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Disillusioned and discouraged, The Dictators dispersed — but never did break up. By the mid-1980s, guitarist Scott Kempner was looking for a vehicle for his songwriting, which was nothing like what was going on around him at the time. He found allies in his fight to revive real rock 'n' roll, which was fast becoming a lost art.
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As co-founder of The Dictators, guitarist Scott Kempner helped make rock 'n' roll dangerous again at a time when flaccid disco was king and arty pretension was killing music's soul. One of the finest proto-punk outfits ever assembled, The Dictators blazed a trail of uncompromising loud rock 'n' roll that inspired the rise of New York City's punk scene.


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Minnesota Farmers Getting Off to Slow Start
ST. PAUL (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Minnesota farmers are getting off to a slow start because of the persistent winter.
It its first weekly crops and weather report of the year, the USDA's Minnesota field office says the cold start to April and continuing dry conditions have limited field work compared with last year. Only 0.2 days were suitable for fieldwork last week, and producers don't expect full-scale fieldwork to begin until about April 26th, about two weeks later than last year and five days behind the five-year average.
As the drought persists, topsoil moisture supplies are rated 10 percent very short, 30 percent short, 47 percent adequate and 13 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture is rated 28 percent very short, 46 percent short, 23 percent adequate, and 3 percent surplus.


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There are just enough laugh-out-loud moments here to excuse the lurches into shameless, tear-jerking sentimentality.
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Curtis ends up making a virtue out of the narrative's episodic quality, a tendency that's been criticized in his previous work; the film, like life, is just one damn thing after another, and that's really the rather lovely point.
What results is amusing, gently entertaining and might induce a tear or two.
Gleeson and McAdams make a touching, lifelike couple, but by the time the movie starts telling us to live each day as if we were going back and doing it all over again, you may feel Curtis has mistaken hokum for wisdom.
Enjoy the love in your life, and don't squander it: That's all Curtis is selling here, really. With Gleeson and McAdams at the forefront, About Time has a beguiling pair of rom-com miracle workers helping him close the sale.
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OK for kids 16+
Sweet time travel rom-com with strong language, some sex.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that About Time is a sweet comic romance with a time travel element that shows characters with strong family ties, who are interested in settling down and raising new families. Though there's no nudity, sex is an issue; characters often talk about or think about sex, and we see couples in bed after presumed sex. Language is also fairly strong, with several uses of "f--k," some uses of "s--t," and one use of this phrase: "oh my assing God." The main character's sister is described as being in an abusive relationship and has a drinking problem. She gets into a drunk driving accident, and is shown in the hospital with some scratches and bruises.
Messages: A man who is given the gift of time learns that it is precious, and that every moment spent with his loved ones counts. Love, family, and loyalty are all strong themes throughout. The idea that one can find beauty in the small moments of every day is reinforced.
Role models: The main character is a genuinely nice fellow,. He rarely abuses his time travel powers, and when he does it's in a sweet, funny way rather than in any way that hurts others. He is devoted to his family and demonstrates commitment to those he is closest to.
Violence: A character gets into a drunk driving accident that is not graphic. She is seen in the hospital with some scratches and bruises. It is also alluded to that her boyfriend may be abusive toward her, but nothing definitive is said or shown. Some angry arguments and a few comic punches.
Sex: The movie has no nudity, but characters definitely think about and talk about sex. The main character spends a summer obsessing over a pretty houseguest and hoping to sleep with her. He later meets the girl of his dreams on a date, and uses his time travel gift to have sex with her several times in one night though only a bit of kissing and the humorous aftermath is visible. He also kisses a girl at a New Year's Eve party. A woman's naked breasts are visible in a photo art exhibit.
Language: Language is very strong, despite the film's sweet nature. "F--k" is heard several times, as well as "s--t," and this phrase: "oh my assing God." A middle finger gesture is shown.
Consumerism: Not applicable
Drinking, drugs and smoking: The main character's sister has a drinking problem that she overcomes. She is also said to be living with an abusive boyfriend who also has a drinking problem. She leaves that relationship and takes up with a nice guy. Otherwise, characters generally drink socially throughout the film, such as at dinner or at a New Year's Eve party.
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Faced with increased regulatory and consumer pressure as well as a lawsuit, Monster Beverage Corp. went on the offensive to deflect accusations that its products offered more than just a liquid jolt.
The Corona energy drink maker, responding Monday to the lawsuit, said there was "no medical or scientific evidence" to support a finding that its energy drinks contributed to a 14-year-old Maryland girl's death.
The family of Anais Fournier accused Monster of negligence and wrongful death in a lawsuit filed in October. The teenager died after consuming two 24-ounce cans of Monster beverages within a 24-hour period.
The case raised the level of concern from legislators, parents and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about a host of possible health issues related to the consumption of energy drinks.


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Barnacle-encrusted boat embedded in sand likely tsunami debris
GLENEDEN BEACH, Ore. - Barnacles, brown algae and unknown species of "hydrozoans" took up residence on a boat from Japan now embedded in sand on the Oregon Coast, likely debris of the March 2011 tsunami.
On Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 2:30 p.m., two Oregon Department of Fish and Wildife biologists, Steve Rumrill and Justin Ainsworth, inspected a boat that washed up Gleneden Beach earlier in the day.
The boat is oriented hull up, and it is embedded in the sand with most of the hull exposed.
The vessel is 30 feet long and the hull is an unusual design and appears to be a specialty design for some type of commercial fishing or aquaculture activity.
The fiberglass hull is predominantly white with patches of blue bottom paint.
The side of the vessel contains a 4"X12" "YAMAHA" sticker, and the bow section contains some red painted characters.
They inspected the marine organisms attached to the overturned hull.
The hull is covered in large numbers of pelagic (gooseneck) barnacles which colonized the surfaces while the vessel was adrift in the open ocean. The hull is colonized by extensive patches of brown algae (species unknown, but not Wakame) and colonies of hydrozoans (species unknown). The hull is also colonized by large numbers of blue mussels, but species not confirmed. One individual of the Japanese acorn barnacle was seen.
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department staff was on site and is in the process of developing a plan for removal of the vessel.
In summary, state officials said the overturned boat appears to be Japan tsunami marine debris that does not pose a risk for HazMats and that poses very little risk associated with invasive species.


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Our first matwork teacher training course in France began in July 2012. This was an English language course based in St-Germain en Laye on the western edge of Paris (20 minutes from La Defense on RER).
This followed very successful Introductory Workshops led by Lynne Robinson - for information please click here for the poster. The workshop was organised by Linsay Matson (seen right with Lynne) from the Pilates Ouest studio (www.pilates-ouest.com).
Body Control Pilates Matwork Teacher Training Courses in France
Our training base is Pilates Ouest Studio, St-Germain en Laye, Paris
To gain certification students must attend all tuition days; pass a written examination on anatomy and on the wider principles of fitness; be assessed teaching a class (the culmination of their Supervised Teaching period); and complete some self-study work, including two open essay questions on Pilates theory. The practical Supervised Teaching period requires typically 50 hours' attendance, commencing after the tuition period - the actual length of the period will vary by student based on feedback and progress. Students are also welcome to attend supervised teaching workshops in London if they wish. The written examination may be taken on any of the specified examination dates once the tuition days are completed.
Anatomy is taught during the course in relation to the exercise programme. Students are expected to have developed sufficient knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology prior to commencement - booklist supplied.
Successful students will receive a certification to teach matwork classes in the Pilates Method and are licensed, subject to agreement, to use the Body Control Pilates Trade Mark. This qualification is accredited by the European Register of Exercise Professionals (EREPs).
Future course tuition dates will be announced here.
For more information on this teacher training course (including entry requirements), please contact Linsay Matson of the Pilates Ouest studio in Saint-Germain en Laye (www.pilates-ouest.com) at email@example.com or by calling 0663 645 327.
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Spa Valley Railway » All Events
One of the biggest beer festivals in Kent & Sussex!
Our major Real Ale and Cider event, only made possible through the support of West Kent CAMRA, is back for its 8th year. With 160+ Real Ales, 25+ Green Hop Beers, a craft beer bar featuring UK Keg & European Beers & 30+ Ciders, this is the event you do not want to miss.
The main festival takes place in our Victorian Engine Shed at Tunbridge Wells West where you can enjoy a pint or two throughout the day in between train rides if you wish, the festival continues on the trains and at Groombridge and Eridge Stations too, the whole railway comes alive with some wonderful local brews.
We've also combined this event for the 8th year with our annual Autumn Diesel Gala which for 2018 features five historic 1960's built Heritage Diesel Locomotives, all hauling 1960's built carriages!
- Class 25 D7612
- Class 31 31430 'Sister Dora'
- Class 33 33063 'R.J.Mitchell'
- Class 33/2 33201
- Class 73 73140
Tickets are just £20 per adult or £10 per child for unlimted travel all day from the first to the last train.
Members of CAMRA who produce their membership card can travel for just £15!
Friday & Saturday: 11:00-23:00, Sunday: 11:00-18:00.
Trains from 09:30 Friday & Saturday until 23:00, trains from 09:30 until 17:00 on Sunday.
At the stations:
Tunbridge Wells West
- The main festival location, inside the engine shed with most of the Real Ale, Belgian/KeyKeg Beers & Cider.
- Trains to High Rocks, Groombridge & Eridge.
- Fullers Butcher BBQ
- Thai Food Stand
- Live Entertainment throughout the event at selected times - details to be published shortly.
- Ticket office, toilets and main departure point of train services.
- Station shop stocking a large variety of railway and children's products.
- Train travel from 17:30 is just £10, £5 for CAMRA and Spa Valley members on production of a valid membership card.
High Rocks
- Access to the famous High Rocks or Tea Garden Lane which can provide great photographic opportunities.
- High Rocks Inn and Garden.
- A great place to watch the trains from the Inns garden.
- Please note that evening & shuttle trains will not serve High Rocks.
- Trains crossing over all three days.
- Real ale & cider available on the station platform in our marquee!
- Thai Food Stand!
- Mainline connections with Southern services to Central London, East Croydon, Oxted (change for East Grinstead) and Uckfield.
- Real ale and cider on sale in our Waiting Room.
- Locomotives can be viewed in the bay platform between trains if timetabled to remain at the station.
- South African Hot and Cold food!
Local Accomodation
There are many places to stay in Tunbridge Wells but we suggest you book in advance to make sure you can stay over and enjoy the whole event, it saves driving and means you can have a few!
- The Brick House Bed & Breakfast - Click here
- Tunbridge Wells Travelodge - Click here - sells out fast and also the cheapest hotel.
- Smith and Western, just accross the road from Tunbridge Wells West - Click here
Details of other local accomodation can be found here
The nearest campsites to the Spa Valley Railway can be found here, the campsite we run past is for Scout Groups only, not for the general public.
Getting to our 8th CAMRA Real Ale & Cider Festival 2018:
By Road:
The railway's Tunbridge Wells West address is: West Station, Neville Terrace, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 5QY and we can be located at the Western end of the town by Sainsbury's and Homebase. Brown tourist signs in the area will assist in guidance and there are two Pay & Display Car Parks within 5-10 minutes' walk of Tunbridge Wells West Station located at Union House, Linden Close and Major York's Road.
Eridge Station can be accessed off of the main A26 Tunbridge Wells to Lewes Road. The station has a large Pay & DIsplay Car Park and currently at weekends is just £2 to park all day.
There is very limited parking at Groombridge Station. High Rocks Station has a large free car park and signage is available from Tunbridge Wells to the Rocks themselves.
For Sat Navs the railway is located at the following post codes:
- Tunbridge Wells West: TN2 5QY
- High Rocks: TN3 9JJ
- Groombridge: TN3 9RD
- Eridge: TN3 9LE
By Rail:
The easiest station you can get to us via rail travel is Eridge where our trains depart from Platform 2 or you can arrive via Tunbridge Wells Mainline after a 10-15 minute walk down the town through the very famous Pantiles. Please check National Rail Enquiries before travelling.
Booking information
Rover tickets are valid for unlimited travel on the day of issue. If you select an e-ticket please ensure you print it off and bring it with you on the day, you will not be required to exchange it however you must have it in printed form for our staff to check.
Note that a £10 admin fee applies to all booking alterations.
For our full refund, cancellations and alterations please see here.


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Where do the MotoGP riders hang out when they aren't on track, in the box, or in the team hospitality? Probably in their motor homes if the race is a European round. Most of the riders seem to own or lease their own vehicles, though some seem to rent per event. Like the hospitalities and other paddock amenities, RVs do not join the air freight for fly-away races. But for the rounds to which they can travel over land, they park together in a section of the paddock where the riders can escape the media and fans.
As I walked from the P1 parking area toward the media center I passed the paddock of riders' RVs and saw this sign. I chose not to ask Cal about this as I did not want to get slammed for asking about a touchy subject, but I like the photo because it shows a seldom-seen side of the GP scene.
We tend to think of MotoGP riders as pampered, top-level athletes with entourages and handlers and so on. But it's not impossible for one to be sitting in his RV, slowly going mad because people keep coming in and slamming the door. Neither is it impossible for someone to point out a misspelling in his warning, which is a nice reminder that in spite of their ungodly abilities on two wheels, they are still people, at least in some ways, just like the rest of us.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Something had to give with first and second-place ECAC Hockey teams meeting at Ingalls Rink. The No. 18 Union Dutchmen came to New Haven with an 8-1-1 (4-0 conference) road mark while No. 6 Yale was 5-1-1 in the Whale. Brendan Mason's two goals were the difference as the Bulldogs took a 4-3 contest before a sold-out crowd and jumped over Union in the standings for a first-place tie with Cornell.
Mason, a junior forward who entered the game with four goals, notched his first collegiate multiple-goal outing and the game-winner as the Elis outshot the Dutchmen 40-25.
Yale (12-5-3, 8-3-2 ECAC) found the net on just one of seven power plays but got solid goaltending from freshman Nick Maricic, who had 22 saves, stopped all five Union man-advantages and got better as the game went along.
Keith Kinkaid, also a freshman in net, made 36 saves for Union (13-7-5, 7-3-3) which lost its third straight game.
The first two shots at both ends found the net in the first three minutes of the game, but the Bulldogs only managed one more tally while having a 16-3 shot advantage in the opening period. All three goals came in the first six minutes.
"The good start was key. We wanted to make sure we were skating our best from the get go," said Keith Allain '80, Yale's Malcolm G. Chace Head Coach of Hockey.
Andrew Miller, last year's USA Junior Player of the Year, figured into all three goals in the frame. First he blocked a shot at the point that Sean Backman (13th goal) scooped up before racing in alone on Kinkaid. The senior forward faked right and tucked it past the goalie's stick with the backhand just 45 seconds in.
At the other end trying to clear the puck, Miller lost control and it went right to Luke Cain the sophomore Union winger. Cain immediately sent a low wrister toward Maricic and caught the goalie by surprise on the stick side at 3:05.
Miller then was in the middle of the scoring play that put Yale up 2-1. He took a side-board feed from Mike Matczak heading over the Union blueline. Miller sent a lead feed to Brian O'Neill that turned into a nifty, five-hole shot from the low slot and the sophomore's ninth goal of the year. O'Neill, who had not been playing much with Miller, liked working with his old teammate.
" We (Miller) played together in Chicago and he sees the ice very well," said O'Neill. "He sent me a perfect pass and I was alone with the goalie."
Maricic, who has five of Yale's 12 wins, preserved the one-goal lead after 20 minutes with two of his three saves (one was a 2-on-1 where he closed the gap at the last moment) in the frame, while Kinkaid needed 14 stops keep the Dutchmen from getting blown out.
"He (Maricic) did a good job tonight. He made a couple of really big saves in the third period," said Allain. "The glove save in the third period with about five minutes left was fantastic."
The visitors tied the game again 3:03 into the second period when Maricic got caught sliding out too far to make a play. Jon Lareau was the beneficiary with his first collegiate tally.
The home team answered almost four minutes later to take its third one-goal advantage at 3-2. Two seconds after time ran out on a Yale man-advantage, the Elis used a scrum around the net to slip one past Kinkaid. Mason (5th) crashed the net at the right time and knocked it over the goal line after Jeff Anderson moved it from the side of the net. There was enough confusion around the net to warrant a video review which confirmed Mason's tally after three minutes.
"I knew they would throw it toward the net. I drove my body through and got my stick on the puck," said Mason. "The puck went off my stick and then my leg over the goal line. I would have been really mad if they had taken that one away."
The Blue managed to get a two-goal lead in the third. Moments after having a goal taken away because of a high stick, Mason jumped all over a rebound at 6:44.
"Our (Anderson, Kearney, Martin, Peel) power-play unit is suppose to throw it on net and get big bodies to take away the goalie's eyes," said Mason, who had his best point night since a one-goal, two assist outing at Cornell last winter.
The cushion was an important one that did not last long. On a delayed penalty call with just over a minute to play, John Simpson (4th) skated over the blueline and fired a shot through traffic from the middle of the slot to cut the margin to one again.
Union tried to pull Kinkaid for the extra skater but had to wait until there was less than 20 seconds in the game. The Elis cleared the puck once and were called for icing with eight second remaining. The Dutchmen won the draw but could not get a shot on goal.
The Elis are back in action Saturday night at 7 against RPI.


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Is anyone else trying to grow their blog? I am hoping my daily project from one of this month's challenges will help increase my blog followers. Are there any bloggers who want more followers? I'd be happy to help. Does anyone have any ideas on how to increase the number of people who visit? It sometimes seems like I'm writing only to myself. That's not necessarily a bad thing but I'd love to share my work with others. Here is the link to my blog with my Mermaid's Story. I'd love to have you visit!Misplaced Mermaid
Growing my Blog
Growing your blog is all about growing your community - that means reaching out with comments on other blogs and engaging those who comment on your blog. And of course let everyone know, tell your family and friends you are blogging, put your url on the bottom on your emails and that kind of thing Also tagging and keywording is important so Google can find you. If you have a distinct voice, are community minded, offer something of quality for readers, your blog will grow.
I do agree with Tina - One part of not being a solitary blogger is starting, yourself, pressing the "follow" button and commenting on the blogs you like, and which you identify yourself and your blog. A point to consider is that, even if you want more people on your blog, you can´t sound like if you´re begging people to go there. There are people here in Brazil that end all coments on blogs with a "please visit me back", and the url of his/her own blog. However, you can usually find his/her blog for yourself without it, and you´ll be curious enough to go there if the person posts cool coments on your blog or other´s blog.
Having the blog on your signature is also great! Grows interest on people you relate with.
Thank you for your feedback Lorien. I have been trying to reach out to other bloggers by following their blogs and leaving meaningful feedback. Maybe it just takes more time. I'm going to add my blog url to my signature though, too.
Thank you Tina. I haven't done much with tagging or keywords so I'll definitely try that. It seems like just putting myself out there and interacting with other bloggers is a good beginning.
hi, Lou Anne, you may also want to try joining a weekly link party. it puts people with common interests together, you visit each others blogs and after a while you get to "know" each other. also, i think followers want to get to know the person behind the works we post so i think it's also good to include some personal thoughts and stories. hope this helps!
The link party sounds cool. Perhaps we could have one here if people are interested? Can anyone point to a good one so I can get some details of how it's done?
There are a gazillion linky parties out there, search for linky tools, I personally am involved with many photography and mixed media ones on my blog (since I am doing a photo a day). I had a failed one, so I know how to set it up. What are you looking for, or what did you have in mind? Ones that I participate in are, Macro, Black and White, Scavenger Hunt, Photo Story, Mixed Media.
It does take time and outreach to grow your blog. Mine went from a mommy blog, to a personal interest blog, and now is mostly a photog blog, you have to find your niche and find like-minded people for it to be meaningful to you and to others.
Thanks Peggy. I hadn't heard of a link party but I'll check it out. I was a little disappointed in the blog hop I did for growing my blog. There were over 300 participants and I didn't add that many followers. On the positive side, the interests of the bloggers was really widely varied so I saw some great blogs, joined some, and met some interesting people. I guess that's the main idea.
Emily, your words are also encouraging. It does seem crucial to find like-minded people with interests that are in line with mine. I saw a wide range of things. I'd love to visit your blog if you give me the link.
Thanks. I'll check it out.
the link party i always join is What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday since it's very easy to join. just a picture of what your desk looks like, whatever projects are on it and that's it.
Thank you! I'll check it out.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio high school's computer and posted a video related the rape of a teenage girl at an alcohol-fueled party.
Hacker activists helped propel coverage of the Steubenville rape case, in part by re-posting a 12-minute Internet video showing a former student joking about the attack and the victim, a West Virginia teenager.
Deric Lostutter, 26, told The Associated Press he posted the video on the school's athletics booster website, but he said he didn't hack into the site or any computers. He said someone else, who he wouldn't identify, hacked into the website.
Two football players were convicted of rape. Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, was sentenced to at least a year in the state juvenile detention system. Trent Mays, 17, was sentenced to at least two years in juvenile detention. He was also convicted of photographing the underage girl naked.
Lostutter believes he could go to prison for posting the video.
"I'm facing 25 years in prison when rapists face one," Lostutter said.
Lostutter's attorney, Jason Flores-Williams of New Mexico, works with the Whistleblowers Defense League. He said he expected his client to be indicted in as soon as a few weeks.
"Deric is innocent and this is a waste of taxpayer dollars. We'll be battling," he said.
It's not clear whether he will face any charges. Kyle Edelen, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Lexington, declined to comment.
The Steubenville case gained international attention through the work of bloggers and hacker activists who alleged a cover-up to protect other football players. The suspicions hinged on the presence of other students when the attack happened, including at least two who captured it on their cellphones.
Three teen witnesses were granted immunity from prosecution by a judge to allow them to testify against the two players.
Ohio prosecutors are investigating whether coaches or school administrators knew of the rape allegation but failed to report it.
In January, a 12-minute video that first appeared on YouTube after the rape and mocked the attack was reposted on the high school's fan website, RollRedRoll.
The FBI raided Lostutter's home in April, seeking computer equipment, records related to RollRedRoll and a Guy Fawkes mask, he said.
The warrant is not publically available through the federal courts.
Lostutter said he worked with the online hacking group Anonymous and that a group of FBI agents, joined by two Kentucky State Troopers and an officer from the Clark County Sheriff's Office spent three hours in his home. During that time, Lostutter said he and two others were handcuffed and not allowed to leave or shown the warrant until the search was over.
Lostutter said wasn't told of his rights before being handcuffed.
"When I realized I wasn't Mirandized, I was like 'score'," Lostutter said.
Lostutter said he has tried to settle the case with the Justice Department.
"There's no reason why I should face more time for compromising a site by guessing a security question to reset a password ... than those people who held down a drunk, underage teenager," Lostutter said. "And, I did it in the name of good. And, I didn't even do it."
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The latest in a long string of New York political scandals shows the ongoing need to remove money from Albany politics, advocates for campaign finance reform said.
A day after Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith, City Councilman Daniel Halloran, two high-ranking city Republican Party officials and the mayor and deputy mayor of suburban Spring Valley were arrested as part of a federal investigation, watchdog groups insisted that Albany's "pay-to-play" culture must go.
The groups acknowledged Wednesday that the federal bribery and fraud charges filed against Smith involve his effort to run as a Republican for mayor of New York City, which already has public campaign financing. But they noted that the case reportedly included a promise of state money.
They urged adoption this year of a reform package with campaign contribution limits, strong enforcement and a publicly financed system to match small donations.
Karen Scharff of Citizen Action of New York says many legislators first get elected intending to work for their communities then learn they are in a system where money determines outcomes. "If we can change that basic culture, and public financing goes a long way to change that, it has a lot of repercussions on the way that people operate," she said.
Barbara Bartoletti of the League of Women Voters said New York has no investigators at the state Board of Elections, while strict enforcement of campaign finance rules is needed. She said New York needs a pool of public financing, "so we can not only clean up this, unfortunately, this cesspool we have in our culture in Albany, but we can bring better ideas and more diversity into our government."
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has committed to campaign finance reform, part of his promise of "fixing Albany." Now he just has to "pull the Legislature along" and get it done, she said.
"In the past six years, there have been nine state senators who have lost in the general election but 11 have been arrested," said Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group. "This is not the sign of a healthy democracy."
Mahoney said more than half of New York's legislators have used leftover campaign funds to buy themselves cars.
Scharff noted that Smith's guilt or innocence hasn't been determined yet and said they need to look at the barrel — the structure and the system — not at individual rotten apples. "There's always going to be people who break the law. But what we can do is create a different environment when people run for office," she said.
Smith himself introduced campaign finance legislation in 2008 like the measure the groups are advocating now.
Cuomo, whose re-election campaign fund recently reported $22.5 million on hand, this year proposed mandatory reporting within 48 hours of any political or lobbying contributions above $500, lowering and closing loopholes in donation limits and matching public funds for small donations like the city's system.
"You think about how our system works right now. Any everyday New Yorker, any person who decides to run for office, the first thing they're asked to be taken seriously is: 'How much money can you raise?' The only way you can have a chance to be taken seriously is to raise tons of money," Scharff said.
"If we can change the underlying culture, it changes how people operate once they're in office," she said. "What New York is seeing over and over again, year after year, is that money determines what happens in Albany, whether it's campaign finance or other means."


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A sweeping anti-abortion bill is headed to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback.
The House gave final approval Friday to the measure, which blocks tax breaks for abortion providers and outlaws abortions performed solely because of the baby's sex.
The measure also declares that life begins "at fertilization," language that abortion opponents call a statement of principle and not an outright ban on abortion, though the bill's opponents are skeptical.
Brownback is likely to sign the bill into law.
Abortion opponents argue the bill lessens the state's entanglement with terminating pregnancies. Abortion-rights advocates say it threatens access to abortion services.
The bill also prohibits abortion providers from being involved in public school sex education classes and spells out in greater detail what information doctors must provide to patients before performing abortions.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
A sweeping anti-abortion bill that blocks tax breaks for providers and outlaws abortions solely because of the baby's sex cleared the Kansas Senate on Friday, setting up a House vote that could send the measure to Gov. Sam Brownback.
Senators voted 28-10 for a compromise version of the bill reconciling differences between the two chambers. The House was expected to take up the bill later in the day, and if passed, supporters expect Brownback to sign it. The Republican governor is a strong abortion opponent.
In addition to the bans on tax breaks and sex-selection abortions, the bill prohibits abortion providers from being involved in public school sex education classes and spells out in more detail what information doctors must provide to patients seeking abortions.
The measure also declares that life begins "at fertilization," language that some abortion-rights supporters worry could be used to legally harass providers. Abortion opponents call it a statement of principle and not an outright ban on terminating pregnancies.
"The human is a magnificent piece of work at all stages of development, wondrous in every regard, from the microscopic until full development," said Sen. Steve Fitzgerald, a Leavenworth Republican who supported the bill.
Abortion opponents argue the full measure lessens the state's entanglement with terminating pregnancies, but abortion-rights advocates say it threatens access to abortion services.
The declaration that life begins at fertilization is embodied in "personhood" measures in other states. Such measures are aimed at revising their constitutions to ban all abortions, and none have been enacted, though North Dakota voters will have one on the ballot in 2014.
But Kansas lawmakers aren't trying to change the state constitution, and the measure notes that any rights suggested by the language are limited by decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. It declared in its historic Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 that women have a right to obtain abortions in some circumstances, and has upheld that decision while allowing increasing restrictions by states.
Thirteen states, including Missouri, have such language in their laws, according to the National Right to Life Committee.
Sen. David Haley, a Kansas Democrat who opposed the bill, zeroed in on the statement, saying that supporters of the bill were pursuing a "Taliban-esque" course of letting religious views dictate policy limiting women's ability to make decisions about health care and whether they'll have children.
"Let's let women decide what happens in women's lives with unplanned pregnancies," Haley said.
Brownback has signed multiple anti-abortion measures into law, and the number of pregnancies terminated in the state has declined 11 percent since he took office in January 2011.
This year's legislation - which would take effect July 1 if signed - is less restrictive than a new North Dakota law that bans abortions as early as the sixth week of pregnancy and a new Arkansas law prohibiting most abortions after the 12th week. But many abortion opponents still see it as a significant step.
The provisions dealing with tax breaks are designed to prevent the state from subsidizing abortions, even indirectly. For example, health care providers don't have the pay the state sales tax on items they purchase, but the bill would deny that break to abortion providers. Also, a woman could not include abortion costs if she deducts medical expenses on her income taxes.
The anti-abortion legislation is HB 2253.
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"It's not going away," says Lisle Cook, chairman, U.S. Grains Council. "Biotechnology offers tremendous benefits to the world: reduced costs to producers and improved food quality to consumers. We can't allow emotion to run the technology out of agriculture."
Cook discussed the pitfalls and the potential for biotechnology acceptance at the Commodity Classic, a joint trade show and conference of the American Soybean and the National Corn Growers' associations in San Antonio.
Cook says U.S. agriculture currently has "a lot of fence mending to do," to restore confidence in agricultural products in general and in genetically modified (GM) products specifically.
"We experienced a serious, embarrassing breach of the regulatory system with the StarLink corn episode," Cook says. "We understand, however, that (allowing a GM corn product not approved for human consumption into the food channel) is a regulatory issue, not a food safety issue. It is extremely unlikely that StarLink poses any allergy threat.
"But that situation hurt our credibility and resulted in a slowdown in exports to Japan and Korea. We are addressing those concerns and are working on testing procedures to (make regulation more reliable) and to get those exports back up.
"We believe this is a short-term issue and we've learned some valuable and expensive lessons from the experience."
In the future, Cook says, U.S. companies should not commercialize any GM product without full approval of both U.S. and overseas markets.
"We've found that our split approval system is not working," he says. "Farmers must know what they have in planter boxes."
He says the technology faces other challenges, as well. "We've lost markets in Europe and we've seen stringent testing proposed (for GM products) in Saudi Arabia. We've delayed that action for a year, but we could see other Gulf countries add similar restrictions on GM products."
He says pending legislation in Mexico would require labeling all GM food products, including livestock that have been fed GM grains.
"It's impossible to identify animals that have been fed GM products," he says.
"This is not just a U.S. concern," Cook adds. "It's international; other nations are developing GM products and not just for agriculture use. The opportunities for biotechnology are tremendous."
He says the main beneficiaries may be third world countries that desperately need improved nutrition.
"We must move toward a position where the benefits to consumers are as obvious as they are for producers. Labeling and segregation will be a factor, as will consumer education regarding benefits and safety.
"Sound science must prevail over emotion," he says.
Jerry Slocum, International Marketing Chair, United Soybean Board, and a Mississippi farmer, says currently producers may find incentives for non-GM products that can be "identity-preserved in the marketplace. That will not always be the case," he says. "Biotechnology will show its benefits."
Slocum says educational efforts from ASA are bearing fruit.
"We've been working on educational efforts in Europe since 1995," he says. "We've also worked with Japan, Korea, the Middle East and Mexico. We try to protect market access to all U.S. soybeans."
He says the ASA/USB pits sound science against GM opponents' pitch to emotions.
"We point out the environmental and safety benefits," he says.
Slocum sees acceptance in Europe as more of a trade issue than a health or environmental one.
"Soymeal trades in an extremely price-sensitive environment," he says. "And sales are improving in Europe. They say they don't want biotech, but they are buying more and more."
He says Argentina has increased production of genetically modified soybeans significantly over the past few years. As much as 90 percent of Argentina's soybean crop will be Roundup Ready and most will be exported.
"Our education efforts have succeeded," Slocum says. "All Roundup Ready varieties have been approved by all major importers. The United States will export soybeans to every major importer in Europe this year.
It's an ongoing process. "We have to identify what customers want and need. Those are not always the same.
"We also have to collaborate, as an industry, to produce what customers want and need. We have to deliver products in the form customers want them. And we have to assure customers of food safety."
Biotechnology and food safety, Slocum says, "are not synonymous. We have to teach the difference; we have to become more customer focused."


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I'm not sure I'm agreeing on the pre-orders setting order ammounts. I see where guys are coming from on that, but at the same time, how do you set a $25 price without already knowing how many you've produced? You really can't set the price before production, know what I mean? If only a 1000 people order at $25 a pop that's only $25,000... That seems on the low side for a completely newly tooled action figure, and all the crap it comes with.
So what is the price AFTER shipping?
They've altered the deal. You will now be charged at time of shipment instead of at time of pre-order.
I though it was weird to charge before shipping. Glad they did that.
Quote from: Darth_Anton on July 17, 2012, 09:15 AMI though it was weird to charge before shipping. Glad they did that.Has anyone here ordered from sponsor Nerd Rage Toys? I preordered some SW and Marvel items from them and they charged me immediately. That was maybe a month ago and I'm sure I won't get my figures for another month or two.
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The Remarkable Reta Banks
By: Legacy Staff
5 years ago
What a movie this would make: a young champion swimmer born in Australia sets sail from Sydney – on a hospital ship carrying wounded American soldiers – lands in San Francisco, becomes a fashion consultant for I. Magnin's and is friendly with celebrities including Bing Crosby, Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne.
Oh, but that's not all. When she retired from fashion, she took up fishing!
Reta Banks, who died in San Francisco this month at the age of 105, became Captain Ducky in the Coast Guard Auxiliary and was a familiar sight around Fisherman's Wharf. She eventually became a Charter Boat Captain with the Fisherman's Wharf Fleet, skippering a commercial fishing boat.
When she turned 95, she was quoted as saying, "I go to the wharf once in a while and take a ride out to Golden Gate. It's only for an hour but if my health stays the same, I wouldn't mind living to 100."
Five years later, the San Francisco Chronicle noted her 100th birthday, celebrated with champagne and cake and a jaunt around the bay with friends.
Here are a few other colorful facts that would make good film fodder:
• Her dad was a gold miner;
• As a toddler, she lived in a tent;
• She began her fashion career as a swimsuit model;
• As Capt. Ducky, she firmly carved out a place for women in the fishing industry;
• She was a breast cancer survivor who, after a double mastectomy, told her crew to call her Twiggy;
• And she was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) in 1981 but, according to her obituary, "miraculously recovered" thanks to her "extraordinarily positive attitude."
Susan Soper is the author of ObitKit®, A Guide to Celebrating Your Life. A lifelong journalist, she has written for Newsday and CNN, and was Features Editor at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she launched a series called "Living with Grief."


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Thursday's Market: Municipal Prices Fall 1/2 to 5/8 Point; $101 Million N.Y. Dorm Deal Priced
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Reports on significant change price of municipal bonds in the U.S. bond market. Unexpected increase in housing permits; Factors contributing to the economy; Rating assigned to the bonds by various rating agencies.
- Yields Fall One to Two Basis Points; $854 Million in New Issues Priced. Johnson, Anastasija // Bond Buyer;7/11/2003, Vol. 345 Issue 31675, p2
Reports on the fall in municipal bond yields from one or two basis points in the U.S. while in the new issue market underwriters priced $854 million in major new issues as of July 11, 2003. Expected yield from revenue bonds in coming years; Repricing for institutions in the new-issue market by...
- Municipal Bond Prices. // Bond Buyer;6/28/2001, Vol. 336 Issue 31170, p41
Presents information about prices of municipal bonds in the U.S. as of June 28, 2001. Municipal bond dealer-to-dealer brokers who will evaluate prices of bonds; Several categories of municipal bonds taken into consideration for price evaluation.
- Municipal Bond Prices . // Bond Buyer;10/26/2001, Vol. 338 Issue 31252, p43
Presents statistics on municipal bond prices of various organizations as of October 26, 2001 in the U.S. Ratings of municipal bonds of the Virginia College Building Authority; Change in bid price of the bonds of the Wisconsin Health and Education Facilities Authority; Bid price and rating of...
- Friday's Market: Prices Little Changed; New Issues Loom. Chesla, Nicholas // Bond Buyer;10/29/2001, Vol. 338 Issue 31253, p2
Reports on no changes in municipal bonds prices due to market's focus on multi-billion dollar issues arising in the United States. Decline in home sales; Expected decline in consumer sentiment index.
- Municipal Bond Prices. // Bond Buyer;10/29/2001, Vol. 338 Issue 31253, p47
Highlights prices for municipal bonds in the U.S. Change in bid prices; Rating for the issued bonds; Yield for several issued bonds.
- Municipal Bond Index. // Bond Buyer;10/29/2001, Vol. 338 Issue 31253, p47
Illustrates weekly municipal bond index as of October 29, 2001. maturity date for issued bonds; Par call date for the bonds; Converted price for the bonds.
- Long End Up One Point as Govies Take Off on End of 30-Year Bonds. Monsarrat, Sean; Chesla, Nicholas // Bond Buyer;11/1/2001, Vol. 338 Issue 31256, p2
Reports on the rise in long-dated municipal bond prices in the U.S. as of October 2001. Rate of price increase; Influence of the elimination of 30-year bond sales on the increase; Comparative gain of 10-year municipal bond prices and 30-year bonds.
- Municipal Bond Prices. // Bond Buyer;11/1/2001, Vol. 338 Issue 31256, p54
Presents a chart depicting the municipal bond prices in the U.S. as of October 2001.
- Municipal Bond Prices. // Bond Buyer;11/12/2001, Vol. 338 Issue 31263, p39
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NEPAD and FAO reiterate their commitment
14 June 2013, Rome, Italy. During a meeting today with FAO Director General, the Chief Executive Officer of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, showed its appreciation for a decade of close work between the two agencies. "We have benefited enormously from FAO in all ways, from knowledge to capacity development", Mayaki stated.
The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) was a key issue during the bilateral meeting held today. Since the Maputo Declaration, each of the 54 African governments that belong to the partnership is urged to devote to devote 10% of the national budget to contribute to rising the agricultural production at least by 6%. FAO supports this spending standard and the CAADP and investment plans have become a useful framework for the member countries.
As it was discussed during the meeting, FAO is also deeply engaged with the African Union with NEPAD that is its technical arm and the Lula Institute in the organization of the High Level Meeting that will take place in Addis Abbeba on June 30th and July 1st 2013.. NEPAD's CEO renewed their commitment to the High level meeting and their full commitment in the implementation of the recommendations.
NEPAD has recently launched The Rural Futures, for which president Yayi Boni of Benin is the champion. In that sense, the South African head-quartered partnership requested the support of the Organization in a more inclusive growth in rural areas. FAO Director-General confirmed FAO's support to The Rural futures.


text: This analysis does not constitute the giving of legal advice. Blue text portions represent actual wording of Oklahoma statutes. Italicized notes represent OCHEC's comments. All other portions reprinted with permission of Home School Legal Defense Association.Updated 3/02Oklahoma Constitution, Section 4, Article 13Oklahoma is the only state with a constitutional provision guaranteeing the right to homeschool. Section 4, Art. 13 of the Constitution of Oklahoma guarantees the homeschool exemption by stating that the legislature "shall" provide for the "compulsory attendance at some public or other school, unless other means of education are provided, of all children in the State who are sound in mind and body, between the ages of eight and sixteen, for at least three months each year." [Note: This is original wording from the Oklahoma Constitution. See Compulsory Attendance Ages and Required Days of Instruction.]It seems quite evident that the "other means of education" language is directly applicable to homeschooling since it was added for the specific purpose of protecting the right of parents to choose homeschooling. In 1907, during the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, one of the delegates, Mr. Buchanan, proposed that the phrase "unless other means of education be provided" be added to Article 13, Section 4. Favorably responding to Mr. Buchanan's proposal, another delegate, Mr. Baker stated,


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On Tuesday, the company put out news announcing the completion of a clinical study of Prelude. This clinical study was designed to evaluate the ability of Prelude to ablate the skin prior to the application of OTC 4% lidocaine cream for faster-acting local dermal anesthesia. As a result of the clinical trial, Echo now expects the submission of a 510(k) premarket notification to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the near future.
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Jack Reacher, which Christopher McQuarrie directed from his adaptation of a Lee Child crime novel, is not just another dumb thriller. It's almost peerlessly self-important, weirdly incoherent and eerily smarmy. It's also mysteriously inept, considering that Tom Cruise plays the title role.
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Despite a terrific cast, Jack Reacher comes up empty-handed.
That Cruise fails to make a case for Reacher's allure, though, has less to do with physical dissonance than it does with the film's inability - stupefying inability, really - to otherwise make a case for the character's originality in a movie so choked with visual clichés and dreadfully moldy dialogue.
McQuarrie... is a real writer; his banter has snap and bite. His directorial skills are still catching up with his writing skills; the movie loses steam in the final half-hour.
Tom Cruise is in fine form as mysterious tough guy Jack Reacher finally reaches the big screen.
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Serviceable but forgettable Cruise thriller is very violent.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Tom Cruise stars as the title character in Jack Reacher, an adaptation of Lee Child's novel One Shot. Reacher is a former military police offer who's enlisted to find a sniper who fired six shots into a crowd, killing five people. This thriller is violent, and vigilante Reacher shows no qualms breaking the law to make sure justice is done -- at least his version of justice. There's some swearing (including "f--k" and "s--t") and a bit of sexual tension between Reacher and co-star Rosamund Pike, but no actual sex and very little drinking. Still, there are allusions to torture, and the fight scenes are sometimes brutal; a few are very tough to stomach. Even though there's little blood or gore on screen, the film is more appropriate for older teens and up.
Messages: Bad guys get what's coming to them, courtesy of Jack Reacher, a loner/vigilante who dispenses his own brand of justice, which mostly bypasses the legal system. That said, there's also the message that it's worth looking beyond appearances to find out the truth.
Role models: Reacher doesn't hesitate to break the law to achieve his goals -- he participates in assault, auto theft, coercion, intimidation, and outright murder -- but all of his victims have it coming to them. (Well, mostly.) He uses smarts and intuition in many cases (in addition to his more violent methods). Helen is able to separate her emotions from her job.
Violence: Plenty of violence right from the start, when a lone gunman shoots five people with a sniper rifle (a scene that's revisited later in the movie). Jack Reacher, the main character, is a former soldier, highly trained with guns and in hand-to-hand combat, and the film finds plenty of chances to showcase his abilities. He takes on a group of toughs in a few street brawls, leaving them bloodied and sometimes with broken bones. Other scenes feature execution-style killings, allusions to torture, and men beating up women. Few of these scenes actually show blood or gore, but they do make it clear that bodies are taking serious damage and the people are in pain, and a few shots may be hard to watch. There's also a high-speed chase through city streets that damages plenty of cars.
Sex: One scene shows a woman in her underwear getting dressed; Reacher is shirtless in another. Some sexual tension between the two main characters never leads to anything. One scene has some flirty banter when a woman comes on to Reacher, though he's clearly not interested.
Language: Relatively infrequent swearing includes a couple uses of "f--k," plus "p---y," "s--t," "a--hole," "bitch," "prick," "damn," "hell," "ass," "goddamn," and more.
Consumerism: Several car brands are mentioned and/or get prominent screen time. Helen drives a Mercedes, and the bad guys spend a lot of time trailing Reacher in an Audi. Another character drives a Cadillac, which is referred to by name. Some of the characters drink Budweiser when relaxing, and Bud signage is visible in the background in a bar.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: One scene takes place in a bar where plenty of people in the background are drinking, though Reacher sticks to coffee. He later shares a beer with Helen when they're relaxing in a motel room. References to meth use; drug paraphernalia is shown.
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UPDATED: Seabrook state Rep. Amy Perkins, 43, dies after battling cancerBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
February 24. 2014 6:14PM
SEABROOK— Family, friends and colleagues are mourning the death of state Rep. Amy Perkins, who lost her battle with brain cancer Monday morning.
She was 43.
Elected to the House in 2008, Perkins was a District 20 Republican state representative from Seabrook who served with her husband, state Rep. Lawrence "Koko" Perkins.
In a prepared statement, Gov. Maggie Hassan offered her condolences to the Perkins family.
"Tom and I are deeply saddened by the loss of Representative Amy Perkins. It was an honor to serve with Representative Perkins in the Legislature, where she was a dedicated advocate on behalf of the Seabrook community and ably served the people of New Hampshire. Our thoughts and prayers are with Amy's husband, Koko, her family and her loved ones. She will be greatly missed," Hassan said.
Her death was also mourned at the Seabrook Fire Department, where her husband is deputy fire chief.
"She was a very giving person. She was just a truly fine person. She was energetic. She was always willing to help anybody with anything," Fire Chief Everett Strangman said.
The death hit close to home for members of the department, Strangman said, adding that the firefighters and staff will be there to help the family "in every way we can."
As state representative, Perkins served on the House Legislative Administration Committee.
State Sen. Nancy Stiles, R-Hampton, worked with Perkins on legislative issues when she was a state representative and later when Stiles joined the Senate.
"It's such a sad situation. She really has fought a tough fight. She was a dynamic lady, and she was really committed to her constituents," Stiles said.
Perkins still made an effort to attend sessions when she was able even after her diagnosis.
"She always felt that she was still representing the people. Whenever she could physically do it, she was there," Stiles said.
House Speaker Terie Norelli, D-Portsmouth, recalled when Perkins was diagnosed with cancer while running for office.
"When she was first diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor in the fall of 2012, she and her husband, Koko, were in the midst of running for another term in the House. After winning reelection, Amy bravely made efforts to attend House sessions from time to time, and it was always wonderful to see her. It was a long and courageous battle — one waged with the endless love and support of Koko, their family and friends. Our hearts and prayers go out to all of them at this difficult time," Norelli said in an email to House members.
While those who knew Perkins were aware that her health was failing, Stiles said learning of her death is still difficult.
"It was something that you anticipated," she said, "but when you hear that, it's always a shock to you."
Calling hours for Perkins will be held Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at Remick & Gendron Funeral Home, 811 Lafayette Road in Hampton. A funeral is planned for Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Rand Memorial Congregational Church, 134 S.Main St. in Seabrook. A burial will follow at the Wildwood Cemetery next to the church.


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KEARNEY—One of country music's brightest stars will be the featured performer at the 2010 Cattlemen's Ball this summer in Kearney.
Award-winning artist Randy Travis will sing at June 4-5 event at the Norris and Lori Marshall acreage south of Kearney.
Travis is one of country music's most acclaimed stars with record sales exceeding $25 million and 22 No. 1 hits and six No. 1 albums.
He has earned six Grammy awards, seven Dove awards, six Country Music Association awards, 10 American Music Awards, nine Academy of Country Music awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In addition to his music, Travis is also an accomplished actor having appeared in several television shows and films.
His performance on Saturday, June 5, is just one highlight of the 2010 Cattlemen's Ball.
Other activities include a prime rib dinner, dance, craft fair, fashion show, wine tasting, silent auction and a dance following the Randy Travis concert.
A $65 Top Hand ticket provides admission to the event beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday and includes the dinner, dance and concert.
Trail Boss tickets, available for $300, include a Friday night reception, champagne brunch on Saturday morning and several other benefits in addition to the other scheduled Saturday events.
"You don't have to be a farmer or rancher to attend this event—and you can wear jeans, shorts or whatever makes you comfortable," Norris Marshall said. "This is one of Nebraska's biggest celebrations—and everyone is invited next June."
The Cattlemen's Ball is hosted by a different Nebraska ranch or feedlot every year. Its mission is to raise money for cancer research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center while showcasing rural Nebraska and promoting beef as part of a healthy diet.
Since its inception, the Cattlemen's Ball has raised more than $3.7 million.
In addition to providing funds to the Eppley Cancer Center, a portion of the funds is also targeted for local health care organizations.
For information on the 2010 Cattlemen's Ball or to buy tickets, visit www.cattlemensball.com.
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World Migratory Bird Day is a global celebration that highlights the need for more protection of migratory birds and their habitats. This year's theme is "networking for migratory birds" and as the largest professional global conservation network, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) is pleased to join the celebrations.
For many people, the sight of migrating birds signals the start of spring and new beginnings. Migratory birds can fly thousands of miles each year, crossing geographical and political borders as they travel between wintering sites in the south and breeding sites in the north. The longest migration is flown by the Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) which flies from the high Arctic where it breeds in summer to its Antarctic wintering grounds with some birds flying more than 80,000km annually.
However, there are concerns about observed declines in some populations, such as the Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus) whose numbers have declined from 2,000-2,800 breeding pairs in the 1970s to an estimated 100 breeding pairs today. The cause of this dramatic decline has been attributed to the loss of stopover habitats along its migration route in Asia between its breeding sites in Russia and wintering sites in Bangladesh and Myanmar. Without these vital stopover points, this small bird is unable to rest and refuel on its 16,000 km round-trip migration.
Habitat loss and changes in the way land is used are the primary threats to many migratory bird species but pollution and hunting are also responsible for a decline in population numbers. This decline is worrying as birds are an excellent indicator of environmental health and their disappearance indicates that there environmental problems that need to be addressed.
This year's World Migratory Bird Day theme, "Networking for migratory species", highlights the importance of ensuring a network of habitats is available to birds throughout their lives. It also highlights the need for governments, conservation organisations and dedicated people to work together for the benefit of migratory birds.
As the world's largest conservation network, IUCN is able to bring together the expertise of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) - a network of more than 8,000 experts based across the world who have specialist knowledge on species and themes such as wildlife health and sustainable use of species. These experts are able to analyze threats facing migratory birds and advise on how to best to address them.
Connecting funding to projects working on the ground to save migratory birds is an important step in the conservation of these incredible species. SOS – Save Our Species, a partnership between IUCN, the Global Environment Facility and World Bank, is one of these funding networks. It delivers financial assistance to where it is needed by supporting a project focused on saving the iconic Spoon-billed Sandpiper from extinction. The project aims to prevent further population declines by using breeding programmes and headstarting programmes which give young chicks extra support and has already seen the successful hatching of 26 chicks.
By working together, people can save migratory birds and the network of habitats they depend on for the enjoyment of future generations. Let's get together and make sure the networks migratory birds need to survive remain open.
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Dracut girl soars at Boston Brain Bee contest
Feb. 15, 2014
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — When it comes to answering questions about the brain, Brittany Petros has proven herself to be the brainiest high-school student in the state.
Petros, a Dracut High senior and Class of 2014 valedictorian, won the 2014 Boston Regional Brain Bee held at MIT's Picower Institute on Feb. 1.
For winning the ninth-annual state Brain Bee, Petros was awarded a $350 cash prize, plus an all-expenses-paid trip for two to the national Brain Bee, which is being held in Baltimore during the weekend of Brain Awareness Week, March 12-18. She plans to take her mother with her to Maryland, she said.
The Brain Bee is a question-and-answer competition for high-school students on brain topics, such as neurological disease, brain development, learning, memory and more. All questions come from the Brain Facts book.
In topping the field of 30 student competitors, Petros did not get a single question wrong in the contest's opening round, consisting of a written test. She held on to that perfect score through three elimination rounds of live questions and answers that concluded earlier this month with Petros last standing on stage as the winner, said Lakeview Junior High teacher Rebecca Duda, who accompanied Petros to the contest at her former eighth-grade student's request.
Duda credited Karen Taylor, Dracut High's Science Department head, for mentoring Petros in the months and years that led up to her crowning achievement in the contest.
Always humble despite her considerable brain power, Petros had warned her former teacher during the drive to Cambridge that she was not likely to win the state contest, Duda said.
"Brittany pointed out that she was the only kid from Dracut entered, and that she was up against students from some other very good schools," Duda said. "I told her that didn't matter; she had an excellent shot at winning."
For posting one of the top 10 scores in the written test, Petros advanced to the live elimination rounds versus nine other students. For three rounds, judges asked a question of all remaining students at once, giving them 20 seconds to write their answers in marker on white boards. Petros did not appear to struggle with any answer to the increasingly difficult neuroscience questions, Duda reported.
"She wrote her answers down immediately. She didn't even need the 20 seconds," according to Duda.
"Once I got there, and started answering questions, I felt very confident," said Petros, 18. "It was a very fun time."
Though she hadn't stumbled once, Petros had a look of surprise on her face when the Brain Bee was done and she was named the winner, Duda reported.
"I was still definitely stunned when I won," said Petros. "When you're in that position, competing against the top students in Massachusetts of all states, which is known for being tops educationally in the country, you cannot go into such a contest expecting to be the top student."
Her proud parents, Richard and Lucia Petros, may not have been quite so surprised that their oldest of three children aced the Bee.
"Brittany is just one of those children who is very motivated and self-driven; she always has been since she was a young child," said Lucia Petros. "Both her father and I are very proud of her and thrilled she has accomplished so much in her young life. Every time we might think she has done everything she can do, she does more."
Petros is a member of the Dracut High orchestra, playing the flute. She is attending Harvard University in the fall. She plans to continue studying neuroscience at Harvard, with a plan to earn a combined M.D./Ph.D. degree, which would enable her "to go on to do clinical patient care, and laboratory research," as both a practicing doctor and scientist, she said.
Duda believes Petros has an excellent chance to win the National Brain Bee in March, which includes a top prize of an all-expense-paid trip to the International Brain Bee in Washington, D.C., in August.
"I've known Brittany since eighth grade and she has always been an astounding young lady, someone who involves herself in everything, and who is a lifelong learner who loves learning. She's brilliant," Duda said.
Before heading to Baltimore in March, Petros said she plans to take up offers from several Boston-area doctors and scientists, who attended the Brain Bee, to do some intensive neuroscience-quiz preparation.
"Some of the world's best doctors and scientists at the conference were talking about giving me tutoring sessions; that would be a huge help," she said.


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Carbonate hardness is a measure of the amount of calcium and magnesium present in water. As it turns out, these elements are vital to the health and well-being of certain fish – including trout, koi and goldfish – because of their ability to neutralize acids in water and stabilize healthy pH levels.
But why, you might logically ask, are acids a concern? You've just asked the sixty-four thousand dollar question. In the course of regular pond maintenance, it's common to apply algaecides and herbicides. Often, those products contain chemicals that are acidic, and when they're applied, they can cause pH fluctuations that certain fish are ill-equipped to handle. Thus, water that's "hard" – or rich in calcium and magnesium – helps to minimize those fluctuations, protecting fish from harm. Other environmental factors, including runoff from fertilized lawns, can have a similar effect on pH, making it all the more important to ensure that your water maintains a safe level of carbonate hardness.
As a rule, algaecides and herbicides indicate a recommended level of carbonate hardness in pond water to ensure that their effects won't harm fish. Low carbonate hardness is generally indicated when calcium and magnesium levels are below 50 parts per million (ppm). And fortunately, it's easy to test your water to determine its carbonate hardness levels. With our Carbonate Hardness Test Strips, you can test your water prior to each application of algaecides and herbicides. If levels are above the range indicated on the product you're planning to use, the pH of the water will be safe for fish even after application.
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The euro strengthened for a fifth day versus the dollar on speculation European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels will make further progress in their efforts to stem the debt crisis.
The 17-nation currency rose to a six-week high against the greenback after the officials said they were confident Greece's bond buyback announced yesterday will be successful. The dollar fell for a second day versus the yen as President Barack Obama is scheduled for a television interview at 12:30 p.m. to discuss the so-called fiscal cliff of spending cuts and tax increases.
"There's a bit more constructiveness out to the Eurozone," Brian Kim, a currency strategist at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc in Stamford, Connecticut, said in a telephone interview. "Currency markets could be subject to more headline trading, at least in this day ahead."
The euro gained 0.3 percent to $1.3091 at 9:05 a.m. in New York after rising to $1.3107, the highest level since Oct. 18. The shared currency dropped 0.2 percent to 107.17 yen. The dollar fell 0.5 percent to 81.86 yen.
Brazil's real rose 0.7 percent to 2.1098 per dollar after the central bank intervened yesterday to bolster the currency. The nation's swap rates fell for a third day as industrial production expanded in October less than forecast, adding to speculation borrowing costs will stay at record lows through the first half of 2013.
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Further gains in the euro may be limited as the 14-day relative strength index versus the dollar rose to 70.2. A reading higher than 70 indicates a currency's rally may have been too far, too fast and may be due for a correction.
EU finance ministers meeting in the Belgian capital will discuss setting up a common bank supervisor. Greece yesterday offered to spend as much as 10 billion euros to buy back bonds. French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said the operation "seems to be happening under satisfactory conditions."
Spain's Economy Ministry said yesterday that the nation would receive 37 billion euros next week to recapitalize four of its banks.
"We're in a period of stability for the euro, which global policy makers' actions have helped to restore," said Lee Hardman, a currency strategist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. in London. "The Greek buyback has helped to reinforce the tightening in euro-zone sovereign-credit risk premiums we've seen over the past couple of weeks."
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Quoting Star Wars is fun. So is doing a wise and croaky Yoda or a deep and booming Darth Vader impression. But sometimes our vocal cords just aren't up to the strain, or our mind is just drawing blanks when we try and come up with just the right Star Wars quote. It is for these occasions (as well as a bajillion more), that we adore these Star Wars In Your Pocket keychains.
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