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Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 marked the roll-out of AOC's new Strategic Vision — a result of a collaborative effort by AOC employees throughout the organization. Through this vision, the AOC continues to transform into a forward-thinking, collaborative and innovative organization.
This vision helped the AOC achieve cost savings in a number of areas in FY 2012, including the reduction of overtime labor hours by 33 percent from FY 2011 levels and an AOC-wide energy reduction of nearly 22 percent for FY 2012. The AOC also reduced the cost of supporting congressional events, including the State of the Union Address and events hosted on the Capitol Grounds, by 10 percent.
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After a dizzying start to the Round of 64 on Thursday, a day of buzzer-beaters, Jimmermania and Morehead State staking its claim to a glass slipper, I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more March Madness.
But since I'm going on vacation next week, I couldn't justify taking a sick day today to sit on my couch, a barstool or maybe even a plane to Las Vegas to watch today's slate of NCAA tournament games.
Stuck in a cubicle and tasked with hammering out my weekly Five for Friday post, I'm going to make the most of it by highlighting the five most memorable NCAA tournament moments of the past 20 years. Why the past 20 years? It's a nice, round number, and I didn't start storing stuff in my sports memory bank until about 1990. But if you can remember March Madness memories from before then, please share them in the comments section.
5. Mario Chalmers saves Kansas: In the 2008 national championship game, Kansas overcame a nine-point deficit in the final three minutes of play and stunned Memphis in overtime, and it was Chalmers' big shot at the end of regulation that capped off the comeback. The Kansas point guard caught a pass from teammate Sherron Collins and drained a straight-away three-pointer over a pair of Memphis defenders to beat the buzzer and keep hope alive.
4. Tyus Edney's mad dash: Top-ranked UCLA, which went 26-1 in the regular season, trailed Missouri in their second-round matchup by a point with 4.8 seconds left on the clock. Edney, a five-foot-10 guard, caught an inbounds pass under his own basket and sprinted the length of the floor to bank home the game-winning lay-up before the final horn sounded. Led by Edney, the Bruins went on to win their 11th national championship.
3. George Mason plays Cinderella: Five years ago, 11th-seeded George Mason shocked the sports world with its unlikely run to the Final Four that busted brackets and captivated the country. The mid-major Patriots took down perennial powerhouses Michigan State, North Carolina and top-seeded Connecticut before losing to Florida, the eventual champion, in the Final Four. Not too shabby for a team in Towson's conference.
2. Chris Webber's timeout that wasn't: The subject of one of ESPN's "30 For 30" documentaries, the Fab Five has been a hot topic this week. Led by Webber, Michigan advanced to the national championship game in 1993 and trailed North Carolina by two points down the stretch. Webber, who scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the final, got trapped on the sideline and requested a timeout he didn't have. A technical foul was called, North Carolina took advantage of the gift and Webber became one of the biggest goats in sports history.
1. Christian Laettner's buzzer-beater: In an unforgettable moment that will be on the highlight packages as long as there is an NCAA tournament, the Duke big man ripped out Kentucky's heart on a miraculous play in the 1992 Elite Eight. With 2.1 seconds left, Laettner caught Grant Hill's Hail-Mary pass at the foul line, dribbled once, spun to his right and buried a dagger as time expired. Duke went on to win a second straight national title.

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Rayman creator Michel Ancel has had nothing but praise for the Wii U. In an interview with GamesTM, Ancel continued to speak positively about the hardware.
Ancel told the magazine that the Wii U is powerful and his team hasn't encountered any limitations.
Having watched many vids and played the demo so many times, Rayman Legends is one of the most beautiful games in a long time. If the Wii U's first and third parties can make games that are more artistically brilliant than realistically, then I think the Wii U might be able to compete in that regard with whatever Sony or MS comes up with.
Don't underestimate. I'm going to get a Wii U...After the fact that PlayStation announces what they are offering. It could be anything , possibly surpassing the Wii U when it comes to limits.
Why not get both? Personally, I couldn't live without either nintendo or sony's offerings. I already have a Wii U and it's truly an amazing console, but there is no way that I'm not going to preorder the ps4.
I am with stragomccloud on this one. Will own all like this gen. I have a PS3, a 360 and Wii. So I don't miss out. Of course I have built up my profile adn trophies on PS3 so the next PS system will be my main one. Many Xbox gamers will carry over to the next Xbox and that will be their main one. But this is the Wii U, and it's what 99% of us asked for. No one cared about DVDs or movies or anything really. They said I WANT NINTENDO GAMES IN HD WITH SOME ONLINE. So that is what we have. We will all get to play Zelda in HD which is awesome. I am not going to buy Wii U any time soon as it has nothing that sets it apart, but when their core titles come out, I will be there to get one. When the next Playstation launches, I will be there day one. I will get the next Xbox when I see it's line up as well. I know we can't all always get anything and everything we want. But no need to hate one or the other, love games because that is what we are...gamers.
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Childer.. Console gamers.. Dont care about graphics.
Hence thinks Wii U has ample power.
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Hence he thinks blowing up barrels == fun for you.
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@stagomcloud I never said anything about me passing up a console over another but you somehow assume I meant that. I always got one of the two first and got the other a little bit later. N64 before PSOne, Playstation 2 before Gamecube, Wii before PS3. So I'm waiting for the release on the next Playstation to see which one I'm going to enjoy first this time around because it'll be too expensive right now to buy both.
It can do realistic graphics equally as good what are u talking about ??
There were limitations with Origins on ps3/360 ect in fillrate and memory mate and that game wasn't as demanding as Legends even the resolution on Origins was 600p at 30fps the wiiu is powerful and can make BGAE2 look better than his original vision in my opinion.
"Origins was 600p at 30fps"
You sure you got that right?
Source? I haven't been able to confirm anywhere the native resolution for Rayman Origins on both consoles.
It looks better than Origins already. People who comment on the clock speed tend to not take into consideration the CPU/GPU "more modern tech". The Wii U is still in its early stages of games. If we all recall the 360 launch, MOST of the games were not very good at all. They had some major issues. Now look at the 360, it has some beautiful games, though it is not my Console of choice. Cryengine 3 runs "Beautifully" on Wii, and Cryteck is developing a game using the engine for Wii U, too bad it is not Crysis3, but I will pick that up for PS3.
Links to back up what I am saying for the people who are going to disagree.
The intro to the forest level was crazy. Really really well done. It goes 2d then full 3d so you never know which you are playing in. Im thinking god of war type games should be a dime a dozen here soon. We need more space shooters like that too hell just bring back the 80s and 90s!
This and aliens are starting to look really good.
Yes but PS4 and new XBOX will can do 4K
how do you know ps4 and Xbox will be in 4k can you see the future, also even if it can do 4k we havn't got a disc with enough memory for it to hold that amount of data, tekken tag tournament 2 is nearly 17 gig and that is only 720p that's 1 about 1/6th the resolution of 4k. and even if they make 4 layer Bluray to hold it, its a lot of wasted power for almost everyone, I for one hope they don't push 4k because I don't want to pay for something I would never use for at least 7 years, a lot of people have just upgraded to full 1080p so even if the price of 4k TVs drop in price many won't upgrade for a good few years. I highly doubt they would push 4k but ill let you keep dreaming. and as for the fact people only say Wii u is powerful only for side scrolling are you saying ps3 and 360 are weak consoles as it can't handle Wii u version of trine 2 and rayman legends (ok they are borh side scrolling but the almighty powerful ps3 can't handle them silly side scrolling games). and with the fact that he has found no limitations tells me that they are not even pushing it.
lol yeah, right! who is he trying to kid? kids? everything has limitation...no exception!
saying such thing, he's 'high' for sure!
yes everything has limitations but he hasn't came across any yet which is the point he's making, he never said there will be no limitations just he hasn't came across any in the development of legends.
Some of you guys are easily taken over and convinced lol Ihvnt seen one Rayman game on any platform including mobil tht doesnt look gorgeous so why wiiu is getting praise4this is beyond me. Come and talk about wiiu power when the game isnt a cartoony 2d side scrolling game and its technologically advanced like a say kz2\3, uc series, gow3 and such games like ths just cnt compare there not as taxing on hardware.
I MEAN look at the more complex wiiu exc. zombi u before it was released touted to be tgis awesome looking nxt gen game but ended up looking worse thn four year old current gen games. Agame def. more taxing on hardware and more complex thn Rayman. If tht would have looked awesome i would have been like wow.
The zelda demo has stuff those games can't even think about doing at that frame rate. Zombiu shadow frame buffer along is more impressive. Some parts artistically better but tech wise there is way more going on.
Ray man really is in a league of its own now. Tech wise or not... I really don't think ray man can run on the older consoles. If you want to see what I'm talking about try playing the forest level on the demo...
Your argument is a mock up zelda tech demo lol haha how many times havnt we seen mocked up tech demos tht are never realized and never come close to what is released lol How long have you been gaming to believe tech demos ?
News flash zelda on wiiu wnt look nothng like those demos and nintendo already said zelda is going the less realistic route with a direction like skyward sword so dnt be disappointed.
By the way when you talk about 2d cartoony gd looking games tht arent complex and have been done a dime a dozen their is no league of its own. What it takes to make tht type of game as oppossed to a say killzone is a league of its own . I dnt understand whats so hard to grasp?
Lol yes we already knw how your imagination runs wild. We knw your fantasy claims of bo2 being 1080p and wiiu being 5 times more powerful lol How many times have you eaten your words and been made a fool?
Wiiu is actually weaker thn ps3 in many regards and thts sad. Rayman and trine? non complex 2d cartoon games lol Plz tell me kingofpoopoo why wasnt the game zombiu u knw the exclusive you touted on your other account as this graphical monster just tht? You were praising its graphics werent u? Yet it turned out to look worse thn four year old current gen games lol You knw why? it isnt a cartoony 2d game and shws wiiu true weakness.
Please guys come back to us when you have a 3d game even slightly comparable to an old game like uc2 i dont even need to mention kz2\3, or gow3 lol Smh wow Rayman lol hahaha
^ Here is a link to a video of a dude who tests cpu performance for gaming and is payed money to do it (he knows his $hit better than anyone on this site)
Guess what games he uses to run his tests... Crysis, Metro, Halflife and Trine 2
Obviously Trine 2 is a less taxing game than Crysis but its still up there and if this guy is using it to benchmark high end PC stuff it's obvious that it is also a good way to benchmark a consoles overall performance.
So fanboys of N4G stop saying that Trine 2 isn't a fair comparison and that the Wii U is weaker than your current consoles because it simply makes you sound stupid...
If my link doesn't work search (AMD FX 8350 vs Intel 3570K vs 3770K vs 3820 - Gaming and XSplit Streaming Benchmarks) on YouTube :)
I completely agree. I finally played the demo at the local gamestop and I was very impressed. Not only was the game beautiful, but it played excellently and intuitively using the Wii U gamepad. This is one of the titles that I'm most excited for this year.
Sure, if you only make 2.5D side-scrolling games, the sky's the limit I suppose.
As commented above. Trine 2 Directors Cut and Legends do things graphically that PS3 and 360 simply can not do. Its is a fact. So no the sky is not the limit for Current gen consoles. http://www.geek.com/article...
There you go, Trine 2 had to be downscaled for 360 and PS3,but not on Wii U.
LOL....you completely and utterly FAIL at reading comprehension. I was obviously referring to development on the WiiU....you know, since that's the subject of the article.
I believe Raymond Origins is 1080p/60fps.
Yep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... (under development).
No. Under development, what it says is that the game engine used is capable of making games at full HD (1080p). It's not the same as saying that the GAME itself is actually running at 1080p.
So, no, this isn't confirmation at all.
Nice loophole you caught there :P (kidding of course)!
The Wii u is a more powerful than current gen but highly probably that it'll be weaker than ps4, 720.
End of discussion.
Indeed. A simple way of putting it is this.
3DS is considerably more powerfull than PSP and has a 3D screen , Gyro , AR , etc . but not as powerfull as PS vita (not that big of a difference though , Resi rev anyone ?)
Wiiu is considerably more powerfull than pS3 and has a wireless streaming tablet controller , etc , etc , But not as powerfull as a PS4 (not that big of a difference though Zelda Wiiu anyone ?)
The difference between Wiiu and Ps4 will be roughly the same difference that 3DS and Vita have. Which is quite frankly in my opinion not even worth caring about.
Vita is quad core 3DS is dual, in pure speed terms Vita is roughly 800mhz or more in total clockspeed while 3DS is nearer 500mhz. Vita could even be 1ghz total if each core is the same speed as 3DS. The Vita GPU is also quadcore.
For comparisons of graphics see Uncharted to Mario 3D land or Resi Revelations like you said, theres quite a difference. However, being a different style artwork on 3DS makes their games look vey good anyway, either system is good enough to produce good graphics it's just Vita has a lot of horsepower and will likely be able to emulate systems that 3DS can't like Dreamcast also.
Vita can't emulate Dreamcast, dude, that's absurd.
Now, playing ports of Dreamcast games? Yes, it can, but that's a completely different thing, and the 3DS can play ports of Dreamcast games too.
he's a developer and he knows what he is talking about and since the other two systems will not be all that much more powerful then wiiu....he is absolutely right...and he can focus on unique games with the gamepad
He is developing for the Wii u, ofcourse he's going to say good things about the hardware.
That's not to say the Wii u is bad but in terms of power, I don't think it stands a chance against the next console from Microsoft and Sony.
3DS doesn't stand a chance against the PS vita ?
Remember Wii did not stands a chance against the 360 and PS3 but how did that pan out? lol
Wii fan base was so much higher that 360/PS3 and most third party games never made it to Wii because the games had to be changed alot to run on it. So what PS4/720 will be more powerful but the difference won't be great and developers won't need to make alot of changes for WiiU version.
He keeps saying just how powerful the WiiU is and said in ONM that BGAE2 is a good fit for wiiu.
Not to troll but the only devs saying this seem to be 2d game devs like rayman devs and trine 2. Dice and 4A have the best looking games and seem to be unimpressed.
I am sure he will have more and more power for next rayman games as well.
It is not just 2D games that are going to look better. Gearbox says the Wii U is more powerful and will have the best looking version of Alien Colonial Marines over other console versions. Also they are developing the game for all consoles, so I I don't want to hear "well of coarse they are going to say that, they are developing a game for it and they want to sell it." Why would Gearbox downplay the PS3 and 360 versions, wouldn't that be bad PR? Here are your links.
Also they love the gamepad. "this is the best Controller Nintendo has ever given us for hardcore games."
There is also a conference on GPgpu computing coming up soon. Sony is using one nvidia just camp up with a great one.4A is a hack and dice is owned by who? EA who have an ax to grind with nintendo for not using origin exclusively.
At Kingofwiiu,
Yep in terms of power, it doesn't even come close.
Tre, I'm no talking about sales mate. Most people that owned the Wii didn't really buy anything on the system except Nintendo exclusives. I'll be getting the Wii U this summer but I know my purchase will not be based on third party support. I love Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Metroid, Star Fox, Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin and Kid Icarus, those are enough reasons for me to delve in to the Wii U.
it doesn't matter if nintendo has made there best controller for hardcore gamres because most "hardcore gamers" don't seem to be playing games but instead winge all the time, im my opinion what makes people a hardcore console gamer is not limiting your self to either certain genres or consoles and play games for fun, i play everything from pokemon on ds to resident evil revolations metal gear solid 3d on 3ds to littlebigplannet plannet and uncharted on vita and ps3, killzone, aswell as multiplats like walking dead, batman, farcry, rayman origins, call of duty, borderlands assassins creed, devil may cry, silent hill, then zelda and mario aswell as red steel etc on wii to zombiu on wii u, hell i still play resident evil, abe oddysee, silent hill 1, dino crysis 1 and 2 on ps1, banjo kazooie, mario party, goldeneye on n64, even sonic adventure and shemue shenmue on dreamcast, to sega knights and sonic jam on sega saturn, to name a few, thats not even going into nes, snes, master system and megadrive games i own, i have a massive collection spanning 6 generations of consoles, although i have not mentioned xbox games i had and xbox which i traded for my 360 but i got fed up with all the rrod problems (i went through 5) and paying for live, the only exclusive i miss from xbox is project gotham racing but i can live without that, however i might get a 720 after ps3 depending on what they have to offer but microsoft better have an exclusive i want or else my money is going to velve, my mate is trading his 360 to get a wii u because he really wants to play zombi u (he is a massive survival horror fan like myself) and its killing him not playing it.
play games not systems.
on a side note those people that say resi revolations doesn't look close to a vita game obviously havn't played it, its not at equel quality but its not generations behind. also why is vita highly rated when obviously no one has one, i own both 3ds and vita so i can make these comparisons. also vita needs more games after compleating mgs hd, gravity rush, littlebigplannet, uncharted and wipeout nothing screems buy me, i have assassins creed 3 so liberation seems a waste of time.
The game looks beautiful & i cant wait to play it.. I think wii u is perfect for games with these types of visuals.. IDK about nx gen games that are graphically taxing but this & trine 2 type games will be fun on it... I really hope devs take advantage of the second screen & use it in unique ways because from what ive played, the pro controller is a much better option for most games.. IDK i like wii u but i know PS3 will remain my console of choice & PS4 will follow... Zelda n Metroid will be all i need for wii u & my investment will be worth it.. Rayman & bayonetta 2 will be some pretty good 3rd party exclusives.. Unless its timed exclusives like most end up being
If the ps3 and 360 can make good looking 'taxing games' and since the wii u is stroonger then them I think its going to make good looking 'taxing games' and stop assuming things dumbass and the wii u is getting a ps4 and 720 port in 2015 look up HUMAN ELEMENT


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Until now the Australian heavy metal group that was formed by two brothers, Angus and Malcolm Young, in 1973, had refused to put their music on Apple Inc's online music store.
"AC/DC's thunderous and primal rock and roll has excited fans for generations with their raw and rebellious brand of music, which also resonates with millions of new fans discovering AC/DC everyday," Columbia Records and Apple, said in a statement announcing the deal.
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Pity poor Newt Gingrich.
Alright, I admit it's hard to muster much pity for Gingrich.
Still, he now stands as not the first, but the most recent, prominent victim of the Supreme Court's abysmal decision in Citizens United v. FEC.
So if you don't have any sympathy for Gingrich, at least feel profound worry about the state of our democracy – and make sure you do something about it.
There are many reasons to believe a Newt Gingrich candidacy was and is inevitably doomed. But it's nonetheless the case that his downfall in the Republican Iowa caucuses is due in significant part to a full-scale, Citizens United-enabled attack advertising campaign.
Restore Our Future, the Super PAC tied to the Romney campaign, has spent more than $4 million on attack ads and negative direct mail targeting Newt Gingrich, according to the Center for Responsive Politics' tabulations. Led by the Romney-supporting Super PAC (and with an able assist from the Ron Paul campaign), the December surge in TV ads attacking Gingrich in Iowa totaled nearly half of the political ads aired last month in the state. Two thirds of money spent in the Iowa caucuses came from the Super PACs rather than the candidates.
Romney's Super PAC – like those informally affiliated with Rick Perry, Barack Obama and others – is staffed by friends and former staffers. Election rules permit these Super PACs to raise unlimited amounts from the superrich and – thanks to the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United – corporations. The candidates may help raise money for these Super PACs. Super PACs must reveal their donors on a monthly or quarterly basis, though they accept donations from nonprofit organizations that are not required to reveal their donors (and argue the practice is legal). The main limit on Super PAC activity is that they may not coordinate their activities with the candidates or their campaigns. But this is a more formal than consequential restriction, since the Super PACs are staffed by those who know well what the campaigns want.
The Iowa results illustrate on the national stage what became apparent in the 2010 elections: Post Citizens United, the massive funneling of corporate and superrich money to independent organizations is not just going to favor pro-Big Business candidates. It is going to introduce a new level of viciousness and attack advertising, and remove some of the basic accountability from elections.
That's because while everyone disparages negative advertising, it works. And attack ads from unaccountable organizations with no real membership work best of all. At least candidates who run negative ads must pay a reputational price for running nasty ads; the independent campaign groups don't care about their reputation, so aren't susceptible even to this modest form of accountability.
As the New York Times says, Mitt Romney has "outsourced" his negative advertising to Restore Our Future. Newt Gingrich can complain about negative advertising all he wants, but Romney is not going to be much tarnished by the activities of an outfit called Restore Our Future.
Iowa is just a harbinger of what Election 2012 is going to look like. And it's not just the presidential race where the effects will be felt; in Senate and House races, and in state and local elections around the country, laundered corporate and superwealthy money threatens to dominate the airwaves and the election debate.
Outside groups reported spending $300 million in the 2010 elections (though the total spent was surely much higher) and exerted huge influence. But $300 million is going seem paltry compared to 2012's spending. Karl Rove and his Crossroads organizations have announced plans to raise $240 million to spend in the 2012 elections. The Koch Brothers plan to spend $200 million. And there's no way the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will be outspent by these characters. So, we're looking at something on the order of three quarters of a billion dollars just from these three corporate-dominated outfits.
All of which presents a simple choice: Accept the further debasement of our democracy, the hijacking of government by giant corporations; or take action to remove the corporate stranglehold tightened by Citizens United.
The way forward is clear, if not easy. We need a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United – the pernicious decision holding that corporations have a constitutional right to spend as much as they choose to influence elections – end corporate spending in elections, and clear the way for adoption of a system of public financing for public elections.
January 21 marks the second anniversary of the hideous Citizens United decision. Public Citizen and allies, including Move to Amend, People for the American Way, Free Speech for People and Common Cause, are working with activists around the country to organize protests and events to build a movement for a constitutional amendment to overturn the decision and restore our democracy. Get information on the movement and day of action at DemocracyIsForPeople.Org – and make sure to join (or organize) a protest near you.
It's the least we can do for Newt. And ourselves.


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On July 6, 1945, she was united in marriage to Ivan Lindekugel at North Platte. To this union, three children were born. The couple resided in the North Platte area briefly before moving to Hershey, where her husband drove truck.
She an her husband eventually moved to Cozad where they bought the Davis Sand and Gravel Company from her parents.
Lindekugel was employed with the Cozad Telephone Company and the Cozad Local, but the most important job she ever held, was that of a stay-at-home mom, said family members. She was a loving and dedicated wife and mother, and poured everything she had into her family.
Her husband preceded her in death in 1997, and in most recent years, she had resided at the Golden Living Center in Cozad, where she enjoyed the residents and staff, according to family members.
Lindekugel was a very family-oriented person and loved to entertain and cook big meals, always seeming to have enough no matter how many visitors she had at her home, the family said. Guests and family alike were often treated to warm homemade bread and her famous apple pie. She undoubtedly spent some of her happiest moments with a house full of family. She also maintained very close relationships with her siblings through the years.
She was a long-time member of the Cozad Christian Church.
Lindekugel was preceded in death by: her parents; her husband, Ivan in 1997; two brothers—Robert and Gerald; two sisters—Norvene Bowden and Dorothy Feddersen; a grandchild, Debbie Lindekugel.
Survivors include: her two sons—Rodney (Cheryl) Lindekugel of Hershey and Lonnie (Brenda) Lindekugel of Maumelle, AR; her daughter, Carolyn (Rock) Weatherly of Cozad; two sisters—Norma Struempler of Callaway and Janice (George) Kraft of Kansas City, MO; a brother, Doug (Jean) Davis of Cozad; seven grandchildren—Cari (Mike) Brownwell of Hershey, Roxanne Weatherly of Ponca City, OK, Randy (Tonya) Weatherly and Robyn (Scott) Geiser, all of Cozad, Kim Lindekugel of Durham, NC, Greg (Annie) Lindekugel of Bovey, MN, and Steven Lindekugel of Grand Rapids, MN; two step-grandchildren—Blair (Danielle) Pedersen and Brandi (Eric) Stockman, all of Maumelle, AR; 15 great-grandchildren; Mike Johnston of Lincoln; numerous other relatives.
A memorial has been established.
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when is gm going to realize the potential market they are losing to ford mustangs? Those things are everywhere! The only way that I will ever purchase a new car these days is if they come out with a new camaro, hopefully a retro. GM should hire someone that enjoys driving cars for a change. This is Thanksgiving and I for one would like to give thanks for the first gen. camaros, and God, and my family, not neccessarily in that order!
Im curious how many ford advertisments are in that car and driver issue that trashed the 67 camaro compared to chevy advertisments.did you ever watch motorweek? boy they are so biased towards imports and trash domestic cars.they really favor the jap cars and their commercials are nissian commercials.just my 2 cents.


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One of the most popular uses for our Android phones nowadays is without a doubt using them as a camera. But sometimes, pictures can be a bit bland and that's where a caption can save the day. Whether witty, romantic or explanatory, captions can breathe new life into your photos, and thanks to the vastness of the Play Store, this can all be done on the go through your Android device.
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For this logger, twisted trees are the future
In a corner of his airy shop near Silver City, N.M., Gordon West is working out the kinks in Southwestern forestry. In a small way, of course: Everything he does is intended to work in a small way.
West, a middle-aged logger, woodworker and builder, is testing a long metal machine that resembles an overgrown lathe. Its working space is occupied by a 4-foot-long, 5-inch-diameter pine log. Crooked and welted with knots, it looks better suited to stoking a campfire than supporting a roof.
But to West, this log represents the future. His new machine, built to West's specifications by a local machinist, has an integrated bandsaw, drill and laser sight. It will allow West to take small and irregular ponderosa pine logs — culled from the nearby Gila National Forest during thinning operations — and trim and drill them so that they can be connected together and used interchangeably in building houses. It is part of his crusade to make the economics and technology of modern construction conform to the ecological realities of Southwestern forests.
"With this equipment," says West, "you can turn these logs into trusses that you can use as precisely as milled logs, even though they're all random and bent."
West is fair-haired and wears owlish glasses, and he grins a lot — especially when he contemplates his new equipment. "I'm going to have a lot of fun with this," he says. "Ah, new toys."
West's one-man company, Santa Clara Woodworks, develops innovative uses for small-diameter logs — something many in the Southwest have attempted, but with little success. He is also working on a new product called Chipcrete, which will turn wood chips into durable bricks that can be used like cinder blocks. And he's turning a wide-tired Mercedes truck chassis into a new yarder that will haul small logs from the woods with minimal impact on soils and plants. He funds these various projects with grants and the earnings from his products.
West also serves on the board of directors of the nonprofit Gila WoodNet, a handful of loggers and environmentalists who aim to both thin the forest and help the local economy. At least 10,000 acres of publicly owned ponderosa forest need to be thinned near Silver City, according to an assessment by the Forest Service and Gila WoodNet, because more than a century of fire suppression has allowed the growth of dense, fire-prone thickets of spindly trees. But the annual pace of the thinning has been deliberately slow — 500 acres each year — because West and his allies want to ensure that the work in the forest can last.
Gila WoodNet is a vertically integrated business. It sends people into the woods to cut trees, following restoration plans agreed to by its members and the Forest Service. Then, it works to turn the wood into marketable products. "Big industry isn't where it's at," West says. "I'd like to see dispersed small industries. The more dispersed an industry is, the more stable it is, and the less likely to crash."
Shaping a healthier forest, and a healthier local economy, is West's first goal. "Making money comes second — though it does come," he says. "But you don't care so much about making a lot of money if you're already doing what you want to do."
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Tribes use land conservancies to reclaim ancestral grounds
Two Border Patrol agents race up on ATVs, rifles across their backs, and demand to know what Louie Guassac is doing, walking near the California-Mexico border. "We own this land," replies Guassac, a sturdy Kumeyaay Indian with a long black braid. It's something his tribe hasn't been able to say about this patch of desert since around 1875, when its members were first forced off traditional lands onto reservations.
As the ATVs roar off, Guassac stands among boulders and yellow wildflowers at the foot of his tribe's most sacred peak, Kuuchamaa Mountain. "If you just allow your senses to sense it, you'll feel it," he says. "The spirit is strong and it hasn't gone away." In 2009, three bands of Kumeyaay bought 43 acres here. Now, they're transferring the property to the Kumeyaay Digueño Land Conservancy, a nonprofit started this year by the governments of several Kumeyaay bands.
The nonprofit is part of an emerging trend among Native Americans to form land conservancies, managed by Indians, to acquire important ancestral lands outside reservations. The goal is to regain control of the land and protect it according to tribal values -- a method several tribes have found to be more effective than simply buying the land outright or working with the federal government to put it in trust. It's a way for tribes to become whole again, piece by piece. Guassac, who serves on the Kumeyaay Digueño Conservancy's board, says, "The Indian way of life is all based on the land. That's who we are."
Today, there are perhaps 10 tribal land conservancies, including the Native American Land Conservancy in Southern California, the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council in Northern California, Montana's Blackfeet Indian Land Conservation Trust, and the nationwide Indian Country Conservancy. Several other tribes are considering the idea, says Beth Rose Middleton, author of Trust in the Land: New Directions in Tribal Conservation.
Indian Country Conservancy is a spinoff of the much larger nonprofit Trust for Public Land. The trust's Tribal and Native Lands Program, started in 1999, has protected more than 200,000 acres for about 70 tribes. But last year, the program's leaders decided more tribes would embrace it if it became a separate organization with a mostly Native American board and CEO. It's currently working on projects in the Northwest for the Nez Perce and Yakama Indians.
Some Indian conservancies partner with government agencies and environmental groups to share costs. They also obtain funding from tribal governments, casino revenues, grants and memberships -- even raising money through fashion shows and golf tournaments. "One world is not shy of the other," says Kurt Russo, the Native American Land Conservancy's executive director.
Native-run land conservancies can protect land more quickly and with less red tape than the more traditional "fee-to-trust" programs, in which the federal government owns the land and manages it for the tribe. Getting approval for "fee-to-trust" transfers can require decades of working through regulations from zoning ordinances to environmental analyses.
In addition, conflicts between tribes and local governments have created problems for fee-to-trust transfers. Local governments often fear tribes will build casinos on new land. That worry also makes it harder for tribes to buy land directly, as does the possibility of higher property taxes, which don't apply to fee-to-trust properties and are lower for conservancy lands.
A land conservancy, however, typically prevents most development -- including casinos. And Native conservancies are able to manage land in a way that supports tribal values -- perhaps their greatest advantage. "Native land conservancies often put an emphasis on active engagement with the land," says Middleton, "for food, medicine, arts, utilitarian and spiritual uses. If you don't have access to the land, those things are lost."
In California's Mojave Desert, the Chemehuevi Indians have regained access to Old Woman Mountains Preserve. The 2,560-acre site was purchased in 2002 by the Native American Land Conservancy. The preserve contains rock formations, petroglyphs, plants and wildlife that are key to the tribe's history and spiritual beliefs. More than a third of California's native plant species can be found within its borders, and it's an important migration route for neotropical birds.
The preserve is open to both Native and non-Natives, but Russo says differing land-use values can cause conflict. "The tribes aren't acquiring and protecting them as picnic parks," he explains. In the preserve, he says, there are "no fires, absolutely no hunting, no rock climbing, collecting of plants or disturbing the cultural resources. You want to come here, you walk, you enjoy it, experience it. But it has to be done in a respectful way that is quiet." To enforce that, the conservancy employs a site monitor.
Kuuchamaa Mountain, on the other hand, will be primarily preserved for Kumeyaay Indians, says Guassac -- a place for tribal members to teach their children. It's a fraction of their historic territory, but it's a start. "This is preservation for future generations," he says. "So it's not just for our people, but it's also for your people."


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Gartner Says At Least Sixty Percent of Information Workers Will Interact With Content Applications via a Mobile Device by 2015
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Analysts to Discuss the New Mobile Organization at the Gartner Portals, Content and Collaboration Summit 2013, September 16-17 in London
The consumption of video on mobile devices for work-related purposes is on the rise, according to Gartner, Inc., bringing organizations under increasing pressure to support and manage it. Gartner predicts that by 2015, at least 60 percent of information workers will interact with content applications via a mobile device.
Developing and supporting new content management applications and uses is a daunting task for enterprises, which justifiably fear dissatisfaction and low adoption, said Whit Andrews, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. But the growing use of mobile devices for work demands that they support video on such equipment for internal and external uses. The challenge is more than just mobility. It also concerns heterogeneity, as Gartner predicts that, by 2014, 90 percent of organizations will support corporate applications on a variety of personal devices, from conventional laptop PCs, media tablets and mobile phones to hybrid or other kinds of devices that have yet to be made widely available.
Gartner says that companies and governments must respond with strategies for supporting video on such equipment, whether it is owned by them or by their workers or customers.
Engaging mobile workers means encouraging them to use the devices they have chosen, said Mr. Andrews. However, by the end of 2016, we expect 50 percent of content and collaboration initiatives will fail because of low levels of engagement with the information workers directly affected by them. There will be many aspects to this, including a failure to respect the importance of preferred devices for business consumers. Even though mobile devices represent an inconvenient way to deliver video in many respects, they must be part of any enterprise video strategy.
Mobility means that business consumers may sometimes find themselves using different devices in different places, sometimes on weak networks. Enterprises must therefore plan for adaptive delivery that allows for variable bandwidth as well as allowing for time-shifted consumption, as users that rely on mobile devices will not always have sufficient access to network resources to consume video live.
Time-shifting video is an important benefit that many executives resist because they dislike the psychological dilution that arises when not all workers share the experience of watching a video together. Nevertheless, consumption of a given video stream increases significantly when its targets can choose their own time to consume the video, and that consumption rises even more when they can consume individual shorter segments with particular messages that are crisp and concise.
Gartner recommends selecting vendors that support all the video formats the organization requires. While its true that the growth in OS centers on iOS and Android, other OSs are important to particular enterprises or viewer segments. Enterprises should analyze viewership to determine what devices consumers are using, which are growing in usage, and which are declining.
Enterprises have mainly relied on their enterprise video content management vendors to supply reliable facilities for managing video content in a way that results in interoperability, said Mr. Andrews. Large-scale transcoding is beyond most companies and governments without vendor support, and we expect to see more adoption of cloud transcoding to accommodate scale. Use of a video player alleviates some challenges, but players are not popular in all situations for architectural reasons. Nor are standards to be expected to solve everything for a majority of users in the short term.
More detailed analysis is available in the report How to Take Video Mobile With Enterprise Video Content Management. The report is available on Gartners website at http://www.gartner.com/resId=2516615.
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NextGig has leveraged their reputation and extensive network to promote Xena as a cost-efficient alternative to the current market leaders.
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Xena Networks, the global leader in Gigabit Ethernet Test Equipment Price Performance, has named US-based NextGig Systems as its "Partner of the Year" for their sales success, technical prowess and outstanding service.
"NextGig has proven their worth throughout 2012 and their solid contribution to Xena's overall growth was a decisive factor in choosing them as our Partner of the Year for 2012," says Jacob Nielsen, CEO at Xena Networks.
"We are very proud to receive this particular accolade," says Rob Esau, CEO at NextGig. "We believe Xena has the right approach and the right products. As a technology partner our goal is to provide the best solutions to our customers. We are excited to work with a company like Xena, who continues to listen to their customers and partners which helps make their solutions even better."
Headquartered in Westlake Village just north of Los Angeles, NextGig is responsible for sales of Xena's Gigabit Ethernet test equipment in 10 US states on the West Coast. They have a dedicated sales team that has blended outbound advertising with solid lead-generation campaigns involving call-centers to create awareness and demand for Xena's award-winning products.
"In this industry, pricing and product quality are obviously important. But the partner's role is critical for long-term success," says Jacob Nielsen. "From the very outset, NextGig has been committed to leveraging their reputation and extensive network to helping promote Xena as a valid and cost-efficient alternative to the current market leaders."
NextGig started as a Xena partner in 2010 and have proven their value on numerous occasions with constructive suggestions and feedback, many of which are now being incorporated into the next generation of software and hardware releases being developed by Xena Networks.
Another follow-on benefit for Xena were the additional leads resulting from NextGig's calling campaigns that Xena has been able to pass on to partners elsewhere in the US and internationally.
NextGig's rock-solid knowledge of Xena products and features has also been a decisive factor in their sales success.
"Providing great service is essential in complex technology sales," Rob Esau points out. "Being responsive by quickly following up on prospects, and answering their enquiries has required constant communication with Xena's team. They've made this easier for us with a dedicated presence on the East Coast, plus very rapid response times from the main development and production center in Europe."
"Xena looks forward to continuing its relationship with NextGig in 2013. We have a slew of exciting product developments that will increase our market opportunities," concludes Jacob Nielsen. "With partners like NextGig to help us, we are confident that 2013 will be a record year."


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Wednesday's Daily Pulse
Florida Legislature takes on debate over school security
Three months after a gunman killed 26 students and teachers at a Connecticut elementary school, lawmakers in Florida are proposing a flurry of bills aimed at making schools more secure. Some of the ideas are getting serious consideration. Read more from the Tampa Bay Times and see our Legislative Roundup below:
» Florida hospitals lobby lawmakers to expand Medicaid
» Legislature to take up special permits for Canadian drivers
» Make the right call on texting and driving
» Florida Legislature must face homeowner insurance debacle
» Bill would put an end to ex-spouses getting permanent alimony
» State legislators consider crackdown on Enterprise Florida
» Bill curbing surveillance drones passes committee
Florida to receive $395,000 from Google settlement
Florida will receive about $395,000 out of a nationwide $7 million settlement with the search giant Google over its collection of personal information from unsecured wireless networks. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the settlement Tuesday. Google also agreed to train employees about privacy and confidentiality for the next 10 years. [Source: AP]
The ultimate value of making employees happy
Inside South Florida's Ultimate Software, where there's an indoor basketball court and smiling workers, you could ask the same question that is being asked about Google: Is the company successful because its employees are happy or are they happy because the company is successful? This chicken or egg debate gets intriguing when you consider management philosophy and growth at both of these companies. [Source: Miami Herald]
Pushing back retirement, and not always for money
It's not your grandfather's retirement, not nearly as cut and dried. It's not the simple picture of stopping work at 60 or 65, moving to Florida and devoting oneself to golf and bridge — not that it was ever totally that. Nowadays retirement is all over the map. [Source: New York Times]
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As the number of renters increases and empty homes abound, some people are finding creative ways to get themselves into new homes — without paying for them. If recent trends in South Florida are an indication, any vacant dwelling can become a target. Even occupied ones are sometimes not safe. And once people are in, it proves difficult to get them out. [Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
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Peter Martinez wants to set up a bike-share program in Orlando, just like the ones that have swept into cities throughout the state, nation and world. But he is not having much luck so far, in part because he is seeking free city property for his bike racks.
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Palm Beach County building fees are going up, but not as much as once planned, because of concerns from builders and developers, county commissioners decided Tuesday. The county hasn't raised fees on new homes and businesses since 2006 because of the economic downturn and drop off in construction.
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Pinellas County is considering banning Internet sweepstakes cafes, but before it does, county commissioners want to know whether the cities would go along with it. At a meeting Tuesday, the board voted to send letters to Pinellas' 24 cities to ask whether they would opt out if Pinellas passed a complete ban.
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Service at Jacksonville International Airport is so good that the facility is ranked among the top ten best airports in North America for service quality. The Airports Council International named JIA as the fifth best airport on the continent as part of the Airport Service Quality Awards for 2012.
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With a new infusion of capital, AssureImmune plans to expand by opening a public bank. That would enable hospitals and doctors to find a potential match for a patient who needs a procedure. It can be difficult to find a match in a diverse region like South Florida, the company's top executives say.


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Shopko Hometown will be hosting the Gothenburg Rotary Club's Gift Tree this year. The tree contains tags for area people in need this holiday season. Information provided includes clothing sizes for adult/child/seniors and a wish list. Gifts can be purchased at Shopko Hometown or elsewhere and returned to Shopko for distribution. Shopko manager Meggan Schwager and Rotarian Dan Kreis help prepare the tree. Last year, gifts were provided for over 70 people.


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Chicago — More than 1,000 people kicked off their summers by joining free open-air Les Mills group exercise classes at Chicago's Millennium Park. The classes, presented by Les Mills Midwest, started in June and will continue through the summer.
This is the second year that Les Mills has participated in Chicago's summer fitness program at Millennium Park.
Attendance averaged more than 250 people and topped 300 on two Saturdays.
The Les Mills classes are part of an open-air fitness program sponsored by McDonald's, the Lakeshore Athletic Club and the Mayor's Fitness Council in Chicago.
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South Africa and FAO set sights on partnership programme
Tunis, 25 March 2014 – FAO and South Africa today agreed to step up their collaboration in the areas of food security, nutrition and agricultural and rural development in the country and the wider region.
Meeting on the sidelines of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa, the Organization's Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Ambassador Nomatemba Tambo, head of the South African delegation to the Conference, signed a letter of intent.
Under the new agreement, FAO will upgrade its current office in Pretoria to an FAO Country and Partnership office, and will develop a partnership programme with South Africa to implement technical projects in the areas of agriculture, forestry and fisheries at national as well as regional level in the framework of South-South cooperation and North-South partnerships.
South Africa is one of the higher income member countries that have requested a stronger in-country presence of FAO and an expansion of activities through more partnership and new funding arrangements. The other countries in Africa are Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria and Algeria.
The two parties will work together to finalize the arrangement and will sign a binding agreement as soon as possible.
South Africa is set to host the 14th World Forestry Congress in Durban, 7-11 September 2015. Hester Obisi, South Africa's appointed Secretary General for the Congress, is part of the South African delegation to the FAO Regional Conference.
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