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The 2012 World Champions have now been crowned and Boardseeker catches up with some of them; finding out more about the title winners with a series of quick fire questions. Next up women's freestyle World Champion Sarah-Quita.
Name: Sarah-Quita Offringa
Sail number:ARU 91
Date of birth:04-07-1991
Born in: Aruba
Currently living:Netherlands
Sponosors: Starboard, Gaastra, Mystic, Chris Benz, Maui Ultra Fins
Discipines: Freestyle and slalom
Top results: 5x Freestyle world champion 2008-2012, 1x slalom worldchampion 2011
Nicknames: SQ, cabeibusha, rasta
Describe your style on the water: Always pumped to learn something new. I tend to only practice new moves so I'm usually crashing all over the place. but every bit of progress gives me such a huge motivational boost which makes all the crashing worth it.
Describe yourself on the water: Moods differ a lot but in general I'm jolly and excited about everything!
Favourite spot: Fuerteventura, Sorobon Bonaire, Barcadera Aruba
Current favourite board and sail: 91 Starboard Flare and 4.4 Gaastra Pure.
Best memory from 2012: I have three best moments this year! Having friends and family over in Fuerteventura supporting me to the max, winning the slalom in Turkey, and standing on stage in Sylt for my 5th freestyle title hearing the Aruban anthem played out loud on the beach.
What do you think helped you win the title? A lot of support from so many people friends family fans etc. and definitely some determination mixed in there as well.
How did you celebrate? Haven't yet actually buuut I'm planning a party with loads of champagne very soon!
What are your plans for the winter? I'm going home to Aruba for Christmas and hopefully in between my semesters I can travel to some windy spots in Europe to get some much needed windsurfing in!
Who do you admire the most on and off the water: The Bonaire crew, I got hooked to windsurfing because of them and I still admire them for their styles on and off the water.
What are your strengths and weaknesses? As a strength I would say that Im quite competitive. I dont get nervous to perform its more of an excitement to do my best and show what I got in store. Weakness, Im quite unorganised on the beach, which generally means I tend to get things done last minute before a heat. which could add some stress but I guess thats just the way it works for me..
What skills would you like to have from another competitor: I wish I could sail like Kiri during a heat. He barely ever drops a move and executes them so perfectly he makes it look easy. And Gollito for example is able to learn a new move and then perform it the next day under pressure during the heat. Id like to be able to do that as well.


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Lyman soldier's death mournedBy BOB HOOKWAY
Union Leader Correspondent
February 22. 2012 9:50PM
LYMAN - A 22-year-old soldier from Lyman was found dead in his barracks Sunday at Fort Benning, Ga., just days before the Iraq veteran was due to leave the Army.
Spc. Matthew Woods, a 2007 Lisbon Regional School graduate, 'was found unresponsive in his barracks room Sunday morning. He was later pronounced dead by paramedics,' Army officials said in a news release.
'No foul play is suspected,' said Maj. Ellis Gales, Jr., brigade public affairs officer for Woods' unit, the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.
'We were just getting ready to go down and get him,' his mother, Rena Woods said Wednesday night. 'We were leaving Saturday. He was getting out of the Army for good. We were going to fly down and drive back, and visit family along the way. This is so awful. This is really hard.'
She said she had heard nothing from the Army regarding the cause of her son's death. That information may not be coming soon, according to Gales.
'The matter is under investigation,' he said Wednesday from Ft. Benning.
The news has stunned Woods' tiny hometown of fewer than 400. Lyman is about 10 miles south of downtown Littleton, on Route 302.
The high school in nearby Lisbon where Woods played basketball and soccer is very close-knit, with the typical graduating class no more than about 35 students, according to Athletic Director Les Poore.
Poore coached Woods in basketball and soccer, and knew him well. He said he had just returned from visiting Woods' mother, father and older brother Michael, 24.
'He was a good kid from a loving family,' Poore said. 'There's just been an outpouring of support for the family. He had a good sense of humor. All the kids really liked him. He was just a hard-working kid.
'If Matt was down one day, he'd always come back with a smile. We can be very proud of him. He was one of our better student-athletes to come out of Lisbon,' Poore said.
Woods' former coach particularly recalled a goal Woods scored in a semifinal playoff match with arch-rival Woodsville High School. The Engineers had just dropped down to New Hampshire's Class S and were battling Lisbon in the postseason when Woods scored a goal Poore described as 'the biggest goal in my coaching career,' helping oust Woodsville from the tournament.
'That was our first soccer title,' Poore said.
'It's just a tragedy for our town,' Poore said.
Woods joined the Army in January 2009 as a cavalry scout. Following his 'initial entry training' at Fort Knox, Ky., he reported to the '3-1 Cav.' in May of that year, Army officials said.
Rena Woods said her husband was particularly distraught Wednesday night.
'He's taking it very hard. They were best friends. They had a lot of plans. Matt will be missed in this town,' she said.


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The '90s struck in a big way last night, with Diddy's Revolt TV and TLC both having television debuts. Starring KeKe Palmer (as Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas), Drew Sidora (Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins), and Lil Mama (Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes) as the titular titans, CrazySexyCool didn't have to be at all good to be excitingly great.
The biopic bounces from one in-your-face, litigious or tragic event to another. The outrageousness was so out there that credited founder, Perri "Pebbles" Reid (played by Rochelle Aytes), has already threatened to sue for slander. VH1, no stranger to reality dramatics and fiery tempers, won big with all the insane calamity that fuels this biopic. Check out what the tweets had to say.


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Second Street
Effort underway to improve Manchester's Second StreetBy BILL SMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
September 29. 2013 8:03PM
MANCHESTER — An effort to stimulate redevelopment of the city's oldest commercial thoroughfare continued last week, as residents and business owners pondered possible ways to make Second Street safer for residents and more attractive to businesses.
While carrying a name that only a government employee could love — the Second Street Corridor Access and Mixed-Use Overlay Zoning Project — the approach taken by organizers has been more grass-roots than bureaucratic.
City and regional planners have held a series of meetings with business owners and community residents to exchange ideas for improving the qualify of life in the neighborhood.
David Preece, executive director of the commission, said traffic on Second Street is a big problem, creating congestion and safety issues that can be barriers to upgrading the business district.
"Our first objective was to develop and access development strategies to protect road capacity and improve safety for all the users." Preece said. "We are looking at ways to both keep traffic moving and improve the safety."
Second Street starts at the city's southern border with Bedford. The three-lane road traverses three-quarters of a mile of retail, restaurant and fast-food establishments before widening into an intersection that sends traffic to the Queen City Bridge, Interstate 293 or into a dense neighborhood of apartments.
Afternoon rush-hour backups are legendary at the Queen City Avenue intersection.
Tom Levasseur, the owner of CK Grill, said he'd like to see a commitment to sidewalks on Second Street. Years ago, his father put sidewalks along the property's 300 feet of frontage. And Manchester Subaru added sidewalks to its two blocks when it upgraded its property recently.
But the Mobil gas station at the Second-Main street intersection removed its sidewalks.
"There's no consistency," he said. "People can't walk. It's dangerous to walk here."
He also said making the commercial portion of Second Street a one-way would solve many problems. But then Main Street would have to be a one-way through a residential area, something residents wouldn't want.
At a series of workshops, the commission has been sharing ideas with residents and businesses about incentives that can be offered to businesses to upgrade their properties.
Bedford allows larger buildings on commercial lots if businesses make improvements — a possibility for Second Street, Preece said. If a business owner provides sidewalks or landscaping, he could earn additional density in his development.
"We are exploring all avenues," Preece said. Residents and businesses are satisfied with the neighborhood's existing zoning designations, and don't want expansion of business zones or affordable housing stock."
"We're not going to be rezoning anything," he said. "Anything we do has to be above this; we have to create incentives so that businesses will be induced to improve their properties."
Todd Berkowitz, owner of Manchester Subaru, has already done so. Berkowitz said he's put $2 million into his property in the last five years. He added sidewalks for aesthetic reasons, but said they are seldom used, in part because adjoining properties lack them.
"If you're walking, you'll be safe on my property. Then you're on your own," he said.
Both he and Levasseur said it would be nice to add another lane to Second Street, but both say there isn't enough land to do so.
Levasseur would like a traffic light at Dairy Queen, where the southbound exit ramp from I-293 meets Second Street, saying a light would make left-hand turns safe. "I must admit, coming off that road I get a little nervous," he said.
The third in the series of workshops to develop a Second Street plan will be held next month.
"We've got to explore several techniques and tools that the city and the businesses and the residents may want to consider," Preece said.
The next workshop is planned for Oct. 28, and could result in a final plan that would be forwarded to the Manchester Planning Board for public hearings.
"Whatever we're going to be recommending to the Planning Board will take into consideration greatly the input that we have received along the way." Preece said.
Union Leader reporter Mark Hayward contributed to this article.
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In the Nov. 14 Record there was a letter under the headline "Stocktonians need to take their city back."
In the Nov. 14 Record there was a letter under the headline "Stocktonians need to take their city back."
The writer said it is high time the people of Stockton invoke martial law to quell the city's growing violence. I disagree with the recommendation, believing there is another way before invoking martial law.
I believe that violence could be easily quelled and all but eliminated if we were to follow the simple laws outlined by what was once considered the most civilized culture in the Americas, the Incas.
The Incas had one of the most advanced and peaceful cultures known to have existed to mankind. The reason: Every citizen was expected to follow three simple rules - you were not to harm anyone, you were not to rob anyone and you were not to harass anyone. If you did, you were executed.
It's amazing but, yes, it did work.
I would take it a step further. I would recommend that the executions take place in public so as to serve example to all viewing (word of mouth spreads quickly), of what happens to those who break these three basic tenants.
If nothing else, we'd save a lot of money which would help repair this broken economy.
If this society can tax those with income to give to those without income, can we not require those who break the law, no longer be part of the good that exists for those for whom the law exists?
Joe Larranaga Jr.
The Record's candidate of choice, Ann Johnston, is out! Now let's look forward.
The people of this city have spoken and have chosen our new mayor, Anthony Silva. The Record is a big bully. Silva is our mayor-elect and he means business. He will not be bullied or pushed around by anyone.
Can't The Record see that the city of Stockton is in dire straits? Our mayor-elect has taken on a huge task. He is taking on a city that is bankrupt, a city that is known nationally for its high degree of danger, a city that allows police officers to work without a contract, a fire department destroyed. There are former city employees with botched benefits, and the list goes on.
Our new mayor is not perfect, no one is, but he cares enough to listen to the people who voted for change. They voted for someone who could relate to them and their needs.
He has a lot of work to do and he deserves at least some respect, not your daily negativity, resistance and bullying.
Ramiro Reyes
Integrity of conviction is an honorable course for men in power to profess and possess.
Vice President Joe Biden professes to be a staunch anti-abortionist ... even saying for him it is morally wrong during the vice presidential debate. Yet he kowtows to the Democrats' agenda to have a job, defending laws and agendas against his publicly stated moral convictions. He sells out his own integrity to win votes.
If Biden were a Republican he could maintain his personal convictions and dignity defending the party's staunch pro-life stance. Becoming a Republican would make Biden a better man and not a sellout.
Cece Cardinalli
I want to thank the Medical Observation Unit for the excellent care I received during my stay in their unit and also Dr. Abbas Chothia and his crew for putting in another stent and once again giving me a better chance of living longer.
Many thanks to everyone who helped me recover and send me home to live a longer life.
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Cazenovia Less than two weeks after discussions began, it's official: L.L. Bean has chosen Cazenovia Lake as the location of its latest "Outdoor Discovery School."
"The eagle has landed," Trustee Jim Joseph, who coordinated the deal for the village, said into his cell phone Saturday afternoon, June 1, as he and other village board members watched the green L.L. Bean trailer full of kayaks back into place near the public swimming area in Lakeland Park.
The trailer will remain there through the summer as the meeting and launching location for L.L. Bean's kayaking Outdoor Discovery School every Saturday and Sunday, where patrons will experience a two-hour introductory class on kayaking for $20.
"Really this is to introduce people to the sport and hopefully to get involved," said Greg Schwarz, department manager for the L.L. Bean Fayetteville store's Outdoor Discovery School, who accompanied the green trailer to Cazenovia. "If this works out this year, it will be an advanced kayaking program next year."
Already L.L. Bean is planning a variety of kayaking classes and tours on Cazenovia Lake for this summer and fall, such as sunset tours and fall foliage tours, as well as snowshoeing classes and tours this winter, Schwarz said.
The partnership between L.L. Bean, one of the world's largest outdoor apparel and equipment companies, and the village of Cazenovia was broached, discussed, negotiated and brought to fruition in about two weeks.
The company announced in late April that its outlet store in Fayetteville Towne Center, which opened in 2007, will be converted to a full retail store on June 7. Unlike outlet stores, L.L. Bean retail store locations have Outdoor Discovery Schools that offer demonstrations, clinics and introductory hands-on activities for their customers such as kayaking, fly casting, clay shooting, archery, biking and canoeing.
In May, L.L. Bean representatives began looking around the Central New York region for the best location to host its Fayetteville Outdoor Discovery School. They were considering Cazenovia Lake, Oneida Lake, Jamesville Reservoir and parts of the Erie Canal.
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No doubt about it, Doctor Who is a character who can stand the test of time — but can he compete with his own past?
With more than 750 episodes aired, "Doctor Who" holds the record for the "longest running science fiction show," according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The first show aired the day after John F. Kennedy was shot in November 1963 and the character has never been more popular in his native England or America than in the past few years. But that's part of the problem now confronting the show — David Tennant, the 10th actor to occupy the role of the eccentric time-traveler, has moved on and there are plenty of fans who are still grieving.
More than that, Tennant will be replaced by Matt Smith, a relatively unknown actor and, at age 26, the youngest star to ever be trusted with the TARDIS, the Doctor's quirky time machine which, to untrained eyes, might appear to merely be a 1950s-era British police phone box.
"My problem with the newest doctor coming on is that he looks too young," said Chuck Dietz, a 37-year-old school teacher from San Jose who recently made the 340-mile trip to Los Angeles to attend a Doctor Who fan convention called Gallifrey One (it's a reference to the Time Lord's home planet).
It was the 11th pilgrimage that Dietz has made to the convention and arrived with anxiety in his baggage this time. "I don't think that it works if the role is too young," Dietz said. "In the classic series, that was the whole premise of the thing: the Doctor was an elderly man or a grandfather."
Indeed, the first actor to star in "Doctor Who" was William Hartnell (photographed on left) who was 55 when the show began but, with his mane of gray hair, looked older than that. On the show through the years, though, the Doctor has changed far more in basic appearance than other longtime pop-culture characters such as James Bond or Batman and the reason for that is an ingenious mechanism written right into the plot; the Doctor has the power to regenerate as a new person, which not only spares him from the mundane problem of human mortality, it has given writers of the show the periodic chance to dramatically re-imagine their hero.
"That's the beauty of the series," said James Madison, another Gallifrey One attendee. "Change is a part of it."
Still, Smith has some big shoes to fill and he also tempted the wrath of "Who" fans by publicly stating that he has never been a devotee of the iconic British television franchise. Known more for his stage work than his television appearances, Smith has starred in BBC adaptations of "The Ruby in the Smoke," which had him opposite former Doctor Who costar Billie Piper, and "The Shadow in the North." He also showed up in an episode of Piper's sexed-up television series "Secret Diary of a Call Girl."
The next season of "Doctor Who" won't air until 2010, so fans will be debating in the dark for awhile. Smith, however, has already garnered the respect of most of the cast and crew, most of whom support the choice of the creators to cast him.
"Matt Smith came out of nowhere, but I think he's just going to be brilliant," said Phil Ford, who has written scripts for "Doctor Who" as well as its two spinoffs, "Torchwood" and "The Sarah Jane Adventures." "He's just got that look about him that I can see what [executive producer] Steve Moffat was talking about when he said, 'He just came into the room and just owned the part.' That's absolutely how everybody sees him."
Champions of the new actor point out that the little-known Tennant was himself confronted with skepticism when he took over for the ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston (pictured below), who had brought a new grittiness and forlorn quality to a role that in the past had been more professorial.
Still, Tennant became so beloved after taking on the role in 2005 that, to a vast number of fans, he is not the best Doctor, but the only Doctor. Smith, meanwhile, is a question mark.
"There's so little out on the new guy," said David Blanchett, who travels the convention circuit selling sci-fi merchandise. "There really there aren't many photos of the guy. He looks like a typical Englishman and he doesn't have a big pedigree. There's just no way to tell what kind of personality he's going to give to the Doctor."
Other fans are remaining a bit more open-minded about the young actor.
"I don't think that youth comes into it too much for me," said David Leon, who traveled from Las Vegas for the convention. "He certainly would be the youngest that we've seen so far, although Tennant has a lot of youthful attributes that he brings to it. I'm looking forward to something new."
Gary Russell, another well-regarded screenwriter for "Doctor Who" and its spinoffs, said the new master of the TARDIS will win over the old fans and find new ones as well. It is, he said, just a matter of time.
"I think Matt Smith is fantastic," Russell said. "Completely unexpected choice, but Smith has everything you need for an actor to play the Doctor. He's just brilliant, full of life and energy. Following David is an incredibly difficult job for any actor. I think there are very few that can rise above the publicity — but I think Matt will be the person to do just that."
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In the hedge fund record books, there will always be doubts about how Steven A. Cohen outperformed rivals for more than 20 years.
Cohen, the billionaire founder of SAC Capital Advisors LP, is arguably the best stock trader of all time, a renowned "tape reader" with an uncanny ability to predict where prices are headed. The Stamford, Connecticut-based firm's investment returns for clients averaged 25% over the past two decades, and Cohen never posted a losing year in the portfolio he personally oversees.
Yesterday, SAC agreed to plead guilty to securities and wire fraud, pay $1.8 billion in fines and forfeitures, and stop managing money for outside investors. The firm had denied wrongdoing since being indicted in July. Like Barry Bonds, the professional baseball player whose home-run records have been tainted by allegations of illegal steroid use, Cohen won't be able to escape this question: did he excel by cheating?
SAC "focused on hiring the best talent, talent who was equipped with extensive networks to circumvent traditional lines of communication," April Brooks, FBI special agent in charge of the New York office's criminal division, said at a press conference yesterday. "Talent who would be prepared to get confidential information to fuel their illicit trades."
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For Cohen -- whose fortune is valued at $9 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index -- the reputational damage is a greater punishment than the penalties he will pay, according to friends and people who have worked with him. He is, more than most big-name hedge-fund managers, obsessed with winning, whether at golf or at building an investment empire.
Cohen's goal has always been to be acknowledged as something greater than a masterful trader, say the friends and colleagues, who asked not to be identified to avoid hurting their relationship with him. Rather, he wants to be included in the pantheon of world-class money managers such as Warren Buffett and George Soros, whose savvy investing history and prescient market calls draw a following on Wall Street, these people say.
Now he'll be infamous for his firm's record fine for insider trading.
Probe Continues
SAC's penalty includes $616 million that it agreed to pay in March to settle a related civil lawsuit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the plea agreement, the firm will close its hedge funds to outside investors. The government's investigation of insider trading at SAC continues, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said yesterday at a news conference. The plea deal with the firm doesn't provide immunity to any individual.
Cohen, 57, who wasn't charged in the indictment, has said he has acted appropriately.
SAC said yesterday in a statement that it takes "responsibility for the handful of men who pleaded guilty and whose conduct gave rise to SAC's liability. These wrongdoers do not represent the 3,000 honest men and women who have worked at the firm during the past 21 years. Even one person crossing the line into illegal behavior is too many and we greatly regret this conduct occurred."
Cohen was the ultimate prize for the government, the target they had pursued for years in an investigation that mushroomed into the largest insider-trading probe in history. At least 87 people have been charged by prosecutors since August 2009, of which 75 have been convicted.
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AMERICUS - The third ranked USC Aiken Pacers raced out to an early first half lead that proved to be too much for the Georgia Southwestern Lady Hurricanes to overcome as GSW fell, 84-51, Thursday evening in the Storm Dome.
Aiken guard Daniela Tarailo came out firing in the first half as she scored 14 of USCA's first 16 points as the Pacers raced out to a 16-4 lead just four minutes into the game.
The Pacers' offensive scoring barrage never let up as they used 54 percent shooting (20-37) to take a 51-20 lead going into halftime.
In the second half, Southwestern's offense picked up steam as sophomore forward Kabrina Merriweather scored 16 second half points including 4 of 4 from behind the three point line.
A balanced USCA offensive attack proved to be too much however as the Hurricanes couldn't cut into the first half deficit as the Pacers stayed undefeated on the season, improving their record to 10-0 (3-0 PBC).
Tarailo finished with a game high 26 points as she led four Pacers in double digit scoring.
Reigning PBC Player of the Week Kayla Harris finished with 15 points on the night and sophomore forward Mackenzie Reese chipped in 14 points for the Pacers.
USC Aiken point guard Brittany Hill had a special performance distributing the ball as she finished with a USCA program record 14 assists to just three turnovers.
Merriweather finished the game with a career best 20 points to lead the Lady Hurricanes in scoring.
Junior point guard Stormey Smith produced a career night as she tied personal bests in both points (13) and assists (5).
Georgia Southwestern falls to 2-8 (0-3 PBC) on the year. The Lady 'Canes will be back in action this Saturday as they welcome PBC-newcomer Young Harris to the Storm Dome for a 1:30 p.m. tip.


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From just about perfect to the perfect storm is the tale of two Western cotton seasons: 2004 and 2005.
California and Arizona cotton growers and pest control advisers fondly remember the one — '04 — and cannot wait to forget the other with hopefully a return to normal this season. However, last season was a reality check after a series of relatively benign cotton growing seasons.
Last cotton season was the perfect storm; doomed it seemed from the day it left the San Joaquin Valley dock.
SJV planting weather was lousy for weeks followed by record July heat that stymied the crop followed by early, cool fall that thwarted any chance of a season-saving top crop. It was not much better in the Arizona and Southern California desert cotton growing area. However, any bad weather there paled in comparison to one of the worst whitefly years in probably a decade. The whitefly outbreak was a wake up call not only for Arizona, but California as well.
California had no whitefly problems last season, but the fact Arizona did has raised the guard of California PCAs and producers.
University of Arizona Extension entomology specialist Peter Ellsworth and his IPM counterpart in California, Pete Goodell, said insect losses were higher in 05 than they have been in several years.
Goodell and Ellsworth offered up their analysis of '05 at the recent Bayer CropScience Cotton Technology Seminar where Ellsworth said he saw whitefly coming last season and put out the warning.
However, in many cases the success Arizona growers have enjoyed for a decade may have been their worst enemy last season because success likely bred some complacency.
"Whitefly numbers were very high last season, and the problems encountered were not totally the growers' fault. However, there was a lot of complacency in the state last season" and Ellsworth said complacency caught some growers and PCAs short at the end of the season and they "panicked," spraying heavily to protect open cotton from whitefly honey dew deposition.
The average pesticide bill in Arizona soared to more than $100 per acre, almost three times what it has been reduced to with the successful whitefly management program developed in Arizona after the state's cotton industry almost went under by the stigma of sticky cotton in the early 1990s.
Arizona cotton growers dug themselves out of a deep hole then working with Ellsworth other UA entomologists and chemical manufacturers in developing a successful control strategy involving unique scouting techniques to monitor whitefly populations; use of Admire systemic pesticide in vegetables and melons; judicious use of two new insect growth regulators and rapid adoption of Bt cotton to reduce overall pesticide sprays and preserve whitefly predators. It was all part of an area wide approach to controlling whitefly that has been a benchmark for controlling the multi-host whitefly.
Despite a solid control program for a decade, whitefly reared its ugly head once again in '05. However, Ellsworth said it was not as bad as the year prior to development of the successful control strategy and hopefully '05 Arizona cotton will "go under the radar" and escape the sticky cotton stigma.
Whiteflies overwinter
Ellsworth suspected the warm, wet winter before spring planting produced a big overwintering population of whiteflies. A trip to the Yaqui Valley of Mexico about 300 miles south of the Arizona-Mexico border early in the year confirmed Ellsworth worst fears.
"What I saw there was the potential for a major problem in Arizona," he said. There leaves were coated with whitefly and eventually growers there lost 50 percent of their crop to whitefly. That does include losses due to sticky cotton. The loss was so heavy in Mexico because growers there do not have the same improved pest control tools like the insect growth regulators used in American cotton.
Arizona whitefly numbers have been remarkably low for years, noted Ellsworth. Nevertheless, the potential has always been there for an explosion. Ellsworth has documented in his research heavy whitefly populations in plots in past season where there were no whitefly controls measures like Admire.
Cotton growers had grown complacent since for the past several years they have had to foliar treat just one time for whitefly. Ellsworth said some tried to "go cheap" with similar minimal control strategies in '05 and were caught with late season pressure that sent insecticide spray bills for a "quantum leap."
Ellsworth said monitoring and following the multi-stage treatment strategy developed in Arizona remains a viable plan for controlling whitefly, especially in early season control strategies.
"It is amazing we have four all-star compounds we can use early against whitefly, all with unique modes of action," said Ellsworth, citing Knack, Courier, Intruder and the newest whitefly material, Oberon, which Ellsworth said worked well in his pre-registration trials.
Although sticky cotton became a major cause for concern in the San Joaquin Valley several seasons back, it was not an issue in an admittedly bad insect pest year in '05. California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association teamed with the University California Cooperative Extension to step up and prevent future sticky cotton and it worked. There has not been SJV sticky cotton issue in about four years.
'Somewhat exempt'
Ellsworth said the San Joaquin Valley "has been somewhat exempt from whitefly problems because of its northern climate. There are not as many generations in the San Joaquin as there are in Arizona." However, California is not immune to the problem.
Ellsworth warned that just because there is no black, sooty mold on cotton does not mean whitefly has not deposited honeydew. He showed a magnified photograph of a seemingly undamaged bright white cotton boll with honeydew imbedded in the lint. "Just because it is white does not mean it is not sticky" if whitefly numbers become high enough to deposit honeydew into the lint.
SJV's perfect storm '05 season fortunately did not include late-season whitefly.
However, there were plenty of insect problems without whitefly.
Goodell said overall insect pest pressure was moderate to severe in the San Joaquin. Thrips were damaging; not surprising considering slow start. When the cotton plant is not growing due to cold weather, thrips cause damage.
Lygus, the valley's most predominant insect pest, was the worst it had been in 10 to 20 years, "depending on where you were last year," Goodell noted. "Where lygus were bad, they were really bad." Spider mites, he added, were "a little more widespread" and have been "getting people's attention" as a growing problem over the past few seasons. Aphids were widespread in 2005, but "not excessive."
Despite being one of the most challenging pest years in the past decade, yield losses due to insects were relatively minimal.
Lygus in survey
PCAs and growers told Goodell in an insect loss survey lygus was responsible for about 5 percent of a potential 500 pounds more lint than was harvested. Typically lygus take about 1 percent of the potential yield. Spider mites accounted for about 2 percent of the crop loss.
However, poor weather was given the majority of the blame for dropping Acala/upland average yield to about 1,219 pounds and Pima to 1,274 pounds. Goodell said the potential SJV cotton yield is 1,750 pounds of lint per acre.
"Weather accounted for 16.3 percent of the yield loss," concluded Goodell.
The perfect storm of 2005 is over, fortunately, and now it is on to 2006. No one wants a repeat, but cool, wet weather arrived on March 1 with two weeks to go to cotton planting season. Perfect storms are rare and growers and PCAs are hoping there will not be a pair of back-to-back rarities.
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Let's see. A hurricane blew through the east coast. Lots of systems have been affected. It's widespread and a lot to deal with and fix. Comcast and other companies will be working overtime to get everything restored. It won't happen immediately.
Should Comcast jump because you want your service restored RIGHT NOW? Everyone else wants the same thing.
Q: Why did I lose my TV, Internet and Voice services and still have power?
A: While Comcast's facilities are generally located on the same poles as electric companies, the utilities are often fed from a different power source than the cable. There are different "distribution" points along the way. If one of these distribution points does not have commercial power, your cable will not work. See How Cable Works for more details.
After a storm, our broadband network will alert us to the areas affected by a system outage. However, there are times when you will need to report service interruptions.
Please see the chart below for examples.
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WHEN they repair the lines depends on several factors.
Is it knocked out at a place where the power also got knocked out? The power company will have to restore power first.
Are there trees down in the area where Comcast and the power company need to be? Depending on the size of the trees they will have to be removed enough so crews can get in to work. There may be trees down in the road that have to be cleared away first.
There could be damage to a headend or distribution hub. These will have to be repaired or replaced before service is restored.
I feel your pain. I have not had cable since the wee hours of this morning, Sunday. And still no cable. You call, and they say they are working on it. Everyone one should be getting a credit on their bill. But don't hold your breath. You would think with today's technology they would have figured something out to prevent this. Have they no back-up system?
I am sorry to hear ya'll are doing without - when Katrina hit down here (southern Mississippi) we were without electrical power for 9 days and no Comcast of any variety for about 6 weeks - however, Comast was very fair and did not charge us for what we did not have. You have to face reality and just as we were - be happy after a major life threatening weather occurance - glad to have survived and slowly but surely, got "back to normal life"!
Back-up systems can get damaged.
As for credit, I received an automatic credit for the days I had no Comcast service after the April 22nd tornado. I did not ask for one-but the credit still showed up on the next bill.
Yeah, obviously it is the Hurricane, but it should be noted that nowhere around here, Central NJ, that people I know that have FIOS where Comcast also is, lost service. It probably went out in certain areas, but it seems like Comcast went down everywhere and FIOS did not.
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It probably went out in certain areas, but it seems like Comcast went down everywhere and FIOS did not.
Lots of us that got hit by the hurricane kept our Comcast service just fine. Also Comcast's service area is about 100 times larger than FiOS, so naturally they are gonna' take more damage from a storm.
Our phone/tv/net went out along with the power early Sunday morning. No problem understandable. However power has been back for some time now, and we still do not have tv/phone/internet. I can deal with that...I know a lot went on, however when I asked Comcast for an update on service restoration (heck, any information at all), it basically went like this (edited for clarity/privacy):
"Me: My Issue: All services continue to be out. When can we expect restoration of service?"
"Rep: I see here in your account note that the outage status is still in progress. "
"Me: lol, yes, that is why I am writing you"
"Me: any notes about when to expect service again?"
"Rep: Pleas do not worry, once the problem is fixed, your service will be restored as soon as possible.."
No, really?
Seriously, you need to give your customers something: what is the actual problem if you can't give info on expected restoration. If you tell me "a major substation is off line...etc etc", then I have something to bite into, but the equivalent of "whenever" is not acceptable, especially when you are providing telephone service. At least the power company, while tough to swallow, is telling neighbors "potentially through September 4th".
Yeah I'm not sure why Comcast can't give customers some info, it's something that they really should fix.
The vast majority of our customers' services were restored once power came back to their homes. We are making good progress restoring services in areas impacted more significantly by falling trees and floods, and our employees will continue to work tirelessly until every customer's services have been restored. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Food for thought: Portion of an article I just read.
All together, the storm has been blamed for at least 42 deaths in 12 states.
More than 2.5 million people from North Carolina to Maine were still without
electricity Tuesday, three days after the hurricane churned up the Eastern
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My thoughts and prayers are out to all families dealing with this unfortunate issue.
To the person who brought up the fact that 42 people (thus far) have lost their lives to this massive storm, thank you very much.
Yes, I miss my cable, too, but entire towns in northern states have been practically wiped off the map and there are people around us who don't have basic anything, much less cable. When I drive around, I see more neighborhoods that are without power than those whose power has been restored. I see policemen standing in the middle of streets tirelessly directing traffic because we can't remember the basic rule we were taught in driver's ed – if the light is out, treat the intersection like it's a four–way stop. And guess what, these men and women don't have power, phone, or cable either. There are convoys of cherry pickers driving north and west right now to help us in our time of need. They have left their families to help us.
The substation that powers the station that shoots out our cable blew late Saturday night. Once I heard that, I knew we would not have cable for a while. In the grand scheme of things, a few days without cable are not so bad…
So much this. I understand perfectly well why there are service interruptions after a big storm. And certainly there are people who are much worse off than I am (my power was only off for 7 hours, and there is no major damage in my neighborhood). But the tone of the Comcast notices (we know there's a service issue in your area and we're working around the clock to fix it) is downright insulting. What I'd like to see is a general statement about the sorts of things that can cause difficulties in restoring service. It doesn't have to be tailored to my specific area. I'd also like to see some statement from Comcast about credit for downtime.
As a side note, I have to say that I'm very glad that I didn't succumb to the hard sell to switch my phone service to Comcast. My AT&T line didn't go down at all, even when the power was out, and I still have a nice dial tone.
This was on the Comcast homepage Saturday and Sunday:
We are continuing to work closely with state and local emergency personnel and power companies, and our crews will be working around-the-clock in impacted areas once provided clearance that it's safe to do so.
Below you will find links and information to help answer questions you may have regarding your Comcast services during and after a major storm.
Before the Storm
After the Storm
These organizations are not affiliated with Comcast in any way.
While Comcast's facilities are generally located on the same poles as electric companies, we each deliver services in a different way. Therefore, it is possible and quite likely that during hurricane recovery not all services will be restored at the same time.
Super headends are connected by broadband to more local headends or distribution hubs, which bring cable services to communities your area
These distribution hubs are transition points, which deliver programming and high-speed Internet service directly to neighborhoods through nodes.
Nodes are very localized distribution points, directly connecting Comcast customers with video and high-speed Internet services.
Our super headends, local headends, and nodes are located within neighborhoods and are all on generator power until commercial power is restored to these locations. Commercial power must be restored to your home before your cable services are.
Please see When to Contact Us to know when you should call us to report service outages.
Please remember: Commercial power must be restored to your home to power your cable box and modem before your video, phone and internet services can begin working again. Only after power lines are repaired in your area can Comcast technicians obtain access to repair any network damage the storm might have caused.
Should a storm threaten your region, providing service to Xfinity Voice home phone service customers will be a top priority during our restoration process.
Xfinity Voice is built to withstand the effects of even the most severe storms, so even if a storm should interrupt Internet service, there is a good chance your home phone service will continue to work.
Have a traditional hard-wired phone on standby. If power is interrupted, wireless phones will not work.
Make sure the back-up battery is installed in your Xfinity Voice modem. When commercial power fails, this internal battery can provide up to 8 hours of service. To ensure the battery lasts up to its full potential, make only necessary calls.
To confirm your modem has a back-up battery, flip it over and open the compartment to make sure the battery is installed. If you don't have a back-up battery, call or visit your local Comcast, or call 1-800-COMCAST and we'll send one to you right away. If you would like to purchase additional batteries, please visit www.yourbroadbandstore.com.
After a storm, our broadband network will alert us to the areas affected by a system outage. However, there are times when you will need to report service interruptions.
Please see the chart below for examples.
Your Situation
Do You Need To Contact Us?
|You do not have commercial power.
|NO - your home TV and High Speed Internet and Voice services depend on electrical power.
|You have commercial power and no one in your neighborhood has cable.
|NO - we are already aware of and working to repair network outages.
|You have power and no cable service but your neighbor has cable.
|YES - restoring the damage to your cable may require additional technical support. Contact Us
|The cable that connects directly to your home (the service drop) is down.
|YES - to restore your service the service drop must be repaired. Contact Us
Q: I have TV service but it goes in and out and the picture quality is not as good as usual.
A: Temporary fluctuations in your cable service may occur throughout the restoration period. You may experience brief losses of your cable services or degradation of picture quality as the power continues to be restored throughout the area.
Q: I do not currently have commercial power or TV, Internet or Voice services. Should I call to arrange for a service call?
A: If you DO NOT have commercial power restored you will not have cable services. You should not call for a service call until your commercial power has been restored.
Q: Why did I lose my TV, Internet and Voice services and still have power?
A: While Comcast's facilities are generally located on the same poles as electric companies, the utilities are often fed from a different power source than the cable. There are different "distribution" points along the way. If one of these distribution points does not have commercial power, your cable will not work. See How Cable Works for more details.
Q: My neighbor has TV, Internet and Voice services but I do not.
A: If you have commercial power, please report the problem between 8am and 8pm. If you DO NOT have commercial power restored you will not have cable services.
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I think they did....While every other utility in the area has trucks out and doing repairs, it has been 4 days since Irene has passed, and I have not seen 1 Comcast truck... I have seen a hundred Dominion Power, Verizon, and out of state Power trucks, but Comcast has them in a cave someplace so they don't get dirty.
"We appreciate your patience and understanding", well it is getting to late for that..... I have had power now for days and you say that when one come up, typically so do the other utilities.... NOT.
Since FIOS is underground my neighbors never lost there dial tone or internet or cable.....Think I know who will be getting my money from now on.
It's not the literal fact that we don't have the Internet/tv that's upsetting, it's the deceptive and unfair business practices Comcast has demonstrated that translate to we don't care about our customers. How ironic given their "Comcast Cares" motto. I read their hurricane website. Thanks to everyone for providing the links but I've read it so many times I probably have it memorized. I trusted Comcast and followed the information they provided even if it did seem more like a catch-all clause. Except it was entirely WRONG. The website told me:
Your Situation
You have commercial power and no one in your neighborhood has cable.
Do You Need to Contact Us?
NO - we are already aware of and working to repair network outages.
3 days later, after giving them the benefit of the doubt, I call to check on the status since after all they're aware these types of outages per their hurricane preparation website. Customer service tells me not only are they NOT repairing any network outages in my area, but that they aren't even aware of any outages in my area.
It's downright deceptive for Comcast to advise customers not to contact them in a specific situation when they're completely wrong. When I brought this to their attention they disregarded my concerns entirely. At least apologize and say oops. They didn't even address what I said. Or any concern about my community of 50 households experiencing the same thing. I would have contacted them immediately had I known their website was providing false information. There's no doubt that we all recognize how minimal our issues are compared to the widespread devastation and tragedies. But our perceptions have nothing to do with what Comcast owes us (and has promised us) as consumers. Such misleading information and deception is unlawful, otherwise there wouldn't be federal laws protecting consumers.
I think everyone understands that with such a widespread power outage that the cable/internet/phone will go off and that once the power has been restored it could take a little more time to restore that cable. What I find so hard to swallow is that every time I call Comcast to check as to why my mothers cable/internet and phone works sometimes and not others, even though she never lost power, I get a different answer. First I was told the wires were down somewhere in town. Then I was told it was a Comcast server problem. Then we went full circle and it was downed wire again. My mom lives alone and uses comcast phone service. She is now without a phone. Every time I try to explain that, I am told "so sorry for your inconvenience". Inconvenience? Will they be saying that if something happens and she can't call anyone? An honest answer would help.
Queen-Evie - "Service Expert", do you work for Comcast? This type of attitude in your response to Croth 62 is certainly not Conducive to fostering customer retention!!
There are many of us who are without services since the storm (day 6 here) , we understand the severity of post-Irene in many parts of the East Coast (sever flooding in my town), the fact of the matter is that unlike power companies in the area, there have been NO useful statements from Comcast, no communication with the communities affected by the outages, and most importantly no information provided to the customer.
Our services costs close to 2K/year and we're treated with a take-it or leave it attitude. After this experience we will certainly have learned more about the industry and choose a provider who appreciates the business.
(Our entire complex has fiber installed - we chose to remain Vendor loyal - all that has now changed - )
My agreements with ICS2. In Connecticut CL&P has at least provided us with outage maps showing the percentages of locations hit, and has started to provide updates for power restoral. With Comcast there is nothing, other then the same canned response.
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Those of us who answer here have had problems with Comcast also so we try to share our experiences and training to help others solve problems.
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Move to Florida and see what happends when a storm rolls through. NJ gets one storm and people are worried about cable! LOL Grab a good book or better yet take a drive and help those that have nothing. I think you will do better helping others than watching Jersey Shore.
Appreciate the input kidwahhh.
I don't watch Jersey Shore or much else except for news and the occasional movie.
I DO however depend on cable internet connection to provide a service to small business customers here in NJ.
Yes as you say we're not used to major storms this time of year, especially with several feet of water outside our front door so it is a new experience.
Unlesss I had a boat not much I could do last week to help others outside our community,
Thanks again
I've grabbed great books and I help others every day. That doesn't mean I can't be concerned with Comcast's poor customer service and consumer practices at the same time. You CAN help those who have nothing while at the same time being concerned about corporate wrong doing. Wouldn't you know as part of my job (considered a helping profession) I need the Internet every day. So not having Internet/cable actually impedes my ability to help others. Who would have thought you could use the Internet to help others!
As customers we pay for monthly services. 1 or 2 days without services is fine. But when it hits 5-7 days multiplied by thousands of customers in multiple states that adds up. Comcast still gets our money. The least we could get is a statement or some answers.
Dear CcastDoesntCare I felt your pain last week....it was a first for us, service knocked out for 7 days,
I did find helpful Comcast staff by around day 2, and they worked very hard to keep us informed of the situation in our area.
We were hit very hard, and it was as simple as that, nothing anyone could do until the waters receded and equipment and lines replaced and power restored.
I think it was a learning experience for both Comcast and residents here in NJ, as well.
If you have access to Twitter, that is where I eventually found some very effective and caring Comcast personel.
In the future reach out on Twitter to @Comcastcares, @Comcastwill, or @ComcastMelissa


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Students at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) of Turin had the opportunity to finish their studies by undertaking a thesis in transportation design that was done in collaboration with Ducati Motor Holdings. 10 students submitted 10 designs to Ducati, for a motorcycle that would enter new market segments and reach a younger demographic.
Five concept were then chosen, and made into 1:4 concepts, with the top concept then being picked and made into a full-size concept. Anchored in production reality, students had to keep an eye on the Ducati parts bin, and stay within the realms of practicability for the company (done with varying degrees of success).
With some very strong concepts coming from the collaboration, it seems almost a shame that Ducati could only pick one winner, but TWINS by Simone Buonpensiere and Daniele Mazzon (shown as the title graphic) was ultimately chosen. Mouthwatering delicious, we sincerely hope Ducati puts this dream into reality.


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Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said he ignores macroeconomic forecasts such as Bill Gross's "new normal" when investing and sympathizes with people who stuck with bonds amid low interest rates.
"It doesn't make any difference to me what he thinks about the future," Buffett, 82, said of Gross, manager of the world's biggest bond fund, at Berkshire's May 4 shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. "I have a general feeling that America will continue to work well."
Gross's firm, Pacific Investment Management Co., coined the term "new normal" in 2009 to describe an era of lower returns, heightened regulation and shrinking U.S. clout in the world economy following the 2008 financial crisis. The view contrasts with Buffett's optimism about the country where he and Berkshire Vice Chairman Charles Munger, 89, built a business valued at more than $260 billion.
"I like Bill Gross," said Buffett, the second-richest man in the U.S. "My own guess is that people will do very well owning good businesses if they don't pay too much for them."
Buffett employed that strategy for more than four decades as he accumulated the largest equity stakes in companies such as Coca-Cola Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. and built insurance operations. He reshaped Berkshire in the past 15 years by buying a chemical maker, energy companies and a railroad.
First-quarter net income jumped 51% to $4.89 billion or $2,977 a share, as profit improved at the largest operating segments and investment gains added to earnings, Berkshire said May 3. The company closed at an all-time high that day before results were announced. The shares climbed 2.1% to $166,388 at 9:34 a.m. in New York.
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"A lot of people in the business are trying to pick the next macroeconomic event, because it's sexy," said Richard Cook, co-founder of Cook & Bynum Capital Management LLC in Birmingham, Alabama, which oversees Berkshire shares. Buffett and Munger were communicating that "predicting the economic future isn't the way to compound money."
Shareholders asked Buffett and Munger several times for their views on the economy and Federal Reserve at the annual gathering, which draws tens of thousands of people. The central bank has kept interest rates near zero since December 2008 to bolster the economy. It also embarked on a bond-buying program that ballooned its balance sheet to more than $3 trillion.
"I feel sorry for people that have clung to fixed-dollar investments," Buffett said. Savers depending on bond payments are "victims" of policies to lower borrowing costs, he said.
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I am working on a fairly complex problem that I have several questions to and I'm sure the answers to these question will no doubt create other questions. I was thinking that a chat eviroment would be a good place where a few minutes of chat could replace a few weeks of post and reply on several diffenent forums.
Does anyone know of a chat room? maybe irc or anything else. I am not a newbie and there is nothing i can find on the web that can lead me to far on my paticular problem.


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Jan. 19, 2012
Excellent waterfowl, small game, upland game, more await winter hunters
PRATT — Sometimes the best things are saved for last. This winter, make it so with a late-season Kansas hunt. For those hunters still in pursuit of upland birds, the last two weeks of the season can be very productive. Cold weather often bunches birds together and makes them hold tighter while competition for hunting spots is light. And although waterfowl seasons have been open for more than two months, there's still time for good duck and goose hunting.
Quail, pheasant, prairie chicken (Northwest and East units only), and fall turkey seasons are open through Jan. 31, and rabbit and squirrel seasons provide additional opportunities for the avid hunter.
In most areas, crops have been cut, concentrating birds in draws and thick grass, such as CRP. Late-migrating geese and ducks, especially mallards, are often abundant where open water can be found. And as hunting pressure eases, private landowners are often more receptive to hunters looking for new places to pursue game.
Heavy pressure can make public hunting areas less desirable than private land in early seasons, but public areas may provide better hunting in late season. Wildlife management practices on public lands usually provide excellent cover and food supplies, making them good late-season options as hunting pressure decreases.
Hunters looking for a place to stay can rent one of more than 100 cabins at state parks and wildlife areas across the state. Most cabins are open year-round and provide a range of amenities, many with full bathrooms and kitchens. Click "Cabin Reservations" in the upper right-hand corner of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) website, www.kdwpt.state.ks.us, for more information.
Those seasons still open or opening soon include the following:
- ducks High Plains Zone (west of U.S. 283) — Jan. 21-29;
- ducks Low Plains Late Zone — Jan. 21-29;
- ducks Low Plains Southeast Zone — Jan. 21-29;
- Canada geese (including Brant) — through Feb. 12;
- white-fronted geese — Feb. 4-12;
- light geese — through Feb. 12;
- Light Goose Conservation Order — Feb. 13-April 30;
- pheasant and quail — through Jan. 31;
- prairie chicken (Northwest and East units) — through Jan. 31;
- fall turkey — through Jan. 31;
- exotic dove (Eurasian collared and ringed turtle) — through Feb. 28;
- squirrel — through Feb. 29;
- rabbit — year-round;
- extended archery antlerless only whitetail deer (management Unit 19 only) — through Jan. 31;
- coyote — year-round;
- furbearer hunting and trapping — through Feb. 15; and
- beaver trapping — through March 31.
For detailed information, consult the Kansas Hunting & Furharvesting Regulations Summary, available at most license vendors, KDWPT offices, or online at www.kdwpt.state.ks.us.


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When I began began doing genealogical research many years ago, like all beginners I focused on marriage records, birth and death records--when they were available, and wills. Then came deeds and other land records, and through using them I discovered the world of "courts of chancery" and "chancery records."
Not all Virginia courts judged cases the same way, you see. Some courts decided cases based on written laws that either specifically allowed or specifically prohibited various actions in certain circumstances. There was in these courts no latitude for judicial interpretation; there were no "grey areas."
Other courts, however, dealt with issues of equity or fairness in a much more flexible way--Chancery Courts. These courts decided cases which codified law could not readily accomodate, and these cases were usually land disputes, divisions of estates, divorce petitions, and business partnership disputes.
Chancery Court files are filled with subpoenas, depositions of witnesses, affidavits and other items of enormous interest to genealogists!
The Library of Virginia in Richmond has been diligently digitizing and indexing old chancery records, covering cases from the early eighteenth century through World War I. The database now includes hundreds of thousands of items. Several jurisdictions of interest to us are already completed! You may now find and view online the scanned chancery records for Westmoreland County, 1753-1913; Caroline County, 1787-1849; and Culpeper County, 1829-1913. Others will be made available in due course.


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It was brought to my attention by a blog reader (What is it with you people this week? Nothing good on television? Is the Internet empty?) that "bookmark" has a 21st century meaning as well as the good old one about that pencil you left at page 34 of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. (I didn't mention it, but PLEASE don't leave pencils and pens in your books. The book never recovers.) In some computer worlds, you can "bookmark" a website, and thus go to it without having to search for it. (In other computer worlds, these wbsites are "Favorites", which led to the now common verb "to favorite something", meaning to add it to your list of favorites.)
So this person asked "What Websites has Uncle Blogsy bookmarked?"
Well you might ask (although some of them, like the one with all the lyrics to "Dominic the Donkey" are none of your business and, by the way, did you notice that adding a lot of remarks in parentheses makes it easier to fill space in a blog?) because there are some websites I use in the day-to-day struggle against book donors who are trying to stump me.
My basic reference sites are eBay and abebooks (though alibris, Amazon, and vialibri are handy as well.) I run to them for information on subjects about which I desire not only information about the history of an item but its marketability as well. I may have picked up more useful—and useless—information from eBay even than from Wikipedia. (which one of our volunteers once described as "the fount of all knowledge". And she said it in a LIBRARY.)
There is a website called Author's Signatures, which shows just that: signatures of authors. This is of great help in figuring out whether an autograph I have is genuine or just a scribble. The pictures on eBay are good for that, too. The best way to make sure of an autograph in your possession is to look at LOTS. If you look at a hundred presumed real Abraham Lincoln autographs and one uses a round capital A instead of a pointy one like the other ninety-nine, chances are pretty good yours better have a pointy A.
The Caxton Club's website is bookmarked. Among other things, this 105 year-old book society posts its newsletter online, and this includes illustrated articles and sometimes thoroughly detailed bibliographies of individual authors. The index is a bit out of date, but it does include issues from before the earliest one posted online. You can order a back issue or you can come to the Newberry and read it here.
The Newberry Library is of course bookmarked, as I am sure it is on all well-adjusted computers. Book information is detailed and fairly authoritative in the online catalog. (By the way, I have—honest and for truly—had people look up books in the Newberry's online catalog thinking that this is where I list books for sale. It's that word "catalog", you see.)
And, of course, I have the Book Fair blog bookmarked separately, so I can rush to it every morn and see what other remarks people have to make about bookmarks. (I can sell you some DVDs or CDs or even books, y'know, if you really have nothing better to do.)


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Kim DeCamp, 57 - June 07, 2013Kim Taylor DeCamp, 57, of Gothenburg died Friday, June 7, 2013, of natural causes at Gothenburg.
A visitation will be at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel of Gothenburg on Tuesday, June 11, from 1 to 8 p.m.
A memorial service will take place at Zion Lutheran Church on Thursday, June 13, at 11 a.m. with the Revs. Tom Wilson and Larry Viter officiating. Inurnment will be conducted at the Zion Lutheran Cemetery at Gothenburg.
DeCamp was born June 28, 1955, at Gothenburg, son of Kenneth and Marlene (Jobman) DeCamp.
He was born and raised in Gothenburg and graduated with the Class of 1973. After graduating high school he farmed with his grandfather, Hank Jobman.
On July 3, 1976, he married Leslie Howard at the home of his grandparents. To this union, two daughters were born, Jessica and Quinn. The couple were later divorced, and he was blessed with another daughter, Candace.
DeCamp was a lifelong resident of Gothenburg, living on a farm north of town. He always had a passion for sports, loved watching sports on television, and greatly enjoyed attending sporting events, especially for his friend, Madison Barner, nephew Blake and grandson Matthew, according to family members.
He was never happier then when he was in the saddle of one of the paint horses that he loved, family said.
DeCamp was preceded in death by: his father, Kenneth DeCamp; paternal grandparents, Fred and Vinnie DeCamp; maternal grandparents, Hank and Lillian Jobman.
Survivors include: his daughters—Jessica (Charlie) Kafka of Omaha, Quinn (Jacob) Murphy of Chicago, IL, and Candace Slack of Gothenburg; five grandchildren; his mother, Marlene DeCamp of Cozad; special friend, Debra Owens of Brady; sisters—Kami (John) Brandt of Ogallala and Kressy (Ross) Ristine of Gothenburg; numerous extended family and friends.
Memorials are suggested to the Behavioral Health Services of North Platte.
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Cedar Key has a used cooking oil disposal program with six locations for donations.
Your used cooking oil will be purchased by Florida By-Products if you deposit it in the receptacles provided by Florida By-Products.
The owners of the properties where the receptors are located have very generously committed the revenue to be used by the Cedar Key Chamber of Commerce for its marketing program.
The Levy County recycling program is back in business and trailers are being distributed around the county this week.
The county pulled its recycling trailers in mid-February after the state closed a work camp that supplied inmate labor for sorting and handling the recyclables at the county landfill.
The county received its first work crew from Lowell Correctional Institute on Monday after an inspection by the prison officer in charge of the inmate work crew program at Lowell.
The Lions Club of Cedar Key and the Cedar Key News are joining once again to sponsor Candidate Forums in advance of this year's elections.
While there are discussions under way regarding a forum in September for candidates in the November general election, the focus now is on elections that may be settled by the Aug. 14 primary.
Ask any Florida angler the best place to fish and most will tell you about their favorite spot (hint: It's Cedar Key) right here in the Sunshine State; the fishing capital of the world (It's Cedar Key).
World Fishing Network, a 24-hour fishing lifestyle network, is asking anglers in the U.S. and Canada to select WFN's Ultimate Fishing Town 2012. The network is running separate contests in Canada and the United States. Florida has dozen of towns nominated from coast to coast (But they're not Cedar Key!).
The Levy County recycling program is back in business and trailers are being distributed around the county this morning.
The county received its first work crew from Lowell Correctional Institute on Monday after an inspection by the person in charge of the inmate work crew program at Lowell.
Levy County second graders learn about sea life
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"Oh! Aw! That's so cool!" is the sounds coming from the Cedar Key schools aquaculture lab as second graders from all around the county come to view the aquaculture wonders.
Cedar Key Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Chief Robert Robinson updates the Cedar Key Lions Club on fire department news, including the new CPR training program that Chief Robinson will be teaching to train community members in this life-saving skill.
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Cedar Key has been to this place before and been disappointed. There are three bridges that many folks want repaired.
In 2009 they thought they would be, but state officials said contracts for the replacement were issued in error.
The state tried to make up for it by saying it would repair what ailed the two bridges leading to George Lewis Airport and on C Street leading to the Dock Street commercial area.
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A complete blood count (CBC) test measures the following:
The CBC test also provides information about the following measurements:
The platelet count is also usually included in the CBC.
Complete blood count
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see: Venipuncture
There is no special preparation needed.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, you may feel moderate pain, though most people feel only a prick or a stinging sensation. Afterward there may be some throbbing or bruising.
A complete blood count (CBC) is used to detect or monitor many different health conditions. It may be used to:
Blood counts may vary with altitude. In general, normal results are:
RBC count:
WBC count:
Red blood cell indices:
The examples above are common measurements for results of these tests. Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different samples. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
A high RBC or hematocrit may be due to:
A low RBC or hematacrit is a sign of anemia, which can result from:
A lower than normal white blood cell count is called leukopenia. A decreased WBC count may be due to:
High numbers of WBCs is called leukocytosis. It can result from:
Low hemoglobin values may be due to:
There is very little risk involved with having your blood taken. Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Taking blood from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
RBCs transport hemoglobin which, in turn, carries oxygen. The amount of oxygen received by body tissues depends on the amount and function of RBCs and hemoglobin.
WBCs are mediators of inflammation and the immune response. There are various types of WBCs that normally appear in the blood:
Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 161.


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Rabbit fur winter hats are the most popular of all ushanka varieties on offer today. Rightly so, as no other fur type can compete in terms of cost. Adding softness and warmth to a great price makes for an unbeatable product.
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Trey Songz Surprised Fans With Private Screening Of New Music Video 'Na Na' In Los Angeles
Wednesday night (Mar. 12) R&B heartthrob Trey Songz celebrated the video premiere of his sexy Fugee's sampled track "Na Na" with fans and media inside Bugatta Restaurant on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Trey was accompanied by model/dancer Rosa Acosta, who co-stars alongside him in the steamy and fit new music video as well as took pictures with some of his most dedicated fans.
Gearing up for his summer release of his upcoming album Trigga, Trey is giving the ladies exactly what they want, more sexiness and less clothes! Check out the photo gallery from the intimate event above.
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America's public lands are under attack from Trump and anti-conservationists in Congress. Your donation to fight back today will be MATCHED 3X!
A new White House web page asks Americans which agencies they'd like to dismantle. Among those agencies are the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other critical environmental departments. Here's how we should respond.
Lobbyist David Bernhardt could become deputy secretary of the Department of the Interior despite a pro-fossil fuel stance and many conflicts of interest.
The first Colorado Public Lands Day is set to celebrate the places we all love that define the state's unique appeal.
We have just weeks to tell Interior Secretary Zinke national monuments deserve to be protected.
Despite heavy pressure from the oil and gas lobby, Congress was unable to kill the Bureau of Land Management Methane and Waste Prevention Rule,
Under an extreme and rarely-used law—the Congressional Review Act—Congress now enters the final days to act on nixing the Bureau of Land Management Methane and Waste Prevention Rule, also known as the BLM methane rule.
UPDATE: The Department of the Interior has announced it will soon open a public comment period on recent uses of the Antiquities Act, and listed the national monuments it will target for review under Trump's recent executive order, presumably with an eye toward reducing their protection.
Pushed by extremists in Congress, President Trump is considering diminishing Bears Ears' monument protection. This could leave thousands of sensitive archaeological and cultural sites at risk of vandalism and looting, and it would dash years of hard work by Native American tribes and others to protect this spectacular and sensitive landscape.
President Trump is expected to revoke protections for millions of acres of sensitive ocean habitat in Alaska's Arctic and the nation's Atlantic Ocean.


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