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Research and Creativity Day will begin at 8:30 a.m. May 2 with student oral presentations in the Memorial Union.
The poster session, which highlights research and scholarly activity of faculty and students at ESU, will be held in Memorial Union Webb Hall I beginning at 1 p.m. The award ceremony will begin at 3:15 and will include the announcement of the Audrey S. Major Research Fund Awards by University Libraries and Archives, graduate student scholarships and awards, and the ESU Summer Undergraduate Research Program Awards.
Faculty who received research and creativity grants this spring will also be recognized, and the award ceremony will conclude with the presentation of the 2013 President's Award for Research and Creativity. The recipient, Dr. Kalyan Chakraborty, Accounting and Information Systems, will be the keynote speaker.
Please join us in honoring these outstanding faculty and students. With more than 100 oral presentations and poster exhibits this year, there is something to interest everyone - we encourage the campus community to attend as many of these events as possible. The complete schedule of activities and list of presentations is available at www.emporia.edu/research.
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- Dec 19:
- Football: CU Buffs compliance office says Jon Embree conscientious about rules
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- Louisville, Florida ADs suggest CU Buffs' Mike Bohn follow his gut
- Football: CU Buffs staff connecting with recruits
- Nov 29:
- Football: Mike Bohn debunks CU Buffs search rumors
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- Jon Embree 'I'm a Buff'
- Nov 26:
- Football: CU Buffs looking to make splash with next hire
- Thorburn: Mike Bohn appears untouchable despite failed football hires at CU
- Mike Bohn's next CU Buffs football hire pivotal
- Jon Embree on being fired as CU Buffs' coach: 'I did things the right way'
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- Football: CU Buffs fire Jon Embree
The University of Colorado's Board of Regents will convene tonight for a closed-door meeting to discuss head football coach Jon Embree's firing.
CU's regents will not take any action on the personnel matter and the meeting is intended to keep board members in the loop about Embree's firing and the steps going forward to replace the coach, officials said.
The regents will meet and go into executive session at 6:30 p.m. at the CU system administration office, 1800 Grant St., in Denver.
Embree was fired Sunday afternoon by athletic director Mike Bohn. The firing came after the Buffs went 1-11 this past season and for the first time ever were winless in Folsom Stadium.
CU's regents don't vote on firings -- that's a decision made by top campus and university leaders. Nor will the board take any action on a buy-out because those stipulations already were outlined in Embree's contract that the regents approved.
The board does approve new contracts for coaches when such documents come forward.
"The regents vote to approve contracts for the football coach, but the dismissal is an administrative matter that doesn't require action from the Board of Regents," said CU system spokesman Ken McConnellogue.
The board's relatively new "athletic committee" will not be involved with the search for CU's next head coach, McConnellogue said. Regents approved formation of the athletic committee in November 2010, days after former head football coach Dan Hawkins was fired.
The committee is tasked with monitoring CU's compliance with NCAA rules and student athletes' academic performance, as well as reviewing construction plans for proposed athletic buildings.
A few regents voted against the measure, including Republican Steve Bosley, for fear that future board members would try to micro-manage hiring and firing decisions of coaches or try to set ticket prices for games.
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Sony Online Entertainment announces the launch of Wizardry Online for North American and European gamers, offering a free-to-play MMORPG based on the classic fantasy gaming franchise. This producer's letter accompanies the launch, talking about the transition from the betas to going live, and the announcement talks of the various features, such as a form of permadeath, that leads them to claim this to be "the most hardcore fantasy MMORPG ever created" (carefully avoiding an invasion of EVE Online spacecraft by specifying a genre). Here's the feature list:
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Duke (7-9) had four wrestlers go unbeaten on the afternoon as Brandon Gambucci (133), Marcus Cain (149), Trey Adamson (174) and Diego Bencomo (197) all added two more victories to their totals. Both bouts were seesaw affairs that came down to the very last bout.
The Blue Devils opened the Carolina Duals with the Citadel and built a 10-3 lead with victories at 125, 133 and 149. Gambucci gave Duke bonus points with a 12-3 major decision over Aaron Hansen, while both Peter Terrezza (125) and Cain dispatched their foes in matching 8-3 decisions.
Facing a seven-point deficit, the Bulldogs answered with wins at 157 and 165-pounds, including getting the important six points for a fall at 165, to go in front for the first time 12-10. Adamson quickly put the Blue Devils back on top as he registered his fifth major decision and 16th victory of the year.
A decision at 184 gave The Citadel a one-point edge, 15-14, with Bencomo and Self (HWT) left to wrestle. Bencomo, wrestling at 197 for the second straight match, edged Marshall Haas 5-3 for the 17-15 lead going into the final bout.
Duke's Self, wrestling up from his normal 197, battled against 13th-ranked Odie Delaney in a 14-3 major decision that gave the Bulldogs the 19-17 win.
The bout with the Camels was a bit of déja vu for the Blue Devils as the match came down to an overtime decision in the final bout of the afternoon. Duke built a 12-4 lead by winning three of the opening five bouts. Gambucci picked up his team-best seventh fall of the year, pinning Tanner Bidelspach in just 2:46 for a 6-4 lead and Tanner Hough (141) and Cain both added shutout decisions to extend the advantage to 12-4.
In nearly identical fashion as the first match of the day, Campbell earned wins at 157 and 165 to pull within one 12-11 before Adamson put the Blue Devils in front 16-11 with a huge 15-4 major decision over Cody Ryba. Adamson led 5-1 after three minutes and never looked back en route to his 17th win of the campaign.
A pin by Taylor McGiffem at 184 launched the Camels back in front 17-16 leading into the 197 and heavyweight duals. Bencomo scored five points in the final period against John Merickel to ice the 11-6 decision at 197 and give Duke the 19-17 edge with one dual left.
The heavyweight dual between Joe Nolan and Duke's Self was as close as the overall team score. After no score in the first period, Nolan started down in the second. The Camel heavyweight escaped to get the 1-0 lead and Self matched that in the third to force overtime. Nolan struck first with a takedown in the sudden victory period to give Campbell the thrilling 20-19 victory.
Duke closes its ACC schedule Feb. 20 at NC State. The match is scheduled for 7 p.m., at Reynolds Coliseum.
The Citadel 19, Duke 17
125 - Peter Terrezza (DU) dec. Joaquin Marques (CIT), 8-3 (DU 3-0)
133 - Brandon Gambucci (DU) major dec. Aaron Hansen (CIT), 12-3 (DU 7-0)
141 - #7 Ugi Khishignyam (CIT) dec. Tanner Hough (DU), 5-1 (DU 7-3)
149 - Marcus Cain (DU) dec. Jordan Dix (CIT), 8-3 (DU 10-3)
157 - Matt Frisch (CIT) dec. Immanuel Kerr-Brown (DU), 6-1 (DU10-6)
165 - Vincent Bellaran (CIT) fall Randy Roden (DU), 6:04 (CIT 12-10)
174 - Trey Adamson (DU) major dec. Jack Duane (CIT), 19-5 (DU 14-12)
184 - Josh Tuck (CIT) dec. Dylan Ryan (DU), 5-2 (CIT 15-14)
197 - Diego Bencomo (DU) dec. Marshall Haas (CIT), 5-3 (DU 17-15)
285 - #13 Odie Delaney (CIT) major dec. Brian Self (DU), 14-3 (CIT 19-17)
Campbell 20, Duke 19
125 - #27 Eric Montoy (CAMP) major dec. Peter Terrezza (DU), 11-3 (CAMP 4-0)
133 - Brandon Gambucci (DU) fall Tanner Bidelspach (CAMP), 2:46 (DU 6-4)
141 - Tanner Hough (DU) dec. Michael Dahlstrom (CAMP), 6-0 (DU 9-4)
149 - Marcus Cain (DU) dec. Brent Jorge (CAMP), 3-0 (DU 12-4)
157 - Nick Rex (CAMP) dec. Immanuel Kerr-Brown (DU), 6-4 (DU12-7)
165 - Paul Duggan (CAMP) major dec. Randy Roden (DU), 11-2 (12-11)
174 - Trey Adamson (DU) major dec. Cody Ryba (CAMP), 15-4 (DU 16-11)
184 - Taylor McGiffem (CAMP) fall Dylan Ryan (DU), 4:17 (CAMP 17-16)
197 - Diego Bencomo (DU) dec. John Merickel (CAMP), 11-6 (DU 19-17)
285 - Joe Nolan (CAMP) dec. Brian Self (DU), 3-1 (CAMP 20-19)


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DAVIDSON, N.C. – Seven different Blue Devils registered goals as the ninth-ranked Duke women's lacrosse team topped Davidson, 14-6, Wednesday afternoon at the Wildcats' Richardson Stadium.
With the victory, the Blue Devils ended a three-game slide, improving to 10-4 (2-3 ACC) on the spring. As a program, Duke has reached double-digits in the win column for 16 consecutive seasons. Meanwhile, Davidson fell to 9-6 with the loss.
Sophomore Kerrin Maurer paced the Blue Devil attack with five points on two goals and three assists. Sophomore Taylor Trimble tallied her third hat trick of the season while senior Makenzie Hommel, juniors Maddy Morrissey and Molly Quirke and freshman Kelci Smesko scored two goals apiece.
"I was happy that we got back on track," said head coach Kerstin Kimel. "Our last outing was not a great offensive outing for us, so I think the fact that we had the scoring pretty well distributed was a great sign moving forward."
The Wildcats jumped out to a quick two-goal advantage before Hommel netted her team-leading 35th goal of the season on a free position attempt and Maurer added another from the eight-meter mark to make it a 2-2 score at the 18:33 mark.
Following several saves by freshman goalkeeper Kelsey Duryea and aggressive defensive play at the other end of the field, the Blue Devils continued to capitalize at the draw and on free position opportunities over the next 10 minutes of action. Rookies Maddy Acton and Smesko and Morrissey all scored to fuel a 6-0 run by Duke, bringing the score to 6-2 with 9:47 remaining in the first half.
Davidson ended the scoring run with a pair of goals by Emily Cooke and Ann Fucigna, but Quirke answered on an assist from Maurer and Morrissey followed with another free position goal to extend the Blue Devils' lead to 9-4 at the break.
At the intermission, Duke held an 18-7 advantage in shots and led in draw controls, 10-4. The Blue Devils also went 5-of-8 from the eight-meter mark in the first 30 minutes of play.
After the Wildcats opened the second half with a score Fucigna, Morrissey won three consecutive draw controls to key a 3-0 run for Duke. The Blue Devils continued to dominate time of possession, with a goal by Quirke on an Acton assist making the score 13-5 in the visiting team's favor with 18:11 left on the clock.
"In the second half, defensively, we locked things up pretty tight," Kimel said. "[Emily Cooke] is a major facilitator for them, and I thought Gabby [Moise] did a great job on her in the second half. We played really aggressively in the second half and created turnovers and forced them to make mistakes and then came up with the ball."
Duryea and the Duke defense continued to make stops over the next 10 minutes before Davidson's Alanna Parker broke through for a score. However, junior Taylor Virden won the ensuing draw and Trimble tallied her third hat trick of the season, converting on an assist from senior Alyssa Ogle. Turnovers cost the Blue Devils a couple of scoring opportunities, but Duryea and the defensive unit held strong the rest of the way as Duke closed the contest on a 5-1 run to win by eight.
Led by a career-high six draw controls from Morrissey and four from Virden, the Blue Devils won the category by a 15-6 margin. Duke also outshot Davidson, 30-15, and won the ground ball battle, 17-16 in the win.
Duryea finished with nine saves in goal along with two ground balls, pushing her ledger to 6-3 in 10 appearances. Sophomore defender Gabby Moise added two caused turnovers and a career-high four ground balls as the Blue Devil defense limited its opponent to single-digit scoring for the seventh time this spring.
Duke returns home Saturday, Apr. 20 to face Ohio State at 1 p.m. The contest will be broadcast live on the Blue Devil Network.


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Classic valves bodies chewed up rail new spacer kits . . . Great stuff I just don't want to deal with it individually. The valves alone are worth my asking price.
Classic Mags 150$ for two! Someone gets the top two someone gets the bottom two. The one with no foregrip I swapped the barrel out to best twist lock barrel ever it is a gloss black dye barrel. These need to be cleaned up and probably serviced but last time I used them I think they worked fine.
SOLD DON"T ASK! RPG triton frame 110$ you can see the only damage I could find in the pic. Small nick in the heal of the frame. SOLD DON"T ASK!
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AGD bike grip make offer. SOLD
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A Middletown man is facing drug charges after his arrest in Cheswold.
Cheswold Police have arrested a Middletown man after he was found to be carrying unlabeled prescription pills.
The Cheswold officer made the arrest at 6:45 p.m. April 17, when he pulled over a 1995 Jeep Wrangler for a traffic violation, said Chief of Police Christopher Workman. The officer noted the driver, identified as Matthew Estep, 43, seemed to be nervous. The officer conducted a search after Estep said he had pain medication in the Jeep's center console.
The officer retrieved 65 Vicodin pills contained in a clear bag and a prescription bottle, not belonging to Estep, containing 50 Soma prescription pills.
Estep was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, two counts of possession or consumption of a controlled substance without a prescription and driving on a suspended or revoked license.
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Today is day four of our FiOS adventure, which is a bit of a circus. One of our phone numbers is still not working, and I have gotten to experience the startling intricacies of Verizon technical support, where no one seems to actually know what's going on, and there is a complete lack of accountability and follow-up that leads everyone I speak with to attempt to get off the phone with me so it becomes someone else's problem. Every time I am promised they will call back. Every time it's a lie. This morning I got a robo call from them explaining how they have fixed my problem, which is not even remotely accurate. If it sounds like I'm losing patience with this, then I am successfully communicating my internal state, and at some point today this will probably lead to me threatening them with a demand that they come and remove all their expensive equipment, since I think having this residence hooked into the network long-term is the only thing that really motivates them in this situation.
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I see that in May, 2011 that I declared I was having a Smurf Singalong sort of month, a month of bizarre and unexpected occurrences, a month of donations that might not be moneymakers but were at least memorable, a month when I could hear tiny blue lips singing "Happy Smurfday to you!"
Well, don't let this get around, but I think the Fourth Annual 25th Anniversary Book Fair is going to have its Smurf Singalong month, too, and I am kind of afraid it's going to be May again.
May is supposed to be a green month, people! Blue is reserved for the field on the flag come Memorial Day, the sky on balmy afternoons, and my language when the phone rings just as I am balancing a heavy art book on a pile a foot above my head. It is not the color for small creatures lurking around the Book Fair rooms. Story of my life, I guess: I keep looking for leprechauns and turning up Smurfs.
I don't know whether it was Somerset Maugham or Charles Dickens who tipped me off. For our Charles collectors, we received a first edition of Dombey and Son in what seems to be the first state. We've spoken of this before: a first edition may come in a variety of states, depending on what we know about certain typographical errors or printing oddities. Some authors, like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Mark Twain, seem particularly prone to typos in their first states. Dombey and Son comes with several such errors, "Capatin" for "Captain" on a certain page, "Delight" for "Joy" on another, and so on. One noticeable one involves a character with a hook on his arm: the frontispiece (that picture facing the title page) got flipped, somehow, and shows the hook on the wrong arm.
Our copy has "Capatin" and "Delight", as called for, but I can't find the gentleman with the hook. Someone has torn out the frontispiece. In fact, on checking through the book, I find that some owner between 1848 and today has torn out every single illustration. This, um, kind of lowers the value of the book.
We had a first edition of Maugham's Of Human Bondage come in, too. I have not bothered to check for points because it is held together by orange contact paper. This, as I hope you can guess, also kind of lowers the resale value. I was thinking of making a list of Things To Do To Make the Next Owner of Your Books Smile, but I reflected that anybody who couldn't guess that tearing out pictures or pasting some semi-plastic wallpaper on a book might be bad things probably wouldn't be able to read the list anyhow.
We did get some books which were tenderly cared for this week. At first, we thought they were still in their original shrink warp, but no. Closer investigation proved that a special transparent dust jacket protector had been made for each one.
Out of Glad Wrap. I believe I have the equivalent of ten rolls of vintage Glad Wrap which I will be passing along absolutely free of charge to the next owner. Well, it did keep the dust off the spines.
This all leads me to think I may be in for another Smurf Singalong Month. There's no point getting upset about it. It your life is going to be Smurfy for a while, it's going to be Smurfy. There's nothing you can do about it.
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Fans launched a petition Monday on Change.org to support a feature-length version of "Run." The trailer that debuted Sunday stars the superstar couple as gun-toting outlaws. It features cameos by Sean Penn, Don Cheadle and Blake Lively, among others.
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In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. The people of Earth are desperate to escape the planet's crime and poverty, and they critically need the state-of-the-art medical care available on...
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In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. The people of Earth are desperate to escape the planet's crime and poverty, and they critically need the state-of-the-art medical care available on Elysium - but some in Elysium will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve their citizens' luxurious lifestyle. The only man with the chance to bring equality to these worlds is Max, an ordinary guy in desperate need to get to Elysium. With his life hanging in the balance, he reluctantly takes on a dangerous mission - one that pits him against Elysium's Secretary Delacourt and her hard-line forces - but if he succeeds, he could save not only his own life, but millions of people on Earth as well.
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Neill Blomkamp had a good story in mind when he was brewing up Elysium. Not a particularly new or unique story - the utopia/wasteland dichotomy, the race-to-paradise agenda are themes that have, historically, made themselves quite cozy in science fiction films and literature. But classic doesn't mean overdone. Familiar doesn't necessitate unoriginal. Elysium, from the get-go, had promise. It just doesn't seem to have ever figured out what it wanted to be.
At the forefront of the picture, likely abetted by our preconceived notions of what a Blomkamp movie is destined to be, Elysium has the feel of a District 9. It's gritty, naturalistic, earnest. Los Angeles circa 2154 even looks like South Africa (or at least Hollywood's South Africa). But pretty quickly into the film, things take a turn. A turn for the funny. As Max, star Matt Damon - a hard-working laborer, ex-con, and former foster child who holds strong to his affection for fellow orphan and childhood companion Frey (Alice Braga) - trades rejoinders with violent robot cops, grows hot-headed in arguments with automated civil servants, and laments no shortage of brushes with the criminal underbelly of Earth's future. Now, we're in Total Recall territory. Pulp sci-fi. The fun stuff.
But the evolution does not halt there. As Damon's quest to escape the treacheries of his decaying city and ascend to the promised land in the sky (literally, it's a city on a space station) Elysium, we shift gears once more toward summer blockbuster. Steadily escalating stakes, run-ins with nameless lackeys, that ''one last shot'' at the big victory, it's all the stuff of the genre's biggest. Everything from Star Wars to Pacific Rim. And when Elysium reaches this plateau, with its central villain - a rogue officer named Kruger (Sharlto Copley) - spouting the usual slew of cliché one liners, we might admittedly long for the naturalism of the film's first act, or the kooky tone of its second. But this chapter is when the excitement sets in: we're still having fun, just for different reasons.
Disjointed no doubt, Elysium does suffer a bit from its identity crisis. Never quite sure how exactly to connect with the picture, we're kept from doing so unabashedly. But again, the victory of this film is its joyfulness - a surprising feat for the director who brought us the bleak-as-all-hell District 9. As a man trying to save his own life, Damon isn't a martyr but an adventurer. L.A. isn't an oppressed wasteland, but a jungle. And Elysium? A tyrannical regime, sure, but a Kubrickian dream. With so much weight so ostensibly inherent in each of the story's facets, we're almost relieved to see how gleefully the movie is willing to play with them. So even when we say goodbye to some of the movie's gravity, its grit, its originality, we welcome in the fun. With open arms.
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Her leave of absence was also disapproved by management because of her pending obligations (i.e. Party Pilipinas, on-going promos and other endorsement commitments). However, on the evening of Jan 2, she tweeted that she will be going to Switzerland to study, despite the disapproval given to her last December on taking a leave. This is in violation of her contract, because she has to perform and appear in programs and events assigned to her, and make herself available to faithfully and promptly fulfill all engagements contracted for her by GMA.
At the same time, she has yet to address the issue of her walking out during taping, which caused the production team to pack-up, and incur an additional cost of 500k. She is therefore, currently under investigation and the network is still studying on what actions to take."


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Glover Teixeira
TRAINING: I train twice a day, six days a week, and rest in between.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started in 2002 after watching a lot of fights. Watching Royce Gracie in the UFC as a kid I knew I wanted to be a fighter.
What ranks and titles have you held? Sportfight Champion and a lot of victories at Abu Dhabi Combat Club
Do you have any heroes? Chuck Liddell is a guy who I have looked up to for some time. I met him as a champion already and he has taught me a lot. I admire him as a fighter inside and outside of the cage.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It means everything to me to be in the UFC.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? None
What was your job before you started fighting? I worked in the farms in Brazil and have also worked as a lumberjack.
Specific accomplishments in pro competition? My fight against Ricco Rodriguez was a great accomplishment for me. I had trained with Peter Aerts for the fight and said I would KO him with a head kick. That fight meant a lot.
Ranks in any martial arts styles: Jiu-Jitsu black belt
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NEW YORK – Columbia men's soccer head coach Kevin Anderson has announced the addition of nine newcomers to the roster for the 2013 season. Eight first-years and one transfer will comprise the new class of Lions.
"It has been a long time in the making to compile the incoming class of 2013," said coach Anderson. "We set out to acquire players with the mentality, dedication and desire to be the first Ivy league men's soccer program to win a national championship. I think we have just taken another step towards that objective with a group of players who understands the process and is prepared to help move this program in that direction. This class of players has a wealth of talent and experience, it is our responsibility to place them in the environment that empowers and supports them, just as we will with our returning players, to be at our very best in the 2013."
Brennan Branca – Midfield/Forward – Darien, Conn.
A four-year letterwinner at Darien High School, Branca joins Columbia from Darien, Conn. Branca was twice named All-FCIAC and garnered all-state recognition during his senior season. He also served as the captain of the Darien soccer team his senior season. Branca's club team, Beachside of CT, won consecutive state championships in 2011 and 2012.
Branca's family has a Columbia background, as both of his grandparent's graduated from Teachers College.
Andrew Chen – Defender/Midfield – Omaha, Neb.
A track (two seasons) and football player (one season) while attending Brownell-Talbot in Omaha, Chen's primary focus was as a member of the Omaha Football Club Elite 1. Playing both defense and midfield during his time with Omaha Elite 1, Chen has contributed to four Nebraska state championships from 2009-12.
Success has also followed in his academics. Chen was a National Merit Finalist in 2013, received the Nebraska City Rotary Club Scholarship for Excellence in Engineering, claimed first in the engineering division at the Greater Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair, was named an AP Scholar with distinction and garnered the Brownell-Talbot Excellence in the Study of Mathematics Award.
Louie Maldonado – Defender – Wayne, N.J.
Louie Maldonado, brother of current Columbia men's soccer player Dan, played his high school soccer at the Delbarton School and his club soccer with the New York Red Bulls. As the left back for the Red Bulls, Maldonado was an important piece to the team's USDA national championship in the summer of 2012.
As a student, he received the highest academic honors each of his six years at the Delbarton School.
Joseph Morris – Defender – London, England
Traveling across the Atlantic Ocean, Morris will join the Lions in the fall of 2013 from London England. Morris attended Eton College, competing as a three-sport athlete in soccer, track and cricket. As a soccer player, he earned three letters from 2010-12 and served as the captain of the team for the 2011-12 campaign.
From 2009-12, Morris competed on the Eton U15 and U18 teams, reaching the National Cup and League finals. As a junior center back, he was selected to the England Independent School South of England Team. During his senior season, he played on the England Independent Schools National Team (ISFA), winning the International Cup.
On the academic side, Morris was Eton's Music Exhibitioner for four year, won the Art Prize as a junior and as a senior the secretary of the Hispanic Society, as well as serving as the House Captain.
Nicholas Pappacena – Forward – Weston, Fla.
Pappacena is one of two newcomers that will be joining the Lions from Weston, Fla. A forward for Cypress Bay High School and Weston FC, Pappacena has a knack for finding the back of the net. He led Cypress Bay in scoring in both 2011 and 2012 and has accumulated 23 goals this season to pace the Weston FC.
Pappacena also has a championship and leadership pedigree. Weston FC captured the State Cup in 2011 and he was selected as the captain of Cypress Bay and Weston this year. In addition to being a force on the field, Pappacena has performed well in the classroom, being named an AP Scholar in 2012.
Stan Sandoval – Midfield – Simsbury, Conn.
Sandoval will join the Lions this fall via the Westminster Martlets of Connecticut. A three-sport athlete at Westminster (soccer, swimming and football), Sandoval excelled on pitch. He spent three season playing on the varsity squad, serving as a captain his junior year. Sandoval also played for the Oakwood SC Academy for three, serving as the team captain this season.
A Connecticut Soccer Coaches Association All-State selection as a junior, Sandoval has also been selected to multiple all-star games. He has also proven himself to be an all-star in the classroom, garnering such honors as AP Scholar with Distinction, National Hispanic Scholar, National Merit Commended Scholar and Summus Student.
Andrew Tinari – Midfield – Holbrook, N.Y.
Tinari will make his Columbia debut in the fall after completing his decorated career at Sachem East High School. A four-year varsity team member that served as the Flaming Arrows team captain from 2009-11, Tinari has earned a plethora of honors that culminated in New York State All-State Player honors in 2011. Also during that season, Tinari was recognized as the Newsday All-Long Island Team Player, and all-region, conference, league and county player.
Since 2011, Tinari has been competing with the Albertson SC Soccer Academy of the United States Soccer Academy. The National Honor Society member has an athletic heritage in his family, as his brother, Greg, played soccer for St. John's (2007-08) and Stony Brook (2008-10), while his sister, Brenna, competed on the lacrosse team at Manhattan for 2003-07.
Rhys Williams – Defender – Weston Fla.
Also making the transition from Weston FC and Cypress Bay HS to Columbia will be Rhys Williams. Williams competed for Cypress Bay for three years, capturing All-Broward County honors as a right back his junior season.
Competing for Weston FC, Williams was a key component in back-to-back state titles (2011-12), as well as helping the squad win the ESPN National Championship in 2012 with nine goals over the course of the season.
Ron Zori – Midfield/Forward – Tel Aviv, Israel
Zori will make the short journey from Queens as a transfer from St. John's to join the Lions for the 2013 campaign. In his native Isreal, Zuri competed for his high school Ohel Shem and his club squad Hapoel Tel Aviv.
As a member of the U-16 Hapoel team, he netted 22 goals and dished 15 assists in leading the team to a first-place league finish. The following year, playing for the U-17 squad, Hapoel captured the Israel Cup.


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Becky Smith is a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Genetics Graduate Program with an expected graduation date of fall 2008. After receiving a BS in Biology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, she chose to come to graduate school at UAB because she was impressed with the amount of clinical exposure provided by the UAB Genetics Department.
Specifically, Becky says she works on a Bone Morphogenic Protein pathway that is important for proper synaptic development in Drosophila larvae. "My project focuses on how the active pathway is transported from the synaptic terminal to the neuron nucleus where gene transcription can take place. An implication of my research is towards neurodegenerative diseases where neuron survival signals are not able to reach the nucleus, causing the neuron to die. Also, discovering the basics of synaptic remodeling has larger implications on how synapses are strengthened during learning."
The awards and honors Becky has received since attending UAB are the UAB Medical Alumni Association's Carmichael Scholarship; 1st place in life sciences—session 2 at the 2006 UAB Graduate Student Research Days; 2nd place presentation at the 2006 UAB Cell Biology retreat; and 2nd place in life sciences—session 9 at the 2008 UAB Graduate Student Research Days. Although these accomplishments are impressive, her most rewarding experience happened during the summer of 2006. She explains, "I was chosen to participate in the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory summer course 'Neurobiology of Drosophila.' It was really an outstanding experience because I learned so much about my research model and met many wonderful professors and students. Each day, the class heard lectures by famous scientists and it was incredible to be able to learn directly from professors that I have read so much about. It was refreshing to recognize that these famous scientists were regular people that I could identify with. I also made wonderful friendships with the students on this trip that I hope will become life-long contacts."
Becky's mentor, Guillermo Marques, has been a great influence for her. "He has spent extensive time with me working on my presentation skills. Also he has been very forthcoming with his grants, letting myself and other students in the lab read them and provide input, which has been helpful to understand the whole research process. Because I was in the first class of students in my program and I went into a lab where I was the first graduate student, there were no senior students that I could ask advice. Knowing one's role as a graduate student is not intuitive, so I sought guidance from other graduate students that worked in different labs on my floor. I really appreciate Kelly Harms for all of her help and advice during my initial years as a graduate student."
Becky says that results are a big motivation for her. " I am just excited about figuring out the answer to my project's question. Now that I am in my 5th year of graduate studies, the experiments that I need to complete to answer my question have become clearer. I also get to do a lot of very exciting confocal imaging. We fluorescently tag our proteins and then I use the microscope to watch them move around in a cell- Super cool!"
Graduate School can be stressful, so Becky uses exercise to manage her stress. "I really love going to the gym and exercising. It helps me manage stress and sleep better. All students that don't go to UAB's Recreation Facility are missing out. They have great UFit classes that everyone should try. I also am involved in an Environmental group, Green Initiative at UAB, whose goal is to encourage UAB to start a recycling program, increase energy conservation, and reduce UAB's overall carbon footprint. Check out our Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4775074380
After graduation, Becky thinks she may go into a Clinical Laboratory Genetics post-doctoral position and hopes to one day run a Cytogenetics laboratory.
Becky's advice for other graduate students:
"Around the third year of graduate school, I think that it is typical for students to enter a slump because their project might not be making the progress that they expected. My advice is to push through this rough period because things will get better. If you hang in there, your later success will be even more rewarding.Most importantly, I think that graduate school has been a growth experience for me. Regardless of future endeavors, I feel that graduate school has helped me become more confident and forgiving of myself. I have become more satisfied with my life in general and understand that success or failure in my career is not going to define me as a person."


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On Nov. 29, the 65th anniversary of the United Nations' unfulfilled Palestine partition plan, the Palestinians took a symbolic but significant leap forward toward statehood when the UN upgraded their status to non-member observer state and reaffirmed their right to self-determination on the basis of the pre-1967 lines. The UN's General Assembly passed this historic resolution by a lopsided margin of 138 to 9, with 41 abstentions.
The motion, though non-binding, was an embarrassing setback to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, underscoring the strong international consensus that has coalesced around the concept of Palestinian independence and laying bare Israel's virtual isolation on this combustible issue.
Israel's vehement rejection of the resolution was supported by only a short list of nations: the United States, Canada, the Czech Republic, Panama and a handful of remote South Pacific islands. Countries normally friendly to Israel, such as France, Italy and Costa Rica, backed it, as did powers such as Russia and China and the entire Asian and African bloc. Nations usually close to Israel, ranging from Germany and Poland to Australia and Britain, abstained.
For Israel, this was nothing less than a diplomatic debacle.
The Palestinians rejoiced in their victory, concluding they will be able to legally challenge Israel's settlement policies at the International Criminal Court. But in the West Bank – one of the territorial components of Palestinian statehood aside from the Gaza Strip – the status quo prevails.
By virtue of the Oslo accords, which divided the West Bank into Area A, Area B and Area C, Israel remains firmly entrenched in at least two of these places.
In Area C, which accounts for almost two-thirds of the West Bank and contains more than 100 Jewish settlements, Israel retains full civil and military control. Israel, in Area B, shares joint security responsibility with the Palestinian Authority. Only in Area A, where major Palestinian towns are found, is the PA fully in charge of its affairs.
Israel also maintains a tight grip on the West Bank through a system of checkpoints, which regulate the flow of people and trade. Palestinian statehood is thus directly dependent on Israel's goodwill, consent and co-operation.
Before the PA brought its case for statehood to the UN, Israel threatened to rescind economic agreements with the PA and cancel work permits for Palestinian workers employed in Israel. Although Israel did not resort to any of these draconian measures, its response to the resolution was nonetheless punitive.
Israel announced it would withhold $100 million in Palestinian tax revenues. But on a more strategic level, Israel authorized the construction of 3,000 new housing units in eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank and disclosed that preliminary zoning and planning preparations would be undertaken in an empty section of the West Bank known as E-1.
The United States – Israel's chief ally – as well as western European governments condemned the measures as counter-productive, saying they would impair the prospect of enticing the PA back to the negotiating table and achieving a two-state solution. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was equally critical, describing Israel's plans as a major blow to the attainment of peace.
To its detractors, the E-1 plan is of particular concern because it would partially cut the West Bank into separate entities and block access to eastern Jerusalem from Ramallah and Bethlehem, thereby rendering a contiguous Palestinian state extremely problematic.
This is an issue that goes to the heart of the matter, especially as far as the Palestinians are concerned. Since 2008, when the last substantive talks took place, the PA has refused to resume negotiations unless Israel stops all construction in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem and recognizes the pre-1967 lines as the basis for future negotiations.
In his speech to the UN on the eve of the passage of last month's resolution, PA President Mahmoud Abbas expressed a desire to "launch a final serious attempt to achieve peace" based on an Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 lines and a solution to the Palestinian refugee issue. Last May, in a letter to Abbas, Netanyahu rejected these conditions. Netanyahu has set down his own set of pre-conditions for restarting talks: the PA must recognize Israel as a Jewish state, accept Israeli settlement blocks in the West Bank, acquiesce to an Israeli military presence in the Jordan Valley and end all claims against Israel.
Netanyahu professes to support the notion of a contiguous Palestinian state, having said last April it should not look like "Swiss cheese." But by having doubled the portion of the national budget allocated to settlements in the West Bank, as Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz disclosed recently, Netanyahu's commitment has been called into question.
Three years ago, Israel imposed a 10-month partial settlement freeze in the West Bank, but with the Palestinians demanding a total building moratorium, in line with the Obama administration's policy, negotiations were not resumed. The United States asked Israel to extend the freeze, but Netanyahu declined.
Almost two weeks before the General Assembly upgraded the Palestinians' status at the UN, Abbas laid down two potentially important markers. He said he would be prepared to resume talks with Israel once the national aspirations of the Palestinians were recognized by the UN. And in his clearest definition of what future Israeli borders would be acceptable to the PA, he declared, "I believe that the West Bank and Gaza [are] Palestine, and the other parts [are] Israel."
Commenting on Abbas' statement, Israeli President Shimon Peres described him as "a real partner for peace." Netanyahu, however, dismissed Abbas' formulation, claiming there was "no connection" between his words and deeds.
Cognizant that the peace process is irretrievably bogged down and that Israel's occupation of the West Bank may well erode its character as a democratic Jewish state, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has suggested that the impasse can be broken with a unilateral Israeli pullout from much of the West Bank, leaving only the settlement blocs in Israel's hands. By all accounts, Netanyahu does not regard Barak's proposal seriously.
Recently, the UN released a report suggesting that a two-state solution is imperilled by three overlapping factors: the current stalemate in negotiations, Israel's continuing presence in the West Bank and the PA's economic woes.
Yaakov Perry, the former director of the Shin Bet internal intelligence agency, has taken note of the paralysis that ails the peace process, having warned that Israel's "sit and do nothing policy" in the West Bank is pushing Israel toward a binational state, which, he asserted, "could spell the destruction of the Zionist vision."
Shaul Mofaz, the leader of Israel's opposition and a former Israel Defence Forces chief of staff, has spoken to this issue, too, having raised the possibility that the threat of a binational state is far greater than the threat posed by a nuclear-armed Iran.
Their warnings may well explain why Ehud Olmert, Israel's former prime minister, went out on a limb and endorsed the PA's bid for non-member state status at the UN. "The Palestinian request," he said, "is congruent with the basic concept of the two-state solution."


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Snowmobile group makes classic run up Mt. WashingtonBy SARA YOUNG-KNOX
Special to the Union Leader March 22. 2013 12:45AM
The group takes a break before reaching the tree line on the Mt. Washington Auto Road. (Courtesy photo)
PINKHAM NOTCH - The recent snow will make it possible for weeks of great spring snowmobiling on the state's northernmost trails in upper Coos County, according to state Bureau of Trails head Chris Gamache, who on Thursday said in Pittsburg the snow was still piling up.
There's still snow on Mt. Washington - even on the iconic Mt. Washington Auto Road.
Snowmobilers took advantage of the snow this past Sunday when they took sleds from the 1960s into the sky.
The machines were much quieter, and slower, than today's models, but they still had enough power in them, after being restored, to make the climb.
It wasn't the first time this method of travel was used to summit the Northeast's highest peak. That honor goes to a group who made the ride in 1963. Included in that group half a century ago was Edgar Hetteen, founder of Polaris. The next generation of Hetteens, Mike and Alex, came all the way from Minnesota to drive up Mt. Washington on a vintage Polaris.
Their participation wasn't the only nod to history.
Maine resident Steve Campbell of Millinocket ascended the Auto Road on a snowmobile that had been owned by the late Paul Doherty, the legendary woodsman who was an officer with the state Fish and Game.
This year's sleds also included several rear-engine Polaris Sno Travelers, which were first developed by Hetteen, his brother Allan and other partners in Roseau, Minn., with manufacturing for the general public starting up in the mid-1950s. The vehicles were first used to get to hunting locations.
Campbell and Mike Hetteen have another historic connection. In February of 1961, their fathers were among a group who rode Maine's Allagash, and in 2011 the younger men organized a 50th commemorative expedition along the same paths, trails and frozen lakes, driving vintage machines.
It was the 11th year the group made the run up the Auto Road. Most years they don't make it to the top, due to weather conditions.
"Being the 50th anniversary, we were happy to be on the mountain at all, even if Mother Nature said no to the summit," said Roger Emerson, coordinator for the New England Antique Snowmobile Club.


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ARRC restructures, eliminates 54 positionsWritten by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
The Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) has eliminated 54 positions as part of a major corporate restructuring effort, due to a $45-million negative swing in finances from 2011 until now.
Contributing factors include a significant drop in revenue from key freight customers (coal and petroleum); millions less in federal funding, along with a jump in required matching funds and at least $15 million per year to implement a positive train control (PTC) system as required by an unfunded federal mandate.
"Employees from across the company have examined the way we do business, helping to find greater efficiencies wherever possible," said ARRC President and CEO Chris Aadnesen. "Our team took the utmost care to ensure reductions would not negatively affect the way we interact with customers. We will continue to provide the exemplary service our passengers, freight and real estate customers have come to expect from the Alaska Railroad, as a positive icon of this great state."
Because ARRC curbed hiring as the revenue picture became clear last year, 25 of the 54 eliminated positions are already vacant, thus lowering the number of actual layoffs to 29.
"It is very difficult to ask members of the railroad family to leave jobs that they love and need," stated Aadnesen. "Our human resources department will work closely with every affected employee, offering all the support possible."
Eliminated positions represent an eight percent reduction in the year-round and seasonal ARRC workforce, which equates to an annual estimated cost savings of $4.5 million in wage, salary and benefit costs.
This latest reduction in personnel comes on top of two layoffs in recent years. In 2008-2009, ARRC eliminated 191 positions after the economic downturn. In early 2012, ARRC eliminated 52, mostly seasonal, positions after the Flint Hills North Pole refinery cut production of refined petroleum products.
In addition to personnel reductions, ARRC is implementing several other cost-cutting measures. These include improving efficiency through modified asset use and service levels, right-sizing fleets and improving maintenance practices for vehicles and heavy equipment, conserving fuel and other expense reductions, improved purchasing procedures and controls. ARRC will also continue to seek opportunities for new and expanded revenue sources.


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Middletown resident Kari Heverin's Relay for Life team has a long way to go towards its $2,000 goal. She and her team have a plan, though: a day on the open road and local grub courtesy of a Smyrna restaurant.
American Cancer Society Relay for Life teams spend the better part of the year raising funds to help raise awareness and money for the fight against cancer. Teams, created by people who have a vested interest in seeing cancer eliminated, collect donations and participate in an overnight walking relay that requires at least one team member to be on the track at all times during the course of the event.
This year, Kari Heverin will participate in Relay for Life for the second time at a team captain for Kari's Kure, which she sees as an opportunity to honor her grandparents, who both lost their lives to cancer. Her team's official ACS team page says that they have only raised seven percent of their $2,000 goal. But, like last year, they have a plan in place to get them towards their goal: a day on the open road and local grub courtesy of a Smyrna restaurant.
Here's what to know before you go:
1 Spots still available
Registration is still available and will be open the day of the event as well. To register, just be at Rommel Harley-Davidson at 10 a.m., Saturday morning. The event will cost riders $20, while passengers can participate for just $10. Commemorative t-shirts will also be given out while supplies last.
2 Lunch included
The ride will end at Wolfies & Bocc Restaurant and Bar, 1960 S. Dupont Highway, Smyrna. But just because the wind won't be blowing on the open road doesn't mean that the fun is over Wolfie's has graciously donated a free lunch for each rider (with a ticket) upon return. Heverin said that the menu will likely include hamburgers and hot dogs.
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Once the ride is over, the fun continues with 50/50 drawings and raffles, live deejay entertainment, horse shoes and corn hole games. If the week's weather persists, though, and rain continues, the ride will be postponed until Sunday.


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Performances by the SWC Mariachi Garibaldi & Mariachi Ensembles
Directed by Jeff Nevin & Carlos Navarette
Friday, November 22, 2013, 7:30 pm, Mayan Hall Theatre
Tickets: $10 General Admission; $7 Students/Seniors/SWC Staff
Cash only. Box office opens one hour before this performance. Free parking in Lot J.
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Teen arrested in year-old robbery; police searching for second suspect
04/19/2013 7:26amA 15-year-old boy has been arrested for investigation of an armed robbery of a jewelry store more than a year ago.
Earthquake sensors tracked Superstorm Sandy
04/19/2013 7:39amWhen Superstorm Sandy blasted the East Coast last fall, rumblings in the earth were detected in Utah and across the country. That could prove helpful in storm forecasting in the future.
Warrant issued for driver charged with DUI, texting while driving
04/19/2013 8:04amA judge issued an arrest warrant Thursday for a man who police say was driving under the influence and texting when he hit a Roosevelt woman in January, nearly severing her left leg.
Financial crisis prompts Tooele to privatize assistance programs, cut more jobs
04/19/2013 10:05amTooele County will no longer publicly subsidize its food bank, transitional housing, emergency poverty assistance or domestic violence assistance programs.
Columbine survivor organizing fundraiser for Boston bombing victims
04/19/2013 1:12pmA woman who survived the Columbine High School Shootings said she understands how the victims in Boston must feel, and she wants to do something to show them there are still a lot of good people in the world.
5 things to get you out of the house this weekend
04/19/2013 2:00pmThe recent cold spell may have driven you back indoors, but that doesn't mean you have to stay cooped up in your house. Here is a list of five things happening this weekend that are worth going outdoors for.
Roosevelt man charged with automobile homicide in 2012 crash
04/19/2013 3:22pmA Roosevelt man is facing a felony charge in connection with a 2012 crash that killed a Fort Duchesne woman.
Ogden wants to become cycling nerve center in America
04/19/2013 3:49pmThe Ogden Mayor's office is hoping to make the city into a haven for bicycling manufacturers and bicyclists of all kinds.
Dead Boston bombing suspect boxed in Utah Golden Gloves tournament
04/19/2013 5:51pmDeceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev boxed in national Golden Gloves tournament in Utah in 2009.
St. George drug bust nets 2 suspects
04/19/2013 5:54pmA drug bust in St. George has netted two suspects who already were facing drug trafficking charges.
EnergySolutions founder, owner buys historic Trolley Square
04/19/2013 6:01pmA company owned by EnergySolutions founder Khosrow Semnani has purchased the historic Trolley Square property in Salt Lake City.
Dog seized after biting Hyde Park boy in face
04/19/2013 7:04pmA Hyde Park man has been cited and his dog impounded for biting a 4-year-old boy in the face.
UDOT launches new emergency alert app in time for SLC Marathon
04/19/2013 8:11pmA new emergency alert system is in place to notify Utah drivers of major traffic delays and road closures. The smartphone and tablet app includes pop-up notifications to alert drivers to major traffic conditions.
Famous Salt Lake peregrine falcons return to downtown nest
04/19/2013 8:59pmSalt Lake City's peregrine falcons have returned for the 2013 nesting season and you can watch the eggs hatch live via an HD bird camera. The new cameras were installed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints so bird watchers and environmentalists can study the birds up close.
Ute Tribe revives claims of racial profiling by law agencies
04/19/2013 9:16pmLeaders of the Ute Indian Tribe have revived their claims that state and local law enforcement officers in the Uintah Basin routinely engage in racial profiling of tribal members.
Utah employment rate keeps rising, higher than national average
04/19/2013 10:04pmUtah's non-farm payroll employment for March grew by an estimated 4 percent compared to March of 2012.
Did social and mainstream media ruin the Boston manhunt?
04/19/2013 10:31pmIn the mainstream and social media frenzy that started after the double bombing Monday at the Boston Marathon, there have been a few constants: the mainstream media would mess up, social media would mess up, and each platform or organization would blame another for spreading misinformation.
Navigating the SLC Marathon: How to avoid delays
04/19/2013 10:57pmThe Salt Lake City Marathon attracts thousands to the state's capital for the 26.2-mile race, along with a half marathon, 5K and bike tour. Here's how to get around during the race.
Doctor says Ethan Stacy was severely burned prior to death
04/19/2013 11:00pmYoung Ethan Stacy was burned over 17 percent of his body, from his ankles to his thighs, according to an autopsy report.
Boston tragedy generates increased interest in SL Marathon
04/19/2013 11:05pmSalt Lake City is putting the finishing touches on its marathon which runs Saturday. Organizers are seeing increased participation and interest because of the tragedy in Boston.
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Changing downtown Houma into a pedestrian-friendly, progressive economic hub while ensuring sustainability from heavy storms is the main point of a master plan the Parish Council will consider for final approval this month.
Changing downtown Houma into a pedestrian-friendly, progressive economic hub while ensuring sustainability from heavy storms is the main point of a master plan the Parish Council will consider for final approval this month.
The first public meeting on the 2030 Comprehensive Master Plan, which has been discussed for years, is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday on the second floor of the Government Tower, 8026 Main St., Houma, followed by another meeting Feb. 27.
The 300-page plan does not hold the weight of law but is a guiding document for developers, designers and lawmakers to follow over the next two decades, parish officials said.
This is the first revision of the plan since hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The last major revision came in 2003, two years before Katrina and five years before Hurricane Gustav.
This latest update began in 2009 with an in-depth study of parish demographics and building inventory to give planners a base to build on.
Planners gathered public input through a series of town-hall meetings that started in May 2011. They also used in-person and online surveys to get an idea of what people envisioned for Terrebonne.
"We would certainly love the public to come out and let the council know if they have any concerns about the plan that they want to address," said Terrebonne senior planner Chris Pulaski. "But I do feel confident that what we have definitely represents the community's thoughts and suggestions as it is."
What is unique about this plan is its focus on downtown Houma, something that hadn't been incorporated in earlier master plans, officials said.
Now that Morganza-to-the-Gulf, a system of levees and floodgates aimed to protect Terrebonne and Lafourche from storm flooding, is under way, the parish can start concentrating on the quality of life for its people and beautifying the area, said Terrebonne Parish President Michel Claudet.
There is a chapter dedicated specifically to the development of the historic district.
Bayou Terrebonne, the newly built Bayou Walk, and a slew of festivals, parades, cultural events and historic architecture are listed among downtown's draws.
But the document also lists challenges such as a heavily traveled Main Street and limited parking.
Already, the parish has purchased three parking lots along Park Avenue downtown and plans to work with the Department of Transportation and Development to reroute large trucks from using Main Street for transport, Pulaski said.
Among other suggestions outlined, the plan intends to:
— Attract retail stores and new businesses, including a grocery store.
— Provide community gathering spaces, including community gardens.
— Increase the number of people living downtown, primarily through mixed-use housing for a range of incomes.
— Create safe, walkable streets with bike lanes to encourage pedestrian traffic.
— Attract residents and visitors to downtown attractions by extending museum hours and other methods.
— Clean Bayou Terrebonne.
— Extend the Bayou Walk.
— Remove blighted buildings, abandoned vehicles and debris.
Engineers are putting the finishing touches on construction drawings for a new biking and walking trail in Houma that could be ready by March.
A new skate park on the adjacent lot next to the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center on La. 311 is expected to be built before the end of this year.
Also, land has already been secured and plans are under way to build a multi-sport and multi-field recreation complex on the site of the soccer fields on La. 311.
The sustainability portion of the plan suggests continuing the same sort of work that has been under way since Katrina and Gustav, officials said.
Terrebonne Parish has the world's largest home-elevation programs under way, Claudet said, referring to a Jan. 27 article in The Times-Picayune.
About 900 frequently flooded Terrebonne homes have been elevated since 2005. Most of that work has been done using storm-recovery money. More than $50 million in grant money has been spent in Terrebonne since 2002's hurricanes Lili and Isidore.
Pulaski said officials will continue to aggressively seek out grant money for that purpose.
Vision 2030's other chapters focus on transportation, housing, community design, public facilities, regional coordination and construction projects.


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?Fast-growing South–South trade and investment is an opportunity to ramp up developing countries' abilities to master market-useful technologies and to bolster their abilities to innovate new products and services, an UNCTAD report says.
The Technology and Innovation Report 20121, subtitled Innovation, Technology and South–South Collaboration, was released today. South–South economic cooperation is one of the major global economic developments of the past two decades. Exchanges between developing countries accounted for 55 per cent of global trade in 2010, as compared to 41 per cent in 1995, and this trend is already leading to useful diffusions of technology and innovative capacity, the Report says.
Increased South–South exchange can lead to greater technological sharing, in a variety of ways. A first important channel is the import of goods, the Report says, which are used by importing countries to improve their production processes through copying and reverse engineering. Global production networks and foreign direct investment (FDI) are other factors that could promote transfers of technology and technological development in countries.
The rise in the percentage of capital goods within South–South trade is therefore a very encouraging sign, UNCTAD affirms. Data in the Report show that not only have developing countries increased their share of capital goods imports, they are also the main source of high-technology capital goods for all other countries of the South. The share of developing countries' imports from other developing countries has steadily increased, from 35 per cent in 1995 to 54 per cent in 2010. Trade in such products not only helps to expand economic activity and shift consumption patterns; it also shows that developing countries are increasingly offering competitive products in a variety of industries and involving a range of technologies.
Similarly, rising South–South investment, which is increasingly related to activities in the services economy, bodes well for technology and innovation activities in the developing world, as services are generally based on advanced knowledge and technology, the Report notes. The share of developing countries in total outward FDI rose from 15 per cent in 2005 (at $132 billion) to 27 per cent in 2010 (at $400 billion), a large share of which is directed to other developing countries.
Nevertheless, these benefits, which allow countries to technologically learn, innovate and integrate themselves into global production networks, both in low-cost manufacturing and in high-tech sectors, currently tend to be focused on only some countries. For example, East Asia accounts for the largest share of FDI outflows among developing countries, and most services-related FDI is directed towards other East, South-East, and South Asian countries, the Report says. Similarly, a large part of manufacturing FDI from these sources is directed at the electronics and automobile sectors of East Asian countries. By discussing this, the Report highlights an important problem, namely that the developments in South–South trade and technological exchange remain uneven, and that the existing technological divide prevents many countries from participating in and benefiting from South–South exchange.
This situation does not mean that there are no technological collaborations elsewhere in the developing world, however it means that, by comparison, there are far fewer of them. Such collaboration, where it has occurred, is nonetheless promising, the Report notes. For example, the Pan-African e-Network Project is an initiative led by the Government of India, undertaken in partnership with the 53 members of the African Union. The Brazilian National Service for Industrial Training (SENAI) has so far provided international technical assistance through 48 international partnerships with 25 countries, leading 29 projects, with five in sub-Saharan Africa. There also are some important collaborations in the field of health and pharmaceuticals between Quality Chemicals (Uganda) and Cipla Pharmaceuticals (India), and between Brazil and Mozambique for the production of anti-retroviral drugs to battle HIV/AIDS. Similarly, the "Lighten Up Africa" project is a joint collaboration between China and 10 African countries, supported by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), to help set up hydropower stations in Africa.
The challenge is to expand these benefits to countries that currently are largely left out. UNCTAD calls for governments to take astute and cooperative steps to promote local technological learning, so that their firms can partake of the opportunities presented by increasing South–South exchange. It also calls for governments in all countries to provide clear incentives to firms to engage in technological sharing. In addition, there is a need to better coordinate State-led efforts to spur entrepreneurship with ongoing scientific and technological research. Currently, many countries, especially the least developed countries, are unable to capitalize fully on the existing and emerging opportunities in trade and technology due to the low absorptive capabilities of their firms and organizations.
Full Report - http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/tir2012_en.pdf
Overview - http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/tir2012overview_en.pdf
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Taking a wife is as old as man when God arranged the first marriage between Adam and Eve. Mormon founder Joseph Smith liked marriage so much that he is alleged to have "sealed" from 27 to 44 wives, of whom 11 were married at the time. (Google) Even Hitler married live-in Eva Braun the last thing before committing suicide. Two million couples marry each year, creating a $50 billion industry nationwide and $200 million in Oklahoma.
When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say,
"Give crowns and pounds and guinea but not your heart away"
Give pearls away and rubies, but keep your fancy free."
But I was one-and-twenty; no use to talk to me.
Taking a wife is as old as man when God arranged the first marriage between Adam and Eve. Mormon founder Joseph Smith liked marriage so much that he is alleged to have "sealed" from 27 to 44 wives, of whom 11 were married at the time. (Google) Even Hitler married live-in Eva Braun the last thing before committing suicide. Two million couples marry each year, creating a $50 billion industry nationwide and $200 million in Oklahoma.
To wed derives from the term for making a wager or bet. (Makes sense to me.)
A "spouse" originally meant one who contracts or makes an agreement. Honeymoon relates to the month-long phases of the moon being associated with the fervor of newlyweds. (Warning: full moons diminish to darkness whatever the couple in separate bathtubs beside the lake claims.)
Everything begins with the all-important proposal by the guy at some special (romantic, memorable) place — like Theta pond on the OSU campus. Then or soon thereafter must come a ring way bigger than he can afford: it's something one can't afford not to do!
Fiance' and Mother then go into high gear planning the wedding, which today is often done online. Gifts are encouraged at specified stores having "registries" online indicating what to buy and whether it has already been purchased.
Wedding preparations center on the bride's dress. (Guys, don't try to understand this.)
Little girls are born with wedding dreams inherited from their mothers, and by the time they are graduated from kindergarten have just about completed plans for their wedding ceremony except for the guy to plug into their scenario.
Dresses for the bridesmaids vary in color, but not so the bride's dress: it must be white as dictated by tradition dating to Queen Victoria's wedding in 1840 to Prince Albert. (The tradition that white signifies virginity is now passe.')
Home weddings still occur in homes of the wealthy and British royalty still marry in Westminster Abbey, but the modal venue is the couple's church.
Though couples are waiting longer to marry, they are not waiting longer to have sex.
Two-thirds of couples who marry are already living together. In my youth we called that "shacking up" and it carried an onus, but now it is normative and done without shame. A white dress no longer connotes virginity.
Vows now seldom include the standard litany replaced by vows the couple write which never include the part about the bride promising to "obey." (Pity.) Weddings one TV are graded on the "uniqueness" of the overall experience. Venues have moved out of home to church with one-sixth held at some "destinations" like Hawaii.
Weddings increasingly are planned around "themes" such as black ties and tails this year because of the movie, "The Great Gatsby," and "horses" last year. (Makes sense. "Groom" is one who tends horses.)
Costs have soared from nationwide, price-adjusted $2,240 in 1946 to $25,730 in 2011.
Wedding planners serve the more affluent, clients of one OKC agency averaging $40,000.
Component averages are $4,000 for rings; cake $400; and, rehearsal dinner $1,100.
Published figures run higher than those of ordinary folks because they are calculated from clients of commercial firms and subscribers to trade magazines who tend to more lavish arrangements.
(News item in my email today reported on a couple in Scotland spent a total of $1.56 on their wedding. You'd understand if you had seen the bride's picture! She was worth the money.)
Help in planning is available from The Knot.Com, Brides of Oklahoma.Com, Brides.Com, and the Wedding Channel. There are professional Wedding Planners and Caterers for meals and receptions. A few churches have Wedding Coordinators.
Ordinary folks save money all the way down the line. One bride took her own pictures and created a handsome album online with Shutterfly.com for only $40, which included coupons that reduced considerably the cost of wedding pictures.
One Flesh
In the beginning, God created man and woman for each other and said that they would become "united" in marriage and physically. (Gen.2:24-5) This and the commandment about the exclusivity of the sexual dimension of marriage make clear the ideal of sex only within marriage.
Cohabitation is now normative prior to marriage in spite of the fact that only 36 percent of partners in the former report being "very satisfied" compared with 57 percent of the latter. *
This ideal has progressively deteriorated with far greater adverse consequences for the poor underclass than the few in higher classes. The economy and the deterioration of moral standards have worked in tandem to create a bimodal society of a few haves and many haven'ts.
Births out of wedlock are turning the poor from class to caste. Seventy one per cent of poor families in Oklahoma are unmarried and 37 percent of single-parent, female–headed families are poor. Sixty-five per cent of births are out of wedlock among women who are high school dropouts compared with only 8 percent of women having a college degree.
I agree with Ol Blue Eyes' Mother e.g., "love and marriage go together."
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A few nights back, I listened to the Jim Bohannon radio talk show, because Jimbo usually has interesting guests. He was talking to a fellow who had written a book about World War II, specifically about the Flying Fortresses and their pilots and crews.
The writer told of one pilot who grew up in rural West Virginia and attended a one-room school. As a schoolboy, the kid who became a bomber pilot worked the farm, went to school and then earned money keeping the school and grounds clean after the school day. The writer noted, too, that in those days, boys would carry their guns to school, hang them on pegs in the back of the classroom and then go hunting after school to get meat for their families. The talk show host, Bohannon, noted that times have surely changed.
I got to thinking about when I was a high school kid, students would carry guns in their cars and trucks, because they would go hunting after school. Or maybe before school. No one thought a thing about it. The administrators had guns in their cars, too.
Nowadays, when a gun is taken to school, it's carried in by some weirdo loser kid who has spent years playing violent games on the computer and has grown into an adult loser who doesn't hold a job and can't function in society. Adam Lanza, for instance, was 20 years old and lived in his mother's basement. He rarely slithered out. Part of the problem was he didn't have a dad who would whip his butt and make him do chores.
Well, I'm starting to rant.
Suffice it to say that I believe the generations before me had better character, and my generation has better character than the current generation.
We were simply better people in those days. As a society, we are degrading. Young people have a sense of entitlement and no sense of responsibility. Because of young people, most of them city kids, politicians are demanding that guns be taken away from old geezers like me.
I keep thinking I should try to be more positive in this column, but then I make the mistake of reading the news, watching it on TV and listening to it on the radio.
As a firearms owner, I'm irritated by the implication, in some instances the outright accusation, that I'm responsible for mass murders throughout the United States. Because weirdoes kill people, the government wants to take my guns away.
"Why do you NEED an assault weapon?" is a favorite question of those who believe in the government as our Father. These are the same people who believe the government/Father should shut down the fast-food restaurants because they serve food that makes us fat and limit the size of soft-drink cups to 16 ounces because soft drinks are full of sugar,
"You don't NEED a Big Mac or Whopper or What-a-Burger" and "You don't NEED a Big Gulp soft-drink," they say.
These are the same people who say businesses don't NEED to make big profits.
I'm tired of people looking to the government/Father to lead, guide and direct us. Some people have made an idol of the government.
I don't NEED a Whopper, but sometimes I WANT one, and in our free enterprise system there is a company that is willing to provide that to me for a price.
I don't NEED a Big Gulp, but sometimes I WANT one, and there's a company willing to sell it to me if I have the money.
Businesses don't NEED to make a big profit, but I WANT the two companies I work for to make profits so I can remain employed.
I don't NEED to drink beer. I don't NEED to eat meat. I don't NEED to go fishing. I can drink water, eat vegetables and read a book, but sometimes I WANT to drink a beer, eat a slab of ribs and cast a line.
I don't NEED an assault weapon but I WANT one because it might protect my life someday.
Let's do something about the weirdo criminals who use guns, knives, tire irons and other weapons to kill people instead of going after responsible gun owners.


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O.K., I have acquired a SCUBA and can put in my level 10 tonight.
But, since I am still a MAG newb, I have a really stupid question.
I have put in a 1.0 carrier, no shims, and the stock spring as suggested to start off.
Now, when I air up the marker air comes pouring out of the barrel. Now, I rechecked my carrier and it really is the best choice. The 1.0 is pretty snug, whereas the 1.5 just slides off. The .5 is really tough to get off.
So, I should also state that my velocity has to be really high. I had previously cranked it up, and if I keep cranking it up I notice that my leak does get much weaker. However, I have begun to see the thread on the back adjuster, and I don't want the thing flying out on me either!
It is not leaking out of the back, but if I keep turning it, can I damage the gun?
Also, when I get it to the point where it stops leaking, pulling the trigger does NOTHING.
Any help would be much appreciated.


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The website of a Miami-based networking and security solutions reseller became inaccessible Monday, shortly after the company began advertising an unauthorized Mac clone for a fraction of the cost of Apple's cheapest system. Dubbed OpenMac, the USD 400 offering from Psystar Corporation is described as 'a low-cost high-performance computing platform' based on the ongoing OSX86Project - a hacker-based initiative aimed at maintaining a version of the Mac OS X operating system for everyday PCs. The website is back online now, and the machine has been renamed to Open Computer. Update: Psystar says they will continue to sell the Open Computer system, despite the fact that it appears to violate Apple's EULA. "We're not breaking any laws," they insisted.
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