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A North Country tradition is returning. The Schroon Lake Fish & Game Club will host its 21st annual ice fishing derby. The event is slated for Saturday and Sunday, March 2 and 3.
A North Country tradition is returning. The Schroon Lake Fish & Game Club will host its 21st annual ice fishing derby.
The event is slated for Saturday and Sunday, March 2 and 3.
Fishing will start at daylight on Saturday and end at 4 p.m. on Sunday. All fish must be weighed in at the clubhouse by 4 p.m. Sunday. All fish must be caught in the designated waters of Schroon Lake. Tickets must be purchased prior to fishing to be eligible for any prizes. This includes children who have tip-ups out.
Pre-registered anglers do not have to sign in at the clubhouse before fishing. Tickets for pre-registration are $12 through Sunday, Feb. 24, and $15 after that date. People may pre-register by mail by sending a check made out to the S.L. Fish & Game Club with a printed list of entrant's names, addresses, and phone numbers to S.L. Fish & Game Club, PO Box 725, Schroon Lake 12870. Mail in entries must be received by Feb. 23.
Entry forms are available at Flanagan's, Bobcat Sports and the Schroon Lake Fish & Game Club through March 1. Late entries may be completed at Flanagan's on Friday, March 1, or at the Fish & Game Club Friday, March 1, from noon to 9 p.m. and Saturday, March 2, or Sunday, March 3, all day.
There will be three categories of fish — trout, salmon and northern pike — with three cash prizes in each category determined by weight.
There will also be a cash prize for the heaviest pickerel and perch.
Anglers are limited to three salmon, which must be at least 15 inches; two lake trout, which must be at least 18 inches; five northern pike, which must be at least 18 inches; and 50 perch of any size. There are no limits on pickerel.
Because of the large number of entries officials will not accept any lake trout or pike less than 24 inches.
Officials ask that all smaller fish be returned to the lake unless fishermen plan on eating them.
Any discrepancies and/or decisions will be decided by the committee.
All cash prizes will be awarded at the clubhouse after the 4 p.m. close of fishing on Sunday. Door prizes donated by area merchants, members and friends of the club will be drawn hourly on both days. A prize list will be posted at the club.
People who would like to donate a prize should contact the club.
Weather permitting, there will be marked vehicles on the lake to pick up fish and bring them to the club for weigh-in so that anglers do not have to leave their tip-ups or fishing area. There will be no pick-up service after 3:30 p.m. on either day.
The fish will be displayed at the club with the fisherman's name and ticket number until they are picked up.
A pasta dinner will be served at the club starting at 5 p.m. on Sunday for $10. On Sunday there will be hot dogs for $1.50, hamburgers for $2 and chili for $2. The club bar will be open Friday noon – 9 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday at noon for members and guests.
Fishermen are urged to remember the VHS disease and DEC regulations. Anglers are allowed no more then 100 bait fish at a time. Bait must come from a shop that has certified bait or be bait caught in Schroon Lake. Bait cannot come from one lake to another in an effort to stop the spread of this disease. People must use smelt caught in Schroon Lake. People may not take any smelt off the lake at any time, which means fishermen must use what they catch the same day.
State environmental conservation and the New York State police will be present and checking licenses and registrations as well as tip-up's. People should bring all licenses and registrations.
For further information or to confirm mail-in registrations call Drew Hanchett at 532-7953.


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The company said it filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against the BlackBerry maker.
Wi-LAN, which has licensed its intellectual property to more than 255 companies worldwide, alleged that RIM infringed its U.S. Patent No. 6,260,168 related to Bluetooth technologies.
Wi-LAN has launched a string of patent lawsuits, including one last week against Apple, HTC and Sierra Wireless U.S. unit over LTE mobile technology.
In its filing, Wi-LAN alleges that RIM's PlayBook tablet and a wide range of its smartphones, including the Bold, Torch, Pearl and Storm utilize technology that infringes on its patent.
A spokeswoman for RIM was not immediately able to comment.
Wi-LAN is seeking an unspecified amount in damages and preliminary and permanent injunctions to block RIM from infringing its patent.

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Friday the 13th: Uncut (US - BD)
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When is a classic not a good movie? When that classic genuinely changed the language of film, as is the case of the original Friday the 13th. Sure, Psycho, Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Black Christmas, and (especially) Halloween had already made names for themselves with terrifying boogie men (and women) stalking and killing people in horrible ways, but until money loving producer/director Sean Cunningham got his hands on the archetypes the genre didn't even have a name. After Cunningham and company finished, there would be a typhoon of mimicry in the newly dubbed 'slasher' films, and though they'd ebb and flow in cycles, they'd never go away.
The godfather of cinema gore Hershel Gordon Lewis once compared his films to Walt Whitman's poems. 'They aren't any good, but they were the first of their kind.' Friday the 13th started life as a cash-in on Halloween, but out of mimicry came a sort of novelty—Tom Savani's graphic make-up effects. Cunningham's lack of creative control over filmic suspense is an obvious problem, and in true exploitation film fashion this shortcoming was glazed over by an increase in the on-screen violence. Friday the 13th didn't break any gore barriers in terms of frequency or volume, but it was one of the first times the Grand Guignol had gone mainstream.
Savani's most groundbreaking work at the time had been Dawn of the Dead, but with no rating, no Hollywood backing, and a two plus hour runtime, George Romero's film wouldn't find the giant audiences Cunningham's wouldn't. Dawn was like a pebble in a pond for gore on screen. There had been plenty of gore in H.G. Lewis' repertoire since the early '60s, and Romeo himself had pushed the violence envelope with Night of the Living Dead, but the ripples of Dawn were still far spreading. Generally speaking, only Japanese martial arts and yakuza movies, Italian giallo and cannibal movies, and a handful of the roughest underground American exploitation (like Cunningham and Wes Craven's Last House on the Left) delved into really graphic horror in the '70s. After Dawn (1978-79) Savani scored his gig on Friday the 13th, which led to more jobs on more gory slasher films (because paying a magician is easier than writing an interesting story, or developing suspense). Dawn and Friday the 13th then opened up cash-in artists in Italy to feature even more graphic violence in movies like Fulci's Zombie, Argento's Tenebre, and D'Amato's Buried Alive.
Friday the 13th's script is mostly a mix of Agatha Christie's ever popular murder mystery tropes (which are found in most slasher and giallo genre movies), and a base level understanding of the things that made Psycho and Halloween work. There are no claims made by the writer or producer pertaining to originality, but they do deserve limited credit for setting the film at a summer camp, which would become one of the norms for the genre (though the child campers were very rarely put in any real danger). The closest thing I can recall is Mario Bava's Bay of Blood, which is pretty well established as one of the biggest inspirations behind the first two Fridays.
Cunningham's direction is fast and sloppy. There's a reason that most people's visual memories of the film are based entirely in Savani's effects—Cunningham has little understanding of filmmaking beyond pointing a camera and shouting action. However, he is pretty good with actors, and that's the one big difference between the first four Friday the 13ths and their follow-ups and rip-offs is the general quality of acting. No one's going to accuse these folks of showing up O'Toole, but they sell their less than stellar lines, and generally charm as they run from Betsey Palmer.
Friday the 13th is a low-budget grindhouse movie, it just happens to be popular and owned by a major studio, so most fans should know not to expect miracles from this Blu-ray transfer, even if it is made from a 35mm print. In fact, I'm pretty sure many of the hardcore Jason fans are considering avoiding the film in hi-def, afraid that it might ruin the dated effects and gritty look. This assumption is partially true, as the newly naturalized colour schemes can reveal difference in skin tones, and increased detail can reveal the edges of make-up appliances. These problems are minor, and for the most part the transfer is an improvement in a good way. I'm very surprised how relatively smooth this presentation is based on previous releases with heavy grain, and there is an improvement in definition in darker shots, where things were often entirely obscured on previous video releases. I do kind of miss the less subtle gradations of older versions, but the blacks here are plenty deep and effective.
As is so often the case this newly minted Dolby Digital 5.1 track is an awkward and echo laden mono track. Really, only the big sound effects and the music find their way into the rear and stereo channels, and the difference in audio quality between the centre and surround channels is a bit jarring. The sound effects sound canned, and the music is just too clean. I'd recommend skipping over the new track and going right to the original mono track, which hasn't been altered at all from the previous release as far as I can tell. The only reason to stick with the 5.1 track is the music, which I don't think blends in surround, but certainly does sound better than it ever has, and hearing that familiar 'Ki, Ki, Ha, Ha' whisper in surround is pretty cool.
The extras begin with a group commentary track, moderated by 'Crystal Lake Memories' author Peter Bracke, the track features Cunningham, the editors, writer Miller, composer Harry Manfredini, and lead actresses Betsy Palmer and Adrienne King. The track is full of gems that most genre fans probably already know, but if you're not obsessed with learning about outdated horror movies you're in for a treat. My favourite moment is where Bracke tries to explain the popularity of slasher movies with gay men. What we don't need, however, is another old man filmmaker complaining about digital effects.
The commentary track really contains all the facts of the case (unless you want to read 'Crystal Lake Memories'), but if you'd rather see the participant's faces as they tell their stories you should be sure to take a glance at the disc's new featurettes. 'Fresh Cuts' is a fifteen minute collection of new interviews with all the people on the commentary, set to behind the scenes photographs and scenes from the film. It's a lean, but genuinely informative little piece. 'The Man Behind the Legacy' is a more personal discussion with Sean Cunningham. For nine minutes fans can get a glimpse into Cunningham's home life, and his reasons for creating the enduring film (hint: it was the money). 'Friday the 13th Reunion' is seventeen minutes of footage from a horror convention (I'm not sure which one). It's kind of repetitive and boring after the other extras, honestly.
There are two featurettes on the Blu-ray that aren't found on the new DVD release, which ironically enough are the only extras not presented in hi-def. But DVD fans fear not, 'The Friday the 13th Chronicles' and 'Secrets Behind the Gore' were first made available on the previous series collection release from Paramount. 'Chronicles' is repetitive after the new extras, but 'Gore' features interesting interviews with Tom Savani, and includes many behind the scenes photos.
The disc is completed with Lost Tales from Camp Blood: Part One, a short fan film where a couple is offed by a hockey masked killer, and the original 'countdown' trailer in hi-def.
You don't need Friday the 13th in high definition, but you might want it, and if you do buy it you probably won't be disappointed. The Blu-ray transfer isn't going to blow any socks off, and the new extras are pretty close to the old extras, though the commentary track is a nice touch (and apparently a long time coming, Cunningham mentions making Freddy Vs. Jason at the time). The disc—and the new DVD release—is marked as 'uncut'. Passing fans probably shouldn't be persuaded by this, as the cuts total something like ten seconds, only adding to the tail ends of the first throat slashing, and the final beheading.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 3rd February 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby Digital Mono English, Spanish, and French
Subtitles: English HoH, French, and Spanish
Extras: Cast and Crew Commentary, 'Fresh Cuts', 'The Man Behind the Legacy', 'Friday the 13th Reunion', 'Friday the 13th Chronicles', 'Secrets Behind the Gore', 'Lost Tales of Camp Blood: Part One', Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Cast: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Kevin Bacon, Laurie Bartram, Peter Brouwer, Ronn Carroll, Harry Crosby
Genre: Horror
Length: 95 minutes
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Dr. Wilhelmus Valkenberg Publishes Book on World Religions
Published by Anselm Academic, World Religions in Dialogue: A Comparative Theological Approach encourages a deep understanding by modeling a way to learn about world religions that moves beyond information into actual encounters with religious others. The book's unique approach includes insider and outsider perspectives of four major non-Christian world religions through dialogue between Christian scholars of these religions, and Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and Jewish scholars of their own religions. With insider and outsider analysis of sacred text excerpts, glossaries, full-color photographs throughout, and thought-provoking questions for discussion and further research, World Religions in Dialogue is that rare book that models learning from and with religious others rather than just about them.
Dr. Miller Publishes Book on the Psalms for Laypeople
Associate Professor of Old Testament, Dr. Robert Miller OFS, has published the book, The Psalms as Israel's Prayer and Our Own in the Christian Heritage Rediscovered series from Christian World Imprints. This easy to read book brings the insights of biblical scholarship on the Psalter to modern Christian readers in order to enhance the understanding and praying of the Psalms.
Rev. Dr. Heil Publishes Book on 1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude
The subtitle of this book is "Worship Matters." By "worship" is meant not only liturgical worship but also the ethical behavior that complements it for a holistic way of worshiping God. "Matters" refers not only to the "matters" or issues regarding worship in these letters but also the fact that worship "matters" in the sense of making an all-important difference to Christian living, not only for the original audiences of the letters, but equally for their contemporary audience.
Dr. Miller Publishes Article on the Song of Songs in Sacra Scripta
Dr. Robert D. Miller has published his article, "The Song of Songs: A Plea for an Aesthetical Reading," in Sacra Scripta, vol. 10, no. 2 (spring 2013), p. 113-119. In this essay, he calls for a literary reading of the Old Testament book that emphasizes aesthetic engagement with the reader.
Dr. Tarmo Toom and Dr. Chad Pecknold Edit and Contribute to Book Companion
Professors Dr. Chad Pecknold and Dr. Tarmo Toom edited and contributed to the book, T&T Clark Companion to Augustine and Modern Theology (2013). Other contributors from TRS include Dr. Michael Root, Dr. Joshua Benson, Ph.D. Candidate, Jacob Wood and Historical and Systematic alumnus, Will Cohen.
Msgr. McPartlan Publishes Book on Primacy
In close connection with his work as a member of the international Catholic-Orthodox theological dialogue, Msgr Paul McPartlan has written a new book on papal primacy, A Service of Love: Papal Primacy, the Eucharist, and Church Unity, which has just been published by CUA Press. The book presents universal primacy most fundamentally as a service to the unity of the Church which flows from the Eucharist. Arguing both theologically and historically, it formulates a proposal for consideration by Catholics and Orthodox, and by Christians more widely, outlining three roles for the bishop of Rome as universal primate in a reunited Church: moderating disputes, presiding at ecumenical councils, and serving eucharistic communion.
Dr. Jones Publishes Article in Education About Asia
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 14, 2010) - Going 25-of-25 at the free throw line before eventually finishing the game with a 33-of-40 clip at the charity stripe, the Mercer Bears took advantage of the ETSU men's basketball team's fouling woes on Sunday afternoon, dropping the Buccaneers 82-77 in Atlantic Sun Conference action at the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
With the loss, the Bucs (14-13 overall, 10-6 A-Sun) drop one game back in the race for a conference title with four games left on the schedule. Meanwhile, Mercer improves to 13-13 overall, 9-7 in league play.
"It's a bad loss, especially at home," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow, whose team has posted an uncharacteristic 8-5 record inside the Dome this season. "We just couldn't get over the hump. We were right there in that two to seven-point range the whole night. Late in games, it's no secret we just haven't been able to find someone to go to on the offensive end that can make a play. That happened again tonight."
Trailing 72-68 with just under three minutes left in the game, the Bucs missed out on their chance to pull closer by going 1-of-4 at the foul line. From there, Mercer responded by going 8-of-13 at the line to keep the Bucs from rallying.
It was a game of runs in the first half, as the Bucs went on a 7-0 stretch to make it 17-12 in favor of ETSU with 11:34 left in the half. However, from there ETSU did not score for six minutes of game time and Mercer took that opportunity to go on a 15-0 run and led 27-17 with 6:09 left before the intermission. The Bucs finally responded and outscored the Bears 17-10 the rest of the way to make it 37-34 at the break.
In the second half, the Bears led by as many as 12 points at 56-44 at the 13:42 mark. The Bucs slowly battled back to make it a two-point game at 65-63 on a 3-pointer by junior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.), but that was as close as ETSU could get the rest of the way.
Along with their 82.5 percent effort from the foul line, the Bears also shot a blistering 63 percent from the floor in the second half. Both teams committed their share of turnovers, with Mercer finishing with 19 and ETSU ending the game with 15.
The Bucs were led by junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston), who posted his 13th double-double of the year with 24 points and 12 rebounds. Meanwhile, teammates Tubbs, Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) and Micah Williams (Manchester) finished in double figures with 13, 10 and 10 points, respectively.
For the Bears - who played without the services of All A-Sun guard James Florence in the second half due to an ankle injury he suffered at the end of the first half - guard E.J. Kusnyer led the way with 21 points. Meanwhile, post Daniel Emerson finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Florence added 12.
The Bucs will return to action on the road Friday night against Campbell in a game that will be regionally televised on CSS. For more of ETSU men's basketball throughout the season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's hoops link.


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Terrebonne Parish officials postponed action Wednesday on an ordinance that would enable law enforcement to hold business owners accountable for selling synthetic drugs.
Terrebonne Parish officials postponed action Wednesday on an ordinance that would enable law enforcement to hold business owners accountable for selling synthetic drugs.
The council voted to take no action at its meeting and plans to hold a public hearing on the measure Nov. 28 in the Government Tower in Houma.
Council member Greg Hood, a retired Houma Police officer, said he's met with state officials in Baton Rouge and with federal Drug Enforcement Agency representatives to make sure the proposed law's language is up to par.
"I've spoken with state Rep. Lenar Whitney, (R-Houma)," Hood said. "She is going to be helping me with the occupational licenses."
The new ordinance, if approved, would grant the parish authority to revoke business owners' occupational licenses if they are caught selling designer drugs such as bath salts.
Hood said he plans to meet with District Attorney Joseph Waitz Jr. again this week to put the finishing touches on the proposal.
Council members said the ordinance is needed because even though federal and state laws make it illegal to sell or use synthetic drugs, manufacturers of the drugs have evaded the law. They change the chemicals used, making their version of the bath salts legal and provide a loophole for stores to sell them.
By being vocal, the community can help speed the process to make sure this ordinance is passed, Councilman John Navy said.
"We have to protect our most precious resources, and that is our kids," Navy said.
Councilwoman Christa Duplantis shared the sentiment.
"These drugs are ruining our children," she said. "I'm a little ashamed that this whole room is not filled with people backing us. I want these businesses shut down."


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This week marks National Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public's right to know.
As Attorney General, I am statutorily responsible for enforcing the state's Open Meetings Act (OMA) and Access to Public Records Act (APRA). I take this responsibility very serious, and I have committed resources to educate government personnel and members of the public about these important laws and to facilitate compliance with their requirements.
The Open Government Unit within the Office of Attorney General investigates complaints against public bodies in Rhode Island for violations of OMA and/or APRA. In 2011, the Unit investigated 115 open government complaints and issued 38 findings under OMA and 39 findings under APRA. In total, we determined that APRA was violated 22 times last year and OMA was violated on 19 occasions.
Also in the past year, we continued to encourage open government through outreach and education, including hosting an introduction to the open government laws in January 2011 aimed at newly elected and appointed officials, presenting the annual Open Government Summit in July and distributing "The Attorney General's Guide to Open Government," a reference manual relied upon by both newly elected and seasoned members of public bodies, legal counsels and citizens, throughout the year.
Our Open Government Summit drew nearly 400 attendees and, for the first time, was streamed live on the Internet to countless Rhode Island citizens. This proactive approach positively impacted public bodies and citizens alike by encouraging open dialogue, which enables more government business to be performed in an open and public manner. Moreover, our website allows the public to search all of our open government findings and opinions.
Each legislative session, there is an earnest attempt by many interested parties – law enforcement, good government groups, the press, the ACLU and legislators – to amend the state's current APRA to make it more responsive to the public and make government more transparent. I believe we have a real chance this legislative session of making good, meaningful changes and updates to the current statute.
As part of my legislative package, I drafted and submitted H7828/S2652 – An Act Relating to Public Records. This act makes various amendments to chapter 38-2 ("Access to Public Records") to advance our current APRA law and provide training to all public bodies regarding APRA. I am grateful to our sponsors, Representative Donald Lally and Senator James Sheehan, for their commitment to working to improve transparency in our government.
First, my proposed amendment significantly alters the individually identifiable exemption of APRA. Under current law, all documents identifiable to an individual are not public. I would change this to provide that all records of this nature would be public unless disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Second, this amendment provides that all pension records of public bodies are public records; currently, only information regarding pensions systems created by the General Laws is subject to APRA disclosure.
My proposed amendment also addresses APRA's law enforcement exemption. Currently, the Office interprets the exemption to provide that the face sheet and initial narrative report of an arrested adult is public. Despite guidance by this Office, there have been some concerns expressed that law enforcement agencies may be interpreting this differently. Therefore, we have added language that clearly defines "records or reports reflecting the initial arrest."
I also seek to provide greater protections for those requesting and providing public records. First, the proposed amendment would require that public bodies identify a public records officer, require the development of procedures to request a public record and where to make such request. Further, it would require public bodies to certify that public records officers and employees have received training on the act.
Finally, I propose increasing the fines for a knowing and willful violation from $1,000 to $5,000, and adding a fine of $2,000 for reckless violations.
I am committed to creating a greater level of openness in government. I believe this legislation will make government more transparent and more participatory. And, I believe with greater transparency and public participation, we will build a stronger and more accountable government.


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I hope I don't start a big argument with this one. I was thinking about either putting a border on the sampler when it's finished, or a row of lattice strips at the top and bottom. Not sure exactly.
If I add a border, is it better to put sides on first and then top and bottom or vice versa. I tend to measure at the edges and in the middles, but I'm working really hard at squaring everything up as I go.
If I don't put on a border, and use the extra rows of lattice and cornersquares, I figure I'll have to do the same with the sides and it'll depend on how much material for the cornersquares I end up with.
Also, if I don't have enough of that fabric, could I use the same fabric for the border as I did for the lattice strips? Sorry so many questions, I just really want this one done right.


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Sounds very wishywashy to me.
I think it is the exact opposite. It is exactly when we reflect and consider if our past actions (and wills) were consistent with our current will, that is when we realize that our will in the past was actually determined and unavoidable (since it was the only one not avoided.) Sure, our current will might disagree with our past will, but that has no bearing on the fact that in the past (or at any given moment in time) our will was our will; and because it (our current will) has no bearing on that (our past will), it goes to show that we don't actually have free will, insofar that our will at any given point is determined.
That said we have the illusion of free will as subjective experience, but we can never demonstrate it, (and if we could we would create logical paradoxes) and I don't think redefining free will in terms of reflection is useful, or logical itself (in the worst case, your definition of free will is actually almost circular in a way, since in judging how free or encumbered your past wills were, you are using your current will to do so)
Would you agree then that we have choice, but not free will? We can choose coffee or tea, but once the choice is made, it cannot be unmade. So if you look at time topographically, we made the choice, and we can talk about all the details in that choice, but we would never presume for that choice to be mutable, non-deterministic, or anything else like that.
The more we talk about it, the more "free will" seems to be a simple contradiction in terms, least of all anything metaphysical.
Phil - you seem to misunderstand the nature of time in the above quote. Time is not a sum of seconds or hours consistent across the universe - that's just how we assume it is for the sake of convenience. Time exists because of changes at all levels of matter and at differing local rates throughout the universe. It is due to the variable decay or loss of orderliness of all systems, or increasing entropy, probably as the logical consequence of an expanding universe. Entropy is also the reason for the humanly perceived "arrow of time" (always moving forward). This would also suggest that psychological time (which I suspect is the same sort of time subjectively experienced by all organisms) is perhaps not wholly unrelated to actual time as it exists in this expansive stage of our universe's development. So time is local and intertwined with (inseparable from) interactions between matter and space. This means time is quantum mechanical like or with matter. So when two separate particles are subject to quantum entanglement, so is local time. When matter is non-determinate before quantum collapse, so is local time. Thus while your "block universe" or "topological" view of time might be a dubious tool of some philosophers, it is not a basic tenet of quantum theory.
Perhaps the best way to think of time is that, as you say, the past is determined or locked in (and actually no longer existent). However the present retains one last degree of non-deterministic freedom and the future (which is also non-existent) is even more open or probabilistic due to time's quantum nature (in the unfolding moments). This is a process view of time. So finally we come to your above quote "we would never presume for that choice to be mutable, non-deterministic, or anything else like that". Actually we can't assume that a choice in the present is determined - this is the whole point of the discussion. In fact QM would tell us everything in the present is ultimately non-deterministic.
"...and because it (our current will) has no bearing on that (our past will), it goes to show that we don't actually have free will, insofar that our will at any given point is determined.
Again, this is not helpful. The important point here is that what happened in the past has a bearing on the present but does not lock in the present in a QM or non-deterministic universe. This means my current will is not locked in by the past (or future). This is a prerequisite for free will. Thus free will is not quite disproved as yet.
A lot of this discussion centres on the issue of determinism and in particular, causality. We tend to think in terms of a universe that is either deterministic or non-deterministic. But maybe we should think about how QM non-determinism works a little more deeply. Over the eras of time arrangements of matter have gotten more complex. Some call this tendency emergence. More complex arrangements of matter bring about more complex properties and behaviours of matter. For instance, the eventual arrangement of hydrogen and oxygen into molecules of H2O brought about the property or behaviour of what we perceive as 'wetness' in water. Now wetness on a smooth surface can cause someone like you or me to slip, lose balance and fall to the ground. From this simple example we can see that not only are the arrangements, properties and behaviours of matter emergent, but so are the causes of matter! So in a QM world natural causes are not simple, linear or determinate like in a game of billiards. They are complex, non-linear, non-determinate and emergent. And in complex systems such as in organisms, they are part of the blindly self-organising mechanism as well. I think that like Darwin, we do not have to go back to an original cause (of life) to see that causes are emergent (or to see that life evolves). If causes are emergent then effects are also emergent - feedback in our cosmos' closed system makes this so. If causes emerge then risks (and Darwinian struggles for life) also emerge - which is exactly what the insurance industry has learned with the rise of more complex financial markets.
This view of non-determinism and emergent causality gets us a lot closer, I think, to an understanding of the link between QM non-determinism and the emergence of instinctive drives in animals. The link between instinctive drives in animals and partially free will in humans should be a much smaller gap to straddle, which has already been discussed. It seems to me then that QM, coupled with an emergent causality, can get us closer to a more robust 'philosophy of mind'. So even though we don't understand how free will exists, I think we can eventually agree that it does exist, objectively and to some limited extent, within the confines or constraints of our finite universal system. Maybe the best way we can describe the nature of human will is that it is 'emergent' will rather than 'free' will. But I guess Sam's book will set me straight very soon…
I forgot the author of this quote. But it sums up best for me the contradiction in terms that is free will:
"I do what I will. But I don't will what I will."
It's a paraphrase of a quote of Schopenhauer.
Einstein wrote:
"Schopenhauer's words, 'Man can indeed do what he wants, but he cannot want what he wants', accompany me in all life situations and console me in my dealings with people, even those that are really painful to me."


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Almond Cream Pie Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 Entry #15
Raspberry whipped cream, chocolate curls, a flaky and tender pie crust... not to mention an almond filling halfway between cake and pie! These are just a few of the elements that make this Julie's best pie. Read on for how it changed her feelings about almonds and frangipane, the old-fashioned term for this almond cream filling.
Where is this recipe from? AB's pie crust recipe, because it's both tender AND flaky.
The almond paste and almond cream recipes are from my commercial baking chef-instructor, the fabulous Chef David Colley.
The raspberry whipped cream was an invented out of necessity.
Why is this the BEST pie recipe you've got? After watching the "Good Eats" episode where AB struggles to find a recipe that combines both a flaky and tender pie crust, I tried the recipe for myself, and it became my favorite.
In commercial baking class, Chef Colley introduced us to his favorite--almond cream pie, also known as frangipane. I'd never had it, but I loved it instantly even though I was never really a big almond fan. The class reintroduced me to almonds in recipes such as this. I liked it even more when my baking lab partner, who suffers from severe wheat and gluten allergies, was able to enjoy at least the filling.
With the flaky, tender crust and the sweet, nutty almond cream, I wanted other tastes and textures as compliments. I love almonds paired with raspberries, and the barely sweetened, nicely tart, soft and smooth whipped cream was a nice topper to the soft crumb of the almond cream.
I also love chocolate and raspberries, and the bittersweet crunch of the chocolate shavings cuts nicely through the tastes and textures of both the whipped cream and almond cream. You end up with the gentle crunch of the pie crust on the bottom and the snappy crunch of the chocolate on top. I love the way the tastes and textures come together with this pie!
Almond Cream Pie
For Alton Brown's pie crust:
3 ounces (6 tablespoons) butter, chilled
1 ounce (2 tablespoons) lard, chilled
6 ounces (approximately 1 cup) all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling dough
1/2 teaspoon table salt
1/4 cup ice water, in spritz bottle
For almond paste (makes twice as much as you need--half the recipe if you use liquid egg whites or care to half an egg white)
16 ounces almonds, blanched
16 ounces powdered sugar
1 egg white, room temperature
For almond cream
1/2 pound almond paste
1/4 pound sugar
1/2 pound butter, room temperature
4 large eggs, room temperature
2 ounces cake flour
For raspberry whipped cream
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 Tablespoon sugar
2 Tablespoons strained raspberry coulis or strained raspberry jam, heated over low heat to soften, then cooled before use
For topping
2 ounces bittersweet chocolate in bar form
Directions --
Alton's directions for pie crust, with minor edits to suit the greater pie recipe:
Place butter and lard in freezer for 15 minutes. When ready to use, remove and cut both into small pieces.
In the bowl of a food processor, combine flour and salt by pulsing 3 to 4 times. Add butter and pulse 5 to 6 times until texture looks mealy. Add lard and pulse another 3 to 4 times. Remove lid of food processor and spritz surface of mixture thoroughly with water. Replace lid and pulse 5 times. Add more water and pulse again until mixture holds together when squeezed. Place mixture in large zip-top bag, squeeze together until it forms a ball, and then press into a rounded disk and refrigerate for 30 minutes (Note: While the dough rested in the fridge, I made the almond paste and almond cream recipe below, though the crust recipe can be carried through to the end before starting the almond paste and almond cream recipes.).
Place 2 metal pie pans in the refrigerator to chill.
Remove dough from refrigerator. Cut along 2 sides of the plastic bag, open bag to expose dough, and sprinkle both sides with flour. Cover again with plastic and roll out with a rolling pin to a 10 to 11-inch circle. Open plastic again and sprinkle top of dough with flour. Remove pie pans from refrigerator and set first pan on top of dough. Turn everything upside down and peel plastic from bottom of dough. Place second pan upside down on top of dough and flip again. Remove first pan from atop dough. Trim edges if necessary, leaving an edge for meringue to adhere to. Poke holes in dough and place in refrigerator for 15 minutes.
Place an oven rank in center of oven, and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Directions for almond paste:
Grind almonds in food processor with powdered sugar until almonds are finely ground. Add egg white and process until paste forms.
Directions for almond cream:
Soften almond paste in bowl of stand mixer, with hand mixer, or by hand. Add sugar and butter, and cream the mixture together. Add eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl once all the eggs are incorporated. Stir in the cake flour.
Greater pie directions:
Pour the almond cream into the prepared pie crust. Bake for 30-40 minutes, until tester comes out with moist crumbs (no wet batter, and not clean). Let pie cool on a rack and start raspberry whipped cream.
Raspberry whipped cream directions:
Note: For raspberry coulis, just cook 1/4 cup of fresh or frozen raspberries over medium heat until they're totally broken down -- don't add sugar or lemon juice for this. If you don't have any raspberries around but you have raspberry jam, just heat 3 tablespoons of jam over heat until it melts. Strain seeds out and let the coulis/melted jam cool.
Chilling your mixing bowl might help, but I've never found it necessary. You can just stick your bowl in the freezer for 5 to 10 minutes. Whip 1 cup of whipping cream until cream is thickened. Add sugar, and continue whipping until just before stiff peaks form, or just a bit past soft peaks--just don't let the cream curdle. Fold the raspberry sauce in by hand.
Chocolate curls, while the pie continues to cool:
Make sure your chocolate is at room temperature so it doesn't just flake off when you try to make your curls. Use a vegetable peeler with a swivel blade to "peel" the end off the chocolate bar, making short curls and curved "chips" as you peel. Set them aside for your topping.
Greater pie directions, concluded:
As soon as almond cream is totally cool, spread raspberry whipped cream over the top, then sprinkle chocolate curls on top of the whipped cream.
Serve with a smile, or a sly grin as people wonder about this "cake pie"!
(Images: Julie)


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'R.I.P.D.' Featurette: Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges Bust Ghosts
Though Ryan Reynolds doesn't sing the theme song, 'R.I.P.D.' looks so much like 'Men in Black' it could almost be a remake. The latest featurette does look funny, but we wonder if the pitch was "What if the Men in Black were Ghostbusters?"


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Holly Madison Paints Smiley Face On Bare Baby Bump
She's about ready to pop! Hugh Hefner's former girlfriend decided to turn her pregnant belly into a work of art, and posted the creative pic to her blog on Jan. 6. Do YOU think painted bellies are cute?
Holly Madison is more than seven months along in her first pregnancy, and she's making the most of her huge baby bump. On Jan. 6, she painted a flirty pair of eyes and smiling lips on her bare pregnant belly!
Holly, who is expecting her first child with fiance Pasquale Rotella, took the photo in her bathroom and shared it on her personal Celebuzz blog.
"Hey guys! I took this pic of the baby bump this morning— smiling just for you! Hope you're having a great weekend," she wrote along with the pic.
Holly & Pasquale Expecting A Baby Girl
Holly's beau revealed the gender of their baby accidentally on Oct. 16, and the happy couple is expecting a little girl! But Holly doesn't want her to have the same Playboy career that she did.
"I don't think people are treated with respect in that environment. I'm from a small town and you grow up seeing people like Jenny McCarthy or Pamela Anderson, who made it big after doing Playboy. You think it's this glamorous thing until you realize how much you're judged for it," she told InTouch Weekly magazine.
"Luckily kids don't want to be like their parents, so I don't think she'll see anything cool or rebellious about posing for Playboy. I'm down for whatever direction in life she wants to go but I think she can do better," she added.
No matter what Holly's baby girl decides to do, it looks like she'll have a fun mom supporting her!
What do YOU think of Holly's painted belly HollyMoms? Do you think it's cute or creepy? Let us know in the comments below!
— Christina Stiehl
More Holly Madison news:
- Holly Madison Does Not Want Her Daughter To Pose Nude For 'Playboy'
- Pregnant Holly Madison Hospitalized For Extreme Morning Sickness
- Holly Madison's Baby Daddy Reveals Their Baby's Gender


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"Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack"(Wilhelm Steinitz)
Encyclopedia of Chess Opening
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By GM Susan Polgar
September 29, 2008
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An important opening idea
I believe that for most scholastic players (at least until one reaches 1800 rating), very little specific opening knowledge is needed. On the other hand, being familiar with as many tactical and strategical ideas in the opening as possible can be very useful. This understanding can sometimes be useful in various openings as positions can transpose.
In this column, we shall look at a famous and beautiful idea that was invented by Mr. Legal a long time ago in the 18th century.
Legal's Mate
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Bg4
Pinning the knight on f3 is often a good idea in similar positions, but as a rule of thumb, I prefer to wait with it until after White castles. The reason is that until then White by playing h2-h3, Bg4-h5 and g2-g4 does not weaken the king's position as the king has not chosen yet to which side it will castle. Therefore, queenside castling would still be an option.
Now Black has to be careful not to fall into the famous trap.
4...Nc6 would not avoid the same trick either. 5.h3 Bh5? Of course, here Black could still avoid material loss by either trading on f3 or by retreating with the bishop on the c8-h3 diagonal. However, the whole idea of playing Bg4 was to create a pin over White's knight on f3.
And here comes the famous "Legal Mate" idea: 6.Nxe5! Amazingly White can sacrifice the queen as after 6...Nxe5 at first it seems that actually White has fallen into a trap as after (If 6...Bxd1 a forced checkmate in two follows: 7.Bxf7+ Ke7 8.Nd5#) 7.Qxh5 Black can capture White's bishop on c4 by 7...Nxc4. In this case, White has the final laugh after 8.Qb5+ forking Black's king and knight! 8...c6 9.Qxc4 and it is White, who will be up a pawn at the end of all tactics.
Black's best choice would have been 4...Nf6. The upcoming combination is possible due to fact that Black's light squared bishop is on an unprotected square.
5.Nxe5!! Bxd1
This leads to an immediate loss. After 5...dxe5 White simply would capture Black's Bishop with 6.Qxg4 winning a pawn. But that would have been Black's best option anyway at this point.
6.Bxf7+ Ke7 7.Nd5#
A picturesque gorgeous checkmate!
As we shall see, the same theme can also arise from totally different openings.
Vucinic - Durovic
Yugoslavia, 1984
1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5
The game started out as an Alekhine defense, but now it resembles the Scandinavian defense more.
4.Bc4 Nb6
If 4...Nxc3 White can avoid doubled pawns (by b2xc3 or d2xc3) thanks to the intermediate move 5.Qf3 threatening Black's f7 pawn and after 5...e6 6.Qxc3.
5.Bb3 e5?!
I would prefer the more solid 5...e6 lessening the power of White's light- squared bishop.
6.d3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bg4
Generally if this kind of pin cannot be maintained (as we shall see in this game) it makes no sense to create it in the first place.
8.h3 Bh5?
Again Black should have either traded on f3 or retreated back along the c8-h3 diagonal. Now we shall see a more complex version of Legal's idea.
A brilliancy!! In this position, by White sacrificing his queen, he had to foresee more than ten moves ahead!
After 9...Nxe5 the answer would be 10.Qxh5 leaving Black a pawn down. It would still be better for Black than what happened in the game.
10.Bxf7+ Ke7 11.Bg5+
Unlike in the previous example, Nd5 does not make sense here.
This is an impressive way to continue the "king-chase" by sacrificing another knight. Capturing Black's queen by 12.Bxd8? is not the right idea, as after 12...Nxe5 Black stays ahead, as both white bishops are under attack.
12...Kxe5 13.f4+ Kd4
So far so good, but White is running out of checks...and pieces.
A quiet move, being a queen down! Impressive! After 14.Bxd8 Bxc2 or 14.c3+ Kxd3 15.Rxd1+ Kxe4 Black would win easily.
In another game which reached this very same position, Black tried 14...Nb4 but White won quickly after 15.c3+ Ke3 and 16.0–0!, threatening checkmate with Rf1–e1. (But not 16.Rf1?? allowing Black to checkmate with 16...Nc2#) 16...Nxd3 17.Ng3. Another quiet move, threatening Rf1–f3 checkmate and Black resigned (Rozentalis - Mikenas, Vilnius, 1981).
If Black tries to save the queen by (for example) 14...Qd7 White can checkmate in two moves elegantly...can you see how?
The answer is: 15.c3+ Ke3 16.f5#.
Chasing Black's king further into White's territory. 15.fxg5 would open up a retreat square on e5, while 15.Nxg5 opens one on c5, giving the black king the opportunity to escape safely from the middle of the board.
15...Ke3 16.0-0
This is the best choice, threatening checkmate in three with Rf3+ Ke2, Rd2+ Ke1, and Rf1 checkmate!
16.fxg5 also was good enough to win: 16...Kf4 17.0-0+ Ke5 18.d4+ Kxe4 19.Rf3 followed by Rd1-e1.
Black could have delayed the end a bit longer by 16...Nd4 but not change the end result of the game.
17.Rf3+ Ke2 18.Rd2+ 1-0
As I have often stated before, it is more important for young players to understand opening ideas rather than to memorize long variations. Also, don't forget to improve your tactics and endgame. I offer free chess puzzles daily on my blog,
www.susan polgar.blogspot.com
, as well as my SPICE website,
http://www.depts.ttu. edu/spice/
. Try to solve them daily and please feel free to let me know how you are doing by sending me an e-mail at email@example.com. Good luck!
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Linked by Eugenia Loli on Wed 12th Sep 2007 04:14 UTC
Here is an interview with Richard Stallman about a range of free software topics including GPLv3 and comment on the Microsoft patent issue. Stallman has a go at Linus Torvalds even suggesting that if people want to keep their freedom they better not follow Torvalds. From the interview: "The fact that Torvalds says "open source" instead of "free software" shows where he is coming from. I wrote the GNU GPL to defend freedom for all users of all versions of a program. I developed version 3 to do that job better and protect against new threats. Torvalds says he rejects this goal; that's probably why he doesn't appreciate GPL version 3. I respect his right to express his views, even though I think they are foolish. However, if you don't want to lose your freedom, you had better not follow him."
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RE[4]: GPL is no good
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Paraphrasing Wikipedia, socialism is listed as a socio-economic model where wealth and property distribution is managed by the 'community'. You can have direct socialism such as workers'-councils or indirect socialism exercised by the state.
Communism is more considered to be a subset of Socialism, but with more specific goals such as creating a classless/state-less society with common-ownership of production.
RE[5]: GPL is no good
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I'm thankful for all the faculty at Fort Lewis College for all of the help they gave me when I attended. Having worked at a university and talking to many, many people who've graduated with Exercise Science degrees, I feel that FLC prepared me better than most other schools. When there's a chance to recommend FLC's Exercise Science program, I do.
-- Jason Cork, Exercise Science alum, 2007, assistant coach of USA World Cup cross country team
The best thing about being an Exercise Science student is all the knowledgeable professors. They are easy to approach and engage with. I also enjoy the hands-on experiences generated in the various classes.
-- Shea Sena, Exercise Science major (2012)
The education in the exercise science department was top notch. Not only were all the staff members approachable but the small class sizes made it easy for students to interact with professors and get extra help if needed. This program prepares you for the real world and allows you to engage in hands experience that you will come across in everyday tasks that an employed exercise science major encounters. The departments unique style of allowing students opportunities to teach and present materials to colleagues makes it unlike any college out there.
--David Gutierrez, Exercise Science alum, 2012, The Pinon Project Youth Activities Coordinator
We both loved FLC, the fact that you can work closely with your professors made the experience more engaging for us.
-- Ryan Nelson, Exercise Science alum 2003, firefighter in Aurora, Colorado and wife Brianne
...almost all of the classes I have taken in the past year since changing majors attributed to what I did for DMR during my practicum. For this I have to give big kudos to Fort Lewis College for designing an option under Exercise Science that closely relates to and sets up students to be successful with their careers in Sports Administration.
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In Grand County, some vacant National Park Service positions are going unfilled, said Kate Cannon, superintendent of the National Park Service's Southeast Utah Group, which includes Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep national monuments.
Grand County Drug Court would lose $100,000 after June 30 and the federal payments in lieu of taxes the county receives from the U.S. Department of the Interior would decline by $60,000 as of October, said Grand County Council chairman Gene Ciarus.
Sequester, which went into effect March 1, requires significant federal budget cuts split evenly between domestic and defense programs. Funding for Medicaid and Social Security will not be reduced.
Officials with many local agencies say it is too early to know how the budget reductions will be handled and which programs might have to be eliminated or reduced.
Cannon said the parks and monuments in southeast Utah received a 5 percent budget cut as soon as sequester took effect March 1.
"We are not filling a couple of key vacant positions, including our chief ranger and several others," she said. "We are cutting back on contracts and expenditures of all kinds."
Cannon added, "This is not over. It is a permanent cut and it could get bigger. The congressional resolution needs to be worked out and that could bring about more change."
Cannon said visitors to southeast Utah's national parks and monuments can expect the parks to be open, but there will be less staffing.
"We are trying to maintain our staff at a field level that interacts with visitors and protects the parks," Cannon said.
Grand County Council members will discuss the impact of the 2013 sequestration cuts during their April 5 retreat. Ciarus said County Council Administrator Ruth Dillon will be meeting with county department heads to learn which programs receive federal funding so council members can prioritize them.
No decisions will be made during the council's retreat. If cuts were to be made, they would be discussed in public at a regular council meeting, Ciarus said.
"Right now, the county is not looking at cutting any programs," he emphasized. "We want to find out for sure which ones we rely upon and how much money is involved."
However, he said the county has been notified of the loss of PILT money in October and loss of drug court funding after June 30 if sequester is not resolved by those dates.
Lisa Bryant, assistant field manager for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Moab office, said the BLM is required to reduce spending by 5 percent during the seven months remaining in this fiscal year. That amounts to a reduction of $75 million nationwide, she said.
"Budget cuts will result in fewer parcels being offered for lease, a reduction in the number of Applications for Permit to Drill processed, as well as the number of Inspection and Enforcement actions completed – all of which will result in revenue losses," Bryant said in a news release.
In the BLM's Canyon Country District, which includes Grand and San Juan counties, three key leadership positions are vacant, Bryant said. Those are the district manager position, and field manager positions in Moab and Monticello. Moab also has vacancies in its oil and gas, lands, and range programs.
"Under the hiring freeze associated with sequestration, these positions will not be filled or will be delayed, affecting our ability to accomplish critical work," Bryant said.
Seasonal recreation staffing will be reduced, which will affect campgrounds and visitor facilities, she added. The cuts might also cause an inability to staff the Moab Information Center in downtown Moab, Bryant said.
"Reduction in funding will curtail range monitoring, assessment and inventory work, which will negatively impact BLM-Utah's ability to complete grazing permit renewals," she said.
The U.S. Forest Service will absorb a 5.2 percent cut by reducing firefighting personnel and equipment, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a news release. The agency also may close up to 670 campgrounds, trailheads and picnic sites across the nation, although specific locations have not yet been determined, according to the news release.
"The reduction of funds could result in 500 fewer firefighters and 50 to 70 fewer available engines, and will impact aviation assets," the news release stated. "Severe fire conditions are expected for the season ahead, but the Forest Service will continue to work with state, local and interagency partners to provide firefighting resources to high risk locations despite a reduction of funds."
According to the news release, "The closing of recreation sites would likely result in loss of the opportunity for 1.6 million visitors to national forests, thereby harming the economies of remote rural communities that depend on recreation dollars to stimulate their local economy."
Dave Cunningham, director of the Southeastern Utah District Health Department in Price, said federal funding for the Women, Infants and Children program is likely to be reduced, although the exact amount is uncertain.
"They are looking at a probable 5 percent cut," he said. "It could be more or less than 5 percent."
Cunningham said he would be surprise if any programs "are held harmless."
Likewise, officials with the state Department of Workforce Services are unsure what cuts will be made to their budget.
"We have been talking with the federal government, but nothing has been determined," said DWS spokeswoman Rachel Lancaster. "Things are in an early stage and we are still doing an analysis about how sequester will affect us."
Staff members at Seekhaven Family Crisis and Resource Center have not been notified if any federal funding will be lost, Executive Director JayLynn Hawks said.
"It's all a guessing game," she said.


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Hey all,
I stopped playing WoW for almost two years. Just recently started to play again and while back then I collected pets a bit I wasn't a heavy collector. When I started playing again I immediately fell into Pet Battles and I am loving it. I am kinda of having to relearn how to play WoW all over again (where's my talent trees?!). I 'd like to get more serious into collecting pets so my main question is what addons should I use? I'm not even sure where to get addons anymore. As I've been collecting I have been mostly looking at WoWHead and reading people's comments to get advice so I am getting better. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.


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Ellen's Tough Design Choices
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- Name:
- Ellen
- Location:
- Almere Netherlands
- Square Feet:
- 680
- Division:
- International
- What I Love About My Small Home:
- I love the layout with a nice flow from the living room to the dining room – it makes my home feel bigger than it actually is. I am definitely not complaining about the size of my apartment though – it's a lot of space to work with. Having a spare room is a real luxury. The hallway isn't of much use with all those doors. So I decided to use the spare room as an extension of the hallway. One wall is completely covered with books and in my opinion that always is great use of space.
- Three of My Best Tips and Tricks for Creating a Successful Small Space::
- 1.It takes time to find the perfect vintage and modern pieces – and to save up for the occasional splurge – but it's well worth it. It will make your place feel much more personal.
2.Dare to make tough choices. Living in a small space means you can't have it all! Find out if there is a flea market nearby and make someone else very happy with your beloved but over complete stuff.
3.Always tidy up before you leave the house or go to bed: waking up in or coming home to an uncluttered house really makes a difference.


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Powerful typhoon downgraded after lashing Japan
TOKYO (AP) -- Crews were cleaning up wrecked houses and assessing damage Tuesday in the wake of a powerful typhoon that lashed Japan with torrential rains, leaving at least two people dead.
Typhoon Man-yi weakened into a tropical storm by late Monday, though violent winds persisted into the night.
Dozens of people were injured and thousands of homes damaged. In the popular tourist destination of Kyoto, where 260,000 people were ordered to evacuate to shelters, the Katsura river remained flooded at midday Tuesday.
Man-yi moved offshore of the northern island of Hokkaido late Monday, followed by torrential rains.
Train services and flights had mostly returned to normal by early Tuesday in most areas following disruptions over the three-day holiday weekend.
At least two people were reported dead and five others missing, police said.
Police and disaster management officials said the body of a 72-year-old woman was dug out of the debris of her home, which was smashed by a mudslide the night before in Shiga prefecture, east of Kyoto. A 77-year-old woman was found dead in a mudslide in Fukui prefecture.
Hundreds of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate across Japan.
The Meteorological Agency said the storm dumped an "unprecedented" amount of rainfall in Kyoto and two neighboring prefectures -- as much as 8 centimeters (3 inches) per hour.
Tourists in Kyoto were taken to safety on boats towed by rescue workers on a flooded riverside street near the scenic Arashiyama area.
The government set up an emergency task force to assess damage and support rescue efforts, said Prime Minister's Office official Hikariko Ono. Kyoto and Shiga prefecture asked the Defense Ministry to mobilize relief teams.
More than 100 people were injured across the country by Monday evening, public broadcaster NHK said, citing its own tally. A man was missing after he went to check fish traps in a river in Fukushima prefecture. A 41-year-old woman and her daughter, a fifth-grader, were missing in Mie, central Japan, apparently swept away by a swollen river.
As a preventive step, workers at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) northeast of Tokyo, were pumping out rainwater that was pooling around hundreds of storage tanks containing radioactive water to minimize the risk of flooding or of potential leaks from the tanks mixing with rainwater seeping into the ground or flowing to the sea.
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday that it moved 1,130 tons of rainwater to the ground outside of a 30-centimeter-high (1-foot-high) concrete dike around the tanks. The water was thought not to be tainted by radiation. Any rainwater containing radioactivity exceeding an allowable limit was pumped into extra tanks, TEPCO said.
The government's Nuclear Regulation Authority, however, said the pumping and release of the rainwater into the environment was possibly "an event" subject to reporting under nuclear safety rules. Regulators said they were checking TEPCO's report that the radioactivity of any released water was within allowed discharge limits.
Recent acknowledgements by officials that contaminated water is leaking from the plant have triggered safety concerns.
At Japan's Monju test reactor site in Fukui, which is currently off-line, an emergency data transmission system went down, apparently due to storm damage, regulators said Monday, an indication of risk management issues at Japanese nuclear facilities apart from the Fukushima crisis.


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Conservation Agriculture Systems Alliance
Across North America voluntary producer organizations work hard to promote no-till systems and other practices that provide economic benefits as well as environmental benefits to their regions. These organizations share similar missions and goals, encounter similar challenges and struggle with all too common problems. In 2007, CTIC facilitated the formation of the Conservation Agriculture Systems Alliance - a communication network among conservation agriculture organizations that strengthens not only individual efforts but also the shared goal of increasing conservation in agriculture.
Participating organizations and advisors share information, respond to questions from others quickly and with honesty, participate regularly in dialogue, alert others to relevant opportunities, events, and provide social and moral support. With ideas, insights and suggestions contributed by all, we will build a strong network of connected groups that exchange information, collaborate on events and projects, distribute common messages about the importance of conservation and speak with a strong voice about the need for support of conservation at all levels.
Click here to learn more about the CASA network, mission and goals.
Conference Calls
Every month, CTIC hosts and facilitates a conference call for CASA. Participating organizations and partners join the call to share information, exchange ideas and work together to build and strengthen the network. Notes from each of the calls can be accessed here. If you are interested in joining the monthly discussions, please email CTIC.