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In judging the third Murray Kempton Award competition for undergraduate journalism, we considered an array of intriguing, important and well executed stories. It's clear that CUNY's journalism students are learning the crafts of reporting and writing and are engaging with issues significant to their campuses and society at large. That bodes well for the future of journalism and for the inquiry that is at the heart of both education and an informed citizenry.
Judging was blind. We read uniform, plain-text submissions without identifying information about the writer or, except where it was evident from the story, the college. We discussed the submissions thoroughly until we reached consensus.
Here is a brief discussion of the factors that went into our decisions:
The contest rules say "the journalistic work must be about matters of importance to the college community, interpreted broadly." Evaluation criteria include "originality; creativity; clarity in presentation; readability or audio/video storytelling; enterprise in reporting; journalistic significance, and accuracy of spelling and grammar."
Beyond those considerations, we looked for stories that expanded our understanding of issues. Writers variously looked on campus, around the city and abroad as they explored topics including mass transit, the scarcity of child day care, the need for high quality public parks, art galleries and the relationship between food and romance.
The winner in the news category examined the issues underlying an upcoming student vote over student activity fees at Hunter College. Winners in the enterprise/feature and commentary categories tackled societal issues, one describing a church that feeds the hungry, the other probing the NYPD's stop- and- frisk policy. We encourage entrants to future Murray Kempton competitions to be ambitious in their choice of subjects, whether on campus or not.
Another factor weighed in our decisions. We favored stories that showed in-person reporting skills. These days, it is easy to pull information off the Internet; all contemporary journalists use the Web as a resource and sometimes what's online is the point of a story. We believed that the story should make evident that the writer actually interviewed sources, burrowed into facts and personally saw what was happening.
The competition's criteria for best news story are that it "presents the facts about a timely issue. It contains reliable, attributed information, is comprehensive and clearly separates fact from opinion."
"The Green Initiative Referendum: Why You're Funding a Magazine That Doesn't Exist" by Jesse Lent, a Hunter College senior last year, uses clear, expository language, straight-down-the-middle reporting and good quotes to explain an upcoming student referendum. Any reader would have a solid understanding of why a new campus environmental organization called the Green Initiative was seeking to acquire funding from student activity fees that were dedicated to a defunct literary magazine.
The contest rules say an enterprise story "typically takes a broad look at a topic, presenting the 'big picture' behind a news event. A feature is a human interest story, often not related to a timely event."
"Small Longwood Church Feeds the Hungry" by Fausto Giovanny Pinto, a senior at Hunter College last year, captures the essence of enterprise reporting with a heartfelt look at the Word of Life Christian Fellowship International Church in the South Bronx. With evident eyewitness reporting, iIt ably portrays the struggle of a pastor and his wife to care for needy area residents, not only with food, but also with understanding and compassion.
The contest rules for commentaries state: "Encompassing both editorials and personal columns, commentary expresses personal opinion. Good commentary offers crisp analysis of a problem or situation, discusses it with a clear point of view, and may offer solutions."
"Why Not Ease Up on Stop and Frisk?" by Kesi Foster, a junior at the City College of New York last year, satisfied those criteria well. He asks what black or Latino has not suffered the indignity of the New York Police Department's questionable stop-and-frisk policy, which resulted in charges against only 10 percent of the hundreds of thousands of people stopped on the city streets in the first nine months of 2009. And where, he asks, is push-back from the city's religious and civil rights leaders, especially in a time when so much political discourse touts the United States as being "post-racial"?
We did not select winners in two categories, photography and new media, because there were too few choices; however, we did include the lone new media entry, a series of blog posts on a single topic, in our consideration of commentaries.
Each of us had the privilege of working with Murray Kempton, and we feel confident that he would have been proud to lend his name to this competition and to these three winners. One of the things Murray often said about New York Newsday was that he found himself re-energized by the enthusiasm of the young reporters working there. We think he would have felt the same way about these students and these entries.
Elaine Rivera, lecturer in journalism, Lehman College
Stephanie Saul, reporter, The New York Times
Neill S. Rosenfeld, curator, the Kempton Awards


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It's no easy task to win a National Championship, but when you already have the experience of 43-year-old Frank Bensel, you enter with a bit more confidence.
The PGA Assistant Professional at Century Country Club in Purchase, N.Y., has already competed in eight PGA Professional National Championships, three Callaway Golf PGA Assistant Championships, 16 Metropolitan Section Championships, the 2004 PGA Championship and the 1984 Junior PGA Championship.
To return to our complete coverage of the 2011 Callaway Golf PGA Assistant Championship, click here.
"I was able to learn so much from each of those major events and take those experiences with me," says Bensel. "When you are able to compete at a high level and play well, it gives you the confidence and belief that you can win."
That experience, confidence and belief propelled him to a win at the 2010 Callaway Golf PGA Assistant Championship. A final-round 3-under par 69 pushed him into the winner's circle to claim the title by two strokes over Travis Deibert of Jamison, Pa.
"I putted well all week and that was the difference," says Bensel, recalling his victory from last year. "It felt great, and to have my family there with me for that moment was awesome."
For the 16th consecutive year, Bensel and 126 PGA assistant professionals and apprentices will descend on PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla., Nov. 3-6, for the 35th playing of the Championship.
"We are very excited to host this National Championship at PGA Golf Club, and display the many changes that have taken place to make this a truly spectacular facility," says Mike Sizemore, the PGA director of operations at PGA Golf Club. "We want every PGA Professional in the country, including those in this Championship, to have a resounding sense of pride in PGA Golf Club."
Bensel is also looking become just the third player in the 35-year history of the Championship to win back-to-back titles, following Jim Schuman of Verona, Wis., who accomplished the feat from 1996-97 and Oklahoman Kyle Flinton who did it in 2002 and '03. Flinton is also the only three-time winner of the Championship.
"I have been playing in professional events since 1992, so hopefully that experience as well as my familiarity with the golf course (the Wanamaker Course) will pay off again this year," says Bensel, who spends six months of the year in South Florida playing various professional events. "Last year it was my putting that was so good, but usually it's my ballstriking. If I can do both well, I have a great shot."
Also at stake, provided the Champion meets eligibility requirements, is a spot in the 45th PGA Professional National Championship, June 24-27, 2012, at Bayonet and Black Horse in Seaside, Calif.
The 2011 field will feature the top four finishers from last year's Championship as well as 122 players who advanced through their Section Championship. Following the first 36 holes of play, the field for the final two rounds will be reduced to the low 70 scorers and ties.
Callaway Golf returns as the title sponsor for the third consecutive year.
For more than 30 years, the Callaway Golf PGA Assistant Championship has produced outstanding PGA Professionals who have gone onto successful careers in teaching and administering the game, as well as competing at the highest level on the PGA and Champions Tour.
Past Champions include Fred Funk and Loren Roberts, 2002 PGA Champion Rich Beem finished in third in 1998 and 2009 Assistants Champion Tim Thelen is currently playing on the European Senior Tour.
This article first appeared in PGA Magazine.
The winner of the 2011 Callaway Golf PGA Assistant Championship will collect $9,000 of the $100,000 purse.

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In the band's own words: "Our video for 'So Much To Say' was inspired by the feelings of friendship that permeate the lyrics. Since we began working together as a band we've all lost friends along the way because we're all so busy and live so far apart. The video follows a group of friends over the course of a day, while we're shut away in a tiny practice room working on our music. This demonstrates very succinctly the way in which we've gradually lost these friends because of band commitments, and at the same time shows the value of those friends to one another.
The video was shot in and around Bolton and Blackpool back at the end of March. We did the performance parts of the video in a warehouse just outside Bolton; we had half a floor of the building to ourselves and just built this tiny room in the middle of it with wooden scaffolds and old rugs. From the outside it looked really bizarre!
We knew with this video we wanted to do something with a bit of 'plot' to carry it along, but at the same time it's always difficult to not let that get out of hand. So often you can see bands who've tried to do too much with the budget they've got to work with, or they simply just forget that first and foremost it's supposed to be a music video. This isn't the Oscars! Beyond that the company we worked with had a lot of ideas based on the track and the lyrics, and particularly those ideas of friendship. After throwing some ideas back and forth based on the original treatment they handed us we ended up with the result that we're really happy with.
The band started back in early 2010; some of us had been in bands together before or we knew each other from the Southampton music scene. We realized that we all had very similar goals in mind and that we all shared the enthusiasm and drive to make it happen. That was two years ago; since then we've played all over the country with all sorts of bands, made music videos and recently signed to Engineer Records. We've spent so long working 'Restless' that it seems a little strange that it's finally happening, we started working on it about a year ago. Needless to say we're psyched about it though and we can't wait to get out there and start showing people what we can really do!"
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by Juan Cena » Wed May 22, 2013 11:09 pm
I occasionally bring up the idea that people making $250K-$1 million a year aren't exactly rich, this is more proof to my argument.
by S.F. Jude Terror » Thu May 23, 2013 12:03 amPeople making $250K a year have plenty of money. No one is saying they're the fucking Monopoly guy, but on $250k a year, you can easily buy a house in the suburbs, comfortably support a family, not want for anything, and save for retirement.
If you make choices that cause your lifestyle to cost more money, that doesn't make you not rich.
On the other hand, a lot of people don't have that choice at all. They live paycheck to paycheck, are swamped with debt, some people are starving, homeless. So no one wants to hear how tough it is to live on $600k a year.
The problem with this country is that wages have stagnated, inflation is ridiculous, rent is high, gas is high, and debt is out of control, and there are hardly any jobs.
I don't think the doc here is a bad guy and I don't begrudge him the money has, but he's not the issue, and his money isn't the issue. The issue is how shitty the country is becoming, and how there are fewer and fewer people in the upper middle class like him, and the rest of the middle class has pretty much fallen into poverty or near poverty. And the corporations and super rich (not this guy) control the government and all the power, so it's only going to get worse.
by xaraan » Thu May 23, 2013 12:30 amHow is some rich guy whining that he doesn't have enough money support for your idea?
I don't begrudge anyone being rich, we all would love to be there, but it's the class warfare that creates the issue, not just having someone have more money than you.
It takes a certain amount of money to live (depending on your area it varies) and anything above that is a choice, meaning you have extra money and if you want to spend it on extra cars, investments, houses, bigger tv's, etc. that is your right. But it is a choice you are making, not a necessity of living.
But consider this guy Nac, he probably grew up in a decent family in a decent area and at the very least was taken care of until he went off to college. May have taken some college loans if he didn't have parents that could pay for it or didn't get a scholarship) then rolled into a few exciting years as he entered the field and then started making decent money. Sure he worked his way up to the 570K mark, but the guy probably has no idea what he is saying when he talks about risks, money loss, being burned and bills. He doesn't know what the people picking the produce he eats and cleaning his three cars for him go through to take care of their kids while working their asses off. Talk about risks, try living with no healthcare and put your life at risk, not 10% of your portfolio. Talk about being burned, worry about a fridge dying that has half your families food in it that you can't get replaced right now, or your car breaking down that keeps you from getting your next paycheck. It's arguments like what this guy is making that actually hurt the position.
Nobody working paycheck to paycheck, worrying about getting kicked out of their home or losing a car if they miss a payment wants to hear about how hard it is to lose a hundred grand on a business startup (while still being rich after the loss). I could go on, but the point is made I think.
But the bigger issue is the growing gap between the wealthy and the not so wealthy. It's been expanding at huge rate over the last couple decades. CEO's making millions of dollars just in bonuses (even while failing) while bitching about how it will hurt business to have the minimum wage go up.
by guitarsmashley » Thu May 23, 2013 7:50 amPoor rich people aren't rich enough to make payments on their lexus or afford to eat sushi three times a week. What shall we do as a nation? What shall we do?
by outsider » Thu May 23, 2013 8:05 amYeah, shut the fuck up with this whiny bullshit.
If somebody earning $570,000 a year chooses to live on 401k Inflation Way, Crackertown, Georgia, that's on them. Just because they can't buy two more jet skis or have to send their kids to the second-most-expensive private school, they'll somehow manage to have a decent life nonetheless.
by achilles » Thu May 23, 2013 8:12 amI'd love to have that guy's "problems". I think I could deal...
Though I understand about the "risks" they take. And ex-doctor of mine is now serving a year in the federal slam for Medical fraud in an effort to get even richer...
by Herald » Thu May 23, 2013 9:04 amSorry, Nac, but you simply can't drum up sympathy for a man driving a Lexus, even a 7-year-old one, when there are people driving a 20-year-old, beat-up Camry, that they have to pray will continue to get them to work every day because they can't even afford to replace it with a rental.
As for the risks, on top of what others have already said, the fact that this guy CAN take a risk is in itself a privilege. What about all the poor people who would love to try investing in the stock market, but can't?? What about the people who would like to risk starting a business, but can't possibly expect a bank to loan them the money, because the bank expects you to already have enough financial value in order to take that risk on you?? (Or, as I've heard it phrased, "In order to get a loan from a bank, you must first prove you don't need it." Catch-22s don't come much lovelier than that...)
And if this guy really needs to "keep up with the Joneses", let him leave the rich "Joneses", and relocate to where some middle-class ones live. Maybe then, he'll "feel rich"...
by Jack Burton » Thu May 23, 2013 9:30 amThe guy has multiple cars, a million dollar home and income properties and he's bitching?
Buddy nobody told you to buy the million dollar house! You could buy a nice home for much less money!
I live in one of the most expensive area in the country and I admit in the affluent suburbs of Boston a million bucks doesn't get you quite the home you think it would but it's still really nice. You don't need to live in Winchester, Newton or Concord(all big $$$ MA towns) just because. Go to a nice middle class town.
by outsider » Thu May 23, 2013 9:34 am
Or go to a low class area and buy a whole damn block of foreclosed houses and build a fence around it, topped with razor wire. You'll be all set for the zombie apocalypse and keep the skeezes out.
by BlueStreak » Thu May 23, 2013 9:46 amI've seen plenty of people that make significantly more than me and have less money in the bank than I do.
However, poor financial planning by those with income doesn't equal not having enough income to make ends meet.
by LoganRSA » Thu May 23, 2013 11:28 am"Oh no, two women love me. They're both gorgeous and sexy. My wallet's too small for my fifties AND MY DIAMOND SHOES ARE TOO TIGHT."
by Juan Cena » Thu May 23, 2013 1:10 pm
Over heard of the real estate bubble? How many "rich" people found themselves underwater financially when the properties they owned lost their value? Or how many lost a portion of their "wealth" when the stock market tanked?
Comparing a person who makes $500K a year to a Bill Gates or a LeBron James is ridiculous. It doesn't guarantee you're set for life. You can still get hammerer if something catastrophic like a serious illness or medical injury happens in your family, even with good insurance.
by CountD » Thu May 23, 2013 1:16 pmAs long as you work with integrity, fulfill your obligations and be kind to others, monetary compensation is just a #. You can't take it with you...and even if you pass it on , it can be squandered.
am i siding with Nacireman???!!! gotta check m'self. Nope. Just on a tangent.
by Juan Cena » Thu May 23, 2013 1:17 pm
But even with good financial planning, you would have to deal with things like rising costs of living, tuition, higher taxes, etc.
Look, all I'm saying is what level of income that people have considered rich doesn't quite work with the reality of economics.
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In Crusader Kings II you must rule with an iron fist and win the hearts of your subjects through fear, or lead a nation through respect and loyaltythe choice is yours. Keep your alliances close, your blades sharp and your wits about you at all times - for you will need them. Sacking an army takes strength. Ruling an entire nation takes a true leader.
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Don't say "diva" like it's a dirty word. I mean, if living legend Aretha Franklin was more than happy to be front and center for VH1's "Divas Live" extravaganza, then who are the rest of us to treat it like a common four-letter word, right?
Okay, so diva-dom might also be about milquetoast Emma Pillsbury reducing Cheesecake Factory managers to tears, and Rachel Berry's runaway ego stomping around New York City like King Kong after an expensive blowout at the salon. It could even prompt Tina Cohen-Chang to withhold her "soup" from an ailing Blaine Anderson. Yikes!
Those opposing sides of the diva coin got scrutinized in this week's Glee, a mostly lighthearted, music-packed hour with a moral that came from the mouth of Kurt Hummel: "Hold the nightmare, but bring the diva. Your work speaks for itself."
If you were too busy reading Martha Stewart Weddings to catch the episode, here's what you missed on Glee:
* Kurt, infuriated by Rachel's increasingly inflated, post-Winter Carnival sense of self-importance (and the "sycophant" pals that came with it), decided she needed to be "taken down a notch." His strategy? Challenge her to NYADA's "Fight Club" for vocalists — Midnight Madness — where he indeed proved triumphant "by the closest margin in history." A dejected Ms. Berry couldn't get her mojo back and decided to skip an open call for Funny Girl, not because she lost, but because she feared success would turn her into a monster and alienate her friends. Kurt, though, like a good BFF is supposed to do, helped Rachel realize that — with an occasional dose of real talk — she might be able to have it all. (Silent applause.) I also dug the way that Rachel — even at her most self-absorbed — stuck up for Kurt when her catty cronies tried to ridicule him behind his back. See, girlfriend can evolve and yet remain true to her roots!
* Finn, worried about New Directions' changes at Sectionals, turned to Emma for advice. Her plan? Diva Week! Still, as the guidance counselor helped Finn whip his glee club into shape, and as he helped her put the finishing touches on her upcoming wedding ceremony (only 10 days away), the Best Man began to develop strange feelings for the Bride-to-Be. When "Miss Pillsbury" had a panic attack, Finn snapped her out of it by planting a kiss — on her lips! That's not gonna make next week's nuptials awkward or anything… But it did give Jayma Mays quite the startling, dramatic scene; I totally bought her freakout, especially considerng she's carried the wedding-planning burden all alone in Will's absence. Good work!
* Speaking of wrong-minded romantic pursuits, Tina continued her pining for Blaine, right down to knocking him out with cold medicine and then straddling him to rub Vicks on his smooth, mucus-filled chest. (Eeep!) Somehow, Blaine's lack of romantic interest made Tina a little angry, but she channeled those feelings into a lively cover of Madonna's "Hung Up" and won Diva Week in the process. (Sorry, Unique!) Now, though, Blaine's taking his McKinley bestie as his date to Will and Emma's wedding, and I get the sense that she's still holding on to the very weird idea of "a sexless thing" to get her through the school year. This doesn't make any sense to me, but I'll play along and see where the writers take us.
* Finally, Santana returned to McKinley, determined to create a rift between Brittany and Sam, but by the end of the hour, realized that it wasn't her ex-girlfriend's new relationship that was bugging her. The recent college dropout really pined for The Big Apple, and Brittany helped her realize that a bus ride to Manhattan was her destiny. A final-act rendition of "Girl on Fire" found the Lady Lopez bursting out of McKinley's doors and emerging from a New York City subway, then heading to Kurt and Rachel's place. Guess what, bitches? She's moving in! (And let's be honest, they could use an extra income to help pay what's got to be extraordinary rent — even in distant Brooklyn.)
And now on to grades for the week's musical numbers:
The ladies and gays of New Directions, "Diva" | The costumes and finery were fabulous, but I didn't like the sped-up rearrangement of Beyoncé's speak-talk hit, nor did any of the glee clubbers in question really seem to capture the street-swag essence of the ditty. Grade: C+
Blaine, "Don't Stop Me Now" | I can't be the only one who winced seeing Blaine Warbler in a leather cap and leather jacket with studded collar, tragically posturing his way through a Freddie Mercury hit, can I? Just no. Grade: D+
Santana, "Nutbush City Limits" | How awesome was it when Santana burst into the choir room and gave McKinley a jolt of her patented charisma? She's really been missed this season, but here's hoping her triumphant closing note signals that she's back to stay for a while. Grade: A-
Santana and Sam, "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" | Pretty enough, but I'm not sure I bought the stakes behind the duo's battle for Brittany. Plus, Ms. Pierce's choice who she dates, not Sam's or Santana's? Grade: B-
Kurt Vs. Rachel, "Bring Him Home" | Yowza that was as lovely as a bruising musical battle could be, but when it was all said and done, I'd probably have ended up on Rachel's side of the room. (Wouldn't it have been a more interesting plot twist, by the way, if Rachel had actually been triumphant?) Grade: A-
Tina, "Hung Up" | What an oddly filmed musical number, no? I liked that Tina went all-out in Madonna's trademark pink leotard, but half the number the director reduced her to a background player, with constant frantic cuts to her background breakdancers, the awed members of New Directions and the McKinley lunchtime crowd. Best part for me was Tina's dismissive, "Don't even worry about it" as Finn, Emma and company went to congratulate her. Diva! Grade: B+
Santana, "Girl on Fire" | Even if it hadn't ended with Santana in the City, I'd have given this stellar vocal an 'A'; thankfully, though, this turned out to be one of those musical performances on Glee that's both a delight on its own while also advancing the plot in a neat and thrilling fashion. Grade: A
And now for your week in zingers…
Rachel holding up "Saving my voice" and "Will you take a message?" cue cards to try to get Kurt to answer the phone for her.
"The Online Urban Dictionary defines a diva as 'a fierce, often temperamental singer who comes correct. She is not a trick-ass ho and she does not sweat the haters.'" –Emma, discussing the word 'diva'
"Raven-Symoné." –Brittany, pretty certain she'd guessed the special guest performing for New Directions
"And I didn't even have to lay out a line of cereal for you to find me." –Santana, after luring Sam to meet her in the auditorium (oooh, burn!)
Sanatana's reference to a Rizzoli & Isles lesbian subtext blog
And with that, let me turn things over to you. What did you think of "Diva"? What was your fave musical number? Take our poll, sound off in the comments, and for all my Glee-related recaps and commentary, follow me on Twitter @MichaelSlezakTV!Follow @MichaelSlezakTV


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RALEIGH � Two top state elections officials want an investigation of $235,000 in donations to dozens of North Carolina candidates from a sweepstakes cafe operator.
Many of the checks were mailed from a Charlotte lobbying firm where Gov. Pat McCrory worked until just before he took office. He denies wrongdoing.
State Sen. Rick Gunn (R-Alamance County) is one of the lawmakers that received a donation.
Records show the checks came from an account that received money from a software company connected to what Florida prosecutors call a nearly $300 million illegal gambling operation. North Carolina law forbids using corporate money for political campaigns.
The donations made company co-owner Chase Burns of Anadarko, Okla., the largest donor in North Carolina in the 2012 election cycle.
Democrat Larry Leake, the North Carolina Elections Board chairman, and Chuck Winfree, the board's top Republican, said the agency should investigate the donations.


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Coming in September: Knitter's Ed, a new approach to beginning knitting. We have listened to your feedback regarding classes—you want to learn to knit, but you're busy and it's hard to commit to a fixed schedule. So, we tore up the schedule! Sessions will be held each week on Tuesday from 2-4, Wednesday from 5-7 and Saturday from 11-1. Start anytime! Buy your Knitting Learner's Permit for $65, and you will have access to five 2-hour sessions, whenever it fits your schedule. We do ask that you either call or email us at least one day prior when you are planning to attend so that we can adjust staffing as needed.


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Surface Transportation Reauthorization Roundtable
2167 Rayburn House Office Building
The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, chaired by U.S. Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI), will hold a roundtable policy discussion with representatives of the transportation community in preparation for the development of a surface transportation reauthorization bill.
The federal surface transportation programs were most recently reauthorized in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, which was enacted on July 6, 2012. MAP-21 expires in September, and Wednesday's roundtable is part of the Committee's process for developing the next bill.
The roundtable is open to the public, and will not be webcast.
In addition to Subcommittee Members, roundtable participants will include:


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This oriental mirror is made using solid reclaimed wood. It has a smooth linen white lacquer finish with wooden edging detail and features bevelled mirror. It perfectly matches our Shanxi white console and dressing table.
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Olympics terror dragnet: Russia hunts as many as four 'black widows'
Russian security services may be looking for as many as four "black widows" dispatched to carry out terrorist attacks related to the Winter Olympics, including at least one woman believed to be in or near the Olympic city of Sochi, U.S. and Russian sources told NBC News on Monday.
Wanted posters distributed in Sochi, where the games open Feb. 7, describe at least one suspected terrorist — Ruzana Ibragimova, also known as Salima, the 22-year-old widow of an Islamic militant killed by Russian security forces last year.
The notices describe her as having a limp in her right leg, a left arm that does not bend at the elbow and a 4-inch scar on her cheek.
In a video, recorded before their deaths, that has recently surfaced, two suicide bombers suspected of a deadly attack on a Volgograd train station threaten a "surprise" during the Olympics at Sochi.
The notices say that Russian security officials have been informed of her possible departure from Dagestan, a Russian republic in the restive Caucasus area, earlier this month, and that she may be used for an attack inside the Olympic zone.
Militant groups in the Caucasus are known to use "black widows," female terrorists so called because some seek to avenge the deaths of their husbands. They considered by security experts to be harder to pick out in a crowd because they do not fit the stereotype of an Islamic militant and because they can easily alter their appearance with clothing and makeup.
The disclosure Monday added to terror fears as the games approach. On Sunday, a video surfaced in which two men from an Islamist militant group threatened to attack the Olympics, warning that "a surprise" is in store for President Vladimir Putin and tourists attending the games.
The men claim responsibility in the video for two suicide bombings last month in the Russian city of Volgograd that killed 34 people. The Olympic torch passed through Volgograd on Monday on its way to Sochi, where the games open Feb. 7.
"That which we will do, that which we have done, is only a little example, a little step," one the men, from the Islamist organization Anars Al Sunna, says in the hour-long video, released Sunday.
"We'll have a surprise package for you," one of them says, addressing Russian officials. "And those tourists that will come to you, for them, too, we have a surprise."
With less than three weeks to go before the opening ceremony, security in Sochi is already tighter than at most airports, and Putin has vowed to take every step necessary to protect the Olympics.
The video surfaced Sunday as American officials expressed frustration at what they called a lack of cooperation from Russian security officials.
"They've now moved 30,000 armed troops to the region. That tells you their level of concern is great," Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on the CNN program "State of the Union."
"But we don't seem to be getting all of the information we need to protect our athletes in the games. I think this needs to change, and it should change soon."
Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine, said on the same program: "I would not go, and I don't think I would send my family."
Russia has promised to protect Sochi within a "ring of steel." The city is packed with metal detectors, bomb-sniffing dogs and explosive detectors. But groups threatening the Olympics say they will target not just the host city but other areas of Russia.
"I think the threats are real," Rep. Michael McCaul, the Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said on ABC's "This Week." "I think it's more likely that the attacks would probably happen outside the perimeter, more soft targets, transportation modes, if you will."
The Obama administration has asked the Pentagon to draw up plans for possible U.S. military assistance for Americans inside Sochi in the event of a terror attack, senior U.S. officials told NBC News on Monday.
The military's European Command has worked up a plan that would rely on military assets already in place — moving warships into the Black Sea, where they routinely operate, and putting transport planes on standby at military bases in Europe.
The plan has not yet been submitted to the State Department or Pentagon, the officials said.
Any U.S. involvement in a military operation in Sochi would require a request from the Russian government to the State Department, then an order from President Barack Obama.
Senior U.S. military officials Monday suggested the likelihood that Putin would ask the U.S. for military help was zero.
The men in the video claim to be from Dagestan, about 1,000 miles from Sochi. Militants see an attack on the Olympics as a chance to humiliate Putin.
The men in the video appear to construct explosive devices and document, step by step, how they planned the Volgograd attacks. They say in a part of the recording directed at Russian officials that they "will continue to kill you and your soldiers."
"This is for all the Muslim blood that is shed every day around the world, be it in Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria, all around the world," they said. "This will be our revenge."
Putin said over the weekend that he "will try to make sure that the security measures taken aren't too intrusive or visible and that they won't put pressure on the athletes, guests and journalists."


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Here we are in the middle of the holiday shopping season. With the merchants counting down the days, I am grateful to be able to turn my attention from shopping for gifts to shopping for birds.
Back in the late 1800s, folks picked sides on Christmas Day, and went out with their guns to shoot as many birds and animals as possible. The side with the biggest pile won.
Frank Chapman, an early officer in the Audubon Society, proposed an alternative to this traditional "side hunt." He suggested that teams be formed to count birds rather than shoot them. Now, between today and Jan. 5, bird enthusiasts all over North America, as well as some parts of Latin America and the islands, are conducting winter bird censuses.
Of course, the event has retained some of its early competitive spirit. Each team is trying to see as many species as possible as well as to find rare birds. There aren't any prizes other than bragging rights and knowing that you have contributed to this 113-year tradition of citizen science.
Now, when I am shopping for regular stuff, I generally consult someone who knows more than I do.
If I am shopping for electronics, I ask my brother. If I am shopping for kitchen appliances, I consult one of my foodie friends. Experts know the lingo, and can help me sort through the bewildering assortment of brands and features.
When shopping for the most possible birds, the same rules apply. You have to know what you are looking for and pay attention to details. I stopped to see a friend on Wilmington Island recently. She lives on a small pond and is regularly visited in the winter by a flock of hooded mergansers.
As I glanced at the ducks, I remarked, "Oh, you've got some scaup."
"Where?" she replied. When she looked with binoculars, she could see the white sides and dark heads, without the fancy merganser crests.
To compete in any sport, having the right equipment makes a difference. With binoculars, we could sort the mergansers from the scaup in a small pond. However, on a recent trip through the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, I had to pull out the heavy artillery - my spotting scope that can bring things 20 to 60 times closer. A large flock of ducks was swimming way out in the middle of one of the impoundments. After a bit of study, which included consulting my ever-handy field guide, I was able to tally 11 different species: mallard, blue-winged teal, green-winged teal, northern shoveler, lesser scaup, ring-necked duck, redhead, canvasback, gadwall, northern pintail and hooded merganser.
If I were shopping for ducks for Christmas dinner, one of my hunting friends would inform me that mallards have an excellent flavor; shovelers have strong-tasting dark meat, and mergansers taste downright fishy.
I had the opportunity to improve my shorebird shopping skills during the Georgia Ornithology Society fall meeting on Jekyll Island. Under the sharp-eyed tutelage of expert Kevin Karlson, a mass of roosting shorebirds could be sorted into dunlins, western sandpipers, semipalmated sandpipers, ruddy turnstones, sanderlings and red knots.
On a Thanksgiving Day beach walk, I encountered visitors from Ohio searching for a purple sandpiper.
"They usually hang out with the ruddy turnstones and sanderlings on the beach at high tide," I told them. "Look at that huddle of birds over there. Those with the dark brown backs are the turnstones. The light ones are sanderlings. Purple sandpipers are in-between gray with plump bellies, yellow legs and down-curved beaks."
We didn't find any that day, but on Dec. 2, my shopping paid off and I came home with photographs of a variety of beach birds, including 10 lovely (but not particularly purple) purple sandpipers.
Happy holiday bird shopping!
Bird enthusiast Diana Churchill can be reached via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Go to savannahnow.com/slideshows to take a photo tour of birds of the Coastal Empire.


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Call the east end of Columbia Street, at Fourth Street, "brewer's corner."
Full Sail Brewery's expansion is quietly taking form as the county's largest maker of beer expands into the former Dakine Building, nearly doubling the size of Full Sail's operation.
Called "The Session Building" in honor of Full Sail's signature ale, the 47,000-square-foot expansion includes a new office entrance and outdoor event space located across the street from Double Mountain Brewery.
With "Progress Report," we introduce an occasional series about significant capital projects that are either complete or in the works.
The Full Sail expansion is scheduled for completion in December, according to brewmaster and project manager Jim Kelter.
The Full Sail project will move the employee-owned brewery operations literally under one roof. It will give the company greater flexibility in manufacture and packaging. Full Sail will have a warehouse that provides space to store empty bottles in bulk and paper containers for use whenever they are needed, and a "box room," where newly installed equipment will allow Full Sail to erect packaging in-house.
It comes down to cohesive space and new equipment that will provide a lot more efficient way of getting the beer-filled glass into the paper and out onto the trucks.
"The overall timeline, if everything goes okay, is that we hope to start commissioning by the end of October, and hope to have it all on-line by the end of the year," Kelter said.
Viewed from overhead, the completed Full Sail complex will resemble the long triangle of a pilsner beer glass: the pub on the west end is the wide top, with the structure tapering through the brewing, bottling and packaging areas to the narrow base where the expansion is happening at the east end of the building. There, it meets the circular Cannery Park, a public space that will abut Full Sail's new outdoor garden.
Just adjacent will be the new Full Sail office entrance, at 506 Columbia. It's the portion of the historic building occupied until last year by Dakine.
No physical changes are happening at the brew pub end of the facility, 506 Columbia.
By the end of October the office staff is planning to move into the third floor, which will have some of the best views in town. With the north wall running at a diagonal, "it picks up great light in the morning," said Kelter. The windows look down on where Full Sail has been storing beer for five years, in the Port's Expo Center building. Contractor Tim Mencer calls it "a wall of glass."
Also look for plenty of glass on the south side, at street level.
"It should be quite a show for people walking down Columbia Street, where there are windows to see the bottling end of things; and down in the building next door, they'll be able to see all the assembly of cases going on," Kelter said.
Kelter said construction priority now is on the first floor, the majority of which is the box shop, where the assembly of carriers and cartons takes place.
"We have the ability to grow as our business grows, and the bulk glass operation provides us more flexibility than we've ever had, for planning," Kelter said. "We will have more of our materials in-house, and set them up as needed.
"It makes you a bit more agile; you can react to changes in the market place, in case we need more say, Amber, than you had planned on, you have that ability to adjust.
"As opposed to right now our operations manager, Mac Lee, has to think forward, and he works with the glass manufacturer and they have to look at manufacturing so many cases of Amber, and that becomes a bit of a challenge. This makes us that much more agile in response to market demands.
"We anticipate some savings there, and just from an operations standpoint you're not relying on your supplier as much. You gain more control," Kelter said. "What this requires is a substantial amount of warehouse space to store all this.
"We've owned this building five years, and been a landlord all that time, and prior to that we were a tenant in the warehouse space below, and a renter at the Expo Center, and for us this is an investment in our business and we're excited about it," he said.
Full Sail warehouse and offices will move from Expo Center onto the third floor of The Session Building. There, Mencer Construction doubled the 6-foot windows as part of a project that is a classic example of building reuse.
The shell of the former Dakine is being expanded and buttressed for a new industrial purpose. About 60 percent of the material taken out during reconstruction will be reused, including 100 percent of the metal. Fixtures and window frames were taken to Gorge Rebuild-It Center, and a rafting company took all of the carpeting.
"We went to a lot of trouble to recycle everything we can," said Darryl Ketch of Ketch Construction. "Even things that don't have a resellable value, we put online for free, including doors and windows." All that got tossed were chunks of sheet rock "or dust we swept up," Ketch said.
The angular structure of the building provided a slight extra challenge, according to Mencer. Ketch said his company did the roof and then he consulted with Mencer, "and we figured management-wise it would be a big project, let's gang up on this and do it together."
The contractors have emphasized local subcontractors, including Devco Plumbing, Gorge Electric, and local laborers.
"It makes it a little more time-consuming tying things in because the lengths varied a little, but the barrel vault (roof beams) was complicated, tying in new framing. Otherwise, it was a typical restoration, you deal with that. The biggest challenge was the weight of some of the steel and getting it up to the third floor. It's been a fun project."
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7 Irresistible Italian Recipes
Bartolino's Meatballs [1]
Serve these meatballs with sauce over pasta or in a hoagie bun. We like them with the Marinara Sauce, both from Bartolino's restaurant in St. Louis.
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The Original Toasted Ravioli [6]
From Charlie Gitto's on the Hill (St. Louis) comes the famous fried ravioli recipe. We substituted frozen ravioli for the homemade they use at the restaurant. For extra-easy cooking, serve with a purchased marinara sauce.
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Chicken Spiedini [10]
Zia's restaurant on the Hill uses provel in this grilled chicken dish. It's a cheese made in the neighborhood that tastes like a blend of cheddar, Swiss and provolone.
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Zuppa Inglese [14]
This is the Italian version of a trifle from LoRusso's Cucina. The standout dessert layers custard with a syrup, pound cake and fresh raspberries, topped off with whipped cream and chocolate curls.
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Tiramisu [18]
This classic dessert almost always brings a round of sighs when it's served, such as this recipe from Gian-Tony's on the Hill. Our test kitchen decided the liqueurs could be omitted if necessary, but we liked the flavor they added. Or use just one flavor of liqueur in place of the others.
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Linguini with Shrimp and Pine Nuts [22]
Dry sherry flavors the broth, and the crushed red pepper adds a tiny bite to this pasta dish from Bartolino's.
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Salsiccia Bread [26]
Salsiccia is Italian for "sausage," and it's a tasty part of the filling in this recipe from Di Gregorio Imported Foods, which also sells the salsiccia. The mixture makes an interesting spiraling swirl down the middle of the bread.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In the first meet of the 2010 campaign on its home Steinbrenner track, the MIT men's track and field earned a comfortable win over Bates and Colby in a tri-meet on Saturday afternoon. The Engineers, currently ranked No. 10 in the latest USTFCCCA Top 25, won all but one event on the track to go along with some impressive performances in the field events, on a day in which high winds would be a factor in the results. MIT finished with 201.5 points to easily best Bates (139), which was ranked second in New England, and Colby (60.5).
Stephen Morton led the way for the Cardinal and Gray, picking up three individual event wins, despite sitting out one of his specialties, the 100-meter dash. Morton was first in the 200, finishing in 21.94 seconds while winning both the long and triple jump once again. The senior was also part of Tech's winning 4x100-meter relay.
Yermie Cohen, returning to the squad for the outdoor season, was also impressive, earning a pair of top-two finishes. Cohen took first place in the 1500, with a time of 4:02.75, more than four seconds faster than his closest competitor. Cohen (1:56.07) was also a runner-up to teammate Patrick Marx at 800 meters. Marx finished in 1:55.65. Paul Welle finished fourth in the event while four other MIT runners placed in the top nine.
Welle was a winner in the 3000m Steeplechase in 9:42.47, just ahead of Richard Prevost's second-place finish (9:46.51). Hemagiri Arumugam and Benjamin Mattocks also combined for a one-two sweep in the 5000.
Tech swept the top three positions in the 110-meter hurdles, led by Andrew Musacchio's time of 15.74 seconds. Musacchio narrowly edged Nick Leonard (15.79) to the finish and the two were closely followed by Josh Duncavage (16.31). Leonard and Duncavage would later team up to go one-two in the 400 hurdles. Daniel Ronde was also an event winner in the 400m, finishing in a time of 51.86 seconds.
The Engineers dominated the pole vault, as Greg Tao (15-3.00 feet), Cyrus Vafadari (14-3.25) and Yida Gao (13-9.25) were the top three performers. Ian Fischer also picked up valuable points for Tech, clearing 13-3.50 feet to tie for fourth-place.
MIT will host an Outdoor Invitational next Saturday, April 17 in the final meet before post-season competition kicks off the following week with the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship.


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Crisis in Egypt Deepens, and More
What's News: Protests break out across Egypt; demonstrations by Muslim Brotherhood could spark further violence. Apple appears to be hiring in China. A major discovery of a new mammal called the olinguito. Joanne Po reports. Photo: Associated Press
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87.6% of all statistics are made up right on the spot.
Quote from: weazletoe on November 05, 2013, 12:18:57 AM87.6% of all statistics are made up right on the spot.can we assume then that 13.4% of the statistics then are factual?
Drew and I are writing up evaluation procedures for the book and we need some statistics help. Anybody here got the skills?
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The actor that has come to embody the smart-talking, short-tempered, adamantium-claw-yielding X-Man known as Wolverine hinted that his run in the role is coming to an end.
Over the weekend Hugh Jackman posted a photo to Instagram of claws and the caption, "WOLVERINE ...ONE LAST TIME. HJ."
Which upcoming movie exactly will be Jackman's last Wolverine hasn't been clarified, but most believe the actor was referring to the next Wolverine film.
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Florida seeks sweep of Georgia in SEC action
Athens, GA – The eighth-ranked Florida Gators put their flawless SEC record on the line on Wednesday as they take on the Georgia Bulldogs at Stegeman Coliseum.
The Gators are peaking, with a six-game win streak in tow. Florida is coming off its most impressive win of the season, an 83-52 rout of nationally-ranked Missouri this past weekend, giving head coach Billy Donovan his 400th victory at Florida. He is now one of just three coaches to have amassed 400 wins at an SEC school, joining Adolph Rupp (Kentucky) and Dale Brown (LSU).
Mark Fox's Bulldogs have certainly struggled this season, coming in with a mere 7-10 overall record. The team opened league play with three straight losses, but ended that skein with Saturday's 67-58 win over LSU. All seven of Georgia's wins have come at home this season.
Florida, which has won 16 of the last 19 meetings with Georgia to take a 107-97 lead all-time, is seeking the regular-season sweep after posting a 77-44 lopsided victory in Gainesville on Jan. 9 in the SEC opener for both squads.
The Gators dominated play in the paint, outscoring Missouri 48-14 down low in rout of the Tigers this past weekend. Erik Murphy led four players in double figures for Florida with 15 points. Kenny Boynton added 14, followed by Scottie Wilbekin and Will Yeguete with 13 points apiece. Wilbekin recorded his first career double-double with 10 rebounds. Due to the inside dominance, Florida shot a sterling .593 from the floor in the game and held a 35-25 edge in rebounding.
The Gators' strength is defensive tenacity. Florida ranks third in the country in scoring defense, limiting foes to a meager 51.7 ppg, while allowing them to shoot .361 from the floor (fifth nationally). The team has also benefited from efficient shooting, knocking down just under 50 percent of its own shots (.491). There is scoring depth with four of the five starters averaging double figures, led by Boynton's 13.3 ppg. Mike Rosario and Murphy are next at 12.5 ppg each, while Patric Young chips in 11.4 ppg, also leading the team on the boards (6.5 rpg).
Georgia has played strong defense as well this season, with opponents managing a mere 62.8 ppg on just .404 shooting. However, the Bulldogs have had their own problems generating offense, averaging just 60.1 ppg. While Florida boasts of several scoring threats, Georgia has just one in Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who is netting a respectable 17.1 ppg to rank fourth in the SEC. A 6-foot-5 sophomore guard, Caldwell-Pope is also the team's top rebounder (6.2 rpg). Fellow sophomore Nemanja Djurisic (6-foot-8) is a distant second in the scoring column at just 8.1 ppg.
The Bulldogs used a strong defensive effort against LSU to finally break into the SEC win column, forcing the Tigers into 21 turnovers and holding them to just 36 percent shooting. Caldwell-Pope went 7-of-14 from the floor and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line to tally a game-high 22 points. Donte' Williams joined Caldwell-Pope in double figures with 14 points.


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I actually didn't do that. I left some milk of mine behind every day while pumping, and then recently she just didn't want it. My LO drinks water for the most part, and then once a day or so some coconut water and sometimes apple juice diluted with water. She also has smoothies every couple days (one area we use almond milk and we do use yogurt sometimes). I was worried when she started daycare that she'd have a hard time because all the other kids get milk. I sent some rice milk for her and I don't think she drank much of it, so I stopped with that. A few times she's said she wants milk at school, but she only says that at random times once in a while. We're not really in the habit of sitting around drinking milk of any kind, so I think that's just how it is for her.When you pump wean how do you get the child used to the idea of no mommy milk available? esp. for those of us who don't do cows milk and use other milks sparingly?
For sonogirl, regarding talking about it at work -- my tactic (although it's my style and probably not everyone's) was to just talk about pumping like it was anything that was part of my day. I'd just say to co-workers, "I need to leave this meeting early to go pump," or some such thing. Some men at our office have complained about how they think pumping and breastmilk is gross, so I probably played it up a little to annoy them! But I think a lot of people just followed along with my comfort level. I think since you'll be doing it so little now, and because you really could skip pumping if it just didn't match up to your schedule a day or two here and there (happened to me occasionally), it shouldn't be a big deal for your employers, provided they are reasonable humans.
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And in terms of being paid for pumping breaks, they don't have to pay you. But in my state on an 8hour shift you are allowed to 15 minute paid breaks. So if mothers use THOSE breaks to pump, then they get paid. It's when they use ADDITIONAL breaks that they aren't paid. So if you are only pumping twice for 15minutes and once on your lunch break...that is in the realm of totally reasonable. If you are taking MORE than that and getting paid, I honestly think your employer is being WAY OVER REASONABLE quite frankly. And would consider reducing (which it sounds like you are) or staying off the clock to make it more even. Because more than a half hour of paid pumping a day for more than a year...that's a lot. And I say that as an HR rep who totally support and allows breastfeeding at a very very small company. So don't feel like you HAVE to stop. But consider reworking your pumping schedule so that it DOESN'T actually cost them money at this point if possible.
Way too lazy for formula
We have already started offering her small amounts of water in a straw cup with her lunch while I work, so I think she'll take to water with meals just fine. She does ask for milk in between the solids meals, though...that's more of the transition I will have to work through. Just water at those times? Solids snacks then? Something else entirely?
I do actually work during my pumping breaks--I can't do ultrasounds, obviously, but I have to write reports, so I am usually doing that, if the space they provide me has a computer. One of my breaks is my lunch break. So really, my total time pumping is 80 minutes, and my total paid break time + unpaid lunch is 60 minutes, so it tends to balance out, provided I get to pump in a room with a computer for at least 20 minutes! So the bigger issue in my situation is just being provided space. I'll just need to advocate that I get somewhere, just for the one break, or whatever I wind up needing.
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Apologies for the short responses! I'm usually responding one-handed on my smartphone!
Way too lazy for formula
I don't actually have a problem with dairy, either--I'm just not sure she even would need cow's milk. She nurses a LOT. We eat yogurt and cheese. Baby loves both! So at this point, I guess I am most concerned with my supply, and easing gradually over from her 9-10 oz of BM a day to something else after the year.
Apologies for the short responses! I'm usually responding one-handed on my smartphone!
But you don't need to. If you are going to continue to nurse her on demand, it sounds as if her solid intake has ALREADY replaced what she needed those oz of milk for when she was an infant. So now it's just about you gradually backing away. She won't starve at this point from the lack of those oz of milk. And as you will see, after the year point your supply won't suffer as you decide to let go of the sessions. You will in fact be able to continue to feed the baby on demand as often as you want for as long as you want. You don't need to replace those oz with anything. Because you have already replaced them with lunch and dinner.
Way too lazy for formula