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Posted May 14, 2008; updated July 17, 2008
Astrobiology Magazine highlights research
LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Bucknell University geology professors Craig Kochel and Jeffrey Trop had a hunch.
In 2006, while Kochel and Trop were in Alaska studying icy debris fans, the result of falling snow, ice and sediment being eroded from upper-level ice-caps, the two geologists started work on a paper published online this month in the journal Icarus suggesting that the terrain of Alaska might help scientists better understand what's happening on Mars.
Video: Professors Kochel and Trop on their research
This spring, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter sent back to Earth images showing geologic conditions not only similar to what the two Bucknell scientists had observed in Alaska's Wrangell Mountains, but a surprise as well.
Martian avalanche
The Mars orbiter's camera snapped what is described as the first-ever images of an active Martian avalanche.
The series of four photographs show tan clouds billowing away from the foot of a towering slope down which ice and dust had just cascaded. The dramatic images saw national press and scientific community interest and were featured on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Web site. || More avalanche images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
"We asked NASA to consider targeting the HiRISE camera along the large steep escarpments of the Northern Polar Layered Terrain, particularly along the large canyon called Chasm Boreale," said Kochel. "Our thought was that fan-shaped deposits seen in earlier photographs might be similar to what we saw in the icy debris fans in Alaska, which are dominantly formed by a mixture of snow, ice and rock debris from an overlying ice cap."
Steep escarpment
Trop explained that the polar region of Mars is similar to Alaska in that both have an ice-rich cap or ice-rich layers along a very high and steep escarpment.
"This sets up a situation where gravity can act along fractures in the ice to allow pieces to waste off the upper part of the escarpment and cascade to the base as avalanches," he said.
The Bucknell scientists ended an October 2007 Geological Society of America "Wet Mars" presentation by predicting that NASA would find similar avalanche deposits on the northern polar escarpments of Mars.
Predictions realized
"Jeff and I saw this and we now have the good fortune of having our predictions realized," said Kochel. "But no one ever expected them to actually photograph the avalanches in action. But they caught four of them. It's truly amazing."
"The significance of avalanches on Mars is that this is a major active mass-wasting process driven by gravity," said Kochel. "This is a major discovery."
In the new research paper, "Earth Analog for High-Latitude Landforms and Recent Flows on Mars: Icy Debris Fans in the Wrangell Volcanic Field, Alaska," expected to published this year in Icarus, the International Journal of Solar System Studies, Kochel and Trop suggest that Alaska experience could help to explain the current geological process on Mars. (The online manuscript is here.)
Moving water
Kochel and Trop said one implication is that these avalanches may be moving water in the form of ice from the Red Planet's high elevations to lower elevations. "This may be a mechanism to provide volumes of snow and ice necessary to contribute to glacier formation and movement without having to invoke significant precipitation," said Trop.
Their new paper also discusses what appears to be a never-before described geomorphic feature -- a "hybrid fan-glacier." That's when avalanches of snow and ice are so plentiful that the icy debris fan has begun to flow as a glacier.
"It has become a glacier because the thickness of ice has reached the point where it begins to deform, or flow, under its own weight," said Kochel. "It's actually a glacier on top of a glacier."
Dramatic event
Cameras orbiting Mars have taken thousands of images, but NASA said "it is extremely rare to catch such a dramatic event in action" and that the avalanche photographs present a "very rare opportunity" for scientific study.
It is not known precisely what triggered the Mars avalanches.
NASA postulates it could be caused by the disappearance of the carbon dioxide frost, the expansion and contraction of the ice in response to temperature differences, a nearby Mars-quake or meteorite impact, and vibrations caused by the first fall in the area.
Clouds of material
NASA said the recently released images show material, likely including fine-grained ice and dust and possibly including large blocks, having become detached from a towering cliff and cascaded to the slopes below. The avalanches are "spectacularly revealed" by the accompanying clouds of fine material that continue to settle out of the air.
NASA said by imaging this scarp throughout the polar summer, scientists may be able to determine how much material falls over a given time period.
"These observations would help determine how much, and at what rate, ice is being eroded from the cliff. Understanding the processes and rates of erosion will help determine how the polar landscape has evolved, and help reveal how volatiles, such as water and carbon dioxide ices and gases, move around Mars," NASA said.
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The agricultural commissioner of the No. 1 agricultural county in the U.S. has endorsed a Western Farm Press online continuing education course (CEU) as part of mitigation efforts to minimize herbicide spray drift damage to crops.
Karen Francone, Fresno County, Calif., deputy ag commissioner has notified Pest Control Advisers (PCA), growers and licensed applicators that completion of the CEU course, Spray Drift Management to Minimize Problems on www.westernfarmpress.com or www.farmpressuniversity.com meets the requirement that county commissioner Jerry Prieto has imposed that all PCAs, licensed applicators and ag pilots must attend a spray drift mitigation class if they recommend or apply herbicides this spring in a sprawling area on the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley.
Francone, who has taken the free Western Farm Press spray drift management course sponsored online by Valent USA, said the ag department conducted seven two-hour classes on spray drift mitigation this winter that attracted about 400 people.
"For whatever reasons, many PCA and licensed applicators did not attend one of the classes and they cannot receive herbicide application permits unless they complete the required two hours of education.
"I have gone through the spray drift management course Western Farm Press and Valent are offering, and it is excellent. With the California Department of Pesticide Regulation's two hours accreditation for the course in '06 it now meets our two-hour requirement," Francone said.
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation-approved course was accredited for 1 CEU in the laws and regulations category last year. This year Western Farm Press and Valent requested 2 CEUs in laws and regs for the course and it was approved. The course has been accredited for two years for 2 CEUs for all Arizona licensed consultants by the Arizona Department of Agriculture.
'Right on money'
"When I went through the course it directly addressed the issues we address in our classes. It was right on the money to what the experts were teaching in class. That's why we are telling those who did not attend one of our classes to take the online course to meet the educational requirement we now have in place for herbicide applications in the area affected by drift last year," said Francone.
"The approval of the spray drift management course by the Fresno County agricultural commissioner for its spray drift mitigation effort is a major endorsement of the online continuing education program initiated at Western Farm Press almost two years ago," said Farm Press publisher Greg Frey. "It is an endorsement we value greatly."
Fresno County is the No. 1 agricultural county in the nation with almost $4.7 billion in annual agricultural production in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley. The top 10 crops in the county representing $3.3 billion in farm gate income are grapes, cotton, tomatoes, almonds, milk, cattle and calves, poultry, onions, oranges and peaches. There are more than 250 commercial crops in the county.
Francone explained that last spring the county ag commissioner's office received the largest number of spray drift loss reports ever reported in Fresno County.
"We had 43. Normally we have one or two," Francone said.
The problem was focused on the sprawling West Side of the county in an area bounded by Kerman, Firebaugh, Mendota and Tranquility. This is one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world with a wide array of permanent and row crops.
Weather related
Although the investigation to identify the exact causes of so many drift complaints continues, most people agree much of it was weather related. It was a very wet spring last year and there were few windows for herbicide applications due to wet, rainy conditions. When windows opened, growers and applicators move quickly to get herbicides on. Also, investigators indicate that inversion layers had a lot to do with the drift problems.
Similar, but not as severe problems also were reported in Kings and Madera counties.
When it became apparent the problem was widespread, Prieto called six industry meetings to examine the problem and map a strategy to preclude it from happening again.
A new permitting process came from those meetings and it was put into place for the application of 13 herbicides between Jan. 15 and April 6.
Prior to any permit being issued, permit applicants were required to attend one of the two-hour educational sessions or, now, complete the Spray Drift Management 2-CEU online at www.westernfarmpress.com or www.farmpressuniversity.com.
The herbicide application permit must be submitted at least 24 hours before the proposed application and must list all susceptible crops within one mile of the proposed treatment area.
All herbicide applications must go on during daylight hours and no herbicide shall be applied during an inversion. All applications must take place with a minimum wind speed of at least 3 miles per hour and not more than 10 miles per hour.
Aerial applications are prohibited between Feb. 1 and April 30 unless expressly granted by the county agricultural commissioner.
Francone said the new permitting rules were created in an atmosphere of cooperation.
"There was a little finger pointing in the beginning of people wanting to assess blame, but by the second meeting it was an atmosphere of cooperation to address the problem and make sure it does not happen again," she said.
The task force meetings included growers, applicators, PCAs and chemical manufacturing representatives.
The online continuing education course now recommended by the ag commissioner's office was developed by the Western Farm Press editorial staff relying on information provided by a wide array of experts including Jim W. Wells, president, Environmental Solutions Group, LLC and former director of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation; Richard Stoltz, aerial application consultant and NAAA Operation S.A.F.E. analyst; Ken Giles, professor of biological and agricultural engineering, University of California, Davis; Roy Rutz, supervisor, Pesticide Enforcement Branch, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR); Randy Segawa, supervisor, Environmental Monitoring Branch, DPR; and Jack Peterson, associate director, Environmental Services Division, Arizona Department of Agriculture.
Also providing background information: Reports and other materials issued by the Spray Drift Task Force, available online at www.agdrift.com; The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides, second edition (ANR Publication 3324), written by Patrick J. O'Connor-Marer and published by the University of California's Integrated Pest Management Project; the proceedings of the North American Conference on Pesticide Spray Drift Management (1998); and numerous online sources.
Francone is supportive of online training.
"I have been doing continuing education training here since 1996. It is very difficult to keep people's attention for two hours by lecturing.
"When you take a course online like the spray drift management course on Western Farm Press' Web site, you have to understand the information because you have to answer questions in order to complete the course.
"I think it is a very good way to learn and we would like to do more online training and education and I am recommending that everyone in the ag commissioner's office complete the course," she concluded.
Texas, Oklahoma
A similar spray drift management course is offered to licensed applicators in Texas and Oklahoma via the Web site of Southwest Farm Press, a Western Farm Press sister publication.
Also, the American Society of Agronomy has accredited the spray drift management course for continuing education for the 15,000 accredited Certified Crop Advisers (CCA) in the U.S. and Canada.
To date more than 1,100 spray drift management courses have been completed online.
More than 3,200 online CEU courses have been completed through the Farm Press University program, which now includes a total of seven courses with two more scheduled to go online soon.
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Dynamo President Chris Canetti joined the East Downtown Management District for a tree-planting on Tuesday in East Downtown, part of the club's ongoing commitment to supporting East Downtown, which is expected to be home to the Dynamo's new stadium, set to open in 2012. The community landscape project was located at the Bastrop right of way.
"We are committed to working with the East Downtown community," Canetti said. "Whether through graffiti cleanups or planting trees, we are constantly looking for ways to strengthen our relationship with a community that has given us so much and that will become our new home in 2012."
Canetti joined District I Councilmember James Rodriguez, EaDo District Board of Directors Chairman Norm Pegram, and EaDo District Maintenance Foreman Eric Retana in the ceremony to supporting an increased green presence in East Downtown.
The project was funded by the East Downtown Management District and is part of the overall beautification of EaDo. The landscaping contractor was Jay Williams of Landscape Art, Inc. For more information on EaDo, please contact Tina Araujo at (713) 504-2042 or visit the EaDo website at www.EaDoHouston.com.


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I am now having trouble connecting my desk top HanDBase with my iPod touch. I read the post before that said:
"2. To install them to the iPod touch, you'll need to do the following:
Run the HanDBase Desktop. If on Windows, choose Configure and then iPhone/iPod touch users. Create a new user and follow the prompts to complete your first sync. Now close the iPhone/iPod touch user list and use File, Open to open the first file you transferred from your old PC. Choose File, Install to Smartphone/handheld and select your new iPod touch username from the list. Repeat this for all the databases you wish to install and you should be good to go after the next sync."
But I do not see iPhone/iPod touch users in the Configure tab. It says smart phone or other.
I am reading the user guide from HanDBase and it tells how to do this when you have WiFi. I do not have that right now, and may not, but may. How do I connet to my desktop by hard wire.


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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
President Barack Obama is looking for a new candidate to lead American and allied forces in Europe after his first choice, Marine Gen. John Allen, bowed out Tuesday and announced his intention to retire for what he called personal reasons.
The move further clouds the picture for Obama as he repositions key figures on his national security team and in key military leadership roles. The White House is fighting for Senate confirmation of Chuck Hagel as defense secretary; a confirmation vote was stalled last week by Republicans but is expected to happen next week.
Obama also is switching commanders at Central Command, which is responsible for U.S. military operations throughout the greater Middle East, and Africa Command.
After meeting with Allen at the White House, the president issued a brief statement praising Allen's service. He called the 57-year-old Allen "one of America's finest military leaders, a true patriot, and a man I have come to respect greatly."
Allen appeared to be a shoo-in as the next top commander of allied forces in Europe. Obama nominated him last Oct. 10, but in November, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stunned many by announcing that Allen was being investigated for potentially inappropriate email exchanges with a Florida socialite, Jill Kelley. Panetta put Allen's nomination on hold.
Last month, shortly before Allen completed a 19-month tour as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced that Allen had been cleared of any wrongdoing and the White House said it was prepared to re-nominate him for the Europe job.
Even so, it was not clear that Allen would choose to go ahead with a Senate confirmation hearing, given the nature of the email probe.
Allen is held in high regard by Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee, which would have voted on his appointment, and he was expected to win full Senate confirmation. It came as no surprise to many on Capitol Hill when Allen was cleared of wrongdoing in the email probe, which several lawmakers had indicated was not as troublesome as some had initially suggested. The actual emails between Allen and Kelley were never made public.
One of Hagel's biggest detractors, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., showered Allen with praise Tuesday, saying the nation owes him a great debt and "his leadership in the future will be missed."
An Iraq war veteran with a reputation as an astute strategist, Allen took over in Kabul in July 2011, succeeding Gen. David Petraeus, who quit to become CIA director. Allen relinquished command Feb. 10 to a fellow Marine general, Joseph Dunford.
Allen said retiring from the military was "the only choice I could make." Although he did not explain his reasons in detail, he said "my primary concern is for the health of my wife, who had sacrificed so much for so long." He served 38 years in the Marine Corps.


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MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney offered his closing argument to voters on Friday, asking Americans to decide whether they want more of the same from President Barack Obama or "real change" by electing him on Tuesday.
Making a last-minute foray into Wisconsin, a state Obama won in 2008 but that may be in play this year, Romney seized on a small uptick in the U.S. jobless rate, from 7.8 percent in September to 7.9 percent in October, as evidence that the president's policies are not providing a sufficiently speedy recovery.
"The question of this election comes down to this: do you want more of the same or do you want real change?" Romney told a boisterous crowd in a Milwaukee suburb that was fired up by introductory remarks from legendary Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr.
Romney could use an upset win in Wisconsin, home state of his vice presidential running mate, Paul Ryan, to help offset a possible defeat in Ohio, a crucial state where the Democratic president holds a small lead. Romney was to hold two events in Ohio later on Friday.
The former governor of Massachusetts laid out his case for defeating Obama in a formal speech for which he used a teleprompter. It marked the start of the last, frantic four days of campaigning with stops planned in the states where the election will be decided including New Hampshire, Colorado and Iowa.
Facing a narrow path to the 270 electoral votes needed for election, Romney will also make a late push into typically Democratic Pennsylvania on Sunday to see if he can take advantage of tightening polls there, a stop that Democrats say smacks of desperation.
Romney appeared upbeat as he began the last days of campaigning, playfully tugging on a duffel bag carried by senior aide Stuart Stevens to make it heavier to carry as the two boarded his plane.
In his speech, Romney said Washington, under Obama, is frozen in partisan gridlock that the president has been unable to break in the face of intractable budget and debt woes. He pledged to reach across the aisle and work with Democrats.
"You know that if the president is re-elected, he will still be unable to work with the people in Congress. He has ignored them, attacked them, blamed them. The debt ceiling will come up again, and shutdown and default will be threatened, chilling the economy," said Romney.
With polls showing the race is dead even, Romney urged voters not to settle for the Democratic incumbent but to instead give him a chance.
"This is not a time for America to settle," he said. "We're four days from a fresh start, four days away from a new beginning."
It was Romney's first campaign stop in Wisconsin since August. The state has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1984, but Romney hoped to benefit from lingering voter passions from Republican Governor Scott Walker's victory in a recount battle in June.
"We're going to do something that surprises a few people in the White House that are there right now, and that is we're going to win Wisconsin," Romney told an overflow crowd outside of his main event.
Romney sought to use his choice of Ryan to his ticket to pick up steam in Wisconsin, saying that next to his wife, Ann Romney, "Paul Ryan is the best choice I ever made."
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By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The search for victims of a dead U.S. serial killer is wrought with challenges - a wide expanse of territory where his crimes were committed, long stretches of vaguely accounted-for time and no single list of potential targets, officials say.
Israel Keyes, 34, who committed suicide in an Alaska jail on Sunday, had admitted to investigators that he killed an 18-year-old Anchorage cafe barista in February as well as a Vermont couple in 2011 and at least five other people in Washington and New York states.
Since the complete death toll remains unknown, investigators are trying to match missing-persons reports with a timeline, dating back to 2001, of Keyes' travels in Alaska, the lower 48 U.S. states and Canada.
"We know, based on our talks with him, eight. But it could be as high as 11," Eric Gonzalez, a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said on Thursday, adding that he would not be surprised if the toll went even higher.
Keyes, a 34-year-old carpenter and Army veteran who spent time in Egypt's Sinai peninsula before the date he told investigators the killings began, died after he cut his wrist with a razor and choked himself with a piece of bedding.
From his arrest in March for the kidnapping and murder of Samantha Koenig until his death, Keyes dispensed bits of information about past crimes in interviews with authorities.
FBI experts were also trying to decipher possible messages that might have been left on pages of crumpled, bloody paper found in Keyes' jail cell, Gonzalez said.
Authorities found Koenig's dismembered body in April in an ice-covered Alaska lake, based on information gleaned from Keyes in interviews. But hers is the only body to have been recovered.
"Definitely I would think we, in the next year, will still be working on this case, trying to identify other victims," Gonzalez said.
Keyes also told investigators he put the bodies of Bill and Lorraine Currier in an abandoned Vermont house that was later demolished and that he disposed of bodies of four unnamed people in Washington state and one unnamed person in New York.
FBI agents in Oregon made a public plea on Friday for information about the person believed to have been the first victim of Keyes' violence - a girl he raped along the Deschutes River, but let live.
The rape happened between 1996 and 1998, and the victim was 14 to 18 years old at the time, the FBI said.
Keyes - who told investigators he selected some of his victims along hiking trails and at campgrounds - said he managed to separate the girl from her friends before attacking her.
"To date, authorities have not been able to find any relevant police reports that would fit this scenario and it is possible that the victim never reported it," the FBI said.
Keyes told investigators he planned to kill the girl after raping her but ultimately freed her. He also told them he began killing people in 2001, when he was living in Washington state and doing construction work for the Makah Tribal Council.
Keyes also said he was planning to commit more murders when he was arrested in March. He confessed to stashing kits of murder supplies - weapons, cash and tools to dispose of bodies - in various locations around the country.
Investigators found two of those kits, one in an Anchorage suburb and another in Blake Falls Reservoir in upstate New York, the FBI said.
Keyes told investigators all those he killed were adults who were strangers to him. Officials have said Koenig appears to have been his youngest murder victim and the only one from Alaska.
Complicating the search for victims, there is no national registry of missing adults as there is with children. Lists of missing adults are maintained by state law-enforcement agencies, officials in Alaska said.
In Alaska, where plane crashes, boat accidents in icy waters and other outdoor hazards are relatively common, some missing adults are presumed to have been victims of unfortunate mishaps, said Megan Peters, a spokeswoman for the Alaska State Troopers.
"Adults don't have to tell people where they are," Peters said. "They're adults and they have the right to privacy."
Nevertheless, Alaska officials treat all missing-persons cases with urgency, in part because of weather hazards. Unlike many other U.S. states, there is no 24-hour wait to start searches there, Peters said.
"When a missing person file is opened, it remains open until that person is found - dead or alive," she added.
(Additional reporting by Teresa Carson in Portland, Oregon; editing by Cynthia Johnston, desking by G Crosse)


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In the fall of 1936, after a decade of not doing so, this magazine sponsored a poetry prize. Of the 1,800 poems submitted, said the editors of The Nation, "the overwhelming majority were concerned with contemporary social conflicts either at home or abroad." The winning poem, Wallace Stevens's "The Men That Are Falling," was an elegy for soldiers recently killed in the Spanish Civil War, which reads, in part:
Taste of the blood upon his martyred lips,
O pensioners, O demagogues and pay-men!
This death was his belief though death is a stone,
This man loved earth, not heaven, enough to die.
These stand among the most uncharacteristic lines that Stevens ever published. Coming upon them in the elegantly compressed compass of the new Selected Poems, it's difficult to imagine that the author of a quietly unnerving pentameter like "The river that flows nowhere, like a sea" could have written the line "Taste of the blood upon his martyred lips."
Yet to read "The Men That Are Falling" beside some of the greatest poems of the twentieth century–"The Snow Man," "A Postcard From the Volcano," "The River of Rivers in Connecticut"–is to be forced to rearticulate the extremely complex terms of Stevens's achievement. Stevens stands simultaneously among the most worldly and the most otherworldly of American poets, and it is paradoxically through his otherworldliness–through poems whose plain-spoken diction feels spooky–that his respect for the actual world is registered. What is uncharacteristic about "The Men That Are Falling" is not the desire to write about a controversial war; Stevens often did that. What distinguishes the poem is the unconvincingly urgent rhetoric in which that desire is registered.
Stevens was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1879. After attending Harvard College and New York Law School, he began working in the insurance industry in 1908. He quickly became one of the country's foremost experts in surety law, and in 1934 he was named vice president of the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company. "The truth is that we may well be entering an insurance era," he wrote in "Insurance and Social Change," published in 1937, the year in which the first Social Security benefits were paid. Surveying the nationalized insurance schemes of Italy, Germany and Britain, Stevens tried to convince his colleagues that the Social Security Administration posed no threat to their business or their personal lives.


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NC State student drowns at rock quarry in Mooresville
NC State student drowns at rock quarry in Mooresville
A student at North Carolina State University has drowned at a rock quarry in Mooresville that was open to the public at the time.
Charlotte fire Battalion Chief A.D. Brown says divers recovered the body of 19-year-old Ryan Hayes of Harrisburg on Tuesday. He says the divers recovered the body in 25 feet of water at the Carrigan Farms rock quarry off N.C. 150 East.
Brown says Hayes had gone to the quarry with several friends.
The website for Carrigan Farms says Tuesday was one of the few days that the quarry is open to individuals. It says lifeguards aren't provided and everyone swims at their own risk.
In a statement on the website, officials with Carrigan Farms say their thoughts and prayers are with Hayes' friends and family.


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It seems that last weekend ushered in that number one big-bass-catching period of the year.
Nearly every year a warmer period arriving during January or early February changes the area fishing scene. The winter warmth triggers bass in local lakes to make their initial move into shallow cover. The bigmouths are drawn by the spawning instinct, and they often show up aggressive and territorial.
It seems that last weekend ushered in that number one big-bass-catching period of the year.
I'm sure we heard about only a few of the big bass taken by local anglers … and still, it's a pretty impressive list. Saturday brought one of the month's obligatory super-windy cold fronts, so most fishers took the day off. When Sunday dawned considerably nicer, the whopper parade commenced.
Fishing with fianc�e, Megan Ouellette, Ryan Sullivan was flipping a creature lure on a smaller local lake when he hooked and eventually boated his personal-best bass. The young couple photographed and weighed the beauty at 8.5-pounds before releasing it.
David Webb's 7-pound Lake Santa Fe whopper came Sunday. Bill Rossi's 8-pounder and Tommy Studstill's 6.5-pounder were both boated, admired and released Monday. Wally Grant cast a Bass Assassin worm Sunday on Rodman Reservoir to fool a 7.5-pounder. The Rapala DT10 crankbait that Len Young bumped over the bottom of a small lake north of Gainesville Monday produced an 8-pound beauty. Stephen Gray and Mark Ruble took a longer drive Saturday to Lake Dexter, part of The St. Johns River system near Astor. Ruble's best fish, taken with a lipless crankbait, was a nice 5-pounder. Later, Gray's spinnerbait drew a strike from a huge largemouth that weighed 10-pounds, 14 ounces. After releasing the lunker, Gray resumed his casting. The next Dexter bass that nailed the lure was a fine 7-pounder.
Yeah, I'd say big bass season has arrived.
At the same time, the speckled perch spawn continues on some nearby lakes. On Newnan's in particular, the crappie catching is every bit as impressive as our regional bass action.
Over three days — Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday — neither Ren Gallon nor any of his fishing partners failed to fill a speck limit while casting crappie jigs and minnows around Newnan's shallow brush.
"We're seeing more and more female fish with roe," the Gainesville angler said.
Thomas and Taj Jones fished Saturday on Newnan's, employing the same technique. They discovered one different detail, that the larger fish seemed to prefer bigger speck jigs. And that observation helped Thomas fool one of the largest single specks taken in this area in years.
After pulling in a big male fish pushing the two-pound mark, he cast back to the same spot. Another fish grabbed the fatter chartreuse grub, and, it was a really big one. Later at home, Thomas and Taj weighed the whopping speck on a Berkley digital scale at more than three pounds.
Mickey Belle was one of the successful speck fishers Monday on Newnan's. The Gainesville fisherman's 25-speck limit was anchored by a two-pound-plus slab. Belle cast curly-tailed grubs with minnows added to make his good haul.
Recently stocked by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission into Lake Santa Fe, sunshine bass of harvestable size are already being caught. Monday, Mark Dougherty and Chris Gagnon were drifting minnows out in water 17-feet deep for specks when they started hooking the hybrid stripers instead. The Gainesville fishermen used ultralight spinning tackle to take seven of the sporty scrappers ranging in length from 12-to-14 inches. The men caught only one speck that day, but it was a big one, weighing one pound, 11 ounces.
As red grouper season winds down toward a two-month closure beginning Feb. 1, offshore fishers are trying to squeeze in final trips. Last Wednesday, Gary Lowell and crew anchored over several spots off Cedar Key from 45 to 65 feet deep. By the end of the day, they had nine nice red grouper on ice and had released several good sized out-of-season gags.
Although saltwater stories were scarcer this week, one unusual tale did come out of Suwannee. Ralph Sheffield and his daughter, Kimberly, fished Saturday near the river mouth. Their best catch of the day was a 26.5-inch redfish. That's a noteworthy fish on its own, but the most interesting part came later, when they filleted it. In the fish's gullet they found four quarter-ounce jigheads. The red had apparently broken some lines (and possibly some hearts), but it met its match when the Sheffields came casting.
Gary Simpson, a veteran tournament angler, operates Gary's Tackle Box at L & S Auto Trim.


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Troubleshooting Database Mirroring Error 1418 Updated
Last night I was helping someone with a database mirroring setup problem via email. It has been a long time since I came across a new cause for the infamous 1418 error for database mirroring. This time the error was accompanied by an error in the SQL Log on the mirror partner that said teh following:
Connection handshake failed. The certificate used by the peer is invalid due to the following reason: Certificate not yet valid. State 104.
How could a certificate that had just been created be invalid already? My first thought was that the certificate had been created from an old script with a hard coded EXPIRY_DATE in the past. I quickly dismissed that idea because I knew the error would be different if the certificate had expired. It seemed that the certificate would have had to be created with a hard coded START_DATE in the future. I doubted that was happening though, so I turned to my good friend Bing to see if this was a known error. I didn't get very many hits, but I struck gold with the first result I checked: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/…... In this thread, Remus Rusanu (blog|@rusanu) explains that the error is caused by time zone differences between where the certificate is created and where it is being used. In short, if the date on your server is earlier than the start date (if not specified, start date = create date) of the certificate, you get an error stating it is not yet valid.
The solution is to simply specify a hard coded START_DATE of one day prior.
The master post for troubleshooting database mirroring error 1418 to show this problem as well.


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Miley Cyrus & Buddy: 'Smoke Signals' - Listen Now!
Check out Miley Cyrus showing off her vocals in the newly released track "Smoke Signals," which was produced by Pharrell Williams!
The 21-year-old entertainer was joined on the track by rapper Buddy, who is releasing his song as part of his new mixtape Idle Time, which drops on Tuesday (February 24).
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Miley Cyrus
In case you didn't know, Buddy has worked with Pharrell on their 2012 song "As Far As They Know."
WHAT DO YOU THINK of Miley Cyrus' featured vocals on Buddy's new song "Smoke Signals"?
Miley Cyrus – 'Smoke Signals'


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Coconut ladoos are a rich, sweet dessert-snack. This is made for many festive occasions. Coconut laddoo is a very simple and easy recipe to make. These are made with few ingredients. Traditionally in Indian households ladoos are served as fudge candies.
Makes 14 ladoo
Preparation time 5 minutes
Cooking time 40 minutes
- 1-1/4 cup coconut freshly grated or frozen, available in Indian grocery stores
- 3 cups milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
- Boil the milk and coconut in heavy bottom pan over medium high heat (I am using heavy non stick pan), do stir occasionally.
- After milk comes to boil reduce the heat to medium and cook for 25-30 minutes, until all the moisture is absorbed and coconut is thick and creamy consistency.
- Add sugar and cardamom to the coconut and cook for 7-8 minutes stir continuously, until all the moisture is absorbed. Coconut mix will be thick and crumbly in consistency. Turn off the heat.
- Spread the coconut mix on the plate and let it cool of to the room temperature.
- To make the ladoos, take about 2 tablespoons of coconut mixture into your palm. Gently press to form a smooth, round ball. Adjust the size of ladoo as you prefer.
- Ladoos are ready to be served; you can refrigerate them for about two weeks.


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'Shahs of Sunset' Star GG Says: My Man Doesn't Have To Be Persian
The Bravo reality star says that she's totally single and on the prowl for a guy — keep reading to find out what's on her checklist!
What you see is what you get with GG! The Shahs of Sunset star stopped by our HollywoodLife.com offices in NYC and she says that just because she's a "Persian Princess," it doesn't mean that she's only looking for a Persian guy!
"I'm not only looking for a Persian guy," GG tells us. "Just an ideal guy for me if he's Persian, he's Persian."
GG says that although her future Mr. Right doesn't have to be meet that specific qualification, she does have a checklist!
"I love a guy who is very confident," she tells us. "And who's not intimidated by me because I'm a little you know … [laughs]. Someone who can understand my lifestyle and the way I live it and accept it and not shy away from it."
There you have it, if you want to date GG, you better step up to the plate! Tune into Bravo every Sunday at 10pm ET for Shahs of Sunset, our new obsession!
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar and the United States took another step toward closer relations with an agreement Thursday to resume cooperation in fighting narcotics after nearly nine years.
State television said the two sides agreed to restart joint opium poppy yield surveys early this year and cooperate in counter-narcotics training.
U.S. Ambassador Derek Mitchell told reporters after a signing ceremony in the capital, Naypyitaw, that the agreement "is another step forward in our overall relationship. We're very pleased with that."
Police Col. Myint Thein said the survey would provide better information about poppy cultivation and production. "I am confident that it will help our counter-narcotic efforts," he said.
Myanmar is the world's second-largest producer of opium after Afghanistan, accounting for about 25 percent of global poppy production, according to the United Nations.
The last joint opium yield survey was conducted in 2004. U.S. aid for Myanmar's anti-drug efforts has been limited since the military took power in 1988, with most U.S. assistance to the government cut off.
However, relations between Myanmar and the U.S. have improved dramatically since retired Gen. Thein Sein took office as president in March 2011 and instituted a range of political and economic reforms.


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PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine mental health agency has been awarded a $1.6 million federal grant that will provide help to children who have been exposed to violence or some other trauma.
Community Counseling Center in Portland said the grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will be used to launch the Maine Children's Trauma Response Initiative.
For the initiative, Community Counseling will work with mental health agencies and community organizations throughout Maine to develop a system that will ensure that any child who has been exposed to violence has access to mental health treatment. Additional efforts include outreach, community education and training for mental health providers and community members.


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Mary Elizabeth Beckwith, 69 - November 30, 2011
Mary Elizabeth Beckwith, 69, of Rapid City, SD, formerly of Gothenburg, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, from cancer.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Presbyterian Church at Kadoka, SD, with the Rev. Gary McCubbin officiating. Interment will be at the Kadoka Cemetery.
Visitation is scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, at the Presbyterian Church and one hour preceding the services on Tuesday.
Beckwith was born at Plattsmouth on Sept. 6, 1942, the daughter of Eugene and Lova (Sell) Bushnell. While she was young, her father became an American Sunday School Union (ASSU) missionary. The family resided at several rural South Dakota and Nebraska communities, where her father established rural Sunday Schools, conducted Vacation Bible Schools and summer camps.
She attended high school at Sunshine Bible Academy in Miller, SD, and attended college at Briercrest Bible Institute in Canada. Later, she served as a short-term missionary for ASSU in Tennessee.
On April 21, 1968, she was united in marriage to Larry Beckwith at Kadoka. To this union, three children were born. The family lived in Kadoka until the summer of 1987. From there, they lived at Rapid City, Hot Springs, Cedar Falls, IA, Gothenburg, and then returned to Kadoka/Rapid City in 2010.
Beckwith was primarily a homemaker. She truly loved being a wife, mother and grandmother, said family members. For several years, she was actively involved in children's ministries, teaching Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, Release Time and Awana.
She enjoyed preparing meals and treats for family and friends, and was young at heart and known for her sense of humor, according to family members.
Beckwith was preceded in death by her father, Eugene Bushnell on Nov. 11, 1996.
Survivors include: her husband, Larry Beckwith of Rapid City; three daughters—Kari (Stephen) Pizzini of Jonesboro, GA, Amy (Dean) Davis and Andrea Beckwith, all of Rapid City; four grandchildren—Ali, Owen, Aiden and Joseph; her mother, Lova M. Bushnell of Kadoka; a brother, David (Sharon) Bushnell of Kennebec; two sisters—Susan (Dennis) Schultz of Pardeeville, WI, and Kathy (George) Nite of Redding, CA; numerous other relatives.
A memorial has been established.
Arrangements have been placed with Rush Funeral Chapel of Kadoka
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NBA Playoffs Round 1 Recap: When Did Basketball Get So Boring?
Reality starts to set in after the first round of the NBA playoffs. As in, there are roughly 28 more weeks of this (like five, but still) and playoff basketball can be BORING.
The free-wheeling nature of the NBA this season, with so many teams committing to ball movement, and open threes, and athletic plays around the rim, is gone. It's been reduced to two weeks of ugly shots, blowouts, and disappointing conclusions.
So what went wrong in Round 1? And what the heck can the NBA do to improve the quality of play in the playoffs?
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NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Costas isn't backing down from his halftime comments on gun violence, but he wishes he had more time.
The NBC sportscaster gave interviews Tuesday to Dan Patrick and Lawrence O'Donnell about his Sunday-night halftime commentary following Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher's murder of his girlfriend and subsequent suicide. Both interviews were longer than the commentary itself.
Costas said domestic violence, football, the gun culture and possible substance abuse could have been factors in the tragedy. He said the availability of a gun wasn't the only issue, but he didn't have more time for a nuanced discussion Sunday.
Costas received some criticism for injecting politics into a sporting event.


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Undergraduate Application for International Students
Apply to Maryville College by following the instructions below. You may apply online or download a printable application on the LEFT side of this page.
We do not have a deadline for applications, but recommend that you complete the application process at least three (3) months before you wish to begin. This allows enough time to get your student visa and make travel arrangements. Our classes begin in late August (Fall semester) and late January (Spring semester).
We have an easy, two-step application process:
First Step:
Please submit:
- Application form (online or paper).
- Copy of your passport (identification pages).
- $50* application fee (See note below about payment methods.)
- Official/certified copies of high school/university records in English and standard test results, if your country has a national examination system. Copies should be certified by a school official. We may also ask you to send your records to an outside education credentials evaluator.
- An essay explaining your reasons for choosing Maryville College. If you are also applying for an international student scholarship, add an explanation of your financial situation in which you discuss your financial need and how you intend to pay for your college studies. See the application form for detailed instructions.
- RECOMMENDED: English proficiency test results (TOEFL, IELTS, iTEP Academic, PTE Academic or EIKEN/STEP). Proof of English Proficiency is required and passing TOEFL, IELTS, or iTEP Academic results are the usual way to show proof of English proficiency. Students without proof of English proficiency may apply for conditional admission. Students from some countries may wish to send SAT or ACT results. Plese send an email to email@example.com if you have any questions.
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If you are accepted, we will send you our acceptance letter. To secure your place and receive the I-20 form which you need for your student visa application at the U.S. embassy or consulate, you will need to send us:
- Financial documents (e.g., copies of bank statements dated within the last three months) showing you have the funding needed for your first year of study and living costs. This is required by the U.S. government. Depending on your scholarship amount, most students need to show from $21,500** to $31,500** in available funding. Please include a financial statement form with your documentation.
- Pay the $300 tuition deposit. The tuition deposit is applied toward your first semester's bill. You may receive a refund if return the unused I-20 and inform us that you will not attend by May 1st (August admits) or December 1st (January admits). Some exceptions may be granted if there are visa problems. Pay Here
You may choose to send us all items (application, copy of passport, $50** application fee, school and test records, essay, $300 deposit, financial documents) at the same time, to speed the process.
The application fee cannot be waived and your application will not be processed until it has been received. The application fee may be paid by bank check (on a U.S.-based bank), traveler's checks, or by sending credit card information (type of card, name on card, number, and expiration date). Download a payment form. For some countries we do not accept credit cards. For further information about sending this fee, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Disruptive Student Behavior
Policy #2012-1
Commensurate with the mission of Sonoma State University to prepare students to be learned men and women with a broad cultural perspective, who are active citizens and leaders in society and capable of pursuing fulfilling careers, it is the policy of the university to create learning environments that support civil and respectful discourse. It is the policy of Sonoma State University to be proactive in dealing with issues of students who cause disruptions in the academic environment. Faculty members and students are encouraged to discuss the appropriate ways of behaving in educational settings. It is also the policy of Sonoma State University to impose sanctions on students who regularly disrupt educational activities.
- Definitions Of Disruptive Behavior
"Disruption" applied to the academic setting means behavior that a reasonable individual would view as interfering with normal academic functions. This may include behavior both inside and outside the physical space of the classroom, such as field trips, office hours and educational sites off-campus. Examples include but are not limited to:
- Speaking out without being recognized
- Interrupting other speakers
- Engaging in erratic or irrational behavior
- Behaving in a manner that distracts the class from the subject matter or discussion
- Engaging in harassing or threatening behavior or personal insults (includes via email, phone, text, etc.)
- Refusing to comply with directions from faculty members
Civil expression of disagreement with the course instructor during times when the instructor permits discussion is not, in itself, disruptive behavior and is not prohibited.
When a student demonstrates a pattern of disruptive behavior, faculty members have authority and responsibility to work with that student toward a satisfactory resolution. Should informal measures, such as private discussions, not resolve the issue, faculty members may impose sanctions, such as dismissal from the classroom or area for the remainder of the class session or activity. Students may only be excluded from the classroom for two or more consecutive class periods by the presidential designee responsible for student disciplinary procedures. If a faculty member believes that formal conduct proceedings are warranted for disruptive behavior, a complaint should be directed to the Student Conduct Administrator as soon as possible after the event takes place. The incident report (available at http://www.sonoma.edu/studentaffairs/judicial.html) will be kept in accordance with FERPA (Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act). The Student Conduct Administrator or designee will make initial contact with the student within one working day of receiving an incident report. The faculty member who filed the incident report will receive confirmation that a meeting took place and information about the outcome of that meeting from the Student Conduct Administrator or designee within one working day of the meeting. Hearings and/or sanctions will be conducted in accordance with the proceedings described in Article IV of Executive Order 1043. The faculty member will be kept apprised of proceedings within the limits of FERPA.
Title 5, California Code of Regulations, Section 41301 lists various infractions of the code of conduct for which students may be sanctioned. Section 41301 gives authority to the Chancellor of the California State University to establish disciplinary procedures (Executive Order 1043, http://www.calstate.edu/eo/EO-1043.html ) for all campuses. For more information, see the SSU online catalog (http://www.sonoma.edu/ar/catalog/regulations.shtml) or the Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Division web site (http://www.sonoma.edu/saem/judicial/title_V.pdf).
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Alma Estelle Griffin White Airey, 95, passed away peacefully on May 10, 2011 at Sacred Heart Residence in Mobile. She was born Nov. 9, 1915 in Dixon Mills, a longtime resident of this area and then of Mobile.
She was predeceased by her parents, Thomas Estel Griffin and Pearl Dixon Griffin; stepmother, Bertha Marks Griffin; and siblings, Benton S. Griffin and Adala G. Brown.
Survivors include her children, Yvonne W. (J.R.) Johnson, Dolores W. (Douglas) Rhodes, Patricia W. Wood and George W. (Ann) White; and 12 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
A memorial Mass was conducted May 14 at Sacred Heart Chapel with interment at Evergreen Cemetery in Walker Springs.


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Missy Franklin is starting to feel like a grown-up.
"I don't know where the time went," she said, breaking into a bubbly laugh. "We just went to the bank the other day and signed everything over. It's crazy. I do feel a little bit older."
Sure, the star of the London Olympics still has much of her life in front of her. But Franklin reached one important milestone last week, celebrating her 18th birthday, and she'll mark another Monday when she graduates from her Denver-area high school.
"It's been absolutely incredible, so much fun," she told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "It's impossible to believe it's almost over."
Since returning from London, where she won four gold medals and five medals overall, Franklin has been able to meet everyone from Justin Bieber to Ben Affleck to Prince Harry -- heady stuff, indeed. But she's just as thrilled about being able to relish many of the normal activities of a senior at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colo.
Franklin led a retreat at the beginning of the school year (it's kind of secretive, so don't ask for details). She attended the winter formal, not to mention a couple of proms (one at her school, the other at her date's school). She served as co-president of a club that organized various activities for the senior class, such as hot chocolate and cookies during a finals study breaks. She swam on the high school team, not surprisingly leading Jesuit to a state championship.
"We had so much fun," Franklin said. "Everything was perfect. It was an incredible senior year."
While most Olympians rightfully attempt to cash in on a triumph that comes only once every four years, there was never any doubt that Franklin would finish up high school after her remarkable performance in London. In fact, she said the thought of returning for her senior year at Regis was a big reason she did so well at the Olympics, becoming one of the breakout stars of the U.S. team with both her performance in the pool and exuberant personality.
Unlike so many young athletes, she didn't want to miss anything along the way.
"I think it's such a vital part of growing up, such a huge thing for me," Franklin said. "My parents and I put so much emphasis on just staying normal. I wanted those experiences. I don't want to look back 10 years from now wishing I had done my senior year of high school, wishing I had gone to my prom, wishing I had experienced those things. The people we meet, the experiences we go through, that's what makes us the people we are, the people we are growing into. This is our time to make mistakes, to learn from them, to learn to shine. It's such a beautiful time in your life."
She'll head to the University of California at Berkeley in the fall, still not ready to become a professional athlete. She plans to swim for her college team the next two years, finally turning pro after the 2015 NCAA championships, which will give her a chance to earn some of the big endorsement dollars leading into the Rio Olympics.
"If I do all four years of college, that would be the biggest financial mistake of my life," she said. "As much as I would love to do four years, in terms of myself, my welfare, my family's welfare, that wouldn't be the smartest decision."
Before college, there's another bit of business to take care of this summer -- the world championships in Barcelona.
For Franklin, the meet has special meaning because it will mark the end of her partnership with longtime coach Todd Schmitz. They want to go out with a bang before she leaves for college, where she'll begin working with Cal coach Teri McKeever, who also headed the U.S. women's team in London.
"We both really want to end it on a great note," Franklin said. "It's going to be really emotional, really sad. But I know we'll maintain a great relationship through college. He'll never be out of my life. It's awesome to know that. But we're ready to get back out there and show people that London wasn't it, that I have a lot more offer."
She expects to swim the same seven events she competed in at the Olympics -- the 100- and 200-meter backstrokes, the 100 and 200 freestyles, along with all three relays -- as well as a non-Olympic event, the 50 back.
If she wins them all, she would join Phelps as the only swimmers to win eight gold medals at a major swimming meet.
Just as impressive as Franklin's swimming is how she's handled her Olympic success. A couple of months ago, at a Grand Prix meet in Orlando, she remained on deck for nearly an hour after her last event, standing barefooted on a concrete floor, signing everything that was given to her for an autograph.
When Schmitz says she hasn't changed a bit since London, it's easy to believe.
"She doesn't let things go to her head," the coach said. "She's very humble. She would never tell you how good she is. That's the best thing about her. She always wants to get back in the pool the next day and get better."
While Franklin dismisses any comparisons to the now-retired Phelps, fellow Olympian Jessica Hardy believes the teenager is the perfect swimmer to lead the U.S. program into a new era.
"She's an amazing athlete," Hardy said. "She also the best person I know. That makes it even better. It's good for the sport of swimming, good for the American team, good for her."
Besides the obvious physical talent -- the 6-foot-1 height, the size-13 feet -- Franklin seems to have that intangible that all the great ones have. While her persona on deck is much more laid back than the intensely focused Phelps, they both have the ability to perform their best in the biggest events.
"If she can do what she did at the Olympics, she can do anything," Hardy marveled. "By Rio, she'll be ready to kick butt."
But Franklin will never forget that senior year at Regis.
"It's really hard to put words to it," she said. "It's just been incredible."


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Pasta salad provides endless possibilities for new flavor combinations and ingredients. Here are some of our favorite recipes.
Easy pasta salads take the guesswork out of mealtime. Pasta salads are great for brunch, ladies luncheons, or light summer suppers. Add protein, such as chopped deli chicken, boiled shrimp, or sliced grilled steak, to turn a quick pasta salad into a main-dish meal. Use your leftovers! Combine various unused pasta shapes with colorful veggies and herbs for an appealing and fresh salad. Whether it is simply too hot to fire up the oven, or you need a quick and easy supper for a busy weeknight, one-pot pasta salads are hearty enough to satisfy the entire family. Perfect for a picnic or potluck, pasta salads are easy to assemble and easy to transport. You are sure to find a favorite in this selection of flavor-filled pasta salad recipes.


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Spring Scholarship Luncheon 2013
Reserve your ticket or table today!
The UH Graduate College ofSocial Work will hold its inaugural scholarship luncheon Daring to Soar Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 11:30 a.m., at the Houston Country Club, OnePotomac Drive, Houston, Texas.
Our very own GCSW alumna, research professor and New York Times #1 best-selling author, Dr. Brené Brown will speak about her latest book, Daring Greatly.
She has spent the past 12 years studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. Her groundbreaking research has been featured on PBS, NPR, CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. Recent media appearances include NBC's The Today Show and ABC's Katie Couric Show. Brené will be featured on an upcoming episode of Oprah's Super Soul Sundays.
She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (Gotham, 2012). Her 2010 TEDxHouston talk, The Power of Vulnerability, is one of the top ten most viewed TED talks on TED.com, with over 6 million viewers. She is also the author of The Gifts of Imperfection (2010), I Thought It Was Just Me (2007), and Connections (2009).
Funds raised from the luncheon will provide crucial scholarship dollars so students are able to attend full time and graduate with reduced student debt. Our over four thousand GCSW alumni have local and global impact. They are on the front line in responding to the needs which directly influence dropout rates in education, crime recidivism, substance abuse issues, domestic abuse, mental health, health care, and policy development, all issues that affect our children, families, businesses, and communities. Your investment in student scholarships is an investment in our communities.
Daring to Soar will not only fund GCSW graduate student scholarships but also provide funds for the essential operations of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (NLA) Certificate Program. Please attend and invest in the students of the GCSW. Make a gift and Dare to Soar with us!
Register today! (Select "other" and indicate the amount to charge in the associated "amount" field.
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ONE CITY, MANY DESTINATIONS™ travel photography competition has been extended until 11:59 p.m. EST on JULY 31, 2007!
The ONE CITY, MANY DESTINATIONS™ competition boasts the ultimate grand prize: CITY Magazine's cover shot. Amateur and professional photographers from around the world are invited to submit images for juried competition and a chance at landing on the cover of CITY's Fall '07 Travel issue, on sale September 25, 2007.
Photographers are asked to submit images that best capture the essence of a city or other travel destination. The grand-prize winner will also receive a LEICA M8 professional camera with a Leica Elmarit 28mm f2.8 lens; a 4-day, 3-night stay at any W Hotel in the continental U.S. or Canada, including round-trip airline tickets for two; and a $500 gift certificate to Calumet Photographic. The 15 runners-up will also win a LEICA C-LUX 2 compact camera. The work of all 16 finalists, including the grand-prize winner, will appear in a special travel photography portfolio inside CITY's Fall '07 Travel issue.
To find out more, and to enter, go to www.city-magazine.com/photocontest


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A bicycle cooperative on Columbus' Near East Side not only promotes alternatives to automotive transportation, but also provides affordable access to bikes and the know-how to keep the wheels turning.
A bicycle cooperative on Columbus' Near East Side not only promotes alternatives to automotive transportation, but also provides affordable access to bikes and the know-how to keep the wheels turning.
For a little more than a year, Third Hand Bicycle Cooperative, a volunteer-run nonprofit, has maintained a not-so-ordinary bike shop at 979 E. Fifth Ave., in the Milo Grogan neighborhood of Columbus.
There, customers can find a wealth of used bikes in various states of repair and function. The median sales price is $30, and those who volunteer can earn discounts on bikes and bike parts.
They also can learn how to get and keep their rides street-worthy from an impassioned group of volunteer "coordinators," who teach and assist in bike maintenance during "open shop sessions" held each Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m.
The co-op, which evolved from gatherings of bike enthusiasts in home garages almost 15 years ago, seeks to promote cycling as safe and environmentally responsible transportation.
Its members also provide fellow volunteers and customers with facilities, tools and informal bike repair training to help make cycling an essential part of their everyday lives -- which is appropriate, because bikes purchased there are the only mode of transportation for some.
"I would get people that would come in and buy a bike because they were tired of walking to work," said Heather Pirrone, a Third Hand Bike coordinator who lives in the Sharon Woods neighborhood of Columbus. "We really are looking to give these people sustainable transportation."
Third Hand currently has about 10 stations where cyclists can repair or customize their bikes, and where volunteers can strip used bikes of functioning parts to be resold at discount prices.
Although the co-op receives some grant funding from various sources, expenses such as rent and utilities for the roughly 4,000-square-foot space primarily are paid for through donated bikes, which are sold "as-is" to customers.
"The objectives are to promote cycling to get more bikes on the road, and to give an alternative to regular bike shops, which a lot of people can't afford," said Matt Dickinson, an Upper Arlington resident who serves as a co-op coordinator and quasi-trustee. "It's totally self-sufficient.
"Everyone does their own work with help from knowledgeable volunteers, as needed. We don't fix bikes for people, but we show them how to do it."
Coordinator Reda Ashur of Olde Towne East in Columbus said the co-op tries to be inviting to people of all walks of life.
That's evidenced by open shop sessions held for Spanish-speaking cyclists.
There also are a myriad of volunteer opportunities, which range from learning and teaching bike mechanics and creating merchandise such as fliers, stickers and shirts, to serving as a shop greeter/information coordinator/cashier.
Imagination and creativity also are nurtured, Ashur said.
"People can come in and make a bike like they want," she said.
Visitors at a recent open shop session were doing just that.
Elijah Brown of the East Side of Columbus, who was considering buying a bike for $20, said he frequents the co-op because of its open atmosphere and its prices.
Sporting a leather coat decorated with multicolored acrylic paint, he also said he was an artist and appreciates the knowledge he picks up about bike repair, which helps him customize his ride.
"It's a beautiful form of transportation and, like everything, it's a form of art," Brown said. "I could put a flag on it. I could advertise on it.
"It beats walking. I know that. I'm a diabetic, so it also gets me a little exercise."
John Trego of Whitehall was busy dismantling a bike for parts, one of his initial duties as a recent volunteer.
He said he came to the co-op in hopes of restoring his father's old bike and enjoyed his experiences.
"My dad was into cycling a long time ago and I dug his bike out of the garage," Trego said. "I wanted to learn how to fix it.
"I like the atmosphere here. It's kind of informal, it's helping people out and it's a learning environment."
Now part of the co-op's regular volunteer corps, Pirrone said she also initially came to an open shop session for family reasons.
"My mom died and my dad kind of holed up in the house," she said. "The only thing that got him out was to ride his bike.
"He was spending so much money on tires, and I wanted to learn how to change them. When I started, I'd never even changed a tire."
In addition to the connections made at the co-op's shop, the organization also is working on outreach to promote cycling and the co-op itself.
Dickinson said they maintain a booth at the popular Community Fest (ComFest) held each June in Columbus' Goodale Park, and they've held a bike rodeo in Upper Arlington and collected used bikes during a community recycling drive in Dublin last summer.
Now, the volunteers are setting their sights on raising money to install solar panels on the co-op's roof, and they continue to advocate for public officials in the central Ohio community to consider bike traffic when repairing or enhancing infrastructure.
They're also gearing up to host a Bike!Bike! conference late next summer.
Bike!Bike! is an international, annual gathering organized by and for community bicycle projects. Its conferences provide a venue for participants from shops and related advocacy groups to converge in a different city each year over a four-day period to have workshops and strengthen social networks.
"It increases our visibility and there are workshops ... on how to set up and run any aspect of a bike co-op," Dickinson said. "Typically, 300 to 400 bike co-op enthusiasts attend."
For more information about Third Hand Bicycle Co-Op, visit thirdhand.org or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Route 153
Conway, NH
In 1850, Jacob Berry and Peter Paddleford built a covered bridge to replace a crudely framed log bridge that had collapsed at this site. The 1850 bridge stood until the Swift River covered bridge crashed into it in 1869. The Saco River covered bridge was rebuilt by Allen and Warren of Conway but it was destroyed again by a tannery fire in 1890. The current bridge was built by Charles Broughton and his son Frank.
Year of Construction: - 1890
Original Cost: - $4,000
One-quarter mile north of N.H. Route 16 on N.H. Route 153 in Conway Village. The bridge spans the Saco River.
Paddleford truss with added arches. The bridge is 224'9" long with clear spans of 103'4" and 95'4". It has an overall width of 30'4" with a roadway width of 18'3" and a minimum vertical clearance of 13'7". It is posted for six tons.
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MogMyGear: the WoW Gear Set Browser for Transmogrification
Are you in the market for a good looking gear set that not everybody has? Are you looking for something else that fits your character better than all those tier sets? Or perhaps you are just wondering what gear is available for players to wear in the World of Warcraft?
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- Browsing through loads of Uncommon, Rare and Epic gear sets available to players.
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Examples of some of the sets we have in store for you:
The above gear sets are amongst your choices. Click a set to view its items, and feel free to post a comment about it. The set browser also displays class-specific sets. Such sets are unobtainable for other classes, but you may be lucky that similar looking gear drops from the associated raid.
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Crēdo Cube™ Series 20M 28L
Superior thermal protection in a convenient mid-size container.
The Crēdo Cube™ is a passive and reusable shipper qualified to hold chilled medical materials at a safe temperature for up to five days. This system is ideal for reducing shipping costs or for circumstances in which unexpected delays may occur. Modular TIC™ (Thermal Isolation Chamber) walls with integrated PCM (Phase-Change Material) and VIPs (Vacuum Insulated Panels) makes conditioning in a freezer for year-round shipping easy and allows effortless packing and storage.
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This youth development program is focused on teaching leadership skills to children ages 10-17. Through interactive activities, we work on skills like active listening, team building, presentation skills, etc.
We are currently working with participating elementary schools and apartment complexes in the 79403 and 79404 area codes in Lubbock, Texas.
JOIN US for fun activities and free food! Make new friends and have fun with Children's Connections each week!
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YELL Club at Madison Park
January 10 @ 4:45 pm - 5:45 pmFree
Join us for fun games and activities that promote team building and leadership!
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Pencil Case For Girls - All Hearts Personalized Pencil Case
Give your little princess this adorable All Hearts Personalized Pencil Case so she can tote around her pencils and erasers in style and one safe place. All of her classmates will be jealous of her sweet personalized pencil case. This makes a great back to school gift for students of all ages.Your All Hearts Custom Printed Pencil Case is Black Neoprene and measures 8" x 3.875". Includes FREE Personalization. Personalize your Pencil Case with any name. (ie. Kelsey)


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Borger to continue seal coating program
MICHELLE BERRYManaging firstname.lastname@example.com The City of Borger is planning to continue its street seal coating program into the upcoming year.During a special session Wednesday, the council approved action on an interlocal agreement between Borger and other communities for the 2011 seal coat program.Ted Dodd, director of public works, said it is the fourth year the City of Borger has participated in the seal coat program. The agreement allows the city to go in with Wheeler, Panhandle, and other southern communities, so bids will come in at a better price.He said the program will cover streets in south of Third Street, north of Wilson Street, east of Cedar Street, and west of Main Street.Mayor Pro-Tem Robert Vinyard asked Dodd how things were progressing with the spur on Roosevelt in front of the new hospital. Dodd said he had no idea.Borger City Manager Eddie Edwards said the spur was more or less a dead issue, with the State of Texas indicating it does not want to be involved in any way.Vinyard said he indicated at budget time that he thought the city should quit participating in this program for a period of years to save up funds for the project.He said he wondered if the funds being put into the seal coating project should be used towards the spur project.Dodd said he understood Vinyard's concerns. However, he said from his statistics, the current hospital's location is in a worse-traveled next to a school and is nothing but two-lane roads, and there are no problems in that area that cannot be resolved.Right now he said although it would be nice to see Roosevelt Street curbed and guttered, it is no worse than the area than the one in which the hospital is currently located.Looking at it from an engineering standpoint, he said he didn't see how it was possible. Dodd said it would be nice if the street could be set up with two lanes, a turn lane and curb and gutter all the way down to the Frank Phillips College campus. However, he said he didn't the seal coating program should be halted."I really feel our seal coating program must continue," he said. "If I could do anything, I'd want another $250,000 a year for seal coating."Council member Charles Gillingham said that several years ago, the City of Borger did not do seal coating on its streets and was now having to pay the price for that, saying it was something that could not be made up for in the long run.Mayor Jeff Brain said he hoped the spur project was still a possibility, because there are some other options to pursue. Edwards said it was likely that state funding for such a project probably would not materialize. In other business, the council discussed the evaluation of Edwards as city manager and his contract renewal in an executive session. Upon return to open session, the council approved him for a renewal of contract set to begin April 1, 2011. He has been serving as the city manager since the retirement of Wanda Klause last year.Also discussed during the closed session was the potential purchase of water rights. The council held discussion with Kent Satterwhite of the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority. No action was taken on the potential purchase.In other business, the council cast two votes for Highway 207 corridor representatives to the Panhandle Rural Planning Organization. Votes were cast on behalf of Dodd, who was nominated in February by the council as a potential representative; and John DeSha, who serves as the Director of Public Works in Spearman.The PRPO was created in August of 2010 in response to state recognition of Rural Planning Organizations as a valid transportation planning organization. The group was originally comprised of only county judges in the region's 17-county area. In December, the judges agreed that municipal representation should also be included in the group.


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These are a terrific fit. They make my old torn seats look like new and are not loose like the cheap ones you get at Big Box stores. I only removed a star because the piece for the center console would not fit and fitting it is all instinctive as there are no instructions. All in all, I am glad to have spent the extra money on them.


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The split-mirror backup and restore process requires the kind of hardware and software that currently only Storage Area Network (SAN) vendors provide. A SAN is a specialized set of networked storage devices. Typically, you implement SAN technology through Fibre Channel, a specialized networking technology that provides high-speed data transfer to external data storage. A Fibre Channel connection is stable and robust enough to support external storage of database data.
To connect to SAN storage, you place Fibre Channel network cards in your database server, connect them to a Fibre Channel switch, then use the SAN software utilities to configure storage volumes for your server. The server gets a direct, exclusive connection to those volumes through the Fibre Channel switch, and the SAN volumes appear to SQL Server as local drive volumes.
The real advantage of using a SAN for database storage is that a SAN can hold larger data volumes than you could ever put on a server. Also, SAN software makes managing and configuring large amounts of disk storage easier.
SANs are often contrasted with less expensive Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. SANs provide direct and exclusive access to data storage through a private Fibre Channel networking system, whereas NAS devices generally attach to a common network for the purpose of sharing files. However, the line between them is blurring: Several storage-industry initiatives are attempting to bridge the gap between SAN and NAS devices.
Because NAS storage is less expensive than SAN, it's natural to consider NAS devices for storage of large databases. Currently, however, Microsoft provides only limited support for SQL Server 2000 data on NAS systems, and no support for clustered SQL Servers. If you're considering placing SQL Server databases on a NAS system, see the Microsoft article "INF: Support for Network Database Files" (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q304/2/61.asp). In it, Microsoft recommends that, in general, you store SQL Server data only on local disk subsystems or on a SAN.


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The Pseudo-History Paintings of Paul Endres Jr.
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Drawing from diverse sources in history, art, and literature, Paul Endres, Jr. portrays a farcical, post-apocalyptic mythos. In his "Tales of the American Burden" series, Endres presents the viewer with a post-disaster Boston, featuring recurrent characters in monumental, figurative paintings. By referencing the techniques of such canonical painters as Jaques-Louis David and Benjamin West, Endres examines "the absurdity of historical inaccuracies in artwork," as he says, in close detail.
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TUSCALOOSA, AL (WBRC) - Below is the transcript of Monday's press conference with Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban, provided by UA Athletics:
"That was really a great win for our team, and I think a big step forward for us as a team because of the way we competed in the game. Players played hard and gave a lot of effort in the game. Lots of players did a good job, whether it was special teams, defense or offense. The question now is are we going to be able to build on this, continue to improve as a team and not be satisfied with where we are so that we can improve and get better execution and improve consistency in things that we do and how we play. Whether it's a mental error on a punt return where we don't hold up a guy right, or whether we don't block a back or run through on offense and we get a negative play because of it. Better attention to detail, do it this way. This is how it has to be done, technique wise, fundamentally. Carry it from the practice field into the game. Don't go 'rat-trap' in the game, be able to stay focused and disciplined in what you do so that we have a chance to be successful on a more consistent basis.
"Players of the week – you got that information. Kevin Norwood, Anthony Steen, T.J. Yeldon, Ha Ha [Clinton-Dix] and C.J. [Mosley], and C.J. was the [SEC] defensive player of the week. He's played great for us all year long. Landon Collins, Dillon Lee, DeAndrew White and Cade [Foster] and Cody [Mandell] all did a good job on special teams.
"I don't think we have any injury problems that you don't know about. Ryan Kelly will be the guy that will not play in this game for sure. Other than that we are not really practicing today. We are just doing walk through and stretch-and-stride. We do this every so often on Mondays so that the players get two days off from practice. We still do all the things that we do mentally, in terms of scouting report, game plan that we put in on Monday, whatever those things are. My experience in the past, when we have a seven game stretch here, when you play more than five or six games in a row, players start to get worn down and tired. Two days rest does 10 times more good than one. [It] doesn't do two times more good. It does 10 times more good.
"We respect every opponent that we play regardless of record. The team that we play has talented players that can make plays. Our focus needs to be on what we need to do to improve as a team. They have a coaching staff that does a good job of coaching their players. They are a well-coached team, and they have players that are capable of making plays, like every team. You see these games – Akron almost beats Michigan or whatever it is. There is nothing to be taken for granted in any team that you play. I think the best way to do that is focus on who you are, what you're doing, how you want to improve and how you want to play to be the best player that you can be. That is certainly going to be our focus for this week."
Source: UA Athletics