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Minneapolis City Charter 141.40
Substantive and Procedural Powers and Duties of Commission.
The Commission shall:
(1) Seek to prevent and eliminate bias and discrimination because of race, color. creed religion, ancestry, national origin, sex affectional preference, disability, age, marital status, status with regard to public assistance or familial status by means of education. persuasion, conciliation and enforcement, meditation and the impartial resolution and adjudication of disputes, and utilize all of the powers at its disposal to carry into execution the provisions of the title. The commission may often as part of mediation the administrative costs incurred by the commission in handling the complaint.
(2) Conduct a program of research and study for the purpose of ascertaining how the objectives of this title may best be attained and sustained.
(3) Publish results of such research and studies.
(4) Advise the mayor, the city council and departments or agencies of government with respect to matters relating to the commission's purposes.
(5) Cooperate with and seek to advise and coordinate the activities of persons of groups interested in the objectives of this title.
(6) Receive, or on the basis of its own information, initiate, complaints alleging discrimination and conduct such investigations and inquiries as may reasonably appear necessary to find the facts with respect thereto.
(7) Conduct public meetings and hearings, and gather and disseminate information to governmental agencies and to the public.
(8) Utilize the records and services of municipal, state and federal governmental departments and agencies to the extent permitted by law, and pursuant to agreement with departments and agencies may refer ;matters for preliminary inquiry, conciliation, hearing and findings.
(9) Furnish to any appropriate state of federal agency having jurisdiction in the premises a transcript of the proceedings and findings in any case in which the court of competent jurisdiction or the commission has, after hearing, found that any person has unlawfully discriminated.
(10) Adopt and promulgate, pursuant to Chapter 14 of Minnesota Statutes, suitable rules and regulations for effectuating the purposes of this title. The procedure for adopting, amending, suspending or revoking rules shall be in the following manner.
The commission shall hold a public hearing affording all interested parties an opportunity to participate; thirty (30) days' prior notice to the hearing shall be published once in the STAR TRIBUNE newspaper and once in two (2) minority newspapers; free copies of the proposed rule shall be available to the public at the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights; a tape recording of other transcription of the public hearing shall be made; after allowing written material to be submitted to the commission for twenty (20) days after the public hearing ends the commissions shall meet to consider and take action; if the commission adopts the rule, it shall be submitted with the tape recording or other transcription of the public hearing to the city attorney who shall review the rule as to form and legality. The city attorney shall, within twenty (20) days, either approve of disapprove the rule. If the city approves the rule, the city attorney shall promptly forward it to the city council for its approval, disapproval, amendment or referral back to the commission for further consideration; the city council shall so act within thirty (30) says of the referral from the city attorney; a rule approved of amended by the city council shall be filed in the office of the city clerk and shall be effective upon publication unless a later date is specified in the rule; if the city attorney disapproves the city attorney shall state in writing the reason therefore and return the proposed rule to the commission. When the director has submitted to the commission any suggested rule of regulation which the commission, after six (6) months has not acted upon, the commission shall hold a public hearing and pass a resolution to either commence the procedures set out in this subdivision or refuse the suggested rule or regulation. (Ord. of 12-30-75, Sec. 7; 76-Or-172, 043, Sec. 1, 3-30-84; Pet. No 249821, Sec. 3, 7-14/89; 93-Or-133, Sec. 1, 8-27-93; 95-Or-164, Sec. 1, 12-29-95)
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Put it this way: the Eagles could not have written a darker, more wretched start to their 2010 season -- not without a pharmaceutical assist, anyway.
Quarterback Kevin Kolb played a bad first half and then suffered a concussion. Middle linebacker Stewart Bradley also suffured a concussion. Fullback Leonard Weaver reportedly tore his ACL, which would end his season. Center Jamaal Jackson, whose knee was worrying everybody, instead messed up his elbow and was forced out of the game.
And on and on it went, in a 27-20 defeat to the Green Bay Packers. Even if Michael Vick made things interesting/entertaining by running for more than 100 yards and leading the Eagles to 17 second-half points, there is no way to spin this one in a positive way. It was awful.
Questions outnumbered answers by an incaculable number.
How could the offense have been so bad with Kolb in there? His numbers in two quarters: 5-for-10 for 24 yards, and with only a field goal to show for his time -- and, to be fair, that was set up by a big Vick scramble.
How could Kolb and Bradley both talk their way back onto the field after suffering their concussions? Bradley tried to stand up after hitting his helmet against teammate Ernie Simms' knee and then fell again like the Flyers' Sami Kapanen in that Flyers player game several years ago against Toronto. Yet he missed only three plays before returning. As for Kolb, he was driven into the turf by the Packers' Clay Matthews, looked woozy, and was described as having a jaw injury -- but he also returned for a three-and-out series near the end of the second quarter. It was only after halftime that the concussions were announced in the press box.
How could the defense, which really played pretty well in the first half, go so completely soft at times in the second half without Bradley?
What will they do at fullback without Weaver -- assuming the ominous reports are true? There isn't another true fullback on the roster, after all.
And what about Vick? He was anything but efficient or consistent -- but he rambled and rollicked the Eagles back into the ballgame against the Packers, and there is no denying that.
When might Kolb be back?
And Bradley?
And can they keep this mess from carrying over into next week against the Lions?

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Two unsung heroes from Doncaster were on the right track in a contest organised by a national rail operator.
Wendy Barclay and Gladys Gilderson have both been crowned community champions by Grand Central for their generous contribution to the local community.
Wendy, a volunteer for the Friends of Sandall Park, was nominated for her commitment and support to help make the scheme a success. The judges were particularly impressed by Wendy's dedication and pride in the work she does, and her commitment in going the extra mile to help the local community.
Gladys, a volunteer for M25 Housing & Support Group, was nominated for her continued commitment to the shelter, providing home-cooked meals every Saturday and Sunday morning.
The judges were impressed by Gladys' long-term dedication, volunteering for over 17 years, as well as her generous and lively nature helping to support other volunteers.
The pair have been invited to an awards ceremony in September, where they will celebrate alongside other regional winners and be presented with a pair of return train tickets to London. One overall winner along the West Riding Route will also be selected to receive an overnight trip for four to London and a £500 donation to charity.


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This collection contains 5 volumes of enduring commentary, theology, and Christian living material from Martyn Lloyd-Jones, one of the twentieth century's leading voices in evangelical doctrine and preaching. These volumes provide nearly 1,500 pages of Lloyd-Jones' highly relevant and well-loved works. more


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Checking in on… the Summit LeaguePosted by Brian Goodman on February 25th, 2011
Eli Linton is the RTC correspondent for the Summit League.
A Look Back
The Summit League standings were shaken up one final time as the regular season comes to an end. All eight teams clinched a spot this week in the tournament, and Oakland became the first conference regular season champion of 2011. The win guarantees them a spot in the NIT should they falter in the conference tournament. The Golden Grizzlies were also bumped all the way up to #6 on the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll, just one spot behind Gonzaga and six spots ahead of last year's NCAA runner-up, Butler. But perhaps the biggest winner in the weekend drama was ORU. Thanks to a dominant 18 point drubbing of IUPUI, the Golden Eagles locked down the coveted #2 seed—which quite frankly—almost gives them an easier road to the Conference Championship game than top-seeded Oakland. It was the final big momentum swing that has now aligned us for a fantastic Championship weekend.
Power Rankings
1. Oakland (21-9, 16-1)—There have been grumblings among Summit fans who think Oakland has lost a little of their edge— they have been involved in some close games against conference foes, including a loss to IUPUI—but I don't think there is really anything for this team to be concerned about until the conference championship game. The only team Oakland could have trouble with would be ORU. Simply because ORU is the only team that could match their size and depth. However, Oakland won't face them again until the championship game—so until then, rest easy Golden Grizzly fans. Oakland is nearly unstoppable on offense—they are third in the country in scoring and eighth in field goal percentage. Even in their one conference loss to IUPUI, they scored 88 points. To beat Oakland, you have to get their big men in foul trouble, and hope you can outlast them in a shootout.
2. Oral Roberts (16-14, 12-5)—They are on a seven-game win streak and are playing better than any team in the conference, including Oakland. They have dominated their opponents by an average of 13 points per game during the win streak. They have been brought back to life by the vastly improved guard play, and a renewed team focus. Veteran guard Kyron Stokes was also cleared to play basketball by his neurologist after suffering what seemed to be career-ending concussions earlier in the year. But He is back, head gear and all, not a moment too soon. Not only is he the best perimeter defender and most experienced player Scott Sutton has, but he is also one of the vocal leaders on the team. Adding guys like that only make you better. We will see how it pans out next week as they push for the championship.
3. IUPUI (17-13, 11-6)—They had a great chance to clinch the #2 seed, and it looked like they would after defeating Oakland by 12 on February 5, but a blowout loss to Oral Roberts gave them their third loss in five games. It is nothing short of a monumental collapse that will haunt the Jags. They have an NBA-material forward in Alex Young, but he can't carry a team alone. This team really struggles to play defense, and their point guard play is less than impressive. Two elements they must have to make it to Championship weekend.
4. South Dakota State (18-10, 10-7)—They salvaged the season a bit down the stretch, winning five of their last seven with losses to the two best teams in the conference. They will likely get the four-seed, which will match them against IPFW in the first round, a team they dominated twice in the regular season.
5. IPFW (10-7, 17-11) — IPFW finally collapsed down the stretch like I predicted. There were too many times during the year when you looked at their roster and said "how are they winning?" They were too small and too streaky to stay on top forever. Looking back, the best team the Mastodons beat all year was ORU. The last month they struggled in the Conference, going 3-4 in the month of February, and they failed to score 80 points against any conference opponent in that span.
6. UMKC (16-12, 9-8)—The Roos, like IPFW, have somehow competed hard despite having no size to work with. There was a stretch in January where no one really wanted to play UMKC—taking ORU, IUPUI, and NDSU to five overtime periods combined. But recently they have been getting demolished by the top teams, and have slowly faded into the pack. They are still a dangerous team when they shoot well, but it won't be enough to win three days in a row next week.
7. North Dakota State (13-14, 7-10)—Despite the record, I am sure Oral Roberts would rather play Southern Utah in the first round than North Dakota State. No matter what their seeding, NDSU is going to be a tough out. They still have Michael Tveidt, who was a key member of their Cinderella run from a couple years ago, so if anyone has an upset left in them it is NDSU. They are limping into the tournament, but sometimes the most dangerous animal is a wounded animal—and they have nothing to lose.
8. Southern Utah (11-17, 7-10)—Southern Utah will have an interesting next couple of week. On Saturday, they play Oakland in the final regular season game, and then face them again in the first round of the Conference tournament. Is that an upset I see on the Horizon? (Nah).
9. Centenary (1-28, 1-16) — No one deserves to lose them all, and Centenary avoided infamy by defeating Western Illinois 73-60—ending a 33-game losing streak. This team might be the worst team in NCAA history, but tonight, they are winners. That convincing win is good enough to bring them out of the cellar for the first time all season, at least in my poll.
10. Western Illinois (2-15, 7-21)—they will always be remembered as the only team to lose to the worst team of all-time…by 13.
A Look Ahead
The Summit League conference championship starts Saturday March 5, for the men and women, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It's all high-stakes basketball from here on out. Win, you advance with dreams of making the Big Dance; lose, and you go home with nothing to show for it. Don't you love mid-major basketball? A Conference Championship preview is coming up next week.


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The Continental Congress authorizes construction and administration of the first American naval force—the precursor of the United States Navy.
Since the outbreak of open hostilities with the British in April, little consideration had been given to protection by sea until Congress received news that a British naval fleet was on its way. In November, the Continental Navy was formally organized, and in December Esek Hopkins was appointed the first commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy. His first fleet consisted of seven ships: two 24-gun frigates, the Alfred and the Columbus; two 14-gun brigs, the Andrea Doria and the Cabot; and three schooners, the Hornet, the Wasp, and the Fly.
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There are lots of minorities in many countries. But these minorities were mostly based on etnic and/or religious groups. However being an Atheist, detaches you from the society based on your own thoughts or decisions. In a Muslim community, religion is very powerful in daily life. It seperates believers from non believers in a cunning sense. For instance; obtaining a proper position in a governmental/state organization, or even in private companies (because of their political status) depends on your religious expression.Another important part is the role of family. Since 99.9 percent of the population is Muslim, your parents are Muslim and most of them would kill themselves rather than watching you become a non believer. So they will teach you everything in a commanding and rewarding fashion.
This lifestyle leaves you only one choice; having two identities. First one is your formal identity, its like the way you talk or act in your job; and your hidden personal identity. You have to be really careful otherwise you will get discharged from your community. You cannot find a proper job, even your family will be really harsh on you.
We are in an ironic age, I can discuss Quantum Physics, determinism here and I cannot discuss even the basic principles of Islam in any kind of platform in my home, job or rest of my social life.
In Islam there were no reforms unlike Christianity so it is well preserved/protected. Muslim people are very proud to tell this. In fact, it is proves how corrupt it is. 1400 years of preservation gives you nothing but a Conservative mind.
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Cem-first I had to realize there is no God, then I could see that there is the Idea of God which is much more important to understand. I think that why theism persists today has more to do with the Idea of God than the merits of any religion's version of God. Why do we seem to need something more than our family and friends to believe in?
Mr_Swami--are you talking about living in a Muslim community in America? I have no idea what that is like. But if you're just talking about the average experience of atheism in America, I have to disagree, because it is very unlikely that you will be killed in most communities in America for disbelief.
I clicked on your link, Gallup's Mirror - if I was a parent I think I'd be having palpitations. The only bit I liked, was:
"It's a shame," says Eugenie Scott, director of the National Center for Science Education, "because if these standards are actually introduced into the curriculum and shape how biology students will be trained for the next several years, those kids are in for a big shock when they go to college, because they're going to learn that what they had been taught by their teachers in high schools is a lot of rubbish."
Yup, 'bout sums it up :)
Kairan, of course you have your own realizations, however the concept of God is where we should start our debate. People have to understand that it is pure nerd movement. In practical life in order to achieve success you have work as a team, and of course team has a leader. If you are leader and your group starts to question your decisions, your leadership and as a result whole group will fail. To prevent this you create your dogmas to prevent your group to question your decisions. If you want to apply this rule to massive population, you must have constitution, religion etc. Now all of this looks familiar, right?
If you try to prove that God does not exist you will eventually fail. However if you understand why people created "God", everything seem more understandable, I guess.
You cannot reach zero if you count down from infinity, but if you start to count from zero -at least- you have some number in your hand. God is infinity, and we have to count from zero.
herd not nerd :D
what are these dots, can you define them. Nope. Why? bec its undetermined.
In turkey we say "if you have nothing to say wise, don't try to say smt. o/w you'll look stupid"
you cannot prove that God does not exist. don't try to. you dont have to. you dont need to. On the other hand, you can prove that "believing" something without any scientific evidence, is stupid.
so can you at least tell me how many numbers we have between 1 and inf. If you are claiming that you can determine its size you have to be finite. You donot know anything about maths and algorithms i suppose. BTW congrats for computing inf, which could not be done by any mega computer. You must be genius!
What does it mean to disobey God's love? In everyday terms?


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Blake Lively Gets An Entire Shoe Collection Before Its Release
How lucky is the always stylish Blake? She was among the first to try on Christian Louboutin's Spring 2012 collection — for free!
Gossip Girl star Blake Lively is known for her sophisticated style, and she certainly didn't disappoint at Godiva's 2012 Valentine's Day event at the Andaz 5th Avenue in New York on Feb. 9. For the occasion, the fashionista wore a sleek outfit by Valentino, and threw on a pair of gorgeous Spring 2012 Louboutins. Yes, you read that correctly. Blake, who counts Louboutin among her favorite designers, revealed that she was sent the entire collection before its release!
"My gosh, [the spring collection] was sent to my house today, and they're so beautiful," Blake revealed to People. "They're amazing. I walked around my apartment wearing them."
Featured in the collection are a pair of "cage, crystal-encrusted shoes and one with a feather detail coming off of it."
What would YOU give for the chance to preview your favorite designer's collection, HollywoodLifers?
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Marvels of modern technology... Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Work in Progress View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Marvels of modern technology..." OPTXjunior memberMember #Joined: 13 Dec 2000Posts: 40Location: Charleston, WV USA Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 1:12 am Was sitting around this evening and started modeling a new character in 3D Studio Max version 3.1. 3D work is actually what I do mostly anymore as I'm wanting to get a job working with video games this year, since I spent all last year working for a firm doing 3D architectural visualizations. This is the face and only about one hour of work. I will try and have this model completed by Thursday hopefully, if timing cooperates. Let me know what ya think so far. I know it's a lil' early but I've only spent an hour on it so far. Thanks much and Laterz. ------------------ My imagination won't leave me alone. Back to top StarseedmemberMember #Joined: 14 Sep 2000Posts: 144Location: Vancouver, Canada Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 1:16 am Overall shape looks good to me. It's just the tweaks that I'm sure you're about to do next that remain to be done. Looking forward to seeing the finished work. Has 3ds' modelling got any easier? I remember using max 1.0 then using lightwave 5.0 and lightwave was 10x better for modelling. -mt ------------------ everything is relative Back to top Wyatt TurnermemberMember #Joined: 18 Oct 2000Posts: 501Location: Everett, WA, USA Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 1:21 am it's looking great so far. the shape and eyelids look good to me. the Nose also looks perfect. the lips look to need more work. but as i said great start. like to see more of it as you go on. later y@ Back to top FreddioAdministratorMember #Joined: 29 Dec 1999Posts: 2078Location: Australia Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 1:34 am I can't model.. Its too much for me to sit down and work out what all those buttons do.. I have made a few simple models but nothing amazing... I feel its beyond me... I would really like to get into it still though. Any helpful tips to get me started... how did you manage to get where you are today? The face looks great.. Back to top BradfordGuestMember # Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 1:50 am read books and online tutorials. the only way to go. or if your a bastard like me you go to school for it ------------------ firstname.lastname@example.com icq#:3704871 Back to top OPTXjunior memberMember #Joined: 13 Dec 2000Posts: 40Location: Charleston, WV USA Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 2:05 am Thanks for all the good comments guys. I'll keep this post updated with my progress until it's done, which shouldn't take too long, but I'm off to bed here after writing this to sleep for about 3 hours then I gotta be back up for meetings all day. Freddio: How I got to where I am now is kind of a long boring story in some ways, so I won't go too deep into that. Let's just say most people in my family career wise are involved in film, video games and broadcast television work. In learning 3D Studio Max, I'm actually self taught, although I went to Art School after high school for 2 yrs with a major in animation. I started out on 3D Studio when it was release 4 back in the days of DOS. I've used about every modeling and animation software package along the way but prefer 3D Studio Max and Maya. I'm actually a certified instructor for Alias/Wavefront products but rarely teach. A great place for beginners to start is online, as there are plenty of websites with tutorials and many online discussion groups, forums and even chat channels on IRC. Just takes time and dedication to making an effort to learn, just like anything in life, if you want to be good. I don't know if it's appropriate to plug a website for 3D and correct me if I'm wrong and I mean no offense by doing so, only trying to help Freddio, but www.flay.com is great if you want to learn lightwave, www.3dluvr.com is a great place for users of 3d studio max and Maya, if you're going for film work then check out the info at www.highend3d.com. That's about all I have to say for now. Thanks for all the comments and I'm off to bed. Laterz ------------------ My imagination won't leave me alone. Back to top FreddioAdministratorMember #Joined: 29 Dec 1999Posts: 2078Location: Australia Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 3:13 am great.. Thanks for that. Back to top fazedesignmemberMember #Joined: 28 Nov 2000Posts: 115 Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 3:56 am Great shapes, love to see how it turns out. Back to top NexmemberMember #Joined: 25 Mar 2000Posts: 2086Location: Austria Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 7:58 am looks really good to me Back to top MeatyCheesyBoymemberMember #Joined: 02 Dec 2000Posts: 139Location: Everett, WA USA Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 8:11 am Looks pretty good so far. I'd like to see how it turns out and would also like to see the wireframe if it isn't too much to ask. Anyhow, nice start. Back to top CyberLinkmemberMember #Joined: 10 Oct 2000Posts: 213Location: Mainz, Germany Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2001 4:41 am 2 Freddio: 3DS MAX sucks I prefer Alias|Wavefront Maya. You may even use your Wacom tablet together with it's powerful tool "Artisan" that is pressure sensitive. Basically it is not 3D modelling but something like 3D painting and sculpture. Back to top zeebitmemberMember #Joined: 30 Oct 1999Posts: 75Location: cincinnati, OH Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2001 7:14 am my program is better than yours is... anyway, i feel that, as far as modeling goes and being able to animate said model, topology is the most important aspect. Whether it is done in max, or maya, polys or patched NURBS, the surface topology is going to look pretty much the same. First off, you need to understand what you are modeling and how the surface of that object flows. Then you need to figure out the best way to translate that into 3d information. In 3d, you want to change the flow of the surface to best describe teh object you are depicting. For instance, to best describe a head, you would not take a simple gridded surface like a NURBS surface and just push and pull points til you had something like a face. Instead, you would change surfaces adding radial patches of geometry around the nostrils, eyes, ears and mouth that flow into each other and the rest of the head. on 3drender.com there is a wireframe of a patchmodel by alex alvarez that illustrates that point pretty well. so basically, whatever the program is, make sure your topology is good. groove, pete Back to top -- Transcendent --memberMember #Joined: 12 Nov 2000Posts: 251Location: Somewhere, Sometime, Somehow Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2001 8:31 am Wondeful model. It seems you used surface tools here, but what's unusal is that the normals are two sided, and I can see the end of the head through the (model's) right eye. How is that possible ? Back to top OPTXjunior memberMember #Joined: 13 Dec 2000Posts: 40Location: Charleston, WV USA Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2001 11:06 am Thanks so much for all the nice comments folks. As for Freddio, the comment about Maya being better than 3D Studio Max by another forum participant who shall remain nameless, as I don't bash people for misunderstandings, but honestly a software package is only as good as the one who is using it. Keep that in mind. Granted not all programs are created equal and some offer more options for creation, but if you know what you are doing, have the dedication, and that ever important thing "TALENT", then you can work magic with even the low end consumer 3D packages. As for the question of being able to see both sides of each face in my model...yes, I did use surface tools for modeling this piece. The method of creation is creating a spline cage, adding a surface then converting to editable mesh with mesh smooth applied. This is technically NURMS modeling. I could explain in better detail if needed. Well I'm off to work on some more 3D modeling. 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text: Yet Another Blow to Corn Planting May 21, 2013 01:45 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Fran Howard AgWeb Contributing Writer Email Powerful storms ripped through parts most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin on Sunday and Monday, further delaying an already late corn planting. "Except for those acres that received severe downpours, the cornfields that were planted should be okay," says Jeff Coulter, agronomist with the University of Minnesota. It's the corn acres that haven't been planted that are worrisome. While producers made great headway last week with 71% of the nation's corn planted as of May 19, compared with only 28% a week earlier, Wisconsin only had 43% of its corn acres planted as of Sunday. "We are pretty far behind," says Joe Lauer, agronomist with the University of Wisconsin. Wisconsin producers like to have their corn planted between May 1 and May 5, based on their location within the state, to optimize yield. "If planting isn't done until June 1, we have lost 30% of the yield," says Lauer. Late planted corn is also more vulnerable to pollinating during the hottest, driest part of summer. Lauer is in charge of planting 13 research plots to corn for the University of Wisconsin and says he has not been able to plant since last Thursday. "It's a mixed weather forecast for the rest of the week," he adds. The wettest part of the state stretches from Arlington to Marshfield to Fond du Lac. Next week, Lauer says, corn producers will need to switch to corn varieties with shorter maturities. Watch for Yellowing With so much rain falling so fast, leaching could be a concern on fields that have already been planted. "If corn is looking yellow at about 18 inches, producers might want to side dress with a little nitrogen," Coulter says. Producers with unplanted corn acres in areas that received heavy downpours likely won't be able to return to planting until Thursday at the earliest, says Coulter. For Minnesota, the latest recommended date to plant corn is May 31. "From a yield standpoint, last week was the last week to plant and still get optimal corn yields," says Coulter. "Yield is slipping away. You need to get your unplanted corn is as fast as you can. But don't mud it in." Back to news


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SALT LAKE CITY — If you count sixth-grade assignments, Hannah Clayson Smith could argue she really became an attorney at the age of 12.
After her debate coach, Mr. Fraleigh, assigned her the role of lawyer for their mock trial, she went home and eagerly built diagrams and poster-board mock-ups for the case.
"I think that was the bug that bit me," Smith told the Deseret News from her home in Dallas. "I knew that I wanted to do something in the law ... pretty early on, and it never really went away."
Smith's ambition, sharp mind and dedication to what would often be long hours and strenuous weeks propelled her from a prestigious select major at Princeton to the decorous chambers of the U.S Supreme Court and finally to the rigorous demands of motherhood.
Today, she carries the distinction of being one of the few people who have clerked twice for the Supreme Court and is praised in legal circles for her dedication to protecting religious liberties.
Yet for Smith, the focus was never on the six-figure salaries obtainable by most Supreme Court clerks, nor the distinction associated with a big-name law firm.
Today she happily works "very part-time" from home as legal counsel for the Becket Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based public interest law firm aimed at defending religious liberty, serves on the Deseret News Editorial Advisory Board and spends the rest of her time going for walks in the park and building Play-Doh animals with her children Gladys, Lucy and George.
"There are so many people like me in the world today who have similar values," said Smith, 37. "They value family, value their faith, value putting their family first. I've actually received a lot of support from others who similarly want to find a way to balance their life's mission and their life's passion in their profession with their desire to put their family first."
Even as a child growing up in California, Hannah had a brilliant mind, says her sister Jane Clayson Johnson, a renowned broadcast journalist who also serves on the paper's advisory board.
"I remember when she was in preschool, 4 years old, and she made a number line that went up into six or seven hundred," Johnson said. "She was always very advanced."
While in high school, Smith edited the yearbook, played violin in the Sacramento Youth Symphony and stayed busy with service, even organizing a Thanksgiving Day food drive for the local homeless shelter and food bank as a junior in high school.
"The things that she did very early on I'm sure were encouraged by my parents and my family...but more than anything, she did it herself," Johnson said.
Her dad, Karl, was a surgeon and her mom, Jane, stayed at home with the children, Jane, Hannah and younger brother, David, teaching them music and organizing string quartet performances. David died at age 11 of a brain tumor, leaving 12-year-old Smith with a greater sense of compassion for those with terminal illnesses.
At 19, Smith headed east for college, carrying with her a growing interest in debate as well as a fascination with public policy and education.
Her acceptance into the prestigious Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton meant she could create her own major, combining classes from politics, sociology and economics to focus on education reform policy with a minor in a teacher preparation program.
One of her classes, "The Politics of Civil Liberties," was taught by Robert George, a renowned conservative thinker and one of Smith's mentors who also joins her on the Deseret News Editorial Advisory Board.
During her first year at Princeton, Smith was approached by the sister missionaries in her LDS ward, who asked if she'd come participate in the teaching of a fellow classmate.
That week, the sisters were teaching about the moral and health codes upheld by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — commitments that classmate John Smith, the contact, assured them he was already living.
"The missionaries were really excited because he was a really golden contact," Hannah said. "I went back to my dorm room and prayed really hard that he would join the church some day."
John remembers immediately recognizing in Hannah someone who both understood her faith and lived it diligently. She was easy to trust, he said, kind and understanding, factors that were important in a best friend, and in a spouse.
John continued to learn about the LDS faith from the missionaries and from Hannah, and was baptized during their junior year.
They dated for two years before both leaving on LDS missions - Hannah to Geneva, Switzerland and John to Kiev, Ukraine.
John now treasures a thick binder containing all of Hannah's encouraging letters. In each of their letters, Hannah and John also passed back and forth a separate piece of paper containing six drawn chessboards and drawn pieces.
"I'd make my move in all six games, include it in my letter, she'd read my letter, make her moves in the six games and send it back to me," John said.
They didn't complete the games during their missions, but soon after they got home they set one game at a time and finished them.
"She won three and I won three," John said with a laugh. "It was a nice token of how evenly matched we were."
For the newly married California native and the New Jersey convert, LDS-infused Provo was definitely a change of pace. Yet, the Smiths knew they were supposed to be at BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School.
"We really felt strongly that the law school would be a place where you could learn law in the spirit of faith," Hannah said. "We would be in an environment and taught and mentored by people like us, who lived their faith and who weren't going to sacrifice their values to get ahead."
They also knew they wanted to work with BYU law professor Cole Durham, whom John had met in Ukraine while on his mission. Durham was speaking at a conference on religious liberty and John, as assistant to the mission president, was assigned to help with translation. They spent a great deal of time talking about Durham's work in the realm of protecting religious liberty and John's interest was piqued.
"That turned out to be a really important relationship for us," Hannah said, adding the friendship continues today. "He is really a mentor to us."
"They are really just a remarkable couple," Durham said. "There are not a lot of students who make lasting impacts on a law school, but some things that they did continue to this day."
Like the monthly spiritual devotional called "Spirit of the Law" the Smiths organized, which allowed students to see a different side to their professors. Hannah also built much of the organizational structure for the annual International Law and Religion Conference, which has grown to include nearly 80 leaders and officials from around the world.
"Hannah was a super-star law student," said Utah Supreme Court Justice Thomas R. Lee, who at the time was teaching at BYU. "From the day she set foot on campus, I could tell she would be someone who would make an important mark on the legal profession. Since then she has met or exceeded those expectations."
And John excelled right along with her, going from their dual clerkship with Judge Samuel Alito on the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court to private practice and later serving as an associate White House counsel for President Bush from 2006-09. John currently works as the attorney for the cyber security department of Raytheon, a defense company.
"I do feel particularly attached to those two," Durham said of the Smiths. "They were of tremendous service and I continue to benefit from things they're doing."
This summer, John accompanied Durham to Ukraine to further work on religious liberty, and Durham said he would love to do more work in France, relying on Hannah's language and legal expertise.
"Not only does she have the intellectual firepower and background to understand the issues, but she's also plugged in to a variety of networks that keep her in touch with the rising generation that is going to be in leadership all over the country within a decade or so. She is in a really good position to bring sort of a sense of emerging perspectives to what the (Deseret News Editorial Advisory) board thinks about."
After three years of studying and discussing law together at BYU, the Smiths applied for clerkships with Alito on the 3rd Circuit Court in Newark, New Jersey.
Knowing it was a long shot, they prayed fervently that one of them would get an offer, and the other would at least get a job in the same city.
"We were overjoyed when he extended offers to both of us to be clerks at the same time" Hannah said. "It was hard to get a circuit court clerk (position) for one person, let alone for two with the same judge."
For a year the couple lived in their clerk offices, reading cases, writing legal arguments and discussing decisions with Judge Alito, whom Hannah described as a "great boss."
Upon finishing, the couple moved to Washington, D.C., and dived into private practice, while Hannah prepared for her upcoming clerkship with Justice Clarence Thomas.
"The conventional saying is that getting a Supreme Court clerkship is like getting struck by lighting," she joked.
Yet thanks to glowing letters of recommendation from former law professors and e Alito and her beefy resume, Hannah began clerking for Justice Thomas in 2003. She spent her days reviewing cases, preparing bench memos for upcoming oral arguments and going to working lunches with the Justice and the three other law clerks.
After the term, Hannah slipped back into private practice, just months before Alito was named by then-President George W. Bush to fill Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's vacancy on the Supreme Court.
Elated, Alito's former clerks banded together and began nomination-support efforts, which included media interviews and meetings with key senators.
Hannah remembers traveling with John to swing-states South Dakota, Nebraska and Maine in the freezing cold to meet with senators and staff to encourage them to support the nomination.
It paid off, and Alito was sworn in January 2006. To help get up-to-speed in the middle of the term, he asked two former clerks to return. Hannah was one of them.
"Hannah was helping him set things up when he was first named, which I think says something about how good she is," Durham said.
Yet it was a difficult decision, because by now, Hannah was a mother. Little Gladys had been born in September, a month before Alito's nomination.
The Smiths' period of prayerful consideration was resolved when Hannah's mother, Jane, volunteered to come stay with Gladys for the six months of Hannah's half-term clerkship.
"It was really an amazing opportunity, to go back and be at the court a second time," Hannah said. "It's such a rare thing to be there at all, then to go back for a second time, be able to work for somebody like Justice Alito ... especially knowing that my daughter was in very, very loving, capable hands."
It was a long six months of "very intense" days, as Hannah describes them, but mentally invigorating to consider brand new legal questions and unique cases.
"Judge Alito would often come over to the law clerks' office and sit down and talk about cases, asking us our opinions on the cases or other pending matters," she said.
And her opinion was highly valued.
"She is a remarkably talented person — very smart, articulate, interesting and engaging," Justice Alito wrote in a statement to the Deseret News. "I have the highest admiration for her ability and her character — and her wonderful family, her husband John, who also clerked for me, and her children Gladys, Lucy and George."
During one visit to the Supreme Court, Johnson recalls talking with Justice Thomas
"I remember him saying to me, 'Your sister has a brilliant mind, but she also has such compassion for people,'" Johnson recalled. "I just love that quote. I love that thought."
With two Supreme Court clerkships under her belt, Hannah left the high court, mulling offers of six-figure salaries and six-figure bonuses from private D.C.-based firms.
Though tempting, "I just felt really strongly that I needed to be at home with my child, to give her my full attention," she said.
Hannah also turned down an offer to work with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, though she loved their focus. She agreed that the founder, Seamus Hasson, would call her again in a year, which he did, and this time, they discussed details.
She told him she needed flexibility and the ability to work from home, especially because she was pregnant with her second child.
He agreed and told her they'd do whatever she wanted.
"It was really a wonderful offer," she said. "And I felt like the Lord's hand was in this (because) I felt that the Lord had given us a lot of opportunities along the way to develop this expertise in religious liberty, and I felt it was something that I could do that would join together my legal expertise and my interest in helping forward the mission of the church."
The Becket Fund is a non-partisan, public-interest law firm that handles religious liberty litigation, defending both individuals and churches that have had their religious rights threatened, Smith explained.
With an agreement that her work would not intrude on family needs, Hannah began working part-time in September 2007.
Thanks to technology, she serves entirely from home as an advisor, editor and mentor, sharing her legal expertise and insights on a variety of cutting-edge cases.
When she's not writing briefs or clarifying arguments, she's driving kids to preschool and volunteering in their classrooms. There are also trips to the zoo and puppet shows at the local children's theater. On the weekends, the Smith children soak up time with dad and take family walks.
And on those rare evenings when the children are in bed early and mom and dad get some precious time alone, the Smiths often discuss family history, as Hannah is a "prodigious" family researcher, said John.
"What I appreciate about it, is that she finds ways to make it relevant to our kids who are still young," John said. Like this past November, when Hannah made pilgrim and Mayflower figurines to tell the Thanksgiving story, which included details from the lives of the Smith and Clayson ancestors.
"She had their attention for a whole 20 minutes," John said. "She is always (thinking about) how to package something and present something so it's accessible and educational for them. I'm very grateful that her skills in advocacy and explanation have ready application in our home with our children."
While Hannah's children may not fully realize the depth of their mother's legal expertise, nor how much she is respected by those she's worked with and for, they know of her love, John says, especially when she greets them with enthusiastic hugs and hellos each morning and each time they come back from preschool.
"I'm really grateful that the Becket Fund has been so good to me," Hannah said. "(They've) permitted me to keep my hand in this really vital work of defending religious liberty while at the same time, putting my family first."
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Palmtrees, Coromandel Coast
Photographer: Fiebig, Frederick
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1851
Photograph of scenery on the Coromandel Coast at Madras, in Tamil Nadu, taken by Frederick Fiebig in c.1851. The coastline is beaten by violent seas, especially during the north-east monsoon season from October until April. Palm trees dot the coast and provide fruit that is refreshing in the heat. Little seems to be known about Frederick Fiebig. He was probably born in Germany and became a lithographer (and possibly was also a piano teacher) in Calcutta, publishing a number of prints in the 1840s. In the late 1840s Fiebig turned to photography using the calotype process, producing prints that were often hand-coloured. His photographs includes several hundred views of Calcutta in the early 1850s, one of the earliest detailed studies of a city, a large hand coloured collection of which were bought by the East India Company in 1856, their first major acquisition of photographs. Among the roughly 500 pictures were views of Calcutta, Madras, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Cape Town.


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Sex, Drugs and Libor Traders
WSJ's David Enrich looks at how the London brokerage industry went to great lengths to curry favor with top traders. The brokerage industry's efforts to woo traders escalated from taking them to fancy dinners to sometimes providing them with cocaine and prostitutes to allegedly helping them manipulate a key global interest rate.
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Independent developer Ken Tidwell today is pleased to introduce D3S DSLR v2.0 for iOS, another in his series of popular Min-U Guides to Nikon DSLRs. The app provides quick, easy access to information by allowing the user to "drill down" through a topic, just like using the camera menus, until they find exactly what they need. For example, a new photographer may want to find out how to set the camera's self-timer so he can appear in a group shot.
All new under the hood. D3 DSLR is rebuilt for iOS 5.1, now with iPad SplitView providing enhanced navigation. Still a Universal app providing full support for Retina screens on both iPad and iPhone/touch.
From the app's opening screen the user selects the topic Custom Setting Menu from among six other chapter headings, then they pick Timers from five other choices, and finally they choose Self-Timer from four other listings, where step-by-step instructions are found. A convenient alternative to carrying bulky, printed reference material, the app also includes a handy list of D3S Quick Specs, a troubleshooting checklist, error messages, supported standards, digital photography & DSLR lens glossaries, CF card capacity calculator and an iPad Camera Kit overview.
The opening screen of this Min-U Guide consists of seven main chapter headings, each including a replica of the icon used on the D3S for that menu. The six Menu chapters include: Playback (modify playback settings and manage photos an movies), Shooting (configure D3S shooting options), Custom Settings (fine-tune camera settings to your liking), Setup (basic camera configuration), Retouch (create trimmed or retouched copies of existing images), and My Menu (your custom menu and options). The seventh chapter, [More], contains miscellaneous info (D3S specs and glossaries, error messages, etc.) Touching any chapter activates a push transition, where the next page enters right to left, pushing off the current page. Similarly, touching any topic on the second screen activates another transition. This smooth, visually appealing iOS based navigation system makes moving up and down the hierarchically arranged menus and sub-menus quick, intuitive and enjoyable.
D3S DSLR v2.0 achieves an ideal balance between comprehensiveness and clarity. Instructions contain no unnecessary verbiage, and no unnecessary steps. The goal of the adage "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler," has been achieved here with excellent results. Even when dealing with concepts prone to obfuscation (480p vs. 576p vs. 720p vs. 1080i), the Guide is always factual, straightforward, and easily understood. The app is a universal binary, and displays in the highest, native resolution on every iOS device. In addition to Playback, Shooting, Custom Settings, Setup, Retouch and My Menu, this 'D3s' guide features a 'MORE' menu that includes:
- Troubleshooting
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- Glossaries
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- IPad Camera Kit Overview
D3S DSLR also offers useful DSLR Calculators. Know exactly how many images based on either FX or DX format (with image file type), will fit on CF memory cards from 4GB to 128GB in size. Also provided are: 'Depth of Field', 'Dimensional Field of View by Focal Length' and 'Angular Field of View' calculators.
Independent developer Ken Tidwell, creator of the Min-U Guides series, commented,
Now you can spend your time shooting more amazing digital photos instead of carrying and digging through lengthy reference materials. D3S DSLR v2.0 is organized in the same manner as the D3S camera control menus, meaning that while you use it you also learn more about using your D3S.
Device Requirements: * iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch * iOS 4.3 or later (iOS 5.1 tested) * Universal Application * 17.4 MB
D3S DSLR v2.0 is $4.99 (USD) and available worldwide through the App Store in the Photo & Video category. D3S DSLR v2.0 is current with Nikon D3S v1.01 firmware.
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Portland, Oregon - Located in beautiful Portland, Oregon, the Min-U Guides team is an independent software company founded by Ken Tidwell in February of 2009. With over three decades developing software, Ken's goal is to provide user guides, manuals and tutorials for a broad range of products while leveraging the unique Mac/iOS platforms. Copyright (C) 2012 Ken Tidwell. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod, and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Nikon is a registered trademark of Nikon, Inc. All other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.


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A man was left burnt after a fire broke out in a roof at a house in Clowne.
The blaze happened at around 3.30pm yesterday (March 19) at a property on John Street.
Crews from Clowne and Staveley stations were called to the scene, where they found the fire in the roof of a two-storey building.
The ambulance were called to treat a man who suffered burns to his hands, and the fire service treated two people for smoke inhalation.
A structural engineer was also called over concerns for the safety of the roof.
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Aramac War Memorial is one of only two intact soldier statue memorials still standing in their original street intersections settings in Queensland. Dominating the main intersection in the small central Queensland township, this memorial was unveiled by shire chairman EW Bowyer on 12 April 1924.
The granite and Ulam marble memorial is surrounded by sandstone kerbing and corner posts, and a second enclosure of granite corner posts linked by double metal rails; a metal flagstaff is located at the south-west corner of the enclosure.
A local committee of mostly young women raised the funds through donations and a variety of local social events. A roll of honour bears the names of 132 local men who served in WWI. Of those, 15 died and 11 were wounded.


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The field of administration of justice prepares individuals for careers in law enforcement, corrections, private security and community service areas. Persons employed in the field provide both public and private security services in a variety of environments: private businesses, residential complexes, government agencies, as well as community police departments and correctional facilities.
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Hedge fund honcho sues ex-Wonderbra model in rental feud
Schad in 1997Marina Garnier But lingerie model Brenda Schad says hedge-fund honcho Paul Enright was a very difficult tenant — and that he and his family did so much damage to her pricey pad that she ...
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Don't excuse the date rapist - some men just don't like women
After all, everyone else is getting it. And no-one who opens up this month's edition of Loaded, and is rewarded with his very own tasteful, arty black-and-white full size pick of some naked woman ...
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Former 'Miss Wonderbra' sues moneyman ex for support
A former "Miss Wonderbra" is suing her money-honcho ex for support. Brenda Schad charges that her baby daddy, private-equity guru Frederik Broberg, owes her nearly $500,000 in child support and upkeep ...
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Battlefield 4 Fan Film: Through My Eyes
Take a look at a new fan series based on Battlefield 4 called 'Through My Eyes: I Will Show You War!'
The series is created by The Two Scotsmen and features in-game footage from EA/DICE's hit first-person shooter. The video above follows many soldiers across many different fields of battle, always in an over-the-shoulder perspective. You'll see infantrymen storm bases, tanks getting destroyed and aircraft dog-fighting through billowing pillars of smoke.
Be sure to watch the video with headphones on, because the fantastic audio from the game is included and makes the proceedings sound that much more authentic, from every footstep to the sounds of mortar fire in the background.
The editing is pretty impressive in the cinematic movie and offers many seamless transitions from soldier-to-soldier. Each epic vignette is shown with the same kind of intensity one would feel from playing the game, whether it's on foot or inside tanks. As far as community-created content goes, this video is pretty impressive. We can't wait to see what the team from The Two Scotsmen come up with next.


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Alternative forms[edit]
- eclectick (obsolete)
From French éclectique, from Ancient Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós, "selective"), from ἐκλέγω (eklégō, "I pick, choose"), from ἐκ (ek, "out, from") + λέγω (légō, "I choose, count").
Cognate to elect
eclectic (comparative more eclectic, superlative most eclectic)
- Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.
- 1893, John Robson, Hinduism and its Relations to Christianity, page 211, 214
- Chunder Sen and the Progressive Brahmists broke entirely with Hinduism...and he selected from the scriptures of all creeds what seemed best in them for instruction and for worship. […] It is an eclectic religion: it seeks to select what is good from all religions, and it has become the latest evidence that no eclectic religion can ever influence large numbers of men.
- 1893, John Robson, Hinduism and its Relations to Christianity, page 211, 214
- Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.
- 1983, Peter J. Wilson, Man, the Promising Primate: The Conditions of Human Evolution, page 140:
- All members of the Hominoidea, apes and man, show an eclectic taste in food but select, from a wide range of possibilities, only a few to provide the bulk of their diet.
- 2006, W. Frederick Zimmerman, Should Barack Obama Be President?, page 153:
- Colvin said Obama has an eclectic taste in music, listening to everything from Indonesian flute music to OutKast to Motown.
- (unrelated and unspecialized): heterogeneous; see also Thesaurus:heterogeneous
- (selecting a mixture of doctrines): exclusive, homogeneous, orthodox, standard, uniform; see also Thesaurus:homogeneous
Derived terms[edit]
selecting a mixture of what appear to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
Translations to be checked
See also[edit]
eclectic (plural eclectics)
- Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.
one who selects by the eclectic method


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Matt Cassel didn't do much to inspire in the Vikings' opener, but Teddy Bridgewater didn't do enough to make the Vikings change plans.
So according to Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Vikings are going to stick with Cassel this week, before deciding whether to give Bridgewater any work with the ones beyond that.
"We'll see after this week," Zimmer said of Bridgewater getting a chance with starters. "I don't know."
Cassel completed 5-of-6 passes for 62 yards against the Raiders in his one series. Bridgewater was 6-of-13 passes for 49 yards, taking a pair of sacks.
If Bridgewater can clean some things up, it's hard to imagine them not giving him a shot, as he gives them their best chance for stability at the position in decades.


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A Texas AgriLife Extension Service livestock economist forecasts continued strength in cattle prices heading into 2011, but warns cattlemen to keep a watchful eye on the corn supply.
David Anderson says that cattle numbers will be fewer over the next decade, but the price of corn will dictate the level and spread in calf prices.
"I think we will continue seeing beef production and cattle numbers drop off in the next couple of years," Anderson says. "We are forecast to produce 25.4 billion lbs. of beef in 2011 vs. 25.9 billion lbs. in 2010. That will lead to increases in price, but it also depends on corn prices and (their effect on) calf prices."
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RTC Conference Primers: #19 – Big West ConferencePosted by Brian Goodman on October 17th, 2011
David Gao of Zotcubed, a UC Irvine blog, is the RTC correspondent for the Big West Conference. You can find him on Twitter at @dvdgao.
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- LBSU 49ers Poised to Finally Strike Gold: After winning the Big West by four games last year, Long Beach State had to settle for the NIT after UC Santa Barbara upset them in the Big West Tournament finals. This year, four of last year's top five scorers return for LBSU, and all as fourth-year seniors. But even if a Big West Tournament win isn't in the cards, Coach Dan Monson will garner national attention and even a possible at-large bid with an incredibly tough non-conference slate featuring the likes of Pittsburgh, San Diego State, Louisville, Kansas, North Carolina and Xavier.
- Three Straight for the Gauchos?: USA World University Games team member Orlando Johnson will look to take an up-and-down UC Santa Barbara team back to the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year. Some may see last year's bid as a bit of a fluke, as the Gauchos were only a five-seed in the conference tournament, but scored a Big Dance berth anyway when they won the final against regular season champion Long Beach State. Seniors James Nunnally and Jaime Serna return as well, while D-I transfers Nate Garth and Keegan Hornbuckle become eligible for the first time this year, making this Gauchos team, on paper, even stronger.
- Will Les Be More?: At UC Davis, gone is former coach Gary Stewart after eight seasons (and his not-so-illustrious 88-148 record), replaced by former Bradley coach Jim Les, who joins his son Tyler, a sophomore on the team. The elder Les spent nine years at Bradley, where he famously took the Braves to the Sweet Sixteen in 2005-06, knocking off a highly-seeded Kansas team in the process. However, his last two teams fizzled, just as Stewart's Aggies did the last two years despite having highly touted players Mark Payne and Joe Harden on the roster. Harden and Payne are both gone now, but Big West Co-Freshman of the year Josh Ritchart returns with former Cal guard Eddie Miller.


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Just a quick hello to let you all know that i've recently come back from my 2 weeks Easter holiday in Sydney, and i'll be back to blogging very soon. Here is a sneak peak into what i did and saw throughout my holiday upon stepping foot on the land of the Aussie. Hope you all are having a lovely Easter holiday!
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INCHER Kassel Summer SchoolOct 9-13 2017
2017 Summer School in Higher Education Research and Science StudiesOctober 9 -13, 2017
The Summer School is organized by the International Centre for Higher Education Research Kassel (INCHER-Kassel) of the University of Kassel, Germany.
Globalization has brought about the idea of a borderless world, and new realities of a globalized academic world are emerging. Nevertheless, boundaries in science and higher education (research) are ubiquitous and ambiguous. Geographical boundaries still matter and we continue to face boundaries between disciplines and terminologies, the public and the private sector, organizations, career systems, methodological and theoretical approaches, as well as generations. These boundaries often limit our research and our ability to be innovative. But they may also enable original approaches and relevant new results. In addition, important research questions relate to what constitutes these boundaries, how they affect process and outcomes of scientific research, how to harness them and whether to expand or realign them. Accordingly, the 2017 summer school in Higher Education and Science Studies addresses questions related to different boundaries:
The summer school's keynotes lectures and workshops will reflect on these and related questions from theoretical, methodological, and practical perspectives. Invited speakers and participants from German and international higher education research and science studies will establish a constructive and critical dialog discussing, transcending and pushing forward the boundaries that cross our work and our field(s).
Guido Bünstorf, Anna Kosmützky, Georg Krücken (all INCHER-Kassel)
Monday – October 9, 2017: Welcome and opening by the organizers, getting to know each other, opening keynote, presentation of participants' projects, reception & opening dinner with dinner talk
Tuesday – October 10, 2017: Lecture on p-Hacking, presentation of participants' projects, workshop and hands on session on interviewing academics/scientists, casual dinner
Wednesday – October 11, 2017: Talk and discussion on big data, presentation of participants' projects, poster session, afternoon: social activities "outside the class room" (e.g. museum, walking tour) followed by joint dinner
Thursday – October 12, 2017: Introductory lecture followed by two parallel workshops on international comparative research (qualitative/ mixed method and quantitative/ multi-level analysis), panel discussion on international collaborative research, pub night
Friday – October 13, 2017: Talk and discussion on field boundaries, careers, and publication strategies, presentation of participants' projects, closing keynote, summer school evaluation, feedback, and farewell
Participants are invited to contribute a paper presentation or interactive poster to the summer school program, but of course participants without own presentation are also welcome. Submissions for presentations and posters could cover the summer school topic and related questions, but are not restricted to it. Paper presentations will have 20 minutes plus discussion. Each poster presenter will have 5 minutes for the poster presentation. After the presentation, the facilitator will open the discussion with the audience. Presenting participants will receive 5 ECTS credits.
Please apply and – in case you would like to participate with your own presentation or poster – submit an abstract (about one page) by June 16th, 2017 to firstname.lastname@example.com. Letters of acceptance will be sent by July 3rd, 2017as well as detailed information about the location, schedule, and accommodation options.
Presenting participants will receive 5 ECTS credits.
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Two-Phase Flow Modeling of a Dense Suspension
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Liquid-solid mixtures (suspensions) are important in a variety of industrial fields, such as oil and gas refinement, paper manufacturing, food processing, slurry transport, and wastewater treatment. Several different modeling approaches have been developed by the CFD community, ranging from discrete, particle-based methods to macroscopic, semi-empirical two-phase descriptions.
This model illustrates how to set up a macroscopic two-phase flow model in COMSOL Multiphysics using the Mixture Model interface. The model accounts for not only buoyancy effects but also shear-induced migration; that is, the tendency of particles to migrate toward regions of lower shear rate.
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|Ferguson Family - Willow Hill circa 1908
Tracing back in time the Fergusons go back to Robert Ferguson who was born in Scotland in 1641. He was most likely from Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1662 Robert was living in Charles Parish, York, Virginia. His profession was that of an attorney.
Robert Ferguson and his wife Mary had four children William, Mary, John, and Rose. William died at the age of three. All of the children were born between 1663 and 1677. Robert died 1 Oct 1681 leaving Mary alone to raise the children.
John (b 1670) remained in Charles Parish and married Elizabeth Davis (b 1662). They had Davis b 1697, William b 1700, Mary b 1702, and John b 1706. Davis died in 1700 and little is known of Mary and John. William married Hope and they had six children William, Elizabeth, John, Robert, John, and Ann. I would assume that since the name John was used in both 1730 and 1734 that the John b 1730 had died by March of 1734 when the second son named John was born. At this point the family began to spread out to other areas of Virginia.
William married Elizabeth in York, Virginia and their five children Mary, John, Ann, Edward, and Elizabeth were all born in York but William died in Greenville, Virginia in 1788.
John Ferguson b 15 Jan 1755 in York, Virginia married Hannah Barrow in 1770 in Stokes, North Carolina. All of their children were born in Stokes, North and here is where John Ferguson became a soldier in the Revolutionary War. All of John and Hannah's children were born after the war ended. Sometime before 1825 the family moved to Wayne, Indiana where Hannah died in 1825. His service can be attested to be the pension he applied for in 1832, and a widow's pension applied for by his second wife Bethany Deacons whom he married in 1828 in Union County, Indiana and with whom he had two children, Jonathan and Bethany.[i]
John and Hannah's son Benjamin b 31 Aug 1709 in Stokes, North Carolina married Nancy Green in May of 1811 in Indiana. Now there is more moving for better land and better crops. Their oldest son Jeremiah was born in 1812 in Ohio and their daughter Malinda was born in 1814 in Indiana.
Jeremiah married Harriet Byers on 24 Oct 1830 in Decatur, Indiana. They moved around Indiana for a while until they settled in Decatur around 1822 where they remained farming the land until they moved to Jasper County, Illinois around 1850. There was a brief trip to Kentucky in 1844 where their son Benjamin was born in 1844, this may have been a visit home since Harriett was born in Kentucky. David Ferguson was born 29 Mar 1850 in Willow Hill, Jasper, Illinois.
David Ferguson married Mary Steward on 15 May 1873 in Jasper County, Illinois and continued in the farming tradition of his family. David and Mary had five children before Mary's death in 1900. David next married Sarah and together they had five sons. In the 1930 census only one of David's sons was still farming. The Depression caused many of the Fergusons to leave the farming life for work in the cities. David's son John moved to Chicago as did John's sons Murl and Byrl but Willow Hill still had a strong pull on the family and they returned often. Murl and Byrl had a sister Edna who married Albert Catt and remained in the area to raise her family so there was always family to visit in Willow Hill.
[i] Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, compiled ca. 1800 - ca. 1912, documenting the period ca. 1775 - ca. 1900


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(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)
Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000)
Dig Out Your Soul (2008)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Developed from an earlier group, the Rain, the band originally consisted of Liam Gallagher (vocals and tambourine), Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (guitar), Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan (bass guitar), and Tony McCarroll (drums, percussion). They were later joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher (lead guitar and vocals) as a fifth member, becoming the band's settled line-up until April 1995.
Oasis signed to independent record label Creation Records in 1993 and released their record-setting debut album Definitely Maybe (1994). The following year the band recorded (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995) with drummer Alan White, in the midst of a chart rivalry with Britpop peers Blur. Along with Suede, Pulp, Blur and others, Oasis came to be regarded as one of the major bands of the Britpop movement and the Gallagher brothers were featured regularly in tabloid newspapers for their sibling disputes and wild lifestyles. In 1997 Oasis released their third album, Be Here Now (1997), and although it was the fastest-selling album in UK chart history, the album's popularity tapered off quickly, but not before selling 8 million copies. McGuigan and Arthurs left Oasis in 1999 as the band released Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000). After their departures, they were replaced by former Heavy Stereo guitarist/frontman Gem Archer and former Ride guitarist/frontman Andy Bell. Their fifth studio album Heathen Chemistry was released in 2002. In 2004 drummer Alan White left the band leaving them as a four-piece with addition of the Who drummer Zak Starkey as recording and touring unofficial fifth member and found renewed success and popularity with Don't Believe the Truth (2005).
Following the recording of the band's seventh album Dig Out Your Soul in May 2008, after being made official member duiring sessions, Starkey departed the band and with Chris Sharrock as touring member, Oasis did their last tour as a collective band. During the tour the brothers' increasingly deteriorating relationship ultimately led to Noel Gallagher announcing in August 2009 that he would be leaving the band after a backstage altercation with Liam before a festival appearance. The band, comprising the remaining members of Oasis and led by Liam Gallagher, decided to continue working together under the name Beady Eye until breaking up in 2014, while Noel went on to form his solo project Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
As well as singing in Mancunian accents and references to British culture in their lyrics, Oasis were influenced by British guitar bands from the past. They have had eight UK number-one singles and eight UK number-one albums, and won seventeen NME Awards, nine Q Awards, four MTV Europe Music Awards and six Brit Awards, including one in 2007 for Outstanding Contribution to Music and one for the Best Album of the Last 30 Years as voted by BBC Radio 2 listeners; they have been nominated for three Grammy Awards. As of 2009 Oasis have sold over 70 million records worldwide. The band were listed in the Guinness World Records book in 2010 for "Longest Top 10 UK Chart Run by a Group" after an unprecedented run of 22 top 10 hits in the UK. The band also holds the Guinness World Record for being the most successful act in the UK between the years 1995 and 2005, spending 765 weeks in the top 75 singles and albums charts.


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I am addicted to towelettes, it's a weird addiction, I know. 🙂 Like lip stains, I have to try the towelettes in whatever line I encounter them in. When I saw these Comodynes Make-Up Remover Towelettes for Combination and Oily Skin at Whole Foods, the addiction kicked in.
Being lured in by the hype I've heard about this line over the years, it was nice to learn that Comodynes Make-Up Remover Towelettes for Combination and Oily Skin are made from natural fibers, are alcohol free and hypoallergenic… it was also nice to see them in my area! I often complain about the Seattle area not getting all the interesting brands that other cities get. I guess we're coming up in the world 🙂 They also contain Burdock, which has been known to treat skin problems such as eczema, acne, and psoriasis.
As for usage, I was surprised at how strongly scented these towelettes are, they smell a lot like a bar of Dove soap. I do not take issue with scents in products but for those gals who prefer their towelettes unscented, move on… this is not for you. Also, since they claim to be remove makeup on the face and eyes, I expected they would perform better than they did. Most of my skin was clean but the product on my eyes was mostly in tact and that was disappointing. Leaving some traces behind is to be expected but not even making a dent in removing my mascara is not good.
In the end, Comodynes Make-Up Remover Towelettes for Combination and Oily Skin didn't do a whole lot for me. They left my skin feeling tight. For me, they make a better hand wipe than something I'd use to remove makeup and clean my face with which is why you'll now find them in my bag. Boots no. 7 Quick Thinking 4-in-1 Wipes does a much better job and you get more product for about the same price.