet. Some are domestic still lifes, including pansies in a wicker basket, a candelabra on a table, a tea set, and a doll-like lover asleep in bed. Others feature vernacular architecture: a Greenwich Village apartment building of ivy-covered brick, a wooden church in Key West, a county courthouse grand in the way of the nineteenth-century South. Most are in watercolor and gouache on vellum paper, whose delicate translucence no reproduction quite captures; lines are sometimes drawn in ink or pencil. Bishop didn't have a steady or a precise hand, but her eye for color was fine, and she understood how to make the most of patterns, such as the radiations of a palm leaf, the stripes of a comforter cover, or the palings of a fence. She also had a Walker Evans–ish appreciation of the way that words, when they appear in the world as things, can seem both monumental and silly. The county courthouse is childishly labeled as such on a gable. On a street near a cemetery, each of five tombstones leaning against a shack reads "FOR SALE."
The choice of subject and the modesty of style suggest that the paintings were for Bishop a personal matter. She usually signed them, when she signed them at all, with her initials or just her first name. Read More


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In reference to the use of UUID in fstab, I ran into an little problem with that. I used GParted to copy my Mint partition, sda1, to a backup drive, sdb1.
I discovered that GParted had copied the UUID for sda1, and now sda1 and sdb1 both had the same UUID and were both mounted at /
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