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I received a phone call last week regarding our front page. I was not in when the person called, however, I was given the message soon after I returned.
The person's beef? Our front page didn't have our new president's photo on it. I spoke with the person, and I have to say, she was quite pleasant as she made her case. We wished one another "good day" and the conversation ended.
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2DS, I think you smell funny in a good way! It's like saying you stink pretty!
I stink pretty? That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. But you made me laugh...
Wanna bet?
Are you guys betting on whether the stink pretty line is gonna work or did I miss something?
lol nah i dont like taking peoples money
If you win, you could always buy me dinner with it. LOL J/K
lol! Who said anything about you winning? Don't make me drive the some-odd amount of hours it takes to get to your place from nashville & kick your ***!!
Play fair, no kicking a****, without a medical kit and running car with driver to take the injured to the hospital...(you will probably both need a car). LOL

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The City of Rolla will be conducting a citizen opinion telephone survey beginning the week of Feb. 18 to assess citizen satisfaction with the delivery of major city services and to help determine priorities for the community as part of the City's ongoing strategic planning process. About 1,200 residents will be contacted, which will provide a statistically valid random-sample survey of 400 responses.
The telephone survey takes about 10 minutes and consists of a series of questions that help to objectively measure the overall attitudes of residents in 14 major categories, including stormwater, parks and recreation, customer service, code enforcement, economic development, quality of life, housing, communication, maintenance, public safety, rates and fees, community image, water services and transportation.
The survey will be conducted by ETC Institute, one of the nation's leading community-based market research firms based in Olathe, Kan. ETC has conducted research projects for clients in 46 states, and has conducted five other citizen surveys for the City of Rolla about every two years for the past several years.
"This survey continues to be a great communication tool for City Administration and Council to measure how well the city is delivering a variety of services to our residents," said John Butz, City Administrator. "We have used it effectively for the past several years to help assess our performance and enhance the level of services we provide to the community."
Results from the survey will be shared with the Rolla City Council and Rolla community in May. City Administration and city council use the results to make decisions related to budgeting, strategic planning, goal setting and bench marking. Most importantly, the survey gives City Administration and city council additional direction to help set community priorities regarding how tax dollars can be spent wisely.
If you happen to be contacted, please realize your input and suggestions are important, and that the city encourages your participation. To review the results of the most recent citizen survey conducted for the City by ETC Institute, please visit the City's Website at www.rollacity.org. For more information regarding the survey, please contact John Butz, Rolla City Administrator, at 426-6940.


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Friday: A Tearful but Great Day to Be a Husker
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As I walked out of the NU Coliseum Friday night, a thought kept flashing through my mind, but I had to Google it to document the quote: "Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave."
That, in a nutshell, described the University of Nebraska Coliseum Saturday night when John Cook's Huskers swept Northern Iowa to advance to an NCAA Regional at Omaha's Century Link Center, where Nebraska will stand as one of 16 schools still alive for a national volleyball championship.
A funny thing happened on the way out the Coliseum door.
Nobody wanted to leave.
John Baylor, the voice of Nebraska volleyball, and Lindsay Peterson, the former Husker who now directs NU's volleyball operations, were a bit shocked when the vast majority of Big Red fans were still milling around the Coliseum long after the Huskers had eliminated Northern Iowa.
Coveted Souvenir Would be an Illegal Act
Baylor and Peterson speculated that some
Husker fans might be waiting for the perfect opportunity to grab
something from the Coliseum so they could take it home as a souvenir or
personal remembrance from the 37 years Nebraska played in an
extraordinary old barn and won 93 percent of its matches.
No one wants to leave a home that produced that kind of dominance.
And everyone wanted to soak in that final competitive experience in an historic building that greets fans with 10 huge columns anchored in the shadow of an expanding Memorial Stadium. Perhaps when Nebraska returns to its storied home one final time for an exhibition match next spring, each of those 10 columns can get a single letter for that special day:
Isn't that an appropriate description before Nebraska Athletics donates yet another treasure to Campus Rec, the university, the city and the state that watched the Huskers' astonishing accomplishments inside those walls?
Bo Pelini would love seeing that expression on a nearby building.
Putting the Coliseum into a More Modern Home
Northern Iowa was a fitting foe that battled valiantly yet left the building knowing why this old barn dared anyone to invade and leave a winner.
Fortunately, Nebraska has been planning long and hard on how the Huskers can take the best features of the Coliseum and put them into the Devaney Center, making it the gemstone of all volleyball facilities.
Won't it be sweet when the Nebraska Athletics' construction management team takes the Coliseum court – and all of its blood, sweat and tears – and re-installs that fabled hardwood into a state-of-the-art Devaney Center?
Who says you can't take it with you?
Nebraska begs to differ and every person who sits behind you won't have his or her knees planted in your back, nor will you have your knee planted in the backs of those in front of you.
Friday night, the Huskers huddled in the southeast corner of the Coliseum after dispatching Northern Iowa in three straight sets. Then they circled the Coliseum one final time to high-five every Husker fan lucky enough to be on the court, and somehow, I happened to become part of that impromptu victory lap.
Last Two to Leave the Court: Werth, Thramer
Every Nebraska player was emotional making that final run around the Coliseum to say hello and goodbye at the same time. The only two Huskers in need of Kleenex at the exit sign were the last two off the court Friday night. Hannah Werth, a Springfield, Ill., senior outside hitter who received the loudest applause in pre-game introductions, bawled her way back to the locker room. Hayley Thramer, a junior middle blocker from Ewing, Neb., was right behind her – the last Husker off the court and literally crying out loud as she approached her final Coliseum steps.
Whoever didn't cry in public did so in privacy. "There wasn't a dry eye in that locker room," said second-year Husker assistant coach Dan Meske, who joined Baylor for the Husker Sports Network post-game show (NCAA rules prevent head coaches from competing with the tournament's media rules).
"This is an amazing place, and there are a lot of great memories here," Cook said. "I told the team they're part of history, and this was one of the most fun matches they'll play in their lives … the last one in the Coliseum.
"What a way to send the Coliseum out," Cook added. "I think it was fitting the last point was Lauren (Cook, his daughter) and Gina (Mancuso) for the final kill in the Coliseum. Two Nebraska girls … how fitting is that? I was contemplating taking a timeout to ask them who wanted to score the last point. But the crowd was going (strong) and it worked out great."
Cook didn't need contemplation, but even he would want us to point out that the first link in that history-making kill was a perfect pass from libero Lara Dystra, a California native just like her head coach.
The Coliseum Roar Was Octaves Higher
Undoubtedly sensing it had a lead role in the last act on this notable night, the Coliseum throng warmed its collective lungs long before team introductions. If you were behind the bleachers buying an over-sized cookie, you could hear a roar several octaves above ultra-enthusiastic cheering, and that bellowed howl continued in appropriate bursts throughout the match.
"The crowd was electric," Cook said. "You know, we've been waiting a year for this match."
Now, of course, we're waiting to exhale and the results from Saturday night's regional in Washington, so the Huskers can see what awaits them in Omaha, the road that needs to be triple paved with similar passion to help Nebraska reach the National Semifinals in Louisville.
Speaking of the Final Four, the voice of several such tournaments read his own statement the second Friday night's second-round session ended. "You can buy tickets for the NCAA quarterfinal matches in Omaha," familiar voice Steve Johnson informed the fans before thanking the players, the coaches and the fans who have made the Coliseum such a unique experience for nearly four decades.
Johnson ended his "Nebraska is special" speech with a John Cook quote that dates back to the day he was hired. "It's a great day to be a Husker!" he said, knowing that every Big Red heart in the house felt just like he did.
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"How can a man who marries a fellow man produce a child and how can a woman who marries a fellow woman produce a child?
"If this evil is allowed to stay, there will not be newborns again in the world. As the older generation dies, will there be a new generations to succeed it? Even plants and animals have new generations to succeed them."


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Library gathering becoming popular event
Teenagers in the Ionia area now have an opportunity to meet, relax, chat and share their creativity.
Java Lines is a new program at the Ionia Community Library that is becoming more and more popular after a short trial run. For one hour and 15 minutes, teenagers are welcome to gather together and converse, listen to music and share their artwork, writing or other forms of creative expression.
"Now there are kids that are really excited about it," said Ionia Community Library Teen Librarian Sally Wilcox, adding 30 teenagers attended the event. "It has just gotten more successful each time."
She said members of the Ionia High School Jazz Band have come in to perform as well as acoustic guitarist and singers. The point is for the music and art to be produced by teens for teens.
"I really want it to be a place where kids can share their creative endeavors and maybe inspire other kids to do the same," Wilcox added.
She said Java Lines is becoming a supportive, open and non-threatening creative outlet for the teens, who have already shared chapters of novels they are writing and how to do origami art.
Wilcox said she feels Java Lines is a positive event for teens and gives them a free, local place to visit and share their love of all types of arts.
"It's a safe place for kids to be," she added.
Java Lines takes place from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. every second Thursday of each month.
For more information, call the Ionia Community Library at 616-527-3680.
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Welcome to the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas! If you are reading this and you live in Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, or Stafford County, then I am your new congressman, Mike Pompeo. I am returning to serve a second term in the United States Congress as a result of the election last November.
The counties I just named, along with the southwestern corner of Pawnee County and the northern half of Greenwood County, have been part of the First District for many years. However, following the constitutionally required redistricting that occurred last year, all of these areas have been added to the Fourth District of Kansas as of January 3, 2013.
During the second half of last year, I travelled to many parts of the new district — Pratt and Medicine Lodge, Coldwater and Kinsley, Greensburg and St. John — and many others. These visits allowed me to meet a good number of folks and become better acquainted with the new people of the Fourth District.
Not surprisingly, these counties share much in common with the ten largely rural counties I represented before the redistricting. The entire district now possesses a rich agricultural heritage, enormous energy opportunities, and a self-reliant, commonsense people.
I am no stranger to Kansas agriculture or to this part of the state that I have not represented before. My mother was born in Beloit and was raised in Wellington. I spent many summers as kid on my Aunt JoAn and Uncle Jim's farm just north of Winfield. I have also spent time in many of these counties selling oilfield equipment and services before I came to Congress.
I serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. In my first term, I have opposed the EPA's push to regulate irrigation ditches and ponds as if they were oceans or large lakes. I led the charge to stop it from banning "farm dust" like the dirt kicked up by tractors on farms and by trucks on dirt roads.
I have also opposed federal micromanagement of local school lunch programs, the Department of Labor's ridiculous attempt to stop kids from working on farms, and other excessive regulations imposed by a federal government that often does not understand the realities of our rural life here.
In addition to these production agriculture issues, I have protected the interests of rural landowners, oil and gas producers, and all of the people that depend on them for their livelihoods.
This part of Kansas is at the heart of an exciting oil and gas exploration boom in the Mississippi Lime geologic formation. Fracking of wells has been done safely and productively in Kansas for decades, and we cannot afford to let the federal government shut down a practice that promises good jobs and reliable energy.
As a veteran — Go Army! — I have also worked hard to make sure that our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines are well taken care of by our country both while in service and, as veterans, after returning from risking all for our nation.
Since I represent 17 counties, I expect that I will be able to visit your area more frequently than my predecessor, who represented nearly 70 of them.
My staff will also bring our successful "Congress in Your Community" program to the new counties in the district, providing an opportunity for you to have your constituent services needs met without traveling to our district's home office in Wichita.
We look forward to hearing from you often. I consider my position a sacred trust, and I promise that I will value your input and do my utmost to respond to your concerns as long as I serve as your congressman.
Congressman Mike Pompeo
Home Office: 7701 E. Kellogg, Ste. 510, Wichita, KS 67207
Phone: 316-262-8992
Washington Office: 107 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-6216
Website: Pompeo.House.Gov
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A Thibodaux man accused of decapitating his son had childhood meningitis before having to relearn his motor skills and later talked to a wall and pondered shooting someone, according to documents read in court Friday.
A Thibodaux man accused of decapitating his son had childhood meningitis before having to relearn his motor skills and later talked to a wall and pondered shooting someone, according to documents read in court Friday.
"He had begun talking about his wall. He had a special wall that talked to him and told him what to do," according to a document written by a social worker in 1994. Jeremiah Wright also asked what would happen "if he got the gun and shot someone in the house."
That document also mentions that Wright, now 31, told others he was just joking when he said those things.
Friday marked the fourth day of the hearing to determine Wright's mental competence to stand trial on charges of the first-degree murder of his son, 7-year-old Jori Lirette, in the summer of 2011.
The hearing, originally scheduled for three days, will continue in Judge John LeBlanc's courtroom Saturday.
Lawyers did not specify Friday why the social worker was writing that report in the first place. Witnesses have mentioned earlier in the hearing that they learned Wright was briefly in foster care as a child.
Meningitis, which inflames the coverings of the brain and spinal chord, could be the reason Wright speaks in a monotone and appears slow, a psychologist previously testified.
However, much of Friday's testimony was from a psychologist called by the prosecution who was confident Wright is fit to stand trial.
Psychologist Manfred Greiffenstein said he believes Wright is mentally prepared for a trial. During a session with him, Wright "resisted" certain interview questions and would "quickly inform me he would discuss that question and its issue with his attorney."
This demonstrated Wright was not only capable of assisting in his defense but also understood the seriousness of the matter, Greiffenstein said.
"He obviously understands the seriousness of the charges," Greiffenstein said. "Why else would you defer to your attorney?"
Greiffenstein examined Wright for over four hours two months ago at the Lafourche Parish jail after doctors at a state mental hospital announced they had restored Wright to competence following LeBlanc's determination of 'incompetent'.
District Attorney Cam Morvant II has taken issue in past days with similarly short sessions the defense's doctors had with Wright, one of whom concluded as recently as last week that Wright would not be able to assist his attorneys.
However, Glenn Ahava, Wright's psychologist at the hospital who observed, tested and interviewed him for several months and said that watching Wright interact with his attorney Kerry Cuccia was a "turning point" in ultimately determining Wright was fit to stand trial.
More information also came out Friday about an alleged confession Wright made to guards at his former hospital. Wright's attorney read a statement a guard alleges he made.
"It started out normal ... but once I tried to enroll it in school, they told me it would never learn anything. So I brought it home," Wright allegedly said about Lirette. "It would stick its fingers in its eyes and pull its hair until it bled. So my girlfriend told me to chop its feet off, plead insanity, I'd have to do a few years, then come home and I'd get a (Social Security) check."
Jesslyn Lirette, Wright's former girlfriend and Jori Lirette's mother, has been present during every day of the hearing. When this was read outloud, she audibly whispered, "What?" "I was very hurt by it, and it's not true," she later said of the statement.
LeBlanc does not necessarily have to make a decision the day the hearing ends.
If he rules Wright is competent, legal proceedings will continue. If he rules Wright is not competent, he will return to the mental hospital where doctors will try to treat him again, Morvant has previously said.
"The state can continue to detain a defendant to try and restore their competence, and they can continue to do that for a 'reasonable period of time,' " said Tulane University law professor Katherine Mattes, citing the U.S. Supreme Court decision about the matter. It does not specify how long that is.
If a judge decides a defendant will never be fit to stand trial, that person is then sent back to the state mental hospital, Mattes said. If a person is later deemed not to be a danger to himself or others, he or she can be released from the hospital, though in Wright's case this may be unlikely.
"Practically speaking — something like this? I can't imagine the judge would," Mattes said.
This week's hearing only addresses his current mental state. It does not address whether Wright was insane at the time of the alleged crime. Wright has not entered a plea. If LeBlanc finds him competent, not guilty by reason of insanity is one possible plea Wright could then make.
A 'not guilty by reason of insanity' determination results in a sentence to a mental hospital.
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Allen E. Brue is an entrepreneur who owns Quick Start Products & Solutions, Inc., which builds diesel engine ether injection systems.
"When it's cold you need this to start your diesel truck," Brue explains. He's also got another company, Fire Chariot, LLC, producing an original invention that he says will double a diesel truck's miles per gallon.
Both companies are housed in a moderately sized metal building on Wiscold Drive in Rochelle. It is surrounded by acres of new industrial and logistics companies that have found Rochelle, population 9,500, to be a pro-business oasis in a state whose government has long considered business a golden goose that owes as many of her egg to the state as it wants.
Brue is typical of business people in the Hub City and throughout Illinois. What does he want out of Illinois government? "Consistency," he answers. He has to plan three to five years ahead and it doesn't help to have a state government that changes the rules, regulations and tax rates willy-nilly.
Brue also says the state desperately needs to improve its image.
"When we go to other states and people ask us where we're from, and we say 'Illinois,' they look at us and just say, 'Oh.' We are looked at as the worst state in the nation and we need to change that."
Brue hosted a gathering of about 75 Rochelle-area business leader Monday to hear Bruce Rauner, the Republican nominee for governor. On the shop floor, Rauner promised a competitive Illinois with low taxes and fewer regulations, tort law reform and workers compensation reform. He said he does not believe in using special gimmicks, state grant and specific tax break favors to entice specific companies to stay in Illinois.
Asked for specific details, Rauner said he would roll out his plan in the next 60 days.
"The first 18 to 24 months will feature a lot of restructuring, less spending and lower taxes. It will be very different from Gov. Quinn's plan" of more spending, Rauner said.
Rauner said Illinois' current government looks at business as an enemy. Faced with the hostility, companies are leery of expanding, he said.
"Last week Caterpillar announced it's moving 170 job to Michigan. Michigan!" He said he knows a factory owner in Champaign who loves Illinois but who could save $10 million a year by moving production 35 miles to Indiana. "It's hard to love Illinois for that much," Rauner said.
Rauner also made a pitch for education reform, "world-class schools in every district," and the restoration of vocational, job and technical training in the schools. How he'll do that with less money he didn't say. Rauner also likes charter schools — he has funded them in Chicago.
The Winnetka resident also said Illinois needs to cut the number of local governments, because they tend to increase our property tax burden by planning their spending isolated from overlapping taxing district in the same area.
"We have 7,000 local governments, more by thousands than any other state," he said. He plans to "form a bipartisan task force of mayors, county chairs, the governor's office and members of the General Assembly to recommend how we can reduce" the number of governments and lessen the burden on property taxpayers.
I asked Rauner what he would do if lawmakers make the "temporary" 5 percent income tax permanent in the lame duck session after the Nov. 4 election. He said he'd look for a way to rebate the extra money to taxpayers. Rauner would rather let the tax revert to 3.75 percent.
I asked him if he will consider taxing pensions, and he said that probably won't be part of his plan.
The Republican candidate told businessmen and women that GOP candidates need to campaign for all votes in all parts of the state. He said a Republican candidate for governor doesn't need to win Cook County, but does need to get at least 23 percent of the vote. In 2010, Republican Bill Brady got 17 percent of the Cook County vote in a close statewide race against Quinn.
"You have to ask people for their vote," he said, adding that he speaks most every Sunday at a different black church in Chicago.
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Wilberding Joins Huskers as Early Enrollee
Lincoln - The Nebraska soccer team welcomed freshman Paige Wilberding into the program in early January as an early enrollee. Coach John Walker's 2014 squad will consist of 13 newcomers after the Huskers signed a dozen commits on Tuesday.
Wilberding hails from Rosemount, Minn. and joins NU after two prep seasons at Eastview High School. The 5-foot-5 forward garnered all-state tournament team honors along with a pair of conference titles during her prep career.
During the club season, Wilberding played for the Dakota Rev under Tobbe Morsell along with current NU soccer student-athlete Natalie Muench. Wilberding was part of the team that won five consecutive Schwan's USA Cup Championships before finishing runner-up in 2012. The Rev also claimed the 2013 Gothia Cup Youth's World Cup title.


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As a hobbies and for my arcade games I do some programing for I/O boards. Mostly off the shelf Arduino's. I wanted to see how easy it would be for me to write some firmware to control a marker. Then I had a forehead slap moment and realized that the basic functionality does not require an micro-controller at all. It would be super simply to just wire up a battery, micro switch, phototransistor (to function as ACE), solenoid, and a couple of resistors, and a capacitor (for analog de-bounce).
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Course Reserves Deadlines and InformationApril 19, 2013 - April 26, 2013
Mānoa Campus, Sinclair Library Wong Audiovisual Center
Deadline for submitting Course Reserve lists to Sinclair Library Wong Audiovisual Center are:
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-- Summer II 2013 – 5/17/13
-- Fall 2013 – 7/19/13
-- Spring 2014 – 11/15/13
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Sinclair Library Wong Audiovisual Center is the home to all Reserves at UHM. If you have any material—books, handouts, overheads, and media such as videos, CDs, or DVDs—that you would like your entire class to use, Sinclair is the place to make it happen.
UHM library has limited copies of an item, but by placing a title on Reserves you can make it accessible to all students in a fair manner. Students may save money by using the material at the library instead of having to purchase their own copy. Items placed on reserve may come from the UHM library or you may provide your own personal copy.
E-Reserves - Electronic Reserves provide easy 24/7 online access to print materials for class use and subject to copyright restriction.
E-Recordings – Electronic Recordings provide online access to musical recording via Classical Music Library and Naxos Music Library or by uploading to iTunesU. Please ask for assistance when podcasting your original sound or video recording.
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Profile in Courage: Humm Gets a Blackshirt
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Dave Humm celebrated birthday No. 61 Tuesday with something he never dreamed he would ever touch, let alone own – an honorary Blackshirt, the symbolic Nebraska defensive jersey that is pulled over the heads and onto the shoulders of physically and mentally tough athletes who share a pledge to make teams earn every yard and every touchdown.
As a record-setting quarterback in Tom Osborne's first two years as Nebraska's head coach, Humm more than meets the minimum standard for overall toughness. He's faced a third-and-long situation for nearly a quarter century now and is still fighting for his life.
Because of multiple sclerosis, Humm has been in a wheelchair for nearly 25 years. He hasn't been able to use his legs for nearly 16 years. He's in dire need of 24-hour care, but never once has he complained, and even though he can't shower or shave by himself, he thinks he's the luckiest man on the face of the earth because he has a daughter who loves him dearly and former Huskers who see his soul and his spirit not in muscles, but in the daily toughness he shows to embrace what he has.
Humm Has Battled MS for More Than 24 Years
"Hummer has gone through more in 24 years than any of the rest of us has gone through in 24 hours," John Melton said Tuesday night from Nebraska City. "Dave Humm deserves that honorary Blackshirt because he's tougher than any Blackshirt has ever had to be. Everything is great to him. I talk to him all the time, and if you didn't know he had MS, you wouldn't even know he was sick."
A linebacker coach under the legendary Bob Devaney, Melton recruited Humm from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, beating out Alabama, among others, even though Bear Bryant and Joe Namath both went to Vegas to promote what life would be like with the Crimson Tide. Humm became an All-America quarterback at Nebraska and went on to play nine years for the Oakland Raiders. "David tells me he loves me every time we end our conversation, and I tell him I love him, too," Melton said. "Only God knows how much I love that guy."
Jerry Murtaugh can say the same thing because Nebraska's once all-time leading tackler had to get tough with a tough-minded man. He had to tell Humm how much Husker players and fans loved him. He had to remind him that he's part of a family that's one of the biggest in the world. He had to let him know that he's put together an organization where athletes help other athletes … a group that has Tom Osborne's blessing and the same kind of loyalty that helps everyone understand why there is no place like Nebraska.
Three Huskers, Humm's Daughter Present Honor
"We had three players at Hummer's house today to present him his honorary Blackshirt," Murtaugh said-. "Rich Sanger, Doug Johnson and Tom Humm (Dave's brother) were in Las Vegas for the Blackshirt ceremony. So was Dave's lovely daughter, who is always there for him every day."
"I am so proud of Hummer," said Murtaugh, an All-America linebacker and Big Eight Player of the Year who once made 25 tackles in a 21-21 tie against USC in Nebraska's 1970 national championship season. Murtaugh is president of the Omaha-based Husker Greats Foundation, which helps Husker athletes, Humm, the Hollywood handsome Husker with a rocket left arm, was the foundation's first major benefactor..
"I've known Dave Humm for a long time, and he has the biggest heart, the most determination and the greatest love of life and love for a daughter that I've ever known," Murtaugh said. "When the idea of giving him a Blackshirt first came up, I was a little skeptical because I know David so well. I worried that he might protest when he saw his #12 and his name on a Blackshirt."
Murtaugh Has Never Looked Up More to a Man
But guess what? Only a few good men can fathom such an honor, and fortunately, Dave Humm is one of them. "He is quite a man, and he proved it again accepting this jersey," Murtaugh said. "I have never looked up to Hummer more than I did today when he honored our honor. Dave and I have had our battles for pride, but we both love the same things, and I don't know anyone who deserves a Blackshirt more than he does. He is quite a man, that Dave Humm … quite a man."
Murtaugh would not cut the conversation short until he explained another important contributor to Tuesday's amazing ceremony. "I can't tell you how much I appreciate Jeff Jamrog," Murtaugh said of Nebraska's assistant athletic director for football operations. "When I told Jammer what I needed, he didn't ask when, why or what. He just jumped all over getting an authentic Blackshirt jersey with a #12 on it. Jeff Jamrog knows what Nebraska football is all about, and coming from an old guy, I can't tell you how important that is."
The Blackshirt put another smile on Humm, whose continuous smile conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.
All-American Quarterback, Honorary Blackshirt
New England Patriot quarterback Tom Brady once said: "Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast, but that mental toughness that you talk about is what translates into competitiveness."
In Dave Humm's case, mental toughness goes beyond competitiveness and becomes synonymous with love – from the past, the present and the future. Happy Birthday Hummer, All-American quarterback and Honorary Blackshirt. Display that jersey proudly because you've earned every thread in it.
P.S. Murtaugh said a golf tournament at the Revere Golf Club in South Las Vegas on June 17 "will be the social event of the season" and will benefit the Humm family. Murtaugh said interested supporters should call 1-866-791-7626 to reserve a spot in the tournament with a one-night room charge to your credit card. "We want this to be a big success," Murtaugh said, adding that interested supporters can email Margie Smith at email@example.com. Prospective participants also can reach Rich Sanger at email@example.com or by calling 303-888-2408.
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I want to personally thank everyone for honoring David with this amazing award. I have watched him battle every day with a positive attitude, love for family and friends and a will power that I have never seen before. He talks about each and every one of his Nebraska coaches and teammates all the time and how they all taught him how to live life in the right way with the right values and morals. For that, the entire Humm family is forever grateful to all of you for what you have done for our brother. Tom Humm, Las Vegas, Nevada


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Penguin: It is OK, once in a while, after a busy day, to be too tired and brain fugged to cook properly. It is OK to just shove a pizza in the oven. It is NOT OK to put the polystyrene base that the pizza comes on into the oven as well!
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Oh no! Poor Penguin. Did you get a proper meal in the end?
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hummmmmmmmmmmm, it's not?….LOL
how many times have i cooked a turkey and realized that i've either left the "plastic" piece that's shoved in to hold it's legs like they are bolted together… or realized that the "gizzards" got left in the "bum" end!!!!
How long before you realized the pizza didn't smell right or was it a long evening peeling the melted stuff off the oven rack…bj
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A Niwot-area resident is Boulder County's first confirmed West Nile virus case of 2014, Boulder County Public Health officials said Wednesday.
The resident, whose identity wasn't disclosed, but who health officials said is a woman over age 50, reported having been bitten by mosquitoes near her home during the past two weeks.
She is recovering at home.
The woman reported symptoms of fever, chills, body aches, swollen lymph glands and severe fatigue.
"It's easy to forget how dangerous West Nile virus can be," said Jamie Feld, Boulder County Public Health epidemiologist. "While many people experience mild symptoms, the disease can cause serious or permanent health problems for some."
Marshall Lipps, a Boulder County Public Health environmental health specialist, said, "The weather conditions of rain followed by high temperatures create perfect breeding conditions for mosquitoes."
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Boulder County Public Health officials said this is the third human case of the disease this season in Colorado. In 2013, there were 51 cases of the disease in Boulder County and 322 cases in Colorado.
To date this season, WNV-positive mosquito pools have been confirmed in parts of Boulder, Adams, Delta, Mesa, Pueblo and Weld counties, with two other human cases of the virus being reported in Colorado.
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October milk production in the top 23 producing states totaled 15.4 billion pounds, up 1.2 percent from October 2012, according to preliminary data in USDA's latest Milk Production report. The 50-state total, at 16.4 billion pounds, was up 1 percent. Revisions lowered the original September estimate by 13 million pounds, to 14.8 billion, up 1 percent from a year ago.
October cow numbers totaled 8.5 million head in the 23 states, down 2,000 from September but 36,000 more than a year ago. Output per cow averaged 1,806 pounds, up 14 pounds from a year ago.
California was up 1 percent despite a 15 pound per cow drop in production but cow numbers were up 3,000 head. Wisconsin was up just 0.9 percent though output per cow was up 15 pounds and cow numbers were up 1,000 head. New York was up 2.8 percent, thanks to a nice 50 pound gain per cow. Cow numbers were unchanged. Idaho was down 2.7 percent on a 30 pound loss per cow and 7,000 fewer cows. Pennsylvania was up 0.2 percent on a 5 pound gain per cow and 1,000 more cows. Minnesota was down 0.3 percent, thanks to a 5 pound loss per cow. Cow numbers were unchanged.
Other key players: Michigan was up 2.7 percent on a 15 pound gain per cow and 7,000 more cows. New Mexico was off 0.6 percent on 2,000 fewer cows. Output per cow was unchanged. Texas keeps pouring it on, up 3.8 percent on a 25 pound per cow gain and 10,000 more cows. Washington was up 2.3 percent on a 10 pound gain per cow and 5,000 more cows.
USDA estimated 276,800 culled dairy cows were slaughtered under federal inspection in October, up 18,200 from September, but 8,600 less than October 2012. The gap between 2012-2013 year-to-date cull dairy cow slaughter continues to close, reports DairyBusiness Update. The January-October 2013 total was estimated at 2.619 million head, 45,200 more than the same period in 2012. Through the second week in November, year-to-date cow slaughter was just 35,800 more than a year ago, the smallest gap since April 6.
Feed prices decrease
Feed price forecasts continue to decline, based on the most recent World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The forecast corn price for 2013/14 was reduced in USDA's latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, to $4.10-$4.90 a bushel in November. Lower harvested acreage is more than offset by higher yield, leading to a record production forecast.
However, the soybean meal price was revised higher for 2013/14 in November to $375-$415 a ton. Soybean production forecasts for 2013/14 were raised in November based on higher yield expectations, but stronger exports of soybean meal is expected to boost prices.
The October Agricultural Prices report shows the preliminary October price for alfalfa was $193 a ton, down fractionally from September's estimate and below a year ago. Dairy feed ration prices will likely be lower in 2014 than this year, according to USDA.
Herd size projections were resumed this month, and the National Agricultural Statistics Service estimated the U.S. herd at 9.227 million head for the July-September quarter. The herd is expected to average 9.225 million head in 2013 and increase to 9.245 million in 2014 as producers respond to improved returns. The current-year milk yield per cow is forecast at 21,865 pounds. Milk per cow is forecast at 22,170 pounds next year, based on expectations that cheaper feed and abundant forages will support improved yields.
Cheese prices mixed
Meanwhile, cash cheese prices were mixed as Thanksgiving approached. The blocks closed Nov. 22 at $1.8350 per pound, up 1 1/2-cents on the week and a penny above a year ago. Barrel finished at $1.7550, down a quarter-cent on the week, a penny above a year ago, but 8 cents below the blocks. Only two cars of each traded hands on the week. The AMS-surveyed U.S. average block price hit $1.8768, up 2 cents. Barrels averaged $1.8648, up 1.1 cent.
Buyers are attempting to make needed purchases for added seasonal demand, according to USDA's Dairy Market News (DMN). "Timing is everything as buyers look to save on later purchases, but are pressed to acquire product in time for holiday deliveries," DMN said. "Manufacturers are caught in a balance of trying to fill seasonal demand despite tight milk supplies," and good export sales are adding to the supply uncertainty.
The Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) reports that exports of cheese and curd during September totaled 56.8 million pounds, up 40 percent from September 2012. Exports for January through September totaled 507 million pounds, up 14 percent from a year ago.
Cash butter saw a fourth week of gain, closing Friday at $1.68 per pound, up 3 cents on the week but a penny below a year ago when it plunged 10 1/2 cents. Seven cars found new homes this week and the AMS butter price averaged $1.5019, up 1.9 cents.
Cream supplies are reduced from strong Class II demand, according to DMN. Demand for butter is good to strong in the U.S. and internationally and butter inventories are shrinking across the regions. FAS reports September exports of butter and milkfat totaled 25 million pounds, a nearly fivefold increase from September 2012. Exports for January through September totaled 137.2 million pounds, a 63 percent increase over a year ago.
Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk slipped a penny earlier in the week but rallied Friday, closing at $1.9850 per pound, up a penny on the week. Extra Grade finished at $1.9750, up 7 1/2-cents on the week. AMS powder averaged $1.8914, up 1.1 cent, and dry whey averaged 57.74 cents, up a half-cent.
FC Stone's Chris Hildebrand says, "Asian demand continues to be strong and demand from Mexico has picked up after faltering." The other unknown factor is China's change in its one child policy. Couples will be allowed to have a second child if one of the parents is an only child. Infant formula demand could jump.
Speaking of exports, the U.S. Dairy Export Council reports that September U.S. dairy product exports were equivalent to 16.6 percent of U.S. milk solids production, the fifth straight month above 16 percent, according to DBU. In the first three quarters of 2013, exports were equivalent to 15.5 percent of U.S. milk solids production. Meanwhile, imports as a percent of milk solids production were 2.6 percent in September 2013.
Conventional milk sales down
USDA reports that 4.2 billion pounds of packaged fluid milk products is estimated to have been sold in September in the U.S., down 1.2 percent from September 2012. Total conventional fluid sales decreased 1.7 percent while organic fluid sales increased 10.4 percent from a year earlier.
The December federal order Class I base milk price is $20.37 per hundredweight, up 17 cents from November but $1.02 below December 2012, and equates to about $1.75 per gallon. That put the 2013 Class I average at $18.84, up from $17.46 in 2012, and compares to $19.13 in 2011, $15.35 in 2010, and $11.48 in 2009.
Looking back to the futures, the First Quarter 2014 pack average was at $16.99 per cwt. on Nov. 1, $16.99 on Nov. 8, $17.03 on Nov. 15, and was hovering around $17.06 late morning Nov. 22.
Farmers lobby Capitol Hill
Dairy farmers representing Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Ohio called on lawmakers on Capitol Hill last week, urging support of the House Dairy Title in the Farm Bill. Members of the Wisconsin Dairy Business Association (WIDBA) and the Dairy Policy Action Coalition (DPAC) also made visits to Senate offices to discuss concerns about the Dairy Market Stabilization Program (DMSP) currently in the Senate version of the Farm Bill that would require farmers to agree to reduce production to participate in a margin insurance program.
The farmers urged Senate conferees to follow the lead of the House, which rejected the controversial new dairy program to impose milk quotas on dairy farmers and replaced it with language that allows farmers to participate in a margin insurance program without being required to participate in the DMSP.
"The growing export markets are critically important to the future of the U.S. dairy industry," explained Alan Kozak, a dairy producer from Ohio. "Quota requirements in the DMSP would harm this growth by sending the wrong message to our global trading partners."
In other political news, the Environmental Protection Agency's decision last week to reduce the amount of ethanol blended into fuel in 2014 has come under fire as not being enough. Reps. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., Peter Welch, D-Vt., Jim Costa, D-Calif., and Steve Womack, R-Ark., authored the Renewable Fuel Standard Reform Act HR1462.
"While the EPA's slight reduction of the RFS for 2014 acknowledges that the mandate is unworkable, it is not enough to provide the much-needed relief businesses, farmers, and consumers need," Goodlatte said. "Today's announcement makes it even clearer that it will now be up to Congress to fix this broken mandate. There is a growing appetite in Congress to reform the ethanol mandate, and I urge ... the House Energy and Commerce Committee to consider the RFS Reform Act as a legislative fix to the growing problems with the RFS."
The Milk Producers Council's Rob Vandenheuvel provides some interesting perspective on what's behind the EPA's decision in his Nov. 15 member newsletter. Read it at www.milkproducerscouncil.org/updates/111513.pdf.
Moon Cheese debuts
Whether the moon is made of cheese may remain a mystery to some but Moon Cheese has landed on planet earth, at least in the Pacific Northwest. Moon Cheese is a new cheese snack that goes crunch and the taste is out of this world.
Brent Charleton, vice president of corporate affairs for the EnWave Corp., headquartered in Vancouver, B.C., said it's a healthy, crunchy, 100 percent natural cheese snack that is being launched in Washington State, Idaho, Oregon and Alaska via the Fred Meyer and Quality Foods. He adds that Moon Cheese is gluten-free, high in protein and calcium and "a great option for any avid snacker."
Current production capacity limits distribution, according to Charleton, but they expect to greatly increase their capacity by the end of Second Quarter 2014 and take the product to new customers.
Charleton says the majority of cheese snacks currently available include other ingredients and fillers but Moon Cheese is natural cheese, with no additives and no preservatives. It's available in American Cheddar, Pepper Jack or Gouda and is a puffed up, shelf stable, delicious cheese snack that, hopefully, will be in a grocery store near you. For details, log on to www.mooncheesesnacks.com.


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Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 36 degrees. Overnight low near 21 degrees.
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As Boulder prepares for its third snowfall in a week, Councilman Ken Wilson said the city needs to do more to enforce its snow removal ordinance, in particular when snow falls just before the weekend, as it did on Thursday.
Boulder's law gives residents 24 hours from the time the last snow falls to shovel their sidewalks.
For people who live on corner properties, that means both (or all) sides of the property. If the sidewalk is still snowy after that, first offenders get warnings, while second and subsequent offenders will be charged for the snow removal.
However, residents got a pass on shoveling the snow that fell last Thursday because the 24-hour deadline fell late Friday.
In response to an inquiry from Wilson, City Manager Jane Brautigam said the police department's three code enforcement officers don't work on the weekend.
"Code enforcement will begin again on Monday," Brautigam wrote in an email to City Council on Friday. "Our code enforcement team does an excellent job of addressing issues and will do all they can within the strictures of the ordinance to handle snow removal calls."
By Monday, of course, Boulder residents had shoveled out -- or not -- from a much larger storm that dropped 8.3 inches over the weekend. Officers will be enforcing the snow removal ordinance Tuesday -- the deadline for removal was 7:39 p.m. Monday -- but more snow is expected this afternoon.
Wilson said keeping sidewalks clear is important to the city's goal of encouraging people to walk instead of drive their cars.
"I think we should be able to do some code enforcement on the weekends," he said. "It's like plowing the streets. We would never say that could wait until Monday. Pedestrians being able to walk safely is a big priority of the city."
'We do a decent job'
Boulder Mayor Matt Appelbaum said the city needs to strike a balance between making sure people follow the rules and not being too strict.
He said the city probably needs to increase enforcement around a variety of code compliance issues, not just snow removal, but he would support putting more money into code enforcement if that's what is needed.
"I think we do a decent job, but it's clear we can do a better job," he said. "And part of it is the difficulty of enforcing this stuff, and part of it is a budget and staffing issue."
Code enforcement supervisor Jennifer Riley said her officers take a consistent approach to snowstorms, with the exception of weekends.
"We are serious about every snowfall," Riley said. "After 24 hours of stop-of-snowfall, we do start enforcement."
The first priority goes to complaints that are called in, Riley said. If a code enforcement officer sees other snowy sidewalks near a property that was the subject of a complaint, those homes will get violation notices as well.
Once complaints have been handled, officers will do proactive enforcement and write violation notices for snowy sidewalks they find on their own, with a focus on sidewalks near schools, Riley said.
Just one warning
Boulder residents get one warning per snow season, Riley said.
On the first offense, residents get a written notice of violation that gives them another 24 hours to clear the sidewalk. After that, the address goes on an abatement list. If officers get another complaint, they'll have a snow removal contractor clear the walk and bill the property owner. The costs ranges from $50 to $300, depending on how much sidewalk needs to be cleared and how much work it is to chip through packed snow and ice.
More snow is expected today, but accumulation shouldn't be more than an inch, according to the National Weather Service.
Riley said city officials will be meeting to discuss how to provide more snow removal enforcement on the weekends.
"We're always open to improving the way that we do things," she said.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were a little-known rap duo from Seattle with an album that sold beyond modest expectations a year ago.
As 2014 opens, Macklemore and Lewis are the focal point of the Grammy Awards — and few are more surprised than them.
"I never thought I'd be at Grammy week nominated for a Grammy Award," Macklemore told a crowd of 1,500 at a concert put on by T-Mobile at the Belasco Theatre. "I definitely never thought that I would be nominated for seven of them."
Macklemore and Lewis are up for three major awards — album, song and best new artist of the year — and will perform at Sunday's Grammy Awards. They aren't the top nominee — that honor belongs to Jay Z — but they've been the focal point of these Grammys and pop music for much of the last 12 months.
Thursday night's show was the official kickoff of their week in Los Angeles. They'll perform on Sunday at the Staples Center, and most expect them to carry home at least one trophy after a sensational year with hits like "Thrift Shop," "Can't Hold Us" and the nominated gay rights anthem "Same Love" that helped moved them from rooms with a few hundred people to arenas with thousands rapping right along.
"It's crazy," Lewis said in an interview before Thursday night's show. "To wrap your head around the Grammys is a hard thing to do. Now I think we're both just hitting a point where you can stop and reflect on 2013. There was an amazing number of shows and events. You couldn't have imagined it. You couldn't have thought it up. It all just sort of happened. We're both very grateful to even be nominated or let in the building to go to the Grammys, and if we end up walking out with anything, I think it's a dream come true."
Should The Recording Academy choose not to recognize Lewis and Macklemore, whose real name is Ben Haggerty, there will still be plenty of memories.
Haggerty said the craziest was the call they got from a certain rapper with a few pop hits of his own.
"Dinner with Will Smith and Jada Pinkett and their son Jaden, and then later joined by Willow — that was pretty cool," Haggerty said. "The fact that they wanted to have dinner with us was just surreal."


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TRAINING: A typical day leading up to this fight would start with boxing followed by jiu jitsu, followed by some type of sparring, depending on the day. I take a break, then it's wrestling then strength and conditioning, usually followed by some type of sparring, depending on the day.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training in MMA in 2008 right after playing junior college football. That's when I realized that I wasn't going to get a scholarship and continue playing because I was too skinny for a Division I school. But I still wanted to be a professional athlete and compete on a high level, so my best friend Robert Peralta took me to a garage and we started training and never stopped since.
What ranks and titles have you held? Baja Cage Fight and Ultimate Warrior Challenge Mexico bantamweight champion
Do you have any heroes? My parents are my heroes. They always told me that I can achieve anything as long as I believed and worked hard. Even when everyone else doubted me they were my biggest fans.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? Fighting in the UFC is my dream come true! Since I was a child I wanted to be a professional athlete and the UFC and Mr. White have given me that opportunity, and I'm so thankful and blessed to showcase my abilities and hard work to the world.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? I still need to go back and finish college. I was studying for my kinesiology degree and I got down on myself after I realized I wasn't going to move on to a university to play football. But I plan on it very soon.
What was your job before you started fighting? Before fighting I was a full-time student athlete, and then I was working with this private moving company to help make some money to get by, but gave up everything to train full-time and make this happen.
Ranks in any martial arts styles: Purple belt in BJJ under Manolo Hernandez, who is a 3rd degree black belt under Carlos Valente.
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One of the first tasks undertaken by Red Cross volunteers is a disaster assessment. This duty is critical to the organization because it helps them determine how many families are affected, how many meals need to be prepared and how many volunteers will be needed to respond. Now the American Red Cross is seeking to increase its pool of disaster assessment volunteers in advance of tornado season by offering a pool of upcoming training courses.
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Meatballs go well with spaghetti or smothered with tomato sauce on a long Italian roll. They don't digest well in a steel mill's electric furnace, at least those served up with portions of shredded scrap.
The "meatballs" are copper armatures or parts of copper motors from automotive starters and alternators or the compressor motors in appliances. They are part of the shredded flow because most have a magnetic steel rod.
"The meatballs are still with the shredded because they have a steel shaft in the middle of the copper windings," explained Bobby Triesch, vice president of ferrous operations at Newell Recycling of Atlanta Inc. "Because that steel shaft is there, it jumps over to the magnet."
When a junked vehicle or appliance is shredded, the shredder's magnet picks up that steel shaft and with it comes the copper that some steel mills dread because it can harden their steel products, particularly flat-rolled sheet. That can make it difficult to form into parts like car hoods and doors. To counter that, most shredders have a picking line as the last pass before the shredded is dumped into a pile to be shipped to steel mills or loaded onto a boat for export.
Picking lines are manned by workers whose task is to spot the reddish color of the copper meatballs—hence the nickname—and remove them from the conveyor belt.
Copper wiring doesn't normally make it that far through the shredding process, unless it is bolted to a piece of steel or iron as a grounding wire. It normally drops into the nonmagnetic fluff, or shredder residue. Inshredders with additional downstream separation systems, it often is recovered and sold as nonferrous scrap under such ISRI specifications as Zorba or Zebra. Not to be outdone, the copper-laden meatballs, or shredder pickings, have their own ISRI spec Shelmo.
To reassure steelmakers that they are serving up shredded that is as close to meatball-less as possible, some scrap processors have purchased and installed the Crossbelt Metal Analyzer from Cincinnati-based Gamma Tech LLC. And some flat-rolled mini-mills that want lower copper content in their shredded scrap—as low as 0.2 percent or less—are willing to pay a premium for the so-called Gamma shred.
The Crossbelt Metal Analyzer uses prompt gamma neutron activation analysis technology to identify unwanted metals. It can provide a real-time analysis detailing percentages of metals in the shredded material as it moves along the conveyor, according to metallurgist Daniel Pflaum, president of Gamma Tech. The device's aperture is 20 inches by 70 inches, allowing it to scan the width of the shredder's conveyor belt.
Pflaum said the device does not just spot the obvious chunks of copper, like meatballs—it also analyzes each piece of metal that flows past and determines its copper content as an alloy of the metal.
"We are actually bombarding the scrap with highly penetrating neutrons and looking not only at the free copper content but also the core copper content and the alloy copper content in the base metal," he said.
So the Gamma Tech analyzer can size up pieces of rebar that have been shredded as well as car parts. But the Gamma Tech device doesn't pull the meatballs off the belt. Instead, it enables the shredder operator to adjust the mix of feedstock by, say, using more sheet scrap that contains less copper or any of the other variables in the shredder operations that can alter its output.
Thus far, said Pflaum, there are 13 Gamma Tech analyzers operating at shredders in the United States and two in Europe. River Metals Recycling in Newport, Ky., was one of the first yards to use the Gamma Tech system. Others, like Metal Management Inc., have added them to shredding operations in Chicago and elsewhere.
Much of the pressure to reduce the copper comes from the flat-rolled steel mills. "The solution is in the dilution," said Pflaum. The mills can dilute the melt mix with higher-quality scrap or other materials that contain less copper.
All of the flat-rolled mills have different specifications, he said, but all are below 0.2 percent on copper, with some simply wanting it as low as possible.
Pflaum argues that it does not make much sense for steelmakers to be so obsessed with the 0.20-percent specification for copper in shredded. Instead, he said, they can use shredded with 0.22-, 0.23- or 0.24-percent copper and, knowing that it is there, design the furnace charge specific to that chemistry.
The steel world has become comfortable buying scrap based on its physical description, he explained, and implying from that some sort of metallurgical properties. Now, however, it can know the actual metallurgical properties of the scrap because a system like Gamma Tech's analyzer will give it to them, he said. "What it allows the steel industry to do is dial that grade of scrap up and down to fit the specific needs of the mill without paying for scrap based on its physical description."
In the past month, Fort Wayne, Ind.-based OmniSource Corp. and Innov-X Systems Inc., Woburn, Mass., have agreed to work to develop an X-ray fluorescence system that will both identify the copper and automatically remove it from the conveyor belt.
The first automated copper extraction system will be built for the shredder at OmniSource's home office yard in Fort Wayne, Ind. It is expected to be up and running within two to three months, according to Rick Comtois, president of Austin Automation & Instrumentation, an Austin, Texas, company that works with Innov-X to design such systems.
X-ray fluorescence technology will identify scrap based on the metal's chemistry. But the system at OmniSource is expected to go a step further by removing free and commingled copper, eliminating the need for hand pickers on the line.
Innov-X said that its system will be designed to maximize cost-effectiveness, reducing the copper content in shredded scrap, typically to less than 0.17 percent, diminishing manual picking and obtaining higher-value copper.
Pflaum said OmniSource has asked his company to supply a Gamma Tech analyzer that will be installed beyond the Innov-X system to determine the copper composition of the shredded after it has passed through the automated removal system.
Innov-X and OmniSource are not alone in their plans to pluck meatballs from the shredded stream. Wendt Corp., the Tonawanda, N.Y.-based shredder and eddy current equipment supplier, has its eyes on those copper-steel clumps as well.
William D. Close, a Wendt sales engineer, said the company's German partner, CommoDaS GmbH, will have a production-scale sorting machine available in the second half of 2008 that will use both X-ray fluorescence as well as optical sensors to identify the meatballs and remove them from the shredded stream.
Close said that CommoDaS is involved in the mining industry and has systems that separate large boulders—white rock from black rock—before crushing operations, so it already has experience separating large, heavy objects. Its shredded sorter will be an air separation system, but will be different from anything that has been seen in the metals industry. "We're using elevation drop," he said. "If you visualize an asteroid in space, it does not take much of a nudge to move the trajectory. It's kind of what they are doing, but in a drop configuration. We're not lifting; we're just kind of giving a little help (to move it off the conveyor)."
If the CommoDaS shredded sorter is anything like its mining equipment, it will pack quite a punch. "The air valves on it are so large that it is like a miniature shotgun blast going off," Close said.
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Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn is struggling to find a qualified football coach interested in signing a five-year, $13.5 million deal to work in Boulder.
The problem on Wednesday night at the Coors Events Center was completely different.
A group of disappointed CU students were denied entry into the Buffs' 70-61 victory over Colorado State, even though they had purchased student season tickets.
"If I had to choose only one game to go to this season that would have been it," said Nick Trevino, a senior at CU who was unable to gain admittance. "My brother is CSU alumni, so he was there. It was a game that meant a lot to me and I didn't even get in. ... I purchase tickets to see games, not to be turned away at the door."
Matt Biggers, CU's associate athletic director of external affairs and chief marketing officer, said hosting a doubleheader against the rival Rams presented a unique challenge for the athletic department.
Officials had to try and predict how many fans in attendance at the women's game would stay for the nightcap, and then how many general admission tickets to sell for the men's game.
Students were still showing up midway through the first half before CU closed the doors on what added up to be a record crowd of 11,708. The official capacity of the Coors Events Center is 11,064.
"(Wednesday) night was a convergence of a lot of variables that made it a difficult balance," Bigger said. "We will take care of those folks with refunds or an adjustment. It just got to the point where we were at capacity and couldn't let anymore people in the building."
With both basketball programs performing so well under popular third-year coaches -- Linda Lappe's team improved to 7-0 with a 72-46 romp over the Rams -- it is less likely CU will be hosting doubleheaders in the future, although scheduling is complicated by the Pac-12 Network.
The 8:30 p.m. start obviously didn't keep Buffs fans from showing up in droves.
"Tonight's atmosphere is what college basketball is all about," CU head coach Tad Boyle said after the game. "And that is what we want to have on a consistent basis, not just on rivalry games, but when we play conference games, too.
"I think our fans are starting to understand and enjoy and embrace it. But we have to do a good job on the floor to make sure we put a product out there that is worthy of their support."
The Buffs (7-1), the defending Pac-12 Tournament champions, are on track for more than 20 wins and a postseason tournament appearance for the third consecutive year under Boyle.
Biggers said going forward the department will consider issuing tickets to students for marquee men's Pac-12 games instead of swiping their season passes.
In addition to the unprecedented interest on campus, CU sold nearly 6,700 season tickets to the general public for the 2012-13 campaign.
"(Wednesday) was a record attendance, so I thank all the fans who came out and supported us," sophomore guard Spencer Dinwiddie said after scoring 29 points to lead CU to the win over CSU. "To have an atmosphere like this and to make this a tough place to play is awesome. I know the crowd gets us hyped and into the game even more so."
Five years ago, there was plenty of room in the Coors Events Center for the 4,000 or so diehards. These days CU basketball is a tough ticket.
"It's a good problem to have," Biggers said.
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The Fourth Annual Pat Noyes Eagles Basketball Camp, hosted by the Lake West Christian Academy in Sunrise Beach, is scheduled Monday, July 8 through Friday, July 12.
The Fourth Annual Pat Noyes Eagles Basketball Camp, hosted by the Lake West Christian Academy in Sunrise Beach, is scheduled Monday, July 8 through Friday, July 12. The camp is open to boys and girls in grades third through twelfth grade. Third through sixth grade will meet 10 a.m. to noon and grades seventh through twelfth grade will meet 1 to 3 p.m.
The camp was started three years ago to teach players grades three through 12 basic fundamental basketball skills and it has grown in popularity from 15 players in 2010, to 66 players in 2012.
Guest coaches include; Andre Williams, Tim Swartzendruber, Cy Rolfs and Tracy Braden.
Andrea Williams
Andrea Williams is a former Oklahoma State University Cowboy basketball star, a member of the 2000 Elite Eight NCAA team, and the Oklahoma State All-Decade Team from 2000 to 2010.
Tim Swartzendruber
Tim Swartzendruber is the McPherson College Men's Basketball Coach. The McPherson College team was the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 KCAC Conference Championship winners and the team qualified for four consecutive NAIA Division II National Championship Tournaments. They also finished in the final four in the 2011-2012 season. In 2011-2012 Swartzendruber was named the KCAC Coach of the Year and the Kansas Basketball Association Coach of the Year.
Cy Rolfs
Cy Rolfs has been the McPherson College Women's Basketball Head Coach for two seasons. He qualified the team for the KCAC basketball tournament for the first time in seven years during the 2012-2013 season.
Tracy Braden
Tracy Braden is the Westminster College Women's Basketball Coach. Her team was the2011- 2012 and 2012-2013 Conference Champions and 2011-2012/2012-2013 NCAA Division 3 Qualifiers. Braden is also a three time STLAC Coach of the Year.
"This is a super camp that gives kids that may not know much about the game, an opportunity to experience and be introduced to the game without the fear of asking, 'Am I good enough?' said Braden. She is real big on teaching kids the fundamentals. Braden continued "We are doing our youth such a disservice by giving them the opportunity to play youth sports where the entire focus is win, win, win. They are not being taught the fundamentals on how to just play the game of basketball. I love that about this camp. Once they have the foundation, there is no limit to where these kids can go."
The cost for the camp is $50 per student/player. Students will receive a t-shirt and five days of excellent instruction. A family discount for every full price enrollment will give the second player a fifty-percent discount.
Students who pre-register before Monday, July 8 will also receive a $5 discount. To preregister call LWCA at 573 374-1500 or Coach Dan Noyes at 573 374-5545. Registration forms may also be picked-up Monday through Friday at the Academy, located on Highway 5 in Sunrise Beach.


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Only 87 days until kickoff, my fellow mammals.
It's expected that Murphy will be hired as the New Milford Green Wave's head coach Thursday at the town's Board of Education meeting, according to Sean Bowley and Kevin Duffy of Hearst Inc.
Murphy, 45, had coached Masuk of Monroe the previous 16 seasons. He resigned in December.
It's been the most outlandish football offseason in recent memory, as 23 teams have had coaching openings. That's over a sixth of the state's 146 programs.
Murphy has been one of the most successful coaches in state history. He has a 159-34-1 record, and his .822 winning percentage is the fifth-best in state history, according to the 2012 Connecticut High School Football Record Book.
Masuk had success prior to Murphy. It was 31-23 between 1992-96 and played in both the 1985 and '86 Class M final (it lost both).
Murphy helped transform the Panthers into a state power, though. In his second season, they stunned heavily favored Fitch to win the CIAC Class L title.
Masuk qualified for the state playoffs in 12 of Murphy's 16 seasons. It won three state titles in seven championship appearances. It also snared a league-high six South-West Conference titles.
Murphy takes over one of the SWC's most downtrodden programs. It's never qualified for states, and it has a 31-82 record over the last 11 seasons. Its only winning season during that stretch was in 2008 (6-5). It won three-or-less games in nine of those years.
New Milford has the second-largest program in the 14-team SWC. It had 757 boys in grades 9-12 during the 2011-12 school year. Only Newtown (888) has more.
The hire further alters the SWC landscape as earlier this month, Craig Bruno moved to Naugatuck after having great success at his alma mater, Bunnell of Stratford. Bruno coached Bunnell to both the league and Class L championship in 2006 and 2007.
One final thing — New Milford opens the season against Masuk. Neat.
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Bryant Carpenter of the Meriden Record-Journal reported Monday that Maloney may — emphasis may — have its coaching recommendation approved tonight at Meriden's BOE meeting.
Several sources told Carpenter that Pierce Brennan was the unanimous recommendation of Maloney's search committee. Brennan is an assistant coach at Trinity Pawling (N.Y.) and a math teacher.
Carpenter reported that Middletown assistant Kevin Frederick and Weaver of Hartford head coach Kevin Quinn were the other two finalists.
Meriden School Superintendent Mark Benigni wouldn't say who the search committee recommended, but said it included a teaching gig.
Maloney is one of EIGHTEEN vacancies left — Abbott Tech of Danbury, Avon, Branford, Bridgeport Central, Bunnell, Ellington/Somers, Fairfield Ludlowe, Fitch, Lewis Mills of Burlington, Masuk, Old Saybrook/Westbrook, Rockville of Vernon, St. Bernard/Norwich Tech, Stamford, Torrington, Wilby of Waterbury and Woodstock Academy.
Bacon Academy (Erik Larka) and East Lyme (Rudy Bagos) hired their new coaches earlier this month.
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Training: A typical day of training is packed full of stand up, JJ, & conditioning. I'm in the greatest shape of my life & I'll be ready to sprint 3 rounds.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training in Martial Arts in December of 1999 after playing football in college. I immediately fell in love with the competition and wanted to begin competing.
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