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It's never just another day at the office for Charlie Burmester, and that's what he likes best about his job.
"Some mornings, my wife will ask me what I'll be doing that day, and I tell her I'm not real sure. No two days are ever the same, and that's the best part," says the Alabama Cooperative Extension System cotton agronomist.
Burmester, who is stationed at the Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center in Belle Mina, has been recognized by his peers from across the Cotton Belt as the 2001 Extension Cotton Specialist of the Year. The award was presented at the Extension Cotton Specialists' annual banquet held in January during the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Anaheim, Calif.
The annual award and banquet, sponsored by Uniroyal Chemical, has been a feature of the Beltwide Conferences since 1984. Extension cotton specialists representing every cotton-producing state select a recipient each year based on leadership and service to the industry.
Burmester also enjoys the fact that his position is a 50-percent research and 50-percent Extension appointment. "It gives me the opportunity to work on both sides and to 'practice what I preach'. I can take whatever I'm doing in research and tell a grower that I have first-hand experience in knowing if something does or doesn't work. I don't have to take someone else's word for it," he says.
Burmester, who grew up on a small farm in Cullman County, Ala., has spent most of his 21-year career in north Alabama's cotton-rich Tennessee Valley. During that time, change has been the only constant, he says.
"It's difficult to keep up with all of the changes in cotton production — they have occurred so fast. When I first came to the region, we still had a lot of 300 and 400-acre cotton farmers. Most of them are gone now, and we seem to always be talking about 1,000-acre increments.
"Everything is bigger and faster. Most producers are buying these four and six-row cotton pickers, and they need about 1,000 acres of cotton just to pay for the equipment," he says.
The toughest part of Burmester's job, he adds, is keeping up with the new technology being used in cotton production. "So far, we've been able to stay ahead of farmers, but we've seen the lag time from when new technology is available for research until it becomes a part of production diminish from several years to one or two years in many cases. With new varieties, for example, we no longer get three or four years to look at them before they are released.
"And farmers are trying to get everything possible from the crop. They'll adopt something very quickly if they think it'll save them a few dollars."
Cotton producers in the Tennessee Valley were forced to quickly adopt new technology in 1996, after the 1995 crop was literally wiped out by resistant tobacco budworms, notes Burmester.
"We always had been fairly cautious about adopting new varieties, but we essentially had no choice after 1995. The newly released Bt variety was planted on more than 90 percent of our acres. At the time, it was the largest concentration of Bt cotton in the United States. Fortunately, the technology worked, and we had a good year in 1996.
"That experience made growers a little less cautious about trying new varieties. They had to gamble in 1996, and it worked. It makes it a little easier for them to take a chance on something else new in the future."
The disaster of 1995 had a huge impact on cotton production in the Tennessee Valley, says Burmester. "It opened the eyes of many of our growers, and they realized how much money they were spending on insecticides. It changed everyone's' philosophy of growing cotton. Nineteen ninety-five almost put us out of business, and nobody could afford a repeat of that disaster. Our growers had to either change or get out of the cotton business altogether."
Urban expansion also has changed the cotton production in the Valley, he says. With Huntsville and its high-tech industries, and a burgeoning automotive industry, many cotton fields are disappearing, he says.
"We had a period of rapid urban expansion several years ago, and we seem to be going through another one. In a lot of areas, houses and industries are springing up and large cotton fields are becoming smaller fields. A new Toyota engine plant is locating in north Huntsville, and that's where the bulk of our cotton production is located.
"I'm not sure that's progress. You like to see new jobs coming to the area. But from an agricultural standpoint, it's hard to watch as some of the best farmland disappears."
One change for the better affecting the region's cotton production, says Burmester, has been the adoption of conservation-tillage systems. This past year, at least 60 percent of the area's cotton was planted in some type of conservation-tillage system, and he predicts that number will be higher this year.
"Several years ago, several farmers jumped into conservation-tillage, and we had a few problems, so they went back to conventional-tillage. In the last two years, however, we've seen a huge expansion in the use of no-till systems. And there are several reasons for this increase.
"For one, it requires less labor, and that's a real benefit considering the labor shortage that's affecting our farmers. Two, there's the direct economic benefits. Conservation-tillage requires fewer trips across the field, and with the increasing price of diesel fuel, growers can see an immediate impact on their bottom lines. And three, the advent of Roundup Ready technology and new herbicides make weed control much easier."
Burmester has conducted conservation-tillage experiments at Belle Mina since the mid-1980s, and most of the results have been positive. Much of the research, he says, has focused on planting a winter cover crop.
"Planting a cover crop is key to having a successful conservation-tillage system up here. Growers need to plant a cover crop to protect their fields from soil erosion and moisture loss. In addition, cover crops such as wheat, oats and rye can help protect emerging cotton plants from wind storms. Increasing the surface organic matter helps in many ways, including water retention and nutrient availability.
"Rye is gaining in popularity as a cover crop because it makes residue faster, and we're we have a shorter growing season in the Tennessee Valley. We've also found that root systems of rye plants can help alleviate soil compaction and even inhibit some nematode and weed growth."
Most growers in north Alabama are drilling in a cover crop after cotton harvest or they're mixing cover crop seed in with phosphate and potassium and spreading it in the fall, says Burmester. "A drill is good, but it can be slow. With the other method, growers can spread the seed and work it in lightly."
The timing of the cover crop burndown also is important in achieving success with conservation-tillage, he adds.
"We've found that the best time to turn down a cover is about three to four weeks prior to planting. If growers burn down their cover crops any earlier than that, there probably won't be enough vegetative residue left at the time of planting to protect their fields from soil erosion and moisture loss. The cover crop will decompose to the point where it can't serve its purpose.
"And that's especially true with wheat and rye cover crops. You'll have adequate cover at planting time, but that won't last very long into the growing season. We usually like to see a 30 to 40 percent coverage."
Another change occurring in Tennessee Valley cotton production is the increased use of irrigation, says the agronomist. "We're seeing a lot more irrigation systems being installed. The drawback in this region is finding a water source. We'd have more irrigation if we could drill a well in the middle of a field and find water, but we can't.
"We get most of our water from streams, and we have to pump it to the middle of the field. Farmers who can irrigate have greatly reduced their risks. Irrigation gives them a more consistent crop, even in dry years. Two bales per acre is the norm for our irrigated producers. This past year, several growers made 1,200 to 1,300 pounds per acre with irrigation."
As Burmester looks ahead to another growing season, he predicts an increase in north Alabama's cotton acreage. "Based on the price of other crops, most growers here intend to plant more cotton. The final acreage, of course, will depend on weather conditions during the spring. We expect to see a continued expansion of cotton acreage in those counties along the Tennessee line, where corn and soybeans once were the primary crops."
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Sesame Workshop's mission is to harness the educational power of media to help all children the world over reach their highest potential. Kevin Clash has helped us achieve that mission for 28 years, and none of us, especially Kevin, want anything to divert our attention from our focus on serving as a leading educational organization. Unfortunately, the controversy surrounding Kevin's personal life has become a distraction that none of us wants, and he has concluded that he can no longer be effective in his job and has resigned from Sesame Street. This is a sad day for Sesame Street.

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VATICAN CITY — This week's CNS Vatican Letter focuses on some of Pope Benedict's recent comments regarding the Gospel and social justice. As the world waits for the pope's first social encyclical, it might be instructive to read what he wrote in a 1985 presentation to a Rome symposium, later published in Communio magazine. It's been posted on the Web site of the Acton Institute.
In his 1985 text, "Market Economy and Ethics," then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger takes a dim view of the argument that the free market produces distributive justice best when it's allowed to operate solely according to the laws of the market, without interference from morality.
He frames the question this way:
Here, however, we must face the objection raised especially after the Second Vatican Council, that the autonomy of specialized realms is to be respected above all. Such an objection holds that the economy ought to play by its own rules and not according to moral considerations imposed on it from without. Following the tradition inaugurated by Adam Smith , this position holds that the market is incompatible with ethics because voluntary 'moral' actions contradict market rules and drive the moralizing entrepreneur out of the game. For a long time, then, business ethics rang like hollow metal because the economy was held to work on efficiency and not on morality. The market's inner logic should free us precisely from the necessity of having to depend on the morality of its participants. The true play of market laws best guarantees progress and even distributive justice.
But the pope sees this as a form of determinism — that "man is completely controlled by the binding laws of the market while believing he acts in freedom from them" — and also rejects the supposition that the natural laws of the market are in essence good. The problems of the global economy demonstrate otherwise, he says.
He concludes that ethics must have a place in any economy:
It is becoming an increasingly obvious fact of economic history that the development of economic systems which concentrate on the common good depends on a determinate ethical system, which in turn can be born and sustained only by strong religious convictions. Conversely, it has also become obvious that the decline of such discipline can actually cause the laws of the market to collapse.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Defense Ministry in crisis-hit Greece pledged Friday to overhaul arms procurement procedures following the arrest of former weapons contract negotiators accused of paying bribes for major government contracts.
Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said the ministry was working on plans to place arms contracts under increased parliamentary oversight to "guarantee the reputation of the armed forces."
Prosecutors are investigating the alleged payment of bribes worth millions of euros to former senior defense officials to secure weapons deals under Socialist governments in the late 1990s and early 2000s following tension with regional rival Turkey.
The Socialists are currently the minority party supporting the rickety, conservative-led coalition government.
Greece is struggling through its worst financial crisis in more than half a century, and has been kept from bankruptcy by international bailouts. Harsh austerity measures imposed in return for the money have led to a public backlash against alleged corruption in public office and spurred multiple investigations by the judiciary.
The procurements probe follows the arrest of former Socialist Defense Minister Akis Tsochadzopoulos, who in October was sentenced to 20 years in prison following a related corruption investigation.
Last month, a former senior procurement official at the Defense Ministry, who served from 1997-2002 — mostly under Tsochadzopoulos — was arrested and admitted to taking some $15 million in bribes to back costly weapons purchases.
In testimony, a copy of which was seen by the Associated Press, Antonios Kantas claimed he received the bribes from local representatives of foreign arms manufacturers, including German, French and Russian firms. The deals allegedly included submarine, tank, fighter jet and missile purchases.
Two of the Greek contract negotiators named by Kantas have been arrested and charged with corruption and money laundering. Sources briefed on the case said both have admitted to giving bribes — but not to politicians.
On Friday, Dimitris Papachristos, 78, who represented German arms manufacturer now known as Kraus-Maffei Wegmann, was jailed pending trial after testifying before an investigating judge.
Officials at the German company could not be immediately reached for comment.
The other former negotiator, Panagiotis Efstathiou, 83, has been released on bail of 500,000 euros. According to a transcript seen by the AP, he admitted making payments to a string of senior military officials, including a former army and navy chief of staff.
A lawyer representing Efstathiou said graft was "an unfortunate and appalling reality" in Greek military procurements.
"The majority of Greek officers in the armed forces carry out their duties conscientiously," he said. "Unfortunately, however, a minority of Greek officers seek and demand bribes for weapons programs to be implemented."
Greece was once a major arms purchaser amid decades of high tension with NATO ally Turkey that nearly caused three wars in as many decades, but new orders have dried up since the country suffered the crisis in late 2009.
The governing coalition is facing a crucial test of popularity in May with elections for local government and the European Parliament being held after years of drastic cuts that have plunged the economy into depression and left more than one in four workers unemployed.
The crisis, and its acute social backlash, heightened resentment of the country's political establishment, pushed a small left-wing anti-austerity party to the main contester for power and even propelled to center-stage a marginal Nazi-inspired nationalist group that is currently polling as Greece's third most popular political party.


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Whitefly has been a major pest in desert vegetables and melons for two decades, but it remains a controllable pest thanks not only to new chemistry like neonicotinoids and foliar insect growth regulators, but new product delivery technology as well.
John Palumbo, University of Arizona research entomologist at the UA Yuma research station, said the first line of defense in controlling whiteflies is to eliminate as many immatures as practical before they can do serious damage as adults. Applying neonicotinoids as systemics in-furrow at planting or pre-plant is the primary way to do that.
This technology Palumbo helped develop has been bolstered lately with the growing use of drip irrigation in high value desert vegetable and melon crops.
"Drip is the best way to apply soil-applied insecticides. Drip allows optimal placement to get at an optimal target," he told a group of Pest Control Advisers (PCAs) at a Valent-sponsored seminar prior to California Association of Pest Control Advisers' (CAPCA) annual conference in Anaheim, Calif.
"It is critical to get the systemic on the first leaf of a plant to get the immatures before they become adults and cause problems," he pointed out.
It is not uncommon to get 45 to 60 days or ever longer control with soil applied systemics.
Drip allows more post-emergence control flexibility. He has applied it when melons are at the 13- to 15-leaf stage and got excellent control.
One of the newest insecticides on the market is a third generation neonicotinoids called Venom from Valent. Palumbo has found it to be effective as a translaminar foliar control method with a quick knockdown of whiteflies, as well as a soil applied systemic.
"Where I think Venom has the best fit and does better than other products is as a post emergence treatment through a drip system because it is highly water soluble, more water soluble than other neonicotinoids," he explained.
Venom is a SG (soluble granular) formulation, and Palumbo admits he does not like granular pesticides because they often do not dissolve adequately.
"A lot of the time when you pour a granular into a tank it floats to the bottom and does not dissolve very quickly. However, for whatever reason Venom dissolves very quickly and stays in suspension," he said.
Its low use rate (four to six ounces per acre); a "very clean" toxicological profile; a very short pre-harvest interval, all popular attributes encouraging desert PCAs to recommend it, added Palumbo.
This high water solubility makes Venom "probably a better fit than other soil applied products," he said. This trait allows the product to quickly move through the plant's root system to the growing points to protect against whiteflies and other sucking insects like the flea beetle, which is a growing problem in the desert. Beetles were once a secondary pest, but with improved control for lepidopterous pests, it has become a primary pest.
Palumbo added that Venom foliar spray has also has given "very consistent" results as a foliar at very low water volumes, especially in leafy vegetables and melons.
The array of products for control of whiteflies is impressive, but one more doesn't hurt, said Palumbo, because it adds another alternative for resistance management.
Although Venom is a neonicotinoid, recent studies have shown the third generation neonicotinoid binds itself to a target site in insect nerve cords unique from other neonicotinoids. According to Valent, this means Venom "may still provide some level of control where resistance or tolerance to other neonicotinoids is based on a change or difference in the target site of action."
Venom is also registered as a soil applied systemic for control of grape and vine mealybugs in grapes, according to Valent rep Monte Peckinpah of Visalia, Calif. This is a new registration to control a pest, vine mealybug, that is quickly rising to the No. 1 pest position for grape growers. High populations of vine mealybugs can deposit honeydew on vines and bunches, rendering a crop non-harvestable.
Venom also controls thrips and glassy-winged sharpshooter. Although not registered for control of phylloxera, data has shown it is also effective against the soil louse.
Select Max
California growers will have available for the first time this season a new post emergence grass herbicide from Valent, Select Max with Inside Technology, a parent-pending formulation of clethodim. It was registered last season in Arizona, and Valent's Arizona representative Art Anderson said it was widely accepted.
It is registered for use on alfalfa, including the new Roundup Ready alfalfa, and most vegetable crops.
Anderson said the new technology makes it 25 percent more active with a 25 percent lower rate than Valent's other clethodim herbicide.
"It is also an excellent tank mix partner," Anderson added.
It provides good control on a wide array of grassy weeds, including sprangletop, bermudagrass and johnsongrass.
One of the most exciting products from Valent is a plant growth regulator called ReTain, which has proven to dramatically increase yields of Serr variety walnuts.
For decades growers have experienced a malady commonly known as Serr drop, which can dramatically reduce yields. Researchers have been frustrated in trying to solve the problem, officially known as pistillate flower abscission (PFA). Kings County, Calif., University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisor Bob Beede discovered that treating Serr trees with the Plant Growth Regulator ReTain at 5-30 percent bloom temporarily inhibits ethylene production during bloom.
This has shown to dramatically increase Serr yields and may have a similar, but less dramatic impact on other walnut varieties.
Treating Serr trees with ReTain increased percent nut set from 49 to 84 percent and increased yields by as much as 1,500 pounds per acre. At 76 cents per pound for walnuts, that is a very significant increase income to a walnut producer.


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"Mason is a full-fledged master of the short story."
–Anne Tyler, about Shiloh and Other Stories
"Count on it…Bobbie Ann Mason is going to be renowned as one of America's finest writers. Clear Springs, her recent memoir, was a deserving Pulitzer finalist, but perhaps she shines most in crafting short stories."
–Jeff Guinn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"Bobbie Ann Mason's genius only grows stronger and wiser and funnier with every new book, and Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail is my absolute favorite so far. What an ear she has for the telling phrase, what an eye for the heartbreaking detail. These new stories are stunning."
–Josephine Humphreys
"I love the way Bobbie Ann Mason writes, the way she brings her people to life in so few words. I've been a fan since Shiloh.
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"In the dictionary under "story", it should just say, "See Bobbie Ann Mason." I will follow her down any trail she blazes."
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"No writer in America can match Bobbie Ann Mason at chronicling the dizzying changes in our culture. We find each of her varied and interesting characters zigzagging down the wild and surprising trail of their lives to arrive at a vivid moment of clarity, a moment that pierces the heart. These are stories to savor."
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Who knew being a polyglot could get you in trouble even when you're the pope? When Pope Benedict XVI gave Christmas greetings Dec. 25 to Rome and the world in 63 languages, one of those idioms turned out to be a mini-minefield.
A former government minister and now head of Greece's small Democratic Revival party reportedly sent a critical missive to the pope for giving Christmas well-wishes in Macedonian. The Italian news agency ANSA reported yesterday it had obtained a copy of the two-and-a-half-page typed letter the Greek politician sent to the German pontiff.
Apparently the letter admonished the pope for using Macedonian which, the author asserted, is not a language but a Slavic dialect. The letter, according to ANSA, reportedly gives numerous reasons this Cyrillic-lettered lingo does not exist.
But a quick search on the Vatican Web site shows papal season's greetings were given in Macedonian every year going back at least until 1997.
ANSA attributes the critique as just the latest sparring resulting from this Balkan nation's use of the name Macedonia since it gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. Greece objects to this landlocked state north of Greece taking the name Macedonia for a variety of reasons, including the fear Skopje might have territorial claims on Greek Macedonia. You can read about the complex name controversy here.
But interestingly, few noticed that right between his greetings in Esperanto and Latin, Pope Benedict added a new language to the "Merry Christmas" roster: Guarani. Never heard of this South American tongue? Of course you have: the words "tapioca," "pirhana," "toucan," and "jaguar" have their roots in Guarani.
Why would the pope include Guarani in 2007? Don't know, but there is a close link between the Guarani Indians and the Jesuits who begin their 35th General Congregation this month.
PHOTO: Pope Benedict XVI blesses pilgrims from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 25 during his Christmas Day blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city of Rome and the world). (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)


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Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston has won the Manning Award, given to the nation's top quarterback.
As was the case last year with Johnny Manziel, the Manning Award went to the same player who'd won the Heisman Trophy.
Winston passed for 4,057 yards and 40 touchdowns as a freshman this season while leading Florida State to a national championship.
Winston completed 20 of 35 passes for 237 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions in FSU's 34-31 BCS title game victory over Auburn on Monday night.
Winston led a drive in the last 79 seconds in the title game, completing 6 of 7 passes for 77 yards, including his 2-yard touchdown pass Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds left. The Manning Award is presented by the Sugar Bowl.


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Below are three main types of resources for assisting in the creation of Accessible PDF files. Tools are actual guidelines, suggestions, recommendations and techniques to aid in creating an accessible PDF file. The Background area has informative articles on the issues surrounding PDF and accessibility. The Personal Comments section contains a collection of "lessons learned" and personal experiences with PDF that you may find valuable.
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Adobe Acrobat Accessibility Techniques
Description of some of what features Adobe 6 has for increased accessibility and a discussion of the shortcomings that still exist. It also discusses how " When people talk about the accessibility of Adobe Acrobat, or PDF files, they are usually referring to the accessibility of Acrobat to screen readers . Before diving into that topic in depth, I just want to remind people that blindness is not the only disability to be concerned with when developing Web content. The other major disability types to be concerned with are mobility impairments, hearing impairments, and cognitive impairments. It's also important to remember that not all visual disabilities are blindness. Those with low vision have needs of their own. Let's look at how to make PDF files accessible to these disability types."
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Accessible PDFs
You can use Adobe Acrobat to create Portable Document Format (PDF) files, which look and print the same on a number of computer platforms. However, these files pose some accessibility challenges. The techniques in this section describe how to use Adobe Acrobat accessibility features to make your PDFs as accessible as possible.
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Web Accessibility for All
More and more web content is hosted in the Adobe Acrobat PDF file format everyday. If appropriate measures are not taken, these documents may become completely inaccessible. Here is a tutorial that would help you create accessible PDF documents - it is available in text or graphic format.
How to Create Accessible Adobe PDF Files Booklet
This Adobe PDF booklet is a step-by-step guide that covers the basics for creating and optimizing Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files so that they can be made accessible to users with disabilities such as blindness or low vision.
This guide tells you how you can use Adobe® Acrobat® 5.0 software and Adobe Acrobat Capture® 3.0 software to optimize your documents for distribution as Adobe PDF files that can be read easily with the aid of Windows®-based assistive technologies such as screen readers.
Is PDF Accessible?
The article explains that . The growing popularity of PDF has created concerns about accessibility, particularly for users of screen readers. With the release of Adobe Acrobat 5.0, Adobe took significant steps toward improving PDF accessibility. Among other improvements, PDF is now able to communicate more effectively with screen readers, and PDF text can reflow when magnified or when viewed on a handheld computing device. Adobe's progress is one step toward PDF accessibility, but barriers still exist. Most notably, of the three types of PDF documents--unstructured, structured, and tagged--only tagged PDF files are optimized for accessibility. Few authors are currently creating tagged PDF files, either because this requires additional effort or because of lack of awareness. The article goes on to explain more of the issues.
PDF and Public Documents: A White Paper
This paper, published by the American Foundation for the Blind, explains the problems that surround the use of PDF documents and forms in light of the section 508 standards and draws the conclusion that alternative, accessible formats must always accompany PDF versions of information and data that are made available to the public.
Personal Comments
1. The JAWS screen reader seemed to have no problem handling some test pdf files. The main issue was that the files didn't have pauses embedded in their format and so the reader just ran everything together. So, not the best way to listen to the article. (11/03)
2. The IBM Home Page Reader could not handle pdf files . it is geared to the html and other formats. (11/03)
3. There is no OS X supported Mac screen reader though one is planned. (11/03) >
4. Discovered that the Adobe Reader itself (at least Version 6, 5/16/03, Windows Operating System) has a "Read Out Loud" function that can be accessed under View. (11/03)Secured .pdf files are a problem with many readers though newer readers like WindowEyes are addressing that issue. (11/03)
5. Secured PDF Files . "You are correct in the conversion tools and how they work. However, did you try and send a secured PDF to one of them. I'll just bet your results were a little different.. WindowEyes has just released a new version that is supposed to be able to read secured PDF. Files" (11/03)
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Everything you might hope for in a Vail hotel, and more — that's what the Sebastian offers. It boasts a handsome exterior of stone and wood and a distinctive interior that incorporates fine woodwork, rich textures, and an extensive collection of sculptures and paintings. The sunny atrium-style lobby features a lofty ceiling, a large fireplace, and chic furniture.
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Though the SAG Awards on Sunday brought a bevy of red-carpet stunners, some of the week's best looks were much more dressed down. Lou Doillon, for example, looked every bit the rock star at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. In town to celebrate her debut album, Places, the model-turned-singer wowed at the music festival in a shearling-lined motorcycle coat and wide-brimmed fedora.
At the InStyle Best of British Talent party in London, there were plenty of casual-chic ensembles as well; Sophie Kennedy-Clark turned heads in a very of-the-moment grid-print pants look, while Emma Pawson looked sweet in a bright yellow sweater and floral-patterned skirt combo.
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ECU Chancellor Steve Ballard speaks during the Jan. 29 ceremony to recognize the College of Nursing's designation as a Center of Excellence by the National League for Nursing. Photo by Cliff Hollis
GREENVILLE, N.C. (Jan. 29, 2009) — East Carolina University's College of Nursing celebrated its designation as a Center of Excellence by the National League for Nursing on Jan. 29.
Chancellor Steve Ballard congratulated Acting Dean Sylvia Brown, faculty, staff and students on the award. ECU was one of six schools to receive the prestigious designation for 2008-2011. It is one of only 13 in the country to ever receive the honor.
"This is another great day of many, many for this college," Ballard said.
ECU was lauded for creating environments that promote student learning and professional development, one of several criteria used to evaluate candidates.
Ballard, whose mother was a registered nurse, said the honor is a special one because it comes from peers nationwide. "This award recognizes the educational approach and diversity with which you teach your students," Ballard said in congratulating faculty. "We hear it all the time about how well-trained our students are."
He also thanked students for scoring well on licensure exams. ECU has the highest licensure exam pass rate in the state. Over the past three years, 96 percent of ECU's graduates passed the state nursing exam on the first try, according to data from the Sheps Center for Health Services Research in Chapel Hill.
"We have great leadership at the dean and vice chancellor level," Ballard said. "These are the kinds of people making a difference."
Interim Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Phyllis Horns said the designation is a continued sign of growth for the college, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2010. More than 5,000 nursing alumni work all over the world, Horns said.
Out of some 800 four-year nursing programs across the country, ECU ranks in the top five percent in size and programs. "It gives us a great sense of pride," said Horns, former longtime dean of nursing. "The journey to excellence over 50 years wouldn't have been possible without the allegiance and support of a great university."
She commended the chancellor and past chancellors who have supported nursing and thanked faculty for their tenacity in maintaining high standards.
Brown said Horns paved the way with her leadership for the national award. Planning began in 2005 and a task force was appointed to tackle the 50-page application, self-study and review.
ECU faculty and staff serving on the task force was chair Mary Holland, Robin Webb Corbett, Frances Eason, Laurie Evans, Laura Gantt, Annette Greer, Mary K. Kirkpatrick, Therese Lawler, Linda Mayne, Maura S. McAuliffe, Annette Peery, and Daphne Brewington and Diane Marshburn from Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
Brown accepted the Center of Excellence award for the college Sept. 20 during the National League for Nursing's Education Summit in San Antonio.
The ECU College of Nursing was established in 1959, the oldest in the health sciences division, and has an enrollment of 1,202 students in baccalaureate, master's and doctoral nursing programs. It is the largest producer of new nursing graduates in the state and offers the only nurse midwifery plan of study and alternate entry MSN option for non-nursing bachelor degree holders in the state.
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The US Senate has unanimously approved an amendment that reaffirms the US commitment to Japan in its territorial dispute with China over the Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台), known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan and the Diaoyu Islands (釣魚島) in China, and which Taiwan also claims, as Washington tries to counter any attempt by Beijing to challenge Japan's administration of the archipelago.
The measure was attached on Thursday to the National Defense Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year 2013 still being debated in the Senate.
The amendment says that while the US "takes no position" on the ultimate sovereignty of the territory, it "acknowledges the administration of Japan over the Senkaku Islands."
It further adds that "unilateral actions of a third party will not affect United States acknowledgement of the administration of Japan over the Senkaku Islands."
The legislation reaffirms the US' commitment to Japan under the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security and warns that an armed attack against either party "in the territories under the administration of Japan" would be met in accordance with its provisions.
The amendment also noted US opposition to any efforts to coerce, threaten to use force, or use force to resolve territorial issues.
The Senate reiterated the US national interest in freedom of navigation, peace and stability, respect for international law and unimpeded lawful commerce in the region.
"This amendment is a strong statement of support for a vital ally in Pacific Asia," US Senator Jim Webb said in a statement.
It "unequivocally states that the United States acknowledges the administration of Japan over the Senkaku Islands, and that this position will not be changed through threats, coercion, or military action," the Democratic senator added.
In Taiwan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Steve Hsia (夏季昌) yesterday said the ministry did not see any change in the US' position on the dispute over the islands because the US has repeatedly said it takes no position on sovereignty of the region.
The statement by the US that the Diaoyutai Islands were covered by the US-Japan security treaty was mainly "out of concern over the needs to maintain regional security" and "was irrelevant to which country owns the sovereignty of the region," Hsia said.
Hsia said the move by the US Senate was a repeat of the US position.
It is an undisputable fact that the Diaoyutai Islands are inherent territory of the Republic of China, Taiwan's adjacent islets and traditional fishing grounds of the nation's fishermen, Hsia said, adding that the passage of the bill in the US Senate can in no way change the facts.
The sovereignty of the islands has been a source of friction for decades, but the Japanese-Chinese row erupted earlier this year after the nationalist governor of Tokyo said he wanted to buy them for the city, forcing the Japanese government to buy three of the uninhabited islets.
Chinese vessels have been spotted in and around the territorial waters every day for the last month.
Both sides have publicly refused to back down on their respective claims to the Japan-controlled islands.
National pride as well as potential mineral reserves are at stake in the decades-old dispute, which has hit the huge trade relationship between the world's second and third-largest economies.


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Gallery: Amused Anna Wintour Is Our New Favorite Meme
Some lucky person over at Refinery 29 managed to take a photo of Anna Wintour laughing at Pamela Love's Spring 2012 presentation yesterday. Said photo was great, and it made me wonder: what was so delightful and/or amusing that it would have caused the thousand-year-old vampyre editrix to crack her icy demeanor? Was it a fat person in skinny jeans? A blogger in the front row? A plate full of puppy sashimi? Refinery 29 started a meme that lets you decide. Here are some of the best ones thus far.


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Kings' Quick just not the same in this Cup final
This much we know: Jonathan Quick is not on his way to his second Conn Smythe Trophy.
Two years ago, Quick allowed just seven goals in a marvelous performance, leading Los Angeles to the Stanley Cup.
So far, in just two overtime games of this speedy, un-Kings-like, back-and-forth, Cup final, Quick has already allowed six.
Some of it has come because the New York Rangers have been relentless with their speed and have won the battle of styles through the first two periods of each game of the final. And some of it has come because Quick, frankly, hasn't been all that great.
The goal he really wanted back Saturday night came 11 seconds after Los Angeles pushed itself back into a game in which the Kings were being outplayed.
Quick went behind his own to set a dump-in, took too long, was too close to his defenceman, didn't set the puck properly, and defenceman Willie Mitchell couldn't handle it, leading to a New York goal by Derick Brassard.
The first two games of the Cup final have gone to overtime for the first time since … last year. And before that … it was the year before.
This is the third straight final in which both Game 1 and 2 both went to overtime.
Before that, the previous back-to-back overtimes came 61 years earlier.
Another strange stat: In the past eight Cup games, five of which went to overtime, the winning team has led for all of 60 seconds. Through two games, the Kings have yet to hold a lead in regulation time.
The Rangers' top four defenceman were giving Los Angeles all kinds of trouble through the first two periods.
The ever-emerging star, Ryan McDonagh scored a goal and set one up in the first period.
But it wasn't just points that were giving the Kings fit, it was the men at the points. It's clearly the Rangers' gameplan to be aggressive from the back end the first pair of McDonagh and Dan Girardi have been that, as have the surprising pair of Anton Stralman and Marc Staal.
McDonagh, though, had a rough third period, especially when he overplayed the puck in his own zone, wound up giving it up and losing his balance on Marion Gaborik's unassisted game-tying goal. The assist, unfortunately, came from McDonagh.
"I have more draft picks on the Rangers than Glen Sather does," joked former Columbus GM Doug MacLean, here broadcasting for Rogers Sportsnet. Five of the Rangers used to play for the Blue Jackets.
The third Los Angeles goal could well have been called off for goalie interference. Henrik Lundqvist certainly thought so. This is where a coach's challenge, if ever implemented, has a chance to alter a playoff outcome … Holy analytics: The Kings' game is all about managing the puck, which leads to puck possession. On the key fourth goal scored by Brassard, they didn't manage it and lost possession resulting in a goal …. What was Lundqvist thinking on the first Los Angeles goal? He way overplayed the situation, leading to an almost embarrassing goal scored by Jarret Stoll … Tough night for Kings defenceman Matt Greene, who gave the puck away often, seemed out of position on occasion and completely misread a power play odd man rush by New York, resulting in Martin St. Louis scoring another of those St. Louis goals. Greene, who was almost replaced by Robyn Regehr prior to the game, may be pushed out for Game 3 in New York. Greene did bounce back with a piece of redemption with a third period setup of a goal, while it looked as though the Kings interfered with Lundqvist … St. Louis, by the way, has almost patented the shot that goes just under the cross bar to score. There are few players in the National Hockey League who own that part of the net the way he does. … Through two games of the Stanley Cup final, the pace has been frenetic, the games mistake-filled, the score often unpredictable: This series has been more fun than most anticipated. Which is good for the speedy Rangers.
The Kings coaches are pushing a four-pronged approach to getting to Lundqvist, which hasn't really happened much in the series. The approach is: Shoot, screen, tip and go for rebounds. In other words, get traffic around King Henrik and take his eyes away. The one goal by Mitchell came from a screened point shot. But 11 seconds later, the Rangers scored off the poor puck-setting by Quick … The ice, itself, didn't seem up to the action Saturday night. Too many bouncing or rolling pucks. Too many players losing their footing without being forced … Mr. Playoffs, Justin Williams, who started the game badly, ended up with three assists … Still looking for: Rick Nash … Lundqvist's best first-period save came off an Anze Kopitar deflection on the Kings better line rushes of the night … Drew Doughty is trying to do too much: Like all great players, when he tries to force the play, he ends up making mistakes … Girardi left the game in the first period after being hit by Stoll. He returned shortly afterwards … Impressive to watch: Little Mats Zuccarello, who seems to be skating non-stop for the Rangers. Also impressive, as always, Dominic Moore centring the Rangers fourth line. He assisted on the first New York score … Not all timeouts work: Alain Vigneault called a timeout at 6:54 of the third period after New York iced the puck. Forty-two seconds later, Gaborik scored to tie the game … Among the celebrities in attendance for Game 2: Britney Spears and Steve Nash.


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HI Kelly,I'M back!
Nice photo, very attractive!
Hi Kelly!
Sure I'd be glad to meet you, but probably won't live right around here for much longer.
nice place yoiu visited, and nice pictures
Hi Kelly, great to be a friend of yous
Hi Kelly, thanks for the add. I concur with everybody else here, your pics are really nice.
Thank you for the add in Kelly~ Nice slide show.
Hi Kelly,
I think you must have deleted someone else's comment by mistake because I can still see mine. I live in SZ near Huaqiangbei and work near Guomao, but I'm spending a lot of time commuting to our Shatin office now. Who and what do you assist.
Hi Kelly,
Some nice pictures, but they would be better with titles - have alook at mine.
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Monty Python Reunion Apparently Really Happening
An official announcement will be made Thursday.
The surviving members of Monty Python will reunite for a stage show, Terry Jones tells the BBC. The ensemble has a press conference scheduled for Thursday, when they'll make an official announcement about the exact nature of the reunion, but Jones says, "We're getting together and putting on a show — it's real." John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Jones, and Michael Palin have appeared together only rarely since Graham Chapman's death in 1989, most notably on a panel at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in 1998, but they have not officially performed new material together since the '80s. They have, however, always looked on the bright side of life.


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Via an unanimous vote from the Camdenton R-III School Board, teachers will be getting a pay raise next school year.
Via an unanimous vote from the Camdenton R-III School Board, teachers will be getting a pay raise next school year. Superintendent Tim Hadfield recommended movement along the salary schedule, recognizing an additional step on the schedule, a two percent increase to the salary schedule, continue funding sick leave reimbursement policy and to continue medical and life insurance benefits provided by the district.
The board also voted to table discussion on the Career Ladder program until more information is available.
Before the board discussed Hadfield's recommendations, a sea of purple filled the school board chambers bright and early on Wednesday morning. The school board's special called 7 a.m. meeting hosted teachers who want to see a change in their salary schedule.
"I stand before you as a veteran member of the Camdenton teaching staff and someone who has always been a proud supporter of the school, the school board and the administration. I have never felt wronged by this district, nor do i have any form of political agenda and I support the upcoming bond issue," 19-year Camdenton teacher Jo-Beth Nicklas said. "I am here because I am extremely concerned about the salary schedule and the stipends in our district and particularly how that schedule affects the district's veteran teachers."
For Nicklas and other concerned teachers, the conversation revolved around not only the salary schedule as a whole but particularly for veteran teachers.
"For example, my husband, Todd, has been teaching nine years in the district to my 19. We spend the same number of weeks coaching activities per year and our roughly take home is only $156 apart each month. That does not include our boys' health insurance because we self-insure. This is due to issues with the pay-scale and our stipend. At first I found this amusing, as many of you know, but now he gets closer and closer to my pay each year. Why are my 19 years worth so much less?" Nicklas added. "Part of the problem is the years that we have been frozen and that our scale becomes less competitive as the years of service increase. I am sure you are aware of this since documents given to the salary committee show this came from Dr. Hadfield. We are competitive with other districts with our base but not as years continue to increase."
Nicklas contributes the lack of competiveness with other districts to what she considers a low morale among teachers.
"I think you would be surprised at how poor morale is," she said. "We feel like we are an after thought. It leaves us playing what I like to call the marketable skills game."
Other teachers spoke up in agreement with Nicklas.
Nine-year teacher Paul Brother said, "I should probably point out that the salary proposal that we as a group made last board meeting, was not what the individual members or the committee as a whole thought was a good raise for teachers. It was a proposal we based on the data we had and what we thought was probably do-able with the current situation and hoping the board would agree."
Brother told the crowd that to his knowledge during his nine years with the district, he has not received a raise worth more than one to two percent of his salary while he has moved up the pay scale. He said his raises were not in line with the increase in cost of living.
"Camdenton needs to address the issue of how to hire and attain good teaching staff. When I came to work here we were in the top five compared to most of the districts we like to compare ourselves to. Over the last several years, we have dropped nearly every year and nearly every comparison on the chart. This year, we ranked somewhere in between 10th and 15th in most categories according to the data," Brother added.
Jeff Shore spoke up and told the board how critical the issue was.
"This is not something that is brand new that we are asking for, this is something that we've been trying to get done for some time now," he said.
Shore spoke of the cut in the career ladder program, "That was a huge blow to the teachers. It was about a $1,500 pay cut."
Career was partly funded by the government and when it was cut from the government, it affected the district especially veteran teachers who were eligible for the program.
During the board's discussion on this topic, Hadfield addressed the importance of staying a competitive paying district.
"Good teachers are our best resource. I don't want to lose teachers down the road for an extra $500," he said.
The board also discussed formulating a long term plan to possibly increase the salary schedule more in the future. The board will meet again in April to continue their discussion.


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A SodaStream advertisement that was abruptly banned in the U.K. is set to air during next month's Super Bowl on CBS (NYSE:CBS).
SodaStream was told the 30-second spot was pulled by Clearcast, an organization run by broadcasters to approve U.K. advertising, just before it was schedule to air because it showed "denigration of the bottled drinks market," according to a statement from the Israel-based company.
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But that didn't stop SodaStream, as the company pushes back against the regulator's decision that was upheld after an appeal. The ad will continue to hit screens in the U.S. when it airs during the Super Bowl on Feb. 3.
"The U.K. is the only country in the world where the ad was banned," Ilan Nacasch, CMO of SodaStream, said in the statement released last month. "We hope UK broadcasters will finally understand there is nothing denigrating in this advertising, except exposing a truth that might make certain companies uncomfortable."
SodaStream is a system that can turn water into carbonated beverages. The commercial features soda bottles bursting as people make soft drinks using SodaStream.
"This decision is totally absurd. Instead of banning the advertising of bottled beverages for devastating the environment, the U.K. broadcasters banned our ad," said Daniel Birnbaum, CEO of SodaStream. "By doing so, they chose to protect the beverage industry that spends £39 million annually on TV ads."


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The residents of Hoboken might not be aware of the 24/7/365 safety protection that they are afforded by our excellent protection teams. I found out how well the system works on Thursday, August 8th, when I returned home in the afternoon to find a suspicious 5-gallon can sitting on my front stoop. At first I felt foolish calling the police, but with all the warnings since 9/11/01, I erred on the side of caution. While the occupants of the building were standing across the street, under cover from the rain, the police and firefighters were systematically investigating the situation. The phrase "neither snow, nor sleet, . . . shall deter them from their duty" came to my mind.
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"The To Do List" star Aubrey Plaza has stated she approaches some interviews as performance art pieces. This may explain why during a recent phone interview she claimed to be on a canoe in the middle of a lake.
"It just makes me more relaxed," the 29-year-old said, "and I'm more open to answering questions."
Actually, she was in a Beverly Hills hotel room and wasn't quite as open as her character in the 1993-set "The To Do List," opening Friday. In the film, Brandy (Plaza) aspires to learn and complete a list of sex acts as homework so she can be practiced and confident when she begins her freshman year of college in the fall.
Plaza, who has a regular gig on NBC's "Parks and Recreation," took the movie part to showcase her physical comedy skills and personality dynamics that are more sincere and motivated than her usual characters.
She has said the film could rub some people the wrong way because they might not want to watch a girl learn to do the things on the list. RedEye got a different take from the actress, who said the film taught her what "the shocker" was.
"I don't know why anyone would say that," she said of her previous statement, joking, "I think the movie will rub people the right way. Know what I'm sayin'?"
Brandy has some bad things happen to her on the job at the pool. What's the worst on-the-job accident you've ever had?
That's a really good question. One time I worked at a Joe's Crab Shack and someone stole all my CDs out of my car. But that's not something I did. [Laughs.] I mean, look, I'm trying to be honest. I can't remember anything else.
So nothing has ever gone wrong on the job?
I'm sure things go wrong anywhere I work. I just don't remember because I have a terrible memory. [Laughs]
What did you do when all the CDs were stolen?
I called the police, and then I quit. I walked around the restaurant and I was like, "One of you did this." Because whoever it was went into my purse in the hostess stand, got my keys out to my car, went in my car, stole all my [bleep] and then left my keys in the door. I was like, "You should have stolen my car, idiot." Then the cops came and they couldn't find anyone, so I said, "I quit." And I've never stepped foot in a Joe's Crab Shack again. And I never will.
Do you know if anything ever came of that? If anyone was fired or arrested?
No. I know that I had a lot of mix CDs that were important to me that someone has, and I want them back.
I'm sorry to hear about that.
It still hurts when I think about it.
How would you compare the nervousness of first sexual experiences with the nervousness of filming them onscreen?
Definitely a different kind of nervousness, but I knew what I was getting myself into. I read the script, and I thought it was really funny, but you can't be fully prepared for something like that because you don't know how it's going to feel when you're actually in the moment doing it. But we were shooting at such a fast pace that I didn't really have time to think about it. I just had to kind of do it.
It's rare to have movies about female sexuality in this way. Why is that?
Probably because there's not as many female filmmakers. I think it has a lot to do with Maggie [Carey] directing the movie and writing it. I don't think there's a lot of male directors that would be able to write a movie like this with that kind of point of view.
Would you even want a male filmmaker to try, or would it just be inherently off?
Well, I'm not against it, but I'm not betting my money on it either.
It's nice this isn't another movie that suggests female characters need men to support themselves.
Yeah, I thought that was cool too. In the end, the female relationships are more focused on. Her mending those relationships becomes more important, and I think that's a cool message.
Do you think we'll ever have a time when a movie can actually be titled "The Hand Job," as "The To Do List" was originally called?
I don't know. I hope so; that's the movie I want to sign up for. It's just a hand and a job.
If they just put the words farther apart from each other on the poster …
Yeah. They're just words, people. "Book Table." [Laughs.] That was bad. "Book Vacation."
The movie touches on a lot that people remember from the early '90s. What are some of the best and worst pop culture items from that period?
Well, I'm really into skorts, so I think those are pretty great. I thought there was some really bad hair. Any of the beauty stuff could just go away in my book. But I really like Doc Martens, and I liked "Reality Bites." That kind of stuff was really good.
It seems like society might not agree with you about skorts.
Yeah, right! They're totally coming back. They're selling them in Zara right now. I just saw someone wearing them yesterday.
That goes to show what I know about fashion.
I thought this was fashion.com? Who are you? [Laughs]
I'm a huge fan of "Parks and Rec." Last time we spoke you told me you wanted April to be pregnant, and in the season finale I thought you had pulled it off.
Yeah, me too.
Is that something you're still trying to push, or have you given up?
Yeah! I keep texting [showrunner] Mike Schur about it, and he won't respond to me.
What would April say if she saw "The To Do List"?
Um, that's a really weird question. [Laughs.] What do I think a character I play in something else would think about … she'd probably think it was stupid. I don't know.
Why would she think it was stupid?
[Laughs] I don't know. She'd probably love it! It'd probably be her favorite movie.
How much do you share Brandy's honesty with her parents about everything that she does?
Oh, I'm an excellent liar. My mother's a lawyer, and growing up I had to learn how to get away with everything and get out scot-free.
Can you give an example?
Come on; tell me a story.
I don't know. [Laughs.]
What's something you lied about? How did you refine your skills?
I don't remember! Just stupid stuff. I didn't kill anyone. But just like spending the night at my boyfriend's house when I was supposedly at a girl's house. Stuff like that.
Oh, I thought the lie was that you were spending the night at your boyfriend's house when you were actually doing something much worse.
Maybe. Like robbing a bank or something.
If you could say one thing to the person who stole your mixtapes, what would you say to them?
I'd say, "Sleep with one eye open." [Laughs.] "Because I'm coming after you."
Because you told your mom you were at your boyfriend's house, and you're planning to do something worse.
That's right. I never forget. And I will hold a grudge 'til I die.
Brandy is unsure what certain terms mean, so we threw out some stuff and asked Plaza to indicate if it has a sexual connotation, musical connotation or both.
Pink Floyd: "Musical."
Reverse cowgirl: "Sexual."
Bush: "Political. Is political an option?"
Naked walrus: "Scientific. No, sexual. No, National Geographic. Wait, what are my options? Naked walrus, [that sounds like] a band. Musical."
Fill in the blank: I want to do __ with ___.
"I want to do something with someone." [Laughs]
I don't want to do ____ with ____.
"I don't want to do nothing with Nicolas Cage."
Watch Matt on "You & Me This Morning," Friday at 6:55 a.m. on WCIU, the U
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NEW YORK (AP) — Activist Cynthia Brown, one of the guiding forces at the international advocacy group Human Rights Watch, has died at age 60 after fighting cancer.
Brown started with Human Rights Watch as a researcher in 1982, focusing on the Americas. In 1990, she went to Chile for two years for the organization. In 1993, she became its first program director, overseeing every report it published.
Human Rights Watch, which said Brown died Sunday in Manhattan, describes its mission as striving to protect human rights worldwide by focusing attention where those rights are violated and giving voice to the oppressed.
Executive Director Kenneth Roth said Thursday that Brown "played a central role in establishing the high standards that have come to define Human Rights Watch."
"She was principled and uncompromising — and played a big part in making Human Rights Watch that way," he said.
The organization credited Brown with helping to create its strategy of putting together documentation of abuses along with advocating in Washington, D.C., for the U.S. government to withhold military and political support of governments in other nations accused of violations.
Brown also was instrumental in the formation of Human Rights Watch's division dedicated to women's rights, involved in putting together the framework and helping get money for it and finding the staff for it.
She remained in the position until 1999 and then continued to work with the organization in roles on the policy committee and elsewhere.
Human Rights Watch said Brown is survived by her daughter and two sisters.


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Job-hunting honeybees rely on 'meth' to find work
Workers nurse or forage by brain chemistry
Pic Honeybees have no choice about what career they'd like: their destiny is hardwired into their genes - much like Fry in Futurama, who wakes up from cryogenic storage to be assigned a job based on his capabilities.
The hapless honeybee only has two possible professions. It can go forth and forage - a varied work life that includes finding nectar and then doing a complicated dance to tell other bees where it is - or it can stay at home to nurse the queen bee, feed the larvae kids and groom her maj.
But even these sparse choices aren't made by the actual insects; instead chemicals that interact with their genes tell the bumbling bees what they'll be doing.
The whole hive of honeybees are genetically identical sisters, but some get all the royal jelly and grow to be fat egg-laying queens and the rest end up as worker bees, so they can stay at home or set off to look for nectar and pollen.
Although the genes are the same, different sisters have different chemical tags on their genes and if they were lucky enough to switch careers, their genetic tags changed too in a pattern known as an epigenetic state.
It's basically down to meth - DNA methylation, that is - a "tagging" process that has long been known to play an important role in the biology of animals, including in what kind of job cells do when they are created. But now boffins have figured out that epigenetics - environmental factors acting upon one's genes - can change behaviour too.
The researchers from John Hopkins and Arizona State University put bees that were all the same age into a hive, to ensure no other factor figure in their job allocation. They then analysed the patterns of chemicals in the brains of 21 nurses and 21 foragers, finding that 155 regions of the DNA were different.
Those chemicals can also be changed, so older bees can revert to being nurses if there's not enough youngsters to do the job. If that happens, 107 DNA regions show different tags, suggesting that the epigenetic marks are temporary and can be reversed.
When the researchers removed the nurses from the hive, some of the foragers were forced to change roles, and the chemical profiles of those bees who swapped jobs also changed to fit their new position.
"It's like one of those pictures that portray two different images depending on your angle of view," said bee expert Gro Amdam, associate professor of life sciences at Arizona State University and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.
"The bee genome contains images of both nurses and foragers. The tags on the DNA give the brain its coordinates so that it knows what kind of behaviour to project."
The boffins reckon that understanding reversible epigenetics could help with learning, memory, stress response and mood disorders in people, which are also caused by chemical interactions with genes.
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Hooksett in talks with Pinkerton over high school studentsBy BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
August 21. 2013 11:11PM
HOOKSETT — The Hooksett School District has agreed to enter into negotiations to send the majority of the district's high school students to Pinkerton Academy beginning the 2014-2015 school year.
Hooksett School Board Chair Trisha Korkosz said the district has agreed with Pinkerton to begin negotiations on a contract next week.
"Pinkerton is the only school that can take all of our (roughly 600) students, and I think it is important to keep as many of our students together as possible, it contributes to more of a sense of community," Korkosz said.
Pinkerton, which has 3,111 students, had an all-time high enrollment of 3,450 students during the 2004-2005 school year.
"Enrollment trends predict an eventual decline in the number of students coming to Pinkerton from our partner school districts, so the entry of Hooksett students could fill in a projected gap depending on the Hooksett district's ultimate plan for its students," Chip Underhill of Pinkerton Academy said.
Pinkerton Headmaster Mary Anderson said that while they have agreed to negotiations, it is only the first step to a possible deal that would see Hooksett students go to Pinkerton.
"Superintendent Littlefield and I will talk about a process for identifying Hooksett's needs and Pinkerton's potential solutions. Then, we will each report to our respective boards," Anderson said.
Korkosz said that according to the state Board of Education, any deal with Pinkerton would have to be for a minimum of 10 years.
"But our hope is that the deal will only be for 10 years, we learned our lesson with Manchester, which was a 20-year deal," Korkosz said.
In terms of cost, Korkosz said there is only about a $100 difference between the current tuition at Pinkerton for sending schools, which is roughly $10,000, and what the district pays per student to Manchester.
"I think (Pinkerton) offers a very comparable educational philosophy to Hooksett. It is a very good school, and it will offer or students a lot of educational options. And any member district has two seats on the board of trustees, and that is something that is important to us after not feeling we had a voice with Manchester," Korkosz said.
Hooksett is in the last year of a sending contract with the Manchester School District, which was terminated early after a settlement was reached that got Hooksett out of the contract early and will net Manchester $200,000. Korkosz said that Pinkerton has been aware for 13 months that Hooksett has been interested in a potential contract for its high school students.
During Tuesday's Hooksett School Board meeting, parent expressed concern over the distance that some children would have to travel to get to Pinkerton.
Hooksett resident Jason Hyde said that it would take nearly 30 minutes without traffic to get his child to Pinkerton, but he added that with Derry traffic getting bad during drop off and pick up time, a real time estimate would be closer to 45 minutes.
While the majorityof students in the public school system would end up going to Pinkerton, Korkosz said that one of the negotiating parameters given to Superintendent Charles Littlefield is that roughly 30 students will be allowed to attend other high schools, no questions asked.
"Because of the distance some students would have to travel to get to Pinkerton everyday, we want 25-30 students who can go to other schools, no consequences and no discussion," Korkosz said.
Another negotiating parameter will be that Hooksett be allowed to phase its students in over the next several years, as many students remain in Manchester schools and might wish to remain through their high school years. Bus service will be provided to students going to Pinkerton once a contract is finalized, Korkosz said.
The Hooksett School Board is working up a criteria at the next school board meeting on Sept. 3 for the 30 or so students who would be allowed to attend other schools.
Board member David Pearl said he is concerned that entering into an agreement with Pinkerton could pose a problem due to the structure of the settlement Hooksett agreed to with Manchester.
"I stated last night that I have a concern entering into an exclusive agreement with Pinkerton because of the settlement, which says we have to negotiate in good faith with Manchester (regarding a new sending contract). The board felt there was no problem, and that we were not going to have that problem with Manchester, but I have that concern," Pearl said.
Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas said he was unaware that the Hooksett School Board had authorized its superintendent to enter talks with Pinkerton, but he remained confident that the bond between the town and the city would remain.
"I think it's clear we've had a 125-year relationship with Hooksett. We'll continue to have that relationship; we'll continue to have students in the Manchester district that come from Hooksett because that's where those parents want them to go," he said.
Asked if the district was prepared to accept the departure of the Hooksett students, along with the loss of tuition revenue, Gatsas said he wouldn't consider "hypotheticals."
"We came to an agreement that increases tuition by 20 percent and increases the money that we get for the cost of the buildings," he said, adding, "I think when the dust settles, we'll be fine."
Gatsas added that he didn't believe that all members of the Hooksett board were acting in the best interest of parents there. "Watching the clip of the meeting last night, I think parents in very short time are going to start weighing in," he said.
Gatsas was referring to an incident at a Hooksett School Board meeting on Tuesday when a member of the public loudly berated its members for voting to block the public display of the Manchester agreement.
The board's chairman called the police on the man, and he was arrested. The incident was posted on YouTube. Manchester Superintendent Debra Livingston echoed the desire to keep Hooksett students at city high schools. "Certainly that is their prerogative (to leave) according to our agreement," she said. "Certainly we would love to keep them here in Manchester. We think they're an extremely important part of our school community."
Union Leader reporter Ted Siefer contributed to this article.


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