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Drilling company looks for 'black gold' in Port Arthur
A company proposing exploratory drilling in the backyard of a Port Arthur church has gotten the "go-ahead" from city leaders. In a meeting held at the Port Arthur City Hall on Friday, Nov. 9, elected leaders heard from Ben Balagia, a representative of the Houston-based Tri-C Resources exploration company, who was in town asking for the city's permission to drill thousands of feet below a 400-acre tract off Highway 73 in search of oil and natural gas.
"If what we think is down there is actually down there," Balagia prefaced to the council members, "it'll be enough to justify a pipeline and keep a smile on your face."
Balagia said Tri-C has acquired permission from the landowner, Central Baptist Church, to dig more than 11,000 feet below a portion of land thought to be rich with valuable minerals. The city of Port Arthur also holds the deed to land encumbered in the proposed drill site, and stands to gain royalties from any discovery.
According to Balagia, the company already has plans with how to proceed in the likely event oil is found, which includes the aforementioned pipeline. City attorney Valecia Tizeno said the city has ordinances in place that cover how the proposed drilling will be handled.
"There is a very detailed method that will cover this process," Tizeno assured council members who were concerned about hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" tearing up city and residential property, in addition to general degradation to residents' quality of life in the proposed drill area. As part of the process in obtaining permission to drill in Port Arthur, Tri-C has already completed the municipal application and paid the required permitting fees, gained the support of the city's Planning and Zoning Commission, has written permission from the property's owner, and secured bonding for the project. Friday's meeting at city hall was the final step toward drilling, giving the public an opportunity to comment on the proposal. No one spoke against allowing the permit.
Balagia said there would be an estimated 30 days of drilling time on the site, barring difficulties.
Jennifer Johnson can be reached at (409) 832-1400, ext. 231, or by e-mail at jennifer [at] theexaminer [dot] com.


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Jeff Mason needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 169 designs submitted by 35 freelance designers.
Modern, fresh, simple logo to replace current logo for branding on web, printed material, and photo watermarks.
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Believe would like to stay within current blue color palate or complimentary color(s). Looking for simple. As studio grows may drop my name and use initials. My business is about being yourself and not posed and cheesy photography. Show me what you've got, I'll know it when I see it.
- Let's see some designs with the full name that incorps JMP- Simple- Reproduces well as a watermark- Modern and cool- Possibly a play on initials JM or JMP- A font that show up well at all sizes- If multi-colored must also work in all black, white, or greyscale for die makers- Desired formats: .ai or .eps, .png, .jpg
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This story is a supplement to the feature "Quantum Computing with Ions" which was printed in the August 2008 issue of Scientific American.
One method for building a trapped-ion computer is to connect the ions through their common motions. A string of ions is electrically levitated between two arrays of electrodes. Because the positively charged particles repel one another, any oscillatory motions imparted to one ion (say, by a laser) will move the whole string.
Lasers can also flip the ions' magnetic orientations, which encode the data carried by the string—an up orientation can correspond to 1, and down can represent 0.
Scaling this system up to larger numbers of ions presents difficulties, however. It appears that longer strings—those containing more than about 20 ions—would be nearly impossible to control because their many collective modes of common motion would interfere with one another. So scientists have begun to develop gridlike traps in which ions can be moved from a string in the system's memory, say, to another string where data are being processed. The quantum entanglement of the ions allows data to be transferred from one zone of the trap to another.


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Early in "The Conjuring," text claims that of the thousands of cases handled by husband-and-wife paranormal researchers Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine (Vera Farmiga), one was so malevolent that it's been locked away until now. And it has now been declassified why? Because horror fans have gone a few months without the same old thing?
In fact, "The Conjuring" really does come from a true story, but director James Wan ("Insidious," "Saw") stages the story like a game of spot the cliche: There's a creepy doll, and an unsettling old music box, and a little kid who becomes friends with a spirit and finds nothing strange about her new, very pale pal appearing only in mirrors. When unidentified hands emerge from a wardrobe, I wanted to ask, "Is a ghost trying to escape from Narnia?"
After far too much set-up, the plot eventually involves Ed and Lorraine investigating the new house of Carolyn (Lili Taylor) and Roger (Ron Livingston) and their five daughters who become rather difficult to monitor. Since Carolyn and Roger of course didn't ask questions about the new house they bought out of foreclosure and found nothing weird about busting into the boarded-up cellar, they've taken their time before wondering if the weird noises and awful smells and mysterious bruises might be a sign of demonic possession.
Ed thinks so very quickly after arriving, though I have to imagine sometimes a rancid smell is just a sewage problem, no?
Wan's a talented stylist and knows how to create tension from the unseen. Some shots, like a little girl peering into the dark under the bed, are automatically spooky. But from "The Exorcist" to last year's underwhelming "Red Lights" and effectively disturbing "Sinister" and the recent, lousy "Mama," highly comparable elements are being trotted out time and again and lazily called traditional genre pieces. If something wild and potentially unexplainable really happens, let's do a documentary about it and not make the horror movies that falsely claim to be real and the ones that actually are real virtually interchangeable.
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DALLAS, Pa. – The York College women's softball team split a doubleheader against Misericordia on Sunday afternoon for the final game of the regular season. The Spartans came from behind in game one for a 9-8 victory in eight innings, but then fell 3-1 in the second game.
The Spartans finish out the 2013 regular season with an overall record of 10-28 and a Capital Athletic Conference record of 2-6. Misericordia's overall record stands at 14-16.
The Cougars took control of game one in the first inning, scoring four runs on five hits.
York cut the Cougars lead in the next innings after taking advantage of three big errors by Misericordia. The Spartans scored two runs on only one hit. Katie Wickert (Crownsville, Md./Old Mill Senior) was the first to cross the plate for the Green and White after scoring on a passed ball. Hannah Hugel (Paoli, Pa./Conestoga) followed up with a single to third base that allowed Brooke LaBell (Stanhope, N.J./Lenape Valley) to score a run.
Misericordia came back in the bottom of the second to add three more runs to their total. One cougar slammed a two-run homerun to centerfield and then a double to right center helped register their third run of the inning.
The Spartans added one run in the fourth after Wickert rounded the bases again, coming home off a single up the middle from LaBell. In the fifth inning, Sarah Harris (Collegeville, Pa./Methacton) bombed a homer over the fence for another Spartan run. Aryn Johnston (Bowie, Md./Bowie) followed with a homerun of her own in the sixth inning, cutting the Cougar lead to three heading into the seventh inning.
Payton Hill (Staunton, Va./Fort Defiance) recorded the fourth homerun of the game, the third for the Spartans, in the top of the seventh. Hill's homer would be the start of a big comeback for the Green and White. Alyssa Molino (Montgomery, Pa./Montgomery) stepped up to the plate with two outs and cracked a triple to right center field, allowing Sara Thacker (Ijamsville, Md./Urbana) to score. Kayleen Bell (Herndon, Va./Westfield) then stepped up and singled to left field, helping Molino score the tying run.
Misericordia had no answer in the bottom of the seventh and was forced to head into extra innings.
Hill stepped up again for York and hit a single to centerfield, helping Johnston to score and give the Spartans their first lead of the day. The Green and White defense finished out the game strong in the bottom of the inning, allowing the Cougars zero hits.
Pacing the Spartan offense in game one was Hill. She finished 3-for-5 from the plate with one run and two RBI's. Johnston went 1-for-1 from the plate with two runs and one RBI.
Thacker earned the win in the circle for the Spartans. She pitched the final 4.2 innings of the game, allowing zero runs on two hits. Morgan Levine (Oakland, N.J./Indian Hills) threw for the first 0.2 innings of the game, allowing four runs on five hits with one walk and one strikeout. Cory Urkuski (Mohnton, Pa./Twin Valley) also pitched for 2.2 innings, allowing four runs on five hits with one walk.
The Cougars were led by Caitlin Cromley and Kristi Seiler. Cromley finished 3-for-5 from the plate with three RBI's and two runs scored. Seiler was 3-for-4 from the plate with three runs scored and one RBI.
Cromley recorded the loss in the circle. She pitched all eight innings, allowing nine runs on 12 hits with one strikeout.
Despite scoring first in game two, the Spartans could not muster another come-from-behind win.
Both teams only managed to score runs in the second inning of game two. The Spartans registered just seven hits, while the Cougars had only four.
Molino got things started in the top of the second inning with a bomb out to left field, recording a homerun.
The Cougars erased the Spartan lead in the bottom of the same inning. Misericordia was able to take advantage of two Spartan errors and score three runs on two hits.
York could not find the offensive answer the needed to capture a second victory.
Leading the offense for the Green and White was Molino. She finished 1-for-2 from the plate with one run and one RBI. Urkuski went 2-for-3 from the plate, while Hugel, Johnston, Harris and Hill each registered a hit.
Thacker was the losing pitcher in game two. She allowed three runs on four hits with three strikeouts in six innings pitched.
Misericordia was paced on offense by Megan Gowe as she finished 2-for-2 from the plate with one run scored and one RBI.
Jess Armillay earned the win for the Cougars. Armillay pitched seven innings, allowing one run on seven hits with three walks and one strikeout.
The Spartans return to action on Tuesday for a CAC Play-In Game at home against Wesley. The winner will move on to the CAC tournament that begins April 26. Game time is set for 4:00 pm.


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SOURCE: Cott Corporation
October 15, 2013 15:00 ET
TORONTO, ON and TAMPA, FL--(Marketwired - Oct 15, 2013) - Cott Corporation (NYSE: COT) (TSX: BCB) announced today that the Company will release its third quarter ended September 28, 2013 financial results before the markets open on Thursday, October 31, 2013.
Cott will host a conference call, to be simultaneously webcast, on Thursday, October 31, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. A question and answer session will follow management's presentation. To participate, please call the following numbers:
Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call
North America: (877) 407-8031
International: (201) 689-8031
This is a live, listen-only dial-in telephone line.
A live audio webcast will be available through the Company's website at http://www.cott.com. The webcast will be recorded and archived for playback on the investor relations section of the website for two weeks following the event.
About Cott Corporation
Cott is one of the world's largest producers of beverages on behalf of retailers, brand owners and distributors. Cott produces multiple types of beverages in a variety of packaging formats and sizes, including carbonated soft drinks, 100% shelf stable juice and juice-based products, clear, still and sparkling flavored waters, energy products, sports products, new age beverages, and ready-to-drink teas, as well as alcoholic beverages for brand owners. Cott's large manufacturing footprint, substantial research and development capability and high-level of quality and customer service enables Cott to offer its customers a strong value-added proposition of low cost, high quality products. With approximately 4,000 employees, Cott operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Mexico. Cott also develops and manufactures beverage concentrates which it exports to over 50 countries around the world.
Website: www.cott.com
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Bowl season is upon us giving everyone a few more weeks to enjoy the gift that is college football.
Wrapped inside that gift is knowing there are quite a few Broward and Palm Beach County football players will be gracing our TV screens.
Broward and Palm Beach will have 198 players playing in all but one day there is a bowl game including the BCS National Championship Game between Florida State (24 players) and Auburn (5 players) on Jan. 5. The only day that won't feature a Broward or Palm Beach County player will be the Beef O' Brady's Bowl on Dec. 23.
Here's a look at the teams participating in bowl games with players from both counties:


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Moeed Abdul Salam, a little-known American terror propagandist, was killed in Pakistan during the course of a raid on his apartment by Pakistani troops less than two months after Anwar Al-Awlaki and Samir Khan were killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen. Al-Awlaki and Khan, both American citizens, sought to radicalize and recruit westerners online. Similarly, Abdul Salam, a naturalized American citizen who grew up in Texas, produced and translated terrorist propaganda for Al Qaeda and other militant organizations while living in Pakistan prior to his death. U.S. and Pakistani intelligence have alleged that Abdul Salam also served as a key liaison between different terrorist factions and took an active role in directing some terrorist attacks in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.
While little is known about how Abdul Salam became drawn to militant Islamic ideology, a eulogy by the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF), an umbrella organization with which he was affiliated that distributes videos, literature and other messages for Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, says that he decided to dedicate "his life to the support of Jihad and thwarting the oppression and aggression against the Islamic Ummah" after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
The eulogy goes on to state that Abdul Salam, who produced terrorist propaganda for GIMF, "sought to terrorize the enemies of Allah…so as to fulfill the promise of Allah to the Mujahideen and defeat their enemies and grant victory to the religion of Allah."
Online Activity
Upon moving to Saudi Arabia in 2003, Abdul Salam reportedly worked in some capacity on various apparently non-extremist websites. At some point during his time in Saudi Arabia, according to the GIMF eulogy, he also began providing "media services" to the mujahideen.
After moving to Pakistan in 2008 and working with GIMF, he founded the al-Qadisiyya Foundation for Media Production, which translated jihadist messages into South Asian languages. One jihadist web forum claimed that he was one of their moderators.
The GIMF eulogy describes his online role leading "Jihadi forums and websites of splendor" as an extension of its effort to attack "the strongholds of arrogance and infidelity, weakening the determination of its troops, and sabotaging their great media plans."
Prior to his death, his Facebook page included images of Anwar al-Awlaki beside a burning American flag.
Links to Extremists
Abdul Salam met with Atiyah Abdul-Rahman, a key Al Qaeda leader and ideologue, who was killed in a drone strike in August 2011, according to another eulogy, apparently written by one of Abdul Salam's colleagues. Abdul-Rahman, according to documents recovered from Osama bin Laden's compound, served as a key liaison between bin Laden and other contacts while bin Laden was in hiding in Pakistan. The eulogy did not elaborate on the purpose of the communications between Abdul Salam and Abdul-Rahman.
American counterterrorism officials have alleged Abdul Salam made the transition from propaganda to operational terrorist. Pakistani media reported that he directed several major terrorist attacks in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. He reportedly served as a link between Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other militant groups after moving to Pakistan by relaying messages and handling finances and other logistical matters for the groups.
In December 2012 after Abdul Salam was killed, the Pakistani Taliban claimed that it carried out a raid against Pakistani military forces, killing three, in Karachi in retaliation for his death.
Additional Background
Abdul Salam grew up in Texas and attended top tier schools, including a private boarding school in Connecticut and the University of Texas. His mother is the co-chairwoman of a local multicultural outreach foundation and his brother travels the country trying to correct misunderstanding about Islam.


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holtlabs needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 76 designs submitted by 31 freelance designers.
The group is called "Run Women Run!" We need a logo that displays the group's political purpose, but also has a SLIGHT feminine touch. We want the colors to be mainly blue, purple, and white. Other than that, we're very open to ideas, we'll give feedback as designs come in.
Run Women Run!
Our mission statement:
Run Women Run! is San Diego County's intergenerational, multicultural, and multi-issue grassroots membership organization dedicated to increasing women's participation in the political process. By building a women's political power base we are working toward achieving equality for all women. Run Women Run! recruits, trains, and supports pro-choice women candidates for elective and appointive office. In addition to endorsing these candidates and contributing to their campaigns, Run Women Run! provides campaign training and technical assistance for candidates and campaign managers. Members provide crucial hands-on volunteer assistance in candidates' campaigns.
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Swagbucks Book Club – Whodunit?
Welcome to the Swagbucks Book Club. Today we start 2013 with selecting our book for this month. The Mystery genre was the runaway winner so I've taken some of your suggestions and added a few of my own. Below you will find descriptions of 5 whodunits with a poll for your voting pleasure buried underneath, just like a dead body.
And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie: Ten people are invited to an island for the weekend. Although they all harbor a secret, they remain unsuspecting until they begin to die, one by one, until eventually … there are none. Panic ensues when the diminishing group realizes that one of their own number is the killer. A perfect combination of thriller and detective story, this much-copied plot is Christie's greatest technical achievement.
A Time To Kill – John Grisham: The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own outraged hands. For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life–and then his own.
Ghost At Work – Carolyn Hart: Bailey Ruth Raeburn has always been great at solving mysteries. Why should a little thing like her death change anything? In fact, being dead gives her more of an opportunity to be on top of events. Bailey Ruth is delighted that her unique position as a ghost makes it possible for her to lend a helping hand, sometimes seen and sometimes not. And if anybody needs a little help, it's Kathleen, the pastor's wife. There's a dead man on her porch, and once the body is discovered, the pastor is sure to become a suspect. Uncharitable people might call it meddling, but Bailey Ruth knows Kathleen needs her help! As a member of Heaven's Department of Good Intentions, Bailey Ruth goes back to earth to extricate Kathleen from a dire situation. If Bailey Ruth has to bend a few rules to help Kathleen save her family, Wiggins, her fussbudget supervisor, will make sure it all turns out right in the end.
The Valley Of Fear – Arthur Canon Doyle: The novel concerns the real-life activities of the secret Irish organization, the "Molly Maguires", and of Pinkerton agent James McParland who investigated them. Divided into two parts, the novel is first concerned with Sherlock Holmes investigation of an apparent murder victim whose identity is mistaken and secondly with the story of the man originally thought to be the murder victim.
The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler: Chandler's first novel, published in 1939, introduces Philip Marlowe, a 38-year-old P.I. moving through the seamy side of Los Angeles in the 1930s. This classic case includes as characters a paralyzed California millionaire, his two psychotic daughters, plus blackmail, murder, corrupt wealth, secret vices, family scandal, and more.
Which will it be? Voting is open until midnight Sunday, January 6th.
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions, 2013 looks to be a great year!


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Pierre Police Get Permission to Thin Urban Deer
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The state Game, Fish and Parks Department has given Pierre police permission to kill 20 deer within city limits this year.
KCCR radio reports the city's Deer Management Task Force made the recommendation to thin the herd.
Twenty deer is the lowest number in the six years the city has been reducing the urban deer herd to cut down on property damage and vehicle accidents.
The deer carcasses will be made available to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Some time in the near future, an heretofore unkown virus has swept North West Asia's mines. The disease first appears in regions suffering increased frigid temps and seismic activity. A first mutation of the virus had symptoms come on within a week of exposure. The infected lived as long as a month before subsuming to the illness. This early stage of disease had corpses neuro-systems continuing to fire well beyond death. Bodys would twitch until the brain was severed from the corpse.
It wasn't until the disease mutated that bodies actually came back to life...at first taking an hour before a reanimated corpse could move about on its own. within the week of the first bodies getting up and moving, the process took on rapid development....moments after the heart stopped, the virus took over. This marking what many feel is the real start of the zombie plague.
It wasn't before long after that the disease took on its full potential, passing by direct contact with bodily fluids. At this point the virus worked more quickly--infected dying and transforming within days.
At this point China had already been working to contain the problem.
Politically isloated and paranoid, Chinese officials began a simple quarantine, focusing on infield testing, trying to resolve the issue alone and without informing its citizens. The revelation of not only massive casualities, but the rampart infection sparked a general panic.
The quarentine exposed months too late, the global outcry, misled by media blitz, only complicated matters as the true figures came into the open. The panic spread to the rest of Europe as contagion seemed unlikely. And meanwhile the Americas calimed to have a better grip on its situation, leading to a general misconception of "business as usual" for the citizenry and economy.
Att his point, the only country accepting international flights (after extensive screening and quarentine) and continuing up until the first major riots in cities some six months ago. Making it the only choice country for the UN summit and subsequent arms exhibition. And yet everyone ignored the elephant in the corner.
A contingen of vaccines recommended for the virus was then mistakenly distributed. At this point the Virsus as currently known evolved. This final generation had shown remarkable changes, adopting characteristics of its previous parentage. What it meant was a disease feeding specifically on the human populace--the rest of the animal kingdom safe.
We are hence three months after the final collapse of civilization. A few territorial governments stand as their own dead people rise in a chaotic revolution. Martial rule reigns supreme in most major cities while some crazies have adopted the surrounding madness as their kigndom.
Oh, the legions of slow moving, but determined zombies...
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Having spent the last few years pondering the coming onslaught, we've each long prepared for this very kind of thing.
Until the very end, players are able to access the security arms website until dedicated land lines die. As dedicated members, we each receive a missive from TJ: he's going into hiding but leaving the forum PM system up for players to communicate with each other.
As Security Arms grand elder, he has developed a base of operations out of Nevada for the foundation of Neo-Sparta.
Remov, and his military connections, have established an underground network to reuniting with the Americas unit.
The final destination for all groups is the heretofore theorized Neo Sparta.
The world is in ruins, no one person in charge-- most civilized nations are still managing some control in fortified cities, but most metropolises like New York and Paris are tangled nests for the undead.
There are fellow neo Spartans out there-- but beware. Deadhead hordes aren't your only enemy-- some places regard the NS movement a terrorist organization bent on capitalizing during the chaos.
Alot of military bases are abandoned or destroyed-- some gutted by survivors, or homes to their dead soldiers. Otherplaces are staging grounds for the few pockets of sanity trying to help everyone by, others are facist compounds leeching what they can out of a failing world and frightened populace.
Supplies are limited, restricted in some areas, and in short demand all over. Arm yourself for what you can expect to get on the run. And expect to keep running.
Some people will try to help along the way, others will slow you down...in some places the citizens themselves will be out to get you. And some people are trapped just like you...
Be smart about how you travel, what you carry, and what you'll evenutally need-- orbiting satellite connections and random wifi pockets will most likely be your only chance for contacting the outside world.
Little is known about isolated countries in oceans-- the rumor is Australia's a Z-free country.
Players will receive a message including the encrypted coordinates for Neospartan installments.
You do not have to isolate yourself to your present geographical location and may start anywhere you want in the world....within reason. Everyone is expected to try to team up with another person besides an NPC (non-player character).
The option is available to play in the U.S. for our European and South American compatriots-- if you live outside of the country, and wish to, you can request to play with the U.S. members, I'll come up with an excuse for you to be in country when TSHTF.
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Civic Leader Norma Adams to Speak at John Sherman Cooper Lecture
Norma Adams, retired lawyer and civic leader, will be the guest speaker at the 9th Annual John Sherman Cooper Lecture to be held in the Citizens National Bank Community Room of the Harold Rogers Student Commons located on the Somerset Campus of Somerset Community College on Tuesday, October 29, at 2:00 p.m. Admission is free and the public is invited. Refreshments will be served. The SCC Somerset North Campus is located at 808 Monticello Street in Somerset.
Norma Adams graduated from the University Of Kentucky College of Law in 1953. During her years as a law student she was a member of the Kentucky Law Journal Staff, serving as Business Manager (1951-1952 and Note Editor (1952- 1953). She married Attorney Charles Adams, and they established the law firm of Adams and Adams in Somerset in 1954. That firm has continued until the present now Adams and Venters.
Adams served in many civic organizations in Somerset and on various boards including the former Advisory Board of Somerset Community College and served as President of the University of Kentucky Law Alumni Association (1979-1980). She was the first woman nominated by the Judicial Nominating Committee for service on the Kentucky Supreme Court, and although she was not appointed and failed to win the election for that position, she values the experience of running a 28 county race. She was a member of the original Board of Directors of Leadership Kentucky.
An avid supporter of Education Reform in Kentucky, Adams has served as a member and director of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence since 1985; director of the Advocates for Higher Education since 1989, serving as its Chair from 1994-1997 prior to the passage of the Higher Education Reform Act. She served as a member and Chair of the Council on Postsecondary Education and a member of the Higher Education Nominating Committee. She also served as the Public Member of The Executive Committee of SACS (The Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools).
Her friendship with Senator and Mrs. Cooper began through her close friendship with Senator Coopers sister-in-law, Cornelia Cooper, and his brother, the late Richard E. Cooper, who have been avid supporters of Somerset Community College.
After the death of her husband and many good friends, Norma moved back to Lexington to enjoy her remaining college friends. She says that although she grew up in Western Kentucky and now lives in Lexington, Somerset will always be her home. She has four children, six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
About John Sherman Cooper
Cooper was born in Somerset on August 23, 1901. He graduated from public schools. He attended Centre College in Danville, but graduated from Yale College in 1923. Cooper attended Harvard Law School from 1923-1925, admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1928 and then set up his law practice in Somerset.
Cooper was elected to the Kentucky Legislature in 1928. He served as judge of Pulaski County from 1930 to 1938. Cooper was a veteran and served in World War II and rose to the rank of captain in the Army. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1946 and served until 1949. He was elected to the Senate a second time from 1952 to 1955. On Nov. 6, 1956 Cooper was elected a third time to the Senate and was reelected in 1960 and 1966. His Senate service ended on January 3, 1973 when he declined to run for reelection.
Cooper was also a member of the board of trustees of the University of Kentucky from
1935-1946, served as a delegate to the United Nations, and was appointed
Ambassador to India, Nepal and the German Democratic Republic. He died on February 21, 1991 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
The inaugural Cooper Lecture was given by Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell in
August 2005. At that time McConnell said, One of the greatest senators in Kentucky history, and certainly the greatest of my adult lifetime, is John Sherman Cooper. He stood fast for what he believed was right, no matter how large the opposition or great the cost. He taught me how to be a senator. And he taught everyone who knew him the value of integrity, forthrightness and moral character.


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The Other Shore follows world record holder and legendary swimmer Diana Nyad as she comes out of a thirty-year retirement to re-attempt an elusive dream: swimming 103 miles non-stop from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage. Her past and present collide in her obsession with a feat that nobody has ever accomplished. At the edge of The Devil's Triangle, tropical storms, sharks, venomous jellyfish, and one of the strongest ocean currents in the world, all prove to be life-threatening realities. Timothy Wheeler's documentary brings Diana Nyad's extraordinary adventure to life as Diana sets out to prove that will and determination are all you need to make the unimaginable possible.
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Anthology Magazine gets all Jungalow
When the lovely Meg Mateo Ilasco, Creative Director of Anthology Magazine approached me about photographing the Jungalow, I'm pretty sure my heart visibly jumped a little bit out of my chest. Anthology is one of my very favorite print magazines and the aesthetic, voice and feel is right up my handmade/thrifty/worldly ally. Issue number 6 debuted last week it was SO much fun to see and read the article (written by editor in chief Anh-Minh Le – who is really f-cking cool BTW) about our little crazy abode. (Not to mention all of the other great home features, DIY projects, adorable graphics etc…)
When Teri Lyn Fisher (photographer) and Britni Wood (stylist) came over one sunny morning this past fall to shoot the Jungalow, I really wasn't too sure what to expect. I am so used to doing everything on my own–from styling to picture taking etc. that it was at once frightening and exhilarating to have other (albeit super-talented) folks capture my home in the way that they saw it.
Ultimately, everything about the piece–from the written word, to the photos and the styling–does an amazingly good job of telling my story. I am so happy, grateful and honored to be a part of this publication. If you aren't familiar with Anthology Magazine, check out their site, and then pick or a subscription or snag a copy at West Elm or Anthropologie.
For additional images, please check out this post on the Anthology blog.
23 responses to "Anthology Magazine gets all Jungalow"
Boy oh boy! I am so excited to see your latest home in detail, J! Your old place in AT's BBOSCS was always a have so this is bound to be also, especially as I see we both have that lovely Zebra head made by artisans in Haiti. Can't wait to get my mitts on my copy! :)
awww thank you Will! you are always so supportive!
Gangster! The Jungalow is one of my all-time top places to hang in LA. Indeed an eclectic urban oasis… with mad style & super positive vibes. Loves it! Nice one, Tina. XO, s
Thanks Homie. Come over anytime! The jungalow needs a little Hustle in its muscle!
Oh myyyyyy – I LOVE it. Your home looks so amazing, Justina. What a creative and inspiring home! Great work, Justina!!
Your home is so full of life.
just gorgeous justina!!
Yum! Delicious Jungalow joy!! BRava! Love it. Love it!
Will you ever stop being amazing? I had convinced myself I was through with Anthology Magazine – it's kind of expensive and hard to find in my area. Most importantly, somehow always felt a little left out when I read it. Your spread just made me feel welcome! Thanks, Justina & Congratulations!!
So much fun reading this comment. Thank you for your kind words– you totally warmed my heart!
Oh my goodness!!!! This is just so exciting! Those photos are FAN-TASTIC. Well deserved. Slash I need a subscription to Anthology…
congrats! It looks lovely. I need to pick up a copy. I'll take print over digital any day of the week.
just my jam. love all of the succulents creepin' out of their little pots and all of the prints are so perfect. love it.
looks great! congrats!
eeeks! so exciting to see it, justina! congrats again. :)
looks like i'm going to have to go and buy a copy…yay!
Thanks j! It's cool to see shit in print huh? It's a great issue– lots of eye candy!
Oh my gosh, your place is AMAZING. Your bedroom = perfection. And I may have to fly over from Australia just to steal the cushions on your couch ;) Congrats xx
You're a sweetheart. Thank you! But you could just as easily fly to Turkey and go crazy at the GrandBazaar like i did. he he. not to say you're not welcome at the Jungalow– you are!
woohoo, this is awesome! You and your jungalow deserve all the press!
I just stumbled to your blog… and it is amazing…. got to come back for more from ur side bar….. congratulations on ur success!
I adore your home! I've just been reading the new Anthology and yours is a stand out. House plants rule!
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DWTS 13, Week 9 (semifinals): So long to Hope Solo?
Last night on "Dancing with the Stars," there were some surprises and some heroics. At the end of the evening, Ricki Lake and Derek Hough were the top scoring team after three dances with 67 points. In second was Robert Kardashian and Cheryl Burke with 65 points.
With the final four, we only two locals: Los Angeles-born reality TV personality Rob Kardashian who attended USC and current Los Angeles resident Ricki Lake.
Lake was born in Hastings-on-Hudson in New York, but after her divorce, she had moved to Los Angeles. In September of 2010, her rented Malibu home burned down although she escaped without injury. In a way, Lake is exactly like the character who made her famous, Tracy Turnblad, a heavyset girl who could dance. She's about 30 pounds lighter now and can she dance!
Lake and Hough scored a perfect 30 for their saucy samba. Kardashian and Burke got a 10 from judge Carrie Ann Inaba who must have been impressed by the butt shaking. Their samba performance tied them with J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff who also scored a 28.
This week in the Argentine tango, they tied for second with J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff. However, Kardashian's routine had more actual dance content. Also DWTS allows lifts in the Argentine tango, at the local Emerald Ball competition, no lifts are allowed in that dance.
Martinez and Smirnoff had little footwork and it was mostly stunts (lifts, dips and other tricks). The judges noted that for a non-dancer to perform such lifts was a real accomplishment, but that isn't really what Argentine tango is about.
Los Angeles professional Argentine tango dancers Sandor and Parissa performed (along with DWTS pros Tony Dovolani, Kym Johnson, Kiki Nyemcheck, Sasha Faber, Oksana Dmytrenko, Anna Trebunskaya), but it was essentially stunt after stunt and didn't give the audience any idea of the more nuanced aspects of the dance. Kardashian's routine had more actual dance content than Martinez's.
Hope Solo might have had difficulty with the higher Latin heel if she was using them, but her Argentine tango routine was also a series of tricks and without smooth transitions. Yet doing lifts and tricks with shoulder pain isn't easy.
Kardashian and Burke were the top team in the cha cha cha relay and were also the last couple to perform.
Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy were the lowest scoring team of the night. Solo's frame isn't good–her shoulders are always forward and she still seems uncomfortable in heels. Both J.R. Martinez and Solo have problems with flexed feet but Solo's is one that is more obvious.
Yet one must give credit to both Solo and Martinez. Martinez twisted his ankle badly on Saturday and yet soldiered through three routines without whining. Imagine Chaz Bono doing that. Solo has an old shoulder injury which she feels every time she's holding a dance frame and had to take some pain management shots.
- Ricki Lake & Derek Hough : 30+29+8=67
- Robert Kardashian & Cheryl Burke : 28+27=10=65
- J.R. Martinez & Karina Smirnoff : 23+27+6=56
- Hope Solo & Maksim Chmerkovskiy : 21+24+4=49
Ricki Lake as a winner would also be a triumph for a woman of a certain age and a heavier frame. And we love that fellow USC graduate Kardashian is showing how much confidence dancing can bring.
We hope the two locals, Lake and Kardashian, make it to the finals along with J.R. Martinez.


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- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
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Heat olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add the almonds and garlic. Cook, stirring often, until they are golden, four to five minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add the ham, stir well, and cook until just beginning to render, about 1 minute. Add the poatoes, and cook, stirring frequently, until sizzling, about a minute longer. Add stock and 1 tablespoon salt and increase heat to high. Bring to a boil over high heat, and then reduce heat to a simmer.
Meanwhile, transfer the almonds and garlic to a food processor, and process until they are finely ground. Set aside two tablespoons of the mixture. Add the rest of it to the saucepan and stir well. Place saffron in a small bowl and add two tablespoons warm water. Allow to steep for 1 to 2 minutes, then add to saucepan.
Cover soup with lid left open a crack and simmer until about half of the potatoes have disintegrated into the soup, about 35 minutes. Stir in the vinegar and the remaining two tablespoons of the almond and garlic mixture. Cook for another minute, and then remove from heat. Season with more salt and pepper to taste. Serve the soup with slices of country bread.
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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) announced Monday that he will introduce legislation to roll back immunity guarantees for gun manufacturers and sellers.
The Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act will counteract the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, or PLCAA, which was passed in 2005 and provides licensed manufacturers, distributors and dealers of firearms immunity in state and federal court from most civil negligence and liability cases.
According to Schiff, his bill would allow for civil cases, giving a real incentive for gun sellers and manufacturers to act responsibly.
"Good gun companies don't need special protection from the law, and bad companies don't deserve it," Schiff said in a statement
The PLCAA shields gun manufacturers and sellers from lawsuits even when they are selling hundreds of weapons to middle-men who turn around and sell those guns with no background checks.
"Other industries across our country don't enjoy this protection under the law -- from pharmaceutical firms to automotive manufacturers or even cigarette companies -- and it's inexcusable for Congress to give the NRA and gun manufacturers a blank check," Schiff said.
His bill would change the law so that victims will be able to discover and introduce evidence of negligence and allow courts to actually hear their cases.
Schiff, a former federal prosecutor, currently serves on the Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force and is gathering co-sponsors for the bill this week, according to his office.
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The League of Women Voters devotes these pages to a special call for action by the next Administration on four priority issues: climate change, which threatens our environment, our economy and public health; our health care system, which currently leaves 47 million Americans uninsured, while wreaking havoc on the economy because of skyrocketing costs; our immigration system, which has not addressed the status of 12 million unauthorized immigrants living and working in the United States and is incapable of dealing with either legal or illegal immigration; and the growing inequality in wealth and incomes that threatens the very fabric of our society, turning the United States into a land where the rich keep getting richer and everyone else struggles just to get by. The League believes significant progress is possible on each of these four issues. It's time to stop the partisanship and political wrangling. It's time for real action to build a better, stronger America.
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"What if I told you God is gay? / Do you think belligerent Bible-belters / Would still holler hate speech to the hilltops / In his name?"
So begins the poem "God Is Gay," by a straight, Christian college student whose slam performance of the work has become a hit on YouTube, with nearly 80,000 views so far.
Elliot Darrow, a student at the University of North Carolina, performed the poem in the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in April, and video of his appearance was posted to YouTube in May, but it's had a recent spike in viewings.
Darrow, who grew up Presbyterian but is not affiliated with a specific denomination now, says he wrote the poem to challenge antigay religious views. "I've seen so many people, in my mind, misuse the Bible to preach not necessarily hatred, but just ignorance toward people who are of other preferences," he told Time magazine's Swampland blog. "I want to show that regardless of how someone identifies, God wants to love them, and God does love them."
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text: On Mar 31, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Bill Broadley wrote: > Mikhail Kuzminsky wrote: >> In message from Kilian CAVALOTTI <kilian.cavalotti.work at gmail.com> >> (Tue, >> 31 Mar 2009 10:27:55 +0200): >>> ... >>> Any other numbers, people? >> >> I beleive there is also a bit other important numbers - prices for >> Xeon >> 55XX and system boards ;-) > > www.siliconmechanics.com has system pricing, I'm sure there are > tons of others. > >> I didn't see prices on pricegrabber, for example. >> Is there some price information available ? > > If you want parts, newegg has some, the E5520 is $379.99. > Comeon that thing is just 2.28 Ghz. In itself an i7 is not faster than core2 of course, as long as it goes about the core itself (if you need just RAM bandwidth, and not too much RAM, then heh it's time to rewrite your thing to GPU hardware, as those deliver 10x more RAM bandwidth than i7 does). It does scale better at 8 cores, just as good as AMD now and nearly as good as itanium in scaling, but that doesn't compensate for clockspeed. Additionally turboboost might take care that when running 8 cores WITH turboboost, intel doesn't garantuee that the processor runs correctly as it should, this where this turboboost is the thing taking care it leads testsets (it autooverclocks 8 cores for benchmarks, yet somehow it doesn't manage to overclock of course what we can test ourselves, so there is 200+ Mhz difference in results at least, explaining why it seems faster than core2 yet isn't). I didn't see intel do an official statement yet regarding what it garantuees when turboboost has been turned on. Also note that the E5520 is 80 watt TDP and the L5520 is 60 watt TDP. So displaying publicly the L5520, yet in reality majority of sales gonna be E5520 is something we saw before. If you look on ebay for example the E5420 (2.5Ghz core2 Xeon, 80 watt TDP) you can get for total peanuts. $200 is no exception. Yet the L5420 is really expensive still and i bet very few have been produced of them. I could find 1 cluster in New Zealand equipped with those L5420s, but i didn't really look hard. > The S7010 tyan (dual socket nehalem server motherboard) is $389.99. > > I have to say that I'm surprised at the number of Nehalem chips > released > (around 11 for dual sockets) and the pricing seems surprisingly low > for a new > release. > It's too expensive for their low clockspeeds. Considering that selling new hardware now is not so easy, one should offer things cheap. Basically if you have software that needs massive system time (so not some sort of stupid benchmark), that is a lot faster at the E55xx series than at the E54xx series, then you should consider optimizing your software first. Latency to RAM is worse, bandwidth improved. Now i'm not gonna complain about L3 cache size being 50% tinier or so than L2 was. L2/L3 size just matters for spec workloads a tad, far away from reality in short; As far as i know not for scientific crunching codes how as that they get used in reality. So yes from architecture viewpoint the cpu is a huge improvement (on die L3 cache, on die memory controller, and DDR3 memory), from a lot of other viewpoints it is hardly an improvement. Intels strong point always has been the clock at which they manage to clock their cpu to. Last few years they have added to that the huge advantage of their compiler to it, which really is supporting their CPU's well. Yet intel still has to release a quad socket capable cpu (maybe 15 april huh?), AMD already has that. AMD clocks that one at 2.7Ghz which i don't think much, yet this Xeon dual socket capable cpu, some sites mention the X5570 which intel lists as 95 watt. Listing you can see here in the processor finder: http:// processorfinder.intel.com Intel lists the E5540 which is 2.53Ghz, the L5540 doesn't exist. Now i don't want to look like someone who complains too much, but i was under the impression that we had entered the quadcore xeon production era years ago with the E54xx and L54xx series. I see the i7 Nehalem as a very tiny step from intel. What we do see is that AMD nowadays clocks higher than intel for production cpu's. Intel is 2.53Ghz versus AMD 2.7Ghz. Intels tdp for the E5540 is 80 watt AMD's tdp for the opteron 2384 is 75 watt The question we should ask is what's better to us, considering that majority of production runs at clusters gets done with GCC compiled software. Really, 95% at least, even at itanium hardware where the intel c++ really is factor 2 faster in some cases, yet of course tougher to garantuee that your code runs bugfree with. Seen from that viewpoint i don't think it a big improvement. > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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April 30 (Reuters) - CVS Caremark Corp is set to
provide pharmacy benefit and other services for 1.1 million
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield members starting next year, a
deal that could represent about $1 billion in annual spending on
medications and boost CVS' profit by a penny per share, an
industry analyst said.
The three-year contract is the latest win for CVS Caremark,
which has been gaining ground with its combined approach of
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This year stands to be a busy one for the healthcare sector
as the United States prepares for 30 million people to join the
ranks of insured patients under the Affordable Care Act, or
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CareFirst announced the contract, which begins on Jan. 1,
2014, in a statement issued on Monday. It said the contract
covers its commercial and Medicare Part D members.
The deal could add about 1 penny per share to CVS Caremark's
earnings in 2014, JP Morgan analyst Lisa Gill said on Tuesday.
CareFirst said that it expects to see substantial savings in
prescription drug costs, and would reflect those savings in its
subscribers' premiums.
"As federal health reform begins to fully take effect, we
are heading into a challenging environment in which meeting our
members pharmacy needs - and doing so cost efficiently - is more
important than ever," CareFirst President and Chief Executive
Chet Burrell said.
Pharmacy benefits managers, or PBMs, such as CVS Caremark
administer drug benefits for employers and health plans and run
mail order pharmacies. CVS also operates its namesake stores.
Gill said that CVS displaced Argus with the contract win.
DST Systems Inc, which owns Argus Health Systems,
could not be reached immediately for comment on Tuesday.
CareFirst, an independent licensee of Blue Cross and Blue
Shield, offers services in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and
Northern Virginia. The not-for-profit says that it is the
largest health care insurer in the Mid-Atlantic region and its
members include more than 577,000 members in the Federal
Employees Health Program.
CareFirst's deal with CVS Caremark "may indicate that large
health plans are more comfortable with the capabilities and
product suite of the larger PBMs as a means to drive
prescription drug savings," Gill wrote in a note to clients.
CVS Caremark was not immediately available to comment. The
company is set to report its quarterly results on Wednesday.