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Hubley Ties Career-Best With Six Goals and Has Game-Highs of Five Ground Balls and Five Caused Turnovers
CHESTERTOWN, MD – Visiting Haverford got six goals and a game-high five draw controls from Diana Perry and held off a late Washington College rally as the Fords downed the Shorewomen, 12-11, on Wednesday afternoon in Centennial Conference women's lacrosse action at Kibler Field at Roy Kirby Jr. Stadium. The Fords improve to 11-3 overall and 5-1 in the conference, while the Shorewomen slip to 10-3 and 3-3 respectively.
Washington tied the game at 9-9 with 17:34 left in the second half on a goal by sophomore midfielder Emily Hubley (West Chester, PA/Bayard Rustin), when Haverford scored the next three goals to take a 12-9 lead. Perry put the Fords up for good at 10-9 with 15:27 left in the contest on an unassisted goal. Kenny Likes made it 11-9 for Haverford when she finished off a feed from Hannah Morgan after Morgan stole a clearing attempt with 13:17 left. Perrin Downing scored the eventual game-winning goal with 12:12 to go on an unassisted score. Senior attacker Corinne Ziccardi (Baltimore, MD/Loch Raven) scored Washington's next two goals as the Shorewomen tried to mount a rally with 10:29 and 3:59 remaining in the game respectively, the last one coming in a man-up situation. The Shorewomen's last shot of the game came with 1:49 to go in the contest when Haverford goalie Shannon Horn stopped a shot by Washington freshman attacker Carley Kendall (Harleysville, PA/Souderton Area) on the edge of the crease and the Fords ran most of the clock out. Haverford turned it over with seven seconds left, but Washington could not get off a shot in time and Haverford held on for the win.
The Fords struck just 2:52 into the first half when Perry scored on a free position shot to put the visitors ahead 1-0 and Haverford made it 2-0 when Perrin Downing finished off a free position opportunity with 24:48 left in the first. The Shorewomen got onto the scoreboard just 18 ticks later when Hubley scored with junior attacker Carly Eisenbrandt (Baltimore, MD/Towson) recording the assist. Perry made it 3-1 with 23:42 left in the half when Perry scored on her second free position goal. Only 20 seconds later, Hubley connected on her second goal of the game to cut the Haverford lead to 3-2 and 63 ticks the hosts tied it at 3-3 when senior attacker Corinne Ziccardi (Baltimore, MD/Loch Raven) finished off a free position opportunity. Perry scored unassisted to put Haverford back on top at 4-3 with 22:03 left in the first, just 26 seconds after Ziccardi tied it. Hubley retied the game at 4-4 with 18:44 left in the first half with senior midfielder Mollie Shipley (Denville, NJ/Morris Catholic) chalking up the assist. Megan Gallagher gave Haverford the lead with 16:43 remaining in the first half when she scored with Downing netting the helper at 5-4. Elyse Adler scored unassisted with 12:29 left in the first to make it 6-4 and Gallagher scored on a free position attempt with 5:24 to go in the first half to cap the three-goal run. Hubley netted a free position goal to cut it to 7-5 with 3:21 left in the first, but just 25 seconds later Perry scored unassisted to give the Fords an 8-5 lead into halftime.
Kendall scored 77 seconds into the second half to cut the lead to 8-6, but the Fords responded with 25:49 left in the game to make it 9-6. Washington scored the next three goals with Hubley scoring from Shipley with 23:21 left, Shipley netting an unassisted goal with 18:18 to go in the game and 44 seconds later Hubley scored unassisted to knot the game at 9-9.
In addition to Perry, Gallagher and Downing had two goals for the Fords and the guests scored four free position goals. Amanda Fleming had a team-high three ground balls in the game for Haverford. In goal, Horn turned away 12 Washington shots.
Hubley tied her career-best with six goals for Washington, to tie Perry for game-best, and she had game-bests of five ground balls and five caused turnovers. She also had a team-high four draw controls. Shipley handed out a game-high two assists for the hosts. In net, senior Stephanie Seibert (Clear Spring, MD/Mercersburg Academy (PA) made seven saves.
Washington held a 32-24 edge in shots and had 21 ground balls to just 13 for Haverford. The Fords edged WC in draw controls by a 13-12 margin. The Fords turned it over 16 times, while the Shorewomen coughed it up 13 times. Haverford was 14-for-20 in clears, while Washington was 15-for-18. Both teams were 4-for-7 in free position chances.
#20 Washington travels to #5 Gettysburg on Saturday afternoon for a 1:00 opening draw.


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President Barack Obama's reelection team is praying hard that the Newt Gingrich-Mitt Romney primary smackdown will be long and bloody this year, giving the President's team time to plot out its strategy for November, when the race will all come down to the numbers.
"The agenda that the Republicans are embracing in order to win the nomination, I think they're mortgaging themselves for the general by tacking as far as they are now," Obama's top campaign strategist David Axelrod told reporters in Washington yesterday. "I think the longer the race goes the more they're going to do that and the harder it is to scramble back."
In the meantime, Axelrod and Obama campaign manager Jim Messina are plotting out a 2012 game plan based on electoral college math — or more specifically, on how the President can win the 270 electoral college votes he needs to win the election.
According to Messina, the campaign has laid out five distinct scenarios in which Obama can perform worse than he did in 2008, and still eke out a win in November.
Each of the scenarios assumes Obama holds on to the states John Kerry won in 2004 — which comes out to 246 Electoral College votes — although, at this point, this is not a failsafe assumption.
Here's the breakdown from the National Journal's Marc Ambinder, along with our thoughts:
- The Western Path: This assumes Obama wins Kerry's 246, plus Colorado (9 votes), Nevada (6 votes), Iowa (six votes), and New Mexico (5 votes). TOTAL VOTES: 27 (Our Thoughts: Colorado is still a big swing state with a huge Christian Right base, plus Obama's 2008 win here had a lot to do with the 2008 DNC in Denver, so Messina/Axelrod would best not put all their eggs in this basket.)
- The Florida Path: Obama holds on to Kerry's 19 states and also wins Florida, a major swing state with 29 electoral college votes. TOTAL VOTES: 275 (Our Thoughts: Although Florida had a GOP wave in 2010, voters appear to have a lot of buyer's remorse over new Republican governor Rick Scott, which could benefit Obama. On the other hand, if the GOP nominee snags Tea Party darling Marco Rubio as Veep, Obama can rule out the Sunshine State.)
- The Southern Path: Obama keeps Kerry's 246 votes, and adds 15 electoral votes from North Carolina, home to the 2012 Democratic Convention, and 13 electoral votes from the increasingly-purple Virginia. TOTAL VOTES: 274 (Our Thoughts: Obama's team would love to see this scenario go down, but it's a big reach to think Democrats will take back the South next year.)
- The Midwestern Path: Obama keeps Kerry's 246 votes, and wins Ohio's 18 swing state votes, and picks up another six votes in Iowa. TOTAL VOTES: 270 (Our Thoughts: Ohio is still totally up for grabs. We have no idea how this one is going to play out, and frankly, neither does anyone else.)
- The Expanded Map Path: Obama loses all the major 2004 battleground states — Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Florida — but makes up for the 70-vote loss by holding on to his 2008 wins in Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and picking up Arizona. TOTAL VOTES: 272 (Our Thoughts: Obama's team has got to be praying it doesn't come down to this.)
Each of these scenarios presents its own significant obstacles, underscoring just how much of an uphill battle the President faces in key swing states. The good news, however, is that no one state holds all the cards — the Obama team has lots of options, and expectations are a lot lower this time around.

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Mannequin to test chemical suits
A new robot mannequin that will help test the next generation of chemical and biological protective suits for the UK's armed forces has been unveiled.
The Porton Man can walk, march, run, sit, kneel and even mimic the movement of a soldier sighting a weapon, allowing scientists to test the suits designed to protect UK personnel from chemical and biological attacks such as nerve agents like Sarin.
The mannequin has been made for the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) in Porton Down, Wiltshire - where clothing systems worn by soldiers are tested against chemical warfare agents - by Buckingham-based company i-bodi Technology Ltd.
Mannequins have been used by Dstl in the past, but the new animatronic version has a raft of improvements from a moving head, to a better range of movement, and sensors all over its body that allow scientists to carry out real-time analysis while it is being tested.
Previous models, brought into use in the late 1990s, helped influence the final design of the chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) suits currently used by the armed forces.
Scientists today said the new creation - made using Formula 1 technology - will bring another "step-change" in the way the next generation of protective clothing is designed to keep pace with future threats.
Jaime Cummins, of Dstl's Chemical and Biological Physical Protection group, said the new Porton Man is much lighter than its predecessor - 14kg (30lb) instead of about 80kg (176lb) - and easier to move in and out of its test chamber.
While the previous version's head was attached to the frame it sits in, this one has a movable head that can test the effect it has on the equipment being worn, as well as removable thumbs to make it easier to put gloves on, and ankles that flex.
The new version also sits on a rotating turntable so it can not only be tested in windy environments created by fans, but scientists can see what happens when that wind is coming from different directions.
The latest Porton Man also comes with software that allows scientists to programme a range of movement to fit with certain scenarios, and help test what equipment would be like dealing with real situations in the field.
Mr Cummins said: "Significant advances in animatronics, material design and sensing technologies have all been incorporated into this new Porton Man mannequin.
"As a result, we will be able to assess and characterise protective clothing in ways which were not previously possibly.
The new mannequin is hoped to help work on producing a new, lighter-weight protective suit for the future.
Mr Cummins added: "It's a better, more realistic test system, and we are now in a better position and better place to design and develop the next generation of CB (chemical and biological) protective suit equipment."
In a £1.1 million project, the new Porton Man was made by i-bodi Technology, which has designed and made mannequins before, but draws on experience of making animatronics and robotics for films and television.
Chief executive Jez Gibson-Harris said they were tasked with producing a lightweight robotic mannequin based on data collected from 2,500 soldiers, that was easy to handle, had a wide range of movement.
He said: "Of course there were a number of challenges associated with this and one way we looked to tackle these challenges was through the use of Formula One technology.
"Using the same concepts as those used in racing cars, we were able to produce very light but highly durable carbon composite body parts for the mannequin."
He added: "We tried to make it far more realistic than the current Porton Man."
Minister for defence equipment, support and technology Philip Dunne said: "This technology, designed by a British company, is enabling the UK to lead the way in this important testing.
"Increased investment in science and technology by the MoD (Ministry of Defence) is not only enabling battle-winning and lifesaving equipment to be developed but also helping innovative companies like i-bodi Technology to develop cutting edge capability."
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The Course of Mexican History
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Mexico's political, social, and economic landscapes have shifted in very striking ways in recent years, and the country now moves cautiously forward in the twenty-first century. Revised to address these remarkable transformations, The Course of Mexican History, now in its ninth edition, offers a completely up-to-date, lively, and engaging survey from the pre-Columbian times to the present.
The leading textbook in its field, The Course of Mexican History, Ninth Edition, is indispensable for students of Mexican history, politics, economics, and culture. The book provides a comprehensive history of Mexico in prose that is both accessible and well-written. This new edition features more coverage of women and gender, particularly in Mexico's modern area, as well as new chapters on 20th century Mexico. Improved maps and coverage of transnational links between the U.S. and Mexico are also among new features of the ninth edition.
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Sun Communities Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates manufactured housing and recreational vehicle communities, reported an increase in funds from operations (FFO) for the Southfield, Mich.-based company's first quarter ended March 31.
Highlights include:
• FFO increased to $25.7 million, or 89 cents per share, in the first quarter as compared to $18.8 million, or 82 cents per Share, in the first quarter of 2011.
• Same site Net Operating Income ("NOI") increased by 7.3%.
• Revenue producing sites increased by 294 sites, compared to an increase of 143 sites during the first quarter of 2011.
"We are pleased to report another quarter of strong core portfolio results as all significant growth drivers continue to meet or exceed expectations", said Gary A. Shiffman, chairman and CEO. "Our expansions and acquisitions, particularly our Kentland acquisition, are adding to overall performance and contributing to revenue and occupancy gains."
Net income attributable to common stockholders for the first quarter of 2012 was $5.4 million, or $0.21 per diluted common share, compared with net income of $2.4 million, or $0.11 per diluted common share, for the first quarter of 2011.
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Ex-Mo. Woman Admits Filing False Tax Returns
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A former western Missouri woman has admitted filing 36 false claims for nearly $158,000 worth of federal income tax refunds for herself and others.
The U.S. Attorney's office says 34-year-old Kelsey R. Jones pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to filing a false claim.
Jones formerly lived in the Kansas City suburb of Grandview. She now lives in Houston, Texas.
In her plea, Jones admitted recruiting people to file federal income tax returns under their own names. Jones entered inflated income and revenue figures on the returns before filing them, resulting in larger refunds than her customers deserved.
Prosecutors said she sometimes had part of the undeserved refunds directly deposited into her own bank accounts without her customers' knowledge. Those diversions totaled about $17,000.


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Clear organizational goals can drive employee efforts throughout the organization. But if employees do not know what the organization's goals are, those goals lose the ability they have to energize employees towards their achievement. Communicating organizational goals to employees is essential for achieving those desired outcomes.
In their strategic plans, agencies outline goals and outcomes they expect to achieve. Examples of some of those goals are:
Goals such as these can inspire employee performance. Many Federal employees choose public service, not for the pay or glamour of the job, but for the missions and ideals for which their agencies stand. For example, many National Aeronautics and Space Administration employees work there because they believe in space exploration; many research scientists at numerous research laboratories throughout Government believe in the good effects their research can have; and many who work at customer service agencies believe in helping the people they serve. By communicating clear organizational goals, the organization is confirming some of the reasons the employees work there in the first place. Clearly communicated organizational goals, in and of themselves, can help engage employees in their work.
Most agencies publish their strategic and annual performance plans in hard copy and several ensure that each employee receives one. Most agencies' goals and objectives also appear on their web sites. Formal publications and web sites should be only one way of communicating organizational goals. The most effective way of communicating these goals is through direct communication between first-line supervisors and their employees. While developing employee performance plans, supervisors and employees can discuss how employee efforts support organizational goal achievement. By aligning employee performance plans with organizational goals, and by discussing organizational as well as employee goals, supervisors maximize the powerful effect organizational goals can have on employee performance. Organizational goals become real to the employee.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has reengineered itself. In doing so, it revised its mission and strategic goals. Now, FEMA's strategic plan includes objective performance measures that emphasize results rather than activities. (For example, one of FEMA's goals is to reduce by 20% the time taken to provide individuals with disaster housing assistance, which results in improved customer satisfaction.) To communicate its goals, the agency uses a strategy that has made significant improvements in its communication with Congress, State and local officials, disaster victims, the news media, and particularly with its own employees. FEMA also has reorganized its structure so that sub-units and individual employees derive their responsibilities from its mission, and employees have decision-making authority that matches their responsibilities. FEMA reports that its mission, measures, and recent track record contribute heavily to its employees' intrinsic motivation.
The upshot for supervisors is that they can energize their employees' performance by communicating their agencies' goals.


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Italian encounter in space
April 2011 was a month of celebrations on the International Space Station. 12 April is the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's orbital flight, beginning the human spaceflight era.
Paolo Nespoli celebrated it in space, and a special meeting with an Italian flavour took place soon after during the STS-134 mission. For the first time, two ESA astronauts of Italian nationality were aboard the International Space Station at the same time.
Having already spent four months on the Station, Paolo welcomed his ESA crewmate. Together, they celebrated the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification as a modern European state. They were both selected by the European Astronauts Corps in 1998 and trained together for many years.
"I am very excited to meet him in space. He is doing a great job on the International Space Station and I am happy to join him up there for two weeks," said Roberto.
The Italian flag was handed over to Roberto Vittori by the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano. An inflight call with the two astronauts and the Italian President was held during the mission.
Italy is the third-largest contributor to ESA programmes and the second to the International Space Station. Italian industry built more than half of the Station's pressurised volume of the non-Russian segment.


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Dedicated to making one of the world's greatest collections of Natural Products, the former Merck and Schering-Plough natural products library, available to the scientific community.
NPDI is a division within the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute (BSBI), one of Pennsylvania's most entrepreneurial non-profit research organizations. The NPDI was established in 2011 as a result of an unprecedented gift to the BSBI by Merck and Co. of its entire U.S. Natural Products Library and the Schering-Plough Legacy Culture Collection. Together, it is one of the largest, most diverse, best sourced, and carefully curated natural products collections in the world.
The Blumberg Institute is a Non-Profit 501(3c) Organization that is seeking donors to support the mining of this valuable collection for medical uses of interest to donors.


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The GOP has failed. Now what?
I have spent the last four days dealing with the Jeb Bush possible (probable) run for President 2016, and can't help but feel exasperated and even depressed at the thought that we are being set up yet again to have our voices ignored. My answer to that? Start a new Third Party once and for all. Why not?
The consequences of doing nothing far outweigh the risk of making the effort to do something. I KNOW the issue of money is of great concern, and that is outside the scope of my comprehension or pay grade. Someone else can deal with that crucial issue.
And a problem-solver! People feel disenfranchised and would love to see A NEW DAY and a NEW REVITALIZED PARTY! But we are not going to get it by trying to change the one we have. It's been proven over time. How many "Bush" presidencies do we need in one lifetime to show that this is all fixed and that there has never been room for a REAL PEOPLE's candidate to take their place?
If 2012 was NOT a wake up call for the GOP, then it is deaf, blind and beyond dumb!! And if it is NOT a wake-up for us, then let me ask you this: If not us, who? If not now, when? Bush INC is NOT going to relinquish their power to We-the-People, so what choice are we left with? They are our problem if WE CHOOSE to let them be our problem. We can choose for the GOP NOT TO BE our problem. It is well within our power to do so.
The party's message is tired, worn out and has been proven not to work. It is not going to change any time soon as long as the pernicious leadership remains at the helm. If we cannot change the party leadership, then we need to change OURSELVES and say and do what me mean.
We must be taken seriously with a platform of Reform, Revitalization of the economy as well as Restoration of Principles and Honor in Politics. I have heard some say the party name should be The Conservative Party. That sounds fine to me. The name doesn't really matter, it is the spirit of the party that does.
I would rather spend my time dreaming about this than trying to beg the leadership to listen. I would rather follow a new, exciting, refreshing solution to a problem we know won't change, rather than try to fix a failing GOP mentality.
If it generates fear, frustration and setbacks, so be it. It's still worth a shot.


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Deer in Rock Creek Park
by Gillian Lyons, Animal Blawg
— Our thanks to Animal Blawg for permission to republish this post, which first appeared on their site on January 9, 2013.
For years debates have been raging across the country on how to best manage populations of white-tailed deer. Many argue that most management tools are costly and that a cull is the easiest, and the cheapest, management solution.
However, many animal welfare advocates believe that immunocontraception is the proper management tool—one that has been used in test locations throughout the country with success.
Immunocontraception is a birth control method, which when used can prevent pregnancy in white-tailed deer and therefore serve as a solution to overpopulation issues. It has been used, with success, to reduce deer populations in locations throughout the country including Fire Island National Seashore, N.Y., and Fripp Island, S.C. The problem is that immunocontraception remains controversial. Those who oppose the use of contraceptives in wildlife populations argue that it is more expensive, and less effective, than the use of a traditional cull. Both of these arguments have been refuted with evidence from past immunocontraception test sites, but the battle still wages—and the National Park Service is very heavily involved.
On October 25, 2012, a lawsuit was filed, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to prevent the National Park Service from proceeding with a lethal cull of white-tailed deer in Rock Creek Park. …


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Hospital inspections to be more robust, chief inspector says
The way hospital inspections in England have been carried out was flawed and they are to become broader and more robust, the new chief inspector says.
Prof Sir Mike Richards said the system used by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) had been too narrow in focus.
He wants to recruit a "small army" of doctors, nurses, patients and carers to carry out inspections and ratings.
It comes as 11 trusts have been put into special measures after previously unidentified failings were uncovered.
The move was announced on Tuesday after the publication of an independent review led by NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh.
An investigation into 14 hospital trusts was launched earlier this year following the public inquiry into the Stafford Hospital scandal, which said the public had been betrayed by a system which put "corporate self-interest" ahead of patients.
The trusts were identified as they had the highest death rates in 2010-11 and 2011-12.
The probe focused on whether the figures indicated sustained failings in the quality of care and treatment at the trusts.
Only two of the 11 trusts that ended up in special measures had been facing sanctions from the CQC.
'Fair and transparent'
Setting out his plans, Sir Mike, who formally took up his post this week, said it would be a "completely different way of inspecting hospitals".
Admitting it would be a "huge challenge", he said the previous "flawed" system, which involved carrying out themed inspections on issues such as nutrition and infection control, would be replaced by one that ranked each unit of a hospital - but also looked at the organisation in its entirety.
He said the changes were based on the methods adopted by the Keogh review, which he was invited to take part in.
Sir Mike said the size of the CQC inspection teams would be increased to more than 20 - they have traditionally involved about five people - to reflect the greater scope of the reviews.
They will be made up of patients, doctors, nurses and other professionals - including those with inspection experience - to ensure they had greater breadth of knowledge.
He told BBC Breakfast: "We will have large teams who will go into a hospital and look to see whether it is safe, is it effective, is it caring, is it responsive to patients' needs and is it well-led.
"Then we can form a complete diagnosis of what is happening in that hospital.
"We want people who are really committed to finding out what is going on in the NHS in order to make it better."
'Robust, fair, transparent'
Under the new regime, hospitals will also get school-style ratings of "outstanding", "good", "requires improvement" or "inadequate" - something that has already been announced by ministers.
Sir Mike said those deemed inadequate could also face being put into special measures, which involves teams of external experts being brought in to ensure changes take place.
In order to further widen the range of views taken in by the inspection, public listening events would take place during major inspections for people to relate their experiences, good or bad, of the hospital.
And he said the CQC would be paying close attention to death rates, as well as other triggers such as patient surveys, mistakes and infection rates to see which trusts should be prioritised for inspection.
The new process would be "robust, fair and transparent", he said. "Every finding will be made public."
The first wave of 18 inspections is due to start in the next month, with the aim of inspecting all 161 trusts by December 2015.
Funding of £25m for the new initiative will come from extra money announced for the CQC by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt in April.
But the British Medical Association and Medical Protection Society have warned in a letter to Mr Hunt that Sir Mike must allow the inspector to be "independent of politics".
Dr Stephanie Bown,of the MPS, said: "It is clear there are a number of challenges facing the chief inspector, but there are also a number of opportunities.
"With political independence and autonomy, we believe the inspector can play a crucial part in improving the culture and standards of care in hospitals."


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Certain sport utility vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Safety Standard # 135 "Passenger Car Brake Systems" To meet the standard, vehicles must not move for 5 minutes when stopped on a steep hill with the parking brake applied and the vehicle in neutral. Some of these vehicles failed this test. When the parking brake is released the driver may notice unintended braking while accelerating, decelerating or coasting. This could lead to unintended vehicle movement and cause an accident. The dealer will inspect each rear parking brake caliper and replace free of charge if slippage is noticed. The GM recall # is 05059
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Each year I write an annual report on the activities of the library in the past year. Here is the report for 2012. The staff of the library looks forward to serving you in 2013.
Board of trustees Library Staff
Travis Vieira, President Director: Kathy Bornhoft
Allan Winnick Assistant Director: Kim Keiss
Mike Steely Library Clerk: Melissa Lurkins
Larry Noel Library Clerk:
Ernest Cienfuegos-Baca
Travis Stevens
Jack Brinkhoff
The Wellington Public Library is staffed with four employees. Library Director Kathy Bornhoft and Assistant Director Kim Keiss works 24 hours per week. Melissa Lurkins works 17 hour per week as a library clerk. The Town of Wellington funds the Library at 119 staff hours per week. Total hours open to the public are 42.5. The difference of 62.5 hours is used for staff flex-time and overlapping hours. The library utilized nine volunteers that worked several hours each on a weekly basis. Other volunteers were utilized on an as-needed basis for special projects and during the summer reading program.
The library uses the automated AspenCat union catalog. AspenCat runs on PTFS Master Koha and is administered by the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC). At the end of 2010 the Automated Systems Consortia Colorado (ASCC) was dissolved and the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) became the sole administrator of AspenCat. The library's catalog is available on the Internet at http://wellington.aspencat.info or at http://wellington.colibraries.org The library is now part of a union catalog containing 500,000 items from different libraries. Our patrons are able to easily place holds and request books that belong to the other libraries directly from our catalog. The catalog also has 500 of the most popular classic books from Project Gutenberg. The books from Project Gutenberg are downloadable e-books. We are also able to notify patrons by email when they have overdue items and holds that are ready for pickup.
There are nine computers available for public Internet usage, one computer that is used for the automated catalog that can be used for the Internet if needed, and four staff computers. One computer purchased with a LSTA grant is available for use by patrons with visual impairments. It has Zoom-Text software installed on it. The computers have Norton Internet Security installed for virus protection.
The library has a wireless hub. The wireless router serves as the router for the library's Internet network.
There is also an open Internet connection that is available for patrons that come into the library with their electronic devices.
Usage by the public of the fax and photocopier continues to increase.
We are continually looking for better ways to utilize library space because shelving space for the books is becoming more cramped as the collection grows. To make the best use of the space we rearrange the collection and weed little used books. A small shelving unit was added in the children's area and another small unit was added in the young adult section.
Cleaning of the library is done by the staff of the library.
Usage of the public access computers has stayed steady. There were approximately computer 7,230 computer users in 2010, compared to 6,760 users in 2012. This is an increase of 7% from 2012. The computers are used primarily for educational research, job searches, and word processing. US Cable is the library's Internet provider.
2012 computer users 7,230
2011 computer users 6,760 Increase of 7%
2012 computer users 7,230
2011 computer users 6,760 Increase of 7%
Approximately 45 new patrons were added to our patron database each month and include city and county residents. Total number of new patrons in 2012 was 550 compared to 1,000 new patrons in 2011. There are now a total of 5,950 patrons in the database. 80% of the card holders are from Wellington and 20% are from the county or are libraries that are part of the interlibrary loan system. Visits to the library increased in 2010 from 2009.
Patrons in database 5,950
2010 patron visits to the library 38,419
2009 patron visits to the library 37,350 Increase of 3%
Total Holdings in Collection 25,500
New Titles Added 1,900
Weeded Titles 350
Total Annual Circulation in 2010 49,650
Total Annual Circulation in 2009 49,390
The collection was increased by 2,000 new titles. All areas of the collection had an increase in holdings. 350 items that were lost, damaged, outdated or were not circulating were weeded from the collection. The total number of materials held in the library collection is 25,500. The monthly circulation high of 5,100 items occurred in June. The monthly circulation low of 3,560 items occurred in February.
To provide access to materials that the library does not own, the library participates in SWIFT, the statewide interlibrary loan program. We also loan our materials to other libraries. As part of the Koha system we also loan books to the member libraries in our system. The success of the interlibrary loan service is dependent on the statewide library courier service. We contract for the courier service through the CLiC. The service transports books and materials, correspondence and other mailings to and from libraries in Colorado.
Materials borrowed from other libraries: 1,070
Materials loaned to other libraries: 945
The Wellington Library Friends meet at the library the first Monday of most months. They continue to raise funds for the library with the ongoing used book sale in the library. In October they sponsored Young Adult author Laura Resau. A group of 50 students from Wellington Middle School attended the program.
A library article was submitted monthly to the local newspaper, The North Forty News. Features in these articles include upcoming events and programs, new book titles, and general library news.
In late November Kathy Bornhoft organized a local art show. We had approximately 15 local artists display their work in the library. Local artist and author Gary Raham gave a talk on how he creates his art work.
The library had floats in the 4th of July Parade and the Christmas Parade in Wellington.
Preschool story time was held twice a month in 2012. In 2012 attendance was 400 children and adults. Library tours were conducted throughout the year for several classes from Eyestone Elementary and Base Camp, the after school program.
The summer reading program had 615 children and young adults ages 3-15 registered for the program. Prizes were awarded based on time read. The participants read a total of 5,200 hours. Kathy Bornhoft did an excellent job of obtaining prizes. She was able to get many passes and gift coupons donated. Drawings were held at the end of the summer for the readers that read beyond the required 10 hours. Four programs were held and approximately 250 persons attended these programs. Our program presenters were: Indiana Bones, a New Mexico Storyteller; Andy Mason, musician from New Mexico; Rob Terrell and Brad Christiansen, Fort Collins drummers; and a craft fair run by volunteers. The Wellington Friends of the Library provided cookies for the first summer reading program.
Posters were placed around Wellington to advertise registration and the programs and fliers were sent home with Eyestone and Rice Elementary students and Wellington Middle School students. Library articles in The North Forty News and the Wellington Weekly also promoted the program.
The library worked in cooperation with Wellington Middle School to offer students who completed the summer reading program a voucher for "First Locker Choice" privileges. This joint project has been highly successful as well as popular with the students. We gave out 115 locker passes.
Additional funding for the summer reading program was received as a grant from the Colorado State Library.
In October Kathy Bornhoft attended a workshop on the summer reading program in Fort Collins. Kathy also attended a meeting of Front Range librarians that meet to exchange programming ideas and a Colorado Library Consortium workshop in April that was held in Fort Collins.
The director attended the Colorado Library Consortium workshop in April that was held in Fort Collins. In May I attended the meeting of the Colorado Public Library Directors that was held in Steamboat Springs. In August I attended a training session and a Colorado Library Consortium board meeting at the CLiC offices in Centennial. I attended the Colorado Association of Libraries conference in October in Loveland and the conference of the Association of Rural and Small Libraries in Aurora. I also attended meetings of the Front Range Library Directors, and bi-monthly Library Board of Trustees meetings.
Total revenue to the library from the Town of Wellington equaled $160,550. The amount of funding for the library from the Town of Wellington's General Fund was $138,540. General Fund Capital Expenditures was funded at $22,000. Personnel costs including salaries and benefits for 2012 were approximately $114,250. Other budgeted operating costs associated with purchasing books and other materials, supplies, the summer reading program, equipment maintenance, education and travel, courier service, utilities, and other expenditures totaled $46,500. For actual revenue and expenses see the 2012 Town of Wellington budget.
In addition to the revenue from the Town of Wellington General Fund the library receives Library Impact Fees. Impact Fees for 2012 totaled $2,500. This revenue from building permits is used for capital improvements and capital purchases.
The library continues to use the website that is hosted by the Colorado State Library. The Wellington Public Library staff adds and deletes content as needed. We can add announcements of upcoming events, holiday closures, and other information as needed. The address for the site is
Pursue ways to meet the increased need for technology for staff and patrons
Explore options for downloadable e-books
Increase the number of Summer Reading participants
Find ways to creatively use the library staffing to meet increased usage of the library as circulation and patron visits continue to increase
Increase attendance at programs and story time
Continue community outreach and public relations via networking with schools and other community groups, advertising, special programs, and the library's website
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The kicky flavors of ginger, garlic, and garam masala play off the richness of salmon in this stunning main course. It's served with raita, a cooling cucumber-yogurt sauce.
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- Makes 4-6 servings
- Active Time
- 40 minutes
- Total Time
- 40 minutes
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped peeled fresh ginger
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil plus more
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 2-pound center-cut piece of boneless salmon fillet, skin on
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup plain whole-milk yogurt
- 3/4 cup finely chopped peeled, seeded cucumber
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro, plus more for garnish
- 2 scallions, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- Ingredient info: Garam masala, an Indian spice mixture, is available in the spice section of better supermarkets and at Indian markets.
- Prepare grill (medium-high heat). Purée ginger, 1/4 cup oil, 1 tablespoon garam masala, garlic, coriander, and cumin in a blender until coarse purée forms. Put salmon into a baking dish and season with salt and pepper. Coat salmon with ginger pureée. Let marinate at room temperature for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, stir yogurt, cucumber, cilantro, scallions, lime juice, and remaining 1 teaspoon garam masala in a medium bowl. Season raita to taste with salt and pepper.
- Brush the grill rack with oil. Brush off marinade for easier grilling, or leave it on for a better crust. Grill salmon, turning once, until it just begins to flake in center, 4-5 minutes per side. Transfer salmon to a platter. Garnish with cilantro. Serve with raita.
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Brachytherapy primarily uses two different techniques:
Low Dose Rate (LDR) uses a lower strength radioactive source and is associated with longer treatment times (for the one-time treatment). The most commonly used LDR treatment site is the prostate, which involves permanent placement of tiny radioactive seeds in tissue in the prostate. Historically LDR has been used in the treatment of other sites such as gynaechological and head & neck, where low activity sources are temporarily placed for several days & then removed.
High Dose Rate (HDR) uses a higher strength radioactive source contained within an afterloader device. The afterloader delivers the source for a brief period of time to catheters, needles, or other appliances placed in the tumour site. Per treatment, HDR is a much shorter procedure (minutes vs. days) than LDR, but it does require multiple treatments. Increasingly more common, HDR techniques have replaced LDR techniques for most body sites.
Other brachytherapy techniques include Pulse Dose Rate (PDR) and Image Guided Brachytherapy (IGBT).
With any radiotherapy technique, the goal is the same: to conform the dose to the size and shape of the target while limiting side effects by sparing the surrounding healthy anatomy. In brachytherapy, radiation falls off very rapidly from the target area easily accomplishing this objective.
The oldest form of radiotherapy, brachytherapy now uses the latest in computer and radioactive source technology. Image guided brachytherapy (IGBT) combines advanced imaging techniques with advanced brachytherapy procedures allowing doctors to treat patients quickly and precisely.
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Collie Weed Riddim (7") 2010 Not Easy At All Prods/Jah Solid Rock
The 'riddim' release has an undeniable magnitude in reggae music industry. Since the heydays of Jamaican roots music till nowadays that it opens a platform for new artists to rise, provides an every time, welcomed update to oldies and foundation tunes , and one may say that it is even responsible for the ceaseless resistance of the reggae addicts 7inch format!
Still, riddims come and go, every month, year after year, and maybe due to the high demanding crazy business labels, little stick around in the turntables enough time to be really appreciated…
As 2010 approaches it´s end, I´ve little doubt that anyone will bring some better effort that outcomes ZonaReGGae choice for Riddim of the Year, The Collie Weed Riddim!
Release in March, Collie Weed riddim was the first release from much talked about cooperation between famous record label Jah Solid Rock Music and Not Easy At All Productions crew!
Joining forces with the aim of bringing back original roots reggae vibe, just before the partnership was established both attested what they were able, wid the full album releases from: Dutch rising star Benaissa 'Tables Turn' (2008,SilverKamel/Jah Solid Rock), and Jamaican, Bunny Wailer protégé, Wild Life debut album 'Too Tuff' (2009,Not Easy At All)
For Collie Weed, they added Jamaicans Earl 16, Chezidek and Dutch Lloyd De Meza to the aforementioned, providing a wide range of vocal styles and tones to an amazing early 80T´s revival, bassline driven Roots BIG BIG tune!
From the, well placed horns arrangements, a bit of nice rub-a-dub groove between the drum & bass combination and a, here and there, smooth rocking guitar riffs (letting you waiting more!), everything is perfect in this nowadays roots masterpiece, and the guest voices all do a great work in providing amazing feelings, vibes and conscious lyrics.
Earl 16, as always, bring an amazing sweet flow in Fittest of the Fittest, talking about nowadays lack of leadership to guide us into the righteous ways of Survival in Babylon.
Chezidek brings one of the strongest tunes from his new album 'Judgment Time', giving praises to the hayah powers in Walk with Jah; and Wildlife singjays in powerful style about 'Ganja Yard', a tune already released in the Too Tuff album.
Benaissa brings, in I opinion, the power play version, wid African Blood, an emotive cryout to the decreasing of African roots & culture maintenance.
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issues with live mail and imap
i've been trying to solve this for a couple of weeks now without any success. i was looking for an alternative for thunderbird and i thought i should try live mail in my win7 laptop but i can't seem to be able to download anything at all from gmail. i also tried postbox thinking it was an issue with wlm but i wasn't able to connect with it either. this is in build 7077 x64.
i can connect and download my email just fine using my other laptop runing xp home (32bit) with both thunderbird and postbox so it seems the problem is related with my win7 setup somehow. i have already tried reinstalling and reconfiguring wlm several times but the result is prety much the same and i can't even download my imap folders. here is an example of the errors i get:
Unable to send or receive messages for the Gmail (***) account. Your '[Gmail]#Sent Mail' folder was not polled for its unread count.
Server Response: Your IMAP command could not be sent to the server, due to non-network errors. This could, for example, indicate a lack of memory on your system.
Server: 'imap.gmail.com'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC0E
Protocol: IMAP
Port: 993
Secure(SSL): Yes
i get similar errors for all my folders just with different error IDs. so, any sugestions are greatly appreciated as this is driving me crazy already.
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|03 Jun 2009
WLM errors
I googled that error code and ran accross this page. It might help. What is "Error Number: 0x800CCC0E"?.
Im running wlm ver 14.0.8 on 32 bit with no prob. There is a instruction page on gmail to help set up imap/smtp.
Hope this helps let me know if not
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|03 Jun 2009
Hi Ken, i did find this page before but i didn't think it was relevant as i am not connected to the internet using the msn network and i should be able to use gmail's smtp server. i can't really test with msn's smtp server as i do not have a username and passord anyway. in some ocasions i get the same error description but with error id 0x800C006F but i still can't find any useful info about it.
the instruction page on gmail doesn't help much either. it just shows the correct settings and i checked several times to make sure i have everything setup correctly.
btw, i forgot to mention before that i am using wml 14.0.8064.0206 and that i have IE disabled from windows features. it shouldn't make any difference but maybe i should try to enable it again.
thanks for replying Ken, let me know if you have any more suggestions.
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|04 Jun 2009
i just tried enabling internet explorer again but it didn't make any difference. I also tried foxmail mainly because it has an option to test the settings when creating a new account. the report shows that it can find the smtp server but it can't connect to it. the test continues trying to send a test email forever so i can't get results for the next of the tests, and still i can't download my emails so i am guessing it just can't connect to the imap server either.
i also tried installing foxmail on my other laptop using xp home (using the same internet connection, wireless network, and gmail account) again, everything works perfectly so this looks like an issue with my 7 setup and not related the imap/smtp client or server. i'm not even sure how to try and trace the problem anymore. some type of ssl or some authentication issue maybe? i would hate to have to reinstall windows without finding what the problem was in the first place.
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|04 Jun 2009
hey nobrain
what settings are you using for gmails servers? Do you have a username and password to gmail?
ALso since the example says "could indicate a lack of memory" I wondered how much ram you have. here is what mine looks like
Hope this helps
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|04 Jun 2009
my settings look exactly the same. i have tested my password and username from both the webmail and other programs on my xp machine and it works just fine. i have also tried port 587 for smtp instead of 465 but the situation is exactly the same. also tried imap.googlemail.com and smtp.googlemail.com and moved the server timeouts bar to maximum but still...
i played around with other settings as well. clear text and secure authentication options, different outgoing mail server settings, dissabled avast, checked the firewall, i played around with some services that looked relevant, nothing seems to help. my event viewer is also clean.
i have two sticks of 2gb of ram each and i also tested with the laptop's original 2x1gb yesterday just to make sure there wasn't something wrong with my memory.
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|04 Jun 2009
Do you have a firewall? Maybe its blocking either gmail, or the port. You could also do either a ping, or traceroute to gmail server. Since you have tried more than 1 email client Im thinking its something abt the system that giving you grief. Your using the same settings for the xp machine and the win 7 machine?
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|04 Jun 2009
i can ping both servers without any loss or anything (below are the results from win7), and yes, i use the same settings for the xp machine, both laptops are in the same network, behind the same netgear router, and trying to access the same gmail account.
Pinging gmail-imap.l.google.com [184.108.40.206] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 22.214.171.124: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=243
Reply from 188.8.131.52: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=243
Reply from 22.214.171.124: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=243
Reply from 22.214.171.124: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=243
Ping statistics for 220.127.116.11:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 27ms, Maximum = 49ms, Average = 33ms
Pinging gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com [22.214.171.124] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 220.127.116.11: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=240
Reply from 18.104.22.168: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=240
Reply from 220.127.116.11: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=240
Reply from 184.108.40.206: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=240
Ping statistics for 220.127.116.11:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 36ms, Maximum = 45ms, Average = 39ms
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|04 Jun 2009
So its not connectivity. did you try deleting then recreating the account in WLM? make sure you backup b4 if you do. Sorry Im not being more helpful, but I will keep looking
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|04 Jun 2009
thanks for taking the time to try anyway ken. i did recreate my account several times but maybe i will give it another go with a new instalation of wlm as well. maybe i will just install a newer version of 7 and see if it solves anything, but i just hate the fact that i can't even imagine what the problem is. i will report back if i find anything new anyway.
thanks again,
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The Al Weed campaign staff can understand the allure of its campaign signs in some collegiate quarters. After all, the Democratic Fifth District congressional candidate's name, "Weed," also connotes a popular intoxicant. But staffers don't think pot-happy students are responsible for a recent rampage of sign thievery.
Campaign manager Dave Mills could see UVA students absconding with a few Weed signs in Charlottesville. "But I don't believe college students took the sign off the Democratic headquarters in Appomattox," he says.
The campaign claims that one in five of its large, 4 x 8-foot signs have been stolen. One of the most brazen thefts occurred at the home of Barracks Road resident Betty Gallagher.
After losing four smaller Weed signs, Gallagher rigged a homemade alarm: a 150-foot wire attached to some bells outside her window. The bells began ringing at 4am October 22. But by the time the sleeping Gallagher could find her robe and get outside to investigate, the thieves– and her big sign– were gone.
"There's a large Bush sign only two blocks away," says Gallagher, "and it's still standing, so it's not someone who just doesn't like big signs."
Gallagher says she's "constantly" had signs stolen in the past, and one of the smaller Weed signs was ripped up and stuck in her mailbox– "like I'm supposed to be afraid," she scoffs. She's irate because the signs are expensive. "Al Weed," she says, "doesn't have that much money."
A more gruesome theft occurred that same night in Albemarle at Brook Hill Farm, where a large Weed sign was allegedly replaced with a deer carcass.
Natural Bridge, along with Campbell and Nelson counties, has been particularly hard-hit, with five biggies taken in one night in Campbell, Mills reports. The signs are worth $50 each, and cost even more if they have to be replaced, he says.
"If people knew how much these cost– it's like stealing from your neighbor," says Mills. "It's frustrating."
Particularly galling to Democrats are the thefts right in Weed's Nelson backyard.
"It's Al's home county," says Mills. "A lot of people offered to display signs on 29. There's a little bit of pride there because Al's lived in Nelson 25 years."
In Franklin County, Republican candidate Virgil Goode's home base, a couple of men drove up onto the lawn of Weed supporter Joe Stanley, took his sign and left tire marks across the yard. "Unbelievable," says Mills.
Goode signs have not remained unscathed. "I have been shocked by the number of Bush and Goode signs that have been defaced and stolen," says Goode, the Republican incumbent. "On one farm in Nelson County, defacers climbed a board fence to spray-paint a Bush/Goode sign."
As for the possibility that zealous Goode supporters are swiping Weed's signs, "Obviously, we wouldn't encourage that," says campaign worker Barbara McConaghie.
"It's widespread, and it's coordinated," contends Mills. "There's too much of a pattern in the disappearances."
Charlottesville police Sergeant David Jones says he's read about sign theft in the paper– but no reports of stolen signs have come across his desk.
Weed supporter John Shepherd thinks he knows why. After huge Weed signs went missing October 15 from his lot on the corner of the 250 Bypass and McIntire Road, he promptly went to the police department. "They said they didn't take those reports," says Shepherd. "They didn't want to get involved in the election."
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Bell-wielding Gallagher says she reported her theft October 22– but had not heard from the Charlottesville police at press time.
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Albemarle police report eight incidents in October, with the thefts evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. "They're not party particular," says Lieutenant Earl Newton.
Mills complains about the financial impact the loss of over $2,100 worth of large signs will have on Weed's campaign, which lags behinds Goode's war chest.
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