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On Monday Nov. 25th 6pm at SHS Gym join the Broncs and Lady Broncs for the Basketball Season kick-off event.
The night will include a slam dunk contest, a three point showdown, a children's free throw contest, and a showcase of all the boys and girls basketball teams. The evening will conclude with an epic event between the Mom's of the girls program taking on the Mom's of the guy's program. You won't want to miss this.
BRONC WRESTLING - The Sheridan Bronc wrestlers open the new season December 6th at a tournament in Powell yesterday was day two in the wrestling room for the Broncs.
Tyson Shatto enters his second season at the Bronc's Head coach and says the turn out this week has been good and he's pleased with the numbers in the wresting room.
They have a couple of weeks to prepare for their first competition, Shatto says they have a lot of tough work to get done before that tournament.
The Sheridan Swish basketball team took first place in the 4th grade division at the Power-to-Play tournament in Casper over the weekend.
SHERIDAN COLLEGE BASKETBALL - The Sheridan college basketball teams play on the road this week. The Lady Generals picked up two more victories over the weekend and sit at 7-1 over all Head coach Frank McCarthy.
They play two games at a tournament at North Idaho community college this week and McCarthy says the competition will be tough which is just what the Lady Generals need right now.
Christian Mayer scored five times for Big Horn in their 47-22 state title game victory over Mountain View Friday afternoon.
The Sheridan college Generals won 80-59 Friday night against a Colorado all-star team to go 6-0 on the season.
The Lady generals play tonight at 5:00 and the Generals at 7:00 as they finish up the second day of a tournament at the Hoffman dome.
COWGIRL BASKETBALL - The Wyoming Cowgirls overcame a shaky start and beat Montana state in their home opener 72-62.
Kayla Woodward had 17 points and 15 rebounds, Fallon Lewis had 15 points and 11 boards.
The Big Horn Rams football team won the class 2A state championship Friday, defeating Mountain View 47-22. The win gives Big Horn their fourth state championship. Mountain View jumped out to a 6-0 lead after opening the game with an 80 yard drive that took nearly the entire first quarter off of the clock.
Big Horn 47, Mountain View 22, Final.
RAMS FOOTBALL - It's game day for the Big Horn Rams as they take on Mountain View for the 2-A state championship.
You can hear all the action live today on 14-10 KWYO and 87.7 FM starting with the First Federal savings bank pregame show at 11:35 kickoff is at noon.
Head coach Micheal McGuire says playing the title game in Laramie won't effect the Rams at all they been tested several times away from home this season and he says the Rams travel well.


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Modern psychiatric drugs treat the chemistry of the whole brain, but neurobiologist David Anderson believes in a more nuanced view of how the brain functions. He illuminates new research that could lead to targeted psychiatric medications -- that work better and avoid side effects. How's he doing it? For a start, by making a bunch of fruit flies angry. (Filmed at TEDxCaltech.)
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I very much enjoyed Anupam Chander's excellent new book, The Electronic Silk Road: How the Web Binds the World Together in Commerce, and can highly recommend it, especially to anyone who is interested in the intersection of cyberlaw and global free trade issues. What follows are some thoughts on the book that I have condensed from a slightly longer review of the book that originally appeared on The Technology Liberation Front blog in late August.
At the heart of Chander's book lies an old tension that has long haunted trade policy: How do you achieve the benefits of free trade through greater liberalization without completely undermining the sovereign authority of nation-states to continue enforcing their preferred socio-political legal and cultural norms? Chander correctly notes, "States will be loathe to abandon their law in the face of the offerings mediated by the Internet." "If crossborder flows of information grossly undermine our privacy, security, or the standards of locally delivered services, they will not long be tolerated," he notes. These are just a few of the reasons that barriers to trade remain and why, as Chander explains, "the flat world of global business and the self-regulating world of cyberspace remain distant ideals."
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Mayor Chris Beutler today announced an adjustment to the City's snow removal operations to address the accumulation of ice and snowpack on City residential streets. Public Works and Utilities crews have been spreading sand and salt on the streets this week to provide better traction and promote melting. In the future, crews may spread salt on residential streets at the time of the initial plowing operation.
"It's important to remember that every storm is different," Mayor Beutler said. "With the most recent storm, the early rain and continued low temperatures have kept our residential streets icy for a longer period of time. I want to thank the public for their patience and for driving carefully. We are always looking for better ways to use our available resources to keep our streets safe, and we hope this change will help improve driving conditions."
Scott Opfer, Street and Traffic Operations Manager in the Public Works and Utilities Department, said the City is proactive in preventing ice buildup on major streets. Depending on the type of storm that's forecasted, arterial streets, bridges and major intersections may be pre-treated with salt brine or magnesium chloride. This leaves residue on the streets to make it easier for crews to remove snow and ice. Once freezing precipitation has begun, crews spread salt and sand on major streets, bus routes and bridges.
When plowing begins, Opfer said the City's first priority must be clearing all Emergency Snow Routes, the major streets used by emergency service. Crews next focus on the other arterial streets, bus routes and streets around schools. By the time, crews are able to start clearing residential areas, the snow has been packed down by traffic, making it more difficult to remove.
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This year, your TRIM notices will show a proposed countywide millage rate of 4.55. Note, however, that this is a "proposed" rate and not the final rate.
This year, property owners in Marion County will notice something different in their Truth-In-Millage (TRIM) notices.
TRIM notices are mailed each year around this time to inform property owners of the proposed property taxes for the following year. Specifically outlined in the notices is the proposed countywide millage rate, or the amount per $1,000 that is used to calculate taxes on a property.
For the past three years, your County Commission has been able to maintain that countywide millage rate steady at 3.89, despite decreasing revenue and an increased demand for services. This year, your TRIM notices will show a proposed countywide millage rate of 4.55. Note, however, that this is a "proposed" rate and not the final rate.
You may be wondering, "Why the increase?" To better explain it, it might be helpful to describe how your commission works to establish the budget each year. The Marion County Commission is responsible for establishing the budget for the 24 departments and offices that make up your county government, as well as approving the budget for the five, independent constitutional offices. These offices are: Clerk of the Circuit Court, Property Appraiser, Sheriff's Office, Supervisor of Elections and Tax Collector. What about Marion County School Board and the municipalities, you might ask? The School Board and the municipalities are separate taxing entities; your County Commission has no authority over the school or municipality budgets.
While recognizing that we are seeing economic development in our community, progress has been slow. Therefore, on March 14, I met with all five constitutional officers and asked that they present a flat budget with no planned increases for the coming year. Much to their credit, our 24 county departments and offices were able to hold the line on increases and presented a flat budget, albeit facing increased costs associated with state-unfunded mandates such as Medicaid.
All constitutional officers, with the exception of the sheriff, were able to do the same. The Marion County Sheriff's Office initially proposed increasing its current budget by, in effect, $19 million. As of this date, the proposed increase is $9.2 million.
Florida law requires the County Commission to establish proposed millage rates that will fund the proposed budget; the commission also is required to provide those rates by Aug. 4 to the property appraiser for use in preparing the TRIM notices. Due to these statutory responsibilities, the County Commission was legally required to establish a higher proposed countywide millage rate. Therefore, the proposed rate of 4.55 will appear in your upcoming TRIM notice.
Setting the proposed millage rate, however, is not the end of our budget review process. Per statute, our commission will have its first opportunity to amend the sheriff's requested budget in September, when the final public hearings to set the tentative and final millage rates are scheduled to take place. We will not falter in our leadership as we continue to work with the Sheriff's Office to identify solutions toward a flat budget.
Your Marion County Commission has a track record of being fiscally conservative. County departments and offices have consistently made budget cuts every year since 2007-08, all while continuing to deliver and improve services to our taxpayers. During our public meeting on July 25 to set the proposed millage rates, we stated we would not support raising taxes and that we would stand united on this. As a fellow commissioner said, recovery starts in your own community. Your County Commission will not vote to take away more resources from our community. Our No. 1 job has been to foster Marion County's economic recovery. I reassure you that it will continue to be so.
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So here we are. It's mid-December already. We are less than 50 days from pre-season camp, and less than 100 days from opening day. It's been a very productive few weeks with lots of positive news on the stadium, the team, and the business.
As you know, we achieved a major milestone two weeks ago as we finalized our stadium lease with the Sports Authority. This is a big hurdle as we near the finish line on the stadium deal. We still have some steps in front of us, but we are close to finalizing. There is a keen focus on the outstanding issues, and we hope to have everything done soon. Once we do, we'll break ground on construction and work toward an opening in April of 2012.
Last week, we unveiled our new adidas uniform and our new jersey sponsor, Greenstar. We are excited about our new kit and our new partner. The new uniform is inspired by our desire to have a traditional design and classic look. Finding a new jersey sponsor is a major business accomplishment, and we are looking forward to a great relationship with Greenstar, a cutting edge Houston-based company.
We are the second MLS club (Chivas USA) to name a second jersey sponsor. MLS first authorized selling jersey sponsorships in 2007. Real Salt Lake was the first to name a jersey sponsor with XANGO, and the Dynamo followed with Amigo Energy.
While we move forward with Greenstar, I'd like to thank Amigo Energy for its tremendous support over the last three and a half seasons. Amigo has been a great partner. Through their commitment, they have helped grow the sport of soccer, and we will surely look back on their involvement as being a vital part of our history.
There has been some important team news in the last few weeks. Here are some headlines:
§ We acquired FW Jason Garey from the Columbus Crew for a 4th round pick in 2015.
§ We acquired DF Jordon Graye from the Portland Timbers for a 4th round pick in 2014.
§ We re-signed MF Corey Ashe and DF Eddie Robinson.
§ We declined the contract options on several players, some of whom are currently in the MLS re-entry process.
Our current roster of signed players is as follows:
Forwards: Brian Ching, Jason Garey, Cam
Midfielders: Sammy Appiah, Corey Ashe, Geoff Cameron, Colin Clark, Danny Cruz, Brad Davis, Francisco Navas Cobo, Lovel Palmer
Defenders: Bobby Boswell, Mike Chabala, Jordan Graye, Andrew Hainault, Eddie Robinson
Goalkeepers: Tyler Deric, Tally Hall
We are excited about the three new additions to the 2011 roster - Clark, Garey, and Graye – and are working on more improvements, including discussing a contract extension with Geoff Cameron, who is set to enter the final year of his deal in 2011. I am optimistic that a few more moves could be finalized over the next few weeks. We have been very active and are closing in on some potential transactions. Stay tuned.
The next immediate step is the Stage 2 Draft of the MLS re-entry process, which takes place tomorrow. We will have the opportunity to claim the rights of a player or players from other teams.
I want to thank the fans that have taken their time to join me at our recent series of town hall meetings. I enjoy the interaction and appreciate the opportunity to share insights of our club. We will be scheduling more of these over the upcoming weeks.
I also want to thank the 500+ fans that showed up at Venue last week for the Greenstar party. It was a great event and a lot of fun.
Thanks for reading. As always, send your questions and comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Editor's Note: Guest columnist Leighton Poidevin is a longtime mountain bike racer who's contested nine 24-hour mountain bike races and three cross-country ski race all nighters. He has a handful of race wins on his resume, and once finished fourth at the solo world championships. Poidevin's 2013 racing plans include Canada's Trans Rockies in July, and the world solo 24-hour championships in Canberra, Australia in October.
What is the state of 24 hour racing? That's a question I've been asking myself a lot lately. Having competed in a dozen 24 hour solo events over the years, it's fair to say I care about the future of the all-night racing discipline.
But 24-hour racing is not (and has never been) a UCI-sanctioned event, so it has been left in the hands of independent race promoters. And many of those promoters have questioned the financial viability of running 24-hour events — especially the solo category, which hasn't seen a world championship event the last two years.
I've yet to hear any real concrete reasons why the 2011 event was tabled. But in 2012 Stuart Dorland, owner/operator of the 24 Hours of Adrenalin series, which previously put on the solo world's event, wrote on his event website that, "It would not be economically or administratively feasible to keep the event on the calendar."
I understand that many solo races are only viable when there is also a team aspect. A typical scenario is maybe 80 soloists and 1200 team riders, with the teams bringing in more than five times the revenue. No wonder it's easy to forget about the solo riders.
So what can be done to save the solo discipline? Number one is getting the bike industry and other major sponsors involved to help ease the financial burden put on race directors. In the past, the automotive industry and beer companies helped prop up some 24-hour races. But they have since left the sport, leaving it in a tricky predicament. Yet, I'm still convinced that the compelling narrative of racing one's bike from noon to noon is a story sponsors will want to get behind. We just need to make sure that message is being delivered in the right way.
Presently, I think our best hope comes from the likes of the Canberra, Australia-based World Endurance Mountain Bike Organization (aka WEMBO). This group bills themselves as a collection of like-minded mountain bike clubs and promoters from around the world with vast experience in hosting 24-hour mountain bike races.
The group was formed in 2011 after 24 Hours of Adrenalin opted to not host a world solo championship. At the time WEMBO laid out a three-year schedule and this October they are planning to host a 24-hour world solo championships in Australia. The plan is to slot the solo race a week after the Australian 24-hour mountain bike championships at Mount Stromlo.
By holding these events in conjunction with each other, the hope is that it will create a weeklong mountain bike festival atmosphere that will be attractive to sponsors. In my opinion, this is the best way to make solo events feasible. We already know that without major sponsorship support, running a stand-alone event is very difficult. But by having the team and solo events a week apart, the infrastructure will already be in place, significantly reducing overall costs. Bottom line, creativity is the key to any successful venture.
The final question to be addressed, is that without the UCI's rainbow stamp of approval, what makes an event world championship worthy? In the case of 24 hour racing, I think it starts with an organization that can attract the world's best riders. That means Australians Jason English and Jess Douglas; Canada's Cory Wallace; and America's Tinker Juarez, Josh Tostado, Kelly Magelky and, of course, the "Queen of Pain" Rebecca Rusch. Hopefully some or all of these riders will travel to Australia.
Secondly, these races must consistently represent the cycling industry by displaying a level of professionalism that includes a clear set of racing rules and accredited drug testing.
Only time will tell if WEMBO can pull it off and preserve the legacy of 24-hour solo racing. Or perhaps it is destined to be a cycling discipline bound for extinction. I for one, certainly hope it lives on.


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Logo can consist of just the business name or business name with a graphic. We prefer the "&" sign over the word "and" in the name, but are open to new ideas. Would like to see logo with an outline of something feminine as the artwork. WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE LOGO WITH T&C AS THE GRAPHIC OR ARTWORK along with business name worked in.
We would love to see outline of a cute design of a purse with business within the outline of the purse design. This is one of our ideas that we would like to see come to life.
We do not really want any chocolate or tampon graphics in the logo. Women is the central theme, with fun, sassy and pretty worked in there. Need somewhat of a cartoon feel to things, as main product will be our greeting card line, which will consist of humorous cartoons.
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Forget "Who done it?" The real mystery surrounding the sequel to the indie horror flick "Munger Road" — which revolved around a killer on the loose in the St. Charles area and ended with one of more abrupt cliffhangers you'll see in a movie — has been "Where is it?"
Writer and director Nicholas Smith told The Courier-News last year that the sequel to his suspenseful 2011 film would hit theaters this month, but little else had been reported on part two of the once buzzed-about movie since then.
That's because the sequel has yet to go into production.
According to "Munger Road" producer Kyle Heller — like Smith, a Columbia College Chicago alum — the search for financial backing has taken longer than expected. The 29-year-old Smith and the producers want to increase the budget to around $1 million, which is five times the original's $200,000 budget. He claimed they are having ongoing talks with potential investors and are also considering a crowdfunding campaign on indiegogo.com.
"We were ready to jump right into it, but unfortunately never connected with the right person to take the ride with us," said Heller, 27, adding that the sequel's script calls for "ambitious set pieces and car chases and explosions. Things like that require more resources and funding. ... We actually wrote the sequel first, but decided to make a smaller feature in our first attempt, which was 'Munger Road.'"
Smith said the delay is also due to the fact the movie is still in the process of recouping some of the money it made. The St. Charles native admitted that the process is more complicated than he anticipated. He also pointed out that it's not easy getting the investors from the original film on board for the sequel when they still haven't made all their money back from the first film.
In "Munger Road," four teens drive to a railroad crossing in Bartlett said to be haunted by ghosts on the same night a notorious serial killer escapes from a prison bus. Because the Scarecrow Festival is the next day, the mayor wants to keep things under wraps to avoid scaring tourists. The ghost story in the film is inspired by an actual Munger Road urban legend, and the Scarecrow Festival is a real celebration held annually in St. Charles.
"Munger Road" featured a relatively unknown cast, other than Oscar-nominated actor Bruce Davison ("X-Men"), and was filmed in 16 days in St. Charles, Bartlett, Elburn, Geneva and Sugar Grove. The movie premiered at Charlestowne 18 theater in St. Charles in September 2011 and reportedly earned the highest per screen average in the country that weekend. Boxofficemojo.com reports that the film played a total of 32 theaters in the Chicago-area and made $266,689 at the box office by the end of its theatrical run. It is streaming on Netflix.
Smith said Freestyle Digital Media, the distributor of "Munger Road," was in talks with Universal Pictures for a national theatrical release, but nothing ever came of those conversations. As for its Chicago release, he can't help but wonder what could have been.
"The movie didn't get a proper release in Chicago theaters," Smith said. "The trailer hadn't been playing in theaters, and there were barely any movie posters up. We were flying by the seat of our pants. Our marketing budget could only get us so far. The thing that impresses us most about the theatrical release is that all the revenue you see is from word of mouth."
It also likely helped that the film had local ties and received a three-star review from late film critic Roger Ebert. Not all of the buzz, however, was positive. The film's "To be continued ..." ending proved to be polarizing among audiences.
"People either love it or hate it," Heller said of the cliffhanger.
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Among the most versatile and wide-ranging of modern artists, Paul Klee experimented in nearly every major avant-garde style, yet maintained his distinctive artistic personality throughout.
A German citizen by birth, Klee moved to Munich in 1906 to pursue his studies. His mature paintings, drawings, and prints push the boundary between abstraction and figuration. Often these works are populated by whimsical figures who are nonetheless the venue for sophisticated investigations into line, color, and shape.
Klee taught for many years at the Bauhaus, the famed academy in Weimar dedicated to the fine and applied arts. When the Nazi party came to power in 1933, Klee fled to Switzerland; he was later denounced as a "degenerate artist." He remained in Switzerland, in progressively failing health, until his death.


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The UEFA Futsal Cup comprises three group stages and a four-team final tournament.
Preliminary round
Depending on the number of entrants, the lower-ranked nations are drawn into three or four-team mini-tournaments played at the start of the season. Each mini-tournament is staged by one of the clubs and each team plays each other once with the group winners progressing.
Main round
The preliminary round winners join all but the four highest-ranked entrants excused the previous stage. They are drawn into six groups of four, staged as one-venue mini-tournaments, with the top two teams going through.
Elite round
The 12 teams progressing from the main round join the four top seeds and are drawn into four groups of four teams. The winners of the one-venue mini-tournaments in late autumn progress to the finals.
The four-team finals are held over a weekend in late April and hosted by one of the qualifiers. The tournament is played as a knockout with the semi-finals followed two days later by the final and third-place play-off. If the third-place match is level after 40 minutes it goes straight to penalties, in the other games ten minutes of extra time will be played.
Further details, including the criteria for separating teams that finish level on points in a group, or after extra time in a match, can be found in the
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Like many Americans, I think I will remember the night of November 4 for a very long time. My kids and I made nachos (usually reserved for Super-Bowl Sundays) and sat glued to the television from the moment the pundits began opining. When the results were called, less than a second after California's polls closed, we heard a spontaneous roar break out along Broadway. Without thinking, my son and I dashed out the door and headed for the street. Outside the gates of Barnard, a huge crowd had already formed. People were screaming and crying, hugging strangers, and dancing along the pavement. Without a leader, without a destination or plan, an impromptu parade started marching—running, skipping, cartwheeling—south of 116th Street. Police officers entered the crowd and gave high fives to all who passed; night cleaning crews at Tom's Restaurant and the Deluxe literally put down their brooms and started to dance along. When security crews hastily closed off patches of the street, taxi drivers got out of their cars and gleefully joined right in. I've never seen anything like it in my life.
The next evening, I sat down with a group of students for my first official Town Hall. The topic was the election, and the excitement in the usually staid Sulzberger Parlor was palpable. Without exception, every woman there spoke of how the election of 2008 had changed her life. Not only because it was the first presidential election in which this generation of young women could vote, but because they all sensed that their views—whatever they were—had been expressed in an explicit, tangible way. As they sat in a circle around the parlor, the students glowed with pride in describing how it was their own work, and those of thousands of young people like them, that had led to a new president heading for Washington and to the enthusiasm that had poured itself along Broadway the night before. Some of the students had spent the summer working on the campaign; some had led political organizations in their high schools or communities. Several foreign students spoke of the frustration they felt, caring so deeply about the U.S. election results yet unable to do anything about them. Many reflected on the thrill they experienced in seeing two women—TWO!—come so close to the highest tiers of power. And all reminded me of what my own 19-year-old son had said to me that morning: "You know, Mom, " he gushed, "I know you're excited about this, but you can't possibly understand how I feel. Because this whole election was about people my age. We were the ones who grew up with the world a certain way, and we were the ones who fought to make it change."
As our students happily revealed to me that evening, they had all voted for Barack Obama, so their reflections on the election were undoubtedly tinted by their personal pleasure. But I suspect that the election of 2008 brought joy, or at least a new energy, to Americans across the political spectrum who saw it, as did my son and our students, as an ideological baptism for the next generation. In both the primaries and the general election, 18–22-year-olds voted in staggeringly large numbers. Rates were impressively high among black youths, rural youths, poor youths—across all sectors of the youth population that have historically been disaffected by and distant from the political process. From the star-driven "rock the vote" campaign to will.i.am's "Yes We Can" video and Sarah Silverman's "Great Schlep," young celebrities played into the energy that young non-celebrities had already been pouring into the political campaign since the earliest days of the achingly long primary season. More than 6.5 million people under the age of 30 participated in the 2008 primaries and caucuses, pushing the national youth turnout rate from nine percent, in 2000, to 17 percent.* And the candidates they helped to nominate were, by any measure, an extraordinary lot: one black man, one woman, one war hero, and one hardscrabble senator. Not one of them rose to power by birth, or marriage, or fame. Not one was born wealthy or well connected. Instead, all four of this year's candidates rose to prominence through decidedly old-fashioned means: they worked for it. This signaling was in many ways more important than all the civics lessons our students absorb in high school, or all the times they've heard their parents proclaim, "Yes, of course, you can be President!" Because until the election of 2008, children who were born poor or black or female or unlucky found it hard to believe that indeed they could.
It is impossible to predict, of course, how the outcome of 2008 will go down in history. The Obama administration faces challenges that are nearly as unprecedented as the election: a crisis of credit in the financial markets, rising unemployment, and risks emanating from Russia, China, and the Middle East. The generation that cheered for Barack and identified with him could sour quickly on a President Obama whose easy confidence can't deliver miracles in health care, education, and the environment. Like the last generation to march along Broadway, this group could also see some of their ideals crushed and their ideas watered down by time. Yet, like the students who joined me on the evening of November 5, I believe in hope. And I believe that we will once again see the students of Barnard and Columbia dancing down Broadway, reveling in their power to bring about change.
*The rate is calculated for states that had both a Republican and a Democratic exit poll in 2000 and 2008. See Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE), Fact Sheet: The Youth Vote in the 2008 Primaries and Caucuses, June 2008.
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We recently traveled to Jaffna with Ambassador Patricia Butenis, USAID Director Jim Bednar, and other Embassy staff for the opening of our new American Corner on January 24. We flew up in a 17-seat turbo-prop plane at a low altitude, giving us an aerial view of the island and of the recent flooding.
Jaffna, the historical and cultural heart of northern Sri Lanka, was one of the cities most affected by Sri Lanka's 26-year civil conflict. The city still bears scars from the conflict, but with the end of the war in May 2009, residents hope they can rebuild the city and culture.
The United States has close historical ties with Jaffna. Arriving in Jaffna in 1813, American missionaries established the first printing press in Jaffna and the first medical centers, medical schools, and the first Tamil-language newspaper in Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka). Harriet Winslow, the great grandmother of the late Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, also founded the Uduvil Girls School, the first all-girls boarding school in Asia.
Building on these traditions, we the opened our new American Corner in Jaffna. It's housed at the Jaffna Social Action Center, which is coincidentally next door to the location of the American Center, which closed in the 1980s due to heightened violence.
During the opening, the Jaffna Social Action Center welcomed guests with colorful flowers into its brightly painted courtyard and open-air auditorium for the opening ceremony. The Uduvil Girls College Choir, dressed in crisp white dresses, set a tone of hope and reconciliation with their performance of a song about moving forward together in peace. After all the official remarks and ribbon cutting concluded, the crowd stayed for more than an hour enjoying refreshments, viewing the poster show on the United States' long history with Jaffna, and checking out the American Corner library collection and internet connection.
The corner includes computers, DVC equipment, and resources on studying in the United States, and other books and reference materials. The 100 guests at the opening included Major General Hathurusinghe, Commanding Officer for Jaffna, V. Mahalingam, Chief Officer of the Indian Consulate in Jaffna, Yoga Patgunarajha, Mayor of Jaffna, and various religious leaders, community leaders, journalists, and students.
As Ambassador Butenis said in her inaugural remarks, we hope and expect that the American Corner in Jaffna will quickly become a vibrant community center, digitally connecting Jaffna with the rest of Sri Lanka and with the world and providing a space for dialogue between Sri Lankans and Americans. The Embassy also has American Corners in Kandy, Oluvil and in Male, the capital of the Maldives. - courtesy: US Embassy, Colombo, Sri Lanka -


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In their zeal to curb metal thievery, some local police departments may be taking their responsibility to enforce the law to excess.
A case in point Police in Knoxville, Tenn., carried out a "sting" operation several weeks ago in which they ultimately netted two scrap dealers for what might be called bookkeeping crimes.
At Rimmer Brothers Recycling, an undercover officer offered to sell some copper scrap to the scrapyard. The amount offered was so small that it netted him a little more than a dollar. In Knoxville, however, scrapyards are required to take the seller's name and address and mail him a check for the metals five days after the purchase.
In this instance, says owner Bob Rimmer, he decided it was a bit over the top to cut a check for $1.15 and drop it in the mail, so he reached into the till and paid the seller in cash. That's when the police swarmed the yard. Now, Rimmer says, it's fingerprints, mug shots and a trip to court. "They told us we could face jail time and a $2,500 fine," he said.
All for $1.15 worth of copper.
Rimmer's company has been in business in Knoxville for 57 years, paying taxes, providing jobs and recycling scrap that might otherwise be discarded along highways. His company was one of two Knoxville yards nabbed that day for not following the law.
At the other facility, an employee forgot to take the seller's thumbprint as required by state law, and also paid cash for the copper. In all, seven scrapyards were targeted by the sting operation. The police focused only on those yards that offer what the scrap industry calls retail service. In other words, anyone with scrap to sell can walk through the gates and ask someone in the yard to buy what he has.
It should be noted that in the past year, when metals prices were soaring into the stratosphere, thieves were hard at work taking everything copper downspouts, highway guard rails, even brass memorial plates bolted to gravestones. In Russia, a gang of thieves cut an iron bridge apart at night and hauled it away.
That was then.
Now, according to one of the investigators from the East Tennessee Scrap Metal Intelligence Network, metal thefts in the City of Knoxville are down 81 percent compared with a year ago. Lower metals prices probably had a lot to do with that decline, he conceded to a TV news reporter.
Ironically, the same week the East Tennessee Scrap Metal Intelligence team was busting Rimmer and another Knoxville scrap dealer, police and scrap companies in Georgia were working hand-in-hand to nail a thief who had swiped two coils of copper from an electric utility's warehouse. Those coils were worth a bit more than $1.15. In this case, local police credited the Middle Georgia Metal Theft Committee for playing a key role in catching the alleged thief. The committee is an alliance of recyclers, law enforcement officers and other local businesses whose goal is to reduce metal thefts in the area.
While it's true that a theft is a theft whether it's a dime or millions of dollars, it's also true that the enforcement of these new metals theft laws and ordinances has been uneven in more than a few cities.
Most scrap processors have agreed to abide by the various provisions of the laws requiring them to keep records of all sales, take photos of the scrap metals purchased from a peddler, obtain names and addresses and even take thumb prints. Occasionally, some may take a bag of empty soda cans from a peddler and hand over a couple of bucks. In truth, a fair number of the folks that show up at a scrapyard with metals to sell have no address to mail a check to.
The only stumbling block to the new rules has been the demand by city councils and state lawmakers that the scrap dealers keep the acquired metals for a period ranging between 10 and 20 days. Metal prices can plunge sharply in a day or two, not to mention a week or more. Also, holding metals that come in each day for such periods would require many yards to purchase more land and build another warehouse.
Scrap companies have learned not to leave metals like copper sitting outdoors in a roll-off container. It isn't just the unoccupied house, churches and graveyards that have been plundered by thieves. Some are cognizant of the same logic of the quote often attributed to famed bank robber Willie "The Actor" Sutton when asked why he robbed banks. That's were the money is, he replied. The same is true for scrap metals like copper and brass. If thieves can't steal from the power company or a plumber, they'll hit a scrapyard.
Scrap processors have spoken out against such rules, but a U.S. appellate court ruled last year that a tag-and-hold law in Memphis doesn't pose an undue burden on the city's scrap metal processors.
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), which joined the federal court battle by filing an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief on the side of the Tennessee Recycling Association, may have said it best. The tag-and-hold clause of the Memphis ordinance amounts to "local regulatory overkill."
Sadly for small scrap dealers, the tag-and-hold clause isn't the only form of overkill they must contend with these days. In more than a few towns and cities, there may be a few enthusiastic cops looking to bust any scrap dealer who forgot to ask for a peddler's thumbprint.
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The Institute of Food Technologists annual meeting and food expo in Chicago, held July 29-31, was definitely one of the better ones.
A healthy 23,296 attendees from more than 75 countries turned the McCormick Center in Chicago into a city of food scientists where trend-spotting became the order of the day ... or more than three days, as the case was.
This year, 986 exhibitors and 230 educational sessions kept things hopping at a fevered pitch. The only complaint is that there is simply too much to see even with all the time allotted -- but I can't really make any suggestions on how to fix that. It's indicative not of any lack of skills in organizing this annual extravaganza but in how huge, complicated and significant our field of food technology has become.
Starting with the keynote address by business guru (yeah, I'm tired of that term too, but what else can you call the guy?), Jason Jennings, author of "Think BIG, Act Small" as well as New York Times and Wall Street Journal best seller, "It's Not The Big That Eat the Small It's The Fast That Eat the Slow," I was glad he opened with the same sentiments I was expressing: "What the heck is he doing here?" But I recalled thinking the same thing when Malcolm Gladwell stepped up to the podium in 2005. I was coincidentally in the middle of being enthralled by his landmark book, "Tipping Point," but was still unable to figure how he'd relate it to food tech.
I had no need to worry then and none this year: Jennings knocked it out of the park with an engaging, enlivening lesson in taking his methods of approaching business and applying them to problem solving readily translatable for the food processing industry.
Needless to say, with the whole China situation (see "Shalom, Y'all" and "China Syndrome") food safety was the 800-lb. Gorilla topic this year. "Food safety is of greater concern today than perhaps ever before, and suppliers play a critical role in keeping our food safe," said Mark Metivier, director of sales for ADM Specialty Food Ingredients. The ingredient behemoth sponsored a delegation of growers from Illinois, Minnesota and North Dakota for a food industry overview about ADM's efforts to ensure food quality and safety.
From the floor show, exhibitors were on their best behavior, with most of them bringing something new. As has been the case, organic, natural and simple were the driving trends, but food safety -- always a major element of the show -- was perhaps a bigger issue this year compared to previous years.
The reason for this development can be summed up in a single word: China. The implosion of the Chinese food and ingredient industry over the last few months brought the safety issue right to the exhibit floor, with most vendors stressing how safe and pure their wares are as much as they discussed applicability and efficacy.
I'm impressed how, as a trend, omega 3s are still growing geometrically. In fact, I will now go on record as saying I now consider omega 3 as being beyond trend status. Prepare to see omega oils (DHA, EPA) included in thousands of products by 2010. (For example, Horizon Organic Dairies now adds DHA omega oil to its milk.) Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is still out front with its microencapsulated omega being picked up by a number or processors of juices, dairy, chocolate and even pizza.
Another oil worth mentioning is conjugated linolenic acid, biochemically a type of omega 3. Lipid Nutrition Inc., Channahon, Ill., was presented with a Frost and Sullivan Growth Strategy Leadership award for its Clarinol CLA. CLA has hovered around the edge of trendiness for a few years now, so this could be the beginning of a boost in popularity for this healthful oil.
Millers are even getting into the omega 3 act, with Pizzey's Milling, Angusville, Manitoba, introducing its MeadowPure O3, an organic, flax-based omega oil. The miller also took the unusual step of giving double bang for the omega buck by being the first to combine flax and fish oil omega in its MeadowPure O3 Ultra (see "New Ingredient Profiles,"). And Martek Biosciences Corp., Columbia, Md., is gaining ground with its "best of both worlds," highly bioavailable omega derived from seaweed.
Other trends in evidence from the grain side included the widening spectrum of fiber. Proof was in the fiber-added pudding as Wilmington, Del.-based Dow Chemical Co., presenting its Methocel fiber, also received an inaugural Food Expo Innovation Award from IFT for its Fortefiber soluble dietary fiber.
MGP Ingredients Inc., Atchison, Kan., not only kicked out all stops for an elegant meet and greet at the 95th floor of the John Hancock center but also is kicking out the stops on moving ahead with its development and marketing of resistant starches Fibersym RW and FiberRite RW. The products are touted as "a convenient and rich source of dietary fiber that can be incorporated with minimal processing adjustments (with) a clean flavor, smooth texture and white appearance."
Orafti Active Food Ingredients focused on the "wide range of industry-leading prebiotic applications" possible for its Beneo brand of prebiotic fiber. Beyond use in baked goods such as bread and cookies, Beneo was showcased in yogurt and fruit combinations, soymilk and even prebiotic water (H2Orafti).
National Starch Food Innovation (www.foodinnovation.com), Bridgewater, N.J., dug deeper into starch chemistry and focused on how health and texture enhancement can go hand-in-hand as desirable and functional aspects of resistant starch. The company announced at the show that it is opening in 2008 a multimillion dollar, state-of-the-art "Texture Center of Excellence" to support its expanding texture efforts. The center is designed to support National Starch's programs to meet the growing industry needs for texture understanding and control, while serving to "help accelerate innovation and new product development."
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Coyotes Creating a Stir
Most people move to Bayside to experience a peaceful, natural environment while still being close to all of the activities a city like Milwaukee can offer. We are not the only ones that enjoy this environment. Predatory animals are not an uncommon sight. Wisconsin is home to wolves, coyotes and several species of fox. Southeastern Wisconsin, including Bayside, makes an ideal home for both the fox and coyote.
Recent headlines drew attention to the importance of recognizing the impact these animals may have on our lives. Coyotes and fox are omnivorous and highly opportunistic. They will eat dead animals (which helps prevent the spread of disease), birds, rabbits and mice, as well as berries and seeds. Although it is uncommon, both the fox and coyote may prey on a domesticated cat or dog if it is presented the chance.
The coyote and fox prefer to hunt at night beginning at dusk and usually going back into hiding after sunrise. With this in mind, if you are the owner of a small pet, it is advised that you follow common sense tips:
1. Do not leave garbage and compost (including meat scraps) uncovered and accessible.
2. Remove any pet food dishes from outdoors.
3. Bird feeders attract small animals which in turn attract coyotes and fox.
4. Don't leave pets unattended outdoors. Walk your dog on a leash, especially at night.
5. Reinforce their fear of humans. Create loud noises or spray them with water to scare them away.
The Police will NOT kill any wildlife unless that animal is exhibiting signs of injury or disease or is creating an immediate danger to humans. We remind citizens that it is illegal to discharge any firearms within Village limits as well. If you see a coyote or fox and feel it is posing an immediate danger, it may only take a little noise or commotion on your part, to scare it off. If you have a particular concern you would like to discuss with the police regarding coyotes or fox, please contact Captain Scott McConnell at 351-8800. You may also contact the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources at 1-888-936-7463.
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What we were expecting: The next Adele. What we got instead: An "SNL" performance so dreadful it warranted a Kristen Wiig parody and an indefinite postponement of all U.S. tour dates. NBC's own Brian Williams calls Lana's performance "one of the worst outings in 'SNL' history." And that's saying a lot. -- Molly Chance, Zap2It
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For the contingent of Dutch attendees at the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) in Melbourne, Australia, the conference so far has proven to be an extremely difficult -- yet supportive -- experience. Peter Reiss, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor of internal medicine at the Academic Medical Center within the University of Amsterdam, where he worked alongside his colleague and close friend, Joep Lange, M.D., Ph.D., who died in the destruction of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. In this interview with Fred Schaich of IFARA, Reiss (who only managed to avoid being on MH17 himself thanks to an unusual decision to arrive at the conference early) talks about how he has handled the past several days.
Reiss also speaks about the key questions he faces within the area of expertise on which he plans to speak at AIDS 2014: the intersection of HIV and aging, particularly the challenges faced by HIV-positive people age 65 and older.
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Borussia Dortmund took a step towards the Champions League quarter-finals by claiming a 2-2 draw against Shakhtar Donetsk at the Donbass Arena in the first leg of their round-of-16 tie.
Darijo Srna put the hosts ahead with a wonderful free kick, but Jurgen Klopp's men soon hit back through Robert Lewandowski. Douglas Coasta looked to have given the hosts a slender advantage heading into the Signal Iduna Park leg, but Mats Hummels powered home a late header.
It was the visitors who took the early initiative, with Jakub 'Kuba' Blaszczykowski having a couple of early efforts on goals.
First, the Poland winger tried an acrobatic overhead-kick after a badly-cleared free kick which went wide, before he dragged a shot across goal after being put through by Mario Gotze when he should have done better.
Dortmund continued to press. Another Gotze ball went to Lewandowski, who sent a tame header at Andriy Pyatov, and the striker had calls for a penalty when he went down under a shove from Srna.
Their period of pressure should have culminated in a goal, but they could not come any closer than on the 15-minute mark when Hummels sent a Gotze corner onto the bar, with Pyatov well beaten.
All the while, Shakhtar had looked dangerous on the break, and they gradually began to take control of the match, but without offering any real craft in the Dortmund half.
After 30 minutes, though, they were gifted the opener. Felipe Santana clumsily brought down Luiz Adriano around 25 yards from goal, and Srna stepped up to bend the ball into the top corner of the net.
The goal seemed to wake BVB up, and they soon set about in search of an equaliser. Again, Kuba sent in two speculative efforts, one straight at the keeper, the other fizzing wide.
In the end, though, it was a stroke of fortune which gave the Germans their goal. Gotze crossed from the right, and a complete mishit from Lewandowski took two defenders out of the game and allowed him to pass it into the corner.
The goal came three minutes before the break, but they almost undid their good work seconds later. A clumsy fumble from Roman Weidenfeller went straight to Luiz Adriano, but Marcel Schmelzer was there to clear if off the line.
After the break, both teams looked capable of grabbing the next goal. At one end, Marco Reus failed to wriggle free of two defenders, and saw his shot charged down, before Henrik Mkhitaryan had an effort blocked by Santana.
The two sides took it in turns to counter-attack, but their respective defences were standing firm, and were propelling away wave after wave.
That was until the 69th minute, when Hummels misjudged a long, high ball which fell to Costa, who took the ball down superbly and drove it left-footed beyond Weidenfeller.
Immediately after the goal, Dortmund should have equalised. Gotze darted into the penalty area, seizing on a sloppy defensive header, and squared it to Lewandowski, who somehow contrived to hook an effort wide, when he should have grabbed a second away goal.
At the other end, though, Shakhtar still posed a threat of their own. Indeed, they could have extended their lead when a delightful ball from Teixeria evaded everyone in the BVB box, including the hosts' attackers, before Yaroslav Rakitskiy drove a free kick well over the bar.
It appeared that the Ukrainians had done enough to take a slender advantage into the second leg, but with just a couple of minutes remaining, Schmelzer swung in a corner, and Hummels atoned for his earlier error by powering home a header, giving his side the advantage in the tie.


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The first photo Molly ever saw of Aaron. Molly and Aaron reunited this past summer.
The first photo Molly ever saw of Aaron. Molly and Aaron reunited this past summer.
Thank you!!!! You are the besttttt! I'm no Saint, just someone with a big heart who wants to see a little boy find his mama. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!ReplyDelete
Thanks for posting this Miggy. Raphael is adorable. I have shared his story on my blog and will continue to spread the word.ReplyDelete
you have such a good-sized, solid audience, I am sure Raphael will get lots of help and love!
I look at the Reece's Rainbow site sometimes. my little guy has sure enhanced my perspective of special needs kids and families, and I like to hope that someday my resources will be such that I can expand my family through waiting child adoption.
I've been thinking about these kids all day. I've been checking out reece's rainbow and reading about the other kids and families trying to get them home. What awesome parents that adopt these kids! every year for Christmas my work donates to a cause, I'm hoping this year we can take some time and reas about the kids and everyone can donate towards these kids adoption. I saw that Reagan posted about this to today, I'm so excited about all the help these kids can get from Molly's efforts!ReplyDelete
I've been reading through so many of these profiles as well... so many children in need of good homes. It feels small what we're doing here, but just like with donations every little bit helps. Thank you.Delete
I'm a Prayer Warrior for Colt (http://reecesrainbow.org/?s=colt), who is also facing transfer soon. I'd love it if maybe in the future you might consider talking about him. :-)ReplyDelete
I left a donation - not much but a little. Prayers being sent that he finds a forever family!
We love RR and hope to adopt through them in he next few years! Thanks for highlighting Raphael!!ReplyDelete
We just got home with our son who we found on Reece's rainbow. We have been home 5 weeks and it is awesome! Our son had a 20k grant thanks to fudnraising efforts of people like Molly. Knowing that your child is alone in an orphanage is hard enough, not having to worry about how you will get to that child eases the hurt and the wait some. Thank you for calling attention to Raphael today!ReplyDelete
yep, just contributed ... I read via Kelle's blog and was directed here. Thank you so much and praying this beautiful boy is safely in the arms of his forever family soon!ReplyDelete
oh migs! this is so sweet! what a wonderful thing to be a part of! thank you for sharing!!ReplyDelete


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It's Not Such A Wonderful Public Domain, As Paramount Plans To Block 'It's A Wonderful Life' Sequel
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Still, many people recognize (or remember) that the film itself is supposedly in the public domain, and some of them had recently put together a plan to make a sequel, which would even star actress Karolyn Grimes, who played the little girl ("every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!") in the original film. Except... Paramount has done what Paramount does, and said that no such sequel can be made without a license. So, basically, this film that became so popular because of its public domain status has had that status robbed.
In theory, you can see how a filmmaker could try to tip toe around this issue, by making sure that none of the copyright-covered elements from the original story are then included in the sequel, but it would probably be almost impossible to pull that off in any reasonable way. While I recognize that this is mixing up iconic holiday stories, shame on Paramount for being such a Scrooge, stomping out the public domain and stifling creative endeavors.