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Decide where your garden will grow. If you live on 50 acres of land in Iowa, the options are endless. But even if you have just a small square of concrete out back, don't be deterred. Here are the three most popular choices.
The Ground
The most adorable technique (since you don't have to purchase containers or soil), growing straight in the dirt offers the benefits of organisms that will help your garden thrive in the long run. "The earthworms and other soil life are already present," Jessica Walliser, coauthor of "Grow Organic," explains -- and they'll work to break down other animal and plant matter into nutrients as well as aerate your soil. While ground growing requires more work upfront, it's worth it in the end because you'll have healthier soil for years to come.
Ideally, you want an airy loam, or well-draining soil that comprises sand, silt, clay, and compost, the ultimate organic gardener's tool. Most backyards have a ratio that leans heavily to one side -- too much sand, for instance, or a gooey clay mess. You can't change what's there, but you can improve the way everything binds together. To do that, clear out a plot of grass (if your garden will be in a yard). Then, using a shovel or rotary tiller, a motorized device with blades used for turning the soil, work compost into the soil.
Raised Bed
This is the way to go if your existing soil isn't up to snuff and you'd like to start planting right away. Construct your bed in any shape you like, using materials like brick, untreated wood, or stone as a border. Don't make the bed too wide (you need to reach the middle), and be sure the border -- and therefore the depth -- is 16 inches high to allow roots to grow. Fill the bed with soil and compost.
Container Gardening
If you lack a backyard, stick to containers. With the exception of some root crops and asparagus, most vegetables grow just fine in them. Tomatoes, green onions, peppers, beans, lettuce, and squash all fare particularly well.
Look for varieties bred to grow in confined spaces, such as Patio tomatoes, Topcrop green beans, and Bibb lettuce. As for what size container you need, Michael Guerra, permaculture expert and author of "The Edible Container Garden," suggests using large ones (think whiskey barrel), which allow for companion planting (more on that in a moment) and greater reserves of food and water. Small pots dry out quickly and don't allow space for roots to grow. Whatever size you choose, make sure the container has holes at its base to allow for drainage.
Great Green Gardening Books
Guide to Composting
6 Year-Round Vegetables
10 Quick Organic Gardening Tips
Start simply with what you like, but remember that climate and pests will influence your success. Contact your local cooperative extension office, part of a national agricultural education network, to see what types of vegetables grow well in your area.
Seeds Versus Seedlings
Seeds are cheap and come in a diverse range of varieties, but you may need to start them indoors at least a few weeks before the last frost date -- the date when chances are slim to none that the ground will freeze again. This may mean as early as March.
Seedlings can be planted directly in your garden. Each vegetable has its own set of instructions; you'll find basic planting guidelines on the seed packets, or, for seedlings, ask the garden center.
Companion Plants
When placed in proximity, some companion plants actually help their neighbors grow by enriching the soil and repelling pests, which helps you avoid fertilizers and pesticides.
Legumes, such as peas and beans, convert atmospheric nitrogen (one of the chemical elements necessary for plant growth) into a form that nearby crops can use. Culinary herbs (chives, basil, mint) and vegetables like onions emit a heavy fragrance that can distract or repel pests away from your veggies. Other flowering plants, such as marigolds, can be toxic to unwanted insects.
Companion plants, especially nectar-rich sunflowers, can attract beneficial insects. These "good bugs," which include ladybugs, lacewings, and ground beetles, feast on the "bag bugs" (slugs, aphids, mites) that destroy plants.
Quality, Not Quantity
While you want to plant a little more than you'll need -- garden pests, disease, or poor germination may cut into your harvest -- overdo it and you'll have too much on your plate. A zucchini plant, for instance, can produce 3 to 9 pounds of fruit in a single season, and while this vegetable is indeed delicious, there's only so much of it you (or your family and neighbors) can eat.
Of course, if you're the plan-ahead type, you'll want to freeze or can your produce so it will last through the winter. For more on how to do the latter, visit the USDA's Complete Guide to Home Canning.
"Mulch is anything that's applied to the soil surface to cut down on weeding and watering, and to stabilize temperature," explains Walliser. Almost any kind will work, from autumn leaves to newspaper, even black plastic. A mulch made of organic matter, such as hay, grass clippings, or tree bark, will slowly decompose, providing additional nutrients to the soil while improving its structure. Make sure you thoroughly weed your planting area before spreading mulch, and take extra care not to place anything on top of seeds or seedlings.
Most plants require about an inch of water a week, whether it comes from the hose or from rainfall. New plants, plants beginning to yield fruit or vegetables, and shallow-rooted species require more moisture; those in shady areas can get by with less.
A soaker hose, which has small pores that allow water to gently seep out, provides an effective, ecofriendly way to satisfy thirsty plants. It conserves water (which goes directly in the dirt rather than evaporates into the air) and keeps plant leaves dry, making them less susceptible to fungus. If you use a regular garden hose, be sure to soak the soil thoroughly, aiming for the ground, not the foliage. Water in the morning or late afternoon instead of midday, when the sun is highest, as most of that water will evaporate.
While you can find organic herbicides for sale at garden stones, your best strategy is the old-fashioned way: pulling weeds out by hand. Get them early, before they establish themselves, and make sure you grab the roots along with the leaves.
Put It to Bed
At the end of the season, once the cooler months of autumn start rolling in and your plants have given forth all their fruit, it's time to pull them out and prepare the garden for the winter.
Barbara Damrosh, author of "The Garden Primer," recommends spreading a layer of compost of well-rotted manure on the ground after the plants have been pulled out. Both dressings will work themselves into the soil as it goes through the cycles of freeze and thaw in the colder months. When spring rolls around, a light raking will help mix them in further -- and you're ready to go for another season.
Great Green Garden Resources
Guide to Composting
6 Seasonal All-Star Vegetables
10 Quick Organic Gardening Tips
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I just read your post about the new scientist article. I'm not an economist, but it seems your argument against their assertion forgets one thing. My apple is grown in Washington, your banana is grown in Central America, a great deal of resource goes into transporting those two products to their respective markets. Am I not seeing something here??
No, you're seeing too much. Ordinarily in economics, a good thing. The assertion made by the non-scientists at the New Scientist (maybe that's why they're new scientists?) is that economic growth always requires consumption of resources. In order to prove them wrong, I only need to show that economic growth can happen without consumption of resources.
Yes, resources were consumed transporting the apple and banana to the same location. That was economic growth. However, when you and I trade our bananas and apples, we're in the same location. No more resources will be consumed than have already been consumed. Yet when we trade, we grow economically. No resources consumed in *that* trade, which is my point. Resources do not need to be consumed to have economic growth.
In case the appleness and banananess are confusing you, consider the case where somebody needs coins for a vending machine that doesn't take bills. They take a bill and ask somebody for change. They get the change, so they're better off. Somebody else gets a bill which they value equally to the change. They bothered to make the change because being nice has intrinsic value to them.


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There have been a rash of burglaries on our quiet suburban street, and the neighbors are whispering suspicions in front of our kids. Who was that dark man in the white car parked outside your house the other morning? It was my brother-in-law, actually, and we were going for a nice suburban jog through these quiet suburban streets. Oh, okay, they say. We should all keep an eye out. Yes, we should. Thank you, I say.
I have a son who is an obsessive worrier. He's also too smart to fool. The what ifs fire rapidly. What if someone breaks into our house? What if they steal our car? What if they kidnap me? What if they hurt me? What if…? It will be okay. It won't happen. I promise you it won't happen. Your dad and I would never let that happen. "But it's always a possibility," he says, effectively dismantling any assurance I could ever offer. That night, he runs screaming into our bed in the dark, early morning. I wrap my arms around him and rub his back and he settles into sleep. The next night, he does not want to go to bed, but we convince him that it will be okay. When he's finally asleep, I sneak in and make sure the blinds are closed tight, that no lurker could see him if they tried.
All of this is to say that I am going to work and I am caring for my children, and I am not spending my days thinking mean thoughts about my stepmother or her son, my half-brother, Jaden.
My father was looking for a babysitter so he can spend a weekend with one of his lady friends. He is at my house for a visit this morning when my stepmother texts him. She doesn't want my little brother to stay at my house. She is worried that I hate him, that I will be mean to him, that I think I am a better parent. The bar is set very low on that last one. I do not abuse my children. I do not hit my children with high heel shoes, or make them kneel on gravel, or tell them they are worthless, or force them to hug their uncle who touches them inappropriately, so, yes, at the very least, I am a little bit better. "I am concerned," she says. She is concerned that I will damage him. Oh, the irony! I love my brother Jaden. I am only ever kind to him. He's not even two years older than my eldest.
I interact with this woman a few times a year. I send her a text message on her birthday. I send her a card when her mother dies. It takes a tremendous effort to squeeze out these tiny kindnesses. This woman was physically and emotionally abusive to me for my entire childhood, and I have managed to say hello and even I love you and continued to call her Mom instead of Lucy at the biannual family gatherings.
For some reason, this was it. We are finished. Here is the dictionary definition of write-off: "an elimination of an item from the books of account." Lucy, consider yourself written off.
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The Santa's real name? Brad Luddeke, a 52-year-old former volunteer fire fighter from Arlington, Texas, who was in costume as he delivered toys to kids in need. Not only did he save the motorists, he then directed traffic until police reached the scene.
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All three women whose bodies were found wrapped in trash bags last weekend in East Cleveland have been identified, CNN has confirmed after speaking with their families. They are Angela Deskins, Shirellda Terry and Shetisha Sheeley.
Earlier, the identification of Sheeley, 28, prompted her mother to plead for prayers.
The victims were at different sites a few blocks from one another.
"I don't know why this person did what they did to my daughter, but I just want everybody, just pray for me. Because this is really, really hard on me right now," Kim Sheeley told CNN affiliate WEWS. "It was really hard. It's taken a toll out of me. I don't know what else to say, but thank you all for whoever is praying for me."
Wiping away tears, she said her 25-year-old son was killed in an unrelated incident in December.
The body of Deskins, 38, was found in a garage Friday, naked with indications of trauma, police say. Sheeley's body was found second, in a field, and Terry's body was in the basement of an empty home. Both were found Saturday.
East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton believes the killings happened over 10 days and were committed by the same person.
"One of the things that makes us believe it's the same suspect is the way that they were all wrapped ... and the same concealment of each of the victims," he said. "We are dealing with a sick individual, and we have reason to believe that there might be more victims."
Michael Madison, 35, was formally charged Monday in the deaths.
The garage where Deskins was found was leased to Madison, police said. A search of his apartment found "additional evidence of decomposition" there, said Detective Sgt. Scott Gardner with the East Cleveland police.
Madison was taken into custody after a standoff at his mother's house.
East Cleveland is seven miles northeast of Cleveland.
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The United States has failed to take action to mitigate climate change thanks in part to the large number of religious Americans who believe the world has a set expiration date.
Research by David C. Barker of the University of Pittsburgh and David H. Bearce of the University of Colorado uncovered that belief in the biblical end-times was a motivating factor behind resistance to curbing climate change.
"[T]he fact that such an overwhelming percentage of Republican citizens profess a belief in the Second Coming (76 percent in 2006, according to our sample) suggests that governmental attempts to curb greenhouse emissions would encounter stiff resistance even if every Democrat in the country wanted to curb them," Barker and Bearce wrote in their study, which will be published in the June issue of Political Science Quarterly.
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Traditionally, materials selection has been limited in high-aspect-ratio micromechanical applications, due primarily to the predominance of microfabrication processes and infrastructure dedicated to silicon. While silicon has proven to be an excellent material for many of these applications, no one material can meet the needs of all applications. This is especially evident in biomedical microdevice applications, where the intrinsic brittleness of silicon limits its utility, thus illustrating the need for development of viable alternatives. Titanium is particularly promising in this regard, due to its toughness, biocompatibility, and fatigue resistance. However, lack of sufficient fabrication capability has limited its use in micromechanical systems thus far.
Recently, we reported the development of novel micromachining processes that now enable realization of this promise. These processes, based on plasma etching techniques derived from microelectronics manufacturing, provide for the first time, the capability for fabrication of complex, micrometer-scale, high-aspect-ratio structures in titanium. As such, these processes not only extend the state of the art in titanium micromachining, but also do so in a manner amenable to scaling to low-cost/high-volume manufacturing, due to the economy of scale inherent to the batch-processing paradigm of the microelectronics industry. The focus of this talk will be to detail these processes, their capabilities, and their use in the fabrication of micromechanical devices for optical, RF, and biomedical applications.
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Diagnosed with HIV in November of this year...Began Atripla 6 weeks ago in the hopes of stopping all of the swelling and pain...CD4 up to 540 with Viral Load at 150 and going lower--no negative response to medication at all. Have had swollen lymph nodes and testicular pain since diagnoses, and was treated for Orichitis (by a Urologist) and LGV (although with no sign of any anal lesions, they treated me just based on the swollen glands) with 6 weeks of Doxycycline (LGV) and Amoxicillin (Orichitis). They did find one hydrocele on each side of my testicle during an ultrasound, but they said that was nothing to worry about. Every time I would go on the antibiotics (and also the Atripla), the swelling would lessen and the pain would subside for about a month and then it would return. In that span of 4 weeks I would (and am) going back to the gym and trying and get into my regiment--and then without a doubt the month would go by and the pain and swelling would begin again. Wondering what the swelling and pain could actually be, and more importantly if it is anything I should be worried about passing on to other people?? I have been tested for every STD through Urine analysis and it comes back all clean and free of bacteria. My doctors seem to be grasping at straws with the LGV etc. and that didn't even amount to anything--but they assured me after 6 weeks of antibiotics everything should be out of my system...and it is not! I went on the Atripla in the hopes that it would get rid of this stuff and it also hasn't, and now it has me worried that there is STILL something wrong with me!!!
Thanks for reading, and sorry for the length!
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Your symptoms involving swollen glands/testicle unlikely to be related directly to the Atripla though non-specific flare-ups of swelling can be related to immune reconstitution (over time a good thing)in some patients. I have found some cases of testicular pain to be hard to diagnosis and manage and often any improvement can be slow (such as when pain was triggered by aggravated hydrocele). KH
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Being first-generation Irish American, and having grown up visiting Ireland often, I tend to have a soft spot for any news stories that come from my father's (and grandparents') home country. So when I saw an Irish company that highlighted the use of hydraulics, called EweRaise MeUp on Twitter, I had to do a little digging.
Turns out this company is a start-up from two youths, Shane Clifford and Brian Segue, who entered the Young Entrepreneur Programme, where students are charged to create a business that could help people. Clifford, who is a 17 year-old secondary school student from Colaiste na Sceilge, County Kerry, Ireland, says he plans to study mechanical engineering someday, so wanted to engineer a device that would help farmers better work with sheep.
Their idea, EweRaise MeUp, is a foot-controlled hydraulic sheep ramp that fits into a cattle crush. Instead of the farmer bending over to work with the sheep, it brings the sheep up to working level for the farmer, thus allowing the farmer to work with his sheep from a standing position, which takes the back strain out of working with sheep.
When asked why they chose hydraulics instead of a mechanical or electrical lifting mechanism, Clifford says, "We figured that anything electrical would get damp and ruined, as our project will be very exposed to the elements as it will be mainly left outdoors in a cattle crush. Our project uses a hydraulic ram to push 2 ball bearings which roll along and raise up the platform in the middle for the sheep."
Clifford says they developed this idea to make it safer for farmers so they don't have to enter the cattle crush with the sheep and also to prevent back strain. Having witnessed (and helped just a wee bit) in the dipping and dosing of sheep on an Irish farm about 12 years ago, I know exactly how much work it can be on an individual.
The movable structure will use a hydraulic foot pump, which raises the platform on the ramp by foot to a working height for the farmer. The ramps are made from box iron and covered with aluminum checker plate for a non-slip surface.
The structure includes a gate at either end of the raised platform, which restrains the sheep from going backwards and forwards. The sheep are secured on either side of the ramp by movable railings.
A standard platform easily holds four or more sheep at a time. As work is completed on each set of four, they are released and replaced by the next four from the flock which is restrained in the cattle crush.
Although they are just still in the design phase, Clifford says a local engineering company has already expressed interest in manufacturing the structure.


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Amrapali Golf Homes, Noida Extension
Amrapali Terrace Homes, Noida Extension
Amrapali Spring Meadows, Noida Extension
La Residentia, Noida Extension
Amrapali Verona Heights, Noida Extension
Amrapali Leisure Park, Noida Extension
Amrapali Cristal Homes, Sector 76, Noida
Amrapali Platinum, Sector 119, Noida
Amrapali Princely Estate, Sector 76, Noida
Amrapali Sapphire, Sector 45, Noida
Amrapali Silicon City, Sector 76, Noida
Amrapali Heartbeat City, Sector 107, Noida
Amrapali Zodiac, Sector 120, Noida
Amrapali Grande, Greater Noida
Amrapali Titanium Floors, Sec-119, Noida
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Supertech Upcountry Plots & Villas
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Supertech Night Safari Studio, Upcountry
Supertech CapeTown, Sector 74, Noida
Supertech Albaria, Noida Extension
Supertech SuperNova, 94 Noida Expressway
Supertech North Eye, Sector 74, Noida
Supertech Grand Circuit, Upcountry, Yamuna
Supertech Eco City, Sector 137, Noida
Supertech Eco Village, Noida Extension
Supertech Livingston, Crossings Republic
Supertech Apex Tower, 93A, Noida Expressway
Supertech Renessa, Sector 118, Noida
Supertech 34 Pavallion, Sector 34, Noida
Supertech Emrald Court, 93, Noida Expressway
Supertech Eco Loft, Noida Extension
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Ajnara Panorma F1 Luxury Villas
Ajnara Panorma F1 2/3 BHK Apartments
Jaypee Green Crest Homes Plots
Jaypee Kassia Apartments, Sports City
Jaypee Buddha Studios, Sports City
Jaypee Solitarian City, Sports City
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ITIL Nimbus - The Palm Village
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Supertech Night Safari Studio in Upcountry
Supertech Grand Circuit 1/2/3 BHK
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Gaur City 1, Greater Noida Extension (R2M)
Gaur City 2, Greater Noida West
Gaur Saundaryam, Noida Extension
Gaur Grandeur, Sector 119, Noida (Ready to Move)
Gaur Sports Wood, Sector 79, Noida
Gaur Yamuna City Apartments, Yamuna Eway
Gaur Yamuna City Studio Apartments
Gaur Global Village, Crossings Republic (R2M)
Gaur Valerio, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad
Gaur City Plaza Commercial, Noida Extension
Gaur Green Vista, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad
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3C Lotus Boulevard, Sec-100, Noida
3C Lotus Boulevard Especia, Sec-100, Noida3C Lotus Peak, Sec-100, Noida
3C Lotus Panache, Sec-110, Noida
3C GreenoPolis, Sector-89, Gurgaon
ATS Projects:
ATS Prestine, Sector 150, Noida
ATS One Hemlet, Sector 104, Noida
ATS Village, Sector 93, Noida Expressway (R2M)
ATS Advantage Indirapuram, Ghaziabad (R2M)
ATS Marigold, Sector 89, Gurgaon
ATS Triumph, Sector104, Gurgaon
ATS Tourmaline, Sector 109, Gurgaon
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Gulshan Vivante, Sector 137, Noida
Gulshan Ajnara Homes 121, Noida
Gulshan Emerald Heights, Vaishali
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Mahagun Mywoods, Greater Noida West
Mahagun Mezzaria, Sector 78, Noida
Mahagun Puram, NH24, Ghaziabad
Mahagun Marvella, Sector 78, Noida
Mahagun Mirabella, Sector 79, Noida
Mahagun Mantra 1, Greater Noida West
Mahagun Mascot, Crossings Republic
Mahagun Mapple, Sector 50, Noida
Mahagun Villas, Greater Noida West
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Prateek Laurel, Sector 120, Noida
Prateek Wisteria, Sector 77, Noida
Prateek Stylome, Sector 45, Noida
Prateek Edifice, Sector 107, Noida
Prateek Royal Cliff, Crossings Republic
Prateek Grand City, NH24, Ghaziabad
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Jaypee Orchards Wish Town, Wish Town
Jaypee Aman, Sector 151, Noida
Jaypee KPA-1 & KPA-2 Plots, Sec-131
Jaypee Kesington Park Apartments
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Jaypee Kalypso Court, 128 Wish Town
Jaypee Green Garden Isles, Wish Town
Jaypee Pavalion Court, 128 Wish Town
Jaypee Pavalion Heights, 128 Wish Town
Jaypee Knights Court, 128 Wish Town
Jaypee Kingswood Oriental Villa, 128,
Jaypee Green Imperial Court, 128,
Jaypee Green Kingston Boulevard 131
Jaypee Green Kallisto Town Homes
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Jaypee Klassic Heights, Wish Town
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Jaypee Sun Court, Greater Noida
Jaypee Cypress Court, Greater Noida
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Supertech Upcountry Plots & Villas
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Supertech Night Safari Studio, Upcountry
Supertech CapeTown, Sector 74, Noida
Supertech Albaria, Noida Extension
Supertech SuperNova, 94 Noida Expressway
Supertech North Eye, Sector 74, Noida
Supertech Grand Circuit, Upcountry, Yamuna
Supertech Eco City, Sector 137, Noida
Supertech Eco Village, Noida Extension
Supertech Livingston, Crossings Republic
Supertech Apex Tower, 93A, Noida Expressway
Supertech Renessa, Sector 118, Noida
Supertech 34 Pavallion, Sector 34, Noida
Supertech Emrald Court, 93, Noida Expressway
Supertech Eco Loft, Noida Extension
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Purvanchal Royal Park, Sec-137, Noida
Sikka Kaamna Green, Sec-143, Noida
Shubhkamna Tech Homes, Sec-137
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Today Homes Ridge Residency, Sec-135
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Omaxe Twin Towers, Sector 50, Noida
Omaxe Riyasat, Sector 93B, Noida
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Omaxe Royal Residency, Sector 44, Noida
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As the Memphis Police Department backlog of rape kits moves into federal court with the new year, there will be another attempt to change Tennessee laws to delay the statute of limitations in rape cases to start running when rape kits are processed.
And a Memphis rape victim whose rape kit wasn't tested for 10 years will be in Nashville pressing for the change.
More than 12,000 rape kits left untested by Memphis police investigators for 30 years will remain a law enforcement issue into the new year. That includes state legislative proposals that may delay the start of the statute of limitations on rape charges until a rape kit is tested.
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"If this exception had existed at the time that I was raped – regardless of the time it took law enforcement to try to solve the case, when they did test the evidence and found DNA, that would start the time ticking," said Meaghan Ybos, who was a teenage victim of Anthony Alliano, the man known as the Cordova rapist. Ybos was raped in 2003.
While news organizations normally do not identify sexual assault and rape victims by name, Ybos has come forward and specifically requested that her name be used.
"We never heard back from the police after I reported it. My family and I were so traumatized that we didn't pursue it," Ybos said. "We just kind of trusted them to use the evidence they had collected. … When they took me to the Rape Crisis Center, they definitely represented that whatever they found could be used to find the rapist."
In Ybos' case, testing the rape kit was of incalculable value. Her attacker wore a mask. She never saw his face.
Ybos later went to law school and worked at the Shelby County District Attorney General's office while in law school in 2010.
When Ybos learned in April 2012 of similar attacks in Cordova being attributed to a serial rapist, she demanded that police investigators reopen her still-unsolved case.
That led investigators to Alliano, who in March was sentenced to 178 years in prison after pleading guilty to a series of rapes.
Ybos says it also led to another revelation when she pushed police investigators.
"They did not solve my case," she said. "I called them and I asked them to reopen my case. … At that point, they reopened my cold case. I had kind of assumed through the years that they had just not been able to find any DNA from that test. Then the investigator said, 'We're going to send this off to Nashville.' I said, 'What do you mean send it off to Nashville?' – and then at that point I found out."
That was also when Ybos used her law school training to start looking into DNA testing delays and the Tennessee statute of limitations on rape cases, which hits the maximum at around 15 years, depending on the specific charge.
She drafted some language for a bill based on laws in other states.
"The prosecution for my rapist was still undergoing at that point, and I couldn't be as active as I would have liked to be," Ybos said of the 2013 effort in Nashville. "It just didn't go anywhere."
She will be more active in the coming legislative session. The environment surrounding the legislation will likely be different now that Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong has acknowledged an estimated 12,000 rape kits taken by third-party agencies for Memphis police over a period of three decades were never tested or processed.
Other proposals are expected in the Legislature's hopper in 2014 that would seek to establish a time limit for police agencies to test and have results from rape kits.
And more answers about why the rape kits weren't tested are likely to emerge in 2014 with a lawsuit against the city of Memphis filed in December in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
The Jane Doe lawsuit filed against the city of Memphis Dec. 19 is from an unidentified woman who was sexually assaulted numerous times in a March 2001 attack in her home by an intruder who kicked in her bedroom window as her children slept in the next room.
The night of the attack, she was taken to the Rape Crisis Center, where medical personnel took body fluid samples and put them into a Memphis Police Department rape kit as evidence for further testing and processing.
Nothing was done with the rape kit for the next 13 years, according to the lawsuit, to which the city has not yet responded.
The details are so similar to Ybos' case in some aspects that Ybos felt compelled to say she is not the plaintiff in the lawsuit.
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HP's entry into the sub-Mini-Notebook arena comes in the form of the HP 2133, a sleek-looking, brushed aluminum finished, lightweight but well built beauty. You can see the attention to detail in the engineering when you first open it up. From the sturdy hinge to the scratch resistant display and connectivity options you'll find just about everything you would expect in an ultra-mobile laptop.
For this test we were provided with an HP 2133 equipped with a 1.2 GHz VIA processor, 1 GB of memory, a 120 GB 5400 rpm SATA disk drive and an 8.9 inch screen. The standard 3-cell battery is supposed to give you up to 145 minutes (2 hours 15 minutes) of run time depending on usage. They do offer a 6-cell battery that increases your run time up to 5 hours, but we weren't provided with one.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) SP1 was the installed operating system as delivered on our test unit. Novell has recently released SP2 for SLED, and we went through the update process to give it a spin as well. HP markets this unit to the educational market which would seem to point toward college students. The unit is great for surfing the web, checking e-mail or instant messaging although the battery life with the standard 3-cell battery will be a drawback.
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text: This is getting too off-topic, so this should be the last post. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 18:57:33 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Albertson <chrisalbertson90278 at yahoo.com> To: Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org>, discuss-gnuradio at gnu.org Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] synchronizing sound cards in a cluster (fwd) This is to long, skip to last paragraph. I notice on your sig line you are at JPL. I'm cross town at The Aerospace Corporation. I think the way they handle this problem is to get a time souce and have it broadcast time signals on the network. The systems would pick up these UDP packets and mix them into the analog samples. You could also use NTP to keep the PC clocks in sync to the "few micro second" level. NTP would work very well, to the microsecond level if you could distribute a pulse per second signal to each PC. If you can give up one channel of audio. then broadcast a sine wave to all the left channels and the real signal to all the right channels, takes twice as many sound cards but in post processing to add "warp" the sound file so as to keep all the reference sine waves in phase. One more idea: This is harder and it costs you bandwidth but not a whole channel like above. Add a reference signal to your adalog signal. You will later filter this out Like above the reference signal must be delivered in phase to each sound card. Try using NTP first. With something like a GPS reciever providing a pulse per second that is distributed in phase to each PC, NTP may be able to keep the local clocks in sync at the microsecond level. We have a telemetry lab here. They mix IRIG (very stable local time source.) with the signal and record the mixture. IRIG-B is only 100 pulses per second but the local oscilatoris very stable. Some kind of atomic clock. Now days GPS can give good stable souce of time at lower cost. My opinion is the sooner a stable clock gets mixed with your data the better. More of their paths will be the same. but also the harder to do. The best an hardest is to mix a time code signal with the analog data before it is sampled. Worst case is to distribute the clock over Ethernet, use that to keep you local clock in sync using ntpd and then mix the clock with the data using software in the PC to read from the sound card and local close alternatly. Botom line is, your sampled data has to be mixed with a clock. --- Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:56:19 -0800 > From: Jim Lux <James.P.Lux at jpl.nasa.gov> > To: beowulf at beowulf.org > Subject: synchronizing sound cards in a cluster > > Anybody have any good ideas on how to synchronize the sampling from > multiple sound cards in a cluster using Ethernet as the interconnect. > The > application would grab data from the sound card (notionally at 100 > ksamples/second total, for two channels) and do a ton of signal > processing. At some point in the processing, the streams of data > need to > be shared between processors (i.e. to do beamforming), and so, needs > to be > time registered. > The bandwidth isn't a real challenge here (with, say, 16 processors, > that's > only about 32 Mbps total), nor is latency, but synchronization is. > > One can fairly easily synchronize to a millisecond over Ethernet, but > this > application needs sync to, at worst, 1 sample time (20 microseconds) > although order of a microsecond would be nice. > > > > James Lux, P.E. > Spacecraft Telecommunications Section > Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail Stop 161-213 > 4800 Oak Grove Drive > Pasadena CA 91109 > tel: (818)354-2075 > fax: (818)393-6875 > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio at gnu.org > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio ===== Chris Albertson Home: 310-376-1029 chrisalbertson90278 at yahoo.com Cell: 310-990-7550 Office: 310-336-5189 Christopher.J.Albertson at aero.org KG6OMK __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio at gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio


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First, project management is a methodology. At its core is a framework that allows for efficient use of time, but more importantly this methodology/framework helps ensure that the goal of the project is actually achieved. Second, it must be understood that to be considered a project, there has to be a specific start date and end date. If the project has no official beginning or specific date to end, by definition it is a process. It is important to differentiate between the two.


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Chris Eaton, a former head of security with Fifa, told Channel 4 the organisation were looking into a specific incident in the clash between Nigeria and Greece.
However, a Fifa spokesperson said in a statement: "We are not conducting any match fixing investigation for 2010 Fifa World Cup matches.
"Ralf Mutschke is the head of Fifa's new security division. The fight against match fixing is only one of their duties, in addition to stadium security and general event security for all Fifa events including the Fifa World Cup.
"In relation to match fixing, investigations can be launched by the security division in case there is a suspicion a match or a competition could be fixed.
"Any such issues are then reported to the Fifa Disciplinary Committee (in order to sanction members of the football family) as well as to the disciplinary bodies of national Football Associations and/or to law enforcement organisations."
Eaton alleged his former employers were still investigating suspicious activity at the game.
He said: "It's certainly an interesting circumstance and we know a lot about it.
"It's another manifestation and potentially a manifestation of an attempted fraud that could be perhaps replicated in the future so we have to be cautious about it."
While dismissing the claim, Fifa's spokesperson added they are closely monitoring and assisting on-going investigations at member associations' level.


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Intersections is an office that helps Boston College faculty and staff explore the Jesuit and Catholic mission of the University. While the BC mission statement is eloquent and profound, it needs to be discussed periodically by the professors and administrators who bring it to life. The goals of Intersections are to engage faculty and staff with the mission and to foster a spirit of university citizenship that strengthens the institution.
We offer seminars, retreats, and international immersion trips for faculty and staff. Participants reflect on questions with colleagues from different departments and offices. And in some cases by traveling away from campus for retreats and immersion trips, they gain perspective on their work and talk freely about the rewards and challenges of academic life.
Through the years, participants have commented on their experiences with Intersections. They appreciate the chance to deepen their engagement with the university mission. But they also enjoy the lively conversations, the new relationships, and the opportunities to reflect on their work.
Here are some of their comments after specific programs:
"I learned about the history of the Jesuits and the mission of Boston College and it strengthened my sense of ownership of BC as an institution and a community."
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Your CIO holds some of the longest levers when it comes to maximizing ROI. Whether it's doing more with less, or unlocking entirely new value chains, IT investment packs a lot of bang per buck—but only if spent wisely.
According to analysts at Gartner, your CIO might not be pulling their weight when it comes to cost optimization—even if they're hitting budget-reduction targets.
So how can you tell if your CIO is sending your investment up in smoke?
Fire Drills vs. Fire Prevention: Only You Can Prevent Wasteful Spending
There's no denying that the C-Suite as a whole has been far more budget-conscious since the turn of the decade. IT leaders have been doing their part to slash costs in response to pressure from the business.
But looks can be deceiving, say Gartner analysts Jim McGittigan and Sanil Solanki:
Too often, we find that 'IT cost optimization' is a term used to describe a process of attaining the annual budget savings target. The IT leadership team scrambles to meet the cost reduction target.
[But] once the...target has been met and the 'fire drill' is over, IT leaders typically return to business as usual, rather than building a discipline that would continuously optimize the IT cost base.
But does it matter whether costs are optimized once a year or on an ongoing basis?
Surely all that counts is whether your CIO keeps an eye on his or her budget? Not so, say McGittigan and Solanki—culture matters:
The 'reactive' IT cost optimization model leaves money on the table, [because] it lacks the involvement of the business. IT cost management should never be a #1 priority, but delivering and maintaining IT solutions that add business value should be.
[With the] increasing demand for IT services based on cloud, social, mobility and big data—and a cautious return to investment—the expectation is that CIOs and IT leaders will continue to reduce costs while providing additional business solutions.
All In It Together: Cutting Costs And Growing Value
Gartner looked at a cross-section of their clients, and showed that all successful organizations' CIOs put cost optimization on their list of deliverables. But the recipe for success doesn't stop there.
According to Gartner, leaders need to ask these five questions:
Can you give a confident "Yes" to each of these?
However, while the Gartner study emphasizes the importance of having the CIO embrace cost optimization and maintain that focus, it's also important to ensure that the responsibility is shared, throughout the business.
Optimizing Costs By Communicating Value
One of the most effective ways of ensuring that the IT function is delivering value for money is to audit your organization's service catalog.
It should be up to date and user-focused. It should also be clear about the costs and value propositions of each service.
Start by identifying services that your customers and employees need, and then define both their costs and their value. Review these figures often—it's a great way to embed value-awareness in service delivery.
Services that are delivering low value may need to be shelved or outsourced to a cloud-based, software-as-a-service provider. Marginal-to-high-value services should also be reviewed regularly, to determine whether market-moving forces like cloud computing mean that the same value—or more—can be achieved with less.
The Bottom Line
According to Gartner, we're seeing a "cautious" return to investment in IT services. But this means that cost optimization is more important than ever.
The key to successful IT cost optimization has less to do with who is the first to come up with a great new cost-savings idea and a lot more to do with increasing the focus, visibility and accountability of IT cost.
[But] without an ongoing focus on cost optimization, you may find yourself scrambling to cut costs—often the wrong costs.
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Rick Frank posted about a UC Davis white paper on Prop 37, which provides detailed background on the ballot measure. For those who want something that just lays out the issues concisely, I'd recommend Ezra Klein's post on the subject. It's brief and fair-minded to a fault — I'm sure partisans on the issue would emphasize the "to a fault" part.
Maybe it's a reflection of the fact that I'm not a native Californian, but I'm skeptical about the use of popular initiatives to enact legislation. One reason is that the initiative process makes it difficult for laws to adjust to new evidence or experience with implementing a rule. For example, Prop 37 provides: "This initiative may be amended by the Legislature, but only to further its intent and purpose, by a statute passed by a two-thirds vote in each house." But what if we find out later that the labeling requirement is counterproductive or if the science later shows that GMOs don't pose a risk? It seems unwise to tie the legislature's hands this way, especially in an area where the science could change quickly.


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ALEX Jakubiak will miss Oxford United's visit to Cheltenham Town next month after a call-up to Scotland's under 19 squad.
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Haxtun is about to get its 15 minutes of fame.
A film crew will be on location in the small town next month to shoot a horror film called "At Granny's House."
Les Mahoney is the writer and director behind the independent film. He said the idea to make a movie in Haxtun has been in the works for years. He first became familiar with the town through his wife, Tammy Ridenour, who is a Haxtun native and also serves as a producer on the film.
The story is about a caregiver who moves in with "a sweet, little old lady" to help her out, and the typical Midwest home she lives in becomes "a macabre place of death — and love," the film's Facebook page says.
While the leading actors in the film will come from Hollywood, where the production company (Vagabond Entertainment) is based, Mahoney said they are looking for some local talent to play small roles as well as help out behind the scenes. They need actors as well as make up artists, videographers, sound people and production assistants. "More than anything, we want people to join us who are interested in filmmaking, at whatever experience level," he said.
The husband and wife team has already arrived in Haxtun in advance of shooting. Mahoney said they hope to begin filming around June 19 and wrap it up by July 2 so they can have the completed project ready to shop around by the American Film Market in November. Mahoney said their goal is to achieve international distribution.
Mahoney's film credits include an award-winning role in "Mike Case in: The Big Kiss Off," which he also wrote and produced. The film won Grand Jury Prize, Best Director, Best Actor (Mahoney) and Best Score at the Hollywood & Vine Film Festival. He also has several other films in various stages of development, according to his website, http://lesmahoney.com.
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FY09 Access to Artistic Excellence (part 2)
Announced April 30, 2009
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
American Composers Orchestra (consortium), $25,000
To support Orchestra Underground Concerts, New Music Readings, and educational outreach activities, including master classes, instrumental workshops, and composer discussions. In collaboration with the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania, the orchestra will perform in concert and present orchestral reading sessions for emerging composers in the area.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, $40,000
To support ASO Around Georgia, a community partnership initiative of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The tour will include performances and outreach activities as a means to cultivate meaningful partnerships between the orchestra and communities across the state.
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, $75,000
To support the International Folk Arts Project, a series of concerts with related educational activities. Conceived by Music Director Marin Alsop, the programs will feature classical orchestral works influenced by folk and traditional music styles.
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, $25,000
To support compact disc recordings of works by American composers. The world-premiere releases of orchestral works by composers Lisa Bielawa, John Cage, and Alan Hovhaness will be recorded on three separate discs.
Colorado Music Festival, $15,000
To support education and outreach programs. Plans include a Young People's Concert, workshops for children, pre-concert lectures, open rehearsals, master classes, and the production of musical guides for festival audience members.
Contemporary Youth Orchestra, $7,500
To support Music and Its Industry: Commercials and Television, a concert and education project. Plans include concerts and Community Connections workshops that will focus on music of contemporary culture as it is used in commercial advertising and television programs.
Delaware Symphony Orchestra, $7,500
To support outreach performances throughout the state, including concerts for students. In an effort to serve a broader population throughout the state, concerts will take place in Lewes and Dover, Delaware.
Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, $10,000
To support in-school concerts for elementary, middle, and high school students, and Music for Life, a program for senior citizens in hospitals and nursing homes. Activities will include recitals, demonstrations, and discussions on music careers.
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, $30,000
To support a touring program of concerts and educational activities in rural communities of Texas.
Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, $7,500
To support educational outreach activities. Year-long performance and educational activities will take place in rural communities including Hudson Falls and Amsterdam, New York.
Greenville Symphony Orchestra (SC), $10,000
To support the GSO Summer Series at Heritage Park. The series will include symphonic concerts held at the outdoor amphitheater in Simpsonville, South Carolina.
Hartford Symphony Orchestra, $25,000
To support Musical Pathways, an educational and community engagement program. Activities include Symphony in the Schools, discussions on music criticism, pre-concert talks, family matinees, the 11th annual I Have a Dream Martin Luther King, Jr., concert, and Musical Dialogues featuring performances by and discussions with African-American and Latino communities.
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, $15,000
To support Sound Discovery, a music education program. The project involves open rehearsals with Lido, an illustrated conductor's baton, that will be presented to adults and students in the fifth grade and older; Friday Nights for Generation X, Y and Next performances; Music Discovery Experience; and Symphonic Concerts for Children, designed for students in the third through fifth grades.
Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, $15,000
To support the Philharmonic String Program. Graduate students from the University of Kentucky will be chosen to participate in the program, which provides professional development and training for string players.
Louisville Orchestra, $10,000
To support MetroMUSIC, an education program that includes after-school residencies for youth and adults with special needs, a chamber concert series, and community concerts.
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, $40,000
To support a statewide tour by the orchestra. Performances in communities across Wisconsin will be conducted by new Music Director Edo de Waart and resident conductor Stuart Chafetz.
Minnesota Orchestra (consortium), $50,000
To support free outdoor community concerts. In partnership with the Plymouth Civic League, the performances will take place in Minneapolis, Plymouth, Excelsior, and Winona, Minnesota, and in Hudson, Wisconsin.
Nashua Symphony Orchestra, $15,000
To support a statewide tour by the orchestra. Performances of New Hampshire composer Joseph Schwantner's orchestral work Chasing Light. . ., commissioned through the Ford Made In America program, will take place in the cities of Keene and Derry and in New Hampshire's North Country.
New Century Chamber Orchestra, $15,000
To support a chamber orchestra tour in Colorado, Wyoming, and California. Repertoire will span the early 20th century to the present, including a new work by an emerging composer.
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, $20,000
To support a statewide tour to small, rural, and underserved communities of New Mexico. The project also will offer educational activities in Albuquerque-area schools, such as in-school ensembles, youth concerts, and an Ambassador of Music program.
Omaha Symphony, $15,000
To support a statewide educational outreach program. The orchestra will present performances, interactive workshops, youth concerts, and a choral performance program in communities across Nebraska.
Peoria Symphony Orchestra, $10,000
To support community and student outreach concerts. The orchestra will perform concerts in venues, including the Peoria Civic Center, the Caterpillar Performing Arts Center in Washington, Illinois, and private homes and other intimate settings.
The Philadelphia Orchestra (consortium), $60,000
To support Neighborhood Concerts. In partnership with the Deliverance Evangelistic Church, the orchestra will perform free concerts and ancillary activities in several Philadelphia locations.
Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, $7,500
To support free community outreach concerts. Music Director Daniel Spaulding and the orchestra will present performances in Philadelphia and Chester, Pennsylvania, and Trenton, New Jersey.
Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, $10,000
To support an educational outreach program by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. Performances will introduce orchestral music to elementary school children in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood.
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (consortium), $50,000
To support a community outreach concert. In partnership with the Hill House Association, the orchestra will perform in the Hill District community of Pittsburgh and provide transportation for community residents to attend activities at the orchestra's home stage.
Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, $5,000
To support Adventures in Music, an educational outreach program. Activities will provide K-5 students with live performing arts programs supported by educational curriculum materials.
Post-Classical Ensemble (consortium), $20,000
To support Interpreting Stravinsky, a three-day music festival. In partnership with Georgetown University, the orchestra will present lectures and performances of works by Igor Stravinsky on the university's Washington, DC campus and at the Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, Maryland.
Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra, $17,500
To support the Building Bridges Project--Sharing Music, an educational outreach program. The series of concerts, master classes, and lectures will feature American premieres of works influenced by Israeli, Persian, and Egyptian cultures as a means to engage the area's diverse Arab-Muslim and Jewish populations.
San Diego Symphony, $20,000
To support education programs for young audiences. The orchestra will present concerts and expand its programming to include Family Festivals, Kinder Koncerts, and Young People's Concerts.
Santa Cecilia Opera and Orchestra, $10,000
To support Discovering Music, an educational outreach program in underserved communities of Los Angeles. The project, led by Artistic Director Sonia Marie De Leon, will provide orchestral performances and education programs in venues ranging from elementary schools to community centers.
Santa Monica Symphony, $7,500
To support the SMSO Community Music Project. Plans include ethnically diverse programming for symphonic concerts, a concert for students featuring young artists, community and school chamber concerts, and an Adopt-a-School program.
Seattle Symphony (consortium), $50,000
To support ACCESS, an outreach performance and education program for underserved communities. In partnership with the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, the orchestra will engage children and families in diverse Seattle neighborhoods through activities such as artist residencies, school concerts, and teacher training workshops.
Symphony in C, $7,500
To support the Professional Development Internship Program for young musicians. All of the musicians, as well as a young conductor, will participate in performances, educational outreach activities in schools, an orchestral summer camp, and a string training program.
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, $25,000
To support a concert tour to New York's North Country. The orchestra, under the direction of Music Director Daniel Hege, will perform concerts in rural and underserved communities.
Tucson Symphony Orchestra (consortium), $10,000
To support the Southern Arizona Residency. In collaboration with the Bisbee Community Chorus, the project will consist of educational activities and a public concert in rural communities in southern Arizona.
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, $20,000
To support a statewide tour to underserved rural communities. The orchestra, under the leadership of Music Director Grant Cooper, will introduce orchestral music to new audiences throughout West Virginia.
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Bellingham Festival of Music, $10,000
To support the Bellingham Festival of Music. The two-week summer festival will feature orchestral and chamber music concerts at venues throughout the community.
Eastern Music Festival, $25,000
To support educational outreach activities, including performances, a summer institute for adults, and a range of camps for children and youth. Plans include student, faculty, and guest artist performances throughout North Carolina and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
From the Top, $10,000
To support educational outreach activities. Youth musicians that appear on the weekly classical radio program will take part in Cultural Leadership workshops and also perform concerts in schools and community venues.
Hot Springs Music Festival, $7,500
To support the 2009 Hot Springs Music Festival Mentorship Program. The program pairs a group of highly skilled musicians and educators with an international pool of competitively selected apprentices to provide experience through open rehearsals and performances before live and radio broadcast audiences.
Lutheran Summer Music, $7,500
To support the Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival. Established for high school orchestra, choir, band, and keyboard students, the month-long summer residential program will offer training and performance opportunities for students, faculty, and guest artists on the campus of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (consortium), $25,000
To support Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery, an educational outreach program. In partnership with the Musical Arts Association (aka The Cleveland Orchestra), the program comprises activities for teachers and students from elementary through high school.
Music Journeys, $10,000
To support soloist and conductor fees for a compact disc recording of three new works by American composer Aaron Jay Kernis. The recording will feature violinist James Ehnes, pianist Andrew Russo, conductor JoAnn Falletta, and the Prague Philharmonia.
Ravinia Festival, $12,500
To support community outreach and education programs. The festival will continue its partnership with the Lawndale community to bring music performances and education to Westside Chicago.


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Brett Favre does not have a son. But he has talked quite a bit about whether he would let his nonexistent son play football.
Favre said in November that he would be leery of letting a son play football, and in an interview today Favre reiterated that. Favre said one reason is that he wouldn't want his son to feel he had to live up to his father's legacy, but a bigger reason is that Favre thinks the risks of injury are significant.
"It's a violent sport, and for two reasons I don't know if I'd let him play," Favre told WDAM in Mississippi. "The pressures to, you know, live up to what your dad had done, but most importantly the damage that is done by playing. I don't know if I would let him play."
There are, of course, risks associated with playing football. But there are also risks associated with every other sport, risks associated with activities like bicycling and skateboarding, risks associated with putting your son in the car and driving him to school, and risks associated with the sedentary lifestyle that comes with an avoidance of risky activities.
There are also benefits associated with playing football. Favre knows that well. It's odd to hear someone who loved playing football so much that he kept coming back, over and over again, even after saying he was retired, and immediately went into coaching high school football when he was finally done playing, say now that he's not sure it's worth it.


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In addition to cutting former Pro Bowl kicker Billy Cundiff today, the Ravens also released tight end Davon Drew and seven other players.
Drew, a former fifth-round draft pick, had lost ground as the third tight end to former St. Louis Rams starter Billy Bajema.
A former East Carolina player, Drew was selected by Baltimore three years ago. The 6-foot-4, 263-pounder has yet to catch an NFL pass during the regular season.
Bajema likely figures into the Ravens' plans behind Ed Dickson and Dennis Pitta. They have been sidelined with a sprained right shoulder and broken right hand, respectively, and just returned to practice Saturday on a limited basis and are off-limits...