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The market is slow in most parts of the country and how to cope with current market conditions is a hot topic at office meetings, online forums and water cooler discussions.
When I talk to experienced agents and ask them how they are handling the current climate, they usually mention going back to "the basics." I concur, but it occurs to me that anyone who hasn't been in the real estate business for more than 5 years doesn't have a clue of what the rest of us are talking about.
I'll be the first to admit that for many of us, the past few years were a great ride, but one that didn't require skills beyond how to deal with multiple contract situations. We worked hard but it was an easy kind of hard, if that makes sense. We didn't need to worry about "the basics."
We paddled as fast as we could, worked a lot of hours, and for those of us that were able to put good systems in place, we made a lot of money.
I drove past a little house in Groton, CT yesterday. I hadn't been by that house in years and the memories of my early career brought a smile to my face. That little house was my very first listing in 1977 from a seller who wasn't a friend or previous acquaintance.
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Girls basketball
Lady Lions advance
Bremen's girls basketball team advanced to the semifinal at the Class 2A Central Noble Sectional with a 58-53 win over Prairie Heights Tuesday night.
The Lady Lions advance to play Northern State Conference foe LaVille Friday at 6 p.m.
At Central Noble Sectional
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Boys swimming
Bremen boys win
Bremen's boys swim team handed visiting Concord a 96-87 loss at home at Bremen Tuesday night.
Complete results from the meet were not available.
At Bremen
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Jr. high wrestling
Lincoln dominates Urey
The Lincoln wrestling team defeated Urey Middle School (John Glenn) Tuesday night by a score of 114-12.
The lopsided score was a result of the improvements Lincoln's boys made in practice Monday after the weekend's tournament, and the Red Storm wrestlers grappled smarter, said Lincoln coach Phil Koops.
Lincoln is back in action Thursday at home against rival Edgewood Middle School from Warsaw.
8th grade girls basketball
Bremen falls to NorthWood, tops Triton
The Bremen eighth grade girls basketball team lost a hard-fought game with NorthWood Tuesday night, 34-28.
Alexis Jennings led the Lady Lions with 14 points and Bri Andrews scored seven .
The loss comes on the heels of a dominant 39-20 win over Triton Monday.
Jennings and Shannon Arndt each scored eight, and Trish Moser and Madison Coffel contributed six points each in a team effort where seven different Bremen players made a basket.
Men's college basketball
Chargers struggle at Jackson
The Ancilla men's basketball team lost a conference game to Jackson Community College Monday 87-79.
Rosey Green put up 17 points with eight assists for the Chargers, and Jacob Frazier finished with 17 points and five rebounds.
The loss drops Ancilla's record to 7-12 on the regular season and 1-8 in MCCAA play.
With two more games this week, the Chargers continue MCCAA play when they host Lansing Community College tonight with tipoff at 7:30 p.m.
Women's college basketball
Ancilla can't hang on at Jackson
The Ancilla women's basketball team lost a conference game Monday night to Jackson Community College, 115-69.
Kaylia Richardson poured in 37 points for the Lady Chargers, while Plymouth product Brittany Himes added 17.
Ancilla dips to 3-15 in regular season play and remains winless in the MCCAA at 0-9.
The Lady Chargers continue scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

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A police officer was speared by a Whitinsville man early this morning after the man, who had a warrant for a revoked vehicle registration and suspended license, took off after being stopped by police in Milford.
Adam M. Tillison, 27, of 11 High St., was arraigned in Uxbridge District Court today on multiple charges including failure to stop for police; speeding (70+ mph in a 30 mph zone); reckless operation of a motor vehicle; failure to stop at a red light; operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license; operating a motor vehicle with a revoked registration; uninsured motor vehicle on a public way; default warrant; disorderly conduct; resisting arrest; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (double-bladed spearhead); assault to murder; attempted murder; and possession of a dangerous weapon.
He is being held at Worcester County House of Correction pending a dangerousness hearing Tuesday.
Northbridge Police Officer Thomas Dejordy was treated at UMass Memorial Medical Center – University Campus in Worcester for stab wounds from the spear and was released, according to court documents.
According to the police report, Milford Police notified Northbridge Police sometime before 4 a.m. Friday that they had attempted to stop Mr. Tillison, who was driving a 2003 Jaguar sedan, on Route 16 near Milford Regional Medical Center but Mr. Tillison sped off at high speed.
Mr. Tillison said in his witness statement to police that he had gone to Milford to pick up newspapers to deliver for his brother, who is in the hospital. He said he fled from the Milford officer because he was told to step out of the car without being asked for his license.
Northbridge Officer Brian Collins saw the Jaguar heading northwest on Linwood Avenue, near Northbridge Middle School, and he turned on his emergency lights to follow Mr. Tillison. Mr. Tillison allegedly accelerated to more than 70 mph in a 30 mph zone and sped through the flashing red light at Memorial Square, toward his home on High Street.
Officer Collins, who recognized Mr. Tillison, continued to 11 High St., where he saw Mr. Tillison trying to enter the rear door of the house. As Officer Collins checked around the house, Officer Dejordy arrived and forced his way inside the front door to follow Mr. Tillison.
The police report continues that Officer Dejordy struggled with Mr. Tillison, who was waiting at the top of the stairs with a two-and-a-half-foot double-bladed spear he had grabbed from a table on the second floor. Officer Dejordy, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, suffered puncture wounds to his chest and arm.
"Mr. Tillison indicated that he knew Officer Dejordy had a weapon and therefore he wanted to arm himself with a weapon," Officer Collins wrote in the report.
Officer Dejordy reported that during the struggle, Mr. Tillison allegedly shouted, "I'm going to (expletive) kill you."
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Proboscis monkey
The proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) or long-nosed monkey, known as the bekantan in Malay, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey that is endemic to the south-east Asian island of Borneo. This species co-exists with the Bornean Orangutan.[3] It belongs in the monotypic genus Nasalis, although the pig-tailed langur has traditionally also been included in this genus.[4]
The monkey also goes by the Malay name monyet belanda ("Dutch monkey"), or even orang belanda ("Dutchman"), as Indonesians remarked that the Dutch colonisers often had similarly large bellies and noses.
This species of monkey is easily identifiable because of its unusually large nose.
Proboscis monkeys belong to the Colobinae subfamily of the Old World monkeys. The two subspecies are:[2]
- N. l. larvatus (Wurmb, 1787), which occupies the whole range of the species
- N. l. orientalis (Chasen, 1940), restricted to north-east Kalimantan
However, the difference between the subspecies is small, and not all authorities recognise N. l. orientalis.[2]
Physical description[edit]
The proboscis monkey is a large species, being one of the largest monkey species native to Asia. Only the Tibetan macaque and a few of the gray langurs can rival its size. Sexual dimorphism is pronounced in the species. Males have a head-body length of 66 to 76.2 cm (26.0 to 30.0 in) and typically weigh 16 to 22.5 kg (35 to 50 lb), with a maximum known weight of 30 kg (66 lb). Females measure 53.3 to 62 cm (21.0 to 24.4 in) in head-and-body length and weigh 7 to 12 kg (15 to 26 lb), with a maximum known mass of 15 kg (33 lb).[5][6][7] Further adding to the dimorphism is the large nose or proboscis of the male, which can exceed 10 cm (3.9 in) in length,[8] and hangs lower than the mouth.[9][10] Nevertheless, the nose of the female is still fairly large for a primate. The proboscis monkey has a long coat; the fur on the back is bright orange, reddish brown, yellowish brown or brick-red.[9][10] The underfur is light-grey, yellowish, or greyish to light-orange.[9][10] The face is orange-pink. The male has a red penis with a black scrotum. Both sexes have bulging stomachs that give the monkeys what resembles a pot belly. Many of the monkeys' toes are webbed.[9]
Social behavior[edit]
Proboscis monkeys generally live in groups composed of one adult male, some adult females and their offspring.[11][12][13] All-male groups may also exist.[14] Some individuals are solitary, mostly males.[15] Monkey groups live in overlapping home ranges, with little territoriality,[11][12] in a fission-fusion society, with groups gathering at sleeping sites as night falls. There exist bands which arise when groups come together and slip apart.[11][12][13] Groups gather during the day and travel together, but individuals only groom and play with those in their own group.[13] One-male groups consist of 9–19 individuals, while bands can consist of as many as 60 individuals.[11][15] One-male groups typically consist of three to 12 individuals, but can contain more.[14] Serious aggression is uncommon among monkeys but minor aggression does commonly occur.[16] Overall, members of the same bands are fairly tolerant of each other. A linear dominance hierarchy exists between females.[12] Males of one-male groups can stay in their groups for six to eight years. Replacements in the resident males appear to occur without serious aggression.[14] Upon reaching adulthood, males leave their natal groups and join all-male groups.[11][15] Females also sometimes leave their natal groups, perhaps to avoid infanticide or inbreeding, reduce competition for food, or elevation of their social status.[14][15]
Females become sexually mature at five years old. They experience sexual swelling, which involves the genitals becoming pink or reddened.[14][17] At one site, matings largely take place between February and November, while births occur between March and May.[18] Copulations tend to last for half a minute.[12][14] The male will grab the female by the ankles or torso and mount her from behind.[12] Both sexes will encourage mating, but they are not always successful.[17] When soliciting, both sexes will make pouted faces. In addition, males will sometimes vocalize and females will present their backsides.[11][17][18] Mating pairs are sometimes harassed by subadults.[17] Proboscis monkeys may also engage in mounting with no reproductive purpose, such as playful and same-sex mounting. Gestation usually last 166–200 days or slightly more.[18] Females tend to give birth at night or in the early morning. The mothers then eat the placenta and lick their infants clean.[19] The young begin to eat solid foods at six weeks and are weaned at seven months old. The nose of a young male grows slowly until reaching adulthood. The mother will allow other members of her group to hold her infant.[12][18][19] When a resident male in a one-male group is replaced, the infants are at risk of infanticide.[20]
Proboscis monkeys are known to make various vocalizations. When communicating the status of group, males will emit honks. They have a special honk emitted towards infants, which is also used for reassurance. Males will also produce alarm calls to signal danger. Both sexes give threat calls, but each are different. In addition, females and immature individuals will emit so-called "female calls" when angry.[21] Honks, roars and snarls are made during low-intensity agonistic encounters. Nonvocal displays include leaping-branch shaking, bare-teeth open mouth threats and erection[disambiguation needed] in males, made in the same situations.[12]
Range and habitat[edit]
The proboscis monkey is endemic to the island of Borneo and can be found on all three nations that divide the island: Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.[22] It is most common in coastal areas and along rivers.[11] This species is restricted to lowland habitats that may experience tides.[23][24] It favors dipterocarp, mangrove and riverine forests.[11] It can also be found in swamp forests, stunted swamp forests, rubber forests, rubber plantations, limestone hill forests, nypa swamps, nibong swamps, and tall swamp forests, tropical heath forests and steep cliffs.[23] This species usually stays at least a kilometer from a water source. It is perhaps the most aquatic of the primates and is a fairly good swimmer, capable of swimming up to 20 m (65.6 ft) underwater. It is known to swim across rivers.[23] Aside from this, the proboscis monkey is largely arboreal and moves quadrupedally and by leaps.[5] It is known to jump off branches and descend into water.[12]
Feeding and activities[edit]
As a seasonal folivore and frugivore, the proboscis monkey eats primarily fruit and leaves.[12] It also eats flowers, seeds and insects to a lesser extent. At least 55 different plant species are consumed, "with a marked preference for Eugenia sp., Ganua motleyana and Lophopetalum javanicum".[25] Young leaves are preferred over mature leaves and unripe fruits are preferred over ripe fruit.[12] Being a seasonal eater, the proboscis monkey eats mostly fruit from January to May and mostly leaves from June to December.[25] Groups usually sleep in adjacent trees.[26] Monkeys tend to sleep near rivers, if they are nearby. Proboscis monkeys will start the day foraging and then rest further inland. Proboscis monkeys' daily activities consist of resting, traveling, feeding and keeping vigilant.[12] Occasionally, they chew their cud to allow more efficient digestion and food intake.[27] As night approaches, the monkeys move back near the river and forage again. Predators of the proboscis monkey include crocodiles, clouded leopards, eagles, monitor lizards and pythons. Monkeys will cross rivers at narrows or cross arboreally if possible. This may serve as predator avoidance.[28]
Conservation status[edit]
The proboscis monkey is assessed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and listed in Appendix I of CITES. Its total population has decreased by more than 50% in the past 36–40 years to 2008 due to ongoing habitat loss and hunting in some areas. The population is fragmented: the largest remaining populations are found in Kalimantan; there are far fewer in Sarawak, Brunei and Sabah.[2] The proboscis monkey is protected by law in all regions of Borneo. In Malaysia, it is protected by a number of laws including the Wildlife Protection Act (federal law), the Wildlife Protection Ordinance 1998 (Chapter 26) and Wildlife Conservation Enactment 1997 (Sabah state law).
The proboscis monkey can be found in 16 protected areas: Danau Sentarum National Park, Gunung Palung National Park, Kendawangan Nature Reserve, Kutai National Park, Lesan Protection Forest, Muara Kaman Nature Reserve, Mandor Reserve and Tanjung Puting National Park in Indonesia; Bako National Park, Gunung Pueh Forest Reserve, Kabili-Sepilok Forest Reserve, Klias National Park, Kulamba Wildlife Reserve, Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, Sungei Samunsam Wildlife Sanctuary and Ulu Segama Reserve in Malaysia.[2]
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- ^ a b c d e Meijaard, E., Nijman, V. & Supriatna, J. (2008). Nasalis larvatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ "Economics, Ecology and the Environment: "Conservation of the Proboscis Monkey and the Orangutan in Borneo: Comparative Issues and Economic Considerations." March 2007.". March 2007.
- ^ Bradon-Jones D, Eudey AA, Geissmann T, Groves CP, Melnick DJ, Morales JC, Shekelle M, and Stewart CB (2004). "Asian primate classification". International Journal of Primatology 25: 97–164. doi:10.1023/B:IJOP.0000014647.18720.32.
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- ^ a b c d Boonratana R (1999). "Dispersal in proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) in the lower Kinabatangan, Northern Borneo". Tropic Biodiv 6 (3): 179–87.
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- ^ a b Gorzitze AB (1996). "Birth-related behavior in wild proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus)". Primates 37 (1): 75–8. doi:10.1007/BF02382922.
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- ^ Brandon-Jones D, Eudey AA, Geissmann T, Groves CP, Melnick DJ, Morales JC, Shekelle M, Stewart C-B (2004). "Asian primate classification". Int J Primatol 25 (1): 97–164. doi:10.1023/B:IJOP.0000014647.18720.32.
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TreeHouse Foods: Flexibility With Efficiency
In any given category, TreeHouse's 19 manufacturing plants must make dozens of varieties in dozens of formulations, all at low cost.
Pick a category and a leading processor in it -- say, canned soup. The leading company probably offers a dozen or two of varieties of soup, produced around the clock, 365 days a year on near-continuous lines.
Now consider the task of a private-label company trying to help its retail chain customers keep pace with as many varieties of soup. In fact, consider all of those varieties with numerous formulations. Think about that for another 15 shelf stable categories – from hot oatmeal and powdered beverage mixes to macaroni and cheese or salsa -- and numerous dry grocery products in between. Then take into account a multitude of customer labels, and you quickly arrive at the thousands and thousands of stock keeping units (SKUs) manufactured by TreeHouse Foods and its Bay Valley Foods operating subsidiary.
Private label manufacturers clearly live by different rules than the typical branded food marketer. But in some ways, its 19 plants are "aren't much different from any other company's plants with regard to the basic fundamentals," says Harry Walsh, president of Bay Valley Foods and senior vice president of corporate parent TreeHouse Foods. The principles of food safety, operational efficiency, sales and distribution are well understood and apply to all food plants.
But there are some differences that distinguish Bay Valley from national brand processors. For starters, Walsh notes, the "operational focus is on providing support and development of our customers' brands rather than our own brands."
Brand marketers have significantly fewer formulas and SKUs to manage, giving them a great advantage in productivity and cost per unit. However, they must spend "enormous amounts of money" to support their branded goods, which helps in leveling the landscape with private labelers, Walsh says.
It's still a major challenge for a large private labeler to remain flexible enough to meet customer requirements while at the same time remaining a low-cost producer. But Walsh says the company "prides itself in trying to get very close" to big-brand levels of efficiency.
If flexibility is a critical challenge, meeting that challenge has become a "key competitive differentiator," says George Jurkovich, Bay Valley's senior vice president of operations. The company benchmarks its operational performance against the big-brand marketers, from capital spending down to production line changeover speed.
"Operationally, we compare ourselves to the branded players, but we need to make certain we have the ability to do several changeovers and start-ups a day," Jurkovich says.
This is true in processing and even more critical in packaging and labeling, where the company's competence "probably represents the biggest differentiator between us and the branded players. They may run high-speed, high-volume lines, but they are less flexible. Unlike them, we have learned to be both high-speed and flexible."
Management strategy
"Harry and George have done a phenomenal job of establishing best practices across our 19 facilities," says Sharon Flanagan, senior vice president of strategy for TreeHouse corporate. She explains this has been key to the company's growth from its roots as a collection of a few small companies.
Best practices, including selected lean manufacturing practices such as quick-changeover workshops, have proliferated as the company seeks to raise the bar "head and shoulders above the typical private-label manufacturer," she says.
Flanagan speaks from experience. Before joining TreeHouse, she consulted Fortune 100 companies as a partner with consulting firm McKinsey & Co.'s consumer packaged goods and retail practices, and before that she worked in marketing for General Mills.
"Our scale enables us to deliver category management, procurement, innovation and other skills that help us operate as a low-cost producer and a better marketing partner for our customers," she says.
Along with flexibility, Flanagan sees food safety and low-cost manufacturing as a trinity to success. For example, TreeHouse is able to invest in vision and X-ray systems that enhance safety, quality and efficiency. Fundamental goals set by corporate are reinforced by a tag-team tour every new year by Walsh and Jurkovich. The two tour each plant to re-establish goals and targets in areas such as:
- People and system effectiveness, such as worker safety and accident audits, absenteeism and units per man-hour.
- Food safety and quality, including quality assurance and control, first-pass quality measures and compliance to standards and regulations.
- Production efficiency (line efficiencies, ingredient yields, schedule attainment, asset utilization, capacity and changeovers).
- Production effectiveness, with measures from overall capacity to line efficiency, changeover improvements, ingredient yields; schedule attainment and asset utilization.
Just as Jurkovich notes how the company compares its operational performance to the top-tier branded food plants, TreeHouse holds Bay Valley to the same standard. For example, in tracking asset utilization, Flanagan says the company benchmarks its return on capital investments against those of publicly traded, branded food manufacturers. Her analyses include category-by-category comparisons of economic value added (net operating profit after taxes minus cost of capital), "which, when you think about the number of changeovers and complexity we have to deal with, is a pretty challenging target to aim for," she says.
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The Tourism Recreation Investment Partnership for Davidson County Foundation has announced three new members to its board of directors for 2013. Joining the board are Billy Freeman, Jen Hames and Brenda Garner.
The Tourism Recreation Investment Partnership for Davidson County Foundation has announced three new members to its board of directors for 2013. Joining the board are Billy Freeman, Jen Hames and Brenda Garner.
Freeman is a life-long resident of Davidson County, residing in Thomasville. He worked in the public education field for the Thomasville City Schools for 20 years followed by a 10-year career in local government serving as the director of parks and recreation for the City of Thomasville. He is a graduate of Elon University and the University of North Carolina School of Government. He serves as the senior associate executive director of the J. Smith Young YMCA in Lexington.
Hames has been a resident of Davidson County for over 21 years and resides in the Churchland community. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in health education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and serves as the health education supervisor/health promotion coordinator with the Davidson County Health Department. She is experienced in policy development and environmental strategies to promote nutrition and physical activity to reduce obesity and increase healthy lifestyles.
Garner is also a life-long resident of Davidson County. After retiring from a 25-year career in the insurance field, Garner and her husband, John, opened Sandy Creek Farm on N.C. Highway 150 South on farm land that had been owned by Brenda's family for over 100 years. Garner is a founding member of the Lexington Farmer's Market and the North Carolina Mushroom Grower's Association as well as serving with the North Carolina Agritourism Networking Association. She also serves on a Cooperative Extension Advisory Committee helping small farms and growers identify potential markets for their products.
"TRIP is very pleased for Billy, Jen and Brenda to join the TRIP Board of Directors," said TRIP Executive Director William Deal. "They bring to the board their special insight and expertise in the important areas of active recreation, community fitness and health, and agritourism, further enhancing the wide diversity of interests represented on our board."
The Tourism Recreation Investment Partnership for Davidson County is a nonprofit foundation created to facilitate the implementation of the Davidson County Parks and Recreation and Tourism Development Master Plan. TRIP's primary mission is the continuing development and enhancement of Davidson County's tourism and recreation infrastructure as a means of furthering economic development and improving the quality of life in Davidson County's communities.
The TRIP Board of Directors meets quarterly. The next meeting will be at 3 p.m. March 13 at the Davidson County Parks and Recreation Complex.


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VCHS Swimmers Do Well at State
When Valley City High School sophomore Annie Hart was preparing to take her block for her events Saturday at the North Dakota High School Activities Association State Girls Swimming and Diving Championship Saturday in Bismarck, she knew it'd be a bit different than any other meet.
On top of the packed crowd at the Bismarck State College Aquatic and Wellness Center, she was among those who earned the right to walk in the parade of athletes, an honor reserved for the top eight finalists in every event.
"They march them out before the race and the crowd is going crazy, they're playing music and it's just, it's awesome," Hart said. "I've never been to a sporting event as loud as (state) swimming."
"You almost need ear plugs," her teammate, Camille Kawasaki, added.
The two day meet took place last Friday and Saturday in Bismarck. Preliminary races were run on Friday and the top-16 raced in finals Saturday.
Hart and Kawasaki, a freshman, joined senior Kamie Wager as Valley City's representatives at the meet.
Though the three are all students at Valley City High School, they swim for Jamestown High as a result of a co-op between the schools that expands to ice hockey, as well.
Representing the Blue Jays, Hart finished third in the state in the 100 yard backstroke, sixth in the 100 free, and was named 1st Team All State.
Wagar finished just outside the top-eight, taking 10th in the 100 fly. Kawasaki missed the finals in her events, but posted career best times.
Danica Dutt, a swimmer from West Fargo who won the 100 fly and took third in the 50 free, also has a Barnes County connection. Her grandmother, Ruth Berger, lives in Valley City.
For Hart, it was her third year in a row competing on both days. Last year, she took sixth in both the 100 back and 50 free. She was ranked fourth going into the backstroke and finished in 59.89 to take third place.
She said she was confident going in she'd be able to break the top three.
"I thought I'd get third," she said. "I didn't think I was going to move up any higher."
Her time of 25.48 was good enough for sixth again in the 50 free.
Kawasaki swam a 27.49 in the 50 free and a 1:08.9 in the 100 back, which were her best times of the year, even if they missed finals cuts.
It was her second trip to state. She competed last year in relay races but enjoyed breaking free and swimming as an individual.
"It was pretty intense," she said. "I liked the pressure. It was pretty thrilling."
For Wagar, it marked the final meet of her high school career, in which she attended state meets as a seventh grader. Much like the first time she attended, she swam the 100 yard butterfly.
She entered state ranked sixth in the event but fast swims left her in the B final, where she took 10th place with a time of 1:03.84.
Though she said she hoped to achieve a few more goals such as breaking the school record in the 100 fly, a goal she's missed by one second each of the last two years, she called her senior season "pretty solid."
Her finish gave her a chance to reflect on how far she's come as a swimmer.
"Coming in my seventh grade year, I never would have ever thought I'd be in the top-16 three years in a row," she said. "When I first qualified in eighth grade, I got like third-to-last because I was barely qualified.
"I just remember standing there my eighth grade year, watching those top-16 swimmers, and I remember standing there (thinking) 'I wanna be in that top-16' but also thinking 'Yeah, right. That's not going to happen.'"
But it did. Three years in a row. And next year, she'll go to Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D., to continue her career.
"It was bittersweet," she said of her high school career ending. "But I'm not done yet."


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As Mike Smith continued to rack up wins with the Atlanta Falcons, he joined select company. Coming off the team's second 13-3 season in three years, Smith was voted Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year for 2012. He also won the award in 2008 and 2010.
Among active coaches, Smith is the third multiple winner, along with the New Orleans Saints' Sean Payton and New England Patriots' Bill Belichick. In the long history of the SN award dating to 1947, Smith's three overall awards match greats Paul Brown, Chuck Knox and Joe Gibbs. Only Don Shula has won four.
Smith was recognized by his peers. Sporting News received votes from a pool of 27 NFL coaches and executives to determine the winner. In a tight race, Smith (8) finished ahead of the Indianapolis Colts' tag team of Bruce Arians and Chuck Pagano (7), the Houston Texans' Gary Kubiak (6), John Fox (2) of the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks' Pete Carroll (2).
Also on Friday, Sporting News announced Brian Arians as Coordinator of the Year for his success with the Indianapolis Colts.
Through his five regular seasons in Atlanta, the Falcons have never finished worse than 9-7 and are a most impressive 56-24 overall. This season, the Falcons broke through to give Smith his first playoff victory, and the team fell a game short of getting to Super Bowl XLVII.
A day after a 28-24 NFC championship game loss to the San Francisco 49ers, Smith made it clear the Falcons have just scratched the surface with their success.
"It was not our goal this year just to win a playoff game," Smith said. "Our expectations are a lot higher than that."
The Falcons strengthened their standing as an NFC power after Smith made two key changes to his coaching staff. Offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter brought an up-tempo passing game that led to quarterback Matt Ryan's best season. Defensive coordinator Mike Nolan installed creative scheming to raise his unit's big-play quotient. The team also went 8-3 in games decided by seven or fewer points.
Smith and general manager Thomas Dimitroff showed a keen eye for improving the Falcons since they came to Atlanta together in 2008. Expect the personnel to be upgraded again as they look to reach the Super Bowl.
"It was a very good learning experience this entire season for us as a football team, as a coaching staff," Smith said. "It allows us to take some of the good and some of the bad that took place this season, work on it in the offseason and prepare ourselves for another season."
The 10 previous Sporting News winners: Jim Harbaugh, 49ers (2011), Smith (2010), Payton (2009), Smith (2008), Belichick (2007), Payton (2006), Tony Dungy, Colts (2005), Bill Cowher, Pittsburgh Steelers (2004), Belichick (2003), Andy Reid, Philadelphia Eagles (2002).
Previous winner
Jim Harbaugh. Click here for more information.
About the awards
Sporting News polled more than 800 NFL players, coaches and executives for our 2012 awards. Everyone voted for offensive and defensive player of the year, rookie of the year and comeback player of the year. Only coaches and executives voted for coach of the year, coordinator of the year, executive of the year and SN's All-Pro team.
The schedule
Jan. 21: Rookie of the year, Robert Griffin III, QB, Washington Redskins
Jan. 22: Comeback player of the year, Adrian Peterson, RB, Minnesota Vikings
Jan. 23: Defensive player of the year, J.J. Watt, end, Houston Texans
Jan. 24: Offensive player of the year, Adrian Peterson, RB, Minnesota Vikings
Jan. 25: Coach of the year, Mike Smith, Atlanta Falcons
Jan. 25: Coordinator of the year, Bruce Arians, Indianapolis Colts
Jan. 28: Executive of the year and All-Pro team


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 15th Aug 2011 12:58 UTC
Dutch news website WebWereld.nl investigated the claim that Apple supplied the German court with tampered evidence, and their research is pretty self-explanatory. I don't have the time to translate the article for you, but the images speak about ten thousands words; Apple has changed the aspect ratio of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in a side-by-side comparison (while also showing Android's application drawer open instead of showing the home screen, but the article doesn't mention that). Come on, Apple. Update: As Gusar notes, Apple also Photoshopped the Samsung logo off the bezel. Real classy, Apple.


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UT Tyler Commencement
The University of Texas at Tyler Graduation
Fall 2013 Commencement Tickets: Visit the Office of the Registrar Commencement information page for a link to the ticketing website and a how-to document on claiming tickets.
UT Tyler will stream the commencement ceremonies live from the UT Tyler home page. Bookmark this page for live feed.
Live feed will begin approximately 5 minutes before ceremony.
Fall 2013 Commencement
Friday, December 13, 2013
3 p.m. - College of Nursing and Health Sciences
6 p.m. - College of Arts and Sciences
Saturday, December 14, 2013
10 a.m. - College of Business and Technology
1 p.m. - College of Education and Psychology AND College of Engineering and Computer Science
Spring 2014 Commencement
Friday, May 09, 2014
3 p.m. - College of Nursing and Health Sciences
6 p.m. - College of Arts and Sciences
Saturday, May 10, 2014
10 a.m. - College of Business and Technology
1 p.m. - College of Education and Psychology AND College of Engineering and Computer Science
Summer Commencement
Students who graduate with their degrees in August are eligible to participate in the fall commencement ceremony in December. All August graduates are listed in the commencement program for the fall ceremonies. Early participation in the spring commencement ceremonies is not available as an option for summer graduates.
Additional Information
To better accommodate graduates and their families, we've enhanced our commencement procedures to include ticketed seating, additional viewing locations and online streaming of the ceremonies.
- Tickets are required for admission.
- Number of tickets issued depends upon the number of graduates for each college.
- Wheelchair spaces are available.
- Online streaming will be available during the graduation ceremonies on the UT Tyler website.
Additional Viewing Locations
Additional seating will be available in FAC 1009 for guests to view the live ceremony via video broadcasting. Tickets will not be required for these locations and seating will be first-come, first-served.
The doors to the Cowan Center will open one hour prior to the start of the ceremony. Candidates for graduation should arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of the commencement ceremony. Flash Photography will be available to take photos of each candidate during the ceremonies; purchase is not necessary. To view, proof and purchase the photo, contact the photographer at www.Flashphotography.com
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I'm always interested in what is going on in the food industry, for example with the FDA shutting down probiotics companies and raiding raw milk farms, police squelching lemonade stands, people going to jail for drinking raw milk, and more.
Now, there's gassed almonds? What's wrong with this picture?
Did you know that the "raw almonds" in the grocery store, health food store, or at Costco, are most certainly not raw almonds at all?
And did you know that they are most likely coated with a fuel additive. Jet engine fuel additive, to be specific. As in for racing cars and motorcycles.
I know. I couldn't believe it either. Ick.
Seriously – we've been eating gassed almonds.
I first heard about this problem about 3 years ago when visiting another whole foods friend in a Chicago suburb.
My friend told me something about a chemical called PPO being sprayed on almonds. Like many new scary-sounding bits of natural information (like heavy metals, mercury in vaccines and fish, personal care products in water), I thought, "Oh yeah, sure." Then I asked her to show me proof. Just in case she was right, you know :-).
Well, she produced a copy of an article outlining the problem. I got home, did my research, and found out that she was right.
Yes, Virginia, you just might be eating Gassed Almonds.
Why is There Engine Fuel on My Almonds?
Basically, it's another case of government regulation run amuck.
In 2001 and 2004 there were two outbreaks of salmonella poisoning that were traced back to almonds. 33 people became ill, but no one died. (Contrast that to the thousands of deaths caused by prescription drugs each year, yet the government continues to laud their safety over and above natural supplements and diet change.)
As a result, tons of almonds were recalled.
The Almond Board of California (ABC) panicked, started pasteurization of all almonds and asked the USDA to mandate it.
If you guessed that the governmental agency was all-too-thrilled to comply, you were right.
As a result, all almonds in the US are now pasteurized either by:
- steam
- freezing (this is rare) or
- PPO (propylene oxide). According to Local Harvest, PPO is "a chemical so nasty that it was banned by both the National Hot Rod and American Motorcycle Racing Associations, where it had been used as a fuel before being deemed too dangerous." (why is it not safe enough to be used as a racing fuel, but it's OK to spray our almonds with this??
Just so you know, I called Costco and they verified that their almonds are sprayed with PPO. A Midwest natural foods supplier, Country Life Natural Foods, said that
typically their almonds are steam pasteurized, but it is best to inquire whenever ordering from them (I have since heard from a reader that Country Life's conventional almonds are treated with PPO :-(.)
By the way, I am not a total raw foodie, but keeping your nuts raw gives them added nutritional value.
You can read more about raw foods and how to make nuts and seeds more digestible in my post on How and Why to Soak Nuts and Seeds.
How to Stop Buying Gassed Almonds
Unfortunately, there aren't many options out there.
1. You can purchase "sproutable" pasteurized almonds. I haven't done enough research into this to know if they are really more nutritionally beneficial than the steamed almonds. I have seen these in our local health food store and they are really pricey (about $11 per pound).
2. Purchase imported almonds from Spain. My most recent internet search for these yielded shocking prices of about $13.99 per pound
3. Find a raw almond buying group that buys almonds direct from almond farmers. There's a little loophole in the pasteurization law that makes it an option to get truly raw almonds as long as you buy them direct from a farmer. I had one of these out of my home and we bought loads of almonds every fall. Not sure if I will keep going it as it was a boatload of work this last year.
4. Become friends with an almond farmer :-).
5. Grow your own almonds (not an option here in Michigan :-).)
6. Contact the Almond Board. Maybe if enough of us do, they'll stop pasteurizing almonds. One can only hope.
7. At the very least, contact your current almonds supplier to make sure that they aren't spraying engine fuel on your almonds.
8. Here's a link to some almonds off of Amazon that are not pasteurized with PPO.
Can't believe this? There has been so much news of the government over-reaching its reasonable bounds that it simply makes my head spin.
More Posts on the Government and Food
You can read more about some of the more egregious moves of the government in the "Land of the Free" here:
US Moves Closer to Banning Natural Supplements
US Government Says, "Don't Take Probiotics – Take Arsenic Instead!?"
Government S.W.A.T. Team Shuts Down Raw Milk Farm
Mothers In Jail – Parental Rights, the Government and Medicine
Is your head spinning yet?
Take a deep breath.
Share this alarming information with others and do what you can to wake others up to the need to protect our food freedoms and keep toxic chemicals off of our foods.
How about you – did you know most stores are likely selling gassed almonds?
Where do you buy your almonds?
Source: Local Harvest


text: Italy and Spain face off in Euro 2012 pretty much right now. Croatia at Ireland at 2:45 which pretty much means my neighborhood will be a mess of drunken flames no matter what the outcome. And Baseball will carry us through the evening. Chat it up down in the comments below. or not. Either way.


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Students to hold Friday candlelight vigil in support of people of JapanUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Diane Chang, (808) 956-0391
Chancellor's Office
Chancellor's Office
Posted: Mar 17, 2011
A UH Mānoa student-organized candlelight vigil, "Aloha for Japan," will be held on Friday evening, March 18, on the Bachman Hall lawn from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., marking the one-week anniversary ofJapan's earthquake and tsunami devastation, and current nuclear threat. The public is invited to participate.
The candlelight vigil will utilize the lights from cell phones instead of candles.
The program will begin at 7:00 p.m. with speeches from UH Mānoa students (including students from Japan) and faculty. At 7:46 p.m., there will be a moment of silence to coincide with the approximate Hawai'i time that the earthquake struck Japan last Thursday.
Also at the March 18 candlelight vigil, there will be special tables staffed by volunteers from the International Student Association and International Business Organization, as well as other student organizations. The students will oversee 1) the folding of 1,000 origami paper cranes and writing of messages of support, with these symbolic gestures of goodwill to be shared with the Consul General of Japan in Honolulu, and 2) the collection of monetary donations, which will be relayed to the American Red Cross, Hawai'i State Chapter.
In addition, on the Mānoa campus tomorrow, student volunteers will staff donation tables at the Campus Center, Shidler College of Business and Hamilton Library from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
WHAT: Candlelight vigil (utilizing the lights from cell phones) to support the people of Japan
WHERE: Bachman Hall lawn (corner of Dole and University)
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
WHEN: 7-8:30 p.m.
Friday, March 18
WHO: Students, including volunteers from the International Student Association, International
Business Organization, and other student groups


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32 killed in ethno-religious clashes in Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Community leaders say 32 people died Thursday and many were injured in tribal clashes sparked by cattle rustling in Nigeria's volatile central Plateau state.
Langtang South committee chairman Nanman Garko said men believed to be Fulani herdsmen attacked Tarok farmers in reprisal for cattle thefts in the area some 200 kilometers (125 miles) from state capital Jos.
Community leader Salihu Jauro denied the attackers were Fulani though his people are angry about the theft of 300 cows by suspected Taroks.
The Fulani are Muslim and the Taroks Christian but violence here is a complex mix of religion, tribe, politics and land rights. Thousands have been killed since 1999.
Military spokesman Mustapha Salisu said five people died in similar violence last week in Wase district, 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Jos.


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Yes, St. Thomas Aquinas's works are very easy to read for a Latin student. You can find all of them here and mostly in two-column, Latin-English bilingual format.Junya wrote:The same year I started to read medieval philosophy, of scholars from 11 to 13th century, like Thomas Aquinas.
Junya wrote:Quendidil,
why do you know I have an inclination to Buddhism ? Because I am Japanese ?
You gave me a lot of options.
But what has to be advised on is, what I had better choose from them.
I can't do multiple work. (The reason is written below.)
And to tell the truth, I want to go to the study of Buddhism, abandonning what I have studied these several years, Latin and Greek.
(Last year I tried translating the Heart Sutra myself from Sanskrit. The Heart Sutra is the best known sutra among Japanese (the Chinese translation of it). Even my mom often hand-copies it as a kind of religious activity.)
Why I want to go to Buddhism is, because the philosophies in Latin and Greek don't have a topic which I can find myself really interested in.
But in Buddhism there are, and in Buddhism there are what I find really important for my life and deserve serious studying.
I'm especially interested in the philosophical study of Buddhism on how to observe oneself and control oneself, so that one can control the pain of body (and mind, and life in general).
Science of self-observation, especially as regards observation of one's body from the inner side, is not cultivated in Latin and Greek philosophies.
Dammapada you mentioned, and Suttanipata have been especially interesting to me.
Now I'm in the middle of opposite options, unable to decide which one to choose.
Should I cherish my present ability in Latin and Greek and keep working at them ?
then which philosophers should I study?
(I started Latin from Aquinas as a commentator of Aristotle's DE ANIMA, and other Latin commentators on DE ANIMA, and then started Aristotle's Greek text of DE ANIMA or Peri Psyche^s.)
Or should I abandon them and go to Buddhism study ?
I cannot do them all. I have to abandon some.
For, Latin and Greek writings are difficult to me, so they demand very much laborious dictionary-consultation.
I cannot work on multiple texts.
And also I like to translate in a deep way,
creatively thinking how to translate better and in a well coherent manner, and how to make the translation understandable as deeply for the readers as for me,
disliking just translating literally, or just imitating the other translators' translations.
So the work takes much time and energy, that I cannot engage in multiple works.
1. Miedeval commentaries on Aristotle's DE ANIMA and Greek original text and Greek commentaries (This is what I most have engaged myself in.)
2. Renaissance magical texts (This is what I am just curious, probably influenced by occult novels and films and Japanese animations and comics.)
3. Philosophical writings from Roman period. (This is to challenge a very difficult Latin, studying of which will deepen my knowledge of Latin.)
4. Buddhism
5. et cetera
I remember you once said you used to be interested in Indian philosophy but lost interest in that, I think it was a few years ago and you have apparently changed your mind now.
If you're interested in Buddhism I think you should learn Tibetan if you haven't already (I think you mentioned having a degree in Indian philosophy before?).
If you're interested in Buddhism I think you should learn Tibetan if you haven't already
Most Renaissance magical texts are actually very straightforward, the language is quite simple and
It was a shame that Pyrrhonism died out in the West although from the 16th century, with translations of Sextus Empiricus and philosophers like Montaigne and David Hume, Western philosophy started to cover similar ground again. Gallica has a 16th century Latin translation of Sextus Empiricus.
If you're still interested in Latin, I think you should really read Orberg's Lingua Latina series. It will get you actually reading Latin rather than translating which seems to be your current problem and causing you boredom.
Junya wrote:
quendidil wrote :If you're interested in Buddhism I think you should learn Tibetan if you haven't already
If I start studying Tibetan also for Buddhism study, I would have to abandon Latin and Greek completely.
I am sorry to throw away what I have so eagerly studied these years. (That is, of course, the reason I can't smoothly move to Buddhism. They pull me back.)
Or do you say there is some way to keep them all at my hand ? You seem to be a very erudite person of extensive learning. I wonder whether you have got your wide knowledge by simultaneous studying or by studying one by one taking a long period of life-time.
quendidil wrote :If you're still interested in Latin, I think you should really read Orberg's Lingua Latina series. It will get you actually reading Latin rather than translating which seems to be your current problem and causing you boredom.
No, I am enjoying the labor of meticulous dictionary-consultation. It is a pain, a big physical pain, but it is also interesting to think how to lessen the physical pain of that labor and how to make the labor more well-ordered. The process, as I feel, will make me wiser, able to work at every thing through some systematical procedure.
But as you recommend me Lingua Latina, I am beginning to feel like trying it.
You mean with Lingua Latina, one gets able to read difficult Latin of Roman era fluently ?
Then I ask you, if I take up Lingua Latina series, how long am I going to study with them before I get able to read fluently ?
And one more question, are the fluent readers who have gone through the Lingua Latina series able to deal with difficult points in a text better than the readers who always consult large dictionary meticulously ? I don't think so. I feel, if I start studying with Langua Latina, I had better continue the training of dictionary-consultation, too, for that reason.
Junya wrote:quendidil wrote :Most Renaissance magical texts are actually very straightforward, the language is quite simple and
Yes, I have thought so. Academic writings' Latin after the medieval era in general seems to be simple and easy and written with a small vocabulary. Then, there would be no need of laborious dictionary-consultation about the Renaissance magical texts. Their Latin so easy, I would not have to abandon it when I have moved to Buddhism.quendidil wrote :It was a shame that Pyrrhonism died out in the West although from the 16th century, with translations of Sextus Empiricus and philosophers like Montaigne and David Hume, Western philosophy started to cover similar ground again. Gallica has a 16th century Latin translation of Sextus Empiricus.
In what point do Sextus Empiricus and Buddhism resemble ?
Scepticism ?
Then it is not what I like Buddhism for.
I am interested in the Buddhist practical philosophy on how to oberseve oneself (yoga) and control the pains (of body especially), not the metaphysical argument of, for example, Madyamaka.
My personal practice is based on Dzogchen.
If you are interested in magical texts, the Buddhist equivalent would be the tantras -- some are available in Classical Chinese but far more are only in Tibetan.
Dioscorides included descriptions of herbs warding away demons in his Materia Medica, and the Testament of Solomon also describes demons causing various illnesses and which herbs will drive them away. Demons remained a part of medical theory throughout the medieval period as far as I know, they are a feature in Arab medical theory, based on the four humours.
Also, the fundamental aetiology of all illnesses in Tibetan medicine are the three poisons. I don't know more about the specifics of the practices in Tibetan medicine to say much more, but I suspect they would largely be the same with burning and ingestion of certain herbs and substances; prayer and meditation could be a part of the cure in many ailments though.
I think Buddhism might be of more use with regards to applying its practice to your daily life than e.g. Aquinas, but if you're interested in the rest and translating with a dictionary is too time-consuming I think you could at least read them in translation.
I was unclear in the last post; Dioscorides and the ToS are in Greek. The ToS seems to be the basis for some later medieval Latin/Romance works variously titled De officiis spirituum and similar, though they lack the medical content and are more concerned with the powers of the spirits....


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[thread started by Weirder Bremen on Fri 7/24 10:22 ET]
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from Weirder Bremen
on Fri 7/24 10:22 ET
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Matt Doyle's Best XI for the first half:
GK: David Ousted (VAN)
LB: DaMarcus Beasley (HOU)
CB: Bobby Boswell (DC), Laurent Ciman (MTL)
RB: Raymon Gaddis (PHI)
DM: Dax McCarty (NY)
MF: Benny Feilhaber (SKC)
MF: Javier Morales (RSL)
FW: Sebastian Giovinco (TFC)
FW: Kei Kamara (CLB)
FW: Fabian Castillo (FCD)
Any issues? Can anybody pick a best 11 from the
remainder that would clearly beat this team?
I'd go with
GK: Hamid or Rimando
LB: Beitashour
CB: Gonzalez, Waston
RB: Mears
DM: Jones
MF: Bradley
MF: Diaz
FW: Villa or Martins
FW: Dempsey
FW: Keane
from Shaolin Mystigods
on Fri 7/24 18:09 ET
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No substantial issues, so how about a Worst 11:
GK: Ra�s Mbolhi (PHI), a flop of historic
LB: Bakary Soumare (DAL), okay he's a CB but I
wanted to fit him in somewhere (poor attitude)
CB: Jos� Gon�alves (NER), Kwame Watson-Siriboe (NYC)
RB: Kevin Alston (NER), I take no joy including a
leukemia survivor, and IU grad to boot, but the Rev
fan boards are merciless on the guy
DM: Jack Jewsbury (POR), a good career that maybe
should have ended last year, but 2 game-winning
MF: Nigel Reo-Coker (MON)
MF: Luis Gil (RSL)
FW: Guilherme do Prado (CHI)
FW: Luis Solignac (COL) or Kennedy Igboananike (CHI)
FW: �lvaro Sabor�o (DCU), behold the comeback player
of the year beginning as of this Sunday
from Mohawks
on Sat 7/25 0:30 ET
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Absolutely Guly de Prado for worst. And so overpaid from Stormin Union
on Sat 7/25 11:54 ET
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M'bohli wasn't that bad! Just kidding


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Andrei Brunfeld, 62, Senior Scientist and Manager of the Optical Division of Xyratex Ltd., passed away on 9 May 2012, following an illness. He was a scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur, an extraordinarily creative and active person, and a very warm outgoing human being.
Dr. Brunfeld started out as a scientist at the Central Institute of Physics in Romania, working in metrology, optics, and fine mechanics. He was probably the first in Eastern Europe to integrate a laser interferometer into a machine tool. After immigrating to Israel, he was a staff member of the Technion - the Israel Institute of Technology - and worked simultaneously in the industry, at ELOP - Electroooptics Industries Ltd., and later at Robomatix Ltd., specializing in optical metrology and inspection. After the founding of DIS - Display Inspection Systems Inc., - he moved to the USA and became its president. He built this company from scratch and turned it into one of the leaders in the field of optical surface inspection for flat-panel and storage-media industries.
Brunfeld pioneered several major optical surface inspection methods, including super-resolution (diffraction analysis), Black Beam interferometry®, and scanning Fabry-Perot interferometry, all implemented in inspection machines installed worldwide. Brunfeld was very well known in the industry; in addition to his day-to-day duties he was active in USDC (United States Display Consortium). He was Chairman of an IDEMA committee for optical inspection of computer discs and was actively involved with the ASC OP Committee on Optics and Optical Instruments, helping to define and publish the first version of the current ANSI standard for optics surface quality. He held 28 patents and had many scientific publications.
Brunfeld was a versatile engineer, with a deep and very intuitive understanding of many disciplines, including optics, mechanics, hydraulics and electronics. He was superb at a system level, able to design and build fully automatic inspection machines, from the intricate design of miniature optical inspection heads down to the last bolt of automatic handling. Above all, he was a team player and a leader, always in front of his troops, igniting everyone with his enthusiasm and wit and supporting others by his knowledge and experience. Such was his professionalism and personality that everyone dealing with him became his personal friend.
Dr. Brunfeld was a senior member of OSA, senior member of SPIE, and a member of ISO, DIS, SEMI, IDEMA, AAS, and OEOSC.
He is mourned by his wife, Angela, his son David, and his friends and colleagues.
This obituary was contributed by Gregory Toker, a colleague of Dr. Brunfeld.


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The Doctor is consumed by a virus so Professor Marius clones the Doctor and Leela, miniaturises them and injects them into the Doctor's body so that they can fight the infection.
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Keith Urban Sings With Little Girl Onstage at the Opry
It's nothing new to hear of a country star bringing a special guest onstage to help with a song -- in fact, it happens all the time. But sometimes said stars pull adorable little girls out of the audience to help them finish out their set at the Opry, and that's an entirely different story. At his sold-out Grand Ole Opry show on Friday (March 9), Keith Urban did just that, adding a giant dose of adorable to the end of his performance.
After singing through his hit 'Kiss A Girl,' Urban got the audience to sing along, then taking it a step beyond that. "You sound pretty good, Opry," he observed in the video clip below. "How many people in here would love to sing in the Opry? Actually come up on this stage and sing in the Opry? Do you know the song? Yes?" Then, he selected three people to join him on the iconic stage.
After bringing up a girl and a guy who looked to be between 18 and 25, Urban helped one pint-sized little girl, about 6, onto the stage to help him sing. He gave each person a chance to perform solo on the chorus of 'Kiss A Girl,' which ended up feeling a bit like an 'American Idol' audition but with a way more supportive audience. Saving the best for last, Urban let the youngest, a little Arkansas native named Dakota, take a shot at the chorus.
Though the girl hardly did more than open her mouth and probably only said two words while humming the rest, the audience went wild for her and Urban couldn't hide in his smile the fact that he's a dad to two daughters. The singer gave the audience a chance to pick their favorite of the three, and while we would never spoil the ending, you just might be able to guess who took the cake.
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The Desert Speaks "Bolivia: Volcanoes, Flamingos, and Salt Lakes" Ranging in altitude up to 16,500 feet above sea level, the wild, frigid desert of southwestern Bolivia is full of natural treasures. The harsh landscape is dominated by the towering Andean volcanoes and lakes or lagoons, which are actually basins, into which the meager snowmelt drains and cannot escape. These intensely colored, brackish lakes are home to some of the world's hardiest animals, namely three different species of flamingo. D
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Hey Kids, Let's Cook "Kaila's Surprise Birthday Party" It's Kaila's birthday, and I have invited her over later today for a little surprise Birthday party. There's nothing more fun than to surprise someone with a Birthday party! We've got the presents and the balloons! And we're going to make together mini-cupcakes and frozen yogurt together. Join us for the party and help the cast of Hey Kids, Let's Cook! wish Kaila a Happy Birthday!. D
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Growing a Greener World "Independent Garden Centers - A Gardener's Best Resource (Atlanta, GA)" For new and experienced gardeners alike, Independent Garden Centers (IGC's) offer a wealth of resources for education, real examples, and some of the most appropriate plants and ideas for a specific location or region. This episode explores many of the most popular and overlooked ways IGC's are a gardener's best resource for growing a greener world. D
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This American Land "Canyon Mysteries, Ailing Alligators, Lights, Camera, Photosynthesis, Wild Horses" The stories behind two Georgia canyons are very different: Cloudland Canyon in the north is a natural wonder, but Providence Canyon in the southwest is now a tourist destination, despite the way earlier residents abused the land.G
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Tracks Ahead "Adobe Mountain Railroad Park" Visit one of the largest model railroad clubs in the country where you'll find a gauge for everyone; visit a mountain top in the Peach State where a husband and wife have built a dream layout; ride an Idaho rail line up the scenic gorge of the Payette River; and look in at a huge 7 and a half inch gauge railroad operation. D
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Song of the Mountains No One You Know; Darin & Brook Aldridge; The Twilite Broadcasters. D
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Sesame Street "Practice Makes Proud" Elmo is ready to play basketball. He has his special basketball shirt to wear, his special basketball to play with, and a healthy snack to give him energy. Abby appears and says that she can be Elmo's fairy godmother and help him with all sorts of stuff. D
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Dinosaur Train "Dome-Headed Dinosaur/Treasure Hunt" The Pteranodon kids and their dome-headed friend Spikey Stygimoloch meet a brother and sister, Patrick and Pamela Pachycephalosaurus, two dinosaurs with enormous dome heads. Spikey bonds with the Pachycephalosaurus. Patrick and Pamela are athletes who invite our kids, Mom, and Spikey along to watch them use their impressive dome heads to play a volleyball type sport called, Dome Ball. D
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Super Why! "The Nutcracker" Princess Pea doesn't know what to do about her friend Sleeping Beauty who is very, very grumpy! Super Why and his friends dance their way into the story of The Nutcracker, accompanied by Tchaikovsky's memorable music, to find out why the Mouse King is so cranky and give an innovative twist to the holiday classic. But will the super readers be able to restore magic to The Land of Sweets? Educational Objectives: To learn a cheer-up strategy, sing the alphabet, identify the letters F, L, and Y, practice the magic of spelling, and use the power to read to change the story. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "A Long Winter's Nap/The Tree Doctor" A Long Winter's Nap - Sally and Nick are so excited to go ice skating tomorrow, that they can't fall asleep! Cat's friend Boris the bear can help! Off they go to the Gleep-sneep Woods to learn how Boris gets ready to take his long winter's nap. Back at home, Nick and Sally follow Boris' advice, and follow their own bedtime routine to get ready for bed. With the help of a bedtime story from Cat, they quickly fall asleep. D
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Wild Kratts "Mystery of the Weird Looking Walrus" Chris and Martin are on a mission to discover why walrus look so weird, but discover that Zach Varmitech has kidnapped a herd to mine precious pearls for Donita Donata's fashion line. The Wild Kratts team must use the walrus features against Zach to save the creatures and return them to their Arctic domain. Science Concepts: Suction. D
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Dialogue for Kids "Nervous System" It's the complex network of nerves and cells that carries messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body. It coordinates our movements and controls our thoughts. It's called the nervous system. Joan Cartan-Hansen is joined by Dr. Mary River, a neurologist at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, to answer students' questions.G
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Martin Clunes: Horse Power "The Animal" Clunes seeks to learn how the horse became so important to humans and how our ancestors managed to tame such a large, nervous prey animal. He heads to Dubai and the opening of a new racecourse before going to Mongolia to find the only untamed horse breed. Then the Niaux Cave walls in the Pyrenees Mountains reveal a 14,000-year-old record of the human-horse relationship. Part 1 of 2G
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Nature "Christmas In Yellowstone" The undisturbed beauty of Yellowstone National Park in winter dress is NATURE's holiday gift to viewers. Cameras capture breathtaking landscapes that frame intimate scenes of wildlife making their way through their most challenging season of the year. Filmmaker Shane Moore, who lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, leads the way on this winter exploration that includes meeting Tim Murphy, who has skied into Yellowstone for 26 winters to photograph its wonders.G
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Wednesday reception at school celebrates those who went to state, those still going.
The Crookston High School commons was the scene Wednesday for a welcome back reception for state wrestling and knowledge bowl participants, and a good luck send-off to the robotics team that will compete at the state championships in Minneapolis on May 18, and to Brady Larson, whose painting "Oscar Meyer Weiner" will be displayed at the Minnesota Visual Arts Exhibition at the Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley from May 12-18.
Robotics team members are Brady Larson, Ethan Hegge, Justin Burgoz and Richard Barnes. Knowledge bowl team members are Isaac Loegering, Cyrina Ostgaard, Adam Erickson, Samuel Miller and Harrison Boucher.


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If you are interested in studying abroad for the Fall 2008 semester, applications are due on Friday, March 28. Applications are located outside of the OILP office. Please contact Hilary Waldron at email@example.com if you have any questions about studying abroad.
Prof. Wang Xianlin from Shanghai Jiao Tong University will discuss "China's New Anti-Monopoly Legislation" from 12pm to 1pm in room 155, drinks provided.
The U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium (FPC), now in its 6th year, is a three-day, wide-ranging look at American foreign policy, the range of factors that help shape it, and how it affects Americans and non-Americans alike. Sponsored by the National Committee on US-China Relations and George Washington University, the FPC features leading policy makers from key fields.
PRC graduate students enrolled at or just graduated from U.S. universities in all majors (including arts and sciences) are eligible to apply. The FPC will be held at the Elliott School of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., beginning the afternoon of Wednesday, June 4 through Saturday morning, June 7. Competence in spoken English is required. Background in foreign policy or political science is NOT required.
Application Deadline: April 1 All food and lodging are provided free of charge. For more information and the application, please visit: www.ncuscr.org/FPC/FPChome.htm
The University of Copenhagen offers a 1000 Euro/month stipend plus a tuition waiver for 22 months study in a 2 year Master's degree to a non-EU student. Deadline to apply is April 15, 2008. Please click here for details.
Seattle University School of Law and the Nelson Mandela Institute of the University of Witwatersrand Faculty of Law in Johannesburg, South Africa are offering a new program called Global Justice Advocacy which focuses on training students to be global advocates. The program includes courses taught jointly by US and South African professors on substantive international and comparative law, as well as a course on cross-cultural legal writing and oral advocacy, and equal numbers of spaces in the program are reserved for US and African law students. Three courses will be offered in 2008: International Human Rights Law and the Role of Corporations; Advanced South African Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence; and Global Justice Advocacy/Legal Writing. The Global Justice Advocacy/Legal Writing course will draw upon the substantive materials presented in the other two courses to teach students how to argue persuasively in a variety of fora. US and African students will be paired together to work as teams in that course. Because of the intensive nature of the program, particularly the Global Justice Advocacy/Legal Writing course, the program is limited to 25 US and 25 African students. The application deadline is April 15, 2008. For more information, visit the website at www.law.seattleu.edu/international/southafrica, or contact Junsen Ohno at firstname.lastname@example.com, or at 206-398-4283.
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The International Law Students Association, in conjunction with ASIL, is currently soliciting nominations for the Deak Award for the 2006 and 2007 calendar years. The Deak Award is a prize provided by Oceana Publications for the best international-law student article in a student-edited law journal. The award honors Francis Deak, a WWII veteran who wrote extensively on international law. The award is the student equivalent of the prize for the best article in the American Journal of International Law.
Students, professors, practitioners or other persons in the legal community may nominate students for the Deak Award. A student may even nominate his own article. Per award rules, the nominee must have been a student at the time the article was written, and the article must have been published in a student-edited journal during the 2006 or 2007 calendar year. All nominations satisfying these criterion will be considered by the awards committee, who will read each article and choose the winning submission. The winner of the 2006 and the 2007 awards will be announced at the 2008 ASIL Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., in April.
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All international students who were present in the U.S. in Spring and/or Fall 2007, are required to file the U.S. income tax return for the year 2007. For those that worked on OR off-campus, you will be receiving W-2 forms from your employer in order to complete your 2007 tax return.
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From The American Lawyer: "For the hyperambitious, the only federal court clerkships worth striving for are in the chambers of elite judges, acting as way stations on the road to a clerkship on the U.S. Supreme Court. Some choose a different path to clerkship paradise, however, one that leads through courts in the South Pacific. These former U.N. trust territories have legal systems similar to those of the United States. And many invite American law graduates to spend a year or two working in their courts as clerks and counsel" For more information, please click here.
This year the Dispute Resolution Section will again award a scholarship to a young lawyer who wishes to participate in the IBA Annual Conference, but is unable to do so owing to financial constraints. The scholarship award for 2008 includes the following:
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Puerto Rico Day 6: Last day and final thoughts
We spent the night at Casa Cubuy eco-lodge. It's a really nice spot overlooking the rainforest. There's a river and waterfalls nearby. It's very open, but covered from the rain. There are lots of comfy seats, a little fridge with beer and wine for purchase, and lots of hammocks. It could benefit from some bird feeders. The rooms are nicely decorated, although ours had quirky 4-poster beds which didn't really match the eco-lodge theme. The rooms were clean and comfortable. Like many tropical sites, they had the "no flushing toilet paper" rule.
It rained all night and into the morning. We spent 45 minutes or so on the deck, but didn't see many birds. It was pretty foggy. We did have great views of Greater Antillean Oriole. I've heard the breakfasts at Casa Cubuy are great, but we didn't stay.
We packed up for our journey toward the airport. We stopped for breakfast at the Fajardo Inn. Not only is this a nice resort with good breakfast, the grounds are a great place to see two sought-after hummingbirds: Green-throated Carib and Antillean Crested Hummingbird. We were not disappointed. Both hummingbirds were right there in the parking lot! We also saw Nutmeg Mannikins and another Greater Antillean Oriole.
We made a few stops in El Yunque in hopes of seeing Puerto Rican Parrots, but we didn't find any. We did see some nice waterfalls and a Black-throated Blue Warbler.
Thus ended our trip in Puerto Rico. I had a blast. I highly recommend Wildside Nature Tours. My experience was great with very competent, flexible, and personable leaders. Others who have done trips with them have said similar things. Thanks again to 10,000 Birds and Wildside Nature Tours for sponsoring the contest that got me there!


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A gull of the Ivory variety
In case you haven't heard, an immature Ivory Gull was found in Cape May, NJ on Friday. This is the 5th record of this species for NJ - 1940, 1955, and 2 in 1986. So, as you can imagine, the NJ birding scene and much of the mid-Atlantic is buzzing about the bird. As you may recall, I saw my first Ivory Gull in Piermont, NY in 2007. That didn't stop me from going to see this one in my own state. So, down I headed the 2+ hour drive very early on Sunday. I got to the marina that it favors and only had to wait 15 minutes or so before the gorgeous white creature appeared. I was joined by friends from VA and NJ and we spent a long while photographing and observing the bird. It was insanely accommodating, doing circuits over the crowd of birders, perching close by for photos, and picking from the water. It was nuts. Here are some photos.
|Cape May Ivory Gull Photos - Nov. 29, 2009
Oh and did I mention it was a spectacularly sunny and warm day for late November? After viewing the gull, we hit some of the other Cape May hotspots. We got word of a Selasphorus hummingbird at a local feeder which we got to see. We also saw Eurasian Wigeon, Common Eiders, a few lingering Baltimore Orioles, a Bald Eagle or three, and a few lovely Red-shouldered Hawks. We struck out on the Swainson's Hawk that's been down there for nearly a month. All in all, it was a great day to be out. The gull is still being seen as of today. So if you didn't see one of the Massachusetts birds last year, you get a second shot. Although not an adult, this bird is still a beauty and it's a chance to see a bird that is not only rare in the US, but becoming more rare globally.


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Tuesday was Apple Day at Kaegebein Elementary School.
According to Kristen Thore, Kaegebein Elementary School PTA Apple Day chairperson, PTA money garnered from various fundraisers throughout the year, and a generous donation from Grand Island Tops Market, provided more than 450 apples for the students and teachers at the school for the popular annual event, held Sept. 24.
Guest readers visited the 18 classrooms for the event as well. Pictured, Lynn Greer reads a book about Johnny Appleseed to students in Carilyn Gallagher's fourth-grade classroom. (photo by Larry Austin)


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The Judaica Europeana network
The network of Jewish museums, libraries and archives which have joined Judaica Europeana has more than doubled since the launch of this project. Twenty-three institutions in 17 cities have joined forces to provide an integrated online access to Jewish collections under the single digital roof of Europeana. We can confidently predict that the network will continue to expand as the project develops and more Jewish content is digitized.
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The Jewish Historical Museum Foundation was set up in 1930 for 'the collection and presentation of everything that illustrates Jewish life in general and Dutch Jewish life in particular' and 'the useful employment of every means to encourage Jewish art and studies'. In 1937, the museum's collection consisted of over 600 objects. During the Second World War, the museum was forced to close and much of the collection was confiscated. Only a small percentage was recovered after the war. Today, this award-winning museum holds around 30,000 objects, documents and photos. The collection guidelines have remained the same as when they were first drawn up. In recent decades, however, additional emphasis has been placed on the arts, everyday life and personal history.
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The books in the Judaica Collection of the University Library at the Goethe University in Frankfurt on Main form one of the most important collections of its kind in the world. They tell fascinating stories about the life of Frankfurt Jews and their commitment to their home city. Merchant, bankers and rabbis and later politicians, intellectuals and artists played an important role in shaping the character of Frankfurt society.
One of the eminent women who left an indelible imprint in this city's history was Bertha Pappenheim, who became famous as the patient Anna O. in Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis. ...
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Online thematic exhibitions are a very effective way of presenting the contents of Judaica Europeana partners' collections. Two such exhibits are showcased:
postcards from the Hungarian Jewish Archives in Budapest and 20th century photographs from the Jewish Museum of Greece in Athens. Both are currently being digitized in the framework of the Judaica Europeana project.
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Twenty events were held over the last 12 months in various European cities and in Israel to raise awareness of Judaica Europeana among its target audiences. A few highlights:
Jewish urban studies at the EAJS Congress At Judaica Europeana's instigation, a session on Jewish urban studies was held in July in Ravenna at the IX Congress of the European Association of Jewish Studies. This was the first time urban studies were given special attention at the EAJS Congress. Judaica partners presented papers based on documents in their collections.
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Read the previous Judaica Europeana Newsletter, number 1, 2010
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Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-C-I-Lewiston, said Tuesday he was troubled by what he called Albany leader's closed-door meetings, which resulted in the passage of what he described as a hastily crafted gun-control bill that erodes New Yorkers' right to bear arms.
"The recent tragic events in Newtown, Conn., and Webster, N.Y., have prompted calls for the need to address the fundamental aspects of our society with regards to guns, mental health and public safety. Unfortunately, today's vote missed the mark on all three with the Legislature choosing political expediency over sound public policy," Ceretto said. "By voting to erode the rights of law-abiding gun owners in a secretive manner that lacked any public debate, Albany insiders have attempted to score political points at the expense of good government and transparency and missed a golden opportunity to address the root causes of these tragedies, such as violence in popular culture, mental health treatment and family breakdown.
"While there were several measures in the act that I support, such as tougher penalties on individuals who use firearms in the commission of a crime, the expansion of Kendra's Law and new safety funding for our schools, these provisions should have been voted on separately and only after a more in-depth public policy discussion."