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Clinton Power Station is a silent sentry at the edge of a 5,000-acre man-made lake, six miles east of Clinton, and about 68 miles from Springfield. Its powder blue dome rises above silos, cornfields and endless country roads with names like "500 North" and "County Road 14."
Stepping inside the Clinton Power Station is like going underwater. Safety regulations provide for a fair amount of sensory deprivation, between hard hats stamped with Exelon Nuclear's circular green logo, malleable bright orange earplugs and thick safety goggles. It's a world of yellowish fluorescent lighting, layers of colored tape along the cement floor (marking where employees can or can't walk) and the ever-present whir of powerful machinery.
For Bill Harris, the station's communications manager, walking into the control room of Clinton Power Station is like entering a sacred place.
"It's like going into the sanctuary of a church," Harris says. "There's no fooling around, no loud music, no eating, no reading books. Just silence."
Situated on approximately 14,300 acres, the station sprawls out in a sun-baked field. When navigating the winding road, it's easy to feel alone – chirping birds, grassy riverbank, rows of empty parking spaces. Despite numerous signs warning visitors, employees and trespassers alike, it's easy to think no one is watching. Surrounded by a seemingly pastoral scene, it's easy to underestimate what lies inside.
But armed security guards watch from concrete towers, razor wire and video cameras guard the perimeter and computerized surveillance systems track the exact locations of all who enter the plant. The extensive acreage is necessary, since all stations must be built away from population centers in case of an emergency. Isolation is essential, because employees deal with some of the most dangerously radioactive material on earth.
Built in 1976 by Illinois Power Co., now owned by Exelon Nuclear, the Clinton Power Station is one of six nuclear plants in Illinois. Exelon Nuclear, headquartered in Warrenville, near Chicago, operates the largest nuclear fleet in the United States and the third largest in the world. Exelon's 10 stations, with 17 reactors, represent approximately 20 percent of the U.S. nuclear industry's power capacity.
The waters of Clinton Lake provide the steam that turns the station's turbines, generating 1,065 total net megawatts of electricity, Harris says. For comparison, Springfield's Dallman 4 Power Plant generates about 200 megawatts. Energy from the plant travels all over the nation, but the single reactor at Clinton Power Station could power a city the size of Boston or Seattle. With an additional reactor built, the station could generate enough power for a million homes.
As the U.S. seeks new energy options, some are touting nuclear energy as the crown jewel in a green and renewable energy future. Supporters say Illinois is part of a "nuclear renaissance," which is reinforced by President Barack Obama's administration.
This week, the Illinois Senate voted 40-1 to pass a bill that would lift the current moratorium on building new nuclear reactors in the state. The bill will now move to the House for consideration.
In February, Obama announced more than $8 billion in federal loan guarantees to build two nuclear reactors in Georgia. Building a nuclear power station usually costs between $6-8 billion, Harris says, and companies rely on investors to help them with the cost. The loan guarantees provide monetary insurance for investors.
"To meet our growing energy needs and prevent the worst consequences of climate change, we need to increase our supply of nuclear power and today's announcement helps to move us down that path," Obama said when announcing the loan guarantees, which will build the first nuclear power plants in nearly 30 years.
Mark Kanavos, the plant manager for Clinton Power Station, says he's optimistic about the industry's future in the state.
"There's certainly a nuclear renaissance," Kanavos says. "A lot of reactors are being proposed all over the country."
Opponents of nuclear energy say the indus
try fails to address its biggest liability: nuclear waste that will remain highly radioactive for thousands of years. Dave Kraft, director of Nuclear Energy Information Service, headquartered in Evanston, says Exelon has not proved it can safely store nuclear waste.
"It's important to understand that the existing moratorium has served and protected us well from becoming a radioactive waste dump," he says.
Kraft says the state is hurtling toward a dangerous future, without resolving the problems of the past. The recent vote to repeal the moratorium means the Department of Energy could designate the state as a "temporary storage facility" for high-level radioactive waste, he says. Without a moratorium, Kraft's organization says, more reactors and wastes will be drawn into the state over time, which means "more wastes generated and stored on-site, threat of accident and sabotage and potential damage to water sources and ecosystems."
Advocates say nuclear power stations, like Clinton Power Station, have lower emissions when compared with coal or oil. The station lacks the most well-known symbol of nuclear power: the giant cooling tower constantly wafting clouds of water vapor. Instead, the station uses Clinton Lake as a source for cooling water, sharing the body of water with the city's 7,000 residents, who swim, boat and fish in the lake.
Instead of a cooling tower, Clinton Power Station uses a boiling water reactor, which heats water from the lake in order to generate power. Water from Clinton Lake is pumped in to be heated and then pumped back to the lake to be cooled. Uranium fuel pellets, about the size of a penny, undergo nuclear fission, which provides heat that turns water into steam. Steam turbines are used to power generators, which in turn produce electricity.
The turbines are the most crucial part of the station, radiation protection manager Jeff Stovall says, as they are spinning constantly, generating electricity. The turbines are to the station as a battery is to a car, Stovall says. Every two years, the station has a "forced outage," meaning it must shut down to replace the uranium in the reactor.
"Imagine riding around the United States for two years in a car without stopping," he explains. "We need to be able to ensure that we're working all the time. We want it to run thoroughly and run well."
Kanavos says this method of generating electricity is much more environmentally friendly than coal. The uranium pellets are sealed in special metal rods, which are bundled together into a fuel assembly. These rods are good for two years.
"Compared with coal or oil, our reactor has a two-year cycle," Kanavos explains. "After two years, we have to refuel, but a large coal plant runs on a pile of coal that's good for 30 days at most. Even the cleanest coal plants contribute to greenhouse gases and toxic emissions. We don't burn fossil fuels, we just make steam – that's the difference."
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the Obama administration has filed a motion to withdraw the license application for the nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. The new Commission on America's Nuclear Future will look into new, safe, long-term storage solutions. For the time being, spent fuel from power stations will be stored on-site.
After the uranium-containing rods are replaced, they're stored inside the station, under 60 feet of water. The spent fuel storage pool combines the 14-foot rods made of old uranium with "control" rods designed to prevent any kind of reaction, with water acting as an additional shield. About 200 bundles of fuel are removed from the reactor each time, Stovall says, which is about half the reactor's core. Spent fuel contains one-fifth the original amount of uranium, according to Exelon.
Spent fuel has been stored in the station's pool since the station started producing electricity in 1987. Regulations state that the station must maintain enough space to put every piece of fuel in that pool. Clinton is scheduled to reach storage capacity by 2018. Once the spent fuel pools are filled to capacity, Exelon requires the stations to switch to another storage method. Used fuel may also be stored in dry casks, which trap the spent fuel rods in transportable metal canisters, which are inserted into concrete storage bunkers.
Recently, the Illinois Attorney General's office reached a settlement with Exelon resolving the environmental consequences of radioactive tritium leaks in groundwater at the company's Braidwood, Byron and Dresden plants. Tritium, used in nuclear fission, leaked out of underground pipes that carry wastewater away from the power stations. It can be dangerous if inhaled, ingested, carried in water or absorbed through the skin. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, exposure to tritium increases the risk of developing cancer.
The company will pay more than $1 million to resolve the complaints. Though the plant says the leaks were isolated incidents, Kraft says he sees it as a chronic symptom of the storage problem.
"Pollution of groundwater sources is not a good way to conduct business," Kraft says.
Kraft says the tritium leaks show this system is yet to become foolproof.
"We're of the mind that this needs to be slowed down and examined," he says. "We're not confident that the designs are going to be safe enough. We're not confident in the way they're constructed and built."
Currently, Exelon Nuclear is licensed to build a second reactor at Clinton Power Station, but can't proceed with plans due to the state moratorium. According to Exelon's research, maintaining nuclear energy's current 20 percent cut of the nation's power-generating capacity means that three reactors must be built every two years, staring in 2016.
Kraft says the state can avoid ever building another reactor, if it could just harness its wind and solar power potential.
"We probably don't need to build another nuclear plant ever if we aggressively use everything we have," he says. "It's the least contentious and at best a very optimistic way to proceed."
Kraft's biggest worry is the availability of water in a world that's already seeing the effects of global warming. In a global warming world, higher temperatures, more droughts and erratic weather events could contribute to a lack of water in the Midwest, he says.
"If we hitch our wagons to the nuclear horse, we may not have water to operate on," Kraft says. "People say nuclear energy is green energy because it emits less carbon dioxide, but holding your breath is also a solution to that problem. CO2 is not the only factor to be considered here."
With 675 employees on the payroll, the Clinton station is a substantial piece of the area's economy. Most workers hail from DeWitt, McLean, Macon and Champaign counties. The station paid $9.2 million in property taxes last year, and has donated $70,000 per year in direct financial support to local civic organizations, schools and charities.
The large size and scale of nuclear power plants mean it's necessary to hire hundreds of construction employees, thus spurring job creation, Kanavos says.
"Studies show that 10,000 people contribute to building a nuclear power station," he says. "There's a long-term, positive impact. We'd like to have the opportunity to build that in Illinois."
Kraft says his anti-nuclear group isn't insensitive to the jobs issue, but equal numbers of employees can be hired for wind, solar and other clean energy operations. About 48 percent of Illinois' electricity is generated from nuclear power, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute.
"We have to stress aggressive energy conservation and efficiency, utilizing green technologies to enhance jobs," Kraft says.
Clinton Power Station is certified by the Wildlife Habitat Council, Harris says, which recognizes company efforts to preserve the site's natural environment.
"We have eagles here," he says. "Wildlife love it."
Redundancy (systems of checks, double checks and backups for every visitor, employee and piece of machinery) is emphasized at Clinton Power Station again and again. Redundancy is key, Stovall says, because it ensures safety. Backup generators ensure that everything runs in case of a power outage. On the floor, bright green barriers are painted two feet around all equipment that could potentially give someone an electrical shock. Most doors are interlocking, meaning one must be shut before another can open.
Diesel generators run what Stovall calls the "backup battery." It's a whole bank of power that's independent from the rest of the station, and can keep the turbines turning up to two days in a power outage.
"This is where we get electricity when we're not making electricity," he says. "When I'm in here, I feel like a little kid standing on railroad tracks, watching a huge train go by at full speed. That's how powerful these are."
To track radiation levels, employees wear TLDs, or thermoluminescent dosimeters, on their chests. Safety officers can use computers to track anyone's radiation level at any time. On their way out, employees must also step into a full-body scanner, which also records radiation exposure.
"It's all about backup," Stovall says.
If someone comes out of the station with a higher level of radiation than normal, they are contained in a waiting room until the levels come down. Most exposure is relatively low, Harris says. He notes that his TLD meter's total is one millirem. Doses of 20-50 millirems cause the body's white blood cell count to temporarily decrease, while 50-100 millirems spur mild radiation sickness, with a headache and increased risk of infection due to a fewer disease-fighting cells; temporary male sterility is also possible at this level.
Harris, a Mississippi native, tells stories of his past projects, where employees or visitors have had to leave objects behind because they couldn't manage to clear them of radiation.
"One time I was wearing a nylon wind suit, and it took me forever to clear the machines," he laughs. "Another time, we had to buy a man a new pair of snakeskin boots, because the boots ended up trapping radiation, and they weren't safe to wear out of the station."
Past nuclear accidents like Chernobyl and Three Mile Island (which is also owned by Exelon Nuclear) mean some people don't trust nuclear power, Kanavos says. But he reminds the public that it's a highly regulated industry, with many safety precautions. This year, Kanavos held a breakfast for Clinton Power Station employees, celebrating 20 million man hours without a single accident. There are more accidents by real estate brokers than nuclear power employees, he says.
Kanavos says his employees are spreading the word about the safety of the nuclear industry.
"All 675 people have a positive network with their friends and family," he says. "They emphasize our positive attitude."
Clinton Power Station's permit will expire in 2026, and sometime before then the company will need to ask for an a 20-year extension in order to continue operating the reactor. After about 60 years, nuclear power stations are no longer viable, he says.
Kraft says any request for an extension should be denied because of the storage issues.
"How can you go for another 20 years when you haven't solved the problems in the last 40 years?" he asks.
When the time is up, Exelon Nuclear will return the land to a green field.
"We'll restore it to essentially a landscape," Kanavos says. "It'll be like we were never even here."
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The biotech executive accused of shooting two men in La Jolla Wednesday characterized himself as a tortured man in the midst of a contentious legal separation from his wife, according to records of the couple's court battle.
Hans A. Petersen's estranged wife portrayed him in court files as someone who drank heavily and was prone to violence. He, in turn, listed his marital woes in a lengthy, ranting email contained in the files, entitled "Step by Step guide to Destroying your Husband's life."
But it was the lives of two others who police say Petersen sought to destroy early Wednesday when he showed up at the homes of UC San Diego cancer biologist Steven Dowdy, 53, and real estate investor Ron Fletcher, 50.
Dowdy, who was shot about 3 a.m. while standing in his bedroom, is a former business colleague of Petersen. Fletcher, who was wounded about four hours later at his home on Cottontail Lane, is Petersen's estranged brother-in-law.
Both victims remained hospitalized Thursday and were recovering from their gunshot wounds.
Petersen, 49, is being jailed without bail and is scheduled to be arraigned today.
Investigators believe Petersen was angry with Dowdy over a business deal, and that Petersen attacked Fletcher due to the brother-in-law's role in Petersen's separation with his wife.
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In papers filed in Superior Court asking for a restraining order, Petersen's estranged wife Bonnie Fletcher said her husband had violent, drunken rages on several occasions and that she was afraid of him.
In a May 2012 incident, Fletcher wrote that Petersen, who she said had been drinking heavily, was angry at her for asking him to take his medication and that he slammed their bedroom door so many times with such force that the door broke off the hinges. He then threw the door down the stairs and screamed, "What else can I break?"
In another incident, Fletcher said that her husband hit her in the face as they drove home from a party. She said he was enraged that she had asked that he be served no more liquor at a wedding they had attended because he was drunk. As she drove home he pounded his fists and face against the dashboard until she pulled into a gas station and escaped the car, she said.
In another drunken tirade, she said Petersen put her in a stranglehold.
Fletcher's Temporary Restraining Order and Petersen's "Step by step guide to destroying your husband's life"
Petersen fights back against the accusations in his "step by step guide," which is written as a parody in his wife's voice. The four-page letter lays out strong feelings of being victimized by his wife and the family court system, with diatribes of how his wife ruined his life, his friendships, his career and had taken away his desire to live.
"Never (compliment) him, never tell him he's sexy, hot or anything positive like that," the email reads.
He accused her of mental abuse — emasculating him, embarrassing him in public and generally making him a "miserable depressing mess."
"Or if you are really lucky and win the lottery your husband will commit suicide during divorce!" the email reads. "That way you end up with everything without all the heartache. Granted this is not much fun for you because you really enjoy hurting your husband."
Police said the attack against the other victim, Dowdy, was over a business deal gone bad. Dowdy and Petersen, who were at one time next-door neighbors, were also both investors in a biotech company, Traversa Therapeutics, that filed for bankruptcy last year. After Traversa folded,
Petersen has been charged with two counts of attempted murder for the attacks on Dowdy and Fletcher and one additional count of attempted murder against Dowdy's wife, who was in the bedroom when Dowdy was shot through a window.
Police Lt. Kevin Mayer said Petersen fired multiple shots into the room. Dowdy was struck in the lower side of his back.
Petersen also faces a burglary charge for the break-in at Fletcher's home. Police said he threw a large rock into the front window of the house before shooting Fletcher in the stomach.
Fletcher fought with Petersen and was able to disarm him and hit him in the head with the gun. Fletcher told his two daughters to lock themselves in a bathroom during the incident, said Bonnie Fletcher's attorney, Lori Clark Viviano.
Petersen's blue 2007 BMW was located near La Jolla Rancho Road and La Jolla Corona Drive, police said.
Petersen also faces three firearms-related counts including firing into an occupied dwelling.

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Bono, Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Sting and Christina Aguilera will be among the performers at George Clooney's Haiti relief telethon on Friday, the "Up in the Air" actor has revealed.
Speaking from the red carpet at the Golden Globes, Clooney said more than 40 celebrities are expected to attend the multi-network telethon.
"We're going to have a lot of great musicians — we're putting them together as we speak, and then we'll be able to release the songs on iTunes the next day, so that they'll be a continuing ability to make money for several of the charities," Clooney told E News!
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Clooney said he had no mixed feelings about hobnobbing with Hollywood's hoi polloi at the Globes two nights after having skipped the "Critics' Choice Awards" to prepare for the telethon.
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Friday's telethon will air on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, the CW, HBO, MTV, VH1 and CMT at 8 p.m.
It will be hosted by Clooney in Los Angeles, Wyclef Jean in New York and CNN's Anderson Cooper in Haiti, MTV News reported.


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View From Bed And Breakfast
Sunset is pretty spectacular - that's the Pender Islands across the water.
Shell Beach
This is a shell beach on the tip of one of the three sisters Islands. The little
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Coming into Beach
This the third island of the three sisters in Ganges Harbour.
Beach In The Tropics
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Undercut Rock Wall
This is just North of Montegue Harbour. The rock seems to be very soft and is eroded by the waves splashing up.
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Us By Salt Water Marsh
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Saltwater Marsh
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Us on the Beach
Perhaps Velvia isn't the ideal portrait film - It was a raging sunset. Notice the dishelved look
Reflecting Pond
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Spit in Ganges Harbour
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At last year's Sundance Film Festival, actress Vera Farmiga made an auspicious directorial debut with a thorny subject: one women's relationship to Christ and her small community of fellow evangelical Christians. Based on Carolyn S. Briggs' spiritual memoir, "This Dark World," and graced with a rich gospel soundtrack, "Higher Ground" is out on DVD and Blu-ray today. Read what the indie star said about her bold undertaking when the film was first released.


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Samsung is throwing a new twist into its mobile device lineup.
The South Korean tech company plans to start marketing touch screens with plastic (instead of glass) displays, which will make its phones unbreakable, lighter and bendable, the Wall Street Journal reported.
In an effort to stay relevant in a competitive market, Samsung is expected to release the flexible displays in the first half of 2013, a source told the Journal. The new screen will incorporate organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), which can be embedded in a thin plastic. The flexi-screen will be immune to cracks, one of the most common complaints among touch-screen users.
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This technology has been in the development phase for years, and other tech giants like Sony and LG have launched prototypes, but the Journal said no other company has plans to commercialize it anytime soon.


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Microsystem devices have become increasingly visible in the Healthcare market by serving as solutions adapted to the requirements of various applications. The usefulness of these devices is two-fold: for one, they improve medical device performance for the patient; and secondly, they offer competitive advantages to system manufacturers. For example, the introduction of accelerometers in pacemakers has revolutionized the treatment of cardiac diseases.
The Microsystem technologies market for Healthcare applications looks promising, and should reach $6.6B by 2018. Experts has followed this market's innovations and key players for the last several years, and based on an accurate analysis of the market's last three years, this new report consolidates market data for 2010-2012 and provides forecasts for 2012-2018.
The devices considered in the BioMEMS 2013 report are:
For each of the above, the report provides a market description, the main device and system manufacturers, current market data, and forecasts. Additionally, main technological trends are reviewed.
We also take a look at the Microsystem devices dedicated to cell phone applications. Though mobile care is still in its infancy, we believe this market will grow significantly in the coming years.
Furthermore, specific case studies (including technology and player-specific overviews, innovative developments, supply chain data and patent information) have been included to better address two of the industry's hottest topics: microfluidic chips and retinal implants. Indeed, these two micro devices possess the largest growth opportunity for the coming years.
Regulation Overview
The regulation particulars for medical device development, included organisms and process overview, are described for five different regions: Europe, North America, Japan, China and India. This section is particularly important for Microsystem device and systems manufacturers.
A Complete Description of Different Healthcare Markets and Applications
Microsystem devices have applications in four key healthcare markets: pharmaceutical, in-vitro diagnostics, medical devices and medical home care. Each of these markets has its own unique dynamics, players and global drivers. Motivation for the acceptance of BioMEMS technologies is highly dependent on each individual market. Whereas the acceptance of microsystems is linked to sensibility and automation constraints in the pharmaceutical market, in the in-vitro diagnostic market it's all about portability and cost reduction; while the medical devices market is focused on addition of functionalities. Concerning the home care market, the motivations are to increase system safety and connectivity. The report reviews all four of these markets in a detailed manner.
Experts have identified a number of applications for each device type. These applications can be placed into five groups: patient monitoring, patient care, medical imaging, in-vitro diagnostic testing and drug delivery. For each of these groups, the report provides an overview of devices and key market drivers, along with market data.
The BioMEMS 2013 report also pays particular attention to Chinese microsystems players, as a number of new players have recently entered the market.
Objectives of the Report
The report objectives are as follows:
Company Cited in the Report (Non-Exhaustive)
Abbott, Akustika, Analog Devices, Baxter, Becton Dickinson (BD), Bluechiip, Boehringer Ingelheim Microparts, Boston Scientific, Caliper Life Science, CapitalBio, Cepheid, CleveMed, Dalsa, Debiotech, Dolomite, e2v, ELA Medical, Endevco, Excelitas, Fluidigm, Freescale, GE Sensing, Given Imaging, Golden Elephant of XinXiang, Hamamatsu, Handylab (BD), Heimann, Honeywell, HSG-IMIT, Huiqin, IMEC, IMS-chips, Insound Medical, Integrated Sensing Systems, Intuitive Surgical, Invenios, KarlStorz, Knowles Acoustics, Kodak, Lepu Medical Group, LifeTechnologies, Magnotec, MEAS, Medspray, Medtronic, Melexis, Micralyne, Microfluidic Chipshop, Microlife, Micron, Micronit, Nanopass, NeuroIZ, Nicera, Olympus, Omron, Oticon, Philips, Phonak, QINMING Medical, Respitronix, Roche, Sensimed, SensorDynamics, Shanghai BioChip, Shanghai HealthDigital, Shanghai YuLong BioTech, Shanxi LifeGen, Sony, St Jude Medical, STMicroelectronics, TDK EPCOS, Terumo,Texas Instrument, Landwind, ThinXXS, Tianjin BioChip Corp, TNO, Trixel, Tronic's Microsystems, United Gene, VTI, Widex, Yongsheng, YUYUE Medical Equipment,etc.
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A Look Back at Wicked Connecticut Winters and the Big Blizzards
Courtesy of Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries/ Southern New England Telephone Company Records
Editor's note: This story was originally published at the beginning of January, 2014.
Only a few days into 2014 and we're already dealing with a major winter storm—seems like we still haven't even finished digging out from last year's blizzard!
Well, that comes with living in a place where it has snowed pretty much every winter for the past 50,000 years or so. Of course, some winter storms have been more notable than others, and three really come to mind: The blizzards of 1888, 1978 and 2013.
According to Connecticut History Online, the Blizzard of 1888 "took people by surprise, and many were unprepared for the resulting isolation and destruction. Snow was measured in Connecticut between twenty and fifty inches, but high winds caused snowdrifts up to twenty feet in several areas. In one twenty-four hour period, thirty-one inches of snow fell in New Haven with forty-five inches as the total by the end of the storm." The storm caused $20 million in damage at the time (about $500 million today), and killed more than 400 people along the East Coast. (Visit Connecticut History Online for some great local photos.)"Stereoview picture of Grand Street in New Britain, Connecticut, published by F. W. Allderige in 1888, illustrating the height of snow left two days earlier during the March 11th Blizzard of 1888." (Wikimedia Commons)
The Stamford Historical Society has some great information about this storm, which was also known as "The Great White Hurricane," including these excerpts from the March 16, 1888 edition of the Stamford Advocate:
"...By 10 'clock Sunday night the storm increased , and took the character of a "Dakota" blizzard. The air was so filled with particles of fine snow that even after day-break Monday morning one could scarcely see a distance of seventy-five feet. There was no intermission in the fury of the wind or the fall of the snow all day Monday nor during the night, nor in fact until day-break Tuesday morning when there was a subsidence of both wind and snow fall, though the temperature was low, reaching to ten above zero."
Business came practically to a standstill: "Milkmen gave up their routes, grocers and butchers for the time being abandoned all attempt to supply their customers, and congratulated themselves that for the most part the telephone lines were down so they could receive no orders which it was impossible to fill. The coal wagons were laid up also…""The Union House Hotel a few days after the storm. The men on horseback are: Fitch A. Hoyt, Colonel Tallmadge, and George Meeker. Observe the flag in front of Faucett's harness shop…"
One-hundred-and-ten years later In February of 1978, we had a bit more warning, which saved lives—only about 100 were killed by the massive Northeaster, which dropped more than two feet of snow over the course of two days. The entire Northeast was paralyzed by the storm, which shut down everything for days and caused $25 million in damage in Connecticut alone.
Some pics from the New Haven Register collection. More at the New Haven Register.
And of course, there was last year's misery. In case you've forgotten already—
Again, more at the New Haven Register.
And one last photo, from my unplowed street in Shelton after last year's blizzard ... that black box on the left is my mailbox, which is normally three feet off the ground.Is it spring yet?
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Letter to the Editor — The Journal — October 1, 2013
To the editor:
Travis Clendenen's September 27 letter to the editor saddens me. He claims by placing 500-foot-tall industrial wind turbines all around my neighbors home's we will all benefit. A growing body of research by individuals not employed by a wind turbine manufacturer, like Travis, has found the exact opposite.
Willem Post writes, "Wind power does not produce all of the claimed benefits of reductions in fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emissions when the fuel consumption and related emissions of the shadow grid of gas-fired resourced are taken into account. For some years wind turbines were presented to the public as renewable energy producers that would reduce the CO2 emissions from fossil plants, because less fossil fuels would be burnt, which would make the US less dependent on energy imports from unstable regions, even though about 1 percent of US electric energy is from oil, even less from imported oil. Instead the reality was more fuel consumption in order to back up the intermittent nature of wind which is neither reliable nor dispatchable."
A study of Colorado and Texas wind energy based on measured hourly (in case of Colorado) and 1/4-hourly (in case of Texas) power plant operations data of fuel consumption and CO2, NOx, and SOx emissions, proved that wind energy on the grid needs to be balanced with energy from other plants, preferably quick ramping CCGTs" (combined cycle gas turbine)" and OCGTs" (open-cycle gas turbine), "to ensure grid stability and, that this balancing produces more CO2/KWh, more NOx/KWh, and more SOx/KWh (from coal plants on the grid), and uses more fuel/KWh with wind energy on the grid than without."
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission knows that the State Industrial Noise Standard used to site wind turbines does not measure low-frequency turbine noise, and therefore fails to protect the health of people living where wind projects are built. Wind turbines daily prove their devastating effect on birds and bats necessary for a robust eco-system. Please help us protect our homes and children from out of state wind farm developers.
Willem Post's full article and profile is at theenergycollective.com/willem-post/64492/wind-energy-reduces-co2-emissions-few-percent.
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- G. Todd Baugh has apologized and also said he will retire this year
- He imposed a 31-day sentence on a rapist whose victim committed suicide
- Review board says judge gave appearance of impropriety
- Complaint goes to the state's Supreme Court
G. Todd Baugh, the Montana judge who drew a firestorm of criticism after sentencing a former high school teacher to a month behind bars for raping a 14-year-old girl, is the subject of a formal complaint from a judicial review board to the state's Supreme Court.
An attorney for the Judicial Standards Commission filed the four-page document on Monday, saying Baugh "eroded public confidence" in the judicial system and "created an appearance of impropriety."
Malin Stearns Johnson said Baugh's actions in the case of Stacey Dean Rambold warrant disciplinary action, but Johnson didn't recommend a specific penalty.
Last month, Baugh, 72, announced his retirement at the end of the year, when his term ends. He said his retirement was unrelated to the case, in which he ordered Rambold to serve 31 days in jail and more than 14 years on probation for the rape of the student who later committed suicide.
Baugh acknowledged making controversial remarks about victim Cherise Morales at Rambold's sentencing in August. According to the Montana attorney general's office, the judge said she looked older than her years and was "probably as much in control of the situation as was the defendant."
Morales committed suicide in February 2010.
"I am sorry I made those remarks," the judge wrote to the commission in November. "They focused on the victim when that aspect of the case should have been focused on the defendant."
Baugh said he weighed all relevant factors in passing sentence.
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The length of the sentence, Baugh's comments and the age disparity between defendant and victim drew criticism and a firestorm of media attention.
The Montana attorney general's office in November appealed the 31-day sentence, saying it did not meet the state's mandatory minimum sentence.
Rambold had sexual relations with Morales in fall 2007, when she was 14 and a student in one of his classes at Billings Senior High in Billings. She confided in a church group leader and Rambold was charged in October 2008 with three counts of sexual intercourse without consent.
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The Flight of Gemma HardyeBook - 2014
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Plucked this off the library shelf because I liked the title. When I saw that it was about a spunky, determined 10 yr old girl making her way through life, I knew I would like it. Didn't realize it was a retelling of Jane Eyre until later. It seems a lot of Jane Eyre fans don't much care for this book. Having never read Jane Eyre (gasp) I thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought it was well written and following Gemma as she overcame the obstacles and setbacks life threw at her kept me turning the pages.
I really liked this book and Emma's character up until midway when Emma's romance with Sinclair unraveled because of some obscure thing that had happened 20 years earlier. After Sinclair, Emma's story loses focus and meanders through "and then this happened, and then she met that one, and then, and then, etc etc."
I love that this was set in Scotland and Iceland and I enjoyed Gemma's narrative voice. The writing is lovely and although the book is 464 pages, I read it quite quickly. I did have a slight problem with the relationship between Gemma and Hugh Sinclair; maybe since this story is set closer to the present, it seemed a bit more unlikely to me. I didn't feel the passion there like I did in Jane Eyre. I have to say I wish the ending was different. But overall, if you like re-imaginings of books this is an enjoyable one.
As with Jane Eyre this is a book that I didn't want to put down. Perhaps it was a bit sappy at the end it was still a well told tale.
The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey. 4/5 stars.
* I love the concept behind this book! It's a reimagining of the story of Jane Eyre, set in Scotland in the 1950's and 60's.
* Margot Livesey's writing is beautiful. Here's an example, from the end of the second chapter: "The true nature of my relations with my cousins and my aunt, like the branches of an elm in winter, became clear."
* The boarding school section of this book is much longer than the one in Jane Eyre, making it even more of a Bildungsroman. We also learn more about Gemma's parents and early childhood than we learned about Jane's.
* Livesey increases the dose of magical realism. She plays up the telepathy more than Charlotte Brontë did, and she adds an extra ghost to the story.
Don't remember well, but I think I liked it!
An enjoyable read. I picked it up because I heard it was a modern retelling of Jane Eyre, but this is a novel that stands on it's own. It's easy to root for long suffering Gemma Hardy, she doesn't seem too perfect, or too patient to be real. The setting is vivid and interesting, moving from Scotland to the Orkney Islands, to Iceland.
A contemporary twist on Jane Eyre set in 1950s-60s Scotland. The early part of the novel is the most engaging as it closely mirrors Jane Eyre, with Gemma enduring the abusiveness of her aunt and cousins, and her transforming experiences at boarding school. After that, the novel veers off into the implausible plot devices of a romance novel. Setting the novel in 1960s as she did, it would seem that Livesey intended to infuse the 19th century classic with the dilemmas faced by women as their roles in society began to change. While she incorporates some of that in her novel, she never quite gets free of a lifeless love story that prevents the story from taking flight.
A very good read. I enjoyed this book. I would recommend this book for all to read.
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Gwen Stefani sparkled at the inaugural gala for the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, but her fringed Ferragamo gown did little to distract attention from her midsection.
The singer is reportedly expecting her third child with husband Gavin Rossdale, but has yet to confirm the pregnancy publicly. Instead, she leaves observers to ogle her belly and come to their own conclusions.
And that's precisely what we'll be doing for the rest of this story.
PHOTOS: The Hollywood baby boom
Accompanied by Rossdale, the mother of Kingston, 7, and Zuma, 5, hit the red carpet in a floor-length pewter gown fringed with beading. She swept up her blond locks in a high knot and wore her signature red pout. But the loose garment from the Italian fashion house still did little to hide what appears to be a growing stomach.
The pair kept smiling on the red carpet and Stefani even twirled in her fringed dress, Us Weekly reported. Stefani was photographed clutching her belly and smiling as well, but that's far from a legitimate confirmation, by this publication's standards.
The No Doubt singer, 44, and her husband, 47, joined Demi Moore's table for dinner where she chatted with new dad Josh Duhamel, E! News reported, and spent the evening with friends jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer, Baby2Baby co-chairs Norah Weinstein and Kelly Sawyer Patricof, "Cougar Town" star Courteney Cox, and reality TV star-turned-designer Nicole Richie. During dinner, Richie reportedly rubbed the burgeoning belly of pregnant stylist Rachel Zoe near Stefani. Now if only Gwen were so welcoming...
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The gala was co-hosted by Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Jamie Tisch and the center's namesake, Wallis Annenberg, who gave $25 million to build "the Wallis." Italian tenor Ferruccio Ferragamo was one of the evening's sponsors, and the label, whose executives and family members were also in attendance, held a fashion show and pop-up shop during the evening.
The $70-million, two-building venue sits on 2.5 acres of land at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Canon Drive, Culture Monster reported.
Aside from enjoying cocktails and dinner, guests observed various works of art and were later directed to the Bram Goldsmith Theatre for the evening's main event, "A Dream in an Envelope," which starred Kevin Spacey, John Lithgow and Diane Lane and featured dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet and Grammy-winning violinist Hilary Hahn.
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Charlize Theron, Amy Adams, Jason Bateman, Camilla Belle, Maria Bello, James Caan, Abbie Cornish, Geena Davis, Jodie Foster, Marcia Gay Harden, Joe Jonas, Evangeline Lily, Lori Loughlin, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Sidney Poitier, Tim Robbins, Dita Von Teese, Debbie Allen, Chord Overstreet, Suzanne Somers, Alessandra Ambrosio and Karolína Kurková were among the numerous celebrities also in attendance.
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GREENWOOD, S.C. – Trailing until the 3:50 mark in the second half, the Georgia College men's basketball team (5-3) didn't quit, stealing away a 75-71 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne University (7-1) Friday, kicking off the Bearcat Holiday Classic at Lander University.
Trailing for the first 36:10 of the contest and by as many as 12 points, the Bobcats chipped away at the LRU lead, getting a 64-63 advantage off a Royal Thomas (LaGrange, Ga.) jumper. After the lead changed hands a couple times, three-point plays in three consecutive trips down the floor for Georgia College helped push the game out of reach and handed the Bears just their second loss of the season.
Senior Nate Hamilton (Snellville, Ga.) knocked down a long-range bomb with 2:59 remaining, then knocked down three free-throws after LRU tied it up again. The lead stretched to six when senior Scott Ferguson (Roswell, Ga.) knocked down a three-point shot with 1:36 remaining. The Bears missed a potential game-tying three with six seconds left.
Hamilton led all scorers with 21 points, his third 20-point game of the season. He knocked down 5-of-8 from long range and 6-of-7 from the charity stripe. Senior guard Quin Bivins (Macon, Ga.) helped power the comeback, netting 10 of his 11 points in the second half.
Ferguson finished with a 13-point, 10-rebound double-double, his third this year. Thomas ended up with 10 points, hitting 4-of-7 from the floor, and David Wagner (Dallas, Ga.) narrowly missed a double-double of his own with 10 rebounds and seven points.
The Bobcats shot 55 percent (24-44) from the floor, marking the fourth time Georgia College has shot 50 percent or better this season. The Bobcats hit 12 threes, compared to just five for LRU, and out-rebounded the Bears 31-27.
Forward Matt Kunz led four Bears in double-digit scoring with 19 points.
The Bobcats are back in action tomorrow, Dec. 29 at 1:30 p.m., finishing off the two-day tournament against Southern Wesleyan University.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 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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Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world and the largest in Africa. The country is bordered in the northeast by Tunisia in the east by Libya, in the west by Morocco, in the southwest by Western Sahara Mauritania, and Mali, in the southeast by Niger, and in the north by the Mediterranean Sea. As of 2012, Algeria has an estimated population of over 37 million. Algeria is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, OPEC and the United Nations, and is a founding member of the Arab Maghreb Union.
Algeria is the largest country in Africa, the Arab world, and the Mediterranean Basin. Its southern part includes a significant portion of the Sahara To the north, the Tell Atlas form with the Sahara Atlas further south, two parallel sets of reliefs in approaching eastbound, and between which are inserted vast plains and highlands. Both Atlas tend to merge in eastern Algeria. The vast mountain ranges of Aures and Nememcha occupy the entire north eastern Algeria and are delineated by the Tunisia border. The highest point is Mount Tahat (3,003 m).
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Head Swimming Coach – Des Moines Swimming Federation Des Moines Swimming Federation – the oldest swimming club in the Des Moines metro – is looking to hire a full-time head coach to continue our long history of swimming and cultural excellence, helping us foster an environment where young athletes can thrive. DMSF is a year-round USA Swim team, with an annual registration of 100- 120 swimmers. The team has a full complement of swimming programs, from beginning competitors up to a national group. The team swims primarily at Valley High School in West Des Moines, but also trains at several other locations in the metro. DMSF is proud to have been recognized for coaching excellence twice in the past three years by Iowa Swimming. We are seeking a leader who is passionate about the sport of swimming and helping kids learn the values of teamwork and sportsmanship. Candidates should be a role model our athletes can look up to and seek guidance from as they set out to achieve their goals, but most importantly, someone who believes in our team's mission of providing the opportunity for every swimmer to progress to the competitive level he or she is capable of and desires to achieve. Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Establishes an environment that fosters positive team attitudes, and encourages individual self-discipline, sportsmanship and responsibility. Builds a fun and safe environment for athletes, families and fellow coaches. Serves as primary coach for the team, responsible for all levels of swimming in the program. This includes: o Setting team performance goals, and developing season training plans and daily workouts to progress swimmers and show success and improvement o Setting training groups and criteria for advancement o Being the on-deck coach for one or more training groups, and overseeing consistent implementation stroke and training principles throughout all levels o Providing direct evaluation and guidance to athletes to help them meet their training goals, and disciplining swimmers per DMSF policies and procedures o Determining the team's meet schedule and attending meets and DMSF-hosted meets and events Acts as DMSF's director of staff, working with the board to recruit, hire, supervise and develop assistant coaching staff. This includes: o Scheduling staff to cover practices and meets o Planning and directing coaching meetings o Developing staff training to help coaches and overall team progress o Leading by example Performs team administration functions, with support from team financial coordinator and Board. This includes: o Developing and promoting all DMSF-hosted swim meets o Sharing meet information from other swim clubs o Managing DMSF website and social media channels o Managing and publishing team's master calendar, with practices, meets, events, etc. o Maintaining systems, equipment and technology to operate meets and practices. Training coaching staff and volunteers as necessary. Communicates professionally and regularly with coaches, athletes and parents. Maintains positive relationships with the local and state swimming community and school districts/facilities directors. Represents the team with Iowa Swimming. Attends all DMSF Board meetings and executive sessions, and all regional/state USA Swimming meetings. Qualifications 5+ years as a head coach or assistant head coach of a USA Swimming Club Current USA certification and coaching requirements; ASCA Level 3 or higher preferred Solid knowledge of stroke theory and training physiology Experience developing athletes of all ages and swim experience Experience leading and mentoring assistant coaching staff Bachelor's degree preferred Ideal candidate possesses: Clear, cooperative communication style Strong team-building and organizational skills Decisive and confident decision-making Positive, can-do attitude, and accountability to ensure things get done Solid personal ethics, including honesty, respect and integrity Competitive compensation to be negotiated All applications will be held in confidence. To apply: send Resume and cover letter of interest to email@example.com.
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Interview: Ben Cort, Smart Approaches to Marijuana board member
Denver Post Editor Gregory L. Moore speaks from his Denver office with Ben Cort, a board member for Smart Approaches to Marijuana. Smart Approaches is an organization which focuses on public health and safety, including the topic of Marijuana.
Cort discusses why the organization took a stand against Amendment 64 last year. Also, he reveals if he believes cannabis is a gateway drug and what will be in store for Colorado with the new law.


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A batch is simply a portion of a collection that goes through the upload process bundled together. This page contains or links to information related to the batching process and what differentiates it from a whole-collection upload.
When to make a batch
A new batch is created when you decide to upload content from an ongoing collection. This almost always happens when you've broken off and numbered a new Scans folder, but it is possible to upload several Scans folders at once. Whatever the case, the content from a particular collection which is uploaded together is a batch, and this content should be no more than 300 items or 4000 captures.
Documenting and creating metadata for a batch
How do you determine which batch number it is?
In the collection's metadata spreadsheet, the last column contains the batch number.
- Check that column for the largest number -- which should be the last/previous batch
- Checking for the largest batch number on the storage sever may also help with secondary verification
- Assign your batch the next number.
- Fill in that number for all the lines of metadata in your batch.
How do you create batch metadata?
While the whole metadata spreadsheet should stay with the collection in progress, the collection batch that has been moved to Completed needs its own batch metadata.
Batch metadata includes
- Batch spreadsheet
- This is created from the collection metadata spreadsheet
- Copy the following to a new sheet: the header row and the rows of metadata that correspond to your batch
- Save that sheet as a new, separate file, so that you don't alter the original collection metadata
- Naming format: collectionnumber.batchnumber.m0number.xlsx
- Example: u0003_0000193.2.m01.xlsx
- For older spreadsheets that don't have m0numbers (m01, m02, m03, etc) simply leave that out: u0003_0000193.2.xlsx
- Batch text file for MODS creation
- Text file creation explained in the first part of Making MODS -- make sure to process your batch spreadsheet, not the whole collection metadata spreadsheet
- Naming format: collectionnumber.batchnumber.m0number.txt
- Example: u0003_0000193.2.m01.txt
- Same rule applies for text files made from metadata spreadsheets without m0numbers.
Checklist: What's different about workflow for a batch
- Preparation for Upload
- Separate batch spreadsheet in Administrative\Pipeline\collectionInfo\forMDlib\needsRemediation
- Text file version in S:\Digital Projects\Digital_Coll_Complete\[collectionnumber]\Metadata, with MODS created from that
- Upload
- The script-running process should be identical
- With a batch (unless it's the first), the collection info xml is already online, so you don't have to wait 24 hours for Acumen to index the items before you can run moveContent
- Storage
- You will not need the collection info xml file when you move the collection from the share drive to storage. In fact, the moveContent script will tell you to delete it...unless it is a new, improved version
- Documentation
- Unless you're working on the last batch of a collection, do not move the collection from in progress to completed on the Selection spreadsheet


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – On the final day of the Colorado College Invitational volleyball picked-up a pair of wins as they defeated Central College (Iowa) by the final of 3-0 and Pacific University (Ore.) by the final of 3-2 to end the tournament and improve their overall record to 2-2 Saturday evening.
Match 1 – UMass Boston 3, Central College (Iowa) 0
Led by freshman Julia Murphy's (Canton, Mass.) career-high 10 kills and .389 hitting percentage the Beacons earned a hard fought decision to get back into the wins column. After a strong first (25-17) and second (25-21) games the Beacons had to go the distance with Central in the third (29-27) before claiming their first victory of 2013.
Also helping to fuel the Beacons offense was classmate Patsy Boland (Chicago, Ill.) who finished with nine kills, four of which came in the third game. Setter Lacee Kilgore (Grand Junction, Colo.) had her best game so far this season tallying 22 assists to help UMB hit .230 on the afternoon.
On the defensive side of the ball, libero Elizabeth Glavan (Edina, Minn.) was once again impressive coming up with a team-best 12 digs. Boland would finish second on the team with 11 digs to earn her first collegiate double-double. Senior Corrine Porter (Huntington Beach, Calif.) was third in the digs column with 10.
At the net junior Kirsten Morrison (North Reading, Mass.) drove down a pair of solo blocks to also go along with her eight kills and .250 hitting percentage. Murphy recorded one solo block of her own, while Molly Witzmann (Encinitas, Calif.) also finished with one solo and one block assist.
For Central College, Hannah Welter led her team with nine kills and had a .368 hitting percentage in the three game loss. Claire Stewart put-up a combined 19 assists and scored a total of three aces. Defensively it was Dzenita Bahtic who her team with 13 digs, while Welter combined for a match high three block assists, while also finishing with one solo block.
Match 2 – UMass Boston 3, Pacific University (Ore.) 2
In the final match of the two-day tournament the Beacons had to dig deep as they played perhaps their toughest match of the young season. After taking the first game 26-24, the Boxers of Pacific University rallied to take the second game by the score of 25-22 and the third game 25-17. Knowing they needed to win the fourth to force the decisive game five the Beacons used key plays from a variety of players and with an ace from Christine DuPuis (Minden, Nev.) UMB was able to take the 25-20 victory.
DuPuis' ace would strike again late in the fifth when she gave UMB at 16-14 victory over the Boxers, who were looking to steal the win after taking a 2-1 lead.
Murphy proved to be one of those key factors in both the fourth and fifth games as the freshman hitter recorded a career-best 14 kills in the victory. Boland was also crucial as she finished with 13 kills and 10 digs for her second double-double in three matches. Morrison continued step-up in the middle as she he .217 in the five game victory scoring eight kills.
Emma Rocha (Boynton Beach, Fla.) put-up 26 assists and recorded one of the Beacons nine service aces. DuPuis and Glavan each scored a team-best two aces to help lead UMB to the second day sweep.
Bri Sousa (Swansea, Mass.) stepped onto the hardwood in four of the five games and recorded a match-high four block assists alongside Murphy and Morrison.
The Boxers saw Marie Rewick take a majority of the swings as she scored 16 kills on 47 attempts. Jamie Steach tallied 43 assists and Becky Sheller put-up a match-high 20 digs.
Volleyball returns to action next Friday when they face Roger Williams University at 5 p.m. and Sage College (N.Y.) at 7 p.m. at the Endicott College Invitational.


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Drew Brees has set an NFL record with touchdown passes in 48 straight games, breaking the mark set by Johnny Unitas a half-century ago.
The record-setting scoring strike was a 40-yard pass to Devery Henderson against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday night.
Unitas set the record between 1956 and 1960 and no one had come within 10 games until Brees began to close in late last season. Tom Brady has the third-longest streak, extending his to 37 games Sunday in a victory over Denver.
Coach Sean Payton, assistant head coach Joe Vitt and general manager Mickey Loomis — all three suspended in the NFL's bounty investigation — were permitted by the NFL at Brees' request to attend the game.
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"Spider-Man" will spin his tale in 3D when it hits theaters in 2012.
"Spider-Man is the ultimate summer movie-going experience, and we're thrilled the filmmakers are presenting the next installment in 3D," said Jeff Blake, chairman of Sony Pictures worldwide marketing & distribution, according to Variety.com.
The film-making decision is not a surprise, but indicative of the massive trend towards 3D. In past weeks, even films such the already-in-can "Clash of the Titans" have been transformed into 3-D weeks before hitting the bigscreen.
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The biggest question left for the Marc Webb-helmed picture is who will play the Peter Parker in his high school years -- the setting for the new Spidey. Every age-appropriate big name in Hollywood has been attached at one point or another, from Robert Pattinson to Zac Efron.


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Some months back, while attending an afternoon gathering, I happened to be chatting with three friends when the conversation turned to golf, and one of the group told of a notable victory he had recently achieved—by one stroke—in a match at the "club" with an opponent he'd never beaten before. The narrator, a man of about 65, and no athlete, was obviously elated over his victory, and there was a touch of bragging in his tone. I was surprised when he named his victim, an old student of mine, who played in the low 70's as a member of the varsity team in his college days and is still a very fine golfer. I expressed my astonishment and then came the moment of truth. The "winner" admitted that in the handicapping for this match he was allowed a margin of 20 strokes. In other words, he won by a scare of 98 to the 79 taken by his opponent. I moved away from the group at that point for fear of saying something that would sound a bit nasty. I might add that my boasting friend was an execu-tive with a large corporation for many years, and I don't believe he has ever been accused of an anticapitalist point of view.
A few weeks after this incident I was having dinner at the home of a couple who are among my best friends. The man of the house has been an ardent golfer, from school days on, is still much in-terested in the sport, and often follows what is going on in a major professional tournament by way of the T.V. There was another guest present, another long-time and good friend, who likes golf, and also is addicted to keeping in touch with tournament news. After dinner we men spent some time watching a showing on T.V. of the later stages of some matches between leading pros in a tournament re-cently concluded. I was reminded of my experience in listening to the account of how an inferior player scored a "win" over an ex-cellent player, by taking only 19 strokes more than his rival, and after the T.V. was turned off I told the story to my two golfing friends of the dinner party.
Somewhat to my surprise both men supported vigorously the pre-vailing handicapping practice in the amateur game. Without this system, they both insisted, there could be no genuine competition