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WACO, Texas (Oct. 23, 2013) - Rishi Sriram, Ph.D., an assistant professor of higher education and student affairs and the graduate program coordinator of educational administration at Baylor, received the Faculty Member of the Year award at the Texas Association of College & University Student Personnel Administrators (TACUSPA) annual conference Oct. 14.
The award is given to recognize outstanding contributions to teaching, research and the mentorship of graduate students.
Jon Englehardt, Ph.D., dean of the Baylor School of Education, said the award could not have gone to a more deserving person.
"Rishi is the ideal faculty member and colleague for this award," he said. "He is hard-working, energetic, positive and readily affirms others for their contributions. He is disarmingly likable."
Englehardt said he understands why the committee thought him a qualified candidate.
"Aside from his professional and personal qualities, his expertise and experience in student personnel allows him to easily command respect from others."
TACUPSA is an association of those interested in the professional administration of student affairs programs in higher education. The association is dedicated to the development of the student affairs profession in the state of Texas.
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Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, characterized as having "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The university provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating university in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 11 nationally recognized academic divisions. Baylor sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference.
The Baylor School of Education is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and consists of four departments: Curriculum and Instruction (preparation for classroom teachers and specialists); Educational Administration (post-graduate preparation for school leadership); Educational Psychology (undergraduate and graduate programs for those who are interested in learning, development, measurement, and exceptionalities); and Health, Human Performance and Recreation (preparing for sport- and health-related careers, athletic training and careers in recreational professions, including churches).The School of Education enrolls more than 1,000 undergraduate students and 300 graduate students, employs 70 faculty, and is one of the few school s in the State of Texas that offers a yearlong teaching internship.
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SAO PAULO (AP) — OSX Brasil S.A, the shipbuilding company of Brazil's one-time richest man Eike Batista, said Friday evening it will file for bankruptcy protection in a Rio de Janeiro court.
The company said on its website that its board of directors agreed Friday to file for bankruptcy protection and that a special meeting of shareholders will be held on Nov. 28 to ratify the decision.
Ten days ago, Batista's OGX oil company filed for bankruptcy protection after it failed to reach an agreement to delay payment to holders of $3.6 billion in bonds.
According to Vanessa Guerra, an OSX press officer, the shipbuilding company owes the equivalent of $2.3 billion to state and private banks as well as to suppliers.
If the court accepts OSX's request, the company will have 60 days to come up with a restructuring plan. Creditors will then have 180 days to decide if they accept the plans.
For Adriano Pires, one of Brazil's top energy analysts, the OGX and OSX bankruptcy protection filings hurt Brazil's image overseas "at a time when the country needs to attract investments for its oil industry as well as for infrastructure projects like highways, airports, ports, and railways."
He said that in the minds of foreign investors, the OSX and OGX filings increased their "uncertainty and their fears of the rising risks involved in investing in the country."
Cassia Pontes, an oil industry analyst with the Rio-based Lopes Filho e Associados consulting firm, has said that OSX was in a "very worrisome" situation because it was created to supply oil tankers and platforms to Batista's petroleum concern."
"This was the company's business plan and it started collapsing when it was learned that OGX's oil production had fallen short of expectations," she said, adding that OSX depended on Batista's oil company for "most if not all of its revenue. They are like conjoined twins."
OGX was the backbone of Batista's empire, which includes steel, mining, energy, infrastructure and real estate companies.
OGX failed to deliver on promises to produce large amounts of offshore oil even though it has reported many finds since 2010, when its market value reached $34 billion. In the first half of this year, the company averaged output of just 8,500 barrels a day and racked up more than $2.5 billion in losses.


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Runemaster is an RPG set in a fantasy realm based in the rich, majestic traditions of Norse mythology, casting each player in the role of a unique champion in a time of chaotic upheaval. Procedural maps and quests will ensure that no two playthroughs are identical, allowing players to tell a saga that is uniquely their own. Explore vast vistas through the six worlds of Norse myth, command troops in tactical combat, and define your champion through the choices they make.
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Steve Patman is in a bit of a hurry. It's mid-April and he's, trying to catch up following a weekend deluge that dumped as much as 15 inches of rain on his Ellis County, Texas, farm.
He's weathered a cold snap that threatened, but didn't severely damage newly-emerged corn and a promising wheat crop.
Now, he's gearing up to plant cotton, but takes a few minutes to discuss his changing production plans: fewer cotton and soybean acres, more corn and wheat.
He also talks about marketing decisions he's already made in order to take advantage of soybean, corn and wheat prices.
Patman started planting cotton in mid-April, planning to reduce acreage from more than 3,000 last year to around 1,600. Corn replaced much of the cotton, and he has about 2,700 acres in corn.
"I only had 700 acres of corn last year," he says. "At planting time, it was so dry I just couldn't justify putting seed in the ground. I was also concerned about potential aflatoxin contamination."
He only planted 300 acres of wheat last year, again because of poor planting conditions.
"I still had some pretty good wheat — some made 65 bushels per acre."
He had 1,300 acres of soybeans in 2006 and has cut back to 800 this year.
"I didn't make much of a soybean crop last year, only about 11 bushels per acre, but I had some bottom land fields that cut 30 bushels."
Area Extension Integrated Pest Management Specialist Glen Moore says Patman's acreage plans seem typical for 2007.
"Corn acreage in Ellis County has jumped for the last eight or 10 years. It will go up again this year. The largest crop increase will be grain sorghum — we had 13,000 acres in 2006 and will probably have 35,000 this year. Cotton will be 'way down."
Moore estimates Ellis County cotton acreage will drop 50 percent or more. "We're still getting a handle on it."
Ellis County farmers planted 30,000 acres of cotton last year, he says. Price and production costs are the primary reasons farmers are cutting back this year.
Moore also works Navarro County and says cotton acreage reduction there seems to mirror Ellis County.
Patman has had good soil moisture for planting the 2007 crop. His wheat looks good, having survived a torrential rain — up to 15 inches over two days — and a cold snap.
He's hedged a good portion of the crop, about 25 bushels per acre (1,300 total acres), scaling up in increments starting around $4.60. He has hedged corn and soybeans as well, locking in profitable rates on at least a portion of his crop.
He says corn at $3 a bushel is a realistic expectation. "If it gets too high, it puts pressure on cattle feeders."
He's waiting to price cotton and sees no reason to lock in 52 cents a pound. "Cotton is expensive to grow. I plant all stacked-gene cotton, mostly DPL 444, which is hard to beat. I haven't used Bollgard II or Flex cotton yet."
Patman invested a bit extra in part of his wheat crop. "I put Quilt on about half the acreage. I saw some powdery mildew, but I wouldn't have spent the money at a lower wheat price. I didn't add more fertilizer to this crop."
Patman says rotation plays a critical role in his operation. "I plant very little corn behind corn — I need to rotate to avoid rootworms and grubs."
Moore says growers without sound rotation programs risk Mexican corn rootworm infestation.
"Most of our growers do a good job rotating. Some use a labeled rate of a soil insecticide at planting. The seed treatments, Poncho or Cruiser, at high rates, will control light infestations of Mexican corn rootworm."
Patman plants Roundup Ready corn, Pioneer 31G65 and 33F85 (a test plot), and Garst 8248 and 8287.
One of his biggest concerns is aflatoxin. "It's not bad every year, but we'll see some in seven out of 10 years. Occasionally, we'll get readings from 100 ppm to 300 ppm. Most years it's less than 100 ppm."
Patman says aflatoxin is closely associated with drought conditions. "We'll need June and July rains — we used to count on those."
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West Coast Street Rods Offers Insight on Chopping '47-54 Chevys
When West Coast Street Rods owner Roy Fjastad, Jr. told us he was going to chop a '49 Chevy pickup, we wasted no time getting over to his shop in Huntington Beach, California. Before he got started, though, he had some extra work with sanding down the powdercoating, that the owner had done earlier (someone told him he should have the cab coated first-not good advice for anybody!). That coating is really tough to get rid of, so it took Roy some long hours to get back down to the bare metal. The Chevy cab has an inner roof section, which also had to later be cleaned and chopped. In this case, Roy got a hold of an extra top for the Chevy, which came to be a big help. But before he even started to mark the cut lines with his Sharpie, Roy built a cage inside the cab to make sure that nothing would move when the cutting was commenced.
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The owner wanted a 6-inch chop, which is pretty radical, but still possible. When you drop the top that much, it has to be cut into sections, then have metal strips added, before all the welds can be performed. Roy uses a TIG welder, and likes a perfect fit of the panels before anything gets welded. He took his time to mark all the cut lines on the cab before anything was cut at all. Another thing was to keep the rear window a little bigger than if it was chopped the full 6 inches. Two more inches of rear window made sense, so the rear window was cut out and chopped 4 inches before getting reworked into the rest of the chop. Roy made his plan by drawing all the lines on the top. First cuts where made at the lower beltline around the back, plus at the front pillars. Roy made the cuts with a thin cutoff wheel, to keep the gaps to a minimum. Next step was to make the 6-inch cut around the bottom of the top before the top part was cut up in sections. Roy has a rule with his top chops, too: "start from the rear and line up the panels, even if that means you have to cut and move any B-pillar to fit." In this case, the Chevy does not have a B-pillar, so to speak, which made it easier. With the cuts done, Roy could start with the rear panels and hold the pieces in place with Vise-Grips and clamps. He filed the edges and checked the fit until he was happy with it before any tack-welding was done.
Tack-welding & Hammering
With the fit of the rear panels perfect, Roy could start tack-welding. After each weld, he used a hammer and dolly to flatten the small warping that the heat from the TIG creates. After he had the two rear corner pieces in place, it was time to do the same with the A-pillars. But to keep them in line, both along the roof edge and windshield, all of the pieces were set up and clamped. There was now an open cross section in the middle of the roof when the pieces were 6 inches lower than the original. With most other top chops, Roy has to make the missing pieces for the driprail, but for this chop, he had the extra top to cut the needed pieces from. The rear window piece was now held in place with Clecos (temporary aircraft industry rivets) and sheetmetal strips to fill the big gaps. More tack-welding and hammering occurred until the roof was all tack-welded together.
Next step was to do the final welding on the roof. After hours of welding and hammering, the grinder was used to clean everything up. The chop of the body was done, but now the doors had to be chopped and fit, too. Same thing goes for the doors as with the top; when all cuts were made, there was about a 3-inch gap in the upper doorframe. With the extra top came a door, which was a good donor for the missing pieces. The last part of the chop was to cut down the inner roof panel and make it fit the new roofline within the lowered lid. Thanks to Roy for making sure that the fit of all the pieces was as close to perfect as possible before any welding was done. The finished result was as good as they come. Lid lowering is by no means for the faint of heart-rarely do you get a second chance on a botched chop. If you're looking to chop a top for the first time, it's in your best interest to gather all the vital info you can, whether it be from talking with professional fabricators or reading up on the subject, knowledge is cheap. Paying someone to fix your mistakes, however, is not!


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Canepa Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
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Nice and light once decanted. Fairly acidic and a little spicy. Not normally available in bc liquor since its from wine festival. Like for sure
Peller Pinot Gris 2011
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Nice and light and reasonably dry. Fruity flavors and smooth finish. Like
The Potts Family Bleasdale Malbec 2010
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Fairly acidic and tannic. Took a long time to open up so I recommend at least 30 mins decant. Like
Gehringer Brothers Riesling Classic 2011
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Fairly sweet and some what spicy. Other then that kind of flat. It's ok
14 Hands Hot To Trot Red Blend 2010
5 years ago
One of my favorites but this bottle was not the best.... Can you over decant? Reasonably acidc but flat with no finish. So sad...
Dona Paula Estate Malbec 2010
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Had before and still like. medium body and short nice finish. Much better when decanted
Gray Monk Gewurztraminer 2011
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Light and not very dry. Minimal finish, not bad
Seven Oaks j Lohr Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
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Again and again a consistently good red. Acidic medium body with short but nice finish. Does not hang on the pallet. Found this bottle really needed to be decanted.
Lucky Penny Chardonnay Pinot Grigio Wine
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Light and fruity, not acidic or dry at all. Wife likes it!
Cono Sur Pinot Noir
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Light, flat and no finish. Not really impressed
Wirra Wirra Scrubby Rise Sauvignon Blanc Semillion Viognier 2011
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Nice and light with a minimal finish. Not bad
Mission Hill Ice Wine Okanagan Five Vineyards 2009
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Medium body and fairly acidic. Medium finish. Not bad
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J. Lohr 2008 Seven Oaks Cabernet Sauvignon
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Full body and quite acidic. Long finish that hangs on the pallet. It's ok
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Gravois Mills Teen Discovers New Way of Eating
Teyonna Ruppert was assisted by a special clinic at University of Missouri Health Care, which helps children and teens confront the health complications associated with being overweight.
What Teyonna Ruppert misses most are pepperoni pizza rolls, white rice and chocolate. Before August 2010, she didn't hesitate to eat these American staples. But now her meals regularly feature less-satisfying ingredients such as "gravel in a tube." That's what Teyonna, 15, calls whole-wheat pasta. "It literally tastes like rocks inside of a noodle," she says, laughing at the notion that healthy food choices might taste good.
One recent night, she and mother, Karen Ogden of Gravois Mills thought they'd finally found a diet loophole: chocolate swirl ice cream. It was sugar-free, of course, but they had high hopes that the flavor wouldn't disappoint. After reading the nutritional label, they realized they could have only half a cup. That small portion looked pathetic in their bowls, but the taste was even worse. Teyonna thought about feeding hers to their eight cats — but even the cats are used to tastier daily servings of half-and-half. "They say smokers have a three-day hump," Teyonna says. "With food, it's a three-month hump."
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Pemuteran is a small fishing village on the northern coast of West Bali.
This is a small laid-back village which has become increasingly popular with visitors in recent years. There are a number of waterfront resorts and its proximity to Lovina and West Bali National Park together with the extreme natural beauty of the area, has fuelled quite rapid growth in tourism infrastructure in the area.
Pemuteran is home to the largest artificial Biorock reef project in the world[14] and there is a real spirit of marine conservation effort in this area.
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Visitors usually arrive in Pemuteran on the north coast road from Lovina or Singaraja or from the west at Gilimanuk.
Regular bemos ply the north coast road but they are very slow and get extremely crowded.
You will have no problem renting a car with driver to take you from Lovina to Pemuteran - fix the price in advance and make sure petrol is included.
A direct ride to Pemuteran from tourist centres in the south will take about four hours depending on traffic on the coast roads.
Get around
This is a great place to walk or get around by bicycle.
Your hotel will be able to help if you decide you need to rent a motorbike.
Early morning dolphin watching boat trips can be arranged through any hotel. By no means guaranteed, but you have a decent chance of finding a pod here.
The beaches are especially nice in this area and consist of a particularly fine grained black sand.
Menjangan Island and West Bali National Park are easily reached from here. The Menjangan Island boats depart from Labuhan Lalang which is a 15 minute ride west from Pemuteran. Obligatory permits can be purchased from the national park office at the back of the Labuhan Lalang car park and you can also arrange a guide here. It is quite common for groups of visitors to congregate in this car park and join together to charter a boat. Most local hotels will make any arrangements you need for activities related to the national park.
Proyek Penyu [15] (turtle project) is a turtle breeding and release program run by one of the dive operators in co-operation with local villagers. Very much worth a visit and certainly worth your support.
The area around Pulaki village just east of Pemuteran is full of vineyards and is the centre of the grape growing industry in Bali.
Diving and snorkelling is excellent both here and at nearby Menjangan Island inside the West Bali National Park. Visibility is excellent and there is a profusion of reef fishes, turtles, and hard and soft corals.
Fishing is good in calm waters and you can charter a boat easily from the beach.
The hills and mountains that form the southern backdrop to Pemuteran offer many opportunities for interesting hiking. Ask at your hotel for directions and/or a guide.
There are several simple roadside warungs serving typical Balinese food. All of the hotels in the area have restaurants open to the general public. As might be imagined in a traditional fishing village, the seafood options are highly recommended.
Pemuteran is quite expensive by Balinese standards. There are more budget options opening and it is possible to stay cheaply with local people in their houses if you ask around once you arrive.
Tirta Sari bungalow Clean room, beautiful decoration, surrounded by very lush garden and 2 minutes walk to to beach. The rate is start from 250.000 rupiah for fan room, also have AC room with open air bathroom, this include with breakfast . Luxury swimming pool with a reasonable price restaurant. Tirtasari is so popular among the traveller with budget up to mid range, it's even full in high season.
Eka guest house They still have no website now,but you can just simply appear or call Eka (the owner) +6281353010506/+6285239904212. It is located in pemuteran village. Eka guest house only have 2 rooms so it is more privacy, one with double bed and one with twin bed. All rooms is attached by AC and bathub with hot water. The room is clean and simple, the rate is 150.000 rupiah or 15USD include tax and breakfast. Eka the owner will always available to give you a lot of Information. You can also book any activities and have a quite dinner there with the warm family atmosphere.
made guesthouse It is maybe the cheapest room in pemuteran (+6285338526999/+6285338099447). Located before the pemuteran gate, behind "Penginapan Pemuteran" , they have a big clean room with super big outdoor bathroom. The rate is start at 100.000 rupiah /10USD for fan room. In front of made guesthouse there is a huge grape farm, the grape is costs only 3.000/kg there.
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You can easily continue your journey around Bali eastwards to Lovina or westwards to Gilimanuk.


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Lawyers' personalities and practice areas come in all shapes and sizes. While Jane the litigator may want to keep every phone number, appointment and shred of information she gathers about a case, Paul the estates and trusts lawyer is just happy to know the street address for a meeting next week. No matter what personality type, lawyers in all practice areas can benefit from several software programs on the market that organize the daily grist of a lawyer's practice—appointments, telephone numbers and notes.
Using a personal information manager (PIM) to organize information is one of the easiest way to computerize your practice. Combined with your trusty laptop, a PIM will allow you to take information with you outside of the office. These types of programs are designed around personality types: Some programs give you the basics, while others let you keep as much detail as you could possibly imagine. With numerous programs to chose from, there is a PIM available to suit your personal work style.
Rather than offering short descriptions of the many available programs, this article will focus primarily on two leading PIMs, Lotus's Organizer and Netmanage's Ecco Pro. Organizer offers an easy-to-navigate and highly intuitive interface and the basic features you need to manage information. Ecco Pro builds on Organizer's feature set and allows users to manage more information, and to manage it in more detail. Both programs are stable and fully networkable. The program you chose depends on the type of person you are, and how much control you want or need to have over your information.
PIM Software
In its most basic form, PIM software typically includes a calendar, a phone book, and a note pad. The benefit to using a PIM is the ability to take the random bits of information that cross your desk each day and keep them all in one place. In addition, a PIM enables you to keep the information used the most—your calendar, phone book and attorney notes—only a mouse click away.
A PIM is a great organizational tool in the office, and it really shines when you load your file on a laptop and take your information with you on the road. One phone call when out of the office often triggers the need to make several additional calls to other lawyers or clients about a case. With a PIM loaded onto a laptop, all the numbers you need are at your fingertips, and the calls are made in minutes rather than waiting for a secretary to forage through the file or Rolodex for the information.
The basic functions to look for in a PIM are:
• Schedule and reschedule appointments. View your calendar by month, week, or day.
• Enter "to dos" and ticklers.
• Attach electronic alarms to any appointment, "to do," or tickler. This function allows you to set electronic alarms to prompt you for action at a specific time before an event, i.e., a flashing message across your screen notifying you of a closing or deposition in three days.
Phone book:
• Enter multiple addresses and phone numbers for work and home.
• Use multiple fields for fax numbers and e-mail addresses.
• User-defined information fields can be used for anything you choose, such as spouse or children's names.
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• Keep attorney notes and other random notes organized by case or client. Place date and time stamps in a notes field, for example, to record when a telephone call occurred.
There are dozens of programs available with this basic feature set. You can use the descriptions of the features available with Organizer and Ecco Pro to benchmark the capabilities of PIM software you may be considering. Once you find a PIM that fits your personality, make the transition to the electronic age less painful by dedicating time to learning the program and entering your information (see "Getting Started").
Lotus Organizer: The Minimalist Approach
If your personal credo could be summed up as "less is more," then you will enjoy working with Lotus Organizer. Organizer's user interface uses the metaphor of a small, three-ring binder where your calendar, "to do" list, Rolodex, and notes are all separated by tabs between each section of the binder. Many PIM programs have adopted this look, but none implement it better. Organizer's user interface is uncluttered, and has a comfortable feel to it even if you have only worked with the program a short time.
Organizer's calendaring capabilities are simple and easy to use. Your calendar can be displayed in month-, week-, or day-at-a-glance formats. You simply click on the date you need to enter an appointment, designate the time, and you now have an appointment. Once the appointment is entered, you can change the appointment to another day in the same month simply by clicking on the appointment and dragging it to a new day. Changing the month of the appointment requires a double click on the appointment, which brings up an easy-to-understand dialog box in which you make your changes. Organizer also has a planner section, which allows you to enter multiday events that are displayed on your calendar. For example, you can enter a three-day conference in the planner section, and it appears as a banner at the top of those three days on your calendar. This feature makes it easier to tell if your schedule already has you engaged in a multiday event when you check your calendar for free time. An electronic alarm can be added to any calendar or item on your "to do" list. The alarm appears as dialog that appears at a user-defined time, which can be a few hours, a few days, or even a few months.
Organizer also lets you enter a free-form "to do" list in a separate "to do" view. A "show through" features lets your "to do" list show up on your calendar on the date you designate for the item. The "to do" list function is especially well implemented because it allows you to view your "to dos" as overdue, current, future, and completed.
Organizer also lets you enter home and business address and telephone information into an electronic Rolodex. Although this function has numerous predefined fields to keep information on your Rolodex entries, there are only two fields for you to customize for our own information. One of the program's nicest features is a well-implemented linking feature that allows you to link Rolodex entries, "to dos" and calendar events together. That is, you can link a Rolodex entry for your opposing counsel in a case to a deposition in the same case, or a "to do" entry associated with the deposition. This feature is implemented in a very easy and intuitive fashion: you simply click on an icon depicting a chain link, then click on the two items you wish to link together.
If you are the type of person who will be happy knowing where you need to be, when you need to be there, and where your telephone numbers are, then Lotus Organizer is perfect for you. Calendaring and Rolodex information retrieval are this product's strong suit, and it performs these functions extremely well, without a lot of fuss or the need for technical prowess. Organizer calendars may be shared over a network, so your office co-workers can view your calendar with ease.
The program is not without some shortcomings, though. The program's ability to organize your notes, through the program's notepad section is not particularly strong. You can time and date stamp your notes, but the process is cumbersome and involves more mouse gymnastics than it should. Nonetheless, for the person who wants to bring order to the basics, Lotus Organizer is just the ticket.
Some lawyers will read about Organizer and immediately know they need more: more power, more flexibility, and more ways to manipulate and view their information. These lawyers want complete control over their information, and they need the ability to add information unbound by predefined fields.
Ecco Pro: For Lawyers Who Want to Have It All
For these users, Netmanage's Ecco Pro is an excellent choice. Ecco Pro has a slightly steeper learning curve than Organizer, but it offers greater flexibility in how you manage, view, and manipulate your information. The basic features of Ecco Pro are generally no harder to learn than Organizer. In addition to Organizer's basic functions, Ecco Pro allows you to keep all information about a specific case or transaction in a notepad file and view that information in other parts of the program, such as the calendar, through dynamic links.
At the program level, Ecco Pro treats each bit of information as an "object," and the program allows you to link each object to multiple information views. If this sounds complicated in theory, it is not in practice. The benefit to an object-oriented approach is that you enter your information once, and then display it in multiple locations as you see fit. This power has inspired many to call Ecco Pro the progeny of Lotus Agenda, a much revered but now discontinued DOS program sold in the late 1980s that is still in use today by many litigators. To keep all of this power from making the user interface too complex, Ecco Pro has adopted the same tabbed dividers used by Organizer to separate your information.
Behind the first divider tab you will find Ecco Pro's calendar, which can be viewed by month, week, or day. Clicking once on any day brings up a dialog box that allows you to enter an appointment for that day, or a tickler that can be categorized as a "to do," a birthday, an anniversary, or a note specific to that day. Like Organizer, you can change an appointment to a different day by simply dragging and dropping it onto a new day. An added feature is that when you drag an appointment to a new day, Ecco prompts you to confirm the time of the appointment on that day. Navigating between the current month and the months ahead is aided by an easy-to-follow navigation tool. Ecco also allows you to create multiday appointments or recurring events (e.g., an 8:30 a.m. staff meeting on the first Monday of every month).
Like Organizer, Ecco Pro's address feature comes with a phone book ready with a predefined list of fields for you to enter your information. Ecco does Organizer one better by giving you the ability to create your own phone book forms with unlimited user-defined fields. Creating your own form is fairly simple because you can save one of the preexisting forms as your own, and tweak it as you see fit. Ecco Pro gives you the ability to view your calendar and address book side-by-side. In this view, you can create appointments for a person in your address book by dragging the person's name onto the desired appointment date. The appointment automatically lists the person's telephone number, so there is no need to look for this information later.
Beyond the calendar and phone book views, Ecco Pro's real strength lies in the ability to organize information in user-defined outlines. These outlines use the metaphor of a yellow legal pad upon which information is added in the form of notes, ticklers, appointments, and "to dos." For example, a lawyer could create a single view for all active matters he or she is handling. Ecco Pro allows you to further categorize your information by putting information into matter-specific folders. Consider a real estate lawyer representing Ms. Smith, a client who wants to purchase Blackacre, a small parcel of land. Blackacre needs environmental testing to occur no later than two weeks prior to closing, which is scheduled a month away.
The user would create a "Smith-Blackacre" folder, which would house the appointments for the environmental assessment company and the closing next month, and a tickler to call Ms. Smith the day before the closing. An electronic alarm could be added for each of these events to occur at or before the event. Ecco allows you to enter your appointments and ticklers once for the specific file, but view the information on your calendar along with your other appointments and "to dos." This allows you see everything you need to do for this transaction in a case-specific file, but also allows you to track the information in your calendar as well.
Ecco Pro also has sophisticated filter and search features. Ecco Pro lets users create custom views that filter information out of your calendar and case files so you see only what you need to see. For example, you could design a filter to view all birthdays this month, or all calendared events in the Smith-Blackacre case for the upcoming month. Ecco's filters can be set up using basic Boolean search temrs such as "and" and "or" to further refine the view. Ecco Pro also offers full file searching across all calendar entries, phone listings, ticklers, and notes.
As with Organizer, Ecco Pro is networkable, so you can pull up your colleague's schedule, along with your own, over a preexisting network. One added feature is the ability to exclude information on your calendar from the view of others by marking it private (your colleague sees an appointment blocked for the date and time, but not any description of the event or notes related to the event). Ecco also lets a network administrator set levels of access among users ranging from the ability to modify files to "read only" access.
Make Your PIM Work For You
Ecco Pro's ability to take random information and organize it motivated PC Magazine to award the program its Editor's Choice award, and rave that Ecco "is the tool that could change your life." Ecco Pro has the power to manage your information to a level of detail that far surpasses most lawyers' needs. Then again, if you have the type of personality that wants to control all facets of your information, Ecco Pro delivers in spades. Even if you do not want this much control over your information, keep in mind that Ecco's basic functions are generally no harder to use than Organizer, but leave you room to grow should you decide to branch out later.
You should not have to change the way you work to computerize your practice with a PIM. The key is to recognize what type of person you are and how much control you need over your information. If you are still not sure that you want to invest in a PIM, see if the software your office already has purchased contains an unused PIM program (see "Suite Deals on PIMs"). The programs reviewed here, Organizer and Ecco Pro, provide you with the opposite ends of the spectrum. Both programs are the best of their breed, and will serve you well. The program you pick depends on your own personal work style, and just how organized you want to be. n
J. Preston Turner is an associate with the Towson, Maryland, law firm of Treanor, Pope & Hughes. He may be reached for comments or questions about this article via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Four new polls from three Senate races present mixed, but mostly good news for Republicans. First, a Rasmussen poll of the Nevada race shows Republican Sen. Dean Heller with an 11 point lead over Democratic Rep. Shelley Barkley. Previous polls had suggested a somewhat closer race.
But the Nevada seat currently is held by Heller, who was appointed to replace Republican John Ensign, and few expect the Dems to pick it up. The more significant races with new polls out are Virginia and Montana, the two states that (along with Missouri) were instrumental in the Senate's shift to Democratic control in 2006.
In Virginia, a PPP poll gives Democrat Tim Kaine a statistically insignificant lead of 46-45 over former Senator George Allen. PPP it should be noted, is a partner of the Daily Kos and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). However, its Virginia results are in-line with recent Rasmussen polling. This race looks like a true toss-up.
In Montana, PPP has the incumbent Democrat, Jon Tester, leading Republican challenger, Rep. Denny Rehberg by a margin of 48-43. But Rasmussen has Rehberg up by 53-43, and this result is more in line with past polling of the race.
I'm no expert on Montana politics, but I think it's expecting a lot of Tester, whose voting record is liberal ( ACU rating of 20 percent), to hold this seat in a year when he will be on the same ticket as President Obama.


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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's red king crab fishery, made famous by the Discovery Channel reality show "Deadliest Catch," is finally kicking into full swing after returning furloughed federal workers issued the necessary permits.
The season officially opened Tuesday, but most of the participating boats remained at dock.
Mark Gleason with the Seattle-based trade association Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers says boats began heading into the Bering Sea from Alaska's Dutch Harbor on Thursday night.
That's less than 24 hours after the return of workers who assign individual fishing quotas for the Bristol Bay fishery. The National Marine Fisheries Service workers were among those furloughed by the government's partial shutdown, which ended earlier this week after 16 days.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which oversees the Fisheries Service, says some permits for designated crab-quota monitors were still being processed Friday.
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This is in regard to "Need for townships questioned" in the Jan. 30 Telegraph. The characterization of my research attributed to Professor David Hamilton of Texas Tech University is incorrect.
My comparisons of government expenditures by size (population) have included only local governments, not state governments and not the federal government. The strong conclusion of the research is that smaller governments are associated with lower expenditures per capita.
In Illinois, the evidence is that townships are efficient, based upon their substantially lower labor costs (wages and benefits) and other factors.
Labor is far and away the largest element of local government expenditure. The bottom line is that government efficiency can be measured only at one level, that of expenditures per capita.
In this regard, the smaller local governments of Illinois and its townships do very well. They are a bright spot in a Illinois, which, according to some analysts, faces the most serious fiscal challenges in the nation.
Note to readers – Wendell Cox drafted the Demographia study.


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Experience the highlights of Western USA
Discover the captivating cities and astounding natural attractions of the USA's west on a 19-day adventure that will take you from lively Los Angeles to stylish San Francisco. Experience the wonderful wilds of Joshua Tree, Zion and Yosemite national parks, explore Monumental Valley, Death Valley and the Grand Canyon, and join the high rollers and hard livers of illustrious Las Vegas. With exceptional outdoor excursions, some spectacular stretches of coastline and sensational city scenes, this is the ultimate round-up of the western USA's highlights.
Experience the south western corner of the USA in depth, visiting the iconic national parks, lesser known gems, as well as the glamorous capitals of California and Nevada
Towering granite cliffs, cascading waterfalls, redwood forests and epic night skies - Yosemite National Park feels like utopia. While other tour groups breeze through in a day, you'll spend two nights in the park, allowing for a full day of hiking and exploring
For many, Death Valley conjures up images of a flat and barren wasteland. Be surprised by the park's ethereal landscapes of sand dunes, water-sculpted canyons, extinct volcanic craters and, in the spring, fields of wildflowers
From the stone hoodoos of Bryce Canyon to the hanging gardens of Zion National Park, see a diversity of landscapes all within a short drive of each other
As well as the famous must-see attractions on this trip, visit some lesser-known but no less spectacular national parks, such as Dead Horse Point and Arches National Park
The iconic sandstone formations of Monument Valley have played backdrop to many a cowboy western. Learn about Navajo culture and history during a jeep tour of the park, before spending a unique night in a traditional hogan hut
This is a participatory trip. That's a fancy way of saying you're not just along for the ride – you're part of a team! You know the phrase 'the more you put in, the more you get out'. Well that's extra true on this trip. Be prepared to roll up your sleeves and help out with camp activities like food prep and washing up. It's all about giving your new travel mates a hand – everyone knows there's nothing worse than trying to put up a tent on your own!
That teamwork also extends to our optional food kitty of approximately US$10 per day, run to cover the cost of meals. This kitty saves you worrying about stuff like where to get food or what exactly sales tax is, and actually helps keep your costs down. Instead of paying individually as you go, it means we can bulk purchase items and cook our own food – though there's always the chance to use it for the occasional pizza night! The kitty is optional and for your convenience, so if you've got specific dietary requirements you can opt out and purchase (and cook) your own food.
The United States is a world of endless possibilities – that's why our Basix trips are designed so they fit together as (not quite endless) combinations. That means while you might just be starting your trip, some of your new travel mates may have been travelling together for a week or more (and so have some great tips for you). You can see how our trips fit together and all the different possible combinations at www.intrepidtravel.com/brochures. Simply click view/download on the North America brochure and look at the combo map on page 12.
Death Valley in the summer is extremely hot and dry. It does hold the record as the hottest place on earth after all. Hiking at this time of year isn't recommended. Sometimes in mid-summer we may be unable to visit the Valley itself if we feel that the heat presents a safety risk. .
You'll be travelling in a van with a group of travellers, so conditions may feel a little cramped. This is all part of the adventure, however, and you might even make some long-term friends.
The USA is a big country. Distances between destinations may be longer than what you're used to, especially if you're coming from Europe. There are many long days of driving, so expect to spend a lot of time in the van.
Although our vans do have air conditioning, it has to work pretty hard to keep a full group cool. Expect to feel hot during summer and cold at other times of the year, especially at night. Please consider the season and research the weather conditions to determine the best time to travel for you. Remember to come prepared with adequate clothing.
From the steep hiking trails of the various national parks to the towering hills of San Francisco, this trip can involve a lot of walking. Please ensure you bring sturdy walking shoes and comfortable clothes. To make the most of the trip, it's best if you have at least a moderate level of fitness.
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1. This trip finishes on arrival into San Francisco in the afternoon on day 18.
Our Western USA Highlights trips score an average of 4.8 out of 5 based on 5 reviews in the last year.
Travelling with Intrepid means that you will feel safe which I consider very important as an often solo female traveller. Intrepid leaders are informative and professional in their dealings with you. You will have experiences which will rarely be found with other tour groups
Review submitted 24 Sep 2018
I enjoyed spending a good amount of time at each attraction without being rushed. Unfortunately the camping facilities are unnecessarily primitive, ensuring every member was constantly exhausted through lack of sleep.
Review submitted 03 Sep 2018


text: As the Garland City Council considers options for preserving the Pace and Lyles Houses, the public is invited to provide input during the next City Council meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Discussion will focus on the possibility of retaining the houses under City ownership in a park-like setting for public use. The houses will remain on trailers behind the Granville Arts Center while options are thoroughly examined. The City Council discussed several options during the Nov. 4 Work Session and determined that getting additional public input would be the next step. The Nov. 19 Regular Meeting of the Garland City Council is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Agendas are available at on the City Council Agenda and Minutes page. The Garland City Council meets at Garland City Hall, 200 N. Fifth Street in Downtown Garland. Meetings are open to the public and are available online through live streaming and on-demand, and air on CGTV with several rebroadcasts during the week. Visit Garland Tx.gov or watch CGTV Channel 16 (Time Warner Cable), Channel 44 (Verizon FIOS) or Channel 99 (AT&T Uverse). For updates about the Pace and Lyles Houses and other downtown redevelopment projects, visit the Downtown Redevelopment page. To subscribe for updates specifically for decisions related to the Pace and Lyles house, email email@example.com.


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Continuing Oxnard College Students/Students With Previous College Experience
If you are a continuing college student, you are required to complete both an English/ESL and Math assessment test if you:
- Are enrolling in an English, ESL, or math course for the first time; or
- Completed your first semester at Oxnard College and did not complete the mandatory assessment requirement, but now wish to enroll in a second regular semester (fall or spring) at Oxnard College--even if you are not planning to take English/ESL, math or chemistry.
Assessment & Placement Exemptions
Assessment waivers may be issued to you if you:
- Have completed applicable coursework with a "C" or better (must have transcript);
- Have received an Associate in Arts degree or higher from a U.S. accredited institution and have completed an English and Math class (if you are planning to transfer, we strongly suggest that you discuss your plans with a counselor. Please note that although you may be exempt from assessment, all students must successfully complete any required prerequisite courses for English, ESL or Math classes. Please consult with a counselor for further information).
English, ESL, & Math Prerequisite Waivers:
Prerequisite waivers may be granted to you if:
- You have completed a college-level English or ESL composition course with a grade C (2.0) or better;
- You have completed a college-level Math course with a grade C (2.0) or better
Placement Recommendations & Permits
Placement recommendations and permits to enroll in English, ESL, Math, Chemistry, Life Sciences may be issued to you if:
- You have completed applicable college-level courses with a grade C (2.0) or better and the courses are equivalent to those at Oxnard College courses that require or recommend assessment skill levels; or
- College Board Advanced Placement test results may be used to determine your eligibility. You must bring your original AP test results to the Assessment Center, the Welcome Center, or to the Transfer/Counseling Department. Placement/prerequisite waivers will be issued under the following conditions:< >A score of 3, 4, or 5 on the AP English Language & Composition or Composition & Literature exam will qualify you for English 2 and give 3 units credit for English 1;A score of 3 on the AP Calculus AB exam will qualify you for Math 7 and give 5 units credit for Math 2;
- A score of 3 on the AP Calculus BC exam will qualify you for Math 8 and give 5 units credit for Math 7;
- A score of 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus AB exam will qualify you for Math 8 and give 5 units credit for Math 7;
- A score of 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus BC exam will qualify you for Math 11 and give 5 units credit for Math 8.
If you will not be completing the assessment at Oxnard College because you meet any of the exemptions listed above, you must provide official proof (e.g., college transcript, AP report) that you meet the exemption criteria. Please hand-carry this information to a counselor to obtain a waiver.


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By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic legislators said on Wednesday they had seen a groundswell of opposition to the continued sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines and pushed Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote to ban them this week.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats called for a vote on Friday at a news conference announcing a new Gun Control Task Force that was attended by more than two dozen House Democrats.
"Extended clips - assault magazines if you will - we have to take them away from anyone who would commit this kind of crime," said Ron Barber, the Arizona congressman who holds the seat of former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords.
Giffords nearly died last year in a Tucson mass shooting in which the attacker used such clips and killed six people.
"We cannot go on blithely believing that we can solve this problem in other ways. We have to look at the weaponry used and we have to look at the people who use it and we have to do something about both," said Barber.
The White House announced separately on Wednesday that Vice President Joe Biden will lead its effort to reduce gun violence, a movement that has jumped back into the U.S. political spotlight since a mass shooting on Friday in which 20 young children were killed at a Connecticut school.
The House Democrats said their bill now has 150 co-sponsorships, after dozens of legislators added their names after the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
It was not immediately clear whether it stood any chance of passage, or even a vote. Republicans hold a majority of seats in the House, and none supports the bill.
Gun control is one of issues on which there are bitter partisan divides in U.S. politics, with Republicans typically opposing laws seeking to tighten regulation of weapons and ammunition.
Congressional leaders also are preoccupied with negotiating a solution to the year-end "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and spending cuts.
Michael Steel, a spokesman for John Boehner, the Republican Speaker of the House, said when asked for comment on the Democrats' request for a vote that House Republicans were focused now on remembering those who perished in Newtown.
"We join President Obama and all Americans in mourning the victims of this awful tragedy," Steel said. "When the vice president's group makes specific proposals, we will take a look. Right now our focus is, and should be, on the victims, their families, and their community."
(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Jim Loney)


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are all AV pretty much the same these days?
i saw somewhere a while a go that some picked up viruses that others cannot.
but i was also told that installing multiple ani virus software would be the worse thing i could do and it would ruin my system
would there be any point / need in installing more than one prog?
and is it worth installling a trojan hunter alson with a prog such as nortons etc?
ty in advance


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This document is a report
from the Committee for Compounding Delinquents,
dated 1 December 1646.
(Catalogue reference:
SP 23/193 folio 49)
During the civil war Parliament established the
Sequestration Committee, where land and goods
were confiscated from those persons who like
Sir Edward Berkley, took up arms against Parliament
during the Civil War. Documents referring to
the Sequestration Committee are held at The
National Archives - document reference SP
20 covers the dates 1643-1645.
Committee of Compounding with Delinquents
allowed delinquents to regain sequestered estates
by compounding. The delinquent, as we see in the record of Edward
Berkley, paid a fine proportional to the value of the estate.


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Muzzy Rosenblatt with one of Bowery Residents Committees homeless outreach vans.
CBGB feeling punkd, as nonprofit stops lease talks
By Cathy Jedruczek
The chances of CBGB keeping its home on the Bowery suffered another blow recently when the Bowery Residents Committee indicated it is no longer interested in negotiating a new lease with the famous punk rock mecca. Hilly Kristal, CBGBs owner, previously feared he wouldnt be able to pay the high rent of at least $40,000 double his current rent B.R.C. notified him they would be renting his space for in the new lease. Now comes news B.R.C. doesnt want to offer Kristal a lease at all when his lease expires at the end of August.
In February, B.R.C. issued Kristal a seven-day notice to pay $91,000 in back rent for the past several years which was for a rent increase Kristal claims he never knew he had to pay and took B.R.C. to court.
Muzzy Rosenblatt, executive director of B.R.C., the nonprofit homeless services organization that holds a long-term master lease on 315 Bowery, says hes willing to renew the clubs lease. But Kristal argues Rosenblatt refused to continue to negotiate terms of the new lease on May 11 when both parties appeared in court.
Kristal showed The Villager a copy of a letter, dated May 10, which was sent to the judge by B.R.C.s attorneys. The document read, in part, Although our client appreciated the courts efforts in the ongoing settlement discussions, it is unlikely that further discussions involving a lease extension will be productive. Accordingly, we request that the settlement conference for tomorrow morning should be cancelled and that the Court decide the pending motions.
CBGB opened in 1973 when its rent was $600 and the Bowery was lined with flophouses. Today, the flophouses are being replaced by million dollar lofts, celebrity hangouts and expensive commercial space.
Under its existing 12-year lease, CBGB currently pays $20,000 in rent to B.R.C.
They know I cant pay $40,000 a month, said Kristal about B.R.C.s plan to double the rent in a few months. They dont want to deal with us because they had bigger offers, Kristal said. They are trying to get as much rent as they can. They are a not-for-profit organization, but they are a business. They are a private organization. They get millions from the state and city. Maybe its not enough to cover what they do.
Rosenblatt said its not his intention to get rid of CBGB, but, in the end, he may have to. Rosenblatt explained the dispute between CBGB and B.R.C. goes back to 2000. Back then, he found out CBGB had not paid rent for three years, which totaled some $400,000.
The current rent dispute began earlier this year when B.R.C. noticed that CBGB had neglected to pay a 5 percent annual rent increase the past several years. According to B.R.C., CBGB owes about $91,000.
We didnt catch it, said Rosenblatt. We probably should have earlier. I called him and asked to pay the money he owed. He said I am not going to pay.
They wanted interest, said Kristal. You cant charge interest if you didnt bill somebody. If I owed any money, I would pay. It is up to the judge to decide.
Rosenblatt said the spaces with CBGB and the adjacent CBs Gallery, Kristals other club, are being marketed and that various companies and organizations have submitted bids and that CBGB has not. He did not mention that he refused to negotiate with CBGB while in court on May 11.
We are interested in what people could give, but we want to lease it to the most responsible bidder, somebody who could demonstrate their ability to pay rent and demonstrate their ability to act responsibly, said Rosenblat. It is Hilly Kristal who signs the lease. Its not about CBGB. The track record of the past is not good but there are clearly things he could do to establish assurances that things would be different in the future.
Kristal is determined to stay and he promises to fight, fight, fight until he runs out of money. He is not alone. From bands that have either played at CBGB or launched their careers from there to City Councilmember Alan Gerson and the Municipal Art Society, he has lots of support. The Project Save CBGB & OMFUG Web site campaign has grown and includes such diverse allies as Nike, Steven Van Zandt a.k.a. Little Steven to music fans and Silvio Dante to Sopranos and the Chocolate Bar chocolate store on Eighth Ave. in Greenwich Village. Allison Nelson, Chocolate Bars owner, frequented CBGB as a teen and still drops by once in a while. She created a special Punk Rock Box, which comes with chocolates in the shape of guitars, skulls, crossbones and record albums and a CBGB Retro Bar to help raise funds for Project Save CBGB.
I had wanted to create chocolates that would be an homage to the New York music scene and CBGB is definitely that place, said Nelson. Its the music that we grew up with.
CBGB & OMFUG, which stands for country, bluegrass, blues and other music for uplifting gormandizers, is a tourist destination and is featured in the NYC 2012 Olympics ads. Many consider CBGB a sort of rock museum and recently the club applied to the citys Landmarks Preservation Commission for interior landmark designation. Even assuming the clubs inside gets landmarked, that wont automatically grant Kristal a new lease or keep the rent from doubling.
Theres no doubt CBGB is an important part of New York and music history. Even Rosenblatt agrees. He thinks however that, Whatever happens wont take history away. It has been written.
I would love to preserve history. I have my own fond memories and sentimental moments at CBGB, Rosenblatt said, recalling he had his first date and first kiss with his wife at CBGB. But we all have responsibilities in life.
Kristal says the dispute is no longer about money he may or may not owe to B.R.C. but about B.R.C. wanting up to $60,000 from a future tenant. A festival CBGB planned for August to raise awareness about the clubs plight, according to Kristal, would have helped pay for future rent.
I feel we are both doing good jobs, Kristal said of himself and Rosenblatt.
But Kritsal wants to keep doing his at 315 Bowery. CBGB is known around the world, he said. Hundreds of thousands or even millions of people want us here. The city uses us for their Olympics commercials. Whats going on?
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Let's get hot...
Overs have been killing it lately. Streaks are there too with some teams losing a lot in a row or winning like the Indians.
Cards -155 over pirates. Garcia on the mound at home to avoid yet another home sweep. See the cards getting this one they really need.
White sox +1.5 (-110) over yanks. Fading the steam here.
Seattle/Houston over 8.5 (-120).
Will work on updating my record daily. Around even for the year but up in June. Baseball is tough but fun!


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Ukraine feels nervous as big powers debate fate
Apr. 08, 2014
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — As top diplomats from Russia and the United States have met in Europe's capitals to decide Ukraine's fate in recent weeks, there's been a conspicuous absence: a representative from Ukraine.
Russia has refused to deal with Ukraine's new government since protests in February ousted the pro-Russian president. And while the West supports the fledgling leadership, it has left an impression that it's in charge of talks with the Kremlin.
Time and again through history, Ukraine has been caught in big power politics. Historians draw parallels between how Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin divided Europe at Yalta after World War II — trapping eastern European countries in the Soviet orbit. Now some Ukrainians fear history is repeating itself as they are shut out of negotiations — and sit on the sidelines waiting for a verdict.
Ordinary Ukrainians are mostly grateful for Western efforts to mediate the crisis and more than anything are terrified by the prospect of war.
But officials have sought to stress that Ukraine's voice must be heard.
At a news conference last week, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Danylo Lubkivsky insisted that decisions regarding Ukraine's future must not be made without Kiev's input: "No real dialogue is possible without Ukraine," Lubkivsky said. That is why the announcement this week of high-level talks between the United States, the EU, Ukraine and Russia — expected to take place in the next 10 days — was met with hope in Kiev.
Despite angry rhetoric, the West has largely accepted the reality of Russia's takeover of Crimea. Diplomatic efforts are now focused on preventing Russia's military incursion into the Russian-speaking east and south of Ukraine, where Moscow claims it needs to protect Russian-speakers. With thousands of Russian troops amassed near the border with Ukraine, Moscow seeks to dictate conditions: It wants to turn Ukraine into a loose federation that it can control, and is pushing for Russian to become the second official state language, on par with Ukrainian.
Kiev has so far refused to cave to Moscow's demands — as any step that dents Ukraine's hopes of integrating with the West will be met with fierce resistance from the Maidan, the pro-Western protest movement. More than 100 people were killed in the protesters' clashes with police.
But facing enormous military and economic pressure from Russia, there is little Ukraine can do on its own, some experts say — so Kiev has to rely on Western patronage.
"During the Cold War, U.S. secretaries of state and Soviet foreign ministers routinely negotiated the outcome of crises and the fate of countries. It has been a long time since such talks have occurred, but last week a feeling of deja vu overcame me," George Freedman of Stratfor, a U.S. global intelligence think tank, wrote recently.
"Americans and Russians negotiated over everyone's head to find a way to defuse the crisis in Ukraine and, in the course of that, shape its fate."
But Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who is now an analyst at the Brookings Institution, contests that view. He says that the United States, under Secretary of State John Kerry's diplomacy, wants to ensure that Ukraine is an active partner in talks.
"I think Mr. Lavrov would like to make this a U.S.-Russia negotiation on Ukraine's fate ... I don't think secretary Kerry plans to go there," said Pifer. He cast Kerry as telling the Russians: "You have to have this conversation with Ukraine."
In Kiev, political scientist Volodymyr Fesenko said that the international community needs to abandon the mentality that it's others who will decide Ukraine's fate, while also stressing that the West is key to a successful future — and that, ultimately, anything is better than war.
"We don't live in the 19th century and Ukraine must decide on its own what its foreign and internal policy should be," Fesenko said, but added: "Let Putin negotiate with the West on the Ukrainian matter rather than go to war with Ukraine."
In Kiev, the threat of a war is on everybody's mind.
"I feel anxious for our Ukraine, for the future of our children. I don't want our fears to come true," said Oleksandr Osadchy, 50, a construction entrepreneur, who helped his 4-year-old daughter Anya to a slide in a playground in central Kiev one recent afternoon. "War is horror, blood and dirt. God forbid."
Over recent weeks, Russia has skillfully waged psychological warfare against Ukraine.
First, Russia's parliament authorized the government to use military force in Ukraine. Then, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia reserves the right to use "any means at our disposal" to protect Russian speakers. Soon, the Russian Foreign Ministry was saying that it was considering requests for such protection.
Even children and their parents became victims of the campaign of fear: A popular Russian bedtime TV show, called "Good night Kids," featured Filya the dog packing a backpack to go to war.
Tetyana Otroshchenko, a retired small shop owner who was watching her 5-year-old grandson Timofey jump around in the playground, said she needed to travel north to near the border with Russia to visit a relative's grave — but was afraid.
For Otroshchenko, the West can negotiate with Russia all its wants — as long as it keeps Ukraine safe.
"I trust the West, they are doing the right thing," Otroshchenko said. "Because it is impossible for our government to deal Putin if the West does not help."


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Claremore, Okla. (WBCSports.com) – There was little evidence of jitters in the opening round of the NAIA National Tournament for sixth ranked Williams Baptist College. The Lady Eagles softball team exploded with five runs before an out was recorded in the game on their way to 17 for the contest.
The 17-2 run-rule victory over Morningside College improves WBC's record to 41-6 and 1-0 at the NAIA National Tournament. The softball game was the opening contest in the Rogers State Bracket played in Claremore, Okla.
Karisa Hendrix pitched a three-hit complete game to earn her 22nd win of the season. The flamethrower struck out seven batters, while walking one. She allowed two runs, with one earned in the five innings from the circle. "I started out nervous but as the game went on I was able to get in a groove. It helped that we scored five runs in the first inning. When your offense provides that kind of run support, it allows me to relax," said Hendrix.
The Lady Eagles amassed 17 hits in the contest, including five extra-base knocks. WBC scored in every inning. They crossed the plate five times in the first, three in the second, one in the third, seven in the fourth, and one in the fifth inning. Williams' number one through four batters combined to go 11-for-17 from the plate with two home runs, a double, and 11 runs batted in. "The first inning was huge; any time you can score five in the first inning it opens things up for the rest of the game. Seventeen hits is a highlight. We have been in a hitting slump and we focused on our approach and were able to bust out of that slump," said head coach Eric Newell.
Shelby Anderson and Callie Brooks both hit home runs. Anderson drove in five runs to lead WBC, followed by Lauren Sweeten with four RBI's, "I was really nervous being a freshman, but it felt good to get a couple big hits. We came through with clutch hits today, and it has given us a lot of confidence," said Brooks.
The opening round pod play is being host by Rogers State University in Claremore, Okla. WBC is the top seed in the four team bracket. The winner advances to Columbus, Ga., for the final round of the tournament.
Williams will play the winner of Rogers State University and Central Methodist University on Tuesday, May 14. First pitched is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Please check back to Tournament Central for video highlight, player and coach interviews, photos, and articles regarding WBC's tournament run.


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MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Bertha was churning northward far from land, posing no direct threat to the U.S. East Coast, and was expected to weaken Tuesday.
The center of the storm was expected to stay offshore as it passes wide of the U.S. mainland over the next few days, and the storm is also likely to miss Bermuda.
"There's no direct impact that will be felt on the U.S. East Coast. However, there could be added surf and rip current conditions," said Dennis Feltgen, spokesman for the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
That doesn't mean coastal residents should let their guard down, though.
"We've still got the peak of the season to go on the Atlantic side, mid-August to mid-October," Feltgen said.
The hurricane formed Monday morning, and its maximum sustained winds decreased to 75 mph (120 kph) by the late evening. Further weakening was expected over the next two days. The hurricane was centered about 490 miles (790 kilometers) west of Bermuda and was moving north-northeast at 20 mph (31 kph).
On Sunday, the storm buffeted parts of the Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos with rain and gusty winds, after passing over the Dominican Republic and causing temporary evacuation of dozens of families as its downpours raised rivers out of their banks. Earlier, it dumped rain on Puerto Rico, which has been parched by unusually dry weather.
Before Bertha reached the Turks & Caicos, residents pulled boats ashore or moored them at marinas in the tourism-dependent archipelago that has little natural protection from strong storm surges. Tourism Director Ralph Higgs said hotels were "taking the threat of the storm seriously."