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Baltimore, MD, October 26-30, 2012
"I Just Don't Know What I Don't Know!": A Longitudinal Investigation of the Perceived Usefulness of Information to People with Type 2 Diabetes
Beth St. Jean
Tuesday, 8:30am
Consumer health information behavior (CHIB), which encompasses a person's health-related information needs and the activities in which they engage in order to look for, manage, and use information related to their health condition, impacts a person's ability to manage and cope with a disease. Although CHIB has been found to be both dynamic and situational, very few studies have undertaken to study this phenomenon as a process that unfolds across time. This paper reports results from a longitudinal, mixed-method study of the information behavior of people with type 2 diabetes. This study aimed to discover this group's information needs and information seeking practices, the factors that motivate or impede their information seeking and use, the sources and types of information that they find useful, and how all of these changed across time. This paper focuses on results related to participants' perceptions regarding the usefulness of different sources and types of diabetes-related information. The findings indicate that important changes took place in participants' perceptions regarding the usefulness of information as their disease progressed, as their attitudes changed, and as their awareness of their information needs changed. A suggestion is made to extend the definition of information behavior to encompass an earlier state ("incognizance") in which a person has not yet become aware that he/she has an information need and is, thus, less able (or unable) to recognize the potential relevance and usefulness of information. Implications for the important role that researchers and information professionals can play in helping to mitigate incognizance and its potentially devastating impacts are discussed.


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CHICAGO (AP) — Kevin Seraphin had 21 points and 13 rebounds, John Wall scored 16 points, and the Washington Wizards beat the short-handed Chicago Bulls 87-84 on Monday night.
Richard Hamilton scored 22 points to lead the Bulls, who played without stars Derrick Rose and Luol Deng. Rose was out with a sore right foot as he missed his 24th game of the season, and Deng sat out due to sore right ribs.
After two straight games of clutch 3-pointers in the finals seconds to force overtime in wins against Miami and Detroit, the Bulls missed a third chance when Hamilton's 3-pointer was blocked by James Singleton with 5.9 seconds left and C.J. Watson missed in the final seconds.


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Do Bad Things Happen When Works Enter The Public Domain? The Data Says... No
from the more-public-domain-please dept
However, maximalists have come up with a typical list of reasons for why they believe that copyright should be extended, and we should expect to start hearing those arguments made public again shortly, as the debate reemerges. Among the usual arguments are that (1) no one will produce those works any more, because the incentive is gone without the ability to exclude competition, and thus we'd have "under-exploited" works. (2) Quite contradictory to the first item, that because there's no way to exclude, the content will be "over-exploited" because now everyone can use it, and thus the works will be everywhere, diminishing the value of the works. (3) That the works will be "tarnished" because once in the public domain, people will take the characters and... do bad things with them -- whether it's producing significantly inferior versions, or creating derivative works that somehow take away from the value of the original (such as by putting Mickey Mouse into pornographic situations).
Some new empirical research suggests that... none of these arguments are even close to being supportable. At all.
Michael Scott points us to the research by law professors Christopher Buccafusco and Paul Heald entitled Do Bad Things Happen When Works Enter the Public Domain?: Empirical Tests of Copyright Term Extension. The simple answer is, no, not at all:
Our data suggest that the three principal arguments in favor of copyright term extension—under-exploitation, over-exploitation, and tarnishment—are unsupported There seems little reason to fear that once works fall into the public domain, their value will be substantially reduced based on the amount or manner in which they are used. We do not claim that there are no costs to movement into the public domain, but, on the opposite side of the ledger, there are considerable benefits to users of open access to public domain works. We suspect that these benefits dramatically outweigh the costs.How do they show this? Rather creatively, by looking at audiobooks for the years in which most works are in the public domain, and the same period of time after works are still under copyright: so they looked at the audiobook versions of best-selling books from 1913 to 1922 as public domain works, and similarly audiobooks of the best-selling books from 1923 to 1932 for similar works that were still under copyright. They did part of the research on all such works, and part on 20 works from each group that were deemed "durable" works by a group of experts -- meaning books that are still popular and read today (such as James Joyce's The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (public domain) and William Falkner's The Sound and the Fury (not public domain)). Why audiobooks? Because audiobooks are a derivative work off of the original, which lets them also compare the impact on derivative works.
The results were pretty clear. Works in the public domain were much more available, but certainly weren't flooding the market -- so there's little to support the "over-exploitation" argument. They were generally (though not always) cheaper, but not by a huge margin. And there were still "professional" versions of the reading, so the "under-exploitation" argument fails as well. In terms of quality and tarnishment, they ran another series of experiments comparing professionally read ebooks to amateur read ones, and again found nothing to support that public domain works are treated poorly.
Our data provide almost no support for the arguments made by proponents of copyright term extension that once works fall into the public domain they will be produced in poor quality versions that will undermine their cultural or economic value. Our data indicate no statistically significant difference, for example, between the listeners' judgments of the quality of professional audiobook readers of copyrighted and public domain texts.In the end, the full study is worth reading, but the results are clear. The so-called "harm" of works falling into the public domain does not appear to exist. Works are still offered (in fact, they're more available to the public, who we're told is what copyright is supposed to do), there are still quality works offered, and the works are not overly exploited. So what argument is there left to extend copyright?


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Please note: FacultyEnlight replaces our current textbook ordering system on the bookstore's website.
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15-45 inches. Sides tan to dark brown overlain by rows of black spots that may make the upper sides appear black; some individuals with red markings or distinct checkerboard pattern on sides; usually a prominent white, yellow or orange stripe down the back and a pale stripe on each side on the 2nd and 3rd scale rows above the ventral plates; underside dull white or pale tan to pale green with a row of black dots on each side; scales keeled and in 19 rows.
Garter snakes occur in most habitats, including suburban areas. Garter snakes will often flatten their heads into a diamond shape and spread their bodies to show the pattern of spots when agitated. They give birth to 9-38 young.
Most of Louisiana but known from very few localities west of the Red River and Atchafalaya Basin; absent from the marshes.


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Packaged salad-cut lettuce studied for stability, freshness
SALINAS, CA - The lettuce cut and packaged for food service and salad mixes is an increasingly important component of the produce industry. Lettuce is highly perishable, and the cutting required in processing further shortens its shelf life.
Packaging cut lettuce and other fresh produce in semipermeable plastic films extends shelf life via a technique called "modified-atmosphere packaging". The success of modified-atmosphere (MA) packaging for lettuce and certain salad greens has led to innovative products, marketing strategies, and enhanced sales to consumers.
Increased demand for the convenient, pre-cut salads and lettuce has led to scientists to search for ways to select lettuce cultivars that stay fresh, colorful, and crisp. Shelf life and visual quality of salad-cut lettuce are affected by many things, including production environment, vegetative maturity, and type of lettuce chosen. Although an increasing variety of lettuce types are being grown, romaine and "crisphead" (such as iceberg) are the most widely produced for salad-cut products
Ryan J. Hayes, a research geneticist, and Yong-Biao Liu, research entomologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, published the results of a study that should give lettuce breeders and producers enhanced product information and a market edge. During the two-year study, lettuce was processed from field-grown plants of 33 romaine and three "crisphead" cultivars. Shelf life of each cultivar was evaluated after storage in modified-atmosphere bags and in CO2-free controlled-atmosphere chambers.
Lettuce cultivars 'Clemente', 'Darkland', and 'Green Forest' performed consistently well, ranking in the top 10 in every experiment. 'Alpi', 'Dark Green Romaine', and 'Queen of Hearts' showed clearly unstable shelf life. Hayes noted, "cultivars that performed well in our MA environments will likely be useful as parents in breeding programs to develop new romaine cultivars with an acceptable shelf life. It is also clear that not all crisphead cultivars have good shelf life. Wide variation was observed between the crisphead cultivars Pacific, Salinas 88, and La Brillante."
In concluding the impact of the study outcomes, Hayes stated; "Breeders can use these methods to characterize or identify breeding lines that are suitable for salad-cut markets before release, and to select for increased shelf life within breeding populations. These practices should facilitate a consistent release of germplasm with high quality in MA environments."
The complete study and abstract are available on the ASHS Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science electronic journal web site: http://journal.ashspublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/133/2/228
Founded in 1903, the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) is the largest organization dedicated to advancing all facets of horticultural research, education and application. More information at ashs.org
This press release also available on EurekAlert!
Original Article:
Genetic Variation for Shelf-life of Salad-cut Lettuce in Modified-atmosphere Environments
Ryan J. Hayes and Yong-Biao Liu
J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. March 2008 133:228-233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


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Love Your State: Texas Edition
A few weeks ago we featured a roundup of state-centric gifts for anyone who loves where they live. And as anyone who's ever lived in Texas can attest, nobody loves their state quite like Texans love Texas.
I'll admit that I'm a little biased; being a resident of the Lone Star State myself, I can't help but think it's pretty great. In creating this roundup, I made it my goal to find stylish, non-cheesy Texas stuff (because gosh knows there's a lot of cheesy Texas stuff out there). Did I succeed? You be the judge.
1. 13 x 20 Texas letterpress print, $40.00 from The Old Try.
2. Texas iPhone case, $35.00 from Society6.
3. Texas love 8 x 10 print, $12.95 from Owl U Need is Love.
4. 'Come and Take It' pint glasses, $12.50 from A Marrs Wife.
5. Vintage Texas Marquee Light, $199.00 from Vintage Marquee Lights.
6. 'God Bless Texas' natural linen tea towel, $15.00 from Studio C Textiles.
7. 'Come Back Quick' 8 x 10 print, $18.00 from Society 6.
8. Heart of Texas holiday cards, $18.00 for a set of 12, from Blueprint Paper.
9. Eyes of Texas 13 x 20 letterpress print, $40.00 from The Old Try.
10. 'Texas Forever' 16 x 20 print, $30.00 from Hero Design Studio.
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The Lewiston Public Library, 305 S. Eighth St., in the Village of Lewiston, announces the following for June:
Clubs and More
•The library board of trustees will meet on Monday, June 3, at 5 p.m.
•Enneagram, a free workshop on an ancient system of self-knowledge for personal growth and interpersonal understanding, presented by Sandra Hasselback, will take place Saturday, June 1, at 11 a.m.
•The Lewiston Book Club will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, June 4, at noon at the Wilson House in Wilson. For further information, contact Anita Mallimo at 716-754-7714.
•The Lewiston Writers' Group will meet on Tuesday, June 4, and Monday, June 17, from 5 to 8 p.m. For more information visit www.lewistonwritersgroup.com.
•The Dead Beats Society will meet on Monday, June 10, at 6 p.m.
•Friends of the Lewiston Library will meet on Tuesday, June 11, at 6 p.m.
•Genealogy 101, a free class, will be offered on Tuesday, June 25, at 6 p.m. in the library's new Family Search Center. Learn how to begin researching a family tree by using the library's Family Search Center resources.
•Moms Book Chat, a book discussion group for mothers, will meet Thursday, June 27, at 7 p.m. Discussed will be "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
•The Knitting Club meets every Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. No registration is required. Knitters of all skill levels are welcome. For more information, contact Ellen Comerford at 716-754-4144.
Story Times
•Alphabet Soup, a story time for ages 3 to 5, meets Mondays, June 3 and 10, at 10:30 a.m.
•Lewiston Lapsit, a story time for infants ages birth to 23 months, meets Wednesdays, June 5 and 12, at 10 a.m.
•Toddler Time, featuring music, finger play, stories and crafts for ages 2 to 3 years, meets Tuesdays, June 4 and 11, at 10:30 a.m.
•Story Time with Mrs. Leardini, featuring music, stories and crafts for all ages, meets Thursdays, June 6 and 13, at 10:30 a.m.
Library hours: Monday-Tuesday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday-Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, noon to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, June 1 and 8, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Lewiston Public Library will be closed during the summer on Saturdays, June 15 through Sept. 14.
For further information, call the library, 716-754-4720, or visit www.lewistonpubliclibrary.org/.


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Police and fire crews were called to the Yuengling Brewery in North Tampa shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday and found the building "engulfed in flames."
Officials said the blaze was started accidentally.
Tampa Fire Rescue officials said workers in the building at 11111 N. 30th St. were evacuated safely.
When crews arrived, they found heavy smoke and fire coming from the brewery's storage building. It was declared a two-alarm fire, and upwards of 60 firefighters were called to the scene, fire officials said.
Firefighters climbed five stories to enter the building, where they were met with dense smoke and high heat conditions. The crews were evacuated, and a defensive operation using multiple aerial ladder trucks was begun.
Crews had the blaze under control about an hour after arrival, fire officials said. Firefighters attempted to reach hot spots and embers around the third story of the building between the exterior and interior wall.
There is no word on a cause of the fire; investigators said early Sunday it was accidental. An exacted cause and origin have yet to be determined.
No brewery workers were injured, but one Tampa firefighter did sustain a minor injury and was transported to a hospital and later released, fire officials said.
Investigators have estimated losses due to smoke and fire damage at $1 million dollars. Fire damage to the structure account for a vast majority of that figure.
Yuengling is the oldest brewer operating in the United States and one of the largest American-owned beer makers, distributing millions of barrels yearly across the East Coast. Their original brewery in Pottsville, Pa., was founded in 1829. The company opened this second facility in the former Stroh's brewery near Busch Gardens in 1999.
The half-century-old brewery originally was owned by Schlitz. Yuengling bought it in April 1999 three months after Stroh's shut it down. Prior to that it had been a Pabst brewery.


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The Swaying High-Rise: A First-Hand Account of Japan's Earthquake
- Trevor Freeze Billy Graham Evangelistic Assocation
- 2011 15 Mar
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article courtesy Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. BGEA and its sister organization, Samaritan's Purse, have deployed disaster assistance response teams to assist following Japan's earthquake. To learn how you can help, visit BGEA's website.
It wasn't just the shaking that frightened Matt Murton on Friday afternoon in Kobe, Japan.
Nor was it the swaying from his 19th-floor high-rise apartment.
Sure, the shock waves from a 9.0 magnitude earthquake would shoot fear down the spine of most mortals. But the real impact for Murton, his wife Stefani and their two small children were coming through loud and clear.
The noise was wretched.
"The creaking sounds of the walls and ceilings were so loud," Murton said two days after Friday's earthquake and subsequent tsunami killed thousands in Japan.
"It was a truly frightening experience for the family. We gathered the kids and huddled and prayed."
Timing Is Everything
The fact that Murton is in Japan for such a time as this has God written all over it.
The likeable red-headed outfielder had already experienced one potentially seismic event in this country, as he partnered with the Kansai Franklin Graham Festival last October.
After breaking Ichiro Suzuki's single-season hit record, Murton used his local folk hero status as a platform to share his testimony at the Festival, which Murton believes will be "a rippling effect that begins an awakening" in Japan.
But on Friday afternoon at precisely 2:46 p.m. local time, the earthquake's rippling effect was creating much havoc in Kobe from almost 500 miles away.
"The amount of swaying back and forth was tremendous given the fact that the epicenter was hundreds of miles away," Murton said.
Fortunately, Murton had arrived home after practice around 2:30 p.m. Normally, he would still be on the field, but Friday was an off day and he was able to comfort and pray with his family.
"The way the (shock) waves went out, there was an unusual amount of swaying," he said. "And the length (of tremors) was tremendously long, lasting upwards of a couple minutes.
"The family is doing well, praise the Lord."
'Rest in His Sovereignty'
Shortly after the shaking and creaking subsided, the Murtons headed downstairs to gather more information about what had just happened.
"When we arrived downstairs and found that the epicenter was in the Sendai region, I immediately began to pray, knowing that if we felt that much, they surely were in trouble," Murton said.
And Murton's fears have been founded.
The death toll continues to rise, expecting to pass 10,000 and possible reaching tens of thousands as many who escaped the earthquake's wrath were hit with the massive tsunami forces.
"The country as you may have already seen has been decimated," Murton said. "The attitude is a somber one and many believe it will take the country months to return to normalcy with the directly-affected areas taking years."
Normalcy is not usually how God grabs our attention and Murton is seeing this first hand.
"I believe that the country seems to be much more in search of answers than maybe they normally would," he said. "My prayer would be that with the uncertainties of this world and country that the Japanese people would find the true meaning of life and gain a knowledge of Truth."
And that Truth would be clearer than ever – that God is in control and is the only real protection from disaster.
"Something that is coming through to me very strongly is that God wants us to rest in His sovereignty," Murton said. "We are called to walk by faith and know that ultimately God is our protector and director.
"When faced with life's uncertainties there is only one place to rest and that is in the love and grace of our Lord and Savior.
'God Has a Plan'
Murton said he's not about to leave Japan, especially considering all the events that God had orchestrated in his life over the past year and a half.
"In my own strength and mind, the easiest thing to do would be to pack up and go home," Murton said. "However, I know God has a plan and a reason and only through Him can we remain strong."
Murton will quickly deflect all the credit to the Lord Almighty. Which is exactly what he did moments after his record single, as the Osaka crowd cheered wildly, with a standing ovation.
It was a simple pointed to the sky. A humble gesture, giving thanks to God for designing a plan he could have never fathomed.
His Colorado Rockies' contract bought out by Hanshin Tigers. His family uprooted to Japan with very little notice. The once-promising Chicago Cubs prospect now playing halfway across the globe.
How did any of this make sense?
But as he rounded first base with his 211th hit of the season, a packed Jingu Stadium in Tokyo, Murton simply wanted to give the Lord Almighty thanks.
"It was just recognition of who allowed that to happen, which was a special moment," said Murton, who finished with 214 hits and a .349 batting average. "And even from that pointing up, God opened up so many doors."
And one of those doors led directly into the Osaka-Jo Hall, where he shared his story at the Kansai Franklin Graham Festival on Oct. 22-24 weekend.
First, breaking a historical league-wide record. And now, sharing his faith in front of thousands in Japan? Murton could not have dreamed up a script like this.
"That was an unbelievable experience," Murton said. "There was a moment I remember standing up there on the stage, giving my testimony in front of, you know, eight-to-ten thousand Japanese people and having to pinch myself."
'I Didn't Want Any Part of It'
And to think, Murton hesitated to answer God's call to east Asia.
"At first I said I didn't want any part of it," he said. "My wife Stefani, she knew way before I did that this is where we were supposed to be."
Looking back, Stefani can see how God's plan was perfect for the Murtons, including their son Micah (now 22 months) and new daughter Macie, who was born last April in Osaka.
"I just think that everything that happened while we were there made it so apparent that that was where God wanted us to be," Stefani said. "We had an English speaking doctor. They took such good care of Macie on top of taking care of me."
Still, the journey to Japan was quite a culture shock. Growing up in a Christian home in Fort Lauderdale, Murton was saved at an early age, moving to Georgia at 14, before playing baseball at Georgia Tech. His success on the field created a natural platform to proclaim the Gospel.
But nothing could prepare him for the opportunity at Osaka-Jo Hall. Sure, he's played baseball in front of larger crowds and screaming fans. But on an eternal scale, this was bigger. Much bigger.
On that night it was just him, a microphone, a translator, thousands of eager Japanese hearts.
And, of course, the Holy Spirit working in the midst of it all.
"While I'd shared my testimony before and done FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athlete) groups and stuff, I was never in a position to do something to that magnitude," Murton said. "And so just to see how God had worked – feeling so ill-equipped – to give you the peace and the confidence to try to get up there and do it.
"He will equip you in those moments. Those moments you feel inadequate, He will walk beside you and He did that and He showed up in a real way for me that weekend."
Murton continues to pray for the people of Japan and plans to return to the Hanshin Tigers for the 2011 season, looking forward to the great things God may have in store for him.
"I'm very excited about this year. I know Christ has us there for another year. We're hoping for more and more opportunity to share Christ. I'm hoping that Franklin Graham Festival was the beginning of something that's going to really start to transform that country."
Copyright 2011 Billy Graham Evangelistic Assocation. Used by permission.
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Geothermal Developers Remain Optimistic
January 5, 2009
While the global financial crisis continues to rattle financial markets and companies worldwide, and shrinks capital available for renewable energy projects of all types, the outlook for geothermal development remains positive. Bronko Terzic, global regulatory policy leader for consulting firm Deloitte Inc., sees increased activity among developers and entrepreneurs in all areas of renewable energy, including geothermal.
Still, support from the U.S. Congress via actions such as cap and trading legislation, which will in effect raise the cost of conventional fossil fuel generation closer to or above the cost of alternative energy, will be needed to allow geothermal to thrive. Hurdles such as capital intensive technology also will need to be overcome with financing and incentives such as tax breaks, Terzic noted.
One positive force working in favor of geothermal and other forms of renewable energy is that many more U.S. states and the federal government are adopting renewable portfolio standards, in which electricity suppliers are required to buy 25 percent of their electricity supply from production fueled by renewable energy.
Incoming President Elect Barack Obama also has proposed spending US$150 billion over a 10-year period on renewable programs, including research and development of technologies that will allow more geothermal resources to be detected. "These developments portend towards a positive future for renewable energy, including geothermal," said Terzic. However, the U.S. still needs a full, complete national assessment of geothermal prospects.
Meanwhile, companies such as geothermal developer Raser Technologies, Inc. are riding the wave of optimism. Raser earlier this year retained Calyon Securities (USA) Inc. (CSI), a subsidiary of Calyon and a global full service institutional broker-dealer, to explore potential strategic relationships offering additional options for implementing and accelerating its development goals. CSI will assist the company in evaluating potential opportunities related to Raser's geothermal assets that are consistent with the company's strategic objectives.
The company is continuing to expand its development program and replicate its modular power generation process in an effort to meet the growing demand for renewable energy in the United States and abroad. Martin Petersen, Raser's chief financial officer, said, "We are pleased to work with CSI and benefit from its experience in sustainable energy development investment banking. It is important to note that this relationship does not displace our existing funding commitments, or preclude our ability to seek funding for our projects under our existing financing commitments going forward. As part of our negotiations for additional power purchase agreements, we are also continuing to explore the use of pre-paid power purchase agreements, which would provide an additional financing option to offset power plant construction expenses."
Raser also has received confirmation from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that Raser has been cleared to file an Original Listing Application to move from the NYSE Arca and list on the NYSE. Upon approval of its application and satisfaction of the NYSE listing requirements, Raser expects to begin trading on the NYSE "Big Board" under the ticker symbol RZ in the first quarter of 2009.
Until that time, Raser will continue to trade on the NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol RZ. "The New York Stock Exchange remains the world's premier market for publicly traded companies," said Brent M. Cook, CEO of Raser Technologies. "We believe the increased exposure to a broader investment community provided by the NYSE will be in the best long-term interests of our stockholders."
Geothermal developer Ormat Technologies reported earlier this year that the predictable cash flow from its fully contracted capacity, together with existing committed credit lines, will allow it to continue executing its growth plans despite the turbulent times within the global economic system.
U.S. Geothermal Development
On Dec. 18, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management published the Record of Decision and Approved Management Plans Amendments for geothermal leasing in the western U.S.
The decision follows an announcement made earlier this year by Secretary of the Interior Dick Kempthorne that the federal government would open public land in the western United States for geothermal development. The Record of Decision amends 114 BLM resource management plans and allocates about 111 million acres of Bureau-managed public lands as open for leasing. An additional 79 million acres of National Forest System lands are also legally open for leasing.
The approved development scenario, which was analyzed in the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, anticipates a potential 5,500 MW of new electric generation capacity from resources in the 12 Western states where lands will be opened for leasing, including Alaska, by 2015. BLM also estimates an additional 6,600 MW by 2025 for a total of 12,100 MW. "Geothermal energy will play a key role in powering America's energy future," said Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne. "All but 10 percent of our geothermal resources are found on Federal lands and facilitating their leasing and development is crucial to supplying the secure, clean energy American homes and businesses need."
Land withdrawn from or administratively closed to geothermal leasing will remain so. Lands within a unit of the National Park System, such as Yellowstone National Park, which features a number of geothermal geysers, will continue to be unavailable for leasing. Kempthorne noted the strong interest that states, local communities, industry and environmental groups took in the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. "This process has benefited greatly from the involvement of both governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, and from the clear direction Congress gave in the 2005 Energy Policy Act. "It's really a model for working together to make decisions about our energy future," Kempthorne said.
Federal lands in the western U.S. contain the largest supply of known resources of geothermal energy in the country, BLM reports. Growing interest in developing these resources is seen in the results of recent BLM geothermal lease sales in areas where current Resource Management Plans already allocate lands for such use.
An August 2007 sale drew the highest-ever per-acre bid for a lease in California's famed Geysers field. Additionally, a sale of leases in Nevada brought a record-breaking US$28.2 million in August 2008. Geothermal leasing revenues and royalties are shared with the states and counties where the leases are located, with 50 percent going to the state and 25 percent to the county.
Utah Lease Sale
BLM continues to see interest in geothermal leasing. The Utah State Office for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) sold all 44 parcels offered on 144,372 acres for a total of about US$5.7 million in its geothermal lease sale on Dec. 19 in Salt Lake City. The highest bid was from Reno-based Ormat Nevada Inc. at US$130/acre on parcel No. 43 for a total of US$665,600. Bids ranged from US$2 to US$210/acre. All bonus bid, rental and royalty monies collected are shared equally with the State of Utah.
This is the first time since June 2007 that BLM Utah has offered geothermal lease parcels for sale. Utah currently has two geothermal electrical generation power plants located in the central and southwestern portions of the state. BLM Utah and the State of Utah are working together to identify viable renewable energy zones in Utah. None of these parcels are located in federally designated Wilderness Areas or Wilderness Study Areas because these areas are off-limits to new leasing by law. Parcels in Idaho, Oregon and Washington were also offered at the Utah sale.
Total revenue from the three Idaho parcels was US$59,828. The highest bid for an Idaho parcel was from Kodali, Inc. of Reno, Nev., at US$5.25/acre. Bids on these parcels ranged from US$2 to US$8.50/acre. Total revenue from the 11 Oregon/Washington parcels was US$787,025. The highest bid for an Oregon/Washington parcel was from Ormat Nevada, Inc. at US$35/acre. Bids on these parcels ranged from US$2 to US$35.
Glitnir: Outlook "very positive."
The overall development of geothermal energy in the U.S. is "very positive", Iceland-based Glitnir Bank reported in its second annual U.S. Geothermal Energy Market Report, which was released earlier this year. Installed geothermal power generation capacity has increased by around four percent to 2,958 MW from 2,851 MW last year, while the overall number of projects has increased.
Projects currently underway would expand installed capacity in the U.S. by 100 percent to 130 percent in the years to come. "Compared to last year, the industry is better positioned and availability of drilling rigs has improved," said Arni Magnusson, managing director of Glitnir Global Geothermal Energy Team. "The joint efforts of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forestry Service to speed up the process for leasing geothermal resources on lands they manage will also have a significant impact on the industry."
California represents 86 percent, or 2,555 MW, of overall installed geothermal power generation capacity in the U.S., followed by Nevada with 11 percent or 318 MW. California also has the greatest potential for geothermal energy with around 11,340 MW undiscovered geothermal resources, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
There are now seven states generating electricity with geothermal energy. Idaho and New Mexico have joined the pool of geothermal power generation states, with Oregon and Wyoming to follow shortly. The number of projects currently under development in the U.S. has increased by 40 percent, from 69 projects last year to 97 today; with unconfirmed projects, the number grows to 103. Geothermal projects in development represent a maximum capacity of 3,950 MW or an increase by 54 percent to last year.
Nevada is the U.S. state with most of the geothermal power generation capacity in development with 1,100 MW to 1,900 MW, followed by California with 900 MW to 1,020 MW. Nevada and California account for nearly two-thirds of all geothermal development. Current projects underway require investments of US$14 billion to US$16 billion, with over half of that amount needed in 2011 and 2012.
At present, geothermal energy represents around 0.3 percent of total U.S. energy consumption and 7.7 percent of renewable energy resources, excluding hydro, in the primary energy supply mix of the U.S. For U.S. electricity production, geothermal energy represents 0.4 percent of the total production and 13.5 percent of electricity generation through renewable resources, excluding hydro.
Glitnir notes that the development of wind energy has been more prominent than development in the geothermal sector in the U.S. "However, that will change with the large number of projects in development in the geothermal sector and there will be a strong increase in electricity generation from geothermal sources in the years to come. "As it takes relatively longer to develop geothermal power capacity compared to wind or solar installations, many projects in development today won't generate electricity until 2011-2014."
While the availability of geothermal drilling rigs has improved since last year, supply will remain an issue towards the year 2010 and 2011 when the majority of projects will reach the feasibility stage. Another bottleneck facing the industry is the availability and delivery time for geothermal turbines. The demand for turbines is already very high, and with the current development curve, the demand will increase sharply by 2011 until 2013, when most projects currently in development will reach the design and construction phase.
Another major obstacle facing geothermal energy utilization in the U.S. and worldwide is the shortage of people with experience and training in geothermal development and engineering. "It will require strong efforts by the industry to educate the people it needs to go forward, but is also puts pressure on governments and universities to foster geothermal education, as well as research and development to utilize geothermal energy to the potential it offers."
Glitnir's planned investment in U.S. geothermal projects will not change despite the Icelandic government's acquisition earlier this year of a 75 percent stake in Glitnir for 600 million euros (US$821.3 million). Geothermal is a key area of expertise for Iceland, and will play a key role in meeting future global energy needs, a company spokesperson said.
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The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Katharine Fredriksen, Australia's Ambassador to Iceland Sharyn Minahan, and Iceland's Minister of Industry Energy and Tourism Ossur Skarphedinsson on Aug. 28 signed the charter of the International Partnership for Geothermal Technology (IPGT), signaling the commitment of the three countries to aggressively foster and promote cutting edge geothermal technologies to promote energy security and address global climate change.
Iceland, Australia and the U.S. bring high levels of expertise, leading the world in harnessing geothermal energy and producing electricity. This framework brings international collaboration on policy and the technical aspects of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) such as deep drilling and geothermal energy conversion.
"Enhanced geothermal systems have the potential to be the world's only ever-present form of baseload renewable energy," Fredriksen said. "This international collaborative will bind the U.S., Australia and Iceland to work together to accelerate the development of geothermal energy, bringing this clean, domestic and natural energy to the market in the near-term to confront the serious challenges of climate change and energy security."
DOE will work with Australia's Ministry of Resources, Energy and Tourism and Iceland's Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism to identify and encourage research, development and deployment projects critical to widespread deployment of EGS and deep drilling technologies, exchange best practices and support education and training programs.
The IPGT will foster close working relationships among the international partners to support an accelerated evolution of geothermal technology through knowledge gained from projects in different countries and geologic settings. "We look forward to working with the U.S. and Australia to remain on the forefront of geothermal energy," said Skarphedinsson. "Australia, Iceland and the U.S. all possess unique individual strengths and experience in geothermal energy, and together this partnership allows us to capitalize on a collaborative international endeavor."
"Geothermal technology provides a clean source of energy that produces few greenhouse gases," said Minahan. "IPGT can help all member countries to accelerate further development of this technology." In addition to establishing the IPGT, ministerial representatives of Australia, Iceland and the U.S. held a two day workshop bringing together experts from government, industry and academia to discuss research, development and deployment priorities for geothermal energy.
The IPGT is open to expansion and in the future may include members from other countries with commitments to emerging geothermal energy technologies.
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J.K. Rowling recently presented reading awards to inmates at a prison in Edinburgh, Scotland. ITN is reporting today that Jo presented these awards on behalf of the Shannon Trust charity, which according to their website is "devoted to the development of literacy in our prisons through peer to peer mentoring. The charity encourages and helps prisons to develop teams of inmates, who run daily one-on-one lessons for illiterate fellow prisoners."
After presenting these awards, the Harry Potter author was quoted as saying: "It was a very positive experience. Learning to read represents a significant turning point in anyone's life, and may be the one thing that makes a difference to help people in prison turn their lives around." David Ahern from the trust said: "We were delighted that JK Rowling was able to visit. She gave the prisoners a real boost."


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The work by a team of international scientists including researchers from the University of Alabama to observe signs of subatomic particles from the farthest reaches of the Milky Way and beyond could provide clues about black holes, supernovas and other phenomena.
The work by a team of international scientists including researchers from the University of Alabama to observe signs of subatomic particles from the farthest reaches of the Milky Way and beyond could provide clues about black holes, supernovas and other phenomena.
"It's a very exciting thing for the field of neutrino astronomy," said UA associate professor of physics Dawn Williams.
Williams is among the co-authors of a paper in the Nov. 22 edition of the journal Science about the observation of 28 very high-energy particle events that researchers believe constitute the first evidence of high-energy neutrinos from beyond our solar system.
The observations came from data collected between May 2010 and May 2012 from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a sensor array of more than 5,000 digital optical modules suspended along 86 cables embedded in a cubic kilometer of ice beneath the South Pole.
The observatory was constructed with a National Science Foundation grant and some funding from participating international agencies.
Also among the co-authors are UA assistant professor of physics Pat Toale, former UA postdoctoral researcher Pavel Zarzhitsky, and UA graduate students Michael Larson, James Pepper and Donglian Xu.
The UA researchers are part of a team of researchers that includes 250 physicists and engineers from the U.S., Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and Korea who are working with the observatory, which is designed to observe evidence of the collisions between neutrinos, nearly mass-less subatomic particles capable of passing through most matter unimpeded, and nuclei of the ice atoms.
Neutrinos are generated as a result of the decay of radioactive elements or nuclear reactions such as those that power the sun or power plant reactors. The particles are also generated when cosmic rays — radiation from outer space — collide with atoms in the atmosphere.
Neutrinos are also produced by high-energy events such as the births, collisions and deaths of stars, according to the IceCube site.
The neutrinos generated within our solar system and earth's atmosphere are of a relatively low energy, Williams said. The low-energy neutrinos that bombard the earth form a background, a control, by which the researchers can look for exceptions.
"So what we are in effect doing is looking for something that deviates from that background," Toale said.
High-energy neutrinos are valuable because of their ability to travel across the distance of space, for the most part, without interference.
"There are a variety of astronomical messengers that we use to study the universe. Light is our workhorse astronomical messenger," Williams said. "But light can be absorbed and scattered by intervening media. Charged particles are bent in magnetic fields. Neutrinos don't scatter or absorb in the intervening media but for extremely high-energy events."
The uncharged particles tend to travel straight from their sources and are capable of covering long distances, including from the far edges of the Milky Way or beyond.
"If you can observe neutrinos being produced there, that would allow us to look into the dark heart to what is going on in the objects," Toale said. "There are things we can learn with neutrinos that we cannot learn just with light."
The Antarctic ice makes an ideal medium for the observations, the researchers say.
The ice is a stable platform that is very transparent and free of radioactive interference. The size of the array — which stretches for more than a mile and a half beneath the ice — was necessary to be able to successfully capture the infrequent high-energy events.
"It is still extremely rare that a neutrino reacts. Most of the time they pass right through," Toale said.
The sensor array records information that helps the researchers determine the energy, direction and shape of the collisions between the neutrinos and ice atoms, Toale said.
"We look for events that deposit a great deal of light in the detectors," Williams said.
The researchers are looking for light created by the collision between the neutrinos and the ice. How much light and which direction helps the researchers differentiate between the high-energy events and background noise.
The array encounters thousands of events per second, Williams said. Researchers use computer algorithms to sort the events and identify the interesting ones which indicate potential high-energy sources.
The researchers don't have a clear idea about the source of the high-energy neutrinos — other than they likely come from outside of our solar system. The 28 events are spread out randomly across the sky without clear correlations to known astrophysical objects such as supernovas, Williams said.
The researchers hope, with five to 10 more years of data, patterns will begin to emerge relating to astrophysical objects.
"(Neutrinos) are opening up a new energy window in astronomy. History has shown when we open up a new energy window, we learn new things," Williams said.
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That said, many green initiatives are stuck in the forward position. While most green IT has moved from something to talk about to the point where project plans are being created, in most cases, these plans are elaborate and will take months, if not years, to fully implement. Even the commonly accepted process of moving to a virtualized server environment is a multi-month project.
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The run-up to Saturday night's Powerball drawing generated over $3 million in prizes for Minnesota players and earned the state more than $5.4 million.
A ticket sold in New Jersey is worth $338.3 million, but Minnesota State Lottery officials say the run that started Feb. 9 generated some big returns for Minnesota.
A ticket sold in Hennepin County for Saturday's drawing has won $1 million. Another $1 million ticket was sold in McLeod County for the March 6 drawing. Six tickets sold during the run won $10,000, and thousands of tickets won smaller prices.
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WASHINGTON President Barack Obamas health-care overhaul is unfolding as a national experiment with American consumers as the guinea pigs: Who will do a better job getting uninsured people covered, the states or the feds?
The nation is about evenly split between states that decided by Fridays deadline they want a say in running new insurance markets and states that are defaulting to federal control because they dont want to participate in Obamacare. That choice was left to state governments under the law: Establish the market or Washington will.
With some exceptions, states led by Democrats opted to set up their own markets, called exchanges, and Republican-led states declined.
Only months from the official launch, exchanges are supposed to make the mind-boggling task of buying health insurance more like shopping on Amazon.com or Travelocity. Millions of people who dont have employer coverage will flock to the new markets. Middle-class consumers will be able to buy private insurance, with government help to pay the premiums in most cases. The poor will be steered to safety-net programs such as Medicaid.
Its an experiment between the feds and the states, and among the states themselves, said Robert Krughoff, president of Consumers Checkbook, a nonprofit ratings group that has devised an online tool used by many federal workers to pick their health plans. Krughoff is skeptical that either the feds or the states have solved the technological challenge of making the purchase of health insurance as easy as selecting a travel-and-hotel package.
Whether or not the bugs get worked out, consumers will be able to start signing up Oct. 1 for coverage that takes effect Jan. 1. Thats also when two other major provisions of the law kick in: the mandate that almost all Americans carry health insurance, and the rule that says insurers can no longer turn away people in poor health.
Barring last-minute switches that may not be revealed until next week, 23 states plus Washington, D.C., have opted to run their own markets or partner with the Obama administration to do so.
Twenty-six states are defaulting to the feds. But in several of those, Republican governors are trying to carve out some kind of role by negotiating with federal Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Utahs status is unclear. It received initial federal approval to run its own market, but appears to be reconsidering.
Its healthy for the states to have various choices, said Ben Nelson, CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. And theres no barrier to taking somebody elses ideas and making them work in your situation. A former U.S. senator from Nebraska, Nelson was one of several conservative Democrats who provided crucial votes to pass the overhaul.
States setting up their own exchanges are already taking different paths. Some will operate their markets much the way major employers run their health plans, as active purchasers offering a limited choice of insurance carriers to drive better bargains. Others will open their markets to all insurers that meet basic standards, and let consumers decide.
Obamas Affordable Care Act remains politically divisive, but state insurance exchanges enjoy broad public support. Setting up a new market was central to former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romneys health-care overhaul as governor of Massachusetts. There, its known as the Health Connector.
A recent AP poll found that Americans prefer to have states run the new markets by 63 percent to 32 percent. Among conservatives the margin was nearly 4-1 in favor of state control. But with some exceptions, including Idaho, Nevada and New Mexico, Republican-led states are maintaining a hands-off posture, meaning the federal government will step in.
There is a sense of irony that its the more conservative states yielding to federal control, said Sandy Praeger, the Republican insurance commissioner in Kansas, a state declining to run its own exchange. First, she said, the laws opponents put their money on the Supreme Court, then on the election. Now that its a reality, we may see some movement.
Theyre not budging in Austin. Texas is not interested in being a subcontractor to Obamacare, said Lucy Nashed, spokeswoman for Gov. Rick Perry, who remains opposed to mandates in the law.


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New Life Baptist, 614 S. 11 St., holds its Wednesday morning meeting at 10 a.m. featuring the Rev. Charles Fite.
Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist, 1875 Ridge Drive, holds a yard sale, car wash and barbecue chicken plate fundraiser starting at 7 a.m. Sept. 28. Features Buddy�s Barbecue. Call 803-222-9527.
First United Methodist, 601 N. Pink St., holds an all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. Sept. 20. Donations appreciated. Call 704-435-6732.
First Wesleyan, 800 N. Pink St., presents Lee Young, formerly of the Gaither Vocal Band, in concert at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. Call 704-435-6069 or visit email@example.com.
St. John�s Lutheran, 310 W. Church St., holds St. John�s Wednesdays each week starting at 5 p.m. with the Rainbow Club for pre-schools through elementary school-aged students and Bible Study for adults. A meal is held after the classes, at 6 p.m. The church is starting Wednesday Vespers, a new informal worship service of evening prayer and Holy Communion at 6:30 p.m. on Sept 25. The Table of Grace will hold a community meal, free to the community, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 28, featuring spaghetti, garlic bread and dessert. The Parish Pantry will also be open during this time. Call 704-435-9264.
Second Baptist, 201 N. Houser St., celebrates its 73 rd anniversary at 11 a.m. Sunday. The Rev. Jerry Lail, who has served as interim pastor several times and was recently named senior pastor, will give the message. A meal will follow in the fellowship hall.
Green Pond United Methodist, 983 Bethel St., holds its annual Calendar Tea presented by the women at 4 p.m. Sept. 28. The theme is �Seasons of the Year.�
Clover Wesleyan, 102 Parkview Lane, holds a hot dog sale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 28. Orders may be placed by calling 803-222-7069.
Crouse United Methodist, 3311 Crouse School Road, holds a Spaghetti Supper Benefit for Sheila Rutledge, from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 28, presented by the Church Outreach Class. The meal will consist of spaghetti, salad, bread, desserts and tea. All proceeds will go to Rutledge�s medical expense fund. Call 704-735-2443.
Bethel Lutheran, 509 Long Shoals Road, located one mile off the Dallas-Cherryville Highway, presents NALC missionary to Liberia Pastor Samar Ghandor, who will deliver the sermon at 11 a.m. Sunday. A covered-dish meal will follow the service. Pastor Samar will show a slide presentation about his mission work during lunch. There will only be one service. Call Pastor Steven King, 704-922-5487.
Holy Communion Lutheran, 103 W. Church St., holds a country breakfast and bake sale from 7 to 10 a.m. Sept. 28. Cost is $7 for adults and $5 for children age 10 and younger. Church cookbooks will be sold for $6 each. Resident chef, Gene Armstrong, will be cooking.
Long Creek Memorial Baptist, 200 Long Creek Church Road, holds its homecoming at 11 a.m. Sept. 29 with guest preacher, the Rev. Charles Ledford. A covered-dish meal will follow.
Maranatha Baptist, Dallas-Cherryville Highway, holds Friend Day at 11 am. Sept. 29. The 11 a.m. service will feature a dramatic skit, special singing and an encouraging message. Following the service, the church will provide a free gift to all first-time guests as well as a home-cooked meal for all. Call 704-922-3992 or visit www mbcdallas.com.
Puett United Methodist, corner of Puett Chapel Road and Dallas-Stanley Highway, holds its annual fall barbecue and bake sale from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 27. Plates cost $7 each and include Kyle Fletcher Barbecue, sauce, slaw, baked beans, chips, two rolls and cake. Tea and coffee will be served for those dining in. Pre-orders will be delivered for five or more plates. There will also be an opportunity to purchase a variety of homemade desserts. The event is sponsored by the United Methodist Women.
Walnut Grove Baptist, 3400 Dallas-Cherryville Highway, holds its homecoming on Sept. 29. New pastor Stephen Weaver will preach and a bluegrass group will perform. Worship is at 11 a.m., followed by dinner in the family life center.
Waypoint, 217 S. College St., (formerly Dallas Wesleyan Church) holds its homecoming service on Sept. 29, beginning at 10:30 a.m. with guest speaker Dick Whitener. A dinner will follow in the fellowship hall.
Center Baptist, 3401 S. New Hope Road, observes Family and Friends Day during the 10:45 a.m. service on Sunday.
Crowders Creek ARP, 207 Crowders Creek Church Road, kicks off its Sunday Evening classes with an ice cream social at 6 p.m. Sunday. The event will include singing and games for children. Call 704-864-0196.
Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church, 4159 Titman Road, holds a free clothing giveaway from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, sponsored by the community service department.
Firestone Wesleyan, 1700 Union Road, is offering Single & Parenting (Help & Healing for Single Parents) � from 6 to 7 p.m. Sundays. Cost of workbook is $15. Call 704-865-4572.
Generation Church, 625 Neal Hawkins Road, holds a community car show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 28 with an Oct. 5 rain date. Other highlights include live music and entertainment, door prizes, silent auction, concessions, vendors, kids� activities and a guest appearance by Chizzle, the mascot of the Gastonia Grizzles. Cost to register is a car is $20. Registration is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with awards at 3 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for Top 10, Best of Show car/truck, Best of Paint, Best Unfinished, Best Interior, Best Domestic, Best Classic, & Best Import. Call 704-867-8721.
Loray Baptist, 1128 W. Franklin Blvd., is starting a Single and New Mother�s Support Group, meeting from 6:15 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Child care provided. Call 704- 867-4479.
Lovely Hill Baptist, 121 Dixie St., holds its homecoming at 3 p.m. Sunday, followed by revival services at 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.
Mount Calvary Baptist, 408 N. Marietta St., Gastonia, holds a Taste of Many Flavors benefit from 5 to 8 p.m. Sept. 28, presented by the Circle of Women in Christ. For $10 you can enjoy the food and cast a vote for the best taste, theme and decorated table. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling the church at 704-864-4222. They will also be available at the door. Door prizes will be awarded, including a $25 gift certificate to Red Lobster and Belk. There will be $1 raffle to win a $50 gift card.
Mount Hebron Baptist, 711 Mount Hebron Church Road, holds Friends and Family Picnic from noon to 6 p.m. Sept. 28 in the family life center. The church holds its F riends and Family Day during the 11 a.m. service on Sept. 29.
Mount Zion Restoration, 2311 Crescent Lane, hosts �Single and Standing Strong,� a Singles Empowerment Conference, starting at 9 a.m. Oct. 5, co-sponsored by Robin Bamberg Ministries. Features various speakers and free admission and child care. Lunch will be served. Call Robin Bamberg, 704-734-0317.
Neely AME Zion, 3321 S. New Hope Road, holds Kingdom Celebration 2013 at 6:30 p.m. Saturday featuring dance teams and choirs. Call Jerrell Leeper, 704-460-9093.
New Holy Temple, 1468 W. Airline Ave., holds a Teens Against Teen Violence walk at 9 a.m. Saturday, hosted by the Women Empowering Women to Be New Holy Temples and the New Holy Temple Youth Ministry.
New Hope Presbyterian, 4357 S. New Hope, holds its homecoming service at 11 a.m. Sept. 29, followed by lunch with entertainment by the gospel group The Black Family. Call 704-824-1697.
Pisgah A.R.P., 3600 Linwood Road, holds a Super Saturday Community Day on Oct. 5, featuring a pancake breakfast, tag sale, bake sale and Boston butt sale from 7 to 11 a.m. A cookout, children�s activities, bouncy house and face painting takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will also be a car show from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration for the show, open to cars, trucks and motorcycles is $20 in advance and $25 the day of the event. Additional cars cost $10 each to register. For details, email firstname.lastname@example.com. For information on the event, call 704 865-7611.
Providence Presbyterian, 2850 Union Road, welcomes a new pastor, Harper Price, in October. His first service will be Oct. 6. The church holds Sunday school each week at 9:45 a.m., followed by worship at 11 am. A 5 p.m. ordination service and reception for the new pastor will be held at 5 p.m. Oct. 13.
Saint John�s Missionary Baptist, 1282 Bradford Heights Road, holds a Baby Dedication during the morning service on Sept. 22.
Saint Michael Catholic, 708 St. Michael�s Lane, holds its annual Fun Fair Oct. 5,starting with a 5K run and 1-mile fun run at 8 a.m. followed by a pancake breakfast. The fair takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features games, prizes, rides, bingo, a silent auction, basket raffles and a bake sale. For more visit www.SMSGastonia.com and click on �Fun Fair 2013� at the bottom of the page.
West Franklin Baptist, 450 S. Myrtle School Road, presents Rick Strickland in concert at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 29, part of the church�s homecoming celebration. The concert is free. Lunch will follow. A love offering will be taken. Call 704-867-6018 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Yorkwood Church of God, 405 Stagecoach Road, holds its revival Sunday through Wednesday featuring Evangelist Jonathan Zeigler. Times are 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday and 7 nightly Monday through Wednesday.
East Gold Street Wesleyan, 701 E. Gold St., holds its homecoming Oct. 6. The church holds a free fall festival from 3 to 6 p.m. Oct. 19 featuring food, games and candy. Call 704-739-3215
Daniels Lutheran, 3170 Reepsville Road, holds a country breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. Sept. 28 in the church fellowship hall featuring country ham, sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs, pancakes, biscuits, gravy, and grits. Cost is $6 per adult. Proceeds go to the Building Fund.
Hebron Church of Jesus Christ, 202 S. Main St., celebrates the fourth annual church anniversary during the 11 a.m. service on Oct. 27. The guest speaker will be Deacon John Brown.
Goshen Free Will Baptist , 1300 W. Catawba Ave. , holds a community indoor yard sale, bake sale and car wash from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 5. Tables can be rented for $10 each. Call 704 - 263-4500 .
New Covenant United Methodist, 14514 Lucia-Riverbend Highway holds s treet rod, classic and antique car show, silent auction and bake sale from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 5. Call 704-827-4468 or visit www.newcovenantumc.org.
First United Methodist, 219 N. Main St., holds a hot dog sale from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Cost is $5 and includes hot dog, chips, drink and dessert. For more information, call 704-263-2691. The United Methodist Women will be selling homemade apple pies Oct. 2-4. Pies should be picked up at the church between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on these days. Whole pies cost $10 and fried pies cost $2. To place an order, call 704-263-2691.
Restoring Hope Foursquare, 1026 Dallas-Stanley Highway, holds a Spiritual Extravaganza from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 27 featuring a car show, live music, liturgical dance, choral music, quartets, youth bands, a magic show, character drawings, and mime. The event will be held at Family Med and Hardees of Stanley. The special guests will be Road Warriors Outreach of Restoring Hope Ministries.
Springfield Baptist, 2920 Dallas-Stanley Highway, celebrates the Mass Choir Anniversary at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Bethlehem Baptist, 2995 W. Chester School Road, Chester, S.C., presents the initial sermon of Sister Ruby Hope at 3 p.m. Sept. 29.
The Christian Women�s Job Corp of Gaston County holds an �Empowering Women� fundraising benefit from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Sandy Plains Baptist Church, 5323 Union Road, Gastonia. Author Phyllis Elvington will be the guest speaker. Lunch is being catered, and a love offering for CWJC will be taken. Tickets are $12 and are on sale now. For details or tickets, contact Sandy Wright, site director, 704-867-0186 or 704-813-6761.
Faith on Wheels Motorcycle Ministry holds a charity ride on Saturday to benefit Crisis Assistance Ministry. The ride starts at 2 p.m. at Union Presbyterian, 5615 Union Road, Gastonia, and will return to the church at 4:30 p.m. A pinto bean supper will be served at 5 p.m. The cost of the ride and supper is a donation of one bag of non-perishable food. Motorcycles are not required to participate. Call J.W. Helms, 704-813-8121, or Walt Ratchford, 803-517-0891.
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Volvo is recalling certain passenger vehicles equipped with power front passenger seats because the front seat rail's detection system was manufactured incorrectly. This can cause the passenger seat to move beyond the intended maximum, which may increase the risk of injury to the passenger in a crash. Dealers will inspect and repair the rails free of charge.


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Georgia Radiation Therapy Center is a free standing cancer treatment center located on the campus of Medical Center at Augusta University. Over one thousand patients from across Georgia and South Carolina come to this facility every year for treatment. Medical Center at Augusta University Radiation Therapy Center treats patients from four local hospitals: Medical Center at Augusta University, University Health System, Veterans Administration, and Trinity Hospital.
Our Radiation Therapy Center houses four linear accelerators, a computed tomography machine (CT), and a positron emission computed tomography machine (PET/CT). The PET/CT machine is used to find and diagnose cancer. The CT machine is used to plan out and construct treatment portals for cancer patients. The linear accelerators are used to administer the radiation treatments.
If you need cancer radiation therapy, consider the Radiation Therapy Center at Augusta University Health in Augusta, GA. This freestanding regional facility serves as an open-staff community radiation oncology cancer treatment center for the Southeast. The center is equipped to fight tumors in Georgia and South Carolina cancer patients with precision and Patient Family Centered Care.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call the center directly at 706-721-2971 or toll free at 866-935-8946.
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On the Simulation of Electromagnetic Forming Process of a Tube using Multiphysics SoftwareS. Gawade[1], P. P. Date[2], and S. B. Sharma[1]
[1]Production Engineering. Dept. SGGS IE&T, Nanded, India
[2]Mechanical Engineering. Dept, IIT, Bombay, India
Electromagnetic forming (EMF) is a typical high speed forming process using the energy density of a pulsed magnetic field to form workpieces made of metals with high electrical conductivity like e.g. aluminium. This forming process can be very advantageous as compared to conventional forming process.
EMF process is simulated by a commercial finite element analysis (FEA) solver, COMSOL Multiphysics to predict the formability, reduction in wrinkling, and better distribution of strain. Also, the validated COMSOL model should be able to predict deformation at energy levels that cannot be achieved within safe operating limits of the equipment used presently, but can serve as a guide for next generation equipment.
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G6 Designs needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 71 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
We are a new fashion label that is marketing our brand around the G650 private jet. G6 is focused on meeting the needs of our style savvy customers by providing style, fit, quality fabrics, finishes. Our goal is to build a line of apparel that will eventually expand to hoodies, belts, caps, jewelry, etc. Right now, we are looking for a t-shirt design that will be the feature of our website.
The target audience is 18-29 age group.
We would like a design that would be compatible with a black t-shirt. The main focus is a that resembles the G650 private jet. We would like to keep the design to around one to three colors. The design should be read for screen printing.
One idea that we have is to have a realistic non cartoon G6 plane "pop out" of the shirt.
The lettering "G6" needs to be on the plane.
"Fly Like A G6" should be on the design.
See attached"Sample Design G6" picture. We would like the t-shirt to somewhat look like that except with more brightness. The car of course will be replaced by a G650 plane. We do not need the skulls and the extra design patterns should be more centered.
We want our brand to have an "Affliction" type of look, so the design should be adjusted accordingly. See http://www.afflictionclothing.com/
We hope you have fun and be creative. For inspiration feel free to listen to the song "Like A G6" by Far East Movement
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Mass.-based Cumberland Farms to sell 27 stores
March 4, 2014
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts-based Cumberland Farms convenience store chain has reached an agreement to sell more than two dozen stores in New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania.
Cumberland Farms, based in Framingham, said the 27 stores are being sold to Petroleum Marketing Group of Woodbridge, Va.
Cumberland Farms said in a statement that PMG will continue to operate all mid-Atlantic locations as convenience stores and expects all its workers to stay on with the new ownership.
Both companies are privately-owned and the price of the transaction was not disclosed.
Cumberland Farms, which started as a farm in 1939 and opened its first store in 1962, will focus on its nearly 600 remaining stores in New England, New York and Florida.


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The Chinese Taoist Master enters the room from one door as we are led in through another. We walk towards the large table in the centre of the room laden with pastries, cookies, fruit and mysteries. Master Wei is slightly built and also spare in speech; but he has quick observant eyes and a confident yet courteous reticence.
He wears a yellow Chinese shirt harmonizing with the bright reds and yellows around the room. If he is as centred as he seems he would quickly defuse an agitated situation and restore peace and clarity simply by his presence.
Our conversation takes place through an excellent translator, also ordained, in the largest Taoist temple of the city. Unlike most religious leaders the Master is genuinely curious about what other religious practitioners believe and do. He asks about my Christian beliefs and practices. It is not always easy to contextualize the answers. I see, for example, that he struggles to understand that not all monks are priests and what the general distinction is. But I think the terms themselves are hard to translate even if you understand them.
Having missed lunch, the pastries and fruit occupy a certain volume of my available memory. As no one is touching them I assume it is not the right moment to select from them but I hope the protocol will allow it before long. As the conversation gathers momentum and we both realise that we are sincerely interested in learning more about each other I think less of my stomach and more of what we are trying to share. It is an odd experience that I find in inter-religious dialogue and in other aspects of life, too, that the closer you get the further away you are. At one focal point the similarities pile up to build a sense of deep friendship; but in another perspective, when you look around, you see great plains of difference. The sense of unity seems like an oasis in a desert, rich in its own beauties, of incompatibilities.
When we talk about what meditation means to the Taoist he says it has two senses. The movement meditation exemplified by Tai Chi is the most common and easily taught. It is understood as leading to better health and personal balance both in body and mind but 'health' clearly means more than most westerners trying to de-stress and lower their cholesterol might assume. It is very close to our idea of holiness. The other kind of meditation – stillness – is not widely taught, he says, and is in fact restricted to the master-disciple relationship and governed by strict rules of confidentiality. I ask why and, he says, in order to protect the teachings from becoming abused by people who are seeking personal gain.
I think he is talking about particular, subtle mental powers or psychic experiences which exert a great fascination on the Asian (and New Age) mind and can become ends in themselves. I tell him that Christians lack a developed spirituality of the body such as the East possesses in yoga or tai chi but that we see meditation as more accessible to ordinary people and even children. This is clearly a big difference. However he does not evade it but asks questions about how and what we teach and the responses we find. He looks surprised and pleased at what he is discovering.
Then he asks what we believe about the next life and I do my best to explain, adding that actually of course nobody knows for sure - at which he laughs and the two streams of consciousness carrying these two great traditions, or carried by them, flow together for a moment in a liberating sense of common human weakness and ignorance. It is always refreshing to admit what you don't know after you have said what you believe.
I should add that this wonderful conversation took place amid the most deafening noise of a jackhammer operating ruthlessly right outside the room. At first I assumed we would have to find another room but no one else seemed to mind so I thought I was being over-sensitive. (Later this proved not to be true but it was not the visitor's place to allude to this). There were brief intervals of delicious silence when we could hear each other clearly and the translator did not have to ask us to repeat so much. But then the racket would start again.
Nevertheless as the conversation rose to its own heights I realized that I was tuning out the ambient noise. We were in fact not just talking but practicing the art of meditation – attention turned towards the centre and away from all peripheral distraction, whether noise or food. The fruits of this practice enriched us both through the wisdom and courtesy it was teaching us.
Laurence Freeman OSB
The World Community for Christian Meditation, of which Laurence Freeman OSB is director, has recently opened a new outreach program – "Meditatio" (www.wccmmeditatio.org)


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Typographic Maps: Sleek, Stylish & Sentimental
I think I might be developing a map obsession. Maps are such an elegant way to display affection for your hometown, the city where you fell in love, or an unforgettable trip. (Not to mention, maps are just flat out cool.) Next to vintage, typographic maps are my absolute favorite.
We have this awesome typographic map of San Francisco in our office-turned-mostly-playroom and I LOVE it. Best $22 we ever spent. Every time I look at it, I feel like hugging it. I feel like saying, "Thank you, Sunset. Thank you, Presidio. Thank you, thank you, Mission!" (Sung to the tune of Alanis Morrisette's 1989 pop hit "Thank U," of course.) It would be a bit weird to find myself hugging and singing to a map, but it's certainly not the oddest thing I've ever done.
These unique word weavings seem to convey so much through an exquisite display of the power of type. And the black and white typographic world map...are you kidding me? What child would not want to learn all of the countries with one hundred percent accuracy while studying that sublime expression of our planet? My current dilemma is which map to get next: London, United States, or Zurich? (I have no special affection for Zurich, but just looking at that map is like taking a trip to a faraway land of artful alphabetic awesomeness.) The black background and white type map of the United States from Etsy is also one of my favorites -- made using a Wacom tablet. Wedding gifts, anyone?
Top Row:
1. San Francisco Neighborhood poster from Ork Posters
2. Map of New York from Design Supremo
3. The Designer Pad
4. Typographic World Map via Vlad Studio
5. Type Desk
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6. Typography Map of the United States from artyMAPS on Etsy
7. Map of London from Cargo Collective
8. Typographic Map of the US from Little Owl Design on Etsy
9. Zurich Typographic Map, Not on the High Street
10. Trade Mission Typographic Map via Spatial Analysis
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The 15th annual Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas Charity Clambake and Live/Silent Auction will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 15, at the Shores Waterfront Restaurant in North Tonawanda.
The event's anniversary will be celebrated with a special exotic ambiance theme with calypso music, island attire and the silent/live auction.
Event profits benefit various local charities, including DeGraff Memorial Hospital's fund to purchase an ultrasound machine that inserts central IV lines in patients needing nutrients or antibiotic therapy at home.
For more information, call 716-692-5120.


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When life is fair, flipping only one switch in the ballot box at any election will be outlawed. Now voting can be defined as a formal expression of preference for a candidate or for a proposed resolution to an issue.
Voting was meant by our ancestors to be a private, thoughtful deliberate process with the aim of selecting the best possible candidates to fill our open public services positions or allowing the electorate to express their opinion on outstanding issues.
Nationally, it has morphed into an ad campaign aimed at inundating the people with so many sounds bites and telephone calls that people grow sick and tired of the entire process and either refuse to go to the ballot box or just want to get it over and leave the polling place as quickly as possible thus resorting to flipping a single switch in order to dull the pain of voting. Anesthetizing the electorate seems to be the goal.
Locally this has resulted in traditionally poor turnouts at the ballot box sometimes not reaching the double-digit numbers, how pathetic.
Although with the upcoming presidential choices on this year's ballot, turnout would be expected to be in the whopping 15 to 20 percent range, once again how pathetic.
However, because of the State Courts sticking their unwanted noses into the process at least 200 seemingly qualified candidates were eliminated from the primary ballot because of a technicality thus limiting our choices. Well-qualified folks were denied their opportunity to serve, over an unchecked box on some obscure form or missing a meaningless filing date because of misleading information.
The courts were never meant to be a deciding factor in determining winners, losers or even candidates, that was meant to be the people's choice.
Over the years, all of these factors have resulted in voter apathy. Reluctance to run for office, particularly local positions, has resulted in critically important races having possibly no candidates. Luckily for us, people have stepped up and either force themselves onto the ballot as petition candidates who have garnered enough signatures of their neighbors to overrule the courts or will present themselves as write-in candidates. These folks deserve our praise and our attention to their views, opinions, and platforms.
The 2010 census has brought about the need to redistrict all offices from your locally elected County Council and school board, up to and including your United States Congress person.
Names and faces may be locally unfamiliar and flipping one switch may be the expedient way to get out of the ballot box but certainly not the wisest way. Giving each race, candidate, or question on the ballot individual thought and consideration should be the American way. Putting your name up for the scrutiny that comes from an election should be given the due consideration from each voter it deserves. On Nov. 6, flip those switches early and often.
In the meantime, you can contact Joe Croley at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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"There Is Enough for All, Part 2/What Is A Refugee?"
The first and second episodes of the Visionaries will feature the work of Church World Service, a global humanitarian agency working to eradicate hunger and poverty in the world. Church World Service is a global humanitarian agency supported by 37 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican churches that came together to do what none of them could do alone: deliver relief, provide refugee assistance, respond to disasters, and give people the opportunity to take the lead in addressing their own concerns. What is a Refugee? - The UN defines a refugee as someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war, or violence. D
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Before his abrupt U-turn in an interview this week with Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong consistently had denied many times and in many forums that he used performance-enhancing drugs.
Here is a sample of some of the cyclists choicest comments on the subject before he finally admitted to doping:
Lukes name is Armstrong, and people know that name, and when he goes to school I dont want them to say, Oh yeah, your dads the big fake, the doper. That would just kill me. his second autobiography, Every Second Counts, in 2003.
I came out of a life-threatening disease. I was on my death bed. You think Im going to come back into a sport and say, OK, OK doctor, give me everything youve got; I just want to go fast? No way! I would never do that. public forum, Aspen, 2007.
How many times do I have to say it? ... Well, if it cant be any clearer than Ive never taken drugs. videotaped testimony in lawsuit, 2005.
Im sorry you dont believe in miracles. 2005 Tour de France victory speech, taking aim at the cynics and the skeptics.
There are no secrets. This is a hard sporting event, and hard work wins it. same speech.
Everybody wants to know: What am I on? What am I on? Im on my bike, busting my ass six hours a day. commercial for Nike in 2001.
Were sick and tired of these allegations, and were going to do everything we can to fight them. Theyre absolutely untrue. news conference, 2004.
They say, This is a new guy in the Tour. It cant be. He must be doped. Its unfortunate. TV interview on the way to winning his first Tour in 1999.
You are not worth the chair that youre sitting on. at journalist and doping critic Paul Kimmage, at 2009 news conference.
Do we make mistakes, all of us? Absolutely. As a society, are we supposed to forgive and forget and let people get back to their job? Absolutely. same news conference, arguing that dopers should get a second chance.
At the end of the day, I have nothing to hide. Associated Press interview, 2009.
I have never doped. on Larry King Live, 2005.