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- VIDEO: Mandatory minimums might have saved Hadiya, CPD chief says
- PHOTOS: Pictures of Hadiya Pendleton
Bond was denied for Michael Ward and Kenneth Williams. The murder weapon has not been found, but prosecutors say surveillance video, eyewitness statements and the defendants' own words place them at the crime scene.
"The defendant stated that when the rival gang killed one of his friends, he thought, 'If we keep standing for this, we are going to be some straight b------.' Those are his words," said Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez.
Revenge. That's why Ward and Williams, according to prosecutors, ended up at the park where 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton and her friends were hanging out.
Ward and Williams stood quietly in court, as the evidence was detailed, prosecutors saying surveillance video showed the pair driving around the park in Ward's mother's white Nissan, stalking Pendleton's group, which Ward allegedly said they mistook for rival gang members.
"The defendant further stated that the shootings that had been taking place between the gangs 'hurt to a point where everyone had to go.' And that's a quote," Alvarez said.
"My client was kept in custody for 48 hours," said Ward's attorney Jeffrey Granich. "During that time he repeatedly requested a lawyer. Those requests were ignored by the Chicago Police Department."
Ward, who is 18, was the alleged triggerman, firing at least half a dozen shots, killing Pendleton and wounding two boys.
But prosecutors say it was 20-year-old Williams who obtained the gun and was the getaway driver, staying in the vehicle because he feared he would be recognized after he was shot in a separate incident last summer.
"I'm under the impression that he did not make any statements inculpating himself in this homicide," said Williams' attorney Matt McQuaid.
Prior to his arrest, Ward had been on probation for a weapons conviction.
Tuesday, Alvarez acknowledged her office was never notified by probation officials that Ward had violated probation with three misdemeanor arrests, though it is unclear, she said, if those charges would have kept him off the streets.
"They were all dismissed eventually because, why? Because the complaining witness didn't want to follow through," said Alvarez.
Pendleton was a student at King College Prep. Defendant Williams graduated from that same high school.
Mandatory sentencing might have prevented Hadiya Pendleton shooting, CPD Supt. McCarthy says
The alleged gunman charged in Pendelton's death was on probation for a weapons conviction. While gun control reforms will be front and center in the president's speech Tuesday night, and during his visit to Chicago on Friday, another proposal that is being discussed is requiring mandatory sentences for those convicted on weapons charges in Illinois.
Illinois has some of the strongest penalties in the country for illegal gun possession, but in the midst of what many have described as an epidemic of gun violence, there is a call for stiffer, uniform punishment: mandatory minimum sentences. And it may well happen, but it's an issue that's not as simple as it may appear to be.
"If mandatory minimums had existed in the state of Illinois, Michael Ward would not have been out on the street to commit this heinous act," said Chicago Police Department Superintendent Garry McCarthy.
The young man accused of shooting and killing Hadiya Pendleton was arrested over a year ago with a loaded gun, and he got two years' probation.
"Our current gun laws are simply not working," said Alvarez.
What the state's attorney, mayor and police superintendent want are mandatory minimums: You get caught illegally carrying a loaded gun, you get a three-year sentence, and you must do at least 85 percent of that.
"Sometimes you need strong measures to deal with epidemics," said South Side State Senator Kwame Raoul.
Raoul will likely play a key role in efforts to pass a new mandatory minimum sentencing law. It is, he acknowledges, a complicated balancing act because a required sentence takes much of a judge's discretion.
"By embracing broad, sweeping measures, you also capture some people who may have no business being sentenced to prison for a lengthy period of time," said Raoul.
Another reality is that mandatory minimum sentences will expand the Illinois prison population. Designed for 33,000, there are currently 49,000 inmates, and prison watchdogs say mandatory minimums would likely adds thousands more.
"If this proposal makes its way into law, we'll have to find a way to build new prisons, or better, find a way to safely reduce the prison population," said John Howard Association's John Maki.
What happened in Harsh Park -- the loss of a young, innocent life -- has put a laser focus on gun crime sentencing.
Both Maki and Raoul believe mandatory minimums for illegal gun possession will happen, but need some careful crafting.
In the past year, Senator Raoul has had a drive-by shooting across the street from his Hyde Park home, a shooting at the end of his block and now the Pendleton shooting a short distance away. The issue, he says, hits home. Still, he is quick to acknowledge that mandatory minimums will require careful study.


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Last week, we wrote about a campout to stop South Park homeowner Jeremy Griffin from being evicted after a foreclosure. As we noted, the housing crisis may be officially over, but foreclosures keep happening. Two new reports make that point as well, and they highlight an aspect of the foreclosure wave not much discussed: Minorities have been hit especially hard.
That has gotten the local NAACP involved, as well as a group of local pastors who belong to a group called the United Black Clergy.
The president of the clerical group is the Rev. Lawrence Willis of TrueVine Missionary Baptist Church, which recently moved from South Seattle to Skyway. In a report released in early May, put out by his group as well as the Washington Community Action Network, Willis tells of how foreclosure has arisen as "one of the main issues" his congregation has had to deal with in the last couple of years.
The report arose in part from conversations between United Black Clergy, Washington CAN! and Seattle King County NAACP, according to NAACP vice-president Gerald Hankerson. As they realized the effect foreclosures were having on the minority community, they decided to do an analysis by zip code.
The early May report, entitled "The Wall Street Wrecking Ball, is the product of that analysis. Sure enough, Hankerson says, it found a preponderance of foreclosures in the 98118 zip code, which encompasses a broad swath of South Seattle including the Rainier Valley--"an area where black folks live," he says. According to the report, that zip code was the site of 1,179 foreclosures between 2008 and 2012.
That wasn't the only zip code with a pronounced streak of foreclosures. The zip codes for Tukwila and Des Moines (98168 and 98198) each had even more foreclosures than Rainier Valley's, 1,360 and 1,377 respectively in the same time period. Both locales have a large number of minorities, points out Washington CAN! Spokesperson Rachel DeCruz.
Those south King County cities also have a lot of poverty, a point underlined by a Brookings Institute book released yesterday, which examines the changing demographics of suburbs.
Washington CAN!, along with the NAACP and the Alliance for a Just Society, released a second report last week entitled "Wasted Wealth: The Foreclosure Epidemic, a Generational Crisis for Communities of Color." Looking specifically at 2012 foreclosure data, that report found that in Seattle-area communities dominated by minorities, the rate of foreclosure was 11 per 1,000 households—more than twice the rate in predominantly white communities.
Of course, the housing crisis has not exactly spared whites. And this point is brought out in the reports too when they turn to homes that are "underwater," that is worth less than the mortgage on them. One zip code with a high number of underwater homes is 98103, covering Freemont and Phinney Ridge, neither known for their racial diversity. Both are affluent neighborhoods too, so it makes sense that residents may have paid more for their homes in the bubble than they became worth in the bust.
One third of Seattle homeowners are still underwater, according to early May report. Which gets to another point its authors are trying to make. Says Washington CAN!'s DeCruz, It's not getting better."

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Gillette To Host New England Lacrosse Classic On April 3
Feb. 11, 2010
Courtesy of the New England PatriotsFoxborough, Mass. (February 11, 2010) - Gillette Stadium announced today the return of the New England Lacrosse Classic on Saturday, April 3, when Princeton University plays Brown University and Cornell University plays Dartmouth College.
"The New England Lacrosse Classic is Gillette Stadium's effort to participate in the continued growth and development of lacrosse here in New England," said Dan Murphy, stadium vice president for business development. "We look forward to building on the tremendous success of the NCAA championships in creating a great lacrosse atmosphere for the players and the lacrosse community."
The first New England Lacrosse Classic was played at Gillette Stadium in 2008 in advance of the 2008 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships at the stadium. The 2010 New England Lacrosse Classic will be an all-Ivy League event that will provide New Englanders the opportunity to see 39 players who played youth and high school lacrosse in New England.
Dartmouth and Brown will serve as the home teams, with Cornell-Dartmouth facing off at Noon and Princeton-Brown at approximately 2:30.
"Gillette Stadium provides our program the opportunity to play in a championship venue, in front of the New England lacrosse community against one of our biggest rivals," said Lars Tiffany, head coach at Brown University.
"Our institution, team, alumni and fans are excited for the chance to play the 2009 national runners-up, Cornell, at Gillette Stadium in front of enthusiastic lacrosse fans," said Andy Towers, head coach at Dartmouth College.
Brown, Cornell and Princeton all participated in the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championships with Cornell advancing to the championship game.
Tickets for the New England Lacrosse Classic go on sale to the general public Tuesday, Feb. 16 through Ticketmaster. Group sales will be available through Gillette Stadium by calling 508-549-0258.
In addition to serving as the home of the three-time Super Champion New England Patriots and the 2007 U.S. Open Cup champion New England Revolution, Gillette Stadium served as the venue for the 2008 and 2009 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships and also will host the NCAA championships in 2012.


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This flavorful frittata includes a trio of eggs, onions and scallions, and is complemented with herbs.
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins
Yield: 4 x wedges
In a mixing bowl, whisk the eggs and whites until well combined. Mix in the basil, dill, parsley, scallions, cheese, salt, and pepper.
Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Spread the onions over the bottom of the pan and cook until they are translucent, 2 minutes, reducing the heat to medium if necessary to avoid browning.
Increase the heat to medium-high and add the remaining oil, drizzling it around the edge of the pan and gently swirling the pan to coat the lower sides. Pour in the egg mixture. As the egg sets, keep running a spatula around the edges to keep the frittata loose. Also lift the edge of the cooked egg so uncooked egg can run underneath. When the bottom of the frittata is just browned, cover with lid and cook until frittata begins to set, about 5 minutes. Slide it onto a serving plate. (* See note)
Cool the frittata for 10 minutes, cut it into wedges, and serve warm. Or let it cool before cutting and serve at room temperature.
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LONDON — Astronomers have for the first time managed to determine the color of a planet outside the solar system, a blue gas giant around 63 light years away.
An international team of astronomers working with the Hubble Telescope made the discovery observing HD 189733B, one of Earth's nearest planets outside the solar system.
Frederic Pont of the University of Exeter in England said Friday that "measuring the planet's color is a real first — we have never managed it before with a planet outside our own solar system."
While Earth looks blue from space because of its oceans, the astronomers claim the gas giants' color was created by a hazy turbulent atmosphere of silicate particles that scatter blue light.
To ascertain the planet's color, the astronomers measured the amount of light reflected off its surface as it eclipsed its host star.
HD 189733B belongs to a class of giant gas planets called "hot Jupiters" that orbit close to their parent stars, and has an atmosphere temperature of around 1,000 C (1,832 F).
The heat on the planet causes rocks to evaporate and glass to rain sideways in howling 4,500 mph (about 7,250 kph) winds.
Astronomers chose the particular planet for observation because of its proximity to Earth, and size in relation to the host star which it orbits.
Pont said the technology the astronomers used had pushed the Hubble Telescope's abilities to the limit given the distance and light from other stars obscuring their view.
"People keep coming up with a better ways of viewing planets indirectly so I'm sure the technology will eventually improve," Pont said.


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No. 2 Virginia Beats No. 4 Duke To Advance To ACC Title Game
April 24, 2010
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Seven starters, including goalie Adam Ghitelman, tallied at least one goal to help the No. 2 Virginia Cavaliers (12-1, 2-1 ACC) topple the No. 4 Duke Blue Devils (11-4, 1-2 ACC), 16-12, in the semifinal round of the ACC Tournament Friday night on Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. UVa, the No. 1 seed in the tournament, snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Blue Devils, the No. 4 seed.
Virginia won a season-high 22 faceoffs out of 32 attempts, as Brian McDermott (Cortland, N.Y.) had a career-high 17 wins out of 19 attempts. Duke won the battle of shots (36-30) and ground balls (38-33) and had fewer turnovers (12-15).
"These games against ACC opponents are always our toughest games," said Virginia head coach Dom Starsia. "To have to come back out against one of the best teams in the country after playing them six days ago at home, I am real proud of our players, especially because we fell behind early and looked listless. The difference overall between the last game and this game was the play in the middle of the field. The ground ball play in the middle of the field was really good."
Duke stormed out to a 4-0 lead when Ned Crotty assisted Steve Schoeffel at 12:45 and Mike Catalino at 10:09. Will McKee took a Justin Turri pass at 7:37, followed by an unassisted score at 5:28 by Jonathan Livadas capped the 4-0 run.
The Cavaliers stormed back to take a 5-4 lead. Matt White (Ridgefield, Conn.) put UVa on the scoreboard at 4:45 via a Brian Carroll (Towson, Md.) pass. McDermott scored his second career goal after winning the ensuing faceoff. Chris LaPierre (Medford, N.J.) fired the ball back to McDermott for the assist at 4:37. Rhamel Bratton (Huntington Station, N.Y.) scored unassisted at 2:28, while White scored again at 1:03 on a pass from John Haldy (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) to cap the first quarter scoring. Shamel Bratton (Huntington Station, N.Y.) scored from 20 yards out to finish off UVa's 5-0 run with 13:42 left in the second quarter.
Duke scored the next two goals to take a 6-5 lead. Crotty assisted Max Quinzani at 10:46 and Robert Rotanz tallied a score unassisted at 6:17.
Virginia then finished out the opening half on a 4-1 run to take a 9-7 lead into the intermission. Steele Stanwick (Baltimore, Md.) ran around the cage and deposited an unassisted goal at 4:59. Chris Bocklet (South Salem, N.Y.) streaked in front of the cage at 4:01 and scored via a pass by Shamel Bratton.
Duke scored its last goal of the first half at 3:16, tying the score at 7-7, when Crotty tallied his fourth assist of the game on a pass to Zach Howell.
Carroll scored his 85th career goal, tying him with Chris Rotelli for third all-time among UVa midfielders, via a White pass at 2:28 on the extra-man chance. Bocklet finished the first half by scoring his goal with 46 seconds left on a Shamel Bratton assist.
Rhamel Bratton started off the third quarter scoring with an unassisted score at 13:47, giving UVa the lead by three goals, 10-7.
Quinzani scored his second goal of the game at 11:57 on a Howell pass, cutting the Blue Devils' deficit to 10-8.
The Cavaliers then reeled off four-straight goals, taking a 14-8 lead. Haldy scored unassisted at 4:22, followed by a Shamel Bratton unassisted goal at 3:48, capping the third quarter scoring.
Stanwick scored on a Rhamel Bratton pass to open up the fourth quarter scoring at 12:47. Bocklet capped the run after picking up a ground ball off a save of a George Huguely (Chevy Chase, Md.) shot. Bocklet, in one fluid motion, grabbed the ricochet in front of the cage and deposited the ball into the goal unassisted over his left shoulder at 11:29. The shot capped the UVa sprint.
Howell scored unassisted at 6:38 to cut the Duke deficit to 14-9. UVa scored two more times to solidify the win. Shamel Bratton scored his final goal, unassisted, with 4:21 left in the game. Then goalie Adam Ghitelman (Manhasset, N.Y.) scored his first career goal when he heaved a shot 55 yards at the open net. It was Ghitelman's third career point, having assisted two prior shots in his career. The goal gave UVa the 16-9 lead.
Duke scored the final three goals of the game, but it wasn't enough to overcome. Rounding out the final Blue Devil run was a Schoeffel score on a Quinzani assist at 1:58, followed by a Sam Payton unassisted score at 1:49. Howell finished all scoring with an unassisted score with 43 seconds left bring the tally to the final score, 16-12.
Ghitelman saved 12 shots after facing 36 attempts in the cage for UVa. McDermott picked up a team-best five ground balls. Dan Wigrizer saved five shots and allowed 14 goals for Duke. Mike Rock saved three shots and allowed two goals.
Virginia returns in the ACC Championship game on Sunday versus No. 5 Maryland, the No. 3 seed and host. Faceoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
The game will also be broadcast in the Charlottesville area on WINA 1070 AM with John Freeman calling the action and Doug Tarring doing the color broadcast. The game will be televised by regional sports networks.


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This recipe is a slight cheat on skillet pizza, since it uses pre-made flatbread instead of pizza dough. Then again, it really does take just five minutes to make, so I don't feel badly about it at all. I made two personal pizzas in succession and the first one didn't get soggy or cold by the time the second was done, but if you want to speed things up, you can also opt to make the pies side-by-side in two skillets and finish both simultaneously.
Once the bread is browned, a quick blast of heat melts the mozzarella and warms the prosciutto and tomato. Before serving, I added a handful of lemon and olive oil-dressed arugula and some paper-thin sheets of shaved Parmesan. I used the rest of the arugula and tomatoes to make an easy side salad, with avocado, scallions, and fresh corn cut from the cob for a more complete dinner. (I also purchased way too much prosciutto and placed that on the table for a snack.)
Feel free to play around with the ingredients in the pizza to make it your own. I went with American prosciutto from La Quercia, but imported would work just as well depending on how much you want to spend. I also went with a ball of mozzarella and grated it myself, but you could buy shredded instead if you want to cut back even more on time.
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Widely spaced knobs give the Vittoria EVO XM Tire superior mud-shedding capabilities, and a new softer rubber compound provides cornering grip so tight you'll think you're on rails.
- Corespun 320 TPI casing (polycotton and KEVLAR®) for added strength and reduced rolling resistance
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- Recommended 30-90 PSI
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- Familiarity: I returned this product before using it
I purchased a set (2) for a new set of wheels I just purchased. I had my LBS glue them on and when I picked them up they reported the tires would only hold air for a short time but some Stan's no tube should fix them up. (Note: the LBS mechanic is a long time Racer/mechanic/custom frame builder) I installed the Stan's ( I have been running tubeless on my XCMTB for years) and it slowed the pressure loss but never enough to ride/race on even after many applications (Apply Stan's, Inflate, rotate wheel). CC graciously accepted my request for a return.
Valve leaks. Tread off center.
- Familiarity: I returned this product before using it
I bought 3 pair(6 tires total). 2 of which had OFF Center tread. One had a valve issue. I ended up returning those three, and Competitive Cyclist sent me one in return. Figured the price was good, so I got two more. Both were bad.
Great all-rounder tub!!!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
First off, for those complaining of valve leaking issues, I have run four of these tires with no issues. I don't think the other comments here are because of a bad batch. I am going to cite user error. Sorry guys. Your valve may not have been tightened down enough or the black o-ring in the valve not seated or lubed correctly. See image of a similar Vittoria valve. These XMs have the same function. They do come off and they need to be tight and in my opinion, the o-ring greased.
I am in the middle of my second season on this set of tubs. 8 races last year and I am planning to do 12 this year (6 done already). Courses have ranged all over the place. I have run them on dry grass, wet grass, full on rainy mud bogs, tree roots, gopher holes, clay, sand pits and sand beaches, rocky singletrack pavement sections, jumps, etc. You get the picture. I have really tested them! I can only afford one pair of tub rims at the moment and these XM tires have worked incredibly well. They may not have as much grip as some other tread patterns but for an all-rounder, they work great. The rubber compound is super soft and supple with plenty of grip in all conditions. In a soggy race I did last year, they accumulated so little mud compared to other riders on the course that I never had to stop and clear my drive-chain once. Other racers were caked and baked! I was cruising and I thank these tires for their mud shedding ability. Overall, at this price, I recommend you buy these. If they leak air and it cannot be fixed by tightening the valve, then return them and try another pair. They are awesome.
I finally had one of these tires give up the ghost, bad timing too since I was on the start line for a race. Had to run to the pits for a new wheel! I'm not sure if it was my fault but I got a puncture where the rubber base of the valve attaches to the latex tube. I either bottomed the rim too many times in that spot or as others have mentioned, maybe just a bad design. It was a hole and not a failed valve so not sure what to think. I am buying two more because these are still an amazing deal. This tire lasted 1.5 seasons, not good but not bad either. I will inflate and leave air in the new tires once i get them to check for defects with valve stem, as others have mentioned. Still, I've had no issues with the stem itself.
Poor Mud tire
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
These are definitely not a mud tire, at the most they are an all-arounder. They also do not have removable valve cores which means if you take a wack and tear the inner latex tube you can't use sealant and are forced to buy a new tire.
I disagree about the mud comment. These worked great in different types of mud on the few occasions I've had to use them. The valve core thing is an issue if you want to put sealant into the tire. You might be able to "pre-seal" which I've never tried but during a race, instant sealant like Vittoria Pit Stop isn't going to work on these. Elsewise, you can always disassemble the tubular and patch the tube.
Leaked right out of the box
- Familiarity: I returned this product before using it
Bought the tubs and had heard of some bad reviews. Inflated the tire and it leaked immediately out of the base of the stem. Do not buy these tires.
Leak at base of stem
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Ordered two along with the approved Vittoria valve extenders. One inflated and seated great while the other leaked at the valve stem base. I tried thread tape and sealant so far with only Stans sealing the leak...for now. Once I mount the valve stem leak we'll see how it holds up.
Do you know the red valves are removable. They unscrew at the base of the valve, unlike other valves that you remove from the top. The whole red valve thing comes off. Maybe not the best design from a traditional standpoint but a leaky valve can be fixed by screwing down the entire red valve stem or removing to check for issues. I've run my XMs for two seasons with no problems, no leaking at the valve.
Wish I would have read reviews...
- Familiarity: I returned this product before using it
Leak at base of valve stem like others. I do not recommend these tires. And why am I asked to pay shipping back on a POS item? No more Vittoria tubs for me!
prolly rides fine, but...
- Familiarity: I returned this product before using it
I had the same problem as others when pumping the tires. I was able to have the tires hold air only after they were sitting nicely on the rim. I think the problem is the connection of the valvestem to the interior latex tube, but i'm just speculating.
Further problem: When I tried to mount the tires, for some reason they were both leaning off to one side of the wheel. This was really weird, and it made it difficult to get them to sit on the rim long enough to even get air in the tire. A couple of times i tried to get them on the rim to stretch them out, the tires just popped off when they got a little air. Eventually I got them on to stretch, but then when deflated I got the same damn problem again!
I started stretching a Challenge Limus and it's working out super easy, as it should.
I'll bet these things ride great, but they're a pain in the ass to mount, so screw it.
failed tubes
As others here have stated, the tires do not hold air. I stretched the tire on the rims and inflated them before gluing, and both failed to hold any air. Competitive Cyclist/Backcountry took care of the return without issue.
I will buy replacements from Competitive cyclist, but I will get different tires.
They Leak!
Ordered three, two leaked bad around the base of the valvestem. One after I had glued it, one before, one seems to be ok. Poor quality. Since I glued them I cant return and dont have the tags for the 3rd.
Closeout for a reason
- Familiarity: I returned this product before using it
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I bought 3, and 2 were useless. One glue up ok, the other stated leaking after gluing, and the 3rd I cant even pump up and will have to return.. If I could. took the tags off.
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Why does this tubular tire that was supposedly designed with Cyclocross in mind have recommended inflation pressure of 30-90 PSI? Most cyclocross tubular tires will be run with pressures in the mid 20s to mid 30 PSI.
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IOCC Brings Winter Relief to Isolated Gaza Families
Baltimore, MD (IOCC) — Worry has become a daily companion for Hatem, a father of five. He has been without a job since the closing of the Gaza Strip. What income Hatem has managed to earn through odd jobs over the last ten years has rarely been enough to feed, clothe and shelter his family. Hatem's family lives in the Rafah governorate of Gaza under the most dire conditions, relying on scraps of sheet metal, plastic and fencing to shield his wife and children from the elements in their haphazardly constructed home.
Thousands of Palestinian families share Hatem's fate in the Gaza Strip. Responding to your desire to help those in need, International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) through the financial support of US Agency for International Development through the Civic Engagement Program (CEP), implemented the distribution of aid packages to over 2,900 families in the Gaza Strip. The aid packages distributed through IOCC's Winter Relief Project provided families in need with vital food staples such as canned meat, rice, sugar, and tea as well as basic household necessities like laundry detergent, dish soap, towels, and floor mats.


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James Rowland Strother, age 86, of Donaldson, passed from this life on Monday, April 15, 2013
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Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday, April 19, 2013 at Riverside Baptist Church in Donaldson with Rev. John Clement officiating. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Thursday at Welch Funeral Home in Arkadelphia. Interment will be in Midway Cemetery in Donaldson with Military Honors.
Memorials may be made to Riverside Baptist Church, 151 Schoolhouse Road, Donaldson, AR 71941.
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(KGC) Kinross Gold Corporation Denies Southridge Joint Venture
Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC) recently came out with a denial statement regarding a joint venture (JV) agreement between Kinross and Southridge Enterprise Inc. ("Southridge"). The announced JV between the two parties related to the Cinco Minas and Gran Cabrera properties in Mexico. Southridge also announced that the joint partnership would be valued at about $550-$600 million.
Kinross also stated that it has no plans to strike any deal or agreement with Southridge in the future. Kinross also clarified that the statement that was attributed to the company's employee in the Southridge news release was incorrect.
Last month, Kinross released its third quarter 2012 earnings. The company posted adjusted earnings of 22 cents per share in the third quarter of 2012, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 19 cents but trailing the year-ago earnings of 24 cents. Net earnings, as reported, went up roughly 8.6% to $224.9 million or 20 cents from $207.1 million or 18 cents in the year-ago quarter.
Revenues increased 6.6% year over year to $1,109.7 million, aided by an increase in production. Sales came ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1,087.0 million.
Gold production was 672,173 equivalent ounces, a 6.3% year-over-year increase, mainly due to production increases at Fort Knox and Kupol. The average realized gold price was $1,649 per ounce, up slightly from the year-ago quarter.
Production cost per gold equivalent ounce was $677 in the quarter versus $626 in the prior-year quarter. Margin per gold equivalent ounce sold was $972 in the quarter, down 5% from the prior-year quarter, mainly due to higher production cost of sales per ounce.
Kinross expects to achieve the higher end of both the production guidance of 2.5–2.6 million gold equivalent ounces from its continuing operations and its cost of sales forecast of $690-$725 per gold equivalent ounce in 2012.
Kinross, like other gold producers Barrick Gold Corporation (ABX) and Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM), benefits from rising gold prices. However, its results are constrained by rising costs and lower grades like the other players in the industry.
The company currently carries a Zacks #3 Rank, reflecting a short-term (1 to 3 months) Hold rating. We have a long-term (more than 6 months) Neutral recommendation on the shares of Kinross.
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Forget Fast and Furious? Not with bodies piling up
By Dallas Morning News
Published: July 15, 2013
Before we knew that the IRS was targeting conservative groups, what a mess the Obama administration would make of Benghazi, or the Justice Department's monitoring of selected journalists - even before Edward Snowden and his national security leaks - there was Operation Fast and Furious.If you accept the government line, Fast and Furious was an ATF-Justice Department operation that supposedly would allow guns illegally straw-purchased in Arizona to reach suspected Mexican narco-terrorists. ATF agents would follow the supply chain, recover the guns and make arrests.It worked perfectly - except for the parts about following the guns, recovering them and arresting bad guys. Instead, the ATF almost immediately lost track of about 2,000 high-powered weapons, which began turning up at U.S. and Mexican crime scenes.U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was ambushed by drug smugglers Dec. 15, 2010, near Nogales, Ariz., with a Fast and Furious gun found nearby. If not for that tragedy - and the courage of ATF field agents who risked their careers to blow the whistle on this spectacularly ill-conceived plan - Americans still might not know.In Mexico, they have known for some time. Officials there have attributed more than 200 deaths to Fast and Furious weapons. A Justice Department document made public this month by the Los Angeles Times' Richard A. Serrano reveals what may be the most recent: Luis Lucio Rosales Astorga, police chief in the town of Hostotipaquillo, was shot to death Jan. 29 when gunmen opened fire on his patrol car. One bodyguard was killed and the chief's wife and a second bodyguard wounded.Hostotipaquillo, in Jalisco state in central-western Mexico, is nearly 1,000 miles from the Phoenix suburb where the semiautomatic WASR rifle was sold Feb. 22, 2010. The 26-year-old buyer would plead guilty to conspiracy, making false statements and smuggling goods from the U.S. No one - including the ATF - knows how the weapon traveled so far into the Mexican interior. ATF officials couldn't say and told the Times they were still compiling an inventory of the lost guns.No rush, apparently. Perhaps the ATF is waiting for the guns to wash ashore, one by one, after the drug criminals are done with them.The shame is that second-term Obama administration scandals shoved aside first-term scandals like Fast and Furious. An internal Justice Department investigation supposedly cleared Attorney General Eric Holder, found guilty of no worse than not paying attention to what his people were doing. Any documents that could prove otherwise were deemed off-limits when President Barack Obama draped an executive privilege blanket over anything Holder didn't want to surrender to Congress.Americans, meanwhile, are left to wonder whatever happened with that ATF gun-walking fiasco, reminded only periodically when another Fast and Furious weapon surfaces long enough to leave someone else dead.


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Feds OK millions for Ohio storm recovery
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The money goes to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
Ohio is getting millions of dollars in grant money from the U.S. Department of Labor to create temporary jobs to help with the cleanup and recovery from severe storms in late June and early July.
The agency announced a National Emergency Grant of up to $21.4 million on Monday. It says $6 million will be released initially, and more will be available if the state demonstrates it needs more help.
Learn: How to apply
The money goes to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.
The grant is meant to aid the 37 counties deemed eligible for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public Assistance Program following storms between June 29 and July 2. Those areas stretch from Ohio's southern tip to Paulding County in the northwest and Harrison County in eastern Ohio.
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World's Easiest Garlicky Green Beans Stir Fry
Beans used to be one of those plants that didn't get too much respect from me in the garden. I found them hard to keep picked, and truthfully, sometimes I ended up with overgrown beans I had to throw away. But all my thoughts about beans changed after I made some fresh green beans into this World's Easiest Garlicky Green Beans Stir Fry. Seriously, I could eat beans every day if they were cooked like this.
You've probably had stir-fried green beans at your favorite Chinese restaurant, but this has to be one of the easiest recipe around for this type of dish, only six ingredients, plus a bit of water! I decided to call it "World's Easiest" Garlicky Green Beans Stir Fry after I thought about how easy it was, although it's just called Garlicky Green Bean Stir Fry in the book. Once again, I used the principles I learned in a Chinese cooking class many years ago:
Principles of Chinese Cooking
- Preheat the wok (before you put the oil in.)
- Season the oil (with whole pieces of garlic and sometimes ginger root, which you often remove when you add the food to be cooked.)
- Symmetry of cut (all pieces must be cut the same size and shape.)
- Have all ingredients cut and sauces mixed before you cook.
- Use very high heat and cook fast.
Then add the beans and a bit of salt and cook for about 2 minutes, stirring several times.
After they've been steamed, the beans and onions will be looking a lot more done, like this.
World's Easiest Garlicky Green Beans Stir Fry
(Makes about 4 side dish servings, recipe adapted from Cooking from the Heart: The Hmong Kitchen in America.)
1 lb. fresh green beans (preferably long thin "French" beans, but any type will work)
2 T peanut oil
2 T chopped garlic
1/2 large yellow onion, cut in half top-to-bottom and then into slivers the same size as the beans (next time I'd probably just use the whole onion)
1/4 tsp. salt
1 T water (plus a bit more if you check and the pan seems dry)
2 T oyster sauce (comes in a bottle near the Asian foods in any major supermarket; look for Gluten-Free Oyster Sauce if needed.)
Uncover the pan and add oyster sauce, then cook 2 minutes more, stirring so all the beans are uniformly covered with the sauce. Beans should still be slightly crisp when they're done. Serve hot.
This can be kept in the refrigerator for a day or two and reheated in the microwave, but you probably won't have any left over.
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Moon World Mud Volcano, Tianliao (Tianliao District)
Mud volcanos are not true volcanos but fault zones as well as fracture zones. Mud and gases are released from the surface at the same time, and the surface deposits. When mud continuously emerges from mud fumaroles, the surface gradually ascends from the ground level. Eventually mud flows over the surface with large bubbles like those in boiling water.


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35th Anniversary of the John Paul II Foundation
Audience with the Holy Father Francis
Mass at the Holy Mother Church
Concert at Chiesa Nuova
Dedication of the Gold Book
The Holy Door of Mercy & the St Peter's Basilica
"Unless you become like children, never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18.3)
Ocean of Mercy
This film features the lives of Saint Faustina, Pope John Paul II and Saint Maximilian Kolbe, modern day "Apostles of Divine Mercy," they lived within 15 miles of each other at the same time in Poland. With never seen film footage, rare photographs and extensive interviews with friends, biographers and family members, this story journeys their heroic struggle and heralds the message of Divine Mercy to all mankind.
Pope John Paul II - Ambassador of Peace
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The best picture of John Paul II according to Arturo Mari
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It was a freak accident when Robert Pennell, a 26-year-old inmate working on a road gang, had his left hand severed at the wrist by a brush axe. The hand was placed in a bucket of ice and Pennell was taken to N.C. Baptist Hospital where Jesse H. Meredith, MD, performed the nation's first hand re-implantation surgery. In eight hours, he successfully reattached the hand using a procedure that preserved arteries and nerves as much as possible.
Meredith had a storied career at Wake Forest Baptist, where he is credited with starting the organ transplantation program, establishing and becoming director of the first burn unit and tissue bank in the state, and founding and serving as first director of the medical school's Department of Biomedical Engineering.
In addition, in the early 1960s he designed the first intensive care unit in North Carolina at Wake Forest Baptist. It also was one of the first such units in the nation. He retired in 1993 as emeritus professor of surgery after a 41-year career at Wake Forest Baptist. In 2010, the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine named its surgery research center in his honor.
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..that will be my car in 2010, for my 40th birthday....well, 41st anyway,
But look back atthe history of the Mini. The Austin Mini that is. There were such vehicles. The Mini Woodie is the best example of that. Austin also did a "Truck" Mini! Basically the cab was closed behind the drivers seat and a small (very small) flat bed was the rest. So BMW has presidence for doing this Jon. I know you're happy about, but those other people are simply ignoring the history of this legendary car!


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yellow paisley mini dress with ruffles
Added Jan 13, 2013
by samsews
Canberra, Australia
This was a trial run at making a simple, straight mini dress for some beautiful printed cotton fabric which I have stashed away.
To do this one, I made a set of 'slopers' from baking paper, based largely on a McCall's pattern I bought a few years back, and I sliced up a paisley cotton maternity dressing gown which had never quite worked (the fabric was slightly too stiff).
The original pattern was a separate bodice and skirt, so I spent some time tracing out what a full length dress would look like instead. Stepping it out in miniature with sticky tape worked quite well. There are horizontal bust darts, and two vertical darts front and back, with a long zip in the centre back seam and a button at the top.
The vertical darts turned into princess seams, as I am not quite broad enough across the shoulders or bust for the McCall's fit. The neckline is rather too high, as well. When I make the real thing I will reduce the width of the top of the bodice pieces so the simple darts suffice, and will cut a greater 'scoop' for the neckline.
This fabric was slightly visually overpowering at knee length, so I sliced off the bottom six inches, cut them into two long rectangles six inches wide and stitched them on as side ruffles for a bit of added interest.
This was a fun and very easy project, building my confidence to try similar with my precious stash:)
Material Notes
This took about 1m x 1.5m of medium weight soft cotton, a 55cm zip, a button, some thread and probably about 8 hours to do, including the pattern creation stage.
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Jan 19, 2013, 05.07 AMby nouvellegamine
very cute! I love the fabric!
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Crusader golfers defeat St. Marys Wednesday afternoon
The Elk County Catholic Crusader golf team defeated St. Marys 207-235 on Wednesday afternoon in a match played at the Bavarian Hills Golf Course. The medalist for the day was Elk Catholic's Mitchell Struble with a five-over-par round of 40. Also for the Crusaders, Elliott Struble and Kristy Hanes each carded a 41, Brandon Schlimm had a 42, Bruno Cavalline and Jess Jaynes each shot 43, Drew Meyer recorded a 44, and Garrett Reuscher finished with a 57. The low scorer for St. Marys was Owen Schreiber with a 42. Also for the Dutchmen, Quinn Cunningham had a 43, Garrett Wendel shot a 48, Dillon Gallagher carded a 49, Jordan Wehler had a 50, Kyle Pistner finished with a 51, Rudy Gleixner shot a 52, and Justin Beimel finished with a 53. The Crusaders' Elliott Struble and Mitchell Struble will both be back in action on Saturday, along with St. Marys' Owen Schreiber, in the boys' D9 golf championship at Bavarian Hills. ECC's Kristy Hanes will be in action again on Monday in the girls' D9 golf championship at the Pinecrest Country Club in Brookville. The Crusader squad will travel to Kane on Tuesday for a 3:30 p.m. match. The Dutchmen will also be in action on Tuesday as they host the Ridgway Elkers in a 3:30 p.m. match.


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In a season that seemed doomed once All-Star Russell Westbrook was lost to a knee injury, Kevin Durant couldn't save the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Facing a desperation game and one last desperation shot, Durant couldn't come through in the clutch and give the Thunder a chance to play another day.
Durant struggled through one of the worst shooting performances of his playoff career and missed a jumper that would have tied it in the closing seconds. Oklahoma City's season ended Wednesday night with an 88-84 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals.
The three-time scoring champion missed a 16-foot jumper from the left wing to tie it with 6 seconds left and ended up with 21 points on 5-for-21 shooting, his third-worst performance in the postseason.
"I can live with myself knowing that I gave it all that I had," said Durant, who played all 48 minutes.
Zach Randolph had 28 points and 14 rebounds, and Mike Conley added 13 points and 11 assists as the fifth-seeded Grizzlies advanced to the Western Conference finals for the first time in franchise history. They will face either San Antonio or Golden State in the next round.
"This is the first time, so it definitely means a lot. I'm happy, but we've still got work to do," Randolph said. "I want to win a ring."
In a series filled with games that went down to the wire, the finale fit right in — even though the Thunder trailed by 12 with 3 minutes left. Reggie Jackson's 3-pointer finished off a 16-6 rally, cutting the deficit to 86-84 with 14.3 seconds remaining.
Randolph missed both free throws with 11.3 seconds on the clock to give the Thunder one last chance to save their season. Durant got the ball beyond the 3-point line on the left wing and navigated around Tony Allen before missing the jumper.
"That's the shot that we wanted. ... That's the shot I will live with 100 times out of 100 times," coach Scott Brooks said.
Allen got the rebound, was fouled and made two free throws to close it out.
The top-seeded Thunder, who made it to the NBA Finals last season, went 2-6 after Westbrook had knee surgery two games into the first round.
"I believe in our guys. I'm disappointed we didn't win this series. I felt that we were good enough to win this series," Brooks said.
The Thunder fell to 1-4 in elimination games over the past four seasons. Two of Durant's worst performances came in those games, with a 5-for-23 outing against the Lakers in Game 6 of the 2010 first-round. His worst shooting performance percentage-wise in the postseason was 3 for 14 against the Grizzlies in Game 6 of the 2011 West semifinals.
"I gave it all I had for my team. I left it all out there on the floor," said Durant, who had three of his seven turnovers in the fourth quarter. "I missed 16 shots, but I kept fighting, I kept being aggressive. That's all I can ask for."
Serge Ibaka had 17 points and eight rebounds before fouling out with 1:26 to play. Jackson scored 16 and Kevin Martin 10.
After letting a 14-point lead get trimmed to two, the Grizzlies regained control with a 12-2 run to start the fourth quarter and go up 76-64 with 6:03 remaining. Randolph had seven points during the stretch, including five from the foul line.
It was just a big enough cushion to finish off a series of games that all came down to the wire. The first three games featured a go-ahead basket in the final two minutes, and Game 4 went to overtime. Memphis won the final four games.
"They fought hard, they did everything that they could. Tonight, they really came back in the second half and just kept coming, kept coming," Hollins said. "We just were fortunate to just make enough plays to win the game. That's the way we've been all year, but we'll take it. They battled us and gave us everything they had."
Oklahoma City got a breath of life with a bizarre play midway through the third quarter when Derek Fisher's missed 3-pointer turned into a four-point possession. Allen, who was on the bench, waved his arms to try and distract Fisher on his shot and a shirt slipped out of his hands and onto the floor near Fisher's feet.
Referee Marc Davis ruled that Fisher's 3-pointer should count, and Durant hit the free throw resulting from a technical against Allen to get the Thunder within 60-53. Oklahoma City got as close as 64-62 by the end of the quarter, after Fisher's 3-pointer and a layup by Thabo Sefolosha.
But the Thunder missed eight of their first nine shots to start the fourth quarter to fall behind by 12, then couldn't quite recover with their star struggling so badly.
"He really wanted to carry his team. He was back home, he was trying to get a win tonight and he came out really trying," Hollins said. "Throughout the course of the series, we just tried to put pressure on him, keep fresh bodies on him. ... They had to play him and he had to be the go-to guy, and we knew that. We just tried to just make him work for everything."
Notes: NBA Commissioner David Stern attended the game and sat eight rows from the court. ... Sefolosha wore a brace on his sore left hand. He played just six minutes in the first half, then played the entire third quarter. ... It was the second straight game the Thunder scored the first seven points, only to give up the lead a few minutes later. ... Nick Collison picked up three fouls in the first 2:35 of the second quarter and got pulled. ... After the third-quarter buzzer, Jerryd Bayless made a shot from three-quarters court that did not count.


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UAlbany Biologist to Develop Framework for Biodiversity Conservation Project in Central Africa
UAlbany biologist Mary Katherine Gonder is renowned for inferring the genetic histories of chimpanzees and humans. (Rob Spring Photography)
ALBANY, N.Y. (December 17, 2012) – University at Albany biologist Mary Katherine Gonder will conduct an international biodiversity conservation project in Central Africa. In collaboration with the National Science Foundation's Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) program, Gonder will develop an evolutionarily-informed framework for protecting Central African biodiversity under climate change, while grounding the results in the socioeconomic realities of the region.
Gonder at a camp in a Cameroon village.
Gonder will lead twenty undergraduate U.S. and African students to improve biodiversity conservation strategies in Central Africa, a region expected to experience drastic changes as global climate continues to warm. The project unites 150 senior investigators, junior researchers and students from the U.S., Africa, and Europe in a common research and education plan centered in Gabon and Cameroon.
While Gonder is renowned for inferring the genetic histories of chimpanzees and humans, this new research aims to improve biodiversity prediction and conservation strategies in Central Africa. Her work is highly collaborative and occurs within a diverse, international network that includes academic researchers, conservation professionals and decision-makers.
In support of this initiative, Gonder received a $975,868 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). She is a co-principal investigator, along with Nicola Anthony of the University of New Orleans. Thomas B. Smith of the University of California, Los Angeles, is the principal investigator. The funding is part of a $4.95 million five-year grant awarded through the NSF's PIRE program.
Using new genetic technology, biological data, and environmental data to identify hotspots of biodiversity and determine how they are likely to change as the climate changes, PIRE will contribute to conservation planning in Central Africa. The project includes studies of multiple species, including plants, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Gonder will also conduct research to identify hotspots of biological diversity in chimpanzees and in a flowering plant that constitutes up to 30 percent of the annual diet of chimpanzees. She will work with socio-economists as they assess conservation potential near hotspots by mapping local socioeconomic trends. Participants will also conduct interviews with local people to understand how conservation action in the hotspots will affect their lives, which will assist policy makers with conservation planning.
"The rainforests of the Congo Basin and Gulf of Guinea are among the most important centers of biological diversity in the world, harboring roughly 20 percent of all known species of plants and animals," said Gonder. "The future of the rich biodiversity of this region is in peril. UAlbany is proud to play a substantial role in this project."
Gonder's students will visit several sites across Gabon and Cameroon, including sites near the Sanaga River in Cameroon, where she made the discovery that two subspecies of chimps had separated.
According to Gonder, chimpanzees are threatened by the loss of their habitat to farming and logging. They are hunted for their meat and live chimpanzees are traded on the black market. "Their population numbers have plummeted by over 75 percent in just a half century. Only about 150,000 chimpanzees remain in Africa today," said Gonder.
The project will provide workshops for young African scientists, advanced graduate students and post-docs, with the goal of helping U.S. and African students and scientists develop research networks to address conservation issues using a variety of new technologies. Workshops will be offered by scientists on the project and by project partners working with the Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists (COACh), an organization that provides mentoring and support to women scientists worldwide.
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Johnson tallies 25 as Panthers advance to 3A title game
MERIDIAN – The Snake River Panthers rode the broad shoulders of Jacoby Johnson and his 25 point performance to a 56-49 semi final victory over the Weiser Wolverines on Friday night.
"I thought that I had a bad game on Thursday night and I just wanted to come out and play like I know that I can," Johnson said. "I took the advice of my coaches and just took the ball to the hole. My teammates did a great job of giving me great passes and with teammates like I have its pretty easy."
Weiser came out in a half court press look and the Panthers were ready for it as time and time again they worked the ball into the middle of the court where Wyatt Wray would turn and then attack the basket and on most occasions, that led to an easy bounce pass to Johnson on the baseline for a lay up.
"That's what we wanted to do, get the ball into the middle of that trap and Wyatt did a great job of turning and attacking," Snake River head coach Robert Coombs said. "We wanted to take it inside right at number 54 (Drew McKie) because we knew that he is a good player but we felt that we had the size to compete with them inside."
That attacking style led to an 18-11 lead with just under a minute remaining in the first quarter but after that, turnovers reared their ugly head and the Panthers went cold from the field.
Those two factors led to a dismal second quarter that witnessed the Panthers scoring just one basket from the field for a grand total of four points in the quarter. Despite that, Snake River continued their solid defensive effort and as the two teams headed to the locker room, Snake River trailed by just three at 25-22.
"We started settling for jump shots instead of attacking the hole in that second quarter," Coach Coombs said.
On the opening possession of the second half Snake River tied the game at 25-25 courtesy of a three ball off the fingertips of Shane Parkinson. Back and forth the two teams then battled throughout a third quarter that eventually came to a close with a dramatic three point shot that was banked in by Brad Coombs as the buzzer sounded, lifting the Panthers to a 40-35 lead.
"We stressed the importance of attacking the basket and valuing the basketball at halftime and I thought that we did a better job of doing both of those things in the second half," Coach Coombs said.
The momentum from the third spilled over into the fourth as Snake River eventually built a commanding 53-40 lead with just over a minute remaining. Weiser did make a little run down the stretch to pull to within five points but in the end it was far too little and much too late as the Panthers advance to today's 3A state title game.
"It's amazing," Johnson said. "I've been wanting and dreaming of playing in a state championship game since I was five years old."
For the Panthers, who have been to the state tournament in 8 straight seasons, today's championship game will be the first since a state title in the 2005-06 season.
"I have a bunch of third place trophies and I'm a little tired of them," Coach Coombs said. "It's nice to get back to the Idaho Center and play for a championship."
When the game tips off at 3:50 today, the Panthers will be facing a familiar foe as they battle the defending 3A champion Fruitland Grizzlies. The last time the two schools met on the athletic field, Snake River won a state football title. The last time the two schools met on the basketball court, Fruitland won a semi final game in last years state tournament.
Weiser (49) – Brock Bumgarner 2, Tyler Hemphill 6, Derrick Reyes 6, Issac Zanelli 16, Elias Daniel 4, Drew McKie 15. FG: 21/43. FT: 1/3. 3-pointers: 4/9 (Zanelli 2, McKie 2). Rebounds: 23 (McKie 8). Fouls: 18. Fouled out: (none).
Snake River (56) – Jacoby Johnson 25, Cooper Peterson 4, Cole Rushton 9, Brad Coombs 6, Shane Parkinson 4, Wyatt Wray 8. FG: 20/47. FT: 11/24. 3-pointers: 5/10 (Peterson, Rushton 2, Parkinson). Rebounds: 34 (Wray 12). Fouls: 10. Fouled out: (none).


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Since the advent of the computer, its potential to advance scientific investigation has been recognized. From the design and application of early computers to aid in the cracking of codes during WWII and the simulations leading to the hydrogen bomb in 1952, the use of computers and the development of algorithms and systems in the service of science, "computational science," was born. Since that time, the computer has become an indispensable appliance of business and an essential facet of science. From the statistical analysis of the mutations of HIV to the simulations describing the evolution of the universe or the flow of traffic on the freeway; from information extracted in a meaningful way from large databases to the transfer of money when an ATM card is used, the computer, sophisticated algorithms, large networks and databases are central to our life – and in science, essential. In science, as problems become more complicated and datasets larger, the techniques needed to design the experiments and make sense of it all requires both the computer and algorithms for the development of the necessary systems, simulations, and analysis. The activity which enables this accomplishment – using the computer as a research tool – is the field of computational science. It clearly involves mathematics, applied mathematics, computer science, and statistics, along with an understanding of the science of the applications. This activity involves original thought and discovery, the ability to design and use tools and systems, and a facility for communicating with those from other fields.
The term computational science is a broad one that describes scientific and engineering inquiry in which the computer plays an essential role. It involves the development of models, systems, algorithms, and simulations in order to solve concrete problems. For instance, in the NSF Program Description for Computational Mathematics, this program "supports mathematical research in areas of science where computing plays a central and essential role, emphasizing algorithms, numerical methods, and symbolic methods. The prominence of computation in the research is a hallmark of the program. Proposals ranging from single-investigator projects that develop and analyze innovative computational methods to interdisciplinary team projects that not only create new mathematical and computational techniques but use them to model, study, and solve important application problems are encouraged." The primary emphasis in any of the computational sciences is the solution to a problem and development of useful computational tools rather than the proof of a theorem.
The need for these programs, as part of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education has been recognized by several influential groups. The most powerful statement is the report from the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) in 2005 entitled "Computational Science: Ensuring America's Competitiveness." In this report, the Principal Finding was:
Computational science is now indispensable to the solution of complex problems in every sector, from traditional science and engineering domains to such key areas as national security, public health, and economic innovation. Advances in computing and connectivity make it possible to develop computational models and capture and analyze unprecedented amounts of experimental and observational data to address problems previously deemed intractable or beyond imagination. Yet, despite the great opportunities and needs, universities and the Federal government have not effectively recognized the strategic significance of computational science in either their organizational structures or their research and educational planning. These inadequacies compromise U.S. scientific leadership, economic competitiveness, and national security.
The principal recommendation of special interest to this proposal, is:
Universities and the Federal government's R&D agencies must make coordinated, fundamental, structural changes that affirm the integral role of computational science in addressing the 21st century's most important problems, which are predominantly multidisciplinary, multi-agency, multi sector, and collaborative. To initiate the required transformation, the Federal government, in partnership with academia and industry, must also create and execute a multi-decade roadmap directing coordinated advances in computational science and its applications in science and engineering disciplines.
They continue:
Traditional disciplinary boundaries within academia and Federal R&D agencies severely inhibit the development of effective research and education in computational science. The paucity of incentives for longer-term multidisciplinary, multi-agency, or multi-sector efforts stifles structural innovation. To confront these issues, universities must significantly change their organizational structures to promote and reward collaborative research that invigorates and advances multidisciplinary science. They must also implement new multidisciplinary structures and organizations that provide rigorous, multifaceted educational preparation for the growing ranks of computational scientists the Nation will need to remain at the forefront of scientific discovery.
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) asked a distinguished group to study recent developments in CSE (Computational Science and Engineering) education and to give recommendations for SIAM's role in this important effort. The report was published in 2007. It surveyed graduate programs in computational science, M.S. and Ph.D., in the U.S. and worldwide (list in Appendix 2). Besides examining several programs in detail, they state:
One point we would like to emphasize in this document is that CSE is a legitimate and important academic enterprise, even if it has yet to be formally recognized as such at some institutions. Although it includes elements from computer science, applied mathematics, engineering and science, CSE focuses on the integration of knowledge and methodologies from all of these disciplines, and as such is a subject, which is distinct from any of them.
The study group recognized that common to all successful programs was a foundation in mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics and computer science and an application area involving an interdisciplinary team.


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FOX Business: Capitalism Lives Here
U.S. stock-index futures wavered on Tuesday as traders mulled earnings from three high-profile companies and eyed progress in Washington, D.C.
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Today's Markets
As of 8:07 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 4 points to 15229, S&P 500 futures fell 1.5 points to 1703 and Nasdaq 100 futures gained 3.3 points to 3251.
Traders had information to parse through on two front Tuesday: corporate American and political America.
Citigroup (NYSE:C) posted adjusted third-quarter earnings of $1.02 a share, missing estimates by two cents. Adjusted revenues of $18.2 billion also came in shy of expectations of $18.6 billion. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) unveiled adjusted third-quarter earnings of $1.36 a share, topping estimates by four cents. Revenues of $17.6 billion also beat forecasts of $17.4 billion. Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) revealed adjusted third-quarter profits of 53 cents a share on sales of $12.03 billion, matching Wall Street's estimates.
In Washington, D.C., traders grew more hopeful that lawmakers would strike an agreement to raise the debt ceiling before the October 17 deadline the Treasury Department imposed.
"The dark clouds that were hanging over Washington are starting to pass as negotiations between the Democrats and Republicans improve," David Madden, a market analyst at IG in London, wrote in an email. "The fear of a US default has left some investors paralysed, but the progress that has been made could pave the way for a deal and that sentiment is driving stocks higher."
Still, analysts at Potomac Research Group warned in a note to clients that legislation could run into two major hurdles. First, since a bill is likely to originate in the Senate, it could face up to two filibuster attempts. Second, a more worrisome, according to PRG, is the high chance the bill will face stiff resistance by Republicans in the House of Representatives.
On the economic front, the New York Federal Reserve's manufacturing index fell in October to 1.52, widely missing estimates the gauge would rise to 7 from 6.29 in September. Readings above 0 point to expansion in the New York manufacturing sector, while those below indicate contraction. The reading is the lowest since May.
In commodities, U.S. crude oil futures dipped 91 cents, or 0.89%, to $101.49 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline fell 0.4% to $2.656 a gallon. Gold tumbled $15, or 1.2%, to $1,262 a troy ounce.


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Although there is still no cure for pulmonary hypertension (PH), the UPMC Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Program actively participates in many clinical trials. These allow patients to obtain experimental therapies, as well as contribute to the advancement of knowledge and treatment of PH.
Without research, we would not have the 12 FDA-approved medical treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension today.
During your visit, a doctor, nurse practitioner, or nurse may ask you if you're interested in hearing more about research opportunities. Whether or not you decide to participate is entirely up to you.
We are enrolling patients with a diagnosis of PH and heart failure in a research registry. Blood-work is collected at enrollment and medical records will be reviewed by researchers.
The registry also allows researchers to contact patients for possible participation in future research studies directed at the study of PH and/or HF diseases.
UPMC is seeking 30 patients, with a confirmed diagnosis of PH and who meet all inclusion/exclusion criteria, to enroll in the study which will entail a single right heart catheterization.
Participants are followed on a routine basis in the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute or Comprehensive Lung Center.
Initial screening evaluations include:
People that meet all eligibility criteria will be compensated.
PAH Group I patients that have completed the acute inhaled nitrite study may be eligible for the 16-week chronic AIR001 study.
Participants will be randomized to one of three study dosage arms:
Participants must be:
At the end of the 16 weeks, you may be eligible to participate in the long term extension portion of this study.
If you qualify to participate, you will be compensated $50 for each completed study visit.
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UMW News Bureau
On Tuesday, April 10, the University of Montana Western Education Department inducted 25 new members into the Mu Phi Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the International Honor Society in Education. It was the 40th Kappa Delta Pi initiation at Montana Western.
Kappa Delta Pi was founded in 1911 by William Chandler Bagley, one of American's most famous educators. Bagley taught on the Dillon campus in the early years of his career, also serving as the vice president and director of training at Montana State Normal School (now Montana Western). During his tenure, he brought national recognition to the institution's education program.
The 2012 Kappa Delta Pi inductees are Sarah Baumberger, Lydia Blackshear, Cassie Jo Bonds, Kristen Burrington, Kelley Cobb, Sydnee Crosser, Morgan Davis, Kendra Dreyer, Bailey Ferris, Veronica Fiske, Meghan Flanary, Mariann Fretheim, Chelsea Johnson, Jacob Kelly, Austin Laing, Ashley Moser, Mariah Newell, Nicole Palmer, Chase Redfield, Timothy Sieges, Denise Stevens, Kelby Thomas, Katherine Vaughn, Paige Vinton and Whitney Wallace.
Retiring UMW Associate Professor of Education, Health and Human Performance Roger Norris-Tull addressed the new Kappa Delta Pi inductees. University of Montana Western Librarian and Professor of Library Science Mike Schulz was also honored as the outgoing Mu Phi counselor.


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