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While much of the debate has focused on counter-cyclical income support payments and — now that Iowa's Tom Harkins will become chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee — conservation payments, export programs will be critically important if farmers are to escape the current economic morass.
"The U.S. cotton industry is facing some of the stiffest international and domestic competition I can remember," said Council Chairman James Echols, speaking at its spring board meeting in Washington.
"Compared to other agricultural products, the U.S. cotton industry is uniquely vulnerable to the effects of the appreciating dollar. The latter has significantly lowered the price of foreign produced textiles and apparel in the U.S. market, increasing the competitive advantage of foreign textile firms."
Numbers provided by the Council's economic staff illustrated just how much of an impact a strong dollar is having. Between 1998 and 2000, the U.S. retail cotton market grew by 2.2 million bales. Unfortunately, imported textiles and apparel from foreign cotton increased by the same amount.
From 1999 to 2000, imports grew at 11.67 percent and from 2000 to 2001, at 16.65 percent. As a result, U.S. mill use for 2000/01 is projected at 9.2 million bales, down from 11.3 million in 1997 and 10.2 million in 2000. The continued declines — and the failure of Chinese imports of U.S. cotton to materialize — are among the chief reasons July cotton futures have been trading near 40 cents per pound.
USDA forecasts exports will rise from 2000/01's 6.4 million bales to 9 million bales in 2001/02. "The 9-million-bale estimate implies a 32 percent U.S. market share," they said. "That market share is something we only recently experienced in 1994 when exports reached 9.4 million bales."
In earlier testimony to the Senate Agriculture Committee, Echols said he asked Congress to take a number of actions, including maintaining cotton's competitiveness provisions and effective export assistance programs.
"We also expressed concern about the potential loss of a viable U.S. export credit guarantee program that is a mainstay of U.S. agricultural export assistance activities," he noted, referring to proposals that would significantly reduce the program in World Trade Organization talks.
The United States must also ensure that the U.S.-China trade agreement under the WTO is not undermined by China's attempt to claim developing country status, Echols told the Council board.
"China is very competitive in international markets in cotton and textiles and should conform to trade disciplines that adhered to by the United States," he noted.
He also outlined cotton's priorities for the ongoing WTO negotiations, including improving market access for U.S. cotton and textiles, improving rules restricting the use of downstream export subsidies, limiting exemptions for countries that are competitive in cotton and textile products and ensuring other countries do not erect non-tariff trade barriers against agricultural biotechnology products.
"We need trade policy that ensures our raw product is competitive, that opens markets for both raw cotton and U.S. produced cotton textiles and that ensures the terms of competition are fair."


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Welcome to Bonnie Dogs Dog Grooming Salon in Surrey
Our door is open to all breeds from the Chihuahua to the Great Dane along with all the Crossbreeds and Doodles in between. We cater for all and pride ourselves on creating an individual relationship with each of your dogs to make their grooming experience as enjoyable as possible.
We only use high quality shampoos, up to date equipment so your dog is kept safe and comfortable at all times. We have no cage dryers or cages, we do not offer nail painting, blueberry facials, bubble baths, hair clouring or body art we only have your dogs interests at heart. We only offer good old fashioned grooming with no hidden extras, carried out by qualified and experienced staff that truly love what they do.
We also offer a Wash & Go service for those extra muddy dog walking days! Perfect if you've been walking around the beautiful Surrey Hills near Polesden Lacey, Box Hill or Norbury Park on a rainy day.
We sell dog clothing, accessories and grooming products so please visit us today.
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Patel SIR Movie Review, Rating, Story, Cast and Crew
Patel SIR Movie Review, Rating, Story, Cast and Crew
Director:Vasu Parimi
Cast:Jagapati Babu, Padma Priya, Tanya Hope
Banner:Varahi Chalana Chitram
Producer:Sai Korrapati
Music:DJ Vasanth
Release Dt :Jul, 14 2017
Patel SIR is the story of Subash Patel (Jagapathi Babu) who is a retired army officer. He leads a pleasant life with his family and unexpected incident shatters Patel's life. It is then he decides to target DR (Kabir Singh) and his gang. The rest of Patel SIR is all about the situations that make Subash a serial killer. How he manages to take revenge on DR forms the rest of the story. Watch Patel SIR to know the answers for many questions.
Patel SIR has no interesting plot and the narration throughout the first half looks horrible. The audience will be shattered with the poor narration and thanks to the screenplay, as the movie looks completely outdated. Except the characterization of Jagapathi babu, Patel SIR has nothing interesting happening throughout the first half of the movie. The interval episodes have been shot well but they make no difference on the result.
After a flat first half, the second half has some interesting moments. Some of the emotional episodes have been showcased well. The episode with Patel SIR's wife Padma Priya have been interesting. However the film dips down towards the other side during the pre-climax episodes. The climax of Patel SIR has been decent and on the whole the second half of Patel SIR has been slightly better than the first half.
Jagapathi Babu has been exceptional in the assigned role and is the major highlight of Patel SIR. He carried the entire film on his shoulders and his performance along with his looks will be remembered. The little girl who played Patel SIR's daughter has been expressive. Padma Priya has been decent in the assigned role. Posani and Prudhvi carried the entertainment well. Kabir Singh has been exceptional as the lead antagonist. All the other actors have been decent.
The story of Patel SIR has nothing new to reveal. It has been old fashioned. The narration too makes no impact and the audience will be irritated because of the poor screenplay. The music and the background score makes no impact on the film and the cinematography has been decent at parts. The production values have been ok and the debutant director fails in all the available ways in turning out Patel SIR into an impressive mass entertainer.
Final Word
Patel SIR will not mark the comeback of Patel SIR as the lead actor as the film falls flat in all the available ways. Give it a skip.


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Further to this week's posts on public sector pensions, we've refreshed our memory on life expectancy. Because of course, it's the increase in lifespans that lies at the heart of our looming pensions crisis.
When Lloyd George introduced his Old Age Pension in 1908, it was means tested, and he set pension age at the traditional three score and ten. Yes, that's right - five years beyond the current 65. That was pretty cheap because at that time anyone who lived to 70 was exceptionally lucky (or unlucky, depending on how you look at it). In 1908, average life expectancy began with a 4.
Fast forward to the 40s when Beveridge produced his famous report. Life expectancy had increased and now began with a 6. Yet despite this, the pension age had been reduced to 65 for men and 60 for women.
Fast forward again to today. Life expectancy now begins with an 8 (for women at least). And for those born today average life expectancy is officially put at 88.1 years for a boy and 91.5 years for a girl.
So just to recap. When the Goat invented OAPs in 1908 the average punter died more than twenty years before being able to claim. Pretty cheap. Even when Beveridge did his report, death before payday was still highly likely. So still manageable.
But now, most of us will get at least 15 years of pension. And even though the state pension age will increase to 68 by 2044, with average life expectancy already heading for 90, that will still mean more than two decades of payout.
Clearly the money doesn't add up; it's a total non-starter.
So there are only two possible solutions. Either we increase the pension age much further, and cut the pension rates even more. Or... umm... ahhh... well, we could adopt that other solution.
PS Of course, Lloyd George ripped off his Old Age Pension from wily old Bismarck, who'd intoduced them 20 years earlier, complete with a pension age of 70 and a life expectancy beginning with 4. In fact Liberal LG was always highly impressed by German Big Government, as we can see in this chilling 1936 home vid:


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Hello friends!
First, Happy Passover for you guys all! Jesus the King has risen from the death and we carried no burden of sins; we are forgiven and He loves us so much.
If you notice, we've been seeing a lot of pleats nowadays! Starting from skirt, pants, cullottes or even blouse. Pleated clothes were on trend in 70s era, and now it is back with various style! Now, you can just asked your mom, grandma, aunties about this fashion item. They must be had one back then! :D Many types of pleats, i personally don't really like the thin pleats. I prefer medium sized pleats ;)
White T-shirt: HM
Scarf: Mom's
Pleated skirt: Unbranded from Bangkok
Bag: VNC
Nude Pumps: Christian Siriano
Sunglasses: New Look
My skirt here is actually a grey color, but turned out in pictures it is more like soft lilac color. That is why, i picked magenta color scheme for today's outfit. My scarf here is eye catching, but i managed to make the skirt is the point of the look.
I wore this plain white t-shirt because i was confused what should i match with the skirt? First i attempted to wear white shirt, but i ended up looking too formal. I put on outerwear, but i felt i'm going simple today. Besides, today was very humid and hot. I didn't wanna ended up get sweat all day. But.. T-shirt always works! I styled it with a scarf to make it less plain, because today i didn't feel like to wear any necklace around my neck. Voila! The scarf even matched the skirt. Happy!
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Just put on basic colors here in my whole look like nude and caramel. Nude pump heels are extremely important to all girls out there, after the black pumps. Nude pump heels will work the best almost in every outfit! Plus, longer looking leg illusion ;)
If you wonder, this outfit is actually very simple. You only gonna need plain t-shirt, shoes you love and accesorries to spice up the whole look. Whenever you think you're going formal, just add on a blazer (could be white, black, nude, peach or even grey) and a pump heels. Do invest in basic neutral colors. I myself even started to thik i must get the bright colors too for these pleats ;p
Have fun with your pleats clothes! Tag me in your photos, i'd really love to see it! What do you think about my outfit? :)


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Magic is natural. It is a harmonious movement of energies to create needed change. At the core of magic is a joyous union with nature.
The Crystal Ball
John William Waterhouse
"Magic … is the ancient and absolute science of nature and her laws."
- A.L. Constant
The History of Magic, London, 1922


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Monitor: A Naval Warfighting First
See how USS Monitor was a game changer in how the Navy fought battles at sea.
On March 8, 1862, a dark shape emerged from Gosport Shipyard: the beast that was the CSS Virginia was on the prowl, surrounded by smaller Confederate ships like a pack of wolves trailing after the alpha wolf.
Which meant they were unable to move as the steaming iron-bound beast moved towards them.
Congress Sailors fired their cannons at the beast but the ship ignored them, the Congress's cannon shells simply bouncing off its iron hide like pebbles.
It stalked the more dangerous foe -- the Cumberland, which had heavier guns. A short cannon battle ensued, but, with no way to turn, Cumberland was an easy target.
Finally, Virginia dealt Cumberland a death blow, ramming a hole through its hull. The sinking Cumberland, decks red with blood from some of her 121 dead -- fallen to the numerous volleys of Confederate cannons - took the Virginia's cast iron ram imbedded inside her down into the depths.
"That ship goes down with her flag flying," Calhoun said. "The acting commanding officer is told to surrender his ship and he refuses. He becomes a national hero for doing that even though he lost the ship."
The iron beast turned its eyes on its other enemy. Congress had run aground in shallow water. The cannons and rifles of the CSS Virginia shredded the crew of Congress. As it finished off the ship, sending heated shot to burn Congress down to the waterline, the confederate warship moved back into the protection of the Gosport shipyard for the night to resupply.
In Washington D.C., news of the battle caused a panic in President Abraham Lincoln's staff. Secretary of War, William Stanton, was convinced that CSS Virginia would soon appear to bombard the city. Welles attempted to calm them, announcing the Monitor had arrived at Hampton Roads. But the new ironclad ship had never been tested in a fight.
As the next day dawned, the Virginia pulled out of the shipyard once more. Three ships had attempted to join its enemies when it came out the day before. All three had run aground, but, come morning, one was left, sitting helpless less than a half mile from the burning Congress. The Union ship Minnesota was ripe for picking.
As the Confederate warship steered towards the Minnesota, its Sailors noticed something strange. A small oddly shaped vessel had joined their prey in the water. But that wouldn't stop them from destroying the flagship.
Lt. John Worden, the Monitor's commanding officer, had received orders to protect the Minnesota at all costs and set out the evening before. The Monitor spent that night maneuvering the waters of Hampton Roads to get near to the Minnesota. It was 8 a.m. when the Monitor Sailors spotted the Confederate warship. Virginia aimed straight for the grounded Minnesota, firing its cannons.
It was time for the Monitor to act. Its cannons blazed, taking the black-iron beast in the side, shaking it to the core. Suddenly, it was as if no other ships were there, just two iron ships, circling and hitting like heavyweight boxers, struggling to punish one another.
The Monitor turned, gunners filling the cannons with new shells.
Guns from the black-iron beast blazed as it shot. One, two, three missed..."Krang!" The sound exploded inside the Monitor, shrieking into the Sailors ears.
Sailors inside the turret stumbled as the reverberations struck them, two who were leaning against the turret when the shell struck it fell to the floor stunned. But the Monitor's armor stopped any critical damage.
The Virginia fell silent as its cannons reloaded.
The Sailors inside the Monitor scrambled to their feet, striving to turn the turret, slowly bringing the confederate warship into their sights. The thunderous sound of the Dahlgren cannon half-deafened the crew as it spat out its payload.
The report of the shell catching the iron beast was like music to Monitor Sailors' ears, a small rent opening in its side.
But the Confederate ship was far from finished, and for hours volley after volley of ordnance fired back and forth. A game of cat and mouse was being played between the two ships with the Minnesota being the prize.
The USS Monitor, due to its small draft, was easily able to navigate the shallow waters around Hampton roads. The CSS Virginia, with a much larger draft, was limited in its movements, once running aground in the shallow water and taking all its energy to move back into the deeper channels.
Both the Monitor and Virginia sustained small damage, but neither could get the upper hand. It was shortly after noon when that changed.
"Crash!" The sound of tearing metal rushed the Monitor Sailors' ears as a shell ripped into the iron block that was the pilot house of the ship. The sound of the hit died down, leaving the sound of screaming. The shell's powder had found the commanding officer, blinding him and leaving the ship to steer into the shallows.
The Virginia, believing its foe to be retreating, turned towards its mission of the destruction of the Minnesota.
Executive Officer Dana Green took charge of the Monitor and turned it back towards the beast.
But the Confederate ship had started turning again, away from the flagship. The beast, leaking from its prow, its Sailors tired from the fight and the ebbing tide, had to choose between staying in the waters until the tide rose again or making its way to the safety of Confederate controlled waters.
Licking its numerous wounds, the beast made its way back into the safety of the shipyard.
The Monitor, which had strict orders to fight only defensively, stayed by Minnesota's side to protect it. Monitor hadn't escaped unscathed, either. Pockmarks scarred the surface of the vessel, from the volleys of Confederate ships, and parts of the pilothouse would need to be rebuilt. The battle was over and both sides could claim a victory. The CSS Virginia had sunk two Union Ships and the Monitor had fulfilled its mission of protecting the Minnesota. The battle became known as "The Battle of Hampton Roads." The U.S. Navy had seen its first glimpse of what the future held.
"For the next month, the ships tried to draw each other into battle," said Gordon Calhoun, Naval History and Heritage Command's Hampton Roads Naval Museum editor and historian. "The Monitor stayed in shallow water. The Virginia drew 22 feet of water, so she couldn't maneuver in half the waters of Hampton Roads. In the meantime, the Navy tried to pull the Minnesota off of what is called the middle ground - she ran aground in 18 feet of water and she draws 22 feet of water as well. So it was a task and a half to pull her off. "
That task was accomplished on March, 10, 1862. Minnesota was repaired and returned to duty, and three years later participated in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher. Minnesota served until 1898, when she was stricken, beached and burnt to recover her metal fittings and to clear her name for a newly-ordered battleship, USS Minnesota (BB-22).
The Navy has a long memory. Today another ship is preparing to be commissioned bearing the name Minnesota. Sailors from that submarine, Virginia-class ironically enough, will honor the service and sacrifice made by Monitor Sailors on behalf of their forbears from the civil war by attending and rendering honors at the burial service of the remains of two Monitor Sailors who went down with the ship when she sank in a squall off the coast of North Carolina on Dec. 31, 1862.
The Navy will honor Monitor Sailors March 8 with a graveside interment ceremony at Arlington National Ceremony for the remains of two unknown Sailors recovered from the USS Monitor shipwreck. The unknown Sailors were lost along with 14 of their shipmates when Monitor sank off Cape Hatteras, N.C. Dec. 31, 1862. All 16 Sailors will be memorialized on a group marker in section 46 of the cemetery, which is between the amphitheater and the USS Maine Mast memorial.


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A 25-year-old man was killed early Monday after his car was rear-ended on a transition road between the 5 and 134 freeways near Glendale, sending the vehicle down an embankment before it burst into flames.
The Los Angeles man was stopped on the connector between the eastbound 134 and southbound 5 about 2:15 a.m. when a Honda Accord rear-ended his Ford Focus, sending the vehicle down the embankment, the California Highway Patrol said. The man, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Honda, a 22-year-old Los Angeles man, was able to get out of his vehicle with only minor injuries, the CHP said. He was later arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
The Honda was traveling about 80 mph at the time of the crash, the CHP said. The crash shut down the transition road for several hours.
Woman dies in 5 Freeway crash near Glendale on Saturday
-- Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times


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I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce you to a few of my recent Fall acquisitions, starting with the amazing leather detail coat I'm wearing in this post. If I had to name the most essential piece of outwear every girl should have in her closet, a great black coat would be it.
Aside from impeccable tailoring, fit and length, reason why I love this particular one, is the presence of those leather details. You know me, I can't live without a bit of embellishment!:) But in this particular instance, I feel that the leather collar and sleeves add a bit of an edge to an otherwise classic-fitting coat.
Another essential I can't imagine living without is a pair of black skinny jeans. Currently, I am a bit partial to coated denim, and the jeans I am wearing in today's post are definitely my favorite pair at the moment. Generally speaking a pair of perfect-fitting black jeans is not always easy to find, but these are soft and comfortable, yet have enough stretch to maintain shape throughout the day. Oh, and my personal favorite thing about them - rose gold zipper detailing on the sides:)
Finally, I don't think it's a secret I am a little obsessed with cobalt. Ok, maybe a little more than obsessed:) But in my defense, cobalt is one of those amazing colors that pairs beautifully with just about anything. Naturally, once I spotted this gorgeous trapeze bag featuring bright cobalt front, black leather and metal corners, it was love at first sight! It's completely crazy but it looks great with everything in my closet! Seriously! So, hopefully you won't mind seeing quite a bit of this bad boy on my blog in the near future:)!


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The PRO+ program expands upon the player ID and development base established in the Cal South Olympic Development Program. ODP was created in 1977 to identify players for national age group pools and teams, as well as provide high level training. As youth soccer has grown in the U.S., opportunities outside of ODP have emerged for identification and advancement. PRO+ was created to strategically optimize all opportunities for our players. ODP will be one part of that integrated structure.
Cal South PRO+ state teams will continue to compete in US Youth Soccer ODP regional and national championship tournaments. Cal South has won more National and Regional ODP championships than any other state association. PRO+ teams will continue that tradition.
Cal South has a long tradition of providing players to the Men's and Women's National Teams these players have played in the World Cup and Olympic games. Players such as Marcelo Balboa, Paul Caligiuri, Cobi Jones, Joe-Max Moore, Eric Wynalda, Jovan Kirovski, Landon Donovan, Shannon Boxx, John O'Brien, Chad Marshall , Marvel Wynne, Maurice Edu, Chris Seitz, Robbie Rogers, Joy Fawcett, Rachel Buehler, Julie Foudy, Carin Jennings, Danesha Adams, Amy Rodriguez, Jonathan Bornstein, Sacha Kljestan and Angie Woznuk have all been a part of the Cal South ODP Program at one point in their soccer careers.
At Cal South, we feel the PRO+ program serves to compliment our club programs as a means of giving the player an opportunity to develop. Steve Hoffman, Cal South's Director of Coaching Education and Player Development, has stated many times that he believes this success is built solidly upon the fantastic job that Cal South's club coaches have done in initially developing players.
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Creating a competitive marketplace with multiple insurance providers for consumers to choose from was an often-touted benefit of the Affordable Care Act's insurance exchanges, but for some residents, that pool of competition is a lonely one provider.
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Many insurance offerings are done by region, says Cynthia Cox from the Kaiser Family Foundation, and there are different ways to measure the number of insurers in each state. Some states, like Texas she says, have the same insurer offering individual and multi-state plans from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas.
"It's the same company, but technically two insurers, but in practice they are not really competing with one another," Cox says.
With that said, all consumers--no matter where they live or how any many insurers are participating on their state's exchange--have four tiers of insurance plans to choose from.
More insurance carriers have left the individual market due to their own increased costs, as Kaiser Health News reported last week, and hundreds of thousands of individuals have been dropped from their current plans that aren't legal under the ACA's new requirements because they don't cover certain benefits.
People living in less-populated parts of the country, including rural Alabama, coastal North Carolina and the Florida Panhandle also have only one insurer to choose coverage from, according to Cox.
"One insurer means not very much competition and those areas with one insurer seem to have higher premium prices to some degree," she says. "Several of these states have very uncompetitive markets to begin with before the law, so we weren't expecting that to change."
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"Regulations make a lot of these insurers back up and say, 'there is too much uncertainty, and we are not going to offer in that state or region this year,'" he says. "Look at Montana, where the capital has around 50,000 people. The problem is the size—it's hard to underwrite such a small group of people."
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Took "Dawn" (my fluffy blue dog) to the Locke NY shows as an after thought. My aussie needed some ring practice and I found out through the grapevine that there was going to be enough Ch's for a CH's class in shelties so I brought her along.
Well she ended up winning the CH's class for her first Grand CH win, going BOB for 10 breed pt's, and getting a group 3rd!
Not bad for a fluffy blue dog!
Thanks for letting me share! There are pictures I'll get to posting eventually.


text: I've never used Mercurial or any other "real" programming tool for tracking changes, but go for it! It forces me to learn it. I like the idea of a DB, but I'm a bit worried that this will get out of hand. It's a simple tool to do a quick analysis (although I have bigger plans in mind). I haven't looked at SQLite in a few years. Is it still an in-memory DB or does it allow you to dump the DB to a file (or two). BTW - thanks for the patch. I like the second option of ignoring any return codes that are negative. Easy change. Thanks! Jeff ----- Original Message ---- From: Joe Landman <landman at scalableinformatics.com> To: Jeff Layton <laytonjb at att.net> Cc: Mark Hahn <hahn at mcmaster.ca>; Eric.L <eric.l.2046 at gmail.com>; beowulf at beowulf.org Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:13:10 AM Subject: Re: [Beowulf] stace_analyzer.pl can't work. A quick patchy-patchy for 310 --- strace_analyzer.pl 2008-09-16 07:57:34.000000000 -0400 +++ strace_analyzer_new.pl 2008-09-16 08:01:45.000000000 -0400 @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ $junk =~ s/[^0-9]//g; # Keep track of total number bytes read - $ReadBytesTotal += $junk; + $ReadBytesTotal += $junk if ($junk != -1); # Clean up write unit ($junk1, $junk2)=split(/\,/,$cmd_unit); There may be other error return codes which are negative, so if you want to filter those as well, use "(if $junk < 0)" rather than the above. As for the rest of the code structure, writing this parser isn't all that hard, and for those with smaller memories but bigger disks (and a desired to analyze large straces), we could use the DBIx::SimplePerl module. Jeff is already putting his arrays together as hashes, and that module makes it real easy to dump a hash data structure directly into a database, say a SQLite3 database. Which, curiously, could make a bit of the code easier to deal with/write/debug. The issue you have to worry about in dealing with huge streams of data, is running out of ram. This happens. Many "common" techniques fail when data gets very large (compared to something like ram). We had to solve a large upload/download problem for a customer who decided to use a web server for multi gigabyte file upload/download form in an application. The common solution was to pull everything in to ram and massage it from there. This failed rather quickly. I don't personally have large amounts of "free" time, but I could likely help out a bit with this. Jeff, do you want me to create something on our mercurial server for this? Or do you have it in SVN/CVS somewhere? Joe -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com http://jackrabbit.scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/attachments/20080916/6637ac12/attachment.html>


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Drafting a Social Media Handbook Policy for Developers
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Big companies have recently gotten into hot water by trying to govern employee social media use -- but the right way to do this is even more complicated than you might expect, so Gamaustra presents this article, written by an attorney, to help put you on the right track.
So, you are an indie game developer getting close to releasing your first game. Or maybe you are a large company that is ready to launch your next triple-A title. Perhaps your employees have already started talking about your games on Facebook, Twitter, or on their personal blogs. And maybe you are starting to wonder if your employees' online actions can impact your game's success.
Now you are thinking about whether you should revise (or have?) a social media handbook policy. In the game industry, most employees are very tech savvy, so you want to have some sort of policy regulating their social media usage, right? If so, read on for guidance on how to draft your policy with federal labor law and the Federal Trade Commission's guidelines in mind.
Federal Labor Law
Federal labor law applies to both unionized and non-unionized workplaces. This impacts all companies regardless of company size, with limited exceptions. Federal labor law gives employees the right to engage in activities, such as discussing their wages and criticizing their company, which could lead them to improve their working conditions or form a union.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency that safeguards employees' rights to unionize, says that social media is a viable method of forming a union. Therefore, if a company's social media policy is too broad (for example, "do not disparage or damage the company online"), then the company risks violating federal labor law because its social media policy might inadvertently restrict its employees' rights to unionize.
The FTC's Endorsement Guidelines
Companies should also keep the FTC's endorsement guidelines in mind -- specifically, the requirement for the disclosure of "material connections" between companies and advertisers/endorsers. Being an employee of a company counts as a material connection (an "endorser") that has to be disclosed.
An employee may not directly receive payment or benefits for writing about the company and its products like an advertiser would; nevertheless, the employee's job security may depend on the company's success. Therefore, a violation of these guidelines would include an employee who tweets that your game is "the best game ever" without disclosing that she works for your company.
Potential Conflict?
Companies cannot have policies that completely forbid their employees from posting "endorsements" of their products and services online because this could conflict with federal labor law. For example, a policy stating, "Do not use social media to discuss anything related to the company and its products/services" is too broad and may signal to employees that they cannot engage in unionization activities.
At first, the NLRB rule and the FTC's guidelines seem like they conflict with each other. On one hand, the NLRB says that a company cannot have a policy that is too restrictive of its employees' social media usage, but then the FTC says that a company should regulate its employees' social media activities. So, what should a company's handbook policy regarding social media usage be? And how can an employee safely talk about their company's upcoming game or hardware via social media?
Luckily, there is a way to comply with both rules: have a policy stating that employees are advised to (or must) disclose their relationship to the company when promoting and endorsing its games/hardware via social media. Such a policy is narrow enough that employees will not think that the policy intends to restrict their unionization activities, yet the policy still encourages compliance with the FTC's guidelines.
How can an employee properly disclose their employment relationship? The good news is that the FTC's guidelines do not require employees to use any special language when disclosing their employment relationship as long as the disclosure is clear and conspicuous. A simple statement such as "I work for Company X and we just released [insert name of awesome new game] and it's awesome" is sufficient. And for Twitter, which limits users to just 140 characters, even a simple hashtag is sufficient (e.g., #microsoftemployee or #ad).
Just make sure that the audience is aware of the employment relationship! It is probably not enough for an employee to have a general disclosure on their "about me" page (or list the company as their place of employment on Facebook/Twitter) or assume that their social media followers know whom they work for and what games/hardware their company and its affiliates produce. To be completely safe, an employee should directly disclose their employment relationship within each separate post that endorses their company's products.
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My dad hails from Karwar, a beautiful town along India's Konkan coast. Although his family moved to Bombay when he was little more than a child, they kept in touch, as all immigrant Indians do, with the culture and cuisine of their native land.
Konkani cuisine is quite rich and varied, but the common denominator in most recipes is fresh, milky coconut, which is not surprising given the lush abundance of coconut trees in the Konkan region. In our home, the ritual of preparing morning meals would usually begin with the women sitting down on an adoli, or a small wooden seat with a curved metal blade attached to it, and skillfully scraping the fresh coconut into heaping mounds of sweet, moist shreds. The coconut would be added– either by itself or ground into a pulp or its milk extracted– to all sorts of mouthwatering preparations, from ghasis (thick curries) to upakaris (vegetable dishes) and hummans (gravies).
One of the vegetarian tastes from my childhood that has always stayed with me is that of a moong bean preparation called Moogache Molay Gathi. The moong is usually soaked and sprouted before use, and I remember that in my house each bean would always be peeled before it was added to the curry to ensure a pristine presentation. As you can imagine, it was a long, laborious process.
In my kitchen, I just use the whole moong bean whose skin cooks up quite tender. Plus, I figure it is more nutritious to eat the whole bean, skin and all.
I love sprouting beans which always multiplies their nutritive value, but because I was short on time I used them straight from the pantry. Do take the extra step of soaking and sprouting if you have the time. It is completely worth it.
As I always do, I played around with the recipe to suit my own (spicier!) taste. I added garlic which gave it a kick and complexity I loved, and at the very end I used some tomato to add a subtly tangy note. It all worked perfectly together and the curry stood up nicely to the brown rice I served it with.
So here it is, my Moogache Molay, a simple treat that is as nutritious as it is delicious. Hope you enjoy it!
Moogache Molay
1 cup whole moong beans, soaked and sprouted overnight (you can skip this step if you're short on time) and cooked until tender
3/4 cup coconut milk (I used canned)
3 sprigs curry leaves
1 tbsp ginger, grated
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp red chili powder
1/2 tsp turmeric
1 tbsp coriander, powdered
1 tsp cumin, powdered
1 medium red onion, sliced
1 tbsp canola oil
1 large tomato, diced
About 1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
Grind the ginger, garlic and curry leaves from 1 sprig into a paste.
Heat the oil in a saucepan.
Add the onions and remaining curry leaves and saute until the onions start browning at the edges.
Add the ginger-garlic paste, cumin, coriander, and chili powders, and turmeric, and cook for a couple of minutes, until the paste no longer smells raw.
Add the cooked moong beans and salt and stir thoroughly.
Let it cook about 10 minutes, adding more water if necessary, until the flavors merge.
Add the coconut milk and mix, then turn off the heat before the mixture returns to a boil.
Garnish with the chopped tomatoes and coriander leaves.
Serve hot with rice.


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LeBron James smiled during a postgame news conference after he and the Heat won the NBA Finals.
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The Dodgers and New York Mets began their weekend series near the bottom of the major leagues in a conspicuous category. Collectively, each team had hit 94 home runs this season. Only four clubs had fewer.
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly insists this isn't an issue. He's aware that only one player in the National League (Giancarlo Stanton) has hit 30 home runs. So what if the Dodgers' home run leader, Adrian Gonzalez, only has 17?
"I worry about us winning games, having good at-bats," Mattingly said.
The Dodgers had enough good at-bats — and good fortune — to beat the Mets 6-2 on Friday at Dodger Stadium. New York made three errors, while the Dodgers collected 11 hits.
Only one ball left the park: Dan Haren's third pitch of the game to Curtis Granderson. That gave the Mets an early 1-0 lead and 95 home runs this season, for those who care.
Judging solely by his pitching, Haren (11-10) seemed unflustered by the home run, though he admitted after the game that he was "really mad" at the time. He faced only one batter above the minimum for the remainder of his seven innings on the mound, helped largely by a pair of double plays. The Mets didn't score again until the ninth inning.
"I felt really good coming out of the bullpen today," Haren said. "My stuff was good. If I could be there for the rest of the year, things will be good."
In a bipolar season that's occasionally left the pitcher in deep despair, Haren's ability to bounce back was crucial. He had allowed six runs in three innings in his previous start against the Brewers, a loss. He'd allowed a total of three runs in two starts before that, both wins. Before that, Haren had lost five in a row.
Other than the hanging splitter to Granderson on a 2-0 count, it was hard to fault Haren's control Friday. He didn't walk a batter and struck out six.
"It was kind of the reverse Kershaw," Mattingly said. "Give up the run early and then didn't give up anymore."
Haren also helped himself at the plate — with a little luck.
In the fifth inning with the game tied 1-1, Haren came to bat with Justin Turner on third base and Erisbel Arruebarrena on first. Mets left-hander Jonathon Niese (7-9) pounded two fastballs over the middle of the plate as Haren squared to bunt. He missed both.
Worse yet, the second missed bunt left Justin Turner hanging between third base and home plate — Mattingly called it a "Tommy squeeze" — and the Mets successfully executed the rundown as Arruebarrena advanced from first to third.
Just as he recovered from Granderson's home run, Haren bounced back from his botched bunt. He coolly took three balls out of the strike zone, then drove a single up the middle to score Arruebarrena. That gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead and they never trailed again.
The Dodgers broke the game open with three runs in the seventh inning, all with two outs. A throwing error by Mets shortstop Wilmer Flores on a routine ground ball by Adrian Gonzalez allowed Dee Gordon to walk home from third base. Right-hander Carlos Torres relieved Niese and promptly allowed a two-run double to Matt Kemp.
Eight different players collected hits for the Dodgers (73-57), who maintained a three-and-a-half game lead over the second-place San Francisco Giants in the National League West.
Three of the Dodgers' hits went for extra bases: The doubles by Kemp and Turner, and a triple by Gordon.
"We haven't really done that here in the past, you know, week or two," Kemp said. "The offense has kind of struggled, but tonight we got some big hits and we got a good game out of Haren, so it was good for us."
The Dodgers have won three out of seven games on this nine-game homestand. They're a mere 33-31 at Dodger Stadium this season.
Home runs, for now and for the foreseeable future, can take a back seat to runs at home.


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Can the pursuit of a spiritual path lead to the very egocentricity it is trying to escape? Not infrequently. The Desert monks were acutely aware of this danger especially in solitude and relied above all upon the abba-disciple relationship to avoid it.
It was however Benedict of Nursia (480-550) who devised a masterly, sapiential formula of training for the mystical life based on community rather than a personal master. His Rule, though, is masterly especially in its modesty - and despite lacking any direct mystical doctrine.
Even his name is anonymous, meaning the 'blessed one' as the Buddha was often called by his followers. The story of his life is known to us through legendary miracle stories collected as theological illustrations by Pope Gregory, a former monk under the Rule. These inspired innumerable works of art, most beautifully in the frescoes by Signorelli and Sodoma at Monte Oliveto Maggiore, worth a week's retreat in themselves.
Benedict began his monastic journey in an archetypal desert mode. He dropped out of school in Rome, ('wisely ignorant'), curiously so for the founder of the system that saved learning in the Dark Ages. He took the habit from a nearby hermit and then spent years in a cave (Sacro Speco) in Subiaco, near Rome and still one of the most presence-filled and holy places in the world. He taught the Gospel to the pagan peasants around him anticipating the missionary branch of his spiritual progeny in future centuries. When some leaderless monks in the vicinity begged him to come and be their abbot, he kindly but unwisely accepted.
He was too strict for them and, not for the last time in monastic history, the community tried to murder their abbot. He left them, but stayed in the coenobitic (community) form of monastic life rather than returning to solitude. He formed twelve monasteries each with twelve monks. Modern sociologists reading the rule note the emphasis on smallness for healthy group dynamics . Even in the big community he organises the members in 'deaneries' of ten. Yet in Chapter One of his Rule on 'The Kinds of Monks' he sees solitude as the goal. After an unspecified 'long' period of time in the monastery those who have 'built up their strength .. go from the battle line in the ranks of their brothers to the single-handed combat of the desert.'
The military imagery might seem better suited for men playing at soldiers. Yet women, including Benedict's own sister, Scholastica, whom one story shows praying better and more wisely than her brother, respond as much as men, with certain adaptations, to the psychological wisdom of the Rule. The point of the military symbol is not the use of force but solidarity, obedience and good management on a collective mission. The short Rule was probably composed over many years and seems to have a second ending attached. Most of the material is lifted directly from the Rule of the Master one of the many other contemporary monastic rules. Pope Gregory, with Roman centralising efficiency, selected Benedict's for use throughout the western church.
Benedict's genius is seen in what he left out of his original and in the Prologue which is his own. He was aware that he was forming a softer rule than that of the golden era. 'We read that monks should not drink wine at all but since monks of our day cannot be convinced of this, let us at least agree to drink moderately.' This via media and common sense backed up by a firm but flexible structure of life and perennially valid principles of time management made the Rule, after the Bible the most influential text in European civilisation for a millennium. Abbots and business leaders still join and turn to it for light on contemporary social issues. And interestingly the best commentaries on the Rule may not be written, as is often claimed, in hotel rooms, but certainly are often composed today by women and no doubt one day by Oblates.
The Rule is a masterpiece of rationality, modesty and self-transcendence. In the last, and usually least commented upon, chapter Benedict calls it a little Rule for beginners. Those who want to move on to high school or even graduate school should consult Cassian and the fathers. So in what ways does this little Rule train those who seek God and hunger for the contemplative experience of seeing God and listening to God's Word? Firstly by identifying the call itself: 'is there anyone here who yearns for life and desires to see God?'.
Quoting psalms and the Wisdom literature as he often does, Benedict identifies seeking God with the goal of human life. That life does not cease to be human and variable once the goal is being pursued. When the 'first fervour of conversion' wears off your brethren no longer seem saints or even best friends. Stability then is one of the vows Benedict defines and requires both physical and mental perseverance. He would have enjoyed the rabbinical saying 'you are not obliged to succeed, but you are not allowed to give up.' But being Benedict, he knows that people will, and so gives the monk three strikes before he is out and not allowed to return.
To balance stability which otherwise becomes static, his second vow stresses commitment to an ongoing conversion of life and manners, a form of the endless pursuit of God in the mystical life described by Gregory of Nyssa. And obedience – ideally or eventually practiced without delay, spontaneously and from love not out of fear – completes the triad. Obedience must be practiced vertically to the abbot and horizontally to each other and thus becomes Christ like. Unlike later religious orders who saw the will of God in the superior's commands, Benedict allows the monk an appeal if he is commanded to do what he finds impossible. If it fails, he has to do his best to obey and trust in God.
The monastery is the laboratory in which the vows and the 'tools of good works' train the monk for the higher slopes. If it works well it becomes such a loving and freeing place that it feels like the summit but this depends on good management. Firstly time-management, getting the balance right between physical work, lectio (spiritual reading) and prayer, which correspond to the human person's composition as body, mind and spirit.
The kind of prayer Benedict describes is communal psalmody and reading – a collective lectio which serves as preparation for true contemplative prayer. Stress is the disruption of natural human harmony. Peace is their working well together. Murmuring (gossip and moaning) is picked out especially for its corrosive attack on peace. Organisational management in the Rule shows the Roman virtues of paternitas and gravitas with not much left (at least officially) for hilaritas. Overall, the abbot has an impossible task. He must be able to keep the list of the tools given out for work each day and constantly adapt himself to each different temperament. He has the final word but is himself subject to the Rule and must consult.
It is a wonderful, brief, vivid and humane description of the Christian lifestyle in which 'all the members will be at peace'. Exceptions prove any rule and Benedict makes many of them, especially for the old, sick and children, the most vulnerable members of any society. Weaknesses of body and character are treated with patience– a rare feature in most spiritual doctrines. Yet there is a single-mindedness ('prefer nothing whatever to the love of Christ') that never turns moderation to compromise. Focusing on the mundane as he does, Benedict achieves something astounding. We see God reflected in the ordinary – Christ dancing in a thousand places. And yet this, he insists, is still the spiritual kindergarten, just the beginning.
Laurence Freeman OSB
For further help with setting up and leading groups, please look at the 'Christian Meditation Groups' Website in English, Spanish and French, based on the book 'A Pearl of Great Price' by Laurence Freeman


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David Jaffe and the Language of Interactivity
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Though he's recently announced he's planning to leave Eat Sleep Play, developer of the new Twisted Metal game -- due this week for the PlayStation 3 -- David Jaffe has poured his creative energies into the project and will continue to support it through launch before establishing his new studio in San Diego.
It's clear from talking to him that this game represents his current vision of what's possible in the medium. Strange that an update of a 1995 game -- complete with a scary clown that drives a killer ice cream truck -- could do that. Or maybe not, as Jaffe explains below.
Interactivity, he says, is the core of what makes the medium tick, and all of that storytelling that's shoehorned in, well, that doesn't have much to do with what video games are really capable of, or should be used for.
"A lot of people say, 'Do another story game like God of War,' and I would love to, but at that point, I'm like, 'I'll just write a book,'" Jaffe says below, in an interview entirely dedicated to his thoughts on interactivity and the true power of the gaming medium.
You had the big success of God of War, you took some time off, you worked on [cancelled PSP game] Heartland for a while, but you lost inspiration. Then you moved to [PSN game] Calling All Cars, and then Twisted Metal. What was important to you that you learned over the last several years?
DJ: Well, it's a big, big lesson. I got a better understanding of the language of games, and what makes games special, and what makes the medium special.
And just because I've learned that lesson doesn't mean I feel I'm good at it, or great at it, or even average at it yet, but I think that after going through God of War, there was a realization for me as a designer, and a player, that it wasn't speaking to the medium as respectfully, powerfully, and intentionally as I think I would want to speak to the medium.
And a lot of people hear me say that, and they heard my DICE talk, and they think what I meant was I want to go off and make iOS abstract Tetris games that are just pure abstraction. And it's not that. I still very much believe in IP. I believe in context -- both the commercial value of context and what it does to the user.
I think the biggest thing I learned is I don't want to try to make movies through games. I want to try to make experiences that speak respectfully and powerfully, using the language of interactivity. You hear a lot of people talk about the "language of cinema," and there is a language of interactivity, and there's a necessity to understanding interactivity.
And I think with CDs, the advent of CDs for game storage, and then high end graphics and voice actors and all this -- cutscenes -- games kind of got off on a bit of a wrong track that was very appealing, but it wasn't necessarily the only track we should have got off on. And I think that's what the lesson taught me. I want to get really good at the other track, and I don't want to try and make a cinematic game. I want to try and make a great game, if that makes sense at all.
So the obvious question to that is, how does Twisted Metal fit into that philosophy? Because it seems like a throwback, in certain ways.
DJ: No, it's not. It is, and it's not. The way I think of Twisted Metal is, it's kind of the shallow end of the pool and the deep end of the pool. The shallow end of the pool is where I think a lot of people would look at it and say it's a throwback, because at its first initial glance, it's old school. You're blowing stuff up, it's chaotic, it's fast.
Obviously with PS3 and new technology, we've been able to take that core fantasy and express the surface level a lot better. And obviously we've thrown in internet out of the box, blah blah blah, necessary and fun.
But for us, starting with Twisted 2 and going into Black, some of it was intentional, some of it was accidental. Watching us as players, and watching the fan base that was small but very vocal and passionate, we really did begin to realize that what made the game special was the multiplayer -- tactical, strategic, meaty, nutritious gameplay.
In this new one, we have built so much more depth into this game that we know a lot of people aren't going to pick up on it... You know, that's our fault. Everyone that doesn't pick up on it, that's a failure on our part. But we do think that more people than ever will pick up on the fact that there's a lot of depth here. It's depth that happens at 200 miles an hour, but it's not just the surface of blowing shit up, it's fun for a couple days, and you're done. It's tactical, it's strategic.
It's not chess. We're not that presumptuous. It's a fighting game. It's a shooter. It's meant to engage your brain in trying to make really cool choices about what weapon you use when, what sidearm you couple with your car. What enemy you're fighting determines what weapon and what tactic you want to use, and what mode you're playing, and what level.
And I can and will, if you're interested, go into it all... I can talk your ear off about the nuance and the depth of every single weapon having multiple functions, but it really is a surface throwback that's intended to express itself through technology, to express that fantasy better than ever before. But at its heart, it's a reflection of what we in love games so much today, which is basically trying to create a game that speaks the language of games, which is super deep and interactive.
Every year I do this, Sid Meier's quote of "a game as a series of interesting choices" becomes more and more of a mantra to me, and more and more of a just brilliant, brilliant quote to me, because this game really reflects the best we've been able to do once we understood that that's what really a game is, to engage the brain more than anything else. That's what we're trying to do with this.
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Williston Mayor Gerald Hethcoat and the city council honored Students of the Month prior to the March 6 meeting.
Special to the Pioneer
Williston High School's Law Studies students and their instructor, April Palmer, invite the community to attend the second annual mock trial, in the WHS auditorium, Jan. 25, from 10:37 a.m. until 12:57 p.m.
When Candy Barber started working as a substitute in the Chiefland schools lunchroom she only wanted to have a job that allowed her to be home with her children, Royce and Janet, when they were not in school.
On Jan. 4 Barber, who estimates she has served or overseen the serving of over 5 million meals, will retire from her post as coordinator of food service for the county's 13 schools. She is also president of the Florida School Nutrition Association.
Williston Middle School Principal Pamela Asbell, says she is "hired up and fired up" for another great year in 2011-12, and there are several upcoming opportunities to get parents and students ready as well.
A back to school rally was held last Saturday in the WMS cafeteria, hosted by the community, to put school supplies in the hands of needy students, along with great information and advice to help students "Soar" this coming year.
On Thursday, Aug. 18, WHS will be having an Open House from 6:30-8:30 p.m. This will be a chance for students and parents to meet both new and returning staff members and visit classrooms.
A few changes this year include dress code rules, food and drink rules, and some changes in the attendance policy. Students will find a more controlled campus with more student accountability. All students will be given a Student Planner/Agenda to assist with organization.
The 17th Annual Back-to-School Jamboree will be held on Saturday, Aug. 13 from 4-6 p.m. at the Williston Middle School.
This event is designed to promote school readiness and to show our support and commitment to education. All parents, students, teachers, and administrators are invited to attend. Come and receive valuable information about important services being offered; door prizes; refreshments and free school supplies for all grades.
For more information, call 352-361-6528 or 352-528-2170.
Each year the Levy County 4-H opens its year by having a Roundup. Round-up marks the official first day of the 4-H year for Levy County youth and volunteers. This year it will be on Saturday, Aug. 27.
The morning will begin at 8 a.m. with the Hartley Barbecue contestants registering to compete for making the best barbecue chicken. There are three age categories and the winners receive checks and awards. For more information on the Barbecue contest please contact Muriel or Lacy at 486-5131.
New Tardy and Checkout Policy for Williston Elementary School Students
This policy was approved by the Levy County School Board at the meeting Aug. 2.
1. A tardy is defined as an arrival to class or school after the designated starting time or the tardy signal has sounded. Reasons for excused tardies are the same as for excused absences.
2. Parents must follow the same process to excuse a tardy or early check out as they do to excuse an absence.
By MIKE CAPSHAW
Near the end of a meeting in which the School Board of Levy County approved, among other things, a tentative millage and budget for 2011-12, board member Cameron Asbell of Bronson offered up a cost-savings idea.
Asbell didn't prepare any notes to introduce his idea before Tuesday night, all he did was hold up the more than 100 sheets of paper he had been handed during the two-plus hour meeting. It was timely considering lack of funding was discussed several times.
At its first meeting in May, Williston City Council and Mayor Gerald Hethcoat saluted May Students of the Month.
Sabrina Spearin, was chosen from Williston Elementary School.
The fifth grader is the daughter of Daniel Spearin.
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