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NYC – Save The Date: Body Language
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New York! Come see Body Language, one of New York's hottest bands, on April 29, 2011 at Southpaw in Brooklyn. Tickets are only $10 (in advance, $12 at the door). Click on the flier for more information.
Also on the bill: Melo-X, Nyle, Tecla, Recess & Chaz van Queen.
Southpaw is located at 125 5th Avenue in Brooklyn.
Sounds like a fun night of music to me!

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I would like to thank the audience of NightOutRadio.org for giving me the opportunity to discuss Pro-Tools. I hope you find this article both interesting and informative.
Some of the most exciting moments in the Pro-Tools class I teach are when the class lessons stray from the book and go off on tangents about production tips and other music related topics. Quite often these topics of conversation lead us to general music business questions and specifically how to make money in the music business. [Read more…]


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Mike Wallace calls it like it is
It's not what Mike Wallace says but how he says it. Basically, the man cannot lie and you see how transparent he is when he talks about the season he's had with the Dolphins and the so-far disappointing chemistry he's had with quarterback Ryan Tannehill.
Wallace, who has 44 catches for 534 yards (12.1 yard per catch) with one touchdown, today was asked what type of season he's having.
"It's alright, it's OK," Wallace says, a sly smile coming his to his face.
Could be better?
"A lot better," he says.
Indeed, the Dolphins have a count for the number of times he's been open deep down the field for potential touchdowns and the ball was either underthrown, poorly thrown, or thrown to another receiver short. The number is in the double figures.
So no wonder Wallace feels it could be better. And make no mistake, scoring points is what Wallace sees as the thing when discussing personal goals. It's not catches. It's not yards. Points. And on that front, he knows it isn't happening for him.
"Sheesh, I got one touchdown," he said.
Wallace was asked if, because of his speed, Tannehill should simply try to overthrow him and at the very least allow him to run under passes. Wallace's chuckes.
Wallace was asked if he's frustrated with Tannehill and he answers, "Nope, I'm not frustrated. I'm fine. I just want to win football games."
Wallace is definitely frustrated that the things he did in Pittsburgh for four years have not translated. He mentioned earlier this year after Week 4 that he was worried but it wasn't time to panic. He said, however, if we reached Week 8 and nothing had changed, that would be time to panic.
"Ha, it's Week 11," Wallace noted. "
The amazing thing is there seems to be a disconnect in what Wallace sees as success and wants to accomplish -- which is probably in line with what the rest of the world wants -- and what the Dolphins see and want.
You'll recall after Wallace caught four passes for 39 yards against San Diego, offensive coordinator Mike Sherman was effusive about Wallace.
"I thought Mike had a tremendous ball game," Sherman said. "He ran hard, and he ran his routes very disciplined. He was open on a number of occasion and sometimes it was protection issues and we didn't get him the ball, other times we just didn't get him the ball, but I thought Mike had a tremendous impact in that ball game, because he changed how they played us and allowed us an opportunity to control the game with some runs and what not. He started the game with a catch and a first down where he broke some tackles. It kind of set a tempo for us, I thought, in that ball game."
Wallace was asked what he thought of Sherman raving about him.
"He raved about the game I had?" Wallace asked incredulously. "I had 39 yards."
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Here at Apartment Therapy we're big fans of the gallery wall, and have sung its praises at length over the years. But for renters, all that measuring, arranging and hammering might not be the most practical solution.
A better one could be the impact of a single, oversized piece of artwork — nothing brings a white wall to life faster or more completely. Take inspiration from these rooms, all of which use the "white walls + big art" formula with aplomb.
1. Kathryn & Perry's "Have Less, Do More" Apartment Tour
2. La Dolce Vita
3. The New Design Times
4. The Diversion Project
5. The Diversion Project
6. The Veda House
7. Heather's Bold & Blissful Bozeman Home House Tour
8. Ixxi
9. The Marion House Book
10. The Craver Compound House Tour
11. Emmas Designblogg
12. Christine Lane Interiors via Apartment Therapy
13. Mikel Irastorza via Houzz
14. Alex & Alina's Lovingly Layered Home House Tour
15. We Heart Home
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The decibel level from the global geocaching community rose to new heights in December. Hundreds of geocachers commented to support of outstanding nominees from the United States and the United Kingdom. More than 800 comments were tallied for all the nominees.
Each geocacher nominated offers the global geocaching community a unique example of a caring geocacher. All are truly winners, as we learned about these three gracious and giving geocachers. Thank you to all those who supported them. The nominees not chosen as featured Geocacher of the Month will receive a gift of appreciation from Geocaching.
After tallying the comments and careful consideration, 2013 begins with The Weasel being named January's Featured Geocacher of the Month!
The Weasel is recognized for organizing Cache In Trash Out (CITO) events, helping guide local geocaching as a board member of the Iowa Geocacher Organization, and spreading the word about proper geocaching etiquette through conducting and assisting in over 50 geocaching 101, 201 and 301 classes and workshops throughout the State of Iowa and abroad.
A geocacher who voted for The Weasel writes, "I heard my parents speak over and over again about caches put out by The Weasel, so I had to see for myself what was so good about them. On a few visits to see my parents we headed out to get a little caching in. Inevitably nearly every cache that I liked turned out to be placed by The Weasel. His caches are fun, unique, well placed, and well maintained. You can't help but get excited about geocaching when you are working on one of his caches! And to know how much he cares about his community, the environment, and the awareness and promotion of geocaching through friendships and education"
The Weasel will receive a collector's edition featured Geocacher of the Month Geocoin, along with a Geocacher of the Month hat and certificate acknowledging his contributions, signed by two of the founders of Geocaching.com. See a list of all the featured Geocachers of the Month here.
If you know an outstanding geocacher who should be considered for the honor, send an email to email@example.com. Every nomination must meet the following requirements:
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- Description (200 or more words) explaining why he or she deserves to be the Geocacher of the Month
Please inform your nominee that you've submitted them for the award.
Nominations for the February Featured Geocacher of the Month must be received by the end of the day on Friday, February 8, 2013.
Once we have received all of the nominations, we will choose three candidates and post them on the Geocaching blog. You will then get a chance to champion your favorite. Our goal is to involve the entire geocaching community in this process so we might learn from each other.


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214 pages. ISBN: 0-9644707-5-6
The price for the TAPR Spread Spectrum Update is:
$ 17 US for members of TAPR
$ 18 US for non-members+ shipping/handling if applicable.
ForewardThis book provides an extremely broad treatment of the subject of spread spectrum systems as applied to amateur radio. While little technical and social literature exists on this subject, the publication provides a convenient compilation of a fair amount of the significant work. It should appeal to a wide-ranging audience with an interest in the subject.
There is, apparently, much misunderstanding of the application of spread-spectrum techniques to amateur radio. A classic introduction to the subject written by Costas (in 1959, no less) provides a view of the efficiency of spectrum utilization. His material is timeless and still relevant today, as the recent upsurge in CDMA-based personal communications systems (PCS) amply demonstrates.
The difficulty in applying such techniques to amateur usage perhaps has to do more with the lack of surplus SS (spread spectrum) equipment than with any other factor. Today most of the VHF and UHF amateur bands consist of warehoused spectrum FM repeaters are assigned exclusively to channels based on the first-application for the spectrum. However, it can be readily shown that, on average, the spectrum is significantly under-utilized. This is because the repeaters are mostly not emitting a carrier at any given instant in time. Therefore a statistical technique can be applied to understand the usage of the spectrum. In the case of on-off emitters, far better utilization of the spectrum can be made with spread-spectrum techniques.
One way to visualize this is to look at the telephone system. It has long been known that most people make local calls far more often than they make long-distance calls. Thus, a local telephone switch does not need to have nearly as many long-distance trunks (which are expensive) as it has telephones connected to it. In fact, as the number of users of the switch increases, the probability that a large number of those users all simultaneously wanting to access a long-distance converges asymptotically to the average value with the deviation decreasing rapidly. Essentially the same things happens with a large number of amateurs attempting to access a limited amount of spectrum the probability that they all want to transmit as the same time converges to the average value. This means that one can engineer the spectrum utilization to the average value, not the peak value. A glance at traffic engineering tables will illustrate the profound efficiency of this type of engineering. Thus, the conclusion that assigning and administering FM repeaters based on SS techniques could essentially totally eliminate the current stoppage on these allocation.
Trunked systems and SS systems are both approaches to such dynamic utilization. Trunked systems allocate shared narrowband spectrum in a dynamic fashion, whereas SS systems can be viewed as allocating wideband orthogonal codes in a dynamic fashion. SS systems however might not require significant coordination, while trunked systems certainly do. Additionally, SS systems can be resistant to narrowband interference, alleviating some coordination issues. SS systems have also been looked at to provide higher data rates. In such cases, a narrowband emitter is still fairly wide, and would pose perhaps significant coordination issues. Spreading the energy out over a wide number of frequencies should lessen the impact, and might allow easier fitting in of higher data rates to existing amateur bands. Finally, SS systems may prove to be more resistant to multipath problems, however, the engineering of good-performing radio systems with significant multipath is usually a very difficult problem, and SS is not the complete solution.
In the future, there will be additional pressure on the spectrum that amateur radio operators occupy. Amateurs have the secondary allocation on many VHF And UHF bands. Fortunately, the primary allocation is in many cases to those whose needs are highly compatible with narrowband (amateur) emitters. Unfortunately, this may not always remain the case. Thus, SS techniques could prove to be one method whereby amateurs could prove to be compatible with primary users who are susceptible to narrowband interference.
This book should prove to be a valuable source of reference material on these issues, as well as some practical and social ones.
Tom McDermott, N5EG
Dallas, Texas July 12, 1998
Chapter 1 - Introductory/Informative
- Spread Spectrum - It's not just for breakfast anymore!
- A Short History of Spread Spectrum
- Spread Spectrum and the Amateur Radio Service - Recent Developments
- The Trip So Far in High Speed Digital Communication via Spread Sprectrum
- Wireless In Ulaan Bataar - Learning From A True-Life Mongolian Network Adventure
- License -Free Spread Spectrum Packet Radio
- The Markey/Antheil Spread Spectrum Patent
Chapter 2 - TAPR
- TAPR's Statement on Spread Spectrum Technology Development
- TAPR Status Report on Spread Spectrum Activity in the Amateur Radio Service
- Paradigms Shifts in Amateur Radio and the future of TAPR
- Is the Internet good or bad and Spread Spectrum - happenings?
- Banquet Speech by Lyle Johnson, WA7GXD at the 1996 ARRL & TAPR DCC
- Smart Radio Technology and Spread Spectrum
Chapter 3 - Technical/Theory
- Poisson, Shannon, and the Radio Amateur
- A Primer on Reliability as Applied to Amateur Radio Packet Networks
- An Amateur 900 MHz Spread-Spectrum Radio Design
- Voice Link Over Spread Spectrum Radio - Part 1
- Voice Link Over Spread Spectrum Radio - Part 2
- Detection and Estimation of Covert DS/SS Signals using Higher Order Statistical Processing
- VHF/UHF/Microwave Radio Propagation: A Primer for Digital Experimenters
Chapter 4 - Regulatory
- S 97.311 SS emission types
- FCC Proposed Amateur Radio Service Spread Spectrum Rule Making (RM-8737)
- Current Information on Amateur Spread Spectrum Rule Changes
- TAPR Comments to NPRM on Amateur Radio Service Spread Spectrum Rule Making
- TAPR Reply Comments to NPRM on Amateur Radio Service Spread Spectrum Rule Making
Appendix A
- Wireless LAN/MAN Modem Product
- 5.8GHz Wireless LAN/MAN Modem Products
- 2.4GHz Wireless LAN/MAN Modem Products
- 915MHz Wireless LAN/MAN Modem Products
- WLAN Vendor Information
- TAPR Information
- Index
- Supplied Software


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The Kansas Department for Children and Families has many important responsibilities, including overseeing state and federal funds that serve our mission: To protect children, promote healthy families and encourage personal responsibility.
In recent weeks, DCF has been criticized for maintaining a healthy reserve in its Temporary Assistance for Needy Families fund. I would like to take this opportunity to clarify the use of TANF funding.
TANF is a federal program and since the 1996 welfare reforms, Kansas has received a yearly federal block grant of $101.9 million for TANF. The amount is set legislatively at the federal level. It does not change based on when cash assistance caseloads increase or decrease. Of the total TANF budget, cash assistance always has been a smaller portion of the pie and justifiably so. �
The federal program is designed to be a welfare-to-work program. The objective is to help families in need temporarily, while assisting adults to obtain training, counseling, their GED or high school diploma, or certification through the Kansas Work Force Centers making people readily employable. Preventing poverty is one of the primary purposes of TANF. That's why DCF has and continues to use TANF funds to prevent future poverty -- breaking the cycle for generations to come. Prevention programs are not a quick fix, but they are effective.
In order to sustain the current programs and invest in future efforts that will help prevent poverty, DCF, (and SRS formerly) has maintained a TANF reserve fund. This reserve fund is not unique to the current administration. Its balance is $48 million. Here's a look at the reserve fund amounts over multiple years and administrations: FY2004, $34.2 million; FY2005, $31.1 million; FY2006, $21.8 million; FY2007, $15 million; FY2008, $22.1; FY2009, $25.4; FY2010, $48.7 million; FY2011 million, $20.5 million; FY2012, $37.4 million; FY2013, $41.6 million
DCF invests TANF dollars into worthwhile programs that help prevent poverty -- as TANF policy requires us to do. Current and future investment in poverty-prevention programs in no way impacts the amount of cash assistance individuals receive. Anyone who qualifies for TANF and fills out the application and participates in the employment training and job search requirements receives cash assistance. Children have not been kicked off cash assistance programs. The reduction in the number of individuals enrolled in the TANF cash assistance program is a reflection of individuals choosing not to work or meet the job-search requirements.
Some examples of how TANF funds are currently and have been used in the past include family preservation services (helping families stay together before a child needs to be removed from his/her home); employment services (assisting adults obtain full-time employment before their TANF limit expires); Kansas Early Head Start (promoting school-readiness through physical, social, emotional and cognitive development); domestic violence and sexual assault programs (helping survivors with safety planning, mentoring, healthy relationship training, financial literacy and responsible parenting); Boys & Girls Club (helping young people with substance abuse prevention and job-readiness); and Child Care Assistance (helping working adults afford the cost of child care so they can maintain employment); Kansas Jobs for Americas Graduates (keeping at-risk students in school by providing mentoring and other services to transition them into the workforce or higher education; Reading Roadmap (giving children the help they need to be proficient readers to secure success later in life); Communities in Schools (working in the schools meeting needs of children and families such as counseling, intervention, as well as physical needs before the family becomes involved with the state).
A recent Kids Count report indicated that 23 percent of children in Kansas are in poverty. We encourage our critics to take a closer look at this report. In three of the four statistics provided, child poverty is actually declining. Additionally, the data are from 2012 -- just as welfare reforms were enacted. The numbers do not reflect how changes in our policies have encouraged employment -- helping families escape poverty.
While some have argued that there are no jobs available, we and our partners at the Kansas Department of Commerce will gladly work with these individuals who are having trouble finding employment. The economy is improving and there are jobs available.
We certainly know that not every job will allow a family to make ends meet. That's why we have a wide range of assistance programs to get families through those tough times. The state of Kansas wants families to succeed and find they can be self-sufficient, not having to live in poverty which is where relying on government benefits leads. �
We will continue to do all we can to help individuals in the short-term with temporary assistance but we also want to ensure long-term success through employment and prevention.
Phyllis Gilmore is secretary of the Kansas Department for Children and Families.


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On Tuesday I bought a new pair of gloves. When I got them home, I decided I didn't like the color, so the next day I brought them back and exchanged them for a different pair. On my way back from the glove exchange, I decided on a whim to stop at a vintage shop in my neighborhood, where I came across this old jacket. I liked the cut and the fit, but I don't usually wear pale colors, so I wasn't sure about it. As I was trying it on, I felt something in one of the front pockets, so I reached in and pulled out a small wad of papers, all folded up. I didn't unfold them, but I could see that several of them had handwritten notes and appeared to be yellowed with age.
That was enough for me. I put everything back in the pocket and bought the jacket.
When I got home, I examined this new stash of ephemera, beginning with the check that's shown at the top of this entry. As you can see, it was written to pay a phone bill, but it bounced. It's not a report card, obviously, but it nonetheless feels very Permanent Record -- an old document of someone's personal details. How does this stuff keep finding me?
Naturally, I began searching for Ronald and Ann Marie Kroznuski. It turns out Ronald passed away just a few months ago in South Carolina, but Ann Marie is still alive. It feels odd to know that she bounced a check 36 years ago -- a small record of shame to which I'm privy (and now you are, too).
So what else was in the jacket pocket? For starters, a time card from Ronald's job:
No indication of what the job was, which is semi-maddening. Would it have killed Ronald's company to put its name on the time card?
There were also two short grocery shopping lists. One of them was on the back of a small (2.5" square) Woolco sales slip:
The other shopping list was on written on the flap of an envelope (hey, just like the Gettysburg Address, right?):
Next up, a receipt for a gallon of paint at Sherwin-Williams -- "Tivoli Green Accent 4492":
That paint color corresponds to one of the hues on this swatch strip, which has some basic arithmetic on the back:
Green, incidentally, has been my favorite color ever since I was a little boy -- another sign, if you choose to believe in such things, that this stuff was meant for me.
One final item -- a pocket calculator user's manual:
Hmmm -- if the Kroznuskis had a calculator, why did they have to do math on the back of the swatch strip? Maybe the latter inspired the purchase of the former.
That's it.
Did the jacket once belong to the Kroznuskis? If so, had these cards and papers been sitting in the pocket for 36 years until I found them a few days ago? And what about the staff of the shop where I bought the jacket -- don't they go through the pockets of a garment before putting it out on the racks? Maybe they found this stuff in the pocket but decided to leave it there, thinking it might make a nice bonus prize for the jacket's new owner? Or maybe they randomly seed their vintage clothing with assorted detritus, just because it's fun?
Meanwhile, should I contact Ann Marie Kroznuski? Should I just pack all of this stuff into an envelope and send it to her, with a note explaining how I found it? Should I send the material back anonymously, with no note? Or should I just leave her alone and enjoy these latest artifacts to find their way into my orbit?
Finally, consider this: What if I had bought the right color of gloves from the start?


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Gerard has been added to the list of celebrity phone operators during tonight's "Hope for Haiti Now" telethan airing on most major television networks this evening at 8:00pm EST. In fact, we just heard from him and he is on his way there now!!
Hope for Haiti Now will begin accepting donations at 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT on Friday, January 22 via the following methods:
Online: HopeforHaitiNow.org
Phone: 877-99-HAITI
Text: Text "GIVE" to 50555
Mail: Hope For Haiti Now Fund, Entertainment Industry Foundation, 1201 West 5th Street, Suite T-700, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Hope for Haiti Now, will benefit Oxfam America, Partners in Health, the Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations World Food Programme, Yele Haiti Foundation, and the newly formed Clinton Bush Haiti Foundation. Proceeds from Hope for Haiti Now will be split among each organization's individual funds for Haiti earthquake relief. With the exception of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, each partner organization was selected for its history of operation and collaboration within the NGO community in Haiti.


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Business Capital and Electronic Payments: Insights from National Small Business Week 2014
Business Capital and Electronic Payments: Insights from National Small Business Week 2014
As a small business owner or entrepreneur, you know how important access to capital is to success. And we know it, too! During last month's National Small Business Week (NSBW) events, which were held across the country and online, it was a topic addressed by our speakers and panelists as they shared experience and insights. One of those speakers was Janet Zablock, Head of Global Small Business at Visa, who talked about using electronic payments for your small business. Here's a look at what she had to say.
Whether you're a looking to start a new business or running an existing operation, Zablock starts, entrepreneurs face challenges when it comes to access to capital – an understood foundation to success, given that so many cite lack of funds as a reason for failure in the first few years. But the second piece to this access-to-capital puzzle? The flow of capital on a daily basis, or the "lifeblood" of small businesses, as Zablock puts it.
Citing Visa's recent quarterly survey of small business owners, in the top five concerns of small business owners is how to manage cash flow. "If a small business lacks a secure, reliable and convenient way to pay and be paid, there's a good chance you'll be in a tough place," Zablock says. You won't have funds you need to buy inventory, meet payroll or pay bills. And no matter how great customer service is to bring in good business, without capital flow, it can be a recipe for disaster.
That's where using electronic payments can come in to help. Zablock touts this method as a way to meet daily needs and to address a lot of pain points she's heard from small businesses. There's time and cost savings associated with not having to handle cash or checks; not needing to count money; and skipping trips to the bank and avoiding cell phone use for deposits.
Zablock mentioned another interesting finding from the survey – that the top desire of small business owners is to attract new customers and grow their businesses. Until recently, the most important thing on business owners' minds was to simply stay afloat, not necessarily grow. In more optimistic economic times, entrepreneurs are broadening their looks ahead.
So what's the connection between wanting to grow your business and electronic payments? Zablock points out that an entire customer base – young adults – are much more inclined toward electronic methods than their parents' generation of cash or check. Many don't carry checkbooks or even cash, so supporting electronic payments opens your business up to a different kind of customer. This is increasingly relevant when you consider the use of mobile technologies as well (smart phones, tablets, etc.)
The potential benefits of electronic payment that Zablock mentions are clear: efficiency, cost savings and growing your business. So it may be worth researching further to determine if it's something you should implement for your small business venture. SBA is also here to help if you have questions about capital. Check out a district office near you and get in touch if you're looking for financial guidance.
Interested in more insights and stories from National Small Business Week? If you missed the excitement last month, don't worry – you don't have to wait until next year! We've got a recap here with a highlights reel you can check out to hear from our guests and small business experts.
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In 1648-49, Chmelnitzki's Cossacks invaded and caused great damage to persons and to property, and soon after in 1656, Swedes came and brought destruction and chaos. For about 150 years, the town remained half destroyed, and only in the beginning of the 19th century it seemed to be renewed economically and demographically. In the time of the Congressional Polish Kingdom, new houses and some small factories were built. After the repression of the Polish revolt by the Russians in 1863, Russian soldiers stationed in Wloszczowa. In the First World War, in 1915, the Germans conquered the town until 1918.
Among the rabbis of Wloszczowa who are known to us by name, were: Rabbi Reuven HaCohen (the rebbe of Hasidic master), Rebbe Shlomo of the Radomsk (author of Tiferet Shlomo). In his time the father of the Radomsker Rebbe, Rabbi Dov Zvi, was also active as a rabbi. Then the rabbi was Rabbi Shmuel Zvi, a follower of Rabbi Avraham Aharon HaLevi, and later Rabbi Shimon Eidelis (Hertz).
In the beginning of the 20th century the first organization of young Zionists was formed, which dealt mostly collecting funds to send to Israel (Palestine at that time) and in learning Hebrew. They opened a branch of Poale Zion, and the Jewish non-Zionists formed a branch of the Bund. After the revolution of 1905-1906 these organizations were banned as political activity and closed down. In 1912, the authorities forbid the Jews even to open a public library. In 1925, after the German occupation forces abolished the old laws against political activity, the Zionists and the Bund reopened, and a rich cultural life developed. Evening classes in Hebrew and Jewish History, lectures, cultural events, and also two sport clubs Maccabi and HaPoel.
Due to the growing economic straits, this period was filed with a vital political and Zionist activity as well as cultural one. The Zionists' organizations in Wloszczowa were: the general Zionists, Poale Zion, Mizrachi (orthodox), the Revisionists, and the youth of HaShomer HaZair, Beitar. The branch of Halutz was established in 1924, and with it a branch of the Young Halutz started its activity. The Halutz had an agricultural farm in the area and in 1925 the first group of young people went to the land of Israel. In the 30's a branch of Young Mizrachi was formed. The older sports groups were also going strong, Maccabi with 50 members and Hapoel with about 30.
The Zionists seemed to be in the majority and held the leadership of the community, but with them there were also active branches of Agudat Israel (very orthodox) and of the Bund (non-Zionists).
In 1935 Rabbi Chaim Usher Finkler, the Rebbe of Radoshitze, was appointed Rabbi of the town, though he remained living in Radoshitze and came at specific times to Wloszczowa.
Many of the children from the community studied in this period in private Torah schools and in the public community school. In 1925, the Agudat Israel formed a girl's school, Beis Yaakov. The Zionists tried to open in Wloszczowa a Hebrew school Tarbut, but though it was opened it was soon closed due to the fact that could not pay the tuition.
In the years of 20's and 30's, the Jews were usually holding half of the seats in the city council, 6 out of 12. Only in the elections of 1938, after the authorities took steps to reduce their strength, not more than two Jews were elected.
The growing anti-Semitism of the 30's put its mark also in Wloszczowa. The Jews were under growing economic boycott and many of them had no choice but to close their shops and stands in the market. At the same time, the numbers of the needy and those who received help was growing. In 1935, some of 200 Jews received help from the community treasury.
Already in the first days of occupation, the Germans began to abduct Jews to forced labor, and often also fell upon Jews and robbed their homes and shops. At the same time, they demanded money and enacted many laws and restrictions on the Jews. Businesses were taken over, their freedom of movement was restricted and they were made to wear a mark of distinction. According to the administrative rules of the Germans, Wloszczowa was included, in October 1939, in the district of the South of the General Government.
The Judenrat, Jewish Council, was set up; it seems, in the first weeks of the occupation. Most of its members were from the last community council. And Landau, the Head of the community before the war, stood at its head. With the Judenrat, they also established Jewish police.
Wloszczowa was not damaged by the fighting, and already in September many Jewish refuges from other villages and cities came streaming into Wloszczowa, after their homes were destroyed. At the end of September and the beginning of October, the Germans brought to Wloszczowa 300 Jews from Szczekociny and from Siewierz, towns, which were badly hit by bombing. At the end of 1939 came hundreds of refugees from Lodz, and about 200 Jews from Poznan. In February 1940, 440 Jews from Wloclawek arrived. Most of them were weak, sick and without anything. The Judenrat sent 275 of them to Kurzelow, and the rest were taken to two nearby villages. On the 10th of March 1940 there were 1455 Jewish refugees in Wloszczowa and the area. After a year their number rose to 1538 and in April 1942, there were 4277 Jews in Wloszczowa and the area (1654 of them were refugees).
At the end of 1939, a typhus epidemic spread among the refugees, and the end of January 1940, the Germans demanded from the Judenrat to set up within two days a hospital for the sick of the epidemic. The Jewish workers did it and reverted another building for that purpose. Within 24 hours, the craftsmen had made 25 beds and 25 blankets. Local Jewish people donated bedding and clothing for the sick, and on January 27 the hospital was opened. At the end of 1940 more than 2000 Jews of Wloszczowa were vaccinated against Typhus.
The welfare board of the Judenrat did very much to assist the refugees. They collected money, food, clothing and other things from the local Jewry. Within a few days everyone had been received into Jewish homes, and communal public kitchen was set up. At the end of 1939 or the beginning of 1940 a second public kitchen was set up also with the arrival of the additional refugees from Lodz and other places. From April 1940 these kitchens gave out more than 700 meals per day. The kitchen continued to function until at least March 1942, with short interruptions.
Assistance to the Jewish welfare council came from several Jewish organizations, which answered the call to help from Wloszczowa Judenrat (the Joint in Warsaw; TOZ; a health organization). But with the establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto, these shipments were stopped. In the years 1941-1942, the Jews of Wloszczowa received help from YSS in Cracow. Also some local Jews gave sometimes money for the refugees, through the welfare council. Also in Kurzelow, where in the beginning of 1940 hundreds of Jewish refugees from Wloclawek were sent (from Wloszczowa) to, the welfare council opened a public kitchen, where 300 meals per day were given out.
On the 10th of July 1940, the Jews of Wloszczowa along with refugees were sent to the ghetto. To a small, poor section of Wloszczowa more than 4000 Jews were stuffed and cramped in terrible conditions. With the move to the ghetto, the state of the Jews worsened terribly. German soldiers stalked the streets of the ghetto and persecuted the Jews, or worse. Especially infamous was a folkdeutsche from Lodz. His name was Julek (he was called "e;The bloody Julek"e;) and he liked to murder Jews just for his pleasure. The inhabitants of the ghetto were left without means of livelihood, because nearly all of their possessions and property had been taken from them by the Germans. In February of 1942, 2100 Jews were in need of support.
The welfare council took care also of hundreds of the Jews sent to labor camps outside of Wloszczowa. In 1940, the council sent to the laborers in the camps 15-20 packages per day. Responsibility for the arrival of those Jews to labor fell on the Jewish police. Whenever someone didn't appear to work, the Germans would take a Jewish policeman in that place. Occupiers demanded more and more laborers and in February 1942 all the Jews, who could work there, were taken to labor places and camps in Wloszczowa and in the area nearby.
In the summer of 1942 two groups of the Jews from Wloszczowa were sent to the labor camp in Skarzysko-Kamienna, the first group of 150 people.
The Ghetto in Wloszczowa was liquidated in September 1942. At first the Gestapo arrived and within a few days, probably on the 19th of September, two days before Yom Kippur, the Germans gathered all of the Jews into the main square of the town. In the Rynek they first separated 250 Jews, laborers, the Judenrat and their families. All of the rest, about 5000 souls were brought to the train station. Soon after, when the group of 250 who had been chosen to stay in Wloszczowa had disappeared, the Gestapo returned and took at random 70 more of them to join the transport. They were all sent to the concentration camps of Treblinka and Majdanek.
For 180 Jews left in Wloszczowa, mostly men, the Germans made a small work camp and they had to clean the deserted Ghetto. In the fall of 1942, some young men returned to the small camp. Those persons had managed to escape from Treblinka. They told the truth of what was happening in Treblinka, but none believed them. In December 1942, the Germans killed the last Jews of Wloszczowa.
Now it's hard to find anyone who remembers that Wloszczowa used to be a kind of
shtetl before the World War Two and thousands of Jews used to live there
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A little report about my holiday in Ireland from 15th May until 17th June - Part 1
First I have to mention that I have never had such bad weather in Ireland as this year - but I enjoyed my trip as every year .
On Sunday, 15th May I flew to Dublin. I hired a car at the airport and drove to Portmagee (Co. Kerry) where I stayed for three days. Half way to Kerry I stopped at the Rock of Cashel (Co. Tipperary). I was lucky that I could visited this historic site because the next five days it was closed for the public because of the Queen's visit there. The main reason that I went to Kerry for some days was to visit Skellig Michael. I already was there in 1993 and 2003 and now I wanted to go back with a digital camera. But unfortunately the weather was so bad that the boats couldn't go to this stunning island. So I drove along the Ring of Kerry, visited some ruins and Derrynane House (Daniel O'Connell lived here). One day I met forum members Simi and Franz in Tralee. There we were in the Kerry County Museum and in the Crag Cave near Castleisland.
Then I was three days in Killarney. One day I walked in the Muckross Estate and the next day in the Gap of Dunloe.
On 21st May I took the Shannon ferry from Tarbert to Killimer. That day it was raining, raining, raining. I found a B&B in Kilkee and - I couldn't believe it – at about 6 pm the clouds disappeared. I drove to Carrigaholt because I wanted to do a dolphin watching tour the next day from there. But unfortunately this was also cancelled because of the rough sea. When I was at the Loop Head Lighthouse it was very windy and the clouds came back. Later I went to the beach in Kilkee – in the darkness it looked fantastic. The next morning I wanted to see the beach at daylight. The weather had improved and so I walked to the cliffs where it was very stormy. In the afternoon I drove to the Craggaunowen Project near Quin. Here you can see aspects of Ireland's past for instance a castle, a crannog, a ringfort and a dolmen. On the way back I stopped at Quin Friary and Clare Abbey.
Monday, 23rd May (the day when Barrack Obama came to Ireland) gale-force wind was blowing over Ireland. At Spanish Point and Lehinch I was watching the sea – it was a fascinating natural spectacle. Before I drove north I visited Dunguaire Castle in Kinvara. At about 5 pm I was in Drumcliff. Here I always stop when I go north or south. On the cemetery are many old trees and some of them lost branches. Normally these storms happen in winter times and then the trees don't have leaves anymore so there is no danger for them. At about 8 pm I arrived my B&B in Annagry. Mary told me that there were also car accidents because of the gale. Yes, it was not easy to drive these 400 km from Kilkee to Annagry. Later I went to Leo's were I met people I hadn't seen for a year .
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It pays for advisers to keep in close touch with their clients. Plus, there's a risk to deferred compensation some executives aren't aware of. And, how to find opportunities in the BRIC countries. Dow Jones' Veronica Dagher reports.
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Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Weapons
At such point as the U.S. Senate begins to debate ratification of the new Russo-American strategic arms treaty ("New START"), most observers have assumed that fights will center around details such as its linkages to non-nuclear issues or the weakness of the verification regime it will install in place of the START agreement's elaborate processes. In light of the fact that the Obama Administration promised repeatedly that there would be no linkage in the treaty to missile defense, and that the administration's new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) stresses the importance to U.S. strategy (and to the administration's disarmament agenda) of non-nuclear "prompt global strike" capabilities, the restrictions that New START places upon U.S. capabilities in these regards, and their significance, will surely be much debated.
Most commentators so far, however – including me – have assumed that the "top line" numbers in the new treaty will not prove terribly controversial in the Senate, if only because the reductions they entail are so modest (or perhaps even illusory). On its face, the fact that this much-hyped new agreement seemed to represent more of a whimper than a bang seemed to me likely to be a cause of major complaint only on the arms control left – and therefore not a problem for Republicans and security-minded Democrats or Independents in the Senate. The ratification fight with them, I thought, would be held on other conceptual and textual terrain.
But that might not actually be the case after all. "New START" is apparently one of those agreements that looks stranger the more one stares at it ... and people are starting to stare. NPF will no doubt deal with the other issues (e.g., missile defense) some other time, but let's take a hard look at some of the "top line" numbers. I'm starting to intuit that they may not be so "easy" after all.
What precisely are the things that are limited? We've previously discussed the weird counting rules for deployed warheads, which are billed as a "one third" reduction but actually allow for the possibility that no cuts at all will occur under this treaty. But let's turn now to deployed delivery systems – where it turns out there's a somewhat strange story too.
Let us, further, limit our discussion here to intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Under New START's Article II(1)(a), the parties are limited to 700 "deployed ICBMs" each. What does this limit on deployed systems cover? The treaty Protocol helps explain this.
•Paragraph 37 of the Protocol says that "[t]he term 'intercontinental ballistic missile' or 'ICBM' means a land-based ballistic missile with a range in excess of 5500 kilometers."
•Under Paragraph 13 of the Protocol, "[t]he term 'deployed ICBM' means an ICBM that is contained in or on a deployed launcher of ICBMs."
•Under Paragraph 28 of the Protocol, "[t]he term 'ICBM launcher' means a device intended or used to contain, prepare for launch, and launch an ICBM."
Altogether then, if you have a land-based missile of over 5,500 kilometers in range in a device that can launch it, you have a unit that might fall within the 700-item cap on deployed systems. But not necessarily. Pursuant to Paragraph 28, if the launcher for this missile is not "deployed," this missile/launcher unit falls outside the limit of 700.
So far so good, I suppose. Everyone understands that non-deployed missiles are caught by the Article II(1)(c) overall cap of 800 for delivery systems, right? Well, not necessarily. This limit covers only "deployed and non-deployed ICBM launchers." Per Paragraph 48 of the Protocol, "[t]he term 'non-deployed ICBM' means an ICBM not contained in a deployed launcher of ICBMs." Remember, however, that Article II(1)(c) doesn't specifically cover "non-deployed ICBMs." It only limits "non-deployed ICBM launchers." Each party to the treaty can therefore apparently possess as many actual ICBMs as it wishes, as long as these missiles aren't actually in ICBM launchers.
(Missiles not in launchers are neither "deployed" nor counted as "non-deployed ICBM launchers" for purposes of the 800-unit cap for the simple reason that a "launcher" is not the same thing as a "missile," and no one apparently thought specifically to address non-deployed missiles in themselves at all. Under Paragraph 49 of the Protocol, "[t]he term 'non-deployed launcher of ICBMs' means an ICBM test launcher, an ICBM training launcher, an ICBM launcher located at a space launch facility, or an ICBM launcher, other than a soft-site launcher, that does not contain a deployed ICBM." Since Paragraph 13 defines "deployed ICBM" as one that is in a deployed launcher, these two provisions, read together, are a bit circular: a non-deployed ICBM launcher is one that does not contain an ICBM that is in a deployed launcher. And the term "deployed" is itself apparently nowhere defined. Welcome to treaty law.)
But what difference might it make that New START would seem to allow the unlimited possession of ICBM reloads? Well, for one, since such missiles are defined as non-deployed, there is no limit upon the number of nuclear warheads in them: the 1,550-warhead limit of Article II(1)(b) only applies to "warheads on deployed ICBMs" – and non-deployed warheads are not constrained at all. Apparently, each side can have as many nuclear-armed ICBM reloads lying around as it wants – and with as many multiple, independently-targeted re-entry vehicles (MIRVs) as its engineers can fit aboard them.
You might not think reloading would be much of an issue with respect to missile silos, and you might be right – though one should remember that during the Cold War, Soviet strategists planned for protracted warfighting in part by preparing to decontaminate and reload such silos over the course of a few days. But what about mobile missiles – of which we have none but which Russia is building as fast as it can – and which are indeed capable of reload/refire operations? In previous arms control agreements, "rapid reload" was a recognized possibility, and it was understood that a mobile launcher might be reloaded in less than four hours. The 10,500-kilometer-range road-mobile SS-25 missile, for instance, is apparently capable of reload/refire operations.
If I'm reading "New START" correctly, then, an SS-25-style treaty-accountable deployed ICBM launcher could be accompanied by one or more nuclear-armed reload missiles and any necessary reload vehicles without such reloads being in any way limited by the agreement. That's good news for Russians, who are investing heavily in mobile land-based systems, but not so good if one is stuck with American-style silos.
But there's more. At least in this scenario – a Russian road-mobile missile followed around by a reload vehicle with as many "war shot" reloads as one likes – the mobile launcher itself is a treaty-limited item. (Article II(1)(c) constrains the total number of "ICBM launchers," whether deployed or non-deployed.) But a rail-mobile launcher that does not actually have a missile on it would not count as a "non-deployed mobile launcher of ICBMs" within the definition of this term provided in Paragraph 51 of the Protocol – that is, "a mobile launcher of ICBMs that does not contain an ICBM" – because pursuant to Paragraph 45, "[t]he term 'mobile launcher of ICBMs' means an erector-launcher mechanism for launching ICBMs and the self-propelled device on which it is mounted." (This assumed connection between self-propulsion and being a "mobile launcher of ICBMs" is repeated in the Protocol's Paragraph 57(c), which defines a "production facility" for mobile ICBM launchers as one at which "the erector-launcher mechanism of a mobile launcher of ICBMs is mounted on the self-propelled device.") A transporter-erector-launcher unit on a railroad car – which is not self-propelled, for it must instead be pushed or pulled around by a locomotive – would thus seem not to be caught by Article II limits on "non-deployed" systems at all.
Fretting about rail-mobile systems is no mere fantasy scenario, either. The enormous Soviet SS-24 missile, a MIRVed giant with 10 warheads similar to the U.S. Peacekeeper, was designed to be either silo-launched or rail mobile. The SS-24 was subject to elimination under the START agreement, but that treaty, of course, is no more – and if you can build road-mobile systems like the SS-27, rail-mobile applications sound quite simple indeed. Rail-mobile systems are actually in no way unheard of elsewhere, either. India's Agni-1 shorter-range ballistic missile has been fired from a railway car; the Agni-III intermediate range missile has also been fired from rail-mobile launchers that press accounts describe as being "capable of launching the missile from anywhere in India." China has also studied rail-mobile systems in the past, and is rumored to be working on a rail-mobile platform for its new DF-31A as well. (NPF's counterparts at the Arms Control Wonk site suggest that such a Chinese railway TEL already exists.)
The impact of reload or upload operations upon strategic stability might not be so dramatic in the case of missile silos, because their locations are likely known, they are surely all closely watched in peacetime, and they would presumably be fairly vulnerable in a nuclear exchange. Stealthy uploading of empty silos would surely be very difficult, and wartime reloading highly problematic indeed. Mobile missiles, however, present quite another situation. If you can't find them, you cannot prevent uploading, or even count on knowing when the immediate strategic balance is being shifted against you through such activity. Furthermore, reloading in wartime remains a real possibility for mobile systems, and wouldn't take very long.
"New START" would seem to allow a party to have unlimited numbers of rail-mobile launchers deployed with nuclear-armed missiles, at least if these missiles are not actually uploaded. In such a scenario, if you gave the signal, all your rail-mobile launchers could be uploaded with MIRVed missiles in extremely short order, but prior to that point, none of these launchers or missiles or warheads would fall within treaty limits: you could have as many as you like. With a suitable investment in such systems, in other words, one could lawfully linger only a few hours away from a sort of "add-water-and-stir" strategic breakout capability. Since Russia is presently building mobile ICBM systems and we are not, some Senators might find this possibility worrisome.
And the situation could actually be worse than that. Article II(1)(c) of the "New START" agreement, as we have seen, limits "deployed and non-deployed ICBM launchers." Since an "ICBM launcher" is defined by Paragraph 28 of the Protocol as "a device intended or used to contain, prepare for launch, and launch and ICBM," you might think that a rail-mobile TEL with an uploaded missile would count under this limit.
Weirdly, however, it may not be that simple. As we have seen, Paragraph 45 of the Protocol defines "mobile launcher of ICBMs" in terms that would not reach rail-mobile (or any other non-self-propelled) launchers. The Protocol's definitions, in Paragraphs 16 and 51, for "deployed" and "non-deployed" mobile ICBM launchers piggyback upon Paragraph 45. (This is hardly surprising: if it's not considered a mobile ICBM launcher in the first place, it cannot be either a deployed or a non-deployed mobile ICBM launcher.)
Here's the trick: it's not entirely clear that rail-mobile systems – or any other non-self-propelled mobile systems, for that matter – fall within the Article II(1)(c) cap at all, even if uploaded with missiles. As noted, based only upon the language of Article II itself, one could make a decent argument that they do. But the Protocol complicates things. It does not define "deployed ICBM launcher" or "non-deployed ICBM launcher" in themselves, thereby leaving inexplicably undefined the basic categories that are constrained by the Article II(1)(c) cap of 800 units. It does, however, specifically define what counts as a deployed or non-deployed mobile launcher. This suggests that the treaty should be viewed as not subjecting to Article II(1)(c) limits anything that is mobile but doesn't fall within the "mobile launcher of ICBMs" definition of Paragraph 45.
And that may not be all. The Protocol's Paragraphs 13 and 14 define "deployed ICBM" as an ICBM that is "contained in or on a deployed launcher of ICBMs" and define "deployed launcher of ICBMs" as an ICBM launcher that contains an ICBM and isn't a test or training unit, and isn't at a space launch facility. If one is to infer from the Protocol's strange construction that mobile non-self-propelled systems don't count as ICBM launchers in the first place – for, as we have seen, they are not reached by the Protocol's definition in Paragraphs 16 and 45 of deployed mobile launchers, and they certainly aren't immobile – such devices may not even fall within Article II(1)(a)'s 700-unit cap on "deployed ICBMs" either.
If this is the case, rail-mobile or other non-self-propelled mobile ICBM systems wouldn't be limited by the treaty in any way, whether or not they are deployed or uploaded with missiles. This would presumably be good news for the growing Russian mobile missile industry, but hardly for the Americans that would be targeted by such devices – which Russia would seem free to possess in any numbers it likes.
Perhaps an attentive NPF reader will be able to convince me that I've misread "New START" and its protocol. I hope so: the holes the agreement seems to leave in these definitions appear greatly to favor Russian strategic planners over their American counterparts, and it would bode ill for Senate ratification if the members of the Obama Administration's varsity negotiating squad had been so out-maneuvered by their Russian partners. (For the record, NPF would be delighted to post on this website an administration rebuttal or clarification on these points, and I invite such feedback. I may be reached at email@example.com.)
One could perhaps argue about whether the United States really needs a traditional Cold War-style arms control treaty with Russia at all at this point, though it has been a centerpiece of the Obama Administration's policy that we do. If we are to have a treaty, however, surely it should be one that lacks major loopholes.
Unless I'm greatly misreading the text, therefore, don't count on the treaty's "top line" being found quite so easy after all.
-- Christopher Ford
Indian "Missile Train" Soviet Rail-Mobile System
Does "New START" Fumble REloads and Rail-Mobile ICBMs?
As debates over "New START" ratification begin, details like restrictions on U.S. missile defense and on non-nuclear strike are likely to be more important than its "top line" numbers. But what do those numbers themselves really mean? Ford offers some thoughts on what ICBMs the treaty would (and would not) restrict: Russia may have gotten more concessions than originally suspected.


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Scientology Volunteer Ministers Provide Free Seminars In Guadalcanal
Mathew Andrews, leader of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour gave an overview of the 19 topics the group will cover in seminars to those attending the opening of the Tour in Honiara.
The official launch of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour in Honiara, capital of Guadalcanal Province of the Solomon Islands, signals the launch of a month of free seminars on the 19 subjects of the Scientology Handbook.
At the opening ceremony on April 21st of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour in Honiara, capital of Guadalcanal Province, Hon. Ileen Sulukonina, Guadalcanal's Minister for Women, Youth, Children and Sports, welcomed the Volunteer Ministers to the region on behalf of the Guadalcanal Provincial Government. Hon. Sulukonina, who herself attended all 19 seminars when the Goodwill Tour first arrived in the Solomon Islands in Fall 2011, encouraged those present to take advantage of the training.
"The seminars will teach and inform people about the tools in knowing to know yourself and relationships with others in order to survive," she said. "Come with an open heart to learn, as Man's survival will depend on his knowledge about himself, others and his environment."
The Waru Panpipe Band and the Kakona Traditional Group performed traditional songs and dances and guests toured the traditional hut built for the occasion at Town Ground, and Mathew Andrews, leader of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tour, gave an overview of the program with specific examples to illustrate the 19 topics the group will cover in the seminars—including how to communicate and understand others better; how to improve one's standard of living; solutions to alcohol and drug abuse; how to improve the ability to study and learn; what makes a successful marriage; and how to be an effective leader.
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The incident occurred in the 1700 block of East Railroad Street east of the Texas 12 turnoff from Interstate 10 and on the north side of the interstate, an area of single-family homes.
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WINTER PARK, Fla.—The Barry Buccaneers kept on rolling with a 1-0 win over the 14th-ranked Rollins Tars at Sandspur Field in Sunshine State Conference women's soccer action on Saturday.
The Bucs (8-3-0, 3-0-0 SSC) grabbed sole possession of first place in the conference on the strength of Lavinia Nkomo's game-winner in the 59th minute and Becca Roger's fifth shutout.
With the score knotted at 0-0, the Tars (8-3-0, 2-1-0 SSC) were whistled for a foul about 30 yards out. Tamara Vuckovich put the free kick on frame. Rollins keeper Mary Spring managed to deflect the shot, but could not corral it and Nkomo was there to knock in the rebound.
Rogers had eight saves to record the shutout and Bucs' defense turned up the pressure after the goal, limiting the high-scoring Tars to just one shot on goal over the last 30 minutes. Rollins held a slight edge in shots, 12-13 and 8-7 on goal, but the Bucs dominated the last third of the game, out-shooting the Tars 5-2. Spring had six saves for the Tars.
The Bucs start SSC play 3-0 for the first time since 2004, the last time the Bucs won the regular season title.
The Bucs return to Buccaneer Field on Wednesday, Oct. 16 to face the Saint Leo Lions. The Lions are the only other undefeated team in the conference at 2-0 after defeating Nova Southeastern 2-0 on Saturday.
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SOCORRO, N.M., Aug. 24, 2004 — The New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (NMBGMR) has published the most recent issue of its newsletter Lite Geology. The current issue focuses on rubber duckies.
The featured article, "Earth Briefs: Toys on the Run," discusses how researchers are refining ocean current models by tracking thousands of floating toys in the North Pacific Ocean.
According to the article, in early 1992 on a ship en route from China to Seattle, 29,000 floating toys were washed overboard during a storm. Since then, oceanographers have been tracking the toys while testing and refining OSCURS, a computer program that simulates ocean currents. By using this program, the researchers have projected that the toys will trek around the north pole this summer.
The second featured article, "Have You Ever Wondered Why Geologists Study Fossils?," details why and how paleontologists study fossils and explains how organisms are preserved as fossils and which fossils are the most useful.
The article also explains how scientists use fossils to determine the relative ages of rocks and to determine environments of deposition.
"New Mexico's Most Wanted Minerals" page features aargonite, giving its description, most common uses, formation, location, and other names for the mineral.
The "Postcard From the Field" section, titled "Studying Ice and Volcanoes in Antarctica" tells a story about the author's adventure as part of a team of research scientists collecting climate-related ice samples at Mt. Moulton in West Antarctica.
Lite Geology, an award-winning magazine published by the NMBGMR, is devoted to increasing Earth science awareness by showcasing contemporary geological topics, issues, and events in an easily understood, fun-to-read format. It is designed to be less technical than most of the NMBGMR's other publications and is primarily directed toward educators and other members of the public who have an interest in geology and the related Earth sciences. Subscriptions to the magazine are available free of charge for New Mexico residents. Out-of-state subscribers are charged a subscription fee of $4 for four issues to cover the cost of printing and mailing the periodical.
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Augustana University will introduce former congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin as its 24th president at a news conference at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, in the Edith Mortenson Center Theatre. The appointment, made by the Augustana Board of Trustees following an extensive national search, marks the first time in Augustana's 157-year history that a woman will serve as president.
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Hundreds of Augustana students who spent time on Wednesday meeting with area employers, volunteer organizations, campus groups, and study abroad agencies at the 2017 Augustana Experience Expo. Held in the Elmen Center, the event was sponsored by Augustana's Student Success Center, the Augustana Student Association, the International Programs Office and the Center for Campus Life.
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Jessica Ruf and Tia McKillip, both of Sioux Falls, have been named the 2017 Augustana Peace Scholars.
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Augustana University's Peace Scholars Selection Committee today announced the finalists for the 2017 Peace Scholarship, a prestigious honor that features a seven-week study at the University of Oslo's International Summer School (ISS) in Norway, June 18 through Aug. 4. The 2017 Peace Scholars will be announced during this week's Rendezvous, beginning at 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10, in the Back Alley, located inside Morrison Commons.


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The San Diego Opera shocked many in the arts world by announcing it will cease operations at the end of the current season, citing a tough fundraising environment and weak ticket sales.
The company's board voted to shut down rather than declare bankruptcy, allowing it to honor its remaining commitments.
"We wanted to do the responsible thing," Faye Wilson, a life director and former board president of the company, said Thursday.
San Diego Opera was created close to 50 years ago and has attracted top-notch singers throughout its history. It had been ranked among the top 10 U.S. opera companies, according to the national nonprofit Opera America.
The company's final production at San Diego's Civic Theatre will be Massenet's "Don Quixote," which will run April 5-13.
"Over the last of several years, we have lost a number of prominent contributors, frequently because of death, but especially during the recent economic downturn," Ian Campbell, the company's general director, said Wednesday after the board vote.
"The demand for opera in this city isn't high enough," he said.
The closure came as a surprise because San Diego Opera had boasted balanced budgets for 28 consecutive years. But like most opera companies around the country, it was contending with increased competition for donations and dwindling, graying audiences.
Leaders of the San Diego company said that its cash reserves had been shrinking.
"The option was to borrow and limp a little longer and hope something would change, or to ride it out until we hit the wall," Wilson said.
San Diego Opera had attracted big name donors, including Joan Kroc, the wife of McDonald's chief executive Ray Kroc. She left a $10-million gift to the company and gave a total of $12.5 million during her lifetime.
But recent donations have been significantly smaller than the gift from Joan Kroc, Wilson said.
Other donors have included Andrew Viterbi, the co-founder of
"It's a sign of the times. Unfortunately, tastes in this country have changed," said Conrad Prebys, who said he donated $2 million to $3 million in the past two years.
In recent years, San Diego Opera had cut the number of productions per season to four from five, and it reduced the total number of performances. It had also laid off some of its staff, which stands at 40.
The company said it earns close to 40% of its income from the box office and relies on donations for the rest. Records show that for the 2011 and 2010 fiscal years, the two most recent years for which records are public, the company posted deficits.
For the 2011 fiscal year, San Diego Opera had expenses of $15.3 million. Ticket revenue for the same year was about $6.3 million, and donations were $5.5 million. That last figure represents a significant decline from 2007, when donations totaled $9.7 million.
The company expects to report break-even budgets for the three most recent three years, but only because it applied funds from Kroc's gift to offset drops in ticket sales and fundraising.
Attendance has plunged about 15% since 2010, according to company data, with ticket revenue dropping about 8%.
"It is challenging for many opera companies to find a new way to succeed," said Marc Scorca, president of Opera America. He called San Diego's news "surprising and disappointing," adding that "the forces at hand are something all companies will have to deal with."
Among the many international stars to have performed with San Diego Opera were
"I personally have such fond memories of my experiences there, having sung key roles in my repertoire," Soprano Patricia Racette said in a statement, adding that she was "deeply saddened."
The company leaned toward classic and popular operas, but it also ventured into contemporary works. San Diego Opera's decision will leave only the L.A. Opera in Southern California. In 2008, Opera Pacific in Orange County shut down.


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SIOUX FALLS - Frigid temperatures have moved into the Dakotas as an arctic air mass continues to spread across the region.
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The coldest wind chills are in western and central North Dakota. The Weather Service says the wind chill dropped to -47 near Pierce and -42 degrees near McHenry and Sheridan overnight.
In South Dakota, dangerous wind chills are expected through Monday evening thanks to low temperatures and northwest winds of 10 to 20 mph. The combination is producing wind chills from -20 to -40.
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So I'm happy as a horse's hiney!
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I realize that as I begin this post, some of you may be scratching your head with puzzlement at the opening line. Bear with me, I'll explain…
P.F. Changs is one of my favorite gluten-free dining experiences. For those of you who have visited a P.F. Changs Restaurant, you are familiar with the two large, ornate stone horses outside of every restaurant entrance. However, if you happen to visit the Changs in Atlantic City, New Jersey, you'll get to see the horses up close and very personal.
Inside the Tropicana Casino resides the Atlantic City P.F. Changs. The place is always packed with quite a diverse crowd, from trendy 20-somethings to the blue haired grannies taking a nickel slots breather. No reservation? You can spend your two hour wait in the small bar and table area until seated. A window was thoughtfully placed on either side of the entrance so you may gaze out at the passerby. The gazing will occur with somewhat of an, ahem, obstructed view. I'm not sure if it was a design snafu or a contractor's joke, but those two large, ornate stone horses are positioned directly outside each window. As a result, one who chooses to sit in the bar area while waiting for their table will be privy to a wondrous view of a gigantic stone horse's rear end. Maybe it's me (I can have an odd sense of humor at times), but this just cracks me up.
But, I digress. This past Sunday, I dined with two of my gluten-eating girlfriends at a P.F. Changs in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. What's so fabulous about this restaurant chain? Across the country, all P.F. Changs staff; from host to server to cook, are educated in food intolerances. You will receive nary an odd look or "What the heck is gluten?" verbal inquisition. Prior to taking your table's order, your server will ask whether any diners have dietary restrictions. This is where you will speak up and declare your gluten emancipation, start waving your arms (or other extremities) wildly, or, if subtlety is your tactic, slyly point to your gluten free menu.
P.F. Changs gluten-free menu is quite extensive and offers a nice selection. Heed my advice and leave room for The Dome dessert. Ah, The Dome, a beauteous creation of flourless chocolate decadence. It looks small, but it is mighty. Nestled along The Dome is a combination of raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries to help to make this dish somewhat healthy (not really, but we can pretend).
At the end of your delicious meal, crack open your cookie and read your compelling fortune from within, but let someone else eat it (the cookie, that is). While the fortune is gluten-free, sadly the cookie is not.
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