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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The third annual Georgia College Athletics Faculty Appreciation Night is set for Thursday, Feb. 10 during half time of the men's basketball game against Augusta State University.
Each year, senior student-athletes are asked to choose a professor who has influenced them during their time at Georgia College. Those faculty members are honored for helping our student-athletes achieve their goals of earning a collegiate degree while playing for the Bobcats.
At halftime of the men's basketball game, faculty members will stand alongside their student-athlete to be recognized on the court. This is a ceremony to showcase our senior student-athletes with the professor who has been dedicated to making them successful.
These faculty members are highly appreciated for teaching our student-athletes dedication, time management skills and what they need to be successful in their chosen career path.
The Bobcats take on rival ASU at 7:30 p.m. following the women's game at 5:30 p.m. This game is also Senior Night for both Bobcat basketball teams.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.

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One thing you can try is to have them do some role-playing conversation between themselves. Type up a conversation script that focuses/includes the vocabulary and/or grammar you are targeting in your lesson. Then hand that out to all of them and have them practice with each other. Then you circulate around the room and monitor/encourage/correct their conversation.
Better yet: Make 3 or 4 different conversation scripts. Hand them out, have them practice them out loud, and then SWITCH scripts and practice the next one.
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Renee Montgomery moved the Connecticut Sun closer to clinching the Eastern Conference title.
Montgomery made two free throws with 14.4 seconds left to help the Sun beat the short-handed Seattle Storm 60-58 on Sunday night.
"It was ugly, but we'll take it," Sun coach Mike Thibault said.
Tina Charles agreed with her coach.
"It was one of the ugliest games I've ever played in in my life," Charles said. "The turnovers they had (25), the turnovers we had (12). It was really frustrating, especially when you're a No. 1 team and you're going into the playoffs. You don't want to have these lapses going into the playoffs. Everything needs to be smooth sailing."
Connecticut shot 33.3 percent (23 of 69) from the field, including 2 of 14 from 3-point range.
Montgomery drew a foul against Camille Little to set up the free throws that made it 59-58.
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Montgomery thought about taking a jumper before her pump fake sent Little into the air.
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Connecticut improved to 23-9 and moved two games ahead of Indiana atop the Eastern Conference.
Kara Lawson led the Sun with 13 points, Charles added 12, and Mistie Mims had 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Shekinna Stricklen scored 12 points to lead Seattle (13-18), but the rookie missed two shots in the final seconds. The Storm have lost four straight.
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Tanisha Wright had 10 points and eight assists for the Storm but had seven turnovers. Little added 11 points.
Tina Thompson and Katie Smith hit consecutive 3-pointers to give the Storm a 56-54 lead with 2:21 remaining, and Smith added a 13-foot jumper to make it 58-54 with 1:22 left.
Lawson hit a 3 to cut the lead to 58-57 with 51.5 seconds left.
The Storm played without regular starters Sue Bird (strained right hip flexor) and Lauren Jackson (strained hamstring). Seattle, fourth in the Western Conference, has clinched its ninth consecutive playoff berth.
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"If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him." -- John F. Kennedy
Today, across the cultural spectrum, artistic freedom is under assault. Free expression in popular music, photography, painting, cinema and other arts is threatened by pressure from lawmakers, prosecutors and self-appointed guardians of morality and taste. Succumbing to that pressure, more and more music stores, museums, schools, theaters, television stations, bookstores and video shops are restricting the display or availability of images and words deemed to be offensive to one group of citizens or another.
The roots of contemporary efforts to curb free expression in the arts reach back to the early 1980s, when a backlash arose against the cultural freedom of previous decades. Religious fundamentalists and others, with overt support from the administration of President Ronald Reagan, began to advocate censorship of books, films and television in an effort to enforce cultural conformism. Today, we are reaping the harvest of that backlash as rap singers and museum directors are prosecuted for "obscenity," performance artists are denied government grants and Congress passes new censorship laws.
"You would not believe how, from the very commencement of my activity, that horrible censor question has tormented me! I wanted to write what I felt; but all the time it occurred to me that what I wrote would not be permitted, and involuntarily I had to abandon the work." -- Tolstoy
Artistic expression has come under attack in other periods of our country's history. In 1873, Congress passed a law that prohibited the mailing, shipping or importation of "obscene" and "immoral" matter. The law was used to ban the works of James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Voltaire and other great authors, as well as printed information about sexuality and contraception. The American Civil Liberties Union, founded in 1920, first confronted arts censorship in 1926 when the city of Boston banned 65 books, including Theodore Dreiser's _An American Tragedy_, Sinclair Lewis' _Elmer Gantry_ and Ernest Hemingway's _The Sun Also Rises_. The ACLU countered the city's action, which popularized the phrase "banned in Boston," with a campaign to repeal Massachusetts' Blasphemy Act and end the censorship of plays and books.
Defending artistic expression, which is one of our most basic freedoms, remains among the ACLU's highest priorities. Here are the ACLU's answers to questions often asked by the public about artistic freedom.
** What protects the work of artists from government censorship?
Artistic creations, whatever their medium or message, and even if their content is unpopular and of poor quality, are protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The First Amendment declares that "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press," and the Fourteenth Amendment extends that prohibition to state and local governments. The government is forbidden to suppress the creation or distribution of any music, play, painting, sculpture, photograph, film, or even comic book. Some legal scholars have argued that the First Amendment is only applicable to written or spoken _political_ expression, but the U.S. Supreme Court has long rejected that interpretation. In a 1948 decision, the Court stated "We reject the suggestion that the constitutional protection for free speech applies only to the exposition of ideas. The line between the informing and the entertaining is too elusive...."
** When and how did the threat to artistic freedom emerge in this country?
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas once observed that the First Amendment was "the product of a robust, not a prudish, age." For example, many of the Constitution's framers probably read and enjoyed John Cleland's 1748 best-seller, _Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure_, better known as _Fanny Hill_. However, the Victorian Age brought extremely rigid and repressive moral standards into vogue in the English-speaking world, prompting both the British and American governments to begin applying sanctions to sexually explicit art and literature.
In 1821, 30 years after adoption of the Bill of Rights, _Fanny Hill_ was banned in Massachusetts. In 1842, Congress amended the Customs law to prohibit the "importation of all indecent and obscene prints, paintings, lithographs, engravings" and, in 1868, a ruling by England's highest court established a "bad tendency" test that was appropriated and used by U.S. state and federal courts until the 1930s: The government could ban any material if "the tendency of the matter charged as obscenity is to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influences and into whose hands a publication of this sort may fall." In 1873 Congress passed the Comstock Law, named for Anthony Comstock, who led the Society for the Suppression of Vice. In its first year of existence that law, which punished first offenders with a $5,000 fine and five years imprisonment, authorized the destruction of 194,000 "questionable pictures" and 134,000 pounds of books "of improper character." By 1900, criminal obscenity statutes were on the books in 30 states, and censorship of "immoral and indecent" works had become entrenched. ** How has the Supreme Court dealt with sexually explicit expression?
In 1957, the Supreme Court announced, in the case of _Roth v. United States_, that obscenity is not constitutionally protected because it is "utterly without redeeming social value." In the same decision, the Court replaced the "bad tendency" test with a narrower one that declared a work of art obscene if "to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest." For the next 16 years, the Court refined this definition while reversing many state obscenity convictions.
"I believe that censorship only springs back against... anyone who wants to change society." -- Erica Jong
In 1973, a Court grown weary of reviewing and reversing tried to formulate clearer guidelines for evaluating sexually explicit material. In the case of _Miller v. California_, a 5-4 majority declared that a work is obscene if, first, "`the average person, applying contemporary community standards,' would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest..."; second, "the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law"; and third, "the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value." The _Miller_ standard remains in effect today, but no one knows exactly what it means.
** Why does the ACLU object to the obscenity exception to the First Amendment?
The perception of obscenity in art is highly subjective. As Justice Douglas wrote, in his dissent in _Miller_, "what may be trash to me may be prized by others." By authorizing our courts to decide what is morally acceptable, we turn them into censorship boards that impose the personal viewpoints and tastes of judges and juries on the rest of society.
Furthermore, formulating a precise definition of obscenity has proven to be impossible. Justice Potter Stewart summed up the problem with his famous one-liner: "I know it when I see it." That assurance is of small comfort to artists, writers, publishers and distributors, who must navigate the murky waters of obscenity law trying to predict what judges will think.
The inherent subjectivity of _any_ definition of obscenity has led to the suppression of constitutionally protected expression. Sometimes the suppression is direct and well publicized--for example, the 1990 conviction of a Florida record store owner for selling a certain album of rap music, and the prosecution, in the same year, of an Ohio museum director for exhibiting the works of a celebrated photographer.
But even more pervasive is the "chilling effect" that vague standards have on writers and artists, pressuring them to engage in self- censorship to avoid running afoul of a legal definition that means different things to different people.
The First Amendment enshrines the principle that freedom of thought and expression are essential to a free society. In practice, the First Amendment's guarantees mean that adults must be free to decide for themselves, without governmental interference, what to read, write, paint, draw, photograph, see and hear. ** But don't obscene and pornographic works cause anti-social and even violent behavior?
No direct link between exposure to sexually explicit material and anti-social behavior or sexual violence has ever been scientifically established. In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed a panel of experts to examine this issue. But after three years of extensive research, the National Commission on Obscenity and Pornography found no convincing evidence of a causal connection.
Indeed, the commission concluded that the real problem is not sexual imagery but "the inability or reluctance of people in our society to be open and direct in dealing with sexual matters." The commission called for the repeal of existing obscenity statutes, except those concerning children, and recommended better sex education, better communication about sexual matters and more research.
In 1985, President Reagan's Attorney General, Edwin Meese, convened another commission, stating that "re-examination of the issue of pornography is long overdue." The Meese Commission, chaired by a zealous anti-pornography federal prosecutor, held public hearings at which a parade of witnesses recounted tales of sexual abuse. The commission then declared that it had established a link between such abuse and pornography and proposed new censorship laws. Soon afterwards several prominent scientists whose studies the Commission's report had cited disassociated themselves from the report, charging that their research had been misrepresented.
"If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting along in his own house, what books he may read or what films he must watch." -- Justice Thurgood Marshall
Social scientists believe that while a troubled upbringing and alcoholism appear to be strongly linked to sexual violence, it is virtually impossible to demonstrate that such violence is caused by pornography. In any case, violent criminals often claim to be inspired by nonpornographic material. Serial killer Theodore Bundy collected cheerleader magazines. John Hinckley stalked President Reagan after seeing the renowned film "Taxi Driver." And several mass murderers claimed to have been inspired by passages in the Bible. As these examples suggest, blaming books or films for the acts of disturbed individuals is a simplistic approach that could destroy freedom without deterring crime at all. ** Even if the government can't suppress art, surely it shouldn't use tax monies to fund art that offends!?
The Constitution does not _require_ the government to subsidize artists and private art institutions, so a government decision to end all arts subsidies would not violate the First Amendment (although that decision would impoverish the nation's cultural life). But as Chief Justice William Rehnquist has said, the Constitution forbids the government once it has established a subsidy program, to "discriminate invidiously" and "aim at the suppression of dangerous ideas" in its administration of that program. Government funds pay for our sidewalks and streets, but the government cannot decide which ideas and opinions are expressed there. An art subsidy program is like a government-funded street, library, park, or university: a public forum for the expression of diverse ideas.
Art is inherently challenging and often provocative. If the government, fearing controversy funded only art so bland that it offended no one, creativity would be stifled. ** Why does the ACLU object to movie ratings, music labeling, or other voluntary rating systems? Don't they give guidance to consumers, especially parents?
"Voluntary" is a misnomer, given that the movie rating and music labeling systems were established to placate private pressure groups bent on censorship. As one commentator put it, such systems "amount to an elegant form of censorship--elegant because it is censorship made to look like consumer information "
Real information such as periodicals that actually reviewed books, records and films marketed to young people, could be useful to parents. But rating and labeling systems that are based on vague, simplistic and overly generalized criteria do not really inform. In 1990 and '91, numerous state legislators proposed laws to require the labeling, and banning the sale to minors, of recordings that contain lyrics about sexual activity, drug or alcohol use, murder or suicide. By that standard, a host of operas and literary classics--even the Bible--might be labeled "For Adults Only."
Instead of providing useful information, ratings and labels encourage artists who want to reach the broadest possible audience to censor their own works in advance to avoid restrictive classifications. By promoting this self-censorship rating and labeling systems act as filters between us and the artist. ** But mustn't we protect our children from inappropriate messages and images, especially graphic sex and violence?
Yes, but who should decide which lyrics or movies are not suitable for your children? The government? Self-appointed busybodies? Or should you decide?
Parents differ about what is appropriate for children; therefore, individual parents must be free to make decisions regarding their own children. A majority of the public agrees with that principle: A 1990 Gallup poll showed that 78 percent of Americans believe that parents should do more to protect their children from obscenity but 75 percent did not want any new laws passed to restrict what the public could see or hear.
** Defending artists is fine, but why does the ACLU spend time and money defending pornographers and sleaze merchants?
First of all, the ACLU defends freedom of expression, not the _content_ of expression. Second, if we grant the government the power to censor "sleaze," it must also have the power to decide what "sleaze" is. History reveals that the government tends to use such power overbroadly to censor controversial material by calling it "sleaze." Any involvement by the government in deciding which ideas are fit for public consumption robs you of your constitutional right to make that decision for yourself.
Today's climate of intolerance harks back to the "Comstockery" of the late 19th century. Once again, a movement is afoot to stifle artistic freedom in the name of stamping out "indecency."
* Book banning in the public schools has targeted John Steinbeck's _The Grapes of Wrath_; Kurt Vonnegut's _Slaughterhouse 5_; J.D. Salinger's _Catcher in the Rye_; George Orwell's _1984_; _Tarzan_;_Little Red Riding Hood_, and the _American Heritage College Dictionary_. J.R.R. Tolkien's _The Hobbit_ has been accused of promoting Satanism, and Alice Walker's _The Color Purple_ has been charged with undermining family values.
* Nudity is being edited out of films by cable television stations, paintings of nudes are being excluded from art exhibits and theatrical works that include nudity have been banned, or altered, in localities around the country.
* Artists are feeling pressure from government funding agencies to steer clear of art that deals with issues of gender and sexuality.
Censorship is an infectious disease. Permitting restraints on _any_ expression sets the stage for attacks on all expression that is artistically and/or politically controversial. The creative spirit must be free. When it is not, society suffers.
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Kelly Osbourne is still nursing her broken heart following her recent split with former fiancé Luke Worrall.
"It's been the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with in a long time, and I'm not over it," the 25-year-old said during an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," airing on Thursday. "And for a while I thought … a small part of me wanted to still be with him, but it's not right."
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The former "Dancing with the Stars" contestant said that she still imagines a life with Luke.
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- 4 sandwich rolls
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 1 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 1/2 medium onion, thinly sliced (about 1/2 cup)
- 6 eggs
- 2 ounces shredded Gruyère cheese
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 medium garlic cloves, minced (about 2 teaspoons)
- Hot sauce, ketchup, or other condiments as desired
Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 400°F. Wrap each roll in aluminum foil and set on a baking sheet. Transfer to the oven to warm while preparing the rest of the meal.
Heat the oil in a large cast-iron skillet over high heat until barely smoking. Add green and red bell peppers and onions. Cook, stirring often, until they start to blacken in spots and soften, 5 to 8 minutes. Season with a pinch of a salt. Reduce heat to medium low, and let the pan cool down for 1 minute.
While the pan is cooling, crack the eggs into a bowl and whisk until combined. Stir in the cheese and a pinch of salt and pepper.
Add garlic to skillet and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Pour in the eggs and let cook for 10 seconds before stirring. Continue stirring every ten seconds until eggs have set but are still relatively soft. Turn off the heat.
Carefully remove rolls from the oven. Slice each roll horizontally along one side, leaving the other long side still attached. Use your hands to remove some excess bread in the middle if necessary. Scoop some of the egg and pepper mixture in each roll.Top with condiments as desired and serve.
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Hell hath no fury like a granny whose number-one grandson just pitched a perfect game in Major League Baseball.
Oakland A's pitcher Dallas Braden threw a perfect game Sunday, with his grandmother Peggy Lindsey in the stadium watching him make history.
Fox Sports has the video of the jubilant moment where Ms. Lindsay hugs her grandson after his historic accomplishment. Ms. Lindsey raised Braden after he lost his mother in high school, and then she gets to see him make modern baseball history. On Mother's Day.
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After the game, the proud grandmother took a jab at the universally most-despised New York Yankee, Alex Rodriguez. Approached for comment after the game, Ms. Lindsey remarked to A's beat writer Susan Slusser, "Stick it, A-Rod."
Braden and Alex Rodriguez have been feuding for weeks over A-Rod's walking over the mound while Braden was pitching, allegedly an insult and a discourtesy in the "unwritten code" of baseball culture.
It's not exactly Betty White poking fun at Facebook in her inaugural Saturday Night Live monologue, but a grandmother saying "Stick it, A-Rod" is still pretty funny. It's hard not to like a feisty granny, and obviously it is hard to like Alex Rodriguez.
Boy, I don't think A-Rod has taken this kind of sass from an elderly woman since back when he was dating Madonna.
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Going 300 MPH is never an easy task but it becomes especially difficult when you are located a continent away from the only place you can test and tune your 1 liter turbocharged streamliner.
Based out of Glasgow, Scotland the team behind the "Flower of Scotland" is "a French/Scots alliance that works very well" according to driver Rick Pearson.
Once a year the team makes the long trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats with their streamliner in a quest to join the ultra elite 300 mph club. While that might seem like a tall order for a one liter streamliner, the team has done their best to perfect their highly modified 400 hp turbocharged Kawasaki ZX-11 engine for the task. Pearson explains that "In theory the car is more than capable" of the team's goal.
Filmmaker Josh Clason traveled to the flats last year to document the team's attempt to become the fastest one liter vehicle to ever hit Bonneville. This interesting short film is the excellent result. We can't wait to see what the "Flower of Scotland" does in 2012.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 17, 2013) – The USA Volleyball Beach Collegiate Challenge concluded on Sunday with a final dual meet as Nebraska defeated Grand Canyon University, 5-0 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
The closest contest of the day was at No. 1 where Nebraska's Kesley Robinson and Alexa Strange had to hold off Grand Canyon's Kristen Johannsen and Mackenzie Phelps, 21-13, 19-21, 15-9.
The Collegiate Challenge did not include an official team competition because there was not enough time for all the teams to play each other. However, Pepperdine finished with the best team record at 3-0. Florida State finished 2-1.
Nebraska, which made its sand volleyball debut in Chula Vista, and CSU Bakersfield were each 1-2 and Grand Canyon University finished 0-3.
USA Volleyball will hold a second Collegiate Challenge on April 21-22 in Hermosa Beach, Calif. The teams scheduled to participate are Pepperdine, Southern California (USC), CSU Long Beach, Hawaii, Loyola Marymount, UCLA, Santa Clara and CSU Bakersfield.
Nebraska defeats Grand Canyon University, 5-0
No. 1 Kelsey Robinson/Alexa Strange (NEB) def. Kristen Johannsen/Mackenzie Phelps (GCU), 21-13, 19-21, 15-9
No. 2 Hayley Thramer/Amber Rolfzen (NEB) def. Sara Bowden/Shannon Dugan (GCU), 26-24, 21-14
No. 3 Kadie Rolfzen/Morgan Broekhuis (NEB) def. Kaitlynn Ausmus/Caelen Hiller (GCU), 21-14, 21-17
No. 4 Alicia Ostrander/Kelsey Fien (NEB) def. Chloe Jenkins and Jessica Posse (GCU), 21-10, 21-13
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After filling my garden with roses, delphiniums, irises, daylilies, buddleia, heliotrope, and a host of other plantings, I ran out of space, but not out of the desire to grow more plants. So I turned to plants called standards or patio trees. What are they?
Most gardeners are familiar with standard roses or "tree roses." But growers produce other plants on trunks in a similar fashion. With their colorful flowers or foliage atop a branchless trunk no thicker than 1 to 2 inches, standards provide an unusual form in the garden or in containers.
Most nurseries offer several kinds of standards. Some, such as lilac and smokebush, are hardy in the garden even where temperatures fall as low as -25° F. Some of my other favorites include include weeping pussy willows (Salvia caprea 'Pendula') on a 3-foot rootstock, and green-leaved golden shrub daisy (Euryops pectinatus 'Viridis') as a small tree. Other plants include camellias (C. sasanqua), sweet broom (Cytisus racemosis, also called C. spachianus), rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacis), spearmint juniper (Juniperus chinensis 'Spartan'), and wisterias (W. sinensis).
Standards require regular pruning. Most of them flower on new wood, so prune them after a flower flush in spring to maintain the desired shape. Some patio trees, such as wisteria and weeping pussy willow, are vigorous growers. Prune them by shortening and untangling long branches as necessary. Once their form is set, however, they require just enough pruning to maintain an attractive appearance.
Planting low-growing annuals or perennials under container-grown standards enhances their form. Try combining standard roses with miniature rose bushes or low-growing cascading plants such as cranesbill (Geranium sanguinum), or petunias. When planting a row of standards along a drive or entryway, avoid a regimented look. Instead, use companion shrubs such as heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens) or rugosa roses (R. rugosa) or perennials such as daylilies, delphiniums, larkspur, or salvias to camouflage the standards' bare legs for an interesting two-tiered color effect.
Standards are easy to manage if you live in USDA Hardiness Zone 9 or 10. You can leave them outdoors all winter. Where winters are colder, more aggressive winter protection may be necessary. Check with your nursery about the standard's hardiness. Most often it is easiest to protect container-grown standards over the winter by moving them into a protected garage or basement.


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There used to be a candy shop on Route 22 in the Plainfield area called Helen Elliot. They had the best chocolate and brittle--I cannot find any reference to them in recent years.
Does anyone know the demise or if someone took over the business and it operates under a different name?


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- The two Italian marines arrived back in India last month
- They are accused of killing two Indian fishermen last year
- Rome had initially refused to send the marines back from voting in elections
- The Indian Supreme Court said the Italian ambassador had assured they would return
The Indian Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted its foreign travel ban on the Italian ambassador following Rome's recent decision to send two marines back to New Delhi where they face trial over the killing of two fishermen last year, a lawyer said.
The court barred Italian Ambassador Daniele Mancini from leaving India last month because of Rome's refusal at the time to return the two marines, who had been allowed to go home temporarily to vote in national elections.
Diljeet Titus, a lawyer representing the Italian side, said the Supreme Court had lifted its travel restrictions on Mancini after the two sailors -- Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone -- subsequently arrived back in India.
Rome's initial decision not to return the marines angered Indian government officials and Supreme Court justices, who noted that the Italian ambassador had given assurances to the court that they would come back to India after the elections.
The two sides appeared locked in an impasse, with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying Italy's actions were "not acceptable" and warning of "consequences" for the two countries' relations.
But Rome backed down, announcing on March 21 that it would send Latorre and Girone back after receiving written assurances from the Indian government that the two men's "fundamental rights" would be protected.
The two sailors agreed to the decision, it said. But the move created some dissent in the ranks of Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti's government: Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi resigned March 26 over the matter.
Italy has argued that the February 2012 shooting involving its marines happened in international waters and was therefore outside of Indian jurisdiction. Latorre and Girone say they mistook the Indian fishermen for pirates.
On Tuesday, the Indian Supreme court scheduled a hearing for April 16 to seek the Indian government¹s response on plans to set up a special court for trying the two Italian men, Titus said.


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TIFFIN, Ohio – Heidelberg University played shut down defense and cruised to a 21-0 win over the Cardinals in a battle of unbeaten Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) teams Saturday afternoon.
The loss drops Otterbein University to 5-1 overall, 4-1 in the OAC. With the win, the Student Princes retain the Rhine River Cup for the second-straight year and improve to 5-0 in the OAC, 6-0 overall. For the first time since 1997, the Rhine River Cup will spend consecutive years in Tiffin.
Offensively the Cardinals were kept in check by the Berg. Senior quarterback Aaron Kingcade finished the afternoon with 71 yards passing and two interceptions on 7-of-16 attempts in the first half. He was relieved in the second half by reigning OAC Offensive Player of the Week junior Ben Sizemore who completed 9-of-19 attempts for 135 yards.
The Cardinals had opportunities to put points on the board but came up short on each of their red zone chances. Otterbein was shutout for only the second time since 2007 (Mount Union 42-0 10/29/11).
The Otterbein running game never got on track as the Student Princes limited the Cards to just 35 yards on 32 carries.
Defensively, Otterbein did an admirable job of keeping one of the top offenses in all of NCAA Division III in check. Heidelberg entered the game averaging 559.6 yards of offense and 59 points per game. The Cardinals held the Berg to just 235 yards but were bitten by big plays. Two of the Student Prince touchdowns were from more than 20 yards out.
Heidelberg's up-tempo offense struck early with a seven-play 61-yard drive that took just over two minutes. The OAC's leading rusher, Cartel Brooks, capped off the opening drive with a 3-yard run to put the Berg up 7-0 with 12:38 left in the first quarter and the Cardinals never answered back.
Both teams entered the contest in a tie for the No. 25 ranking on D3football.com. While Otterbein was receiving votes in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) poll, Heidelberg came into the game ranked No. 20.
The Cardinals return home to Westerville next Saturday, Oct. 20 when they host undefeated and top ranked University of Mount Union. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m.


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AMERICUS - The Georgia Southwestern men's basketball team shot 25 percent from the floor and trailed by as many as 12 points in the first half on Monday against Columbus State in the Storm Dome, digging a hole too deep to escape and falling to the Cougars, 64-55.
The Hurricanes, who have lost six of their last seven games, went ice cold from the floor for almost eight minutes during the first half. Milos Kleut connected on a jumper for GSW to trim the CSU lead to two (10-8) with 14:26 remaining until halftime. Over the ensuing seven-plus minutes GSW managed just one basket, a 3-pointer by Evan Mobley. The Hurricanes scored once on 12 possessions, yet trailed by a manageable 12 points, six minutes before the break.
GSW chipped away and a Jamon Hawkins 3-point shot at the buzzer made the margin eight points (29-21) at the half.
Just as he ended the first, Hawkins started the second stanza with a 3-pointer and the Columbus State lead was five points (29-24).
Mobley brought the 'Canes within three at 33-30 when he connected on pair of free throws with 16:40 remaining.
Columbus State stretched the lead back to nine (41-32) before the Hurricanes made another run. GSW outscored the Cougars 12-6 behind a pair of Mobley 3-pointers and a Marlon Rivera 3-point play.
But CSU pushed its lead back to 11 (57-46) after a Steve Peterson layup with 7:17 left. Again, the 'Canes had an answer and pulled within six points (59-53) with 4:04 to go aided by four missed free throws and two turnovers by the Cougars. That's as close as GSW would get the rest of the way. A pair of turnovers and missed 3-point shots brought the Hurricane rally to a halt and gave the Cougars their first road PBC win of the season.
GSW finished the game shooting 40.5 percent from the floor. CSU ended at 44.2 percent. The Cougars outrebounded GSW, 36-30, and held a 16-point advantage (36-20) in points in the paint.
Milos Kleut led the Blue & Gold with 17 points and seven rebounds. Marlon Rivera added 13 points, while Hawkins and Mobley scored 12 apiece. For Hawkins, it was a career high. Rivera dished out 10 of GSW's 12 assists as well. It marked the first time in over three years that the Hurricanes had a player dish out 10 assists. Damayrius Adside tallied 10 against Puerto Rico-Cayey on Nov. 15, 2008. Ironically enough, Rivera is a native of Puerto Rico, hailing from Rio Piedras.
Paul Darkwa topped all scorers with 18 points for Columbus State (13-8, 8-4 PBC). Darkwa completed a double-double with 13 rebounds. Peterson chipped in 13 and Idell Bell added 12.
The Hurricanes return to action on Saturday for GSW Homecoming against Montevallo at 7:30 p.m. in the Storm Dome.


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Harken, Olaf Theodore - 2014 Hall of Fame
Olaf Theodore Harken
"When trying new stuff our rule is to ask, 'if it all goes bad, can we survive?'
Then we go to the bar and forget what we just said and do it anyway!"
May 6, 1939 — October 21, 2019
Birthplace: Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
U.S. Citizen: February 18, 1963, Atlanta, Georgia
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Olaf Harken got his engineering degree from Georgia Tech. After being discharged from the Navy, he joined his brother Peter building Tech Dinghies in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. They reformed the company in 1967, called it Vanguard, and built Flying Juniors for the college market. Three boats were in contention for the 1976 Olympics. Olaf and Peter consulted with their good friend, designer Bruce Kirby, and bet on the 470. They were right, and secured the U.S. franchise. They built 500 of the 470s in one year, had dealers all over the world, and added Finns and Flying Dutchmen to their line. They sold the company in 1986. "It stopped being fun," Olaf explains, "and that's a big deal for us, having fun."
From then on the Harkens concentrated on the hardware Peter had developed in the mid-1960s. Kirby, who was then editor of One Design Yachtsman, had jokingly called Harkens' blocks "dangerous" because they had let the main sheet run out so fast he nearly fell overboard. "Gary Comer had started a little mail-order marine supply company called Lands End," Olaf says. "We showed him the blocks. He said 'fantastic – you make 'em, I'll sell 'em.'" Through Comer, a Star sailor, prototype Harken blocks got on Lowell North's Star and Buddy Friedrich's Dragon for the 1968 Olympics. Both won gold medals. "Until then, we hadn't actually sold a block," Olaf says. They went to see Kirby again, who gave them some full page ads on credit.
The Harkens aren't sure exactly when the turnabout happened, but Olaf the engineer ended up running the business side of Harken Inc., with Peter the economist handling design and production. "Peter designed the blocks, and knew more about manufacturing than me," Olaf says. "Olaf was more patient, better at the business than me," Peter says. "Each of us was better at the other guys' education. We kept it quiet, figuring people wouldn't want blocks designed by an economist."
They needn't have worried. The breakthrough quality of the product has led to a whole new world of nautical gear. In 2014, Harken Inc. opened a 175,000 square foot plant in Peewaukee. "All our engineers are sailors," Olaf says, "so they'll understand what the market needs."
- Roger Vaughan
Links of Interest:
Peter Harken's Hall of Famer page
"Headings: Olaf Harken Sounds Off" - Feature story in December, 2004 Practical Sailor (PDF)
"Olaf Harken: Hardware Developer and Scow Sailor" - article in April 25, 2002 Sailing World
History of Small Boat Blocks - from Harken.com website
"Harken Yacht sails high seas of growth" - article in July 2, 2006 BizJournals.com
Wikipedia page for Harken Yacht Equipment
History of Harken - livinglakecountry.com
"Anchored our way" - article on Harken in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


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Starhawk Update 1.04
Starhawk update 1.04 is live, single and multiplayer options arrive tomorrow
Starhawk single-player launches for free for Plus members tomorrow in Europe, and as announced last week, the multiplayer will also be made available separately for €19.99/$19.99/£15.99. You can also pick up the entire game through PSN for €34.99/$39.99/£28.49. Update 1.04 is also available today for free and comes with new gameplay modes, weapons, mechs, community […]
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With its double-bound body, the Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition '50s Telecaster Journeyman Relic dazzles in Aged Silver Sparkle. Elegant Parchment top and back body binding gives a sophisticated look to the two-piece select ash body whose charming appearance is enhanced by a flash coat nitrocellulose lacquer finish that lets the body breathe and ages in a distinctive way.
The tinted one-piece riftsawn maple neck is stable and comfortable, with a "10/56 V"-shaped profile that's ideal for players whose thumb extends over the edge. Refined for modern guitarists and bearing 21 medium-vintage frets, the fingerboard's 7.25" radius at the nut flattens to 9.5" as you move up the neck, making it supremely comfortable for both chordal and single-note playing. The pair of Hand Wound Loaded Nocaster high-output single-coil pickups burn with vintage-inspired tone. They are tied to Fat '50s Telecaster wiring and a Greasebucket tone control, so you can roll off the highs without losing volume.
Other premium features include 3-way switch, Nocaster bridge with compensated brass saddles, 1-ply parchment pickguard, vintage-style tuning machines, bone nut and round string tree. Includes deluxe tweed hardshell case, strap, engraved "Limited Edition" neck plate and certificate of authenticity.
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Suwanee, GA
Adrenaline Climbing is Family owned and operated, Nathan, Arian, and the rest of the crew, hope you will feel at home here from Day One. That's the...
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Marietta, GA
Opening in 2000, Andretti Indoor Karting and Games set a goal to create a family and corporate entertainment center that was like no other in Atlan...
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1019 Collier Road North West, Suite A
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Belmont University Beaman Student Life Center - Climbing Wall
1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN
This massive Real Rock surface is 20 feet tall, 28 feet wide, and provides 1,000-square-feet of climbing surface. The rock climbing wall also accom...
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Climb Nashville - The West Gym
3600 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN
About Us: Climb Nashville is Nashville's premier yoga, fitness and indoor rock climbing facility. We offer classes, group events, memberships, an...
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3694 Kennesaw South Industrial Drive
Kennesaw, GA
Our mission is to create a unique, safe environment for climbing enthusiasts to train and grow their skills. From beginner to expert, we have somet...
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2100 Members Drive South West
Huntsville, AL
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2417 1st Avenue South
Birmingham, AL
About UsOur facility has something for everyone, from the beginner to the hard-core climber. Our climbing wall provides nearly 4000 sq. ft. of worl...
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Fort Campbell, KY
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750 Ferst Drive
Atlanta, GA
The indoor rock wall on the first floor of the CRC, next to the Fitness Center, is a must see! If you are new to rock climbing, visit during our "f...
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Murfreesboro, TN
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Oneonta, AL
Blount County Palisades Park offers a relaxing atmosphere with scenic views atop of Ebell Mountain. The park has been enjoyed by visitors since Nov...
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Wyoming coach Larry Shyatt: Colorado State is Mountain West's best offensive team
In advance of Wednesday night's Mountain West Conference college men's basketball battle between Colorado State and Wyoming in Laramie, Cowboys coach Larry Shyatt praised CSU.
"Where Colorado State is different than other teams is they are really blessed with being the best offensive team in the league," Shyatt said.
Under third-year coach Larry Eustachy, Colorado State (19-3, 6-3 Mountain West) tops the conference in scoring (74 points per game) and scoring margin (10.6).


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Surviving and thriving: facing recession and growth
Don't submit your budget without checking the results of Storage's semiannual purchasing intentions survey of 500 storage managers.
- Mark Schlack, Senior Vice President of Editorial
|Spending priorities change with rising budgets
That's the picture emerging from Storage's semiannual Purchasing Intentions survey, fielded in late August. The survey, taken by 500 storage managers (see "About the survey"), measures their spending plans for the coming year. Not only did 58% say they plan to spend more next year than this year, but 27% say they plan to spend better than 10% more (see Figure 1).
Follow-up interviews suggested that most managers are responding to four common challenges:
- Data growth continues unabated
- Regulatory compliance is now an important--if often secondary--factor
- Companies are actually getting serious about disaster recovery (DR)
- Technology refreshes are still a fact of life, and in some cases were delayed in 2003 because of the poor business climate.
Kevin Metzger, a systems administrator at Progressive Medical Inc., in Overland Park, KS, cites file server growth of 300%-plus annually and database growth of 250%-plus annually as drivers for their spending increases. "While regulatory requirements have an impact, that is not the biggest single driver. Growth and disaster recovery/high availability are the prime drivers," says Metzger.
The magnitude of projects driving some firms is evident at a large global insurance broker, among those increasing spending by more than 10%. A storage manager for the firm says it has a plan for "document management systems, financial/accounting systems and other specialized client databases. All of this would be shared and replicated [for performance and disaster recovery] between data centers" on two continents. He says the spending is "atypical and historically, we only kept up with data growth."
At the other end of the spectrum, a number of respondents who were cutting spending cited poor business conditions. "Our need for storage is constantly growing, but like many companies, we are trying for now to do more with less," explains one such respondent.
In between are more typical companies, where data growth is in the 30% to 50% annual range, where spending will increase in the single digits and where DR and compliance will get definite attention, even if not as mirrored intercontinental data centers.
No bingeing on disk
One thing lean times seem to have done is to focus attention on a more balanced approach to building out the storage infrastructure. Storage managers indicated that compared to 2003, they'll be shifting approximately 7% of their budget from hardware to nearly every other category. (See Figure 2) Even staffing will likely get another percentage point of budget, with software getting a full two points. While that may reflect changes in vendors' bundling practices as much as any other factor, the overall picture is clear: Budgets are being adjusted to the networked, managed storage environment that's being built out at most large and many medium companies, with even small companies getting into the act now.
|SANS dominate, but no clear choice for files
Since Storage began doing this survey in August 2002, each one has shown the clear dominance of networked storage, and this edition was no exception. For example, 76% of respondents have at least one storage switch installed. Networked storage will account for more than half of purchase dollars at 83% of shops surveyed, the highest percentage so far. While direct-attached storage (DAS) has a huge legacy presence, its dim future--particularly in the data center--is nowhere easier to see than in the fact that fewer respondents cite DAS as their primary storage expenditure for 2004 (10%) than list replacement hard drives (16%). (See Figure 3)
With so many storage managers taking the storage area network (SAN) route, and with databases driving that, where does this leave files, which after all consume a lot of disk and are vital to any business? Respondents are pursuing many approaches to file storage, but consolidated network-attached storage (NAS) was the most popular answer (see Figure 4). Significant numbers of people are also using newer approaches--such as NAS/SAN hybrid devices and virtualized pools of storage--for files.
And while storage managers are weaning themselves from a raw disk diet, they aren't exactly fasting. On average, respondents plan to add about 15TB of disk next year, with 27% adding more than 10TB. Similar to past surveys, 55% of respondents cited databases as main consumers of their storage.
Most SANs are an island
Those kind of capacity additions will be accompanied by more switch ports, although the networking picture is more complex than the storage scene.
Most respondents have moderate numbers of switches (an average of 9) with small numbers of ports (most have 16 or fewer), and will continue building out SANs in that way. However, a small group of users have very large SANs and/or large numbers of ports: 13% of switch purchases will be for switches with more than 64 ports.
With consolidation as the primary driver behind SAN deployments, how will users architect their SANs? Our respondents presented a varied picture (see Figure 5). Currently, 39% describe their architectures as "primarily islands of small switches," with only 19% calling their nets "a single fabric of large core switches with smaller edge switches" and 19% relying on large director-class switches.
|SAN architectures moving slowly away from islands
In 2004, the "islands" group will shrink to 28%, with several other models showing growth as alternatives. But director-class switches appear to be the most popular upgrade path for SANs among our respondents.
But SAN architectures will also be changing in other ways in 2004, according to respondents. While not universal, interest in IP storage is real and will likely be translated into some implementations next year. For example, 31% said they would deploy IP storage switches and 14% of respondents listed iSCSI as the primary protocol they would be deploying next year.
Some of the interest in the Internet Protocol (IP) is undoubtedly linked to wide-area DR plans: 35% of respondents said they would buy Fibre Channel (FC)-to-IP bridges or gateways. But interest in IP on campus is also real: 29% of respondents plan to purchase SCSI-to-iSCSI converters. In both cases, the preponderance of storage managers had modest plans, indicating they would buy fewer than five devices.
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Meeting the compliance, DR challenges
If raw capacity growth is no longer the order of the day, neither is the simple scaling of SANs. The related pressures of more reliable business continuity architectures and greater data retention requirements from government are clearly rising to the top of the agenda at many shops.
The response to new compliance requirements is mixed. (See Figure 6) While only a small fraction of respondents had no plan, nearly a quarter didn't know what their plan was. The remaining two-thirds of respondents were fairly evenly split in their approach. More than a quarter said they had a comprehensive plan to meet most needs, but nearly as many cited either a phased rollout or an ad hoc approach by application.
As to how companies are meeting the challenge, 45% cited increased spending on backup or archive systems to comply with data retention requirements. Only 1% cited a decrease in spending on such systems, one of the lowest "decrease" ratings in the survey. Yet 16% cited no purchase plans--either they've already bought the stuff (unlikely) or they are among the 12% who have no plans for compliance.
The main platform storage managers picked for compliance was tape archiving (58%), with conventional disk backup/archive taking second place at 30%. Least favored was disk-based write once, read many (WORM) technology (À la EMC Centera) at 9%. (See Figure 7)
Prior surveys had revealed a distinct flavor of "getting the house in order" when it comes to data protection. A heavy reliance on tape and a desire to back up more users and applications suggested that overwhelmed storage departments were taking the first, obvious steps of making what they have work better before embarking on new technology projects.
This survey continued along those lines, but filled out the picture of how storage managers are tackling this daunting collection of challenges. Large tape libraries continue to be the preferred platform. More than half of respondents will buy at least one tape library in 2004. And 38% of those purchases will have more than 100 slots in their libraries.
As for the format war, it continues. The combination of DLT/SDLT has as big a share with respondents as LTO did. On the other hand, LTO clearly outpaced SDLT, which has now been on the market long enough to establish itself. While there were clear niches for formats like 9840 and AIT, none were anywhere close to the popularity of the two linear tape formats.
When it comes to DR specifically, 61% of respondents are increasing their spending on products or services in the coming year. Off-site tape storage has been passed by remote copy/replication as the frontrunner for primary purchase, 43% to 40%. (See Figure 8) Both will see more spending: 46% said they would increase spending on off-site storage of backup tapes and 47% said they would boost spending on remote mirroring.
While the survey clearly shows that tape is not dead, it does suggest that it may be catching a cold. For the first time, disk-based backup showed up as the primary alternative for those who were decreasing their use of tape, with 69% of that group citing disk as their primary strategy.
|Users will focus on software to integrate
Getting it all under management
Caught in the vise between efficiency and expansion, many storage managers are receptive to the idea that storage management software can help them automate and grow at the same time, with some measure of control. Half of survey respondents plan to increase spending on storage management software, with only 2% decreasing spending. (See Figure 9)
Their motive is clear and hasn't changed in a year: manage more storage with the same staff, according to 43% of respondents. Second motive: simplify management of different storage environments, say 22% of respondents.
That desire was also reflected in respondents' answer to the question, "Which best describes your primary purchase for storage management software in 2004?" Top choice (46%) went to multivendor management. (See Figure 10) March's survey had shown a preference for element managers, but the tide seems to have returned to last year's view of storage management software as being primarily a middleware layer within the storage domain. Neither the lower level element manager role, nor the grand integration into higher-level suites such as Hewlett-Packard OpenView or Computer Associates Unicenter was favored.
Which new technologies will make the cut?
Next year may not be a big year for implementing new technologies, but some specific ones are getting serious attention from storage managers. We gave our survey takers a list of the products and technologies we hear the most from vendors about, and asked them to indicate their plans to implement or evaluate each one. (See Figure 11)
It's not surprising that with the energy going into consolidation, SAN/NAS gateways lead the list of new technologies that are being or will be implemented. Quota management seems to be the part of storage resource management (SRM) and SAN management that has found the quickest favor with storage managers as a way of controlling storage growth. Respondents seemed otherwise uninterested in chargeback and definitely sour on autoprovisioning, two other buzzy options being pushed by vendors.
As for base technologies, serial ATA and iSCSI may not be definites in many shops yet, but they will certainly get a look-see, say respondents. The same can't be said for virtual SANs and content-addressed storage, two interesting, but proprietary technologies (Cisco Systems Inc. and EMC Corp., respectively).
|How vendor choices are changing
Respondents were asked to name their primary vendors in a variety of product categories, an indication of the mindshare that each vendor has with storage managers. The leaders in each category are shown here. Many of the major players are losing mindshare, both to each other and to smaller, newer companies with too little presence to be listed here.
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This survey was conducted in August 2003 by e-mail. Results are based on surveys completed by 500 qualified respondents, all of whom had specific purchasing involvement in at least two of the following areas: disk, switches, backup software, backup hardware and storage management software. The average storage budget for respondents was approximately $2 million.


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The Missouri River has received a special blessing from an Iowa church that hopes the ceremony will make the river holy and reduce flooding and drought.
Father Lucas Rice led a group of congregants from St. Thomas Orthodox Church in Sioux City in the ceremony on Sunday.
In 2012, communities all along the river in Iowa and Nebraska experienced severe drought. The year before, flooding along the Missouri caused widespread damage.
Rice says he hopes the blessing will make the river healthy.
The ceremony held at the foot of a boat ramp is also part of the Orthodox tradition of celebrating Jesus Christ's baptism.
But Sunday's ceremony marked the first time the Sioux City church that was formed in 1916 blessed the Missouri River.


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Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable grown in home gardens
Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable grown in home gardens. They are nutritious vegetables that provide good quantities of vitamins A and C. Tomatoes are used in many cooking recipes or as a fresh item in combination with salads.
Tomatoes are either determinate or indeterminate. The determinate types are gaining in popularity in home gardens. Determinate tomatoes are referred to as �self-topping� or low growing types. They will usually grow to a height of 3 to 4 feet depending on the variety. As a result, they can usually be staked with 4 to 5 foot stakes or cages. Determinate varieties will bear fruit primarily over a four to five week period, then fruit production decreased considerably.
Indeterminate types have a different growth habit than determinate types; they are not self-toppers and usually produce fruit throughout the entire season unless they are killed by diseases or insects.
Some recommended varieties for the home gardener are: Floramerica, Celebrity, Amelia, BHN602, Fletcher, Florida 91 and Talladega.
To raise any vegetable successfully, you need to begin with adequate soil preparation, and tomato culture is no different. Tomatoes need a slightly acid, soil, with a pH between 6.0 and 6.8 if the pH of your soil is less than 6.0 you need to add lime to raise the pH.
Since some of our soils in Florida are slightly alkaline, you really shouldn�t add lime unless you have a soil test that indicates the need for it. Then about 5 pounds of dolomite per hundred square feet of garden is the average recommended rate. Be sure you work the dolomite into the soil well in advance of planting.
Another important part of soil preparation is fertilization in which I will give some tips, also talk about setting the transplants into the garden and mention some of the early cultural care they need. My information was provided by Extension Vegetable Specialist Dr. Steve Olson of the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
There are a couple of schools of thought on when to add fertilizer. Some people believe in fertilizing the soil before planting. In this system you apply 2.5 pounds of fertilizer for every 100 square feet of garden use an 8-8-8 or 10-10-10 with minor elements. Do this a week before planting, and mix the fertilizer thoroughly into the soil. Three weeks or so after you plant the tomatoes, and another two pounds of fertilizer per hundred square feet. You should irrigate/water thoroughly to get the maximum benefit from the fertilizer.
In the other system, fertilizer isn�t added to the soil until planting time. Apply 5.0 pounds of all-purpose fertilizer, such as 8-8-8 or 10-10-10 per 100 square feet. Spread it in furrows three inches from either side of the garden row. Three weeks after planting, apply 2.5 pounds of fertilizer as side-dressing. Every ten days after that apply one more pound of fertilizer. Always water it in well.
Before you set out the plants, make sure all danger of frost has passed. Keep in mind that it�s easy to injure tomato transplants so choose the healthiest looking plants you can find and handle them gently. It�s best to transplant on a cloudy day or late in the afternoon, and as soon as possible after a rain.
When setting the plants, it�s a good idea to set them slightly deeper than they were rowing at the nursery. You also might want to add a cutworm control at the same time. If you wait even a day before controlling cutworms, you might have to buy new plants. If the tomato varieties you�re growing require staking, you can drive stakes into the soil at the time of planting. Place the stakes three or four inches from the plant. As the plant grows, simply tie it to the stake with string.
For more information on tomato production contact the Gulf County Extension Service @ 639-3200 or visit our website: http://gulf.ifas.ufl.edu.


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Your House is limited edition artist's book by Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson that depicts the negative space formed by his home located outside Copenhagen. Every structural detail of the house from the roof, windows, and even a basement crawlspace are depicted within the thick layer of laser-cut paper. The 908-page books were designed by Michael Heimann and Claudia Baulesch and published by the Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art back in 2006. (via Not Shaking the Grass)


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An 8th Judicial District Court judge cleared the way Tuesday for a special election in Loveland where voters will decide the future of fracking in city limits.
In a ruling signed Tuesday, District Court Judge Daniel Kaup concluded that City Clerk Terry Andrews' determinations with respect to petitions submitted by citizen group Protect Our Loveland did not constitute an abuse of discretion or exceed her jurisdiction.
Kaup affirmed Andrews' determination of petition sufficiency, which had been challenged by Loveland resident Larry Sarner.
Through his Denver-based attorneys at Holsinger Law, Sarner argued that there were significant flaws in the proposed ordinance and with petition sections that had been submitted by Protect Our Loveland. Sarner filed his lawsuit after Andrews held a hearing on his protest and maintained her original determination that the petitions were sufficient for the initiative to be placed on the ballot.
Sarner's attorneys argued that the ballot question contained too many subjects, that notary errors rendered petition sections invalid and that there were not enough signatures on the petitions. The last claim was what Sarner's attorney Jack Silver argued before Kaup last month was the "fatal flaw" of the initiative. Silver said there was a discrepancy of about 3,000 electors from the number Andrews provided and a number his law firm obtained two months later.
The ballot initiative would ask voters whether to impose a two-year moratorium on fracking within city limits while impacts of the process on human health and property values are studied.
A special election is expected to cost the city between $50,000 and $60,000 and will need to be set within 150 days the ruling, but City Attorney John Duval said there still may be an issue of final petition sufficiency if Sarner appeals Kaup's decision.
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MARYSVILLE — Drivers on Highway 70 north of Marysville were delayed this morning after an accident near Boyer Road.
A semi-truck caught fire on the highway, closing down traffic completely for about 25 minutes.
At 3:22 a.m., fire crews responded to reports of flames shooting out of the flatbed attached to the big rig.
The reason for the fire is currently unknown, said Jodie Beck, public information officer for the California Highway Patrol.
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Leo DiCaprio has confirmed he is "in talks" with director Clint Eastwood to star as notorious FBI boss. J. Edgar Hoover. And the film will cover the shadowy personal life of the controversial historical figure. That leaves one big question.
In a press conference Friday for his latest film, "Inception," DiCaprio pointed out that the project "Is about the secret life of J Edgar Hoover" and that it "will cover his personal life, definitely."
But the million dollar question -- will Leo DiCaprio cross-dress, allegedly a favorite pursuit of the off-hours FBI honcho?
"Will I wear a dress? Not as of yet," DiCaprio said at a press conference for his latest film "Inception."
"We haven't done the fittings for that."
But DiCaprio sounds excited about the role: "J. Edgar Hoover had his hand in some of the most scandalous events in U.S. history, everything from the Vietnam War to Martin Luther King and JFK."
As for DiCaprio's pull towards darker roles such as his murky character in "Inception," (opening July 16) and his last film, "Shutter Island"
"These films that are dark at times," he said. "I find them extremely exciting to do."
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If you're a Drupal developer and find yourself constantly referring back to the documentation when using some of the more popular variables for the system, you should check out this new wallpaper over on Smashing Magazine that will put that information at your fingertips.
In this post we release a yet another freebie: a Drupal Cheat Sheet Desktop Wallpaper, a desktop wallpaper that features most popular variables of the open source content management system Drupal. The wallpaper was created by Giovanni Scala for Smashing Magazine and its readers.
There's multiple sizes you can download for several of the popular resolutions like 1024x768, 1440x900 and 1920x1200. The cheatsheet describes the Page.tpl.php, Node.tpl.php, Comment.tpl.php, Nlock.tpl.php and Box.tpl.php interfaces.


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In a Q & A piece about the PBS documentary "Black in Latin America" Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explains that it was more difficult to drum up interest and support in developing this series than he had encountered in previous partnerships with PBS. No matter what one's personal evaluation of the quality of the series or opinions about the man who spearheaded it, I think we should be extremely grateful that the topic has received a bigger spotlight than it ever has before.
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Somewhere in France
June 21st 1918
Dear sister Madaline:
Again another day gone by and no mail as yet. If only the government would see that our mail was delivered to us I think the boys would feel very much better although I know the boys of our battalion are all merry and happy. The eats are great but their is a shortage of bread. For lunch each day we get good old irish stew with plenty of potatoes, meat and carrots. It is rumored that we boys get paid either tonight or tomorrow but you know what the army is for rumors. According to the New York Herald Paris Edition the Allies are winning on all fronts. I've seen quite some German prisoners since we moved to our new town. They are a good and well fed lot of men but poor fighters. As you know an American soldier has the gumption and blood to fight hand to hand but Jerry or Fritz will run away as soon as an American shows his steel. The german army that is riflemen are not very good but credit must be given to their artillery. Guess I will close for now as first call for retreat or call for inspections has just sounded, I am.
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