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Electricity production is galvanizing the West
Plans are on the drawing table for another wave of coal-fired power plants across the West. But unlike 25 to 30 years ago, during the last binge in building power plants, this time there is opposition from a critical source – local ratepayers.This opposition should not be overstated. In most areas, the electrical co-ops that provide power for most of the rural West are dutifully hitching their wagons to coal for another half-century. Coal is cheap, coal is reliable; wind, solar and other alternative energies are more intermittent and more expensive, at least given today's prices.But driven primarily by global warming, two electrical co-ops (one in New Mexico, the other in western Colorado) have rejected contracts that build in new coal-fired plants. In the short run, this decision looks risky. Coal is proven, and we have lots of it. However, it may become a lot more expensive if – as many people expect – the federal government imposes a carbon tax after the next presidential election.Another rebellion was in the Sierra Nevada, between Reno and Sacramento. There, with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger looking over their shoulder, directors of the Truckee Donner Utility Board rejected a 50-year contract for electricity from a power plant planned in Utah. More important, people came out of the woodwork to testify in a case that gripped the community for weeks. People who six months before had no idea where their electricity came from trooped up to microphones. This was the global warming debate at the grassroots level.Dozens of rural electrical co-ops in several Rocky Mountain states have also been debating the future of coal. Last year, the Denver-based Tri-State Generation and Transmission power provider announced plans for three coal-fired plants. Most of the 44 member co-ops in a four-state area, particularly those in the agriculture-based areas, quickly agreed to contract extensions to the year 2050. But debate continued for months at other co-ops, and during that period, two of those plants mysteriously vanished from Tri-State's plans.In the end, two co-ops refused to sign the extended contract with Tri-State. One was New Mexico's Kit Carson Electric. Based in Taos, it has pockets of wealth in a three-county area but plenty of barely-making-it folks. Luis Reyes, the chief executive officer, describes a future powered by coal as a shaky business decision.The contract with Tri-State has too many unfilled blanks about financing, he says, and more broadly, the plans assume that coal will remain cheap. He and his board of directors doubt it. They expect a fight in Washington soon about a carbon tax, and eventually, he says, "There will be a tax imposed on conventional coal-fired power plants." That makes coal a risky proposition for people who count their pennies.But there's another issue here, that of local economic development. When the rural co-ops were created in the 1930s, they bought from investor-owned utilities. Then, after World War II, they formed generation and transmission co-operatives, which built power plants that the retail co-ops supposedly owned and that supplied them with power.The wisdom of that consolidation is being attacked as rural co-ops have begun to say that they want more latitude for creating their own electricity – be it from wind, solar or biomass. At present, Tri-State's 44 member co-ops can generate no more than 5 percent of the power from local renewable sources. At Kit Carson, Reyes is betting these alternative technologies will catch up and give non-resort rural communities a chance to prosper. While the cities and resorts of the West are booming, he notes, not all rural areas are.In western Colorado, this same strategy of economic diversification was wrapped in red, white and blue at the annual meeting of Delta-Montrose Electric, the only other co-op that refused to extend Tri-State's contract. Unlike most places that talk loudly about global warming, this area did not vote for John Kerry in 2004. Instead, local voters gave the Bush-Cheney ticket a plurality of 67 percent of their votes.Yet this co-op is redefining what is responsible and wise. It's aiming for many small answers to keep more money at home: hydro-electric on local farms, the piles of sawdust at a local sawmill, small solar collectors. Ironically, the district includes underground mines that produce 1.5 percent of the country's coal.At the nearby resort town of Telluride, the annual meeting of the San Miguel Power Association yielded high drama as more than 50 residents took over the meeting to demand more locally sourced electricity. But amid the theater, there was also substance. One of the speakers at Telluride, Pamela Lifton-Zoline, said many of the rural co-ops haven't yet figured out that global warming has redefined their mission of providing cheap power. "They need to provide responsible power, and they haven't recalculated that yet."If you listen closely, that's what you hear out in the rural and oh-so-conservative burgs of the West: impatience with the old ways of thinking about electricity.Allen Best is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He writes in the Denver area of Colorado.
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Longtime ranch owners object to Basalt master plan's view of their property
The town of Basalt is working on an update to its 2007 master plan. The document will be a blueprint for how and where the town will grow. But the family that has owned a 180-acre ranch at the edge of town for nearly 60 years objected Tuesday to the document's parameters for its property.


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By DAVID GREEN
The dry times are over.
After three months with only four inches of rain, conditions changed in November with above-average precipitation recorded.
"It took a while to get going," said George Isobar, National Weather Service climate observer for Morenci. "The month was half over before we got much to talk about, but then it started coming."
Two-thirds of an inch fell Nov. 16 and more than an inch came down a week later. Another inch was recorded a couple of days later.
"We ended with 3.59 inches which is about a quarter inch above average," Isobar said.
2010 proved to be one of those years with nothing more than a trace of November snow.
"We had a few flakes early in the month, on Nov. 4, and there were ice pellets before a rainstorm began Nov. 24," Isobar said. "But that was it. Now we're still waiting for the real thing in December."
The average from the past 36 years is 2.4 inches.
The average temperature for November came in one degree above the long-term normal in Toledo. The high temperature for the month was recorded Nov. 13 at 69°.
"Toledo recorded 72° that day, which tied a 1989 record," Isobar said. "But the most unusual day was on the 22nd. Toledo recorded a high of 66 and a low of only 57. With that warm night, the average temperature of the day was 24° above normal."
In Toledo, Isobar said, the sky was sunnier than normal and the wind speed averaged 7.6 miles an hour. The highest gust was recorded on Thanksgiving at 41 miles an hour.
DECEMBER—"You probably don't want to talk about this unless you're a winter weather enthusiast," Isobar said.
Who knows what's coming, he said, but here's a little of what's been in the past.
The average snowfall since 1975 is about nine inches. Many years we don't get much to talk about, Isobar said, maybe two or three inches. Other years, like in 2000, we end up with more than two feet to bump up the average.
Look for some single-digit cold weather, too, he said, but hopefully not single-digit below zero.

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Stupid Stock Move of the Day! Walgreen down again?June 20, 2012: 3:09 PM ET
Investors clearly do not like Walgreen's (WAG) big push into Europe. But is the Alliance Boots deal really so horrible that it justifies a nearly 10% drop in two days? Walgreen's fundamentals still look strong -- and that's despite its continued stalemate with pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts (ESRX).
Exactly. Walgrreen is probably a great bargain now. Shares trade for less than 10 times fiscal 2013 earnings forecasts. Rival CVS (CVS), by way of comparison, is trading for more than 12 times earnings estimates for next year. Still, I understand why investors are nervous.
There used to be a time when Walgreen was all about organic growth. It eschewed big acquisitions. But in addition to the Alliance Boots deal, Walgreen also bought New York drugstore chain Duane Reade in 2010 and followed that up with the purchase of Drugstore.com last year.
Walgreen isn't the same company that I wrote about 17 years ago for the now defunct Financial World magazine.
I was specifically referring to rumors that Walgreen might want to buy Revco. It didn't. CVS scooped it up instead after Revco's failed merger attempt with Rite-Aid (RAD). And although Rodman did finally retire from the NBA in 2000, it wasn't so he could go live a chaste life and take a vow of silence.


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DENVER — — The Avalanche has had two chances to give new coach Patrick Roy a franchise record with a victory this season and failed twice. Of course, those are the only two losses of the season so far for the Avs, so it remains a pretty positive start for his team.
But just as they did when they could have given Roy a team and NHL record with a seventh straight win to start a coaching career earlier, the Avs failed to give him the very best start in franchise history by losing to the Nashville Predators on Wednesday night.
The final was 6-4, a game in which the Avs never took a lead or stopped Nashville from retaking a lead when things were tied.
A bad pass by Avs winger P.A. Parenteau was the final killer mistake on a night of many for the home team, a turnover that led to Colin Wilson scoring to give Nashville the 5-4 lead in the third period — not long after Matt Duchene scored a rousing tying goal. The Predators clinched it with an empty-net goal with 17.5 seconds left.
"I made the mistake on the winning goal," Parenteau said. "I know I can't do that in a 4-4 game. We made some mistakes, but we'll learn from it and play better. We kept coming back, but it was too much. We can't let Varly (Semyon Varlamov) hang out to dry like that."
"It was a team loss," Roy said. "We made too many mistakes, especially on that last goal."
Goaltending was not the strength of either team in this one. It was Varlamov's first poor outing of the season, as the Avs veteran had trouble handling the puck and keeping good position at times.
Varlamov mishandled a puck in his crease that led to a Craig Smith goal with 56 seconds left in the first period that broke a 1-1 tie. Paul Gaustad's goal broke a 2-2 tie, not long after Ryan O'Reilly scored early in the second.
Varlamov was victimized by Gaustad's tip of a Filip Forsberg shot from long range. That goal was followed up by a Predators power-play score by Wilson, a backdoor tap-in, that made it 4-2.
But after Paul Stastny made it 4-3 at 13:37 of the second, Duchene tied it early in the third with a brilliant rush up the middle and finish against Predators goalie Carter Hutton to tie it back up.
The Avs had to play the first 10 minutes of the third period without arguably their top defenseman, Erik Johnson, who was assessed a misconduct penalty after tossing his stick to a fan at the end of a period. The stick was broken. While Johnson was just giving the stick to a fan, NHL rule 53.4 states: "A misconduct penalty shall be imposed on a player who unintentionally or accidentally throws his stick or any part thereof or any other object or piece of equipment outside the playing area. If the offense is committed intentionally, a game misconduct penalty shall be assessed to the offending player. If the offense is committed in protest of an official's decision, a minor penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct plus a game misconduct penalty shall be assessed to the offending player."


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Ainsworth Noah showroom which was so much fun. It was great to meet the fantastic team at Ainsworth Noah who represents the fabric collection. That evening my good friend Jennifer Boles (The peak of Chic) hosted a cocktail party for me. I was so excited to meet some of Atlanta's' talented designers like Bob Brown, Heather Dewberry, Judy Bently and catch up with some friends like Lisa Newsom, Deborah Sanders, Allison Womack and Suzanne Kasler to name a few of the guests.
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This cake has been a recent discovery, it's a cross between a genoise and brownie. I made it several times recently. Its airy light but has all the rich chocolate flavor of a good brownie.
Brownie Genoise
5 oz dark chocolate chopped
4 eggs at room temperature
1/3 c. sugar
4 tablespoons butter at room temperature
1 pinch of salt
1/2 c chopped walnuts (optional)
- Melt chocolate and butter in saucepan.
- Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites until stiff with a small pinch of salt.
- Beat eggs yolks and sugar until pale and very carefully fold into whipped egg whites.
- Add the tepid chocolate mixture.
- Line a 9 inch spring form pan with parchment paper and add the batter and cover with chopped walnuts if you are using them. Bake at 400 for 25 minutes.
- Release from pan while it is still warm.


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Arvest Bank is pleased to announce commercial lender J.P. Barnett will receive the Elbert S. Graham/Elza Tucker Award from the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce at its 96th annual Celebration of Business & Community on Feb. 22.
The event, which honors numerous outstanding community leaders, will be held at the John Q. Hammons Convention Center in Rogers.
Barnett, who celebrated his 20-year anniversary with Arvest in August, works at the branch located at 103 S. Bloomington in Lowell. In receiving the award, Barnett is being recognized for his "significant contribution to the betterment of the Lowell community" and for having "given above and beyond to the community," according to a chamber release.
"J.P. is truly deserving of this recognition, and we couldn't be more proud of him," said Payne Brewer, commercial loan manager for Arvest in Benton County. "In addition to being an excellent banker, J.P. has always made time to give back to the community. His actions are a wonderful reflection of Arvest's overall commitment to our communities. We look forward to celebrating this honor with him."
This year's event begins with a cocktail reception from 5:30-6:45 p.m., and is followed by the awards celebration from 7-7:50 p.m. The evening concludes with a party (including cash bar, coffee and dessert stations) from 7:50-9 p.m.
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The animals of a once protected reserve in India are being threatened by man's development and destruction of their forest. Sultan the leopard (Cary Elwes) fights a brave battle against the machines and saves his young cub Yuvi, but loses his life in the process.
That night, a group of frightened animals gather to discuss their fate. Yuvi urges them not to give up their homes, saying this is not what his dad would have wanted. The hot headed militant monkey, Bajrangi, wants to declare a full scale war, but Bagga the bear (Brad Garrett) has a more civilized suggestion. He believes that all problems could be sorted out through peaceful discussions. Saying the best way to get back to their homes is to have a dialog with the humans in parliament and win their hearts. But, they have a problem since animals can't speak to humans. Then Air India (Christopher Llyod), a pigeon with short term memory loss, remembers meeting a multi-lingual parrot who spoke the language of the humans.
With hope in their hearts, Yuvi, Begum-Yuvi's mom (Vanessa Williams), Bajrangi, and Bagga set off on a safari to Delhi. But first, they must convince Alex, an obstinate talking parrot to leave his life of luxury in a gilded cage and join them on their trek as their spokesman. An exciting adventure ensues with the motley crew meeting many interesting characters along the way including a pair of performing flamingoes (Jason Alexander and Jane Lynch).


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NFL coaches interviewing for new jobs while preparing for playoffs
For some NFL coaches, preparing for the NFL playoffs is not their only priority this weekend.
For some, sseeking new coaching jobs is also taking up a good deal of time.
Two NFL coordinators are preparing for playoff games while also interviewing for head-coaching jobs.
MORE: Whisenhunt in demand | 49ers OC interviewing for Vikings job | Crennel headed to Texans
Officials for the Tennessee Titans flew to San Diego on Friday to interview offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt, whose Chargers play the Denver Broncos in the AFC playoffs on Sunday.
The San Francisco 49ers, meanwhile, play the Carolina Panthers in an NFC match-up on Sunday, yet Niners offensive coordinator Greg Roman was interviewing for the Minnesota Vikings head-coaching job on Saturday, ESPN reported.
Ahead of Sunday's game against the top-seeded Broncos, the Chargers' Whisenhunt is one of the hottest commodities on the market, and one of the busiest. The former Arizona Cardinals coach also met with the Detroit Lions on Thursday and was expected to interview with the Cleveland Browns on Saturday.
If the Chargers' offense sputters against the Broncos, could Whisenhunt's time away from the team be a factor?
Roman, meanwhile, was interviewing with the Vikings while also preparing to face one of the league's toughest defenses in the Panthers.
Whisenhunt says his job interviews aren't the top priority and won't be a distraction.
"It's a playoff game," Whisenhunt told the Associated Press. "That's where the focus has been. Anything outside of that has been secondary."
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Often in karyotyping and cell cycle research it is desirable to increase the yield of mitotic cells in a particular phase of the cell cycle. This can be achieved in a variety of ways with the most popular being the use of a cell cycle synchronizing agent such as demecolcine.
Demecolcine is a drug used in chemotherapy. It is closely related to the natural alkaloid colchicine with the replacement of the acetyl group on the amino moiety with methyl.
Demecolcine will arrest cells in metaphase with no remarkable effect on the biochemical events in mitotic cells or in synchronized G1 and S phase cells. White blood cells are often treated with demecolcine to arrest cells in metaphase. During cell division Demecolcine inhibits mitosis at metaphase by inhibiting spindle formation.
Medically Demecolcine has been used to improve the results of cancer radiotherapy by synchronising tumour cells at metaphase, the radiosensitive stage of the cell cycle.[1]
In animal cloning procedures Demecolcine makes an ovum eject its nucleus, creating space for insertion of a new nucleus.[2]
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The Apple Privacy Wall/Strategy Analysis of How Apple will Come at Oculus Next Year.
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Apple is clearly going after Facebook. That became obvious to everyone today as Apple announced a ton of new things, including new AR features for its messenger, and new privacy-focused features, at its World Wide Developer's Conference.
Irena and I are hearing that one of the devices, er, AR/VR head-mounted displays, Apple is considering launching next year could go directly after Oculus Quest and the rest of the VR space.
First, today we retweeted dozens of things from the Apple keynote over Coleman Quad Chair with 3 To 4 Can Cooler Tampa Bay Bucs Red Seat Couch New, so if you have been away from the Internet today you can catch up on the Apple news, and reactions to it, there.
Since Oculus has such a head start, especially with its $400 Quest, how could Apple crush it?
We see several ways:
1. Go after VR as "unsafe."
2. Go after Facebook as "privacy thief."
3. Go after VR as "not good enough."
4. Go after Oculus Quest as "not capable enough."
5. Go after Oculus Quest as "not social enough."
Let's take these on one by one.
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I've seen this first hand. You can't really use it in a subway. Why? You can't see someone pickpocketing you. You can't use it in a party at your house. Why? You will hit people standing around (this happened to my dad and it left him quite a bruise and was quite pissed since he didn't realize someone was playing VR and that they couldn't see him). You can't use it in the street. Why? You won't see a car or other danger coming toward you. 14 lbs USED DV8 THUG LIFE bowling ball - Good ConditionBest Choice Products 6V Kids Electric Battery-Powe Ride-On Motorcycle Dirt BikeApple could push AR further and say that AR is the way to go, and that it will expose VR's unsafety.
In two years Spatial Computing, including Facebook's Oculus VR headsets (we hear Facebook is working on Spatial Computing glasses too, along with many others like Microsoft, with its HoloLens, and Magic Leap) will have very advanced 3D imaging technologies and eye sensors,Carburetor For TRX 400 400FW Foreman 1995 - 1999 2000 2001 2004 2005Coleman Low Double Quad Chair; Hatch Pattern (Hatch Ptrn - Low Double Quad along with cameras and microphones. US SELLER Official Lime Electric Scooter Charging Cables Set of 4Adidas ACE 16.1 PRIMEKNIT FIRM GROUND BOOTS Kids Football Cleat Size 4.5YFacebook has done an awful job of protecting our privacy, even flaunting that privacy is dead (Facebook's lawyer, today, said the same). Same with Google.
Apple is building a new privacy wall that will surround all of its services and devices. Yeah, it is a metaphorical wall, but it builds a huge strategic moat around its products and services that many are finding quite attractive. You saw that today based on applause during Apple's keynote when these features were announced. We see Apple as making moves toward keeping user data from escaping over that privacy wall, Cavallo Women's working long sleeve shirt Hilton Garnet RedTopoing High Quality Archery Release Aid Fit Composite Arrow golden 1PCS Alloywhich increases trust in its services (and usage, hence profitability).
Today Apple announced that it was forcing developers to use its own signon feature. You know all those apps that make it easy to sign on by clicking a Facebook or Google button? Now they will be forced to add an Apple button, too, and it promises to protect your privacy in several ways that Facebook and Google don't, even creating randomly-created email addresses so that if that company starts spamming you you will be able to easily turn off that email address.
I get thousands of promotional emails a day. Why? Because I have signed up for so many services over the years and because my email address has always been public. So I know what a daunting problem email marketing and ad tech are for people. This new feature is hugely interesting to me and I'm really not a private person at all.Solid Exedy 3-tlg. Kupplung Set für Serie II Subaru Leone Mv 1.6 1.8 1980- Vaude Men's Walking Hiking Trekking Trousers Farley Zo Pants Most of the consumers and enterprise workers/execs we do research with are far more private than I am, and some demographics, like women or people of color have far deeper concerns about their privacy than I do. Even Facebook recognizes this, and at its F8 conference, gave many talks on how it was turning the corner on privacy and other issues hitting its users.


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Finished a few more Indians for my FIW project. The figures are once again from Redoubt. I just really like these guys!! I think Redoubt pulled off a truly hawkish and dangerous feel to these figures that other ranges haven't quite got. I'm not saying they are the best sculpted with Conquest or Perry giving some serious competition, but in attitude and feel they sure are the best IMHO. Down side once again is the clean up which in places can get excessive to the point where you really can't correct it all and therefore have to wing it with some shading. I'll be adding Galloping Major to the Redoubt collection at some point which I feel will compliment each other very well in both size and general feel.
If your curious I've used mostly Foundry paints and some Vallejo.
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These were meant to be cherry-orange muffins, but because they didn't quite have the orangey oomph! I was going for, they're merely cherry(-orange) muffins. They still taste good, though!
In a small bowl, combine
1 1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 Tablespoon dried orange peel
1 cup dried cherries, coarsely chopped
NB: I used dried bing cherries.
In a larger bowl, combine
8 oz. okara
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup orange juice
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1 tsp. vanilla
and whisk thoroughly.
Add the flour mixture from the first bowl to the wet ingredients in the second bowl, and mix until just combined.
Fill the cups of a lightly oiled 12-muffin tin with the batter. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes.
Verdict: I liked these, but they might further benefit from one or two tablespoons of vegetable oil. Also, next time I might use orange extract to amp up the intended orange flavor. (It's also possible that these weren't as orangey as I wanted them to be because my jar of dried orange peel is quite old, and might have lost some of its potency. Your mileage may vary.)


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Bloody is a British swear word that until recent decades was considered highly offensive. This is a bit strange to most Americans, who do not see it as particularly offensive, and to Australians who use it is a staple of their dialect, sort of an all-purpose adjective. The word was so scandalous that the 1914 London opening of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion will be forever remembered because of the uproar over Eliza Doolittle line "not bloody likely" in the third act. (The 1938 film version of the play was the first British film to use the word.) Like many swear words, the origin is a bit mysterious. No one is certain exactly to what the blood refers.
The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that it derives from a reference to the aristocratic rowdies of the Restoration (i.e., those of noble or aristocratic blood). This is supported by early uses as an intensifier, which are in the form bloody drunk. From G. Etherege's 1676 Man of Mode:
Not without he will promise to be bloody drunk.
And the poet John Dryden wrote in 1684:
The doughty Bullies enter bloody drunk.
Popular derivations include the belief that it comes from the oath God's Blood or is a corruption of the phrase By our Lady. Alternately, some suggest it is a reference to menstruation. None of these have any real evidence to support them.
Lexicographer Eric Partridge disagreed with all the above, stating, Partridge's A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, "there is no need for ingenious etymologies: the idea of blood suffices."
(Sources: Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition; Partridge's Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th Edition.)
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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 12, No. 1 Spring 1985
J. M. Samuels
Abstract: The international accounting congresses, which are held every five years, are numbered under the assumption that the first such international gather-ing was the one held in St. Louis in 1904. In this paper, the question is raised whether this 1904 Congress should be called "international". There are reasons to believe that the main objective of the congress was to raise the status of the profession in the United States, and that the slight international involvement was little more than window dressing.
The 1904 Congress of Accountants, held in the United States at St. Louis, Missouri, is usually credited with being the first interna-tional accounting congress. It is certainly treated as the first, from the point of view of numbering subsequent congresses. It is viewed as an important stage in the recognition of the international aspects of accounting.1 There is, however, doubt whether its organizers ever saw it as an important international event, and whether the international aspects of the Congress were more than window dressing for domestic consumption.
The public accounting profession in the United States only began to develop at the end of the nineteenth century. The 1904 Congress was organized under the auspices of the Federation of Societies of Public Accountants. This body was founded in 1902 and was far from being the only professional accounting body in the United States at that time. There was considerable competition among the different bodies, and the 1904 Congress was designed to raise the status of the Federation in the United States. An invitation to send representatives, addressed to a few professional bodies in foreign countries, can be seen as an attempt to give the Congress and the Federation added prestige.


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Tooling Update
Marking Tools for CNC Punch Presses
• Write numbers, dates and other identifying information on a part surface using a special marker. No penetration or material removal is required, the marker does not dry out for two weeks or more and the marked information is erasable if desired.
• Etch the sheetmetal surface with permanent marking information using one of two (120- and 150-deg.) supplied diamond inserts.
• Cut or scribe the protective film on sheetmetal surfaces using a supplied brass insert to expose localized areas on the part without damaging underlying material.
• Create cone-shaped indentations (centerpoint down) on the part surface to locate the part with other components for later assembly.
• Perform high-speed dot-matrix marking in this mode using a supplied carbide insert.
The EasyMark kit contains all components and tools for all five marking modes, including special A-Station guide and canister, marker pen, one brass, one carbide and two diamond inserts, three types of springs for the diamond and brass inserts, roller ball and blank dies.
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Welcome to the Premiere Pro CS5 Software Development Kit! The SDK contains headers defining the Premiere Pro APIs, sample projects demonstrating integration features, and the SDK Guide documentation. Some of the plug-in types described in this SDK can not only run in Premiere Pro, but also After Effects, Encore, Soundbooth, Media Encoder, and Premiere Elements. On the other hand, the After Effects SDK is the recommended SDK for developing effect plug-ins for Premiere Pro and Premiere Elements.
What's New
Importers now have access to the resolution, pixel aspect ratio, timebase, and audio sample rate of the source clip from a setup dialog. Custom importers can use a new call to update a clip after it has modified by the user in the setup dialog.
Recorders can now provide audio metering during preview and capture.
Exporters and players can automatically take advantage of GPU acceleration, if available on the end-user's system. Each project now has a setting for the renderer that the user can choose in the project settings dialog. When renders occur through the Sequence Render Suite or the Playmod Render Suite, they now go through the renderer chosen for the current project. This allows third-party exporters and players to use the built-in GPU acceleration available in the new Mercury Playback Engine.
Exporters and players can now handle any pixel format, with the new Image Processing Suite. Exporters and players that parse segments and perform their own rendering can now call the host for subtree rendering, using the Video Segment Render Suite.
Players can respond to the new field display settings, and play/pause resolution settings, in the Monitor panels.
Video filters, in the Effects panel, can now appear with badges to advertise if they support YUV, 32-bit, and accelerated rendering.
See the section What's New in CS5, in chapter 1 of the Premiere_SDK_Guide.pdf, for further information and 64-bit porting tips.
System and software requirements
Windows Vista 64 or Windows 7 64 - Visual Studio .NET 2008 SP 1
Mac OS 10.5.7+ and XCode 3.1, or Mac OS 10.6.3+ and XCode 3.2
Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader software to read the PDF documentation
Developer Support
SDKs are generally supported for 6 months following the release of the next major version of the SDK. The Premiere Pro CS4 SDK is no longer supported by developer support.


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2020 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Grand Parade, 9AM - 5PM. Celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. King. Theme: The Power of Togetherness. Line up begins at 9AM. March begins at 10AM. Parade begins at Avenue I and 25th Street/Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and ends at Lawnwood Stadium where there will be a festival in the park, 12PM - 5PM. Browse SupportStLucieCounty.com for more events. 1302 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce
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About a year ago, after spending some time with my scrap space in the kitchen, I decided that it was time to move back into my own space again. I moved back into the spare bedroom that has long been my scrap studio and office. The decision a few years ago to move my office operations into a shared space with my husband meant that this time, the spare bedroom could be devoted solely to my creative work. Rather than just go back to a modification of the previous arrangement, I decided to take the opportunity to redesign the room from the ground up (although making use of a few pieces that I did already have, for economy's sake).
It took a year start to finish, but finally – Here's the results!
The tables are pieces from Ikea's Vika Amon modular table/legs collection. It has been replaced by a similar line that is now available, though. The large birch area is for my workspace. The smaller white table provides workspace for a second "guest" like my husband or daughter without compromising the ability to move around the room as much as if I had added a second larger table. I also use the second table for a variety of other tasks: "staging" and organizing projects, and packing and unpacking my camera gear that is stored in the closet, and photographing items for the website.
For a closer look, let's start at my desk work area.
As I look forward while seated, this collection of tools and supplies (above) is in the middle of my desk. The buckets are from Target's Dollar Spot awhile back. They hold a variety of frequently used items, from pens and scissors and small tools to paint brushes. The baby wipes are used for cleaning up stamps (and my fingers!), and the sticky notes and index cards are used for taking notes and for practice stamping and other such tasks. In the far left of the photo, you can just barely see my black desktop Ott Lite lamp – essential for creating a night in a room with poor overhead lighting.
If I turn to my left, I see this work area. which contains my storage box of Project Life and related supplies, my Silhouette Portrait machine, and a variety of stamps and embellishments. Baskets hold some of my most frequently used stamp sets, and some of my most recent embellishments are on hooks so that I can see and remember that I have them. (I'll share more about the pegboard project later this week).
Below the pegboard area, this Ikea Alex drawer unit lives under the table to my left. On top of the drawer unit are tucked my Fiskars paper trimmer, glass cutting mat, and rubber stamping mat, all out of sight and out of the way, but easily accessible.
The drawers contain a variety of inks and stamping supplies, along with a lot of mixed media mediums and some embellishments. (Check back later in the week for details on how I arrange the drawers.)
To my right, the support of the desk is formed by another Ikea Alex unit, this one a smaller one sized to serve as desk drawers. This set of drawers is filled with my most frequently used items – pens, rulers, craft mats, adhesive, heat gun & glue gun – as well as spray inks and punches.
All of my drawers are labeled with chalkboard labels from the Martha Stewart line for Avery that is available only at Staples. Turning a little further to the right, on the floor next to my chair is this file crate that has wheels on it. With legal sized hanging files in it, it works perfectly for organizing my loose patterned paper and most frequently used cardstock (like white and kraft). I also have a few oversize items like 12×12 letter sticker sheets and stencils in it. Patterned paper is arranged mostly by company with a few exceptions for things like Christmas. After much trial and error over the years in different ways of sorting, I've discovered this hybrid method works best for me and I use it to sort my paper and my stamps as well.
Behind the paper cart, tucked into the corner, is a tower of craft storage cubes that contains Cropper Hopper paper holders. These hold my library of cardstock, along with my pads of patterned paper, and my Project Life plastics (in the binder on the bottom and some boxes as well). The top of the tower is the perfect spot for my Sizzix Big Shot to sit, easily accessible to grab and use but not in the way when I'm not using it.
Finally, on the wall behind me when I'm sitting down are a series of decorative shelves. One holds my selection of wood mounted stamps. Two smaller ones (visible in the wide angle photos of the room at the beginning) hold flower embellishments and buttons in small jars, sorted by color. They look nice and are within quick reach if I need them.
But there's still a whole other side to the room!
The room's closet is a combination of craft and other personal storage. The file cabinets are non-craft related storage. To the left of them is our camera gear and my scrapbook totes. The smaller plastic boxes above the file cabinets contain my Silhouette supplies (like various specialty media) and things like my stencils and some of my stamps. Above them are stacks of 12×12 storage boxes that contain projects in progress, like mini albums and other such ongoing creativity. To either side of those boxes are supply storage for things like plastic bags, adhesives, and various misc things that crafters seem to acquire.
Hanging above the plastic boxes are two mini shelves that contain Sizzix dies and my Xyron machine. The row of colorful boxes up top are my pre-digital photos that have yet to be scrapped. I will never run out….
To the right of the door when you walk in the room is this bookcase that I've had forever. It's one of two matching ones in the room. The bottom contains my craft print books and magazines. The top contains personal mementos like my Beatrix Potter figures from my childhood and the desk calendar I inherited from my grandfather.
Three of the shelves contain scrapbooking supplies. This shelf (above), features a drawer unit from the Container Store and storage boxes from Ikea. The drawers hold Project Life memorabilia, ATC card bases, and my SMASH brand supplies. The boxes hold my Tim Holtz brand embellishments and keep my card blanks, envelopes, and completed cards organized. The top two shelves hold a bunch of baskets – one of my favorite ways to store things. There's a basket for fabric pieces left over from various household and crafty projects, one for Sizzix dies, and two devoted to my 6×6 paper pads.
The nice thing about using baskets like this (and the boxes in the closet) is that I can get out the container I want and move it to the table to work.
In the middle of the wall opposite my desk is this cube unit by Target (Closetmaid makes similar ones). On top is my stamp storage bins, and one shelf holds our family's Project Life kits. Mini Albums live on a bottom shelf. All other cubbies are occupied by various bins that hold embellishments. One of the bins is my daughter's scrap supplies for her Project Life album and the rest are mine. (I'll share more about the stamp storage system in an article later this week.)
I keep the bins sorted roughly by size and company. When I want to embellish, I pull them out and place them on my work tables. My alphabet stickers are in one of the bins as well, sorted by size and them as much as possible by company. I intend to use cut down file folders to create dividers for this file to make things easier to find.
The second white bookcase is over in the corner by the window. Several shelves are devoted to shipping supplies, but one has plastic shoeboxes on it that contain adhesive, ribbon, and paint in easy to see containers that are toteable to the nearby work table for convenience. Several more shelves of the unit are devoted to storing completed albums. My daughter likes to come in here and sit on the floor and pull them all off and flip through them one at a time – and then leave them in a pile on the floor!
So that is the tour of my new and improved scrap space…I'm really loving it and it is helping me get things done!
Be sure to check back the rest of the week for more articles on scrap room organization, including in-depth looks at several of the features of my new space!


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I did a search and found only one mention of a 'Jack' or 'Jac of Plait', so i will start one. Most of us are familiar with Derrick's Image of Ireland. In several of the scenes, Irish Chieftains are portrayed wearing a protective garment, similar to a Jack.
I recently stumbled upon an image, published in The Border Reivers, of an original surviving example from the Royal Armouries, Langlee, Roxburghshire, England. It looks very similar to the garment being worn by the Irish Chieftain.
Any thoughts or opinions on this? Anyone tried making one yet?


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NASA Earth Science
Earth is a complex, dynamic system we do not yet fully understand. The Earth system, like the human body, comprises diverse components that interact in complex ways. We need to understand the Earth's atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and biosphere as a single connected system. Our planet is changing on all spatial and temporal scales. The purpose of NASA's Earth science program is to develop a scientific understanding of Earth's system and its response to natural or human-induced changes, and to improve prediction of climate, weather, and natural hazards.
This is a composite image of the North African Continent. A dust storm can be seen blowing off the coast of Morocco in the northwest corner.
Image: MODIS band combination 1,4,3.
A major component of NASA's Earth Science Division is a coordinated series of satellite and airborne missions for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans. This coordinated approach enables an improved understanding of the Earth as an integrated system. NASA is completing the development and launch of a set of Foundational missions, new Decadal Survey missions, and Climate Continuity missions.
The Foundational missions are those missions in development at the time the decadal survey was published and include:
- Aquarius
- Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP)
- Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)
- Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)
The Decadal Survey missions are those guided by the decadal survey produced by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences and published in 2007. These missions include:
- Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP)
- Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat-II)
- Hyperspectral Infrared Imager (HyspIRI)
- Active Sensing of CO2Emissions Over Nights, Days, and Seasons (ASCENDS)
- Surface Water and Topography (SWOT)
- Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events (GEO-CAPE)
- Aerosol-Clouds-Ecosystems (ACE)
- Earth Venture, also a recommendation of the decadal survey, consists of low cost, competed suborbital and orbital missions as well as instruments for Missions of Opportunity.
The Climate Continuity missions include:
- Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2)
- Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment – III (SAGE III)
- Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on (GRACE-FO)
- Pre-Aerosol, Clouds, and Ocean Ecosystem (PACE)
Over the coming decades, NASA and the Agency's research partners will continue to pioneer the use of both spaceborne and aircraft measurements to characterize, understand, and predict variability and trends in Earth's system for both research and applications. Earth is the only planet we know to be capable of sustaining life. It is our lifeboat in the vast expanse of space. Over the past 50 years, world population has doubled, grain yields have tripled and economic output has grown sevenfold. Earth science research can ascertain whether and how the Earth can sustain this growth in the future. Also, over a third of the US economy - $3 trillion annually - is influenced by climate, weather, and natural hazards, providing economic incentive to study the Earth.
NASA Earth System Science conducts and sponsors research, collects new observations, develops technologies and extends science and technology education to learners of all ages. We work closely with our global partners in government, industry, and the public to enhance economic security, and environmental stewardship, benefiting society in many tangible ways. We conduct and sponsor research to answer fundamental science questions about the changes we see in climate, weather, and natural hazards, and deliver sound science that helps decision-makers make informed decisions. We inspire the next generation of explorers by providing opportunities for learners of all ages to investigate the Earth system using unique NASA resources, and our Earth System research is strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics education nationwide.


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The example shown was created in Fireworks MX 2004 and the result may differ with other versions of Fireworks.
To begin this tutorial, we need to create 2 images of the same size that we want to use the rollover effect on. I have used the DIC logo as well as a rendered version for tutorial purposes only.
To begin, we first open Fireworks and set the size to 47 by 47 pixels (This is for the logo. You may change it for other images). We then import the logo and Fireworks has already established that as a frame. The default name is Frame1.
If the frames box is not open, click the windows menu and click frames.
Now, to create the second frame, we click on the small button which looks like a list box (top right of image). Select add frames; select the place at the end option button and this default name is Frame2. The second image is the blue version of the DIC logo. We paste it on the second frame making sure it is in line.
Then we insert slices on each of the images by going to Insert then Slice. Click on the slice and go to Window and then select Behaviours. Now click on the '+' button and choose Simple Rollover. Close the small box then now we are done.
The last thing to do is to export it. Go to File then Export. Save it as a .htm file with the options Save As Html and Images, Slices as Export Slices and the rest as default. (image)
Finally, preview it in a web browser, mouse over the image and it should change into the second image.
Thank you.
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Brenham · Natural Sciences · Biology - BIOL
Academic Cooperative
- Fall 2013
- Section SECTION_002 CRN-12151
- 2 Credits
- 08/26/2013 to 12/13/2013
- Modified 08/14/2013
Meeting Times
- Tuesday, 4:00 PM to 4:50 PM, Office #6, Classroom Building
Contact Information
Dr. Kelly C. Kissane
Phone 979-830-4202
Office Hours : T 1 - 5, TH 1 - 5
Office #6 in the Classroom Building
e-mail – [email protected]
A student-centered instructional program designed to integrate on-campus study with practical hands-on experience in the biological/life sciences under supervision of faculty mentor. This course may be repeated once for credit.
Prerequisite: Eight hours of college-level biology courses with a GPA of 3.0 or higher and the approval of the instructor or 4 hours of college biology with a grade of "A" while taking the second 4 hours of college biology concurrently.
Core Curriculum Statement
This course is not a core curriculum course.
- Demonstrate the ability to carry out independent research using appropriate methodologies.
- Communicate results in a scientific manner.
To be determined based on the nature of the agreed upon research.
Course Requirements
All sections of this course regardless of location or modality will include:
- A laboratory notebook or portfolio will be assembled documenting the progress and results of the student's investigation.
- An oral or written report detailing the results of the student's investigation.
- Project design 5%
- Laboratory notebook 60%
- Paper & presentation 35%
Blinn College Policies
Blinn College policies on civility, class attendance; scholastic integrity; students with disabilities; final grade appeals; and electronic devices as stated in the Blinn College Student Handbook, Faculty Handbook, Blinn College Catalog and specific technical program handbooks. All policies, guidelines and procedures in the Student and Faculty Handbook and the Board and Administrative Policy Manuals are applicable to this course
Civility Statement
Members of the Blinn College community, which includes faculty, staff and students, are expected to act honestly and responsibly in all aspects of campus life. Blinn College holds all members accountable for their actions and words. Therefore, all members should commit themselves to behave in a manner that recognizes personal respect and demonstrates concern for the personal dignity, rights, and freedoms of every member of the College community, including respect for College property and the physical and intellectual property of others.
Civility Notification Statement. If a student is asked to leave the classroom because of uncivil behavior, the student may not return to that class until he or she arranges a conference with the instructor; it is the student's responsibility to arrange for this conference.
This statement reflects step one in a possible four step process. The Incivility Protocol is detailed in the Blinn College Student Handbook.
Attendance Policy
The College District believes that class attendance is essential for student success; therefore, students are required to promptly and regularly attend all their classes. A record of attendance will be maintained from the first day of classes and/or the first day the student's name appears on the roster through final examinations. If a student has one week's worth of unexcused absences during the semester, he or she will be sent an e-mail by the College District requiring the student to contact his or her instructor and schedule a conference immediately to discuss his/her attendance issues. Should the student accumulate two weeks' worth of unexcused absences, he or she will be administratively withdrawn from class.
There are four forms of excused absences recognized by the institution:
- observance of religious holy days—The student should notify his or her instructor(s) not later than the 15th day of the semester concerning the specific date(s) that the student will be absent for any religious holy day(s);
- representing the College District at an official institutional function;
- high school dual credit students representing the independent school district at an official institutional function; and
- military service.
Other absences may be considered excused at the discretion of the faculty member with appropriate documentation. A student enrolled in a developmental course is subject to College District-mandated attendance policies. Failure to attend developmental classes shall result in removal from the course as defined by the College District.
It is the student's responsibility to officially drop a class he or she is no longer attending. To officially drop a class the student must obtain the class withdrawal form from Enrollment Services, complete the class withdrawal form, secure the required signatures, and return the completed form to Enrollment Services. The last day to drop with a Q is according to the Academic Calendar.
Scholastic Integrity
Blinn College does not tolerate cheating, plagiarism, or any other act of dishonesty with regard to the course in which you are enrolled. The following text defines the faculty member's responsibility with regard to the scholastic integrity expectation for this and all courses at Blinn College.
It is the responsibility of faculty members to maintain scholastic integrity at the College District by refusing to tolerate any form of scholastic dishonesty. Adequate control of test materials, strict supervision during testing, and other preventive measures should be utilized, as necessary, to prevent cheating or plagiarism. If there is compelling evidence that a student is involved in cheating or plagiarism, the instructor should assume responsibility and address the infraction. Likewise, any student accused of scholastic dishonesty is entitled to due process as outlined in Blinn College Board Policy FLB (Local). The Scholastic Integrity Policy is located in the Blinn College Student Handbook. In a case of scholastic dishonesty, it is critical that written documentation be maintained at each level throughout the process.
Students with Disabilities
Blinn College is dedicated to providing the least restrictive learning environment for all students. Support services for students with documented disabilities are provided on an individual basis, upon request. Requests for services should be made directly to the Office of Special Populations serving the campus of your choice. For the Bryan campus, the Office of Special Populations (Administration Building) can be reached at (979)209-7251. The Brenham, Sealy and Schulenburg campuses are served by the Office of Special Populations on the Brenham campus (Administration Building Room 104) and can be reached at (979)830-4157. Additional information can be found at www.blinn.edu/disability/index.html.
Final Grade Appeal
If a student wishes to appeal a final grade in a course, Blinn College Board Policy FLDB (Local), Course Grade Complaints, outlines the timeline for the appeal and the four steps in the appeal. This policy is located in the Blinn College Student Handbook.
Electronic Devices
All the functions of all personal electronic devices designed for communication and/or entertainment (cell phones, pagers, beepers, iPods, and similar devices) must be turned off and kept out of sight in all College District classrooms and associated laboratories. Any noncompliance with this policy shall be addressed in accordance with the College District civility policy (administrative policy). This information is contained in Blinn College Board Policy FLB (Local).
Course Policies
Meeting Day
Aug. 27
Meet with Instructor, discuss project
Sept. 3
Project discussion
Sept. 10
Project discussion
Sept. 17
Project discussion
Sept. 24
Project discussion
Oct. 1
Project discussion
Oct. 8
Project discussion
Oct. 15
Project discussion
Oct. 22
Project discussion
Oct. 29
Project discussion
Nov. 5
Data analysis
Nov. 12
Data analysis
Nov. 19
Rough draft of intro and material and methods required
Nov. 26
Rough draft of results and discussion required
Dec. 3
Final Paper and presentation due


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June 1991 Statement on
Auditing Standards
Issued 6y the Auditing Standards Board
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Communication of Matters About
Interim Financial Information Filed
or to Be Filed With Specified
Regulatory Agencies- An Amendment
to SAS No. 36, Review of Interim
Financial Information
( Amends Statement on Auditing Standards No. 36, AICPA, Professional
Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 722.)
1. This amendment establishes requirements for communications to
management and, in certain situations, to audit committees about certain
matters involving interim financial information filed or to be filed with
specified regulatory agencies when an accountant is engaged ( a) to assist
an entity in preparing its interim financial information or ( b) to perform
procedures on the information. The applicability of these communication
requirements is discussed in paragraph 3 of this Statement.
2. The Auditing Standards Board has under consideration a broader
revision of Statement on Auditing Standards ( SAS) No. 36, as amended
by this Statement.
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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Inc.
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#sculpture #wire
Intricate Wire Drawings by CW Roelle
Artist CW Roelle lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island where he creates dense and detailed illustrations using carefully bent wire. While taking a life drawing course in 1997 Roelle was suddenly overcome with the urge to bend the lines he had already committed to paper. That night, and for many nights after, he began to recreate his line drawings with metal wire. You can see much more of his work over on Facebook, and he has some pieces available at 13FOREST. (via faith is torment)


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St. Patrick's Day in Ireland is always a time of colorful celebration. Here is a set of fun elements to use in any Irish related theme. The letters, motifs and illustration are basically traditional but given a modern twist. The harp is golden, and the men are holding up their glasses of Guinness.
The PSD is fully layered with each large 300dpi illustration converted to a Smart Object and placed as you see in the preview. You can change the positions of each element as one, or you can remove the frames, change the men around, swap faces etc. Hue and saturation of colors can be done easily in the blending options.
Great for flyers and posters.


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Mother of Jewish Newtown Victim Delivers Moving Remembrance
A rabbi presided at Noah Pozner's service, and in keeping with Jewish tradition, the boy was laid to rest in a simple brown wooden casket with a Star of David on it.
The mother and uncle of 6-year-old Noah Pozner, who was killed in the shooting at a school in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday, delivered messages at the boy's funeral on Monday, reflecting on his life, and lessons to draw from his loss. Here they are, in full:
From mother, Veronique Pozner:
The sky is crying, and the flags are at half-mast. It is a sad, sad day. But it is also your day, Noah, my little man. I will miss your forceful and purposeful little steps stomping through our house. I will miss your perpetual smile, the twinkle in your dark blue eyes, framed by eyelashes that would be the envy of any lady in this room.
Most of all, I will miss your visions of your future. You wanted to be a doctor, a soldier, a taco factory manager. It was your favorite food, and no doubt you wanted to ensure that the world kept producing tacos.
You were a little boy whose life force had all the gravitational pull of a celestial body. You were light and love, mischief and pranks. You adored your family with every fiber of your 6-year-old being. We are all of us elevated in our humanity by having known you. A little maverick, who didn't always want to do his schoolwork or clean up his toys, when practicing his ninja moves or Super Mario on the Wii seemed far more important.
Noah, you will not pass through this way again. I can only believe that you were planted on Earth to bloom in heaven. Take flight, my boy. Soar. You now have the wings you always wanted. Go to that peaceful valley that we will all one day come to know. I will join you someday. Not today. I still have lots of mommy love to give to Danielle, Michael, Sophia and Arielle.
Until then, your melody will linger in our hearts forever. Momma loves you, little man.
From uncle, Alexis Haller, of Woodinville, Wash.:
On Friday, Dec. 14, we tragically lost a most beloved member of our family. Noah was a 6-year-old little boy, and he was so dear to all of our hearts.
Words cannot express the unfathomable loss we feel.
Noah was a wonderful son and a loving brother. He was kind, caring, smart, funny, and sometimes even a little mischievous. He liked to tell his sisters that he worked in a taco factory; when they asked him how he got to work, he would give them a funny look as if to say he knew something that they didn't.
Noah was a little kid. He loved animals, video games and Mario Brothers. He was already a very good reader, and had just bought a Ninjago book at a book fair that he was really excited about reading. He was also very excited about going to a birthday party he had been invited to. It was to take place on Saturday, Dec. 15.
Noah loved his family dearly, especially his mom, his dad, his big sisters Danielle and Sophia, his big brother Michael, and his dear twin Arielle. He called Arielle his best friend, and she was — and always had been.
If Noah had not been taken from us, he would have become a great man. He would been a wonderful husband and a loving father. He would have been a backbone of our family for years to come. His loss, and our loss, are deep indeed.
It is unspeakably tragic that none of us can bring Noah back. We would go to the ends of the Earth to do so, but none of us can.
What we can do is carry Noah within us, always. We can remember the joy he brought to us. We can hold his memory close to our hearts. We can treasure him forever. And all of us, including the family, the community, the country and the world, can honor Noah by loving each other and taking care of each other. That's what Noah would have wanted.
Noah Pozner's funeral service
Noah, we love you so much, we miss you dearly, and we will never, ever forget you.
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In the past week, we've seen a fatal shooting at Dillard High and five other kids caught with guns at Broward schools, including four elementary students. It's only natural to wonder what in the world - or the Wild, Wild West - is going on.
I could see how our kids might be confused. When it comes to guns, there's a barrage of mixed messages.
You have adults buying and carrying firearms in greater numbers, with some viewing guns as the cornerstone of personal protection. You have the NRA and other gun-advocacy groups winning the battle of the second amendment to the point where courts and politicians consider "gun control" dirty words.
You even had the Legislature passing a law this year allowing Floridians to take guns to their workplaces, so long as they remained locked in their vehicles.
Is it any wonder some kids might think it's OK to bring a gun to school?
"You sure are reaching, aren't you?" said Marion Hammer, a former NRA president and Tallahassee-based gun-rights lobbyist. "You're trying to read something political into this, when common sense tells you it's about a lack of parental responsibility."
To a certain extent, I agree. When you have an 8-year-old bring a pistol to class, as a third-grader did at Walker Elementary in Fort Lauderdale last week, you have to ask, "Where's the adult supervision in that kid's life?"
But this goes beyond lax parenting or negligent guardians.
"Go to any toy store and see how many toy guns there are," said Gordon Weekes, an assistant Broward public defender who works in the juvenile division. "Turn on the television, watch a PG-13 movie, play a video game and see how many images of guns there are. Guns are such a large part of our society, maybe there is an underlying message that guns are OK."
Weekes deals with school gun cases that go through the juvenile court system, and he says there are usually two explanations. Either it's "the novelty factor," where a kid finds a gun and brings it to school to show friends. Or a kid feels bullied or intimidated and brings a gun for protection.
Broward public schools have a zero-tolerance for firearms and projectile guns, meaning kids who bring them to school face suspension and expulsion for up to a year. What happens to violators, such as the three Miramar elementary students who brought BB guns to school on Tuesday?
"We don't expel anybody to the street," said Keith Bromery, spokesman for the Broward School District. "It's not a permanent exile. A parent is given options so their child can get the help they need."
Usually that means placement in an Alternative Center, where behavioral issues are addressed while studies continue. An expelled student can eventually return to his home school, Bromery said.
Hammer said it's up to adults to teach minors that guns are for adults only and to take steps safeguarding them, in the same way parents protect toddlers from power outlets, swimming pools and poisons.
"It's not about accessibility, it's about education," Hammer said. "I grew up in a house with guns. ... We knew we better not touch them or we'd get our behinds kicked."
Hammer said it's a guardian's responsibility to make sure a kid doesn't bring a weapon to school. For the past 12 years, Hammer has raised two grandchildren, 16 and 13.
"I know what's in their backpacks every day," she said.
In our gun-loving society, it's the other kids' backpacks that have so many parents concerned.
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Contestants will vie for the affections of a man they believe to be Prince Harry on a new FOX reality dating show – but he's really just an imposter
The Bachelor may have had Prince Lorenzo Borghese, but a new reality show has promised women the chance to win the heart of Prince Harry – sort of.
On I Wanna Marry "Harry", 12 American women vie for the affections of a man they believe to be the red-headed royal – who in real life has been getting more serious with girlfriend Cressida Bonas.
But in reality the contestants will be fighting over a Harry look-alike.
The dashing (but common-born) Brit Matthew Hicks spent weeks at the palatial Englefield House in Berkshire poising as the prince in the new reality show, reminiscent of FOX's 2003 series Joe Millionaire.
I Wanna Marry "Harry" premieres May 27 on FOX.


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This Curriculum Kit for year 3 quarter 2 The Authority of Jesus includes Teacher Guides, Student Guides, Classroom Posters, plus worksheets, and teacher helps. Junior High students face unique pressures. They need extra-special help as they learn to live right in a culture gone wrong.
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Junior High students face unique pressures. They need extra-special help as they learn to live right in a culture gone wrong. This Curriculum Kit uses easy-to-understand apologetics to answer their big questions, and reinforces the benefits of keeping communication open with parents and siblings. They will understand that the Bible is true and trustworthy as they are equipped to defend their faith to anyone who asks, "How do you know the Bible is true?"!
Answers Bible Curriculum is a full-featured, chronological, 3-year Sunday school program, synchronized across seven age groups from pre-K through adults. Each group covers Genesis through Revelation and learns the same material—but at different levels of depth—enabling exciting and easy discussion for the entire family! AnswersBibleCurriculum.com
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