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A pastor was preaching on sin, and he wanted to check his congregation's understanding. So he asked, "Can anyone tell me what you must do before you can obtain forgiveness of sin?"
For the next few weeks I want to explore a topic that has always intrigued me – apologetics.
Christian apologetics is defined best by the Bible in I Peter 3:15, "But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect."
Did you know that the first bone of a large unknown reptile was discovered in 1822? It was discovered by Mary Ann Mantell and later named "Iguanodon" by her husband. As the years proceeded archeologists found more and more bones and skeletons from these mysterious giant reptiles now known as dinosaurs.
Five-year-old Johnny was in the kitchen as his mother made supper. She asked him to go into the pantry and get her a can of tomato soup, but he didn't want to go in alone.
"It's dark in there and I'm scared."
She asked again, and he persisted. Finally, she said, "It's OK, Jesus will be in there with you."
Johnny walked hesitantly to the door and slowly opened it. He peeked inside, saw it was dark, and started to leave when all at once an idea came, and he said, "Jesus, if you're in there, would you hand me that can of tomato soup?"
As we celebrate our national independence and the gift of liberty that comes with being Americans, I also want to celebrate the wonderful series of checks and balances that exist in our three branches of power in the U.S. Government.
Two cows were grazing alongside a highway when a tanker carrying milk passed the field they were in. On the side of the truck in big red letters were the words, "Pasteurized, homogenized, standardized, Vitamin A added."
One cow turned to the other and remarked, "Makes you feel sort of inadequate, doesn't it?"
Last Thursday, May 7, the Oldham County Ministerial Association hosted two prayer events, at noon at the La Grange Courthouse, and at 7 p.m. at the John Black Community Center. Both were attended by the largest crowds we have had at such prayer events since the first National Day of Prayer event after 9/11.
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The Little East Conference announced the 2012 all-conference teams and major award winners Tuesday afternoon. Earning second team honors was first baseman Matt Consiglio (Southbury, Conn.) and relief pitcher Jeff Thomas (Redwood City, Calif.) as announced by the conference office.
Consiglio earned his first all-conference honor following a standout junior season in which he was amongst the conference leaders with a .471 average against Little East pitchers. On the year the Southbury, Connecticut native posted a .364 average to finish second on the team and in the top-15 in the conference. He recorded a conference best .506 on-base percentage and was tied for 10th in the league in runs batted in with 35.
One of the most difficult players to get out, Consiglio was walked a combined 29 times (2nd in the LEC), while on the base paths he totaled 14 stolen bases to finish tied for eighth overall. After starting the year at shortstop, Consiglio jumped over to the right side of the infield and picked-up the first baseman glove, where he played the remainder of the season.
Defensively he posted 249 putouts and 49 assists. He eventually went on to finish the year with a .952 fielding percentage and turned a team-best 20 double plays.
During the season, Consiglio recorded a career-best 14 game hit-streak and finished with two or more hits on 16 different occasions. During his hit-streak he drove in a combined 16 runs, while also recording six doubles and two home runs.
For Thomas, his first season with the Beacons was a near record setting one for the junior righty, as he tied the single-year mark for saves with five. In a total of 12 appearances this season, Thomas finished with a 0.49 earned run average in 18.1 innings of work. He totaled 13 strikeouts and held opponent batters to a .141 average.
He allowed just three extra base hits all season and allowed just one earned run against. In his first save of the season, Thomas needed just five pitches to close out the final inning to help the Beacons to their first win of the campaign, 9-7 over FDU-Florham. He would then earn back-to-back saves against conference opponents Western Connecticut State and Southern Maine.
Baseball closed out the 2012 season with an 18-22-1 record and a 6-8 mark in the conference. They advanced to their eighth straight Little East Conference tournament under head coach Brendan Eygabroat.

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Obese children might suffer more serious elbow injuries when they fall and have greater complications after surgery than normal kids, a new study claims.
Obese children who experience a common above-the-elbow fracture (called a supracondylar humeral fracture) are at greater risk of bone, joint and nerve damage that sets them up for long-term health problems, the study found.
"Something as simple and common as falling onto an outstretched hand while playing at the playground can have far greater health consequences for children who are diagnosed as obese," said senior author Michelle S Caird, assistant professor in the department of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School.
The reasons are still unclear, but some studies have suggested that high-fat diets may interfere with the absorption of calcium in the intestines, making bones more fragile.
"It's important that children get the proper amount of exercise in order to strengthen their bones early in life,"said Caird.
The study is believed to be among the first to assess theimplications of obesity on this type of fracture, researchers said. Similar studies have shown that overweight children who break their femur (or thigh bone) are more likely to need bigger surgery and have more complications than children who are not overweight, they said. The findings appear in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.


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Introduction to Ozone Article*Please note: This reading comes from the LEARN web site and has been copied here with permission for the purposes of this specific reading activity. Please see the LEARN site for more great activities regarding Ozone and more.*
The Ozone Hole. The Ozone Hoax. Pollution. Skin Cancer. The topic of ozone makes headlines on a regular basis, but why does a single molecule merit such media coverage? How important is the ozone in our atmosphere and why are scientists so concerned about its increase near the surface of the earth and its disappearance higher up in the atmosphere?
First things first - what is ozone? Ozone is made of three oxygen atoms (O3). The oxygen we find in our atmosphere is made up of two oxygen atoms (O2). Because of its chemical formulation, a single atom of oxygen (O) is unstable. That is, it wants to combine with something else. That is why oxygen is almost always found in pairs, in its O2 (diatomic) form, where it is more stable. O3 is less stable than O2, because it wants to return to the diatomic state by giving up an oxygen atom.
When enough ozone molecules are present, it forms a pale blue gas. It is an unstable molecule that readily combines with other atoms. Ozone has the same chemical structure whether it is found in the stratosphere or the troposphere. Where we find ozone in the atmosphere determines whether we consider it to be Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde.
In the troposphere, the ground-level or "bad" ozone is an air pollutant that damages human health, vegetation, and many common materials. It is a key ingredient of urban smog. In the stratosphere, we find the "good" ozone that protects life on earth from the harmful effects of the sun's ultraviolet rays.
Electromagnectic Spectrum
To understand how ozone is generated and the functions it serves in the earth's atmosphere, it is important to know something about the electromagnetic spectrum the energy emitted from the sun. Electromagnetic energy is sometimes described as traveling in waves and sometimes as traveling in packets of energy referred to as photons.
Progressing from short wavelengths to long wavelengths, scientists have identified gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet radiation, visible light (between 400 and 700 nanometers), infrared radiation (heat), microwaves, and radio waves. Short wavelengths have more energy per photon than long wavelengths.
Ozone is constantly being formed in the earth's atmosphere by the action of the sun's ultraviolet radiation on oxygen molecules. Ultraviolet light splits the molecules apart by breaking the bonds between the atoms. A highly reactive free oxygen atom then collides with another oxygen molecule to form an ozone molecule. Because ozone is unstable, ultraviolet light quickly breaks it up, and the process begins again.
Ozone in the Stratosphere
Ozone and oxygen molecules in the stratosphere absorb ultraviolet light from the sun, providing a shield that prevents this radiation from passing to the earth's surface. While both oxygen and ozone together absorb 95 to 99.9% of the sun's ultraviolet radiation, only ozone effectively absorbs the most energetic ultraviolet light, known as UV-C and UV-B, which causes biological damage. The protective role of the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere is so vital that scientists believe life on land probably would not have evolved - and could not exist today - without it.
The term "shield" as a description of ozone in the stratosphere is a bit misleading because the molecules do not form an impermeable sphere around the earth. Ozone continuously breaks apart into its oxygen atoms and reforms as ozone molecules, so a particular ozone molecule doesn't last very long. The "shield" changes constantly, but the atmospheric chemical processes maintain a dynamic equilibrium that keeps the overall amount of ozone constant - that is, it would if humans did not contribute to the chemical processes.
About 90% of the ozone in the earth's atmosphere lies in the region called the stratosphere between 16 and 48 kilometers (10 and 30 miles) above the earth's surface. Ozone forms a kind of layer in the stratosphere, where it is more concentrated than anywhere else, but even there it is relatively scarce. Its concentrations in the ozone layer are typically only 1 to 10 parts of ozone per 1 million parts of air, compared with about 210,000 parts of oxygen per 1 million parts of air.
Ozone in the Troposphere
The other 10% of the ozone in the earth's atmosphere is found in the troposphere, which is the portion of the atmosphere from the earth's surface to about 12 km or 7 miles up. In the troposphere, ozone is not wanted. Ozone is even more scarce in the troposphere than the stratosphere with concentrations of about 0.02 to 0.3 parts per million. But even in such small doses, this molecule can do a lot of damage.
And just to confuse things even further, ozone in the troposphere is one of the greenhouse gases. As discussed in the Greenhouse Effect section, the naturally occurring greenhouse gases (including ozone) are what make earth habitable for life as we know it. But scientists are very concerned about the warming effects of increased greenhouse gases caused by human activity. So, in the troposphere, accelerated ozone levels deal us a double whammy - as a key ingredient in smog and as a powerful greenhouse gas.
Concluding Thoughts
Ozone is found in two different layers of the atmosphere - the troposphere and the stratosphere. The stratospheric ozone, or "good ozone," protects life on earth from harmful effects of the sun's UV rays. We have good reason to be concerned about the thinning of the ozone layer in the stratosphere. Tropospheric ozone, or "bad ozone," is an air pollutant that damages human health, vegetation, and many common materials. We have good reason to be concerned about the buildup of ozone in the troposphere. In this and the following sections, we will explore the various aspects of ozone to help your students better understand this complex, and sometimes seemingly contradictory, molecule. Although simplistic, the saying "Good up high and bad near by," sums up ozone in the atmosphere.


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Glycans are saccharides that can be attached to a wide variety of biological molecules through an enzymatic process called glycosylation to augment their function. Of the four fundamental building blocks of life, proteins, carbohydrates (glycans), lipids and nucleic acids, glycans have received the least attention from researchers. Glycans are found in Archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes, and their diverse functions contribute to physical and structural integrity, extracellular matrix formation, signal transduction, protein folding and information exchange between cells (and pathogens). A recent issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry highlighted the important and diverse biological functions of glycans in a thematic minireview series organized by Associate Editor Gerald W. Hart.
What do snake venom, sperm maturation and pancreatic fluid have in common? Phospholipase A2, a group of enzymes that release fatty acids from phospholipid components of biological membranes. The released fatty acids, especially arachidonic acid, play regulatory roles in inflammatory responses, thus making phospholipases highly valuable for therapeutic purposes.
Researchers have come up with genetically engineered tomatoes that could stave off heart attacks and strokes. In a recent paper in the Journal of Lipid Research, a team led by Srinivasa Reddy and Alan Fogelman at the University of California, Los Angeles, described fruit that contained a protein that helps to halt atherosclerosis, the buildup of arterial plaques that leads to heart attacks and strokes.
No pregnant woman gets excited about invasive procedures. But for the diagnosis of some complications, pregnant women have to undergo procedures such as amniocentesis. Researchers have been aiming to come up with less invasive tests. In a paper in a recent issue of Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, scientists describe how a class of proteins can be tracked reliably in blood samples taken from pregnant women and found hints that changes in expression patterns of this class of proteins may indicate if a pregnant woman is at risk for premature delivery.
Peter J. Kennelly, chairman of the ASBMB Education and Professional Development Committee, provides tips for knocking that job interview out of the park.
The Internet has a way of being distracting. The plethora of available information and facile social interactions make staying focused a serious challenge for even the most dedicated professionals, let alone teenagers. But for Nashville-based high-school teacher Adam Taylor, it is exactly those properties that are appealing.
Now that April is upon us, everyone is (hopefully) gearing up for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology annual meeting later this month in Boston. Everyone has seen the highlights of the various programming themes, so I won't explore those here. I do want to highlight some newsworthy items that are of interest to those of us in the lipid research community.
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The Scotland of Jamie & Claire (Small Group Outlander Tour - 7 people maximum)
Day 1 & 2 - GlasgowThe first 2 days are on your own. Arrive Glasgow and transfer to your pre-booked accommodations. Like most Scottish towns, Glasgow is a friendly city with a good selection of traditional music at pubs around town and very good shopping choices.
Day 3 - Journey begins - Film locations for Cranesmuir, Inverness and Castle LeochAfter a good nights sleep and a full breakfast, travel to Doune Castle, the film location for Castle Leoch with plenty of time to look around and listen to the interesting audio guide as well as time to take loads of pictures. The next stop will be Falkland the village that was used for Inverness in the Starz TV Series "Outlander". Stop at the Covenanter Hotel and recall the hanging sign for "Mrs Baird's Guesthouse, est. 1865". Walk around the town and see the Falkland Parish Church and the Bruce Fountain where Frank saw the ghost. Then continue on to the charming Royal Burgh of Culross. This was the film location for Gellis Duncan's Cranesmuir in the TV version of Outlander. Culross is a fascinating example of a town that time has forgotten. The Town House was built in 1626 and was the administrative centre of Culross with a tollbooth and witches prison. Overnight in Aberfeldy. B&B: Townhouse Aberfeldy (or similar)
Day 4 - The TV location of 'the Hill', 'Rent', Culloden Battlefield, and Clava Cairns Standing StonesToday we will journey to Loch Rannoch which looks like where Claire recited the poem in the TV series. And we'll see "the hill" where the filming of the standing stones occurred. (If you're lucky, like the October 2015 Outlander Immersion tour - you'll actually get to see the standing stones on the hill.) Next you'll travel on to the the 18th century village where 'Rent' was filmed and you'll be able to go into the hut where Dougal ripped Jamie's shirt down the back in the TV episode of Outlander. Next stop is the terribly serene Culloden Battlefield for a walk around the (paved) moors to see the Fraser clan stone and the memorial for all clans as well as an exploration of the new visitor's center. The final stop is Clava Cairns. Stand in the split stone like Diana Gabaldon on the back of her 'Outlandish Companion' book. Clava also has a large single stone like the one that Claire put her hands on in the TV series. Overnight in Inverness (the city that Clarie couldn't see the lights of which convinced her she really was in in a different time). B&B: Ballifeary Guesthouse (or similar)
Day 5 - Loch Ness, Glen Affric, Beauly & Beauly Priory, and 'Lallybroch' (from the book)Travel through the scenic highlands stopping at Urquhart Castle for a photo stop and continue down the shores of Loch Ness (where in the book Claire saw the Water Creature) before winding over verdant hills and valleys to Glen Affric. A walk through this glen will take you into the remains of the Great Caledonian Pine Forest like where Jamie and Claire wandered after their wedding. Lunch will be at the Storehouse of Foulis (a fully restored 18th century storehouse). Next visit Beauly, the seat of Clan Fraser, and Beauly Priory where Claire liked to go for solitude. We'll finish the day at 'Lallybroch' (a house that looks like the book version of Lallybroch) for afternoon tea and a fun and informative weapons presentation by our guide. Back to Inverness for the night. B&B: Ballifeary Guesthouse (or similar)
Day 6 - Dundreggan, 'St Kilda', 2 Brochs, Ferry to Sky and Loch GarveBegin with a drive west through Dundreggan, where in the book, the story is told of the Farmer whose wife is stolen by the Fairies. As we reach the West Coast, we step lightly around the grave stones and look through the ruined chapel that Diana used as her inspiration for the Church of St Kilda. Driving over Mam Ratagan Pass will take us to see two of the best-preserved Brochs on the Scottish mainland. From Glenelg we will take the charming community ferry (if available) to the mystical Isle of Skye, and will hear some of the tales of the fairies that are said to inhabit that island. Returning to the mainland by bridge and traveling toward Inverness will take us along the shores of Loch Garve known from Outlander as the home of the water kelpie. Back to Inverness for the night. B&B: Ballifeary Guesthouse (or similar)
Day 7 - Aberdour Castle, 'Lallybroch' (from the TV Series), the filming sites for Fort WilliamEn route back to Edinburgh we'll visit Aberdour Castle which was used for Sainte Anne de Beaupré's monastery in France which Jamie flees to; the castle's Old Kitchen and Long Gallery were used for filming. Next stop will be the site used for Lallybroch in the TV series (if it is available this day). We'll also stop by Blackness Castle which stands in for Fort William where Jamie was flogged in the TV version of Outlander. The final stop will be the "majestic ruins of Linlithgow Palace, once a favoured royal residence of the Stewart kings and queens and the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots" which was used for the prison entrance and corridors. Overnight in Edinburgh.
Day 8 - Edinburgh - Costume Shop, Walking Tour of the Royal MileIn the morning we will be going to a costume shop to be outfitted with our period costumes for wearing on a guided walking tour of the Royal Mile. Our Outlander enthused tour guide will lead the tour down the Royal Mile pointing out all the places from the series including the World's End, White Horse Close and Holyrood. We'll end the day with a festive dinner wearing the clothes Jamie and Claire might have worn. Overnight in Edinburgh. B&B: B+B Edinburgh (or similar)
Day 9 - Edinburgh - End of TourBreakfast is included on this final day but the tour is over after breakfast. You may schedule your flight home for this day (or you may choose to extend your stay and see more of Scotland).
Hugh and I have worked together to design this tour and we will strive to see all of the places in the
list above but they are subject to change dependent on weather and availability and what we may see in upcoming episodes.
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Quantifying the value of marine and coastal ecosystems in the Pacific Islands region provides an opportunity to improve the management of these ecosystems, but environmental valuation faces some unique regional challenges in the Pacific.
There is a diversity of marine and coastal ecosystems in the Pacific, such as mangrove forests, coral reefs and seagrass meadows. When these ecosystems are healthy and intact, they provide valuable services to the people of the Pacific and the globe. Examples of the ecosystem services include: supporting fish species that are important for subsistence and commercial purposes; buffering coastal communities from flooding and storm surges; storing and sequestering carbon; and supporting recreational activities such as tourism.
A recent study by IUCN in Vanuatu found that the value of mangrove ecosystem services was as much as US$ 8,500 per hectare per year. This figure gives us a glimpse of the considerable benefits that mangroves provide to humans. Through the Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Management in Pacific Island Countries and Atolls (MACBIO) project, IUCN Oceania and partners are building on this work to improve understanding of the natural wealth of marine and coastal ecosystems.
A workshop for resource economists in the region was organized recently by IUCN Oceania. The purpose was to share ideas and experiences on how valuing ecosystem services can inform conservation and development decision-making in Pacific Island countries.
"Participants in the workshop agreed that the economic invisibility of nature should end. We are encouraged to see that a growing number of decision-makers in Pacific Island countries are looking for ways to integrate natural capital and its services into strategic planning and national policies" says Karl P. Kirsch-Jung, GIZ-Project Director of MACBIO.
A number of challenges to undertaking economic evaluations of ecosystems in the Pacific were discussed during the two day workshop. One challenge is the lack of people trained to undertake the economic evaluations. Funding is another major constraint. Because ecosystem service valuation is a relatively new field, some funders appear hesitant to allocate scarce dollars from traditional conservation research to emerging economic approaches.
Other challenges relate to obtaining the necessary information to undertake the evaluation. Although economists prefer primary data, it is often costly and time-consuming to collect. Instead, researchers must determine which organizations and government agencies can provide secondary data, how to access the secondary data from governments and organizations, and whether the secondary data will be of reliable quality. It is also critical to present the results of the evaluations in an understandable and useable format.
"A key challenge of this kind of work is presenting the results of the ecosystem service valuations in units that are relevant and useful to policy makers. Economists and some conservationists realize the importance of undertaking economic assessments, and people are talking about it, but actually undertaking the evaluation is complex. It requires the availability of accurate datasets and people qualified to analyze them. It also requires that those people know their audience and understand how the results will be used" says Jacob Salcone, MACBIO Technical Officer at IUCN.
The ecosystem service valuation methods to be used by the MACBIO project were refined at the workshop. Although the ecosystem service valuation method will vary between sites, the results from each will contribute to national reports in each of the five project countries. Participants also discussed the best way to communicate the results of the studies and the potential format for a regional valuation for oceans and coasts.
Through the valuation of marine ecosystem services in the five Pacific Island countries, the MACBIO project aims to contribute to global efforts under "The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity" (TEEB) initiative, which is hosted by UNEP. Institutions and researchers associated with TEEB aim to recognize, capture and demonstrate the value of ecosystems to influence policy-making.
"By raising awareness of the economics of marine and coastal ecosystems in the Pacific, the MACBIO project provides an excellent example of what the global TEEB initiative seeks to achieve at the national and sub-national levels. This workshop initiated an important process of identifying, quantifying and – potentially – capturing valuable marine and coastal ecosystem services, in order to improve national and regional policies in Pacific nations. By measuring the natural wealth we treasure, we can hope to better manage nature for today's Pacific Islanders and for generations to come" says Dr Andrew Seidl, Professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics at the Colorado State University and former head of the IUCN Global Economics Programme, who presented at the workshop.
The MACBIO project, funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), is being implemented in five countries: Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. It will assess the economic value of marine and coastal ecosystem services in the participating countries to inform marine spatial planning within their exclusive economic zones (EEZ). The project is being implemented by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in partnership with IUCN Oceania and is supported by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
"MACBIO will be an example of how IUCN is helping to share credible and trusted knowledge about the value of biodiversity and ecosystem services, which can lead to better policy and conservation outcomes. The first economic evaluations under the MACBIO project will commence in May 2014 in the Vava'u Island group, Tonga" added Jacob Salcone.
Workshop participants included representatives from GIZ, IUCN, Secretariat of the Pacific Community–Pacific Resource and Environmental Economics Network (SPC-PREEN), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the University of the South Pacific (USP).
For more information, please contact Jacob Salcone at [email protected]


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Eight Years with the Accounting Principles Board HOW IT FEELS TO BE A GORED OX By DONALD J. BEVIS / Retired Partner Risks and Rewards "My greatest experience in 40 years of public accounting/' says Donald Bevis, "was my tenure on the APB, from 1965 until the Board's demise in 1973, when it was succeeded by the Financial Accounting Standards Board." As a measure of his experience, he cites the number of Board pronouncements during that eight-year period: • 26 Opinions (Nos. 6 through 31) and approximately 200 Accounting Interpretations of these Opinions; • 3 Statements; • 7 Accounting Research Studies; • 19 Industry Audit and Accounting Guides. (The stated accounting principles and practices of these guides required the approval of the APB.) "During that period/' he says, " I conversed with the most knowledgeable and capable accountants in the profession—in practice, industry, government, and the academe. These discussions, plus others with people in the financial community, greatly influenced my decisions on accounting issues. An initial conclusion was not necessarily the final one. I also learned to appreciate that there is more than one informed opinion on any accounting principle or its application. "Considering the fact that APB work was voluntary," he says, " i t was amazing to note the amount of time spent. For many members, including myself, it became almost a full-time duty: board meetings, committee meetings, night sessions, reams of correspondence, public hearings, draft pronouncements, and other activities. To this must be added the volunteered time of observers and advisers to Board members and those working on Industry Audit and Accounting Guides and Board-authorized research studies. In addition, one cannot overlook the time freely given by personnel of the SEC and other government bodies, together with the efforts of industry and accounting organizations, in developing information and commentary on proposed pronouncements. Finally, invaluable service was rendered by the AICPA staff. I would estimate that in the last several years, when the output was greatest, the annual cost was close to $2.5 million. This compares to a proposed annual cost of $3.5 million for the FASB." All of the material accumulated by the Board concerning its unfinished business has been made available to the FASB. These include Industry Audit and Accounting Guides and Accounting Research Studies in process. Some of the unfinished APB items are on the first priority list of FASB. Criticisms of the Board It is often said that the Accounting Principles Board did not deal with fundamental issues but spent too much time "putting out fires." I believe, however, that a rereading of the Opinions and Statements will demonstrate that the APB did deal with many fundamental issues on accounting principles and financial reporting.* Furthermore, because of the rapidly changing business and economic environment, it was necessary to put out fires, ignited in some cases by *Good examples are the Opinions on Accounting for Income Taxes, Reporting the Results of Operations, and The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock. 45
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A sitting president cheats on his wife with another woman, admits to the press that he has a "love-child," and he still keeps his job.
No, this isn't Europe. We're talking about South African President Jacob Zuma, and his admission this week to having a child out of wedlock with a mistress. While grabbing headlines, his infidelity is unlikely to have any political implications either for Mr. Zuma or for his ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC). But it does reveal something about the character of this country's politics and its electorate.
"I really don't think this will change a single vote," says Steven Friedman, director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy, an initiative of Rhodes University and the University of Johannesburg. "In South Africa, it's about identity politics. It's big-issue politics. Although this is a socially conservative society, the political fault lines are so deep and so clearly drawn that personal and sexual morality becomes a non-issue."
With 65.9 percent of the vote in the 2009 elections, President Zuma is certainly in no danger of losing either his job or his party's hold on power. But the latest revelation – printed on the front pages of nearly every South African newspaper, and decried by almost all the opposition parties – is an interesting window on South Africa's sharply divided political culture. It could reveal how the ANC and its leader responds to criticism and negative media coverage, setting the tone for the president's relations with news media for the rest of his term in office.
Zuma's private behavior, suggest critics, might undermine the government's efforts to fight the spread of HIV – South Africa already has the highest number of citizens infected with the disease, at 5.4 million. But his actions are far from likely to lead to the sort of 1998-99 impeachment effort that President Clinton faced over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, or to lead to his resignation, as happened with Britain's Defense Minister John Profumo in 1963.
"The way such a scandal is handled is in part shaped by the political character of the country," says Aubrey Matshiqi, a senior researcher at the Center for Policy Studies in Johannesburg. "In France, this is not an issue. To some extent in Italy, this is not an issue. But in South Africa, we don't have a common political culture, we have a clash of political cultures."
This clash – played out in the news media -- reflects the disaffection of the white minority that didn't vote for the ANC, and for a small but growing number of middle-class blacks who are drifting away from the ANC. Leaders of smaller parties, may say, as Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille did this week, that the president should "apologize and act to better embody the values he advocates for other South Africans," but for the time being, they are not calling for Zuma's resignation.
Non-issue or not, Zuma's personal and sexual behavior have been big news for the better part of a decade. In 2005, Zuma faced charges, and in 2006 was acquitted, of raping the daughter of a close friend. Testimony from that trial – including his assertion that he didn't worry about contracting HIV from the HIV-positive woman he had sex with, because he had taken a shower – continues to follow Zuma. One cartoonist portrayed him with a shower-head permanently hovering, like a halo.
In the lead-up to the March 2009 elections, Zuma's marriage to two more women horrified some South Africans. But polygamy is allowed under Zulu culture, and Zulus are the single largest ethnic group in the country. So, his mulitple wives cost him little – if any –support from the poor black majority who make up the ANC's base.
For many black voters, Zuma is a man who shares the poor upbringing and traditional culture of the common man. The only thing that would likely be counted against Zuma and the ANC, for this voting block, is the failure of the ANC to create enough jobs and housing to uplift their lives. Counting wives and children -- (now three wives and 20 children, with a fiancée waiting in the wings) may be an obsession for South Africa's mainly white-owned media, but it only brings chuckles from the vast majority who look to the ANC as their political and economic savior.
For his part, Zuma reacted sharply to media coverage of what he considers a "personal matter."
"I confirm that I have a relationship with Ms. Sonono Khoza," he told reporters yesterday. "I said during World AIDS Day that we must all take personal responsibility for our actions. I have done so."
But then he accused the media of violating the rights of his 20th child to privacy. "Our Constitution and our laws require us to protect children from harmful public exposure. The Constitution states that it is inappropriate to place at risk, the child's well-being, physical or mental health, spiritual, moral or social development."
He also rejected assertions that his sexual activities undermined his own message to fight the spread of AIDS. "I will not compromise on the campaign. Rather we will intensify our efforts to promote prevention, treatment, research and the fight against the stigma attached to the epidemic."


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OCEAN CITY — As revenue goes down, oftentimes the price must come up, and that could be the case for admission to the Winterfest of Lights next year.
One pre-holiday snowstorm may have kept the Winterfest of Lights from meeting last year's numbers, but on Tuesday, the Recreation and Parks Committee heard a proposal that called for a one dollar raise for access to the entire Winterfest experience: the tent, hot cocoa, Santa Claus and a ride through hundreds of thousands twinkling lights on the tram.
Recreation and Parks Director Tom Shuster told the commission in his final Winterfest report that revenue, total riders and average daily riders at the Winterfest of Lights all declined this year, and pointed to lackluster weather and most notably, the Dec. 19 snowstorm that forced the uptown holiday attraction to shut down.
"That Saturday, we usually bring in anywhere from $12,000-$20,000 in revenue, and because of the storm, we lost a critical night of business," said Shuster, "and as any retailer will tell you, you never get those days back. I think we would've been on track to meet last year's numbers, but that's not how it ended up."
Total revenue for the 45-day Winterfest of Lights was a little more than $330,000 compared to $339,000 last year. In addition, almost 6,200 fewer people rode the tram this year, which equated to 266 fewer riders daily.
Another intangible in the drop in Winterfest revenue this year was credited to zero donations collected from the Inlet Parking Lot, which the Mayor and City Council elected not to light up this year as part of cost cutting measures, as well as no donations from the Winterfest Gala Committee, which has provided donations in the past.
As a result, Special Events Coordinator John Sullivan pitched the idea to charge $5 for riders 10 years old and older next year.
"A family of four with two adults and two kids under 10 would pay $10, while a family of four with two adults and two kids over 10 would pay $20," said Sullivan. "For a family of four to attend a movie in Ocean City, without buying popcorn or drinks, the cost is $28 and to play a round of miniature golf is approximately $32 for that same family of four."
The council members on the committee were not entirely sold on the idea, however, calling for further study to be done before any decision is made on the matter.
"I don't agree with this at all," said Council President Joe Mitrecic. "The one thing I heard last year was that it was too expensive and we lowered the age for kids to get in free last year. If you take your kids to a movie, it's at least an hour and a half, whereas the tram ride through Winterfest is, what, 12 minutes?"
City Manager Dennis Dare noted that the city pays between $70,000 and $80,000 every 4th of July weekend for a fireworks display that lasts less than 20 minutes, and argued that the extra dollar for admission might be necessary for the town to continue to provide the same quality experience for visitors to Winterfest.
"Given the budget that we are going to be facing, it's going to be hard to justify a program that isn't making any money, even if it is Winterfest," said Dare.
Sullivan said that on average, the $1 rise in admission fees for visitors 10 and over would generate $65,000 in added revenue for the town-funded event.
"I had a gentleman come up to me during this past Winterfest and thanked us for providing something so positive for his family to enjoy for less than $20," said Sullivan. "If you look at Disney World or any airline, they are charging admission for anyone over the age of two."
Mitrecic and Councilman Lloyd Martin both worried aloud that raising the price of admission would be another talking point for people who believe the town is pricing itself out.
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A man who shot himself in the head before police could question him about the disappearance of a Minnesota woman died today, the county medical examiner said.
A woman who answered the phone at the Hennepin County Medical Examiner confirmed David Roe's death to ABC News. Authorities have said they believe Roe, 24, of Victoria, Minn., was with Mandy Matula, of Eden Prairie, Minn., before she was reported missing Thursday morning, according to a news release.
Roe was identified by police as a person of interest in Matula's disappearance and had agreed to speak with investigators, according to the news release. But before he could be questioned, Roe shot himself in the head in the parking lot of the Eden Prairie City Center at approximately 1:30 p.m. Thursday. He was then transported to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.
The details of Roe's death could not be confirmed. His condition before his death was unknown.
Matula's family last saw her on Wednesday at 11 p.m. They reported the 24-year-old missing around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday after she did not show up for work at the city's park maintenance division, ABC Minneapolis affiliate KSTP-TV reported.
According to the news release, police believe Roe was with Matula at a local park at approximately 1:30 a.m. Thursday.
Matula's brother, Steven Matula, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that his sister and Roe had been dating on and off for several months. They both graduated from Eden Prairie High School in 2007.
KSTP reported that Roe left a note on his car's dashboard before he shot himself, but police would not disclose its contents.
Matula's mother, Lisa Matula, declined to speak to ABC News.
Meanwhile, a group of people casing the city for clues in Matula's disappearance today uncovered an unfired piece of ammunition near Victory Lutheran Church in Eden Prairie, Minn., police spokeswoman Katie Bengston told ABC News.
Authorities cordoned off an area surrounding the church to further investigate, Bengston said.
"[Police] are going to take a look at it, and look at any markings [on the bullet] to determine what specific weapon it might have come from," said Bengston.
The community has rallied around Mandy Matula's family since her disappearance, organizing search efforts independent of law enforcement officials to assist in finding the 24-year-old.
The group that found the bullet was unaffiliated with the authorities' organized search, Bengston said.


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any slender appendage; called also cauda.
tail of spermatozoon the flagellum of a spermatozoon; it has four regions: the neck, middle piece, principal piece, and end piece.
tail(tāl), [TA]
1. Any tail, or taillike structure, or tapering or elongated extremity of an organ or other part. Synonym(s): cauda [TA]
2. veterinary anatomy a free appendage representing the caudal end of the vertebral column; covered by skin and hair, feathers, or scales.
[A.S. taegl]
tail(tāl) any slender appendage.
tail of spermatozoon the flagellum of a spermatozoon, which contains the axonema; it has four regions: the neck, middle piece, principal piece, and end piece.
The posterior part of an animal, especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body.
Of or relating to a tail or tails: tail feathers.
v. tailed, tailing, tails
To deprive of a tail; dock.
tail′less adj.
the caudal extremity of an organ or body, such as an axillary tail of a mammary gland.
tailadjective Referring to an elongated terminal tapering of an organism, cell, molecule, statistic or other component in a system that slowly arrives to a baseline or disappears.
Herbal medicine
noun A trivial name for certain plants—e.g., cat tail, mare's tail.
noun The end of a period of malpractice liability exposure.
Molecular biology
noun A sequence of nucleotides at the end of a molecule of nucleic acid.
noun An elongated mass of tissue.
tailadjective Referring to an elongated terminal tapering of an organism, cell, molecule, statistic, or other component in a system that slowly arrives to a baseline or disappears noun Surgery An elongated mass of tissue. See Axillary tail.
tail(tāl) [TA]
1. Any taillike structure, or tapering or elongated extremity of an organ or other part.
2. veterinary anatomy A free appendage representing the caudal end of the vertebral column, covered by skin and hair, feathers, or scales.
Synonym(s): cauda [TA] .
Synonym(s): cauda [TA] .
[A.S. taegl]
- the rear-most part of an animal.
- (in vertebrates) that part behind the anus.
tail(tāl) [TA]
Any taillike structure or tapering or elongated extremity.
Synonym(s): cauda [TA] .
Synonym(s): cauda [TA] .
[A.S. taegl]
the caudal terminal appendage of the vertebral column made up of the coccygeal vertebrae and their attendant tissues. See also cauda.
tail absence
an inherited defect in cattle, cats and pigs, sometimes associated with other deformities of the vertebral column, atresia of the anus and urogenital system defects. See also manx.
tail amputation
may be required for removal of a diseased tail; also a common husbandry practice in pastoral dairy herds where tails full of sloppy feces are unwelcome industrial hazards to farmhands working in pit type milking parlors, especially on cold mornings. Standard practice is to amputate with a guillotine type dehorner.
banged tail
see bangtail.
tail biting
a vice in pigs which bite each other's tail because of boredom initially and then as a habit, causing blood loss and frequently local abscess formation or spinal cord abscess. In dogs, seen as a vice in association with tail chasing (see below). In caged mice may be attributable to crowding.
tail bleeding
collection of blood from the ventral median coccygeal vein, e.g. in cattle; laboratory rodents are also bled from the ventral coccygeal artery or by amputation of the end of the tail.
bob tail, bobbed tail
see bobtail.
tail boot
a leather sleeve that is wrapped around the butt of a horse's tail, laced up, and secured to a harness by a retaining strap. Designed to protect the tail from wear while traveling. Nowadays bandaging is a more common method of protection.
tail brace
a device for supporting the tail in an elevated position for extended periods of time, usually as an adjunct to a surgical procedure on the tail or in the perineal region, e.g. dogs after surgery for perianal fistulae and horses after ventral myotomy ('nicking').
tail carriage
the way in which the tail is carried relative to the body. A high carriage of the butt of the tail with the hair streaming in the wind is the objective in show horses. See also nicking (2).
caudal tail fold
see caudal tailfold.
tail cellulitis
at the tail tip, a common sequel to unsanitary vaccination against pleuropneumonia; at the butt incidental to injury.
tail chasing
an obsessive-compulsive behavior seen occasionally in dogs, particularly Bull terriers. The dog periodically lapses into episodes of chasing its tail. Most deliberately do not catch it, but those that do can cause serious self-trauma.
tail deformity
most cases are sporadic but it is inherited as part of the inherited tail-absent syndrome in cattle and pigs.
tail docking
see dock (1).
tail elevation
posture indicative of irritation in the vagina, e.g. after irrigation of cervix and uterus with Lugol's iodine; tail held out from the body, plus rigidity, a sure indication of the presence of tetanus.
tail fold dermatitis
see fold dermatitis.
frozen tail, limber tail, rudder tail, cold water tail
a painful condition of the tailbase recognized in gundogs, mainly Labrador retrievers. Usually seen the day after hunting, and believed to be a tendonitis or myositis associated with vigorous swimming or hyperextension of the tail when leaping into water. The affected dog holds the tail horizontally, away from the rump, and is reluctant to sit.
tail gland
tail gland hyperplasia
in dogs, a spongy enlargement with alopecia and scaling of the area, usually associated with hormonal disturbances, in which the apocrine gland segment is especially hyperplastic.
ingrown tail
dogs with naturally short, kinked tails (corkscrew tails), e.g. British bulldogs and Pugs, may have deep skin folds surrounding the tail that are subject to moist dermatitis and secondary infection.
tail jack
see tailing.
tail louse
see haematopinusquadripertusus.
tail and mane dystrophy
see mane and tail dystrophy.
tail mange
see chorioptic mange.
tail paint
special paint applied to the tailhead of cows as a heat mount detection aid. When cows stand to be mounted the paint is rubbed off.
tail paralysis
is characterized by a flaccid, anesthetized tail. Occurs with injury, myelitis or myelomalacia of caudal segments of the spinal cord.
tail pulse
the pulse as felt in the ventral coccygeal artery in cattle. Best felt at the level of the tip of the vulva.
tail pyoderma
equine staphylococcal folliculitis.
tail restraint
in cattle, holding the tail strongly over the back provides some control. See also tail-hitch, tailing.
tail rigidity
tail is stiff instead of its usual, whip-like in cattle, flexibility. Indicative of the presence of tetanus.
tail root
where the tail joins the body.
tail setting
see nicking (2).
tail skin dehiscence
skin at the tip of the gerbil's tail is easily pulled off; never catch or lift a gerbil by the tail other than at its base.
tail sore
the early or mild lesions in a tail-biting problem of pigs.
tail stock
first part of the tail, of a whale or dolphin, before it divides into the flukes.
tail sucking
a vice of cats, particularly Siamese, in which the tip of the tail is usually wet and becomes discolored.
tail switch louse
see haematopinusquadripertusus.
tail tag
used extensively for the identification of cattle. Made of metal or plastic in sharply contrasting colors and with identifying marks or numbers and letters on them so that animals, owners and veterinarians can be easily identified. The tag is wrapped around the thinner, meaty part of the tail, just above the brush and fixed with one of several patented attachments. See also backtag.
tail tie
see tail-hitch.
tail tip necrosis
disease of confined cattle on slatted floors; caused by treading injury.
tail tone
complete absence indicative of good outcome of epidural anesthesia; occurrence spontaneously indicative of lesion to cauda equine, in cattle usually due to mounting injury caused by a heavy bull or cow.
tail worm
equine staphylococcal dermatitis.
Patient discussion about tail
Q. If I sit too long I get a pain in my tail bone area, when I stand it goes away...any idea? I also get a pain just like it on the bottom of my left foot that goes away.
A. Coccygodynia (pain of the tail bone) is not rare and can radiate from the lower back area. Usually it goes away on its own, however if the pain bothers you a lot you can apply anti-inflammation creams locally. If this pain is very disturbing for a while you should see a doctor to examine you once and check there is nothing else there that can cause the pain. Physical activity usually solves low back pain and might help in your case too.More discussions about tail


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CINCINNATI: The victim of a fatal weekend hotel balcony fall in Cincinnati has been identified as a 24-year-old Indiana man.
The Hamilton County coroner said Alexander Crouch died of massive trauma after the fall from the 16th floor of the Garfield Suites Hotel early Sunday.
The coroner told the Cincinnati Enquirer that Crouch, who lived near Indianapolis, was in town for a birthday party.
Hotel officials told the coroner�s office that the men at the party had been drinking. Toxicology tests are pending to determine if Crouch was intoxicated.
His parents were notified of his death Sunday.


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Russia accelerated the war of words over Syria today, accusing the US of undermining recent efforts to move toward a negotiated settlement between the Bashar al-Assad regime and its opponents by "encouraging extremists" at this week's Friends of Syria meeting in Rome. The US announced at the meeting that it was stepping up material aid to rebels in a bid to "change the balance of power" in the two-year civil war that's already killed more than 70,000 people.
"There is a general understanding within the international community that there is no military solution to the Syrian crisis," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said in a statement posted today on the ministry's website.
"Meanwhile, judging by incoming reports, the decisions made in Rome, as well as the statements that were made there, both in letter and in spirit, encourage extremists to seize power by force, regardless of the inevitable suffering of ordinary Syrians," he added.
Russia, the chief backer and arms supplier of the Assad regime, says the pieces are falling into place for a realistic peace process in Syria, and that it is doing all it can to pressure Mr. Assad to accept the need for sweeping change.
The Russians allege that the US is sabotaging those hopes. Mr. Lukashevich pointed to the final communique of the Rome meeting, signed by US Secretary of State John Kerry and other Western leaders, which underlined "the need to change the balance of power on the ground."
Mr. Kerry also pledged to double US nonlethal assistance directly to Syrian rebels, including food and medical supplies, although that is still far less than the weapons and ammunition the rebels are asking for.
Moscow claims it has convinced the Syrian dictator to form a negotiating team that's ready to hold talks with the rebels, with an aim to creating a transitional government that could enforce a ceasefire, rewrite the constitution, and set elections to carry Syria beyond the Assad era.
After meeting with French President François Hollande in the Kremlin yesterday, Vladimir Putin hinted to journalists that Russia and France are on the same page about the need to work together to promote "political dialogue that would involve all sides in the conflict."
Earlier this week Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held intensive discussions with Kerry and, according to Mr. Lavrov, the two agreed that "we shall do all we can to create conditions for the soonest start of a dialogue between the government and the opposition."
And today Moscow hosted leading Syrian opposition figure Manaf Tlass, a former elite army commander and childhood friend of Assad who defected to the rebels last summer.
In an interview with the Voice of Russia, Mr. Tlass said that Russia and the US should work together to create a transitional government composed of moderates from both the regime and from rebel ranks in order to save Syria from the evil twin alternatives of dictatorship or takeover by Islamist radicals.
"In Syria there is a third party that doesn't support the regime or the extremists," Tlass said.
"Most Syrians don't want to choose between these two extremes, they want to go about their lives in a stable and secure state. . . Russia has enough political clout to help find a solution," he added.
Andrei Klimov, deputy chair of the State Duma's international affairs committee, argues that in encouraging the rebels to press on to military victory, the US is repeating the same mistake it made in backing anti-Soviet mujahedin fighters in Afghanistan during the 1980s.
"This [bloody civil war] came to this critical point only because somebody provided Syrian rebels with sophisticated weapons and everything they need to fight the regime, short of military intervention," Mr. Klimov says.
"It reminds me a lot the situation in Afganistan when Soviet troops supported the existing regime and the West supported and armed the other side, without taking a good look an who they were helping. I hope I don't have to remind you how that ended, or rather still hasn't ended. We're all still dealing with the consequences of those bad choices," he adds


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- A large, challenging field awaits Saturday when the Tennessee Tech cross country teams compete at the Charlotte Invitational. Coach Tony Cox's teams have not competed in two weeks, and hope to be fresh for the races.
The women's race is a 6K route, and begins at 8:45 a.m. EDT on the McAlpine Creek Park course. The men's event is an 8K circuit, and is slated for a 9:20 a.m. EDT starting gun.
Rebecca Cline, a senior from Spring Hill, Tenn., will pace the Tech women's team after leading the squad in each of the first two meets of the year. The second-place finisher on the squad has been split, with senior Meghan O'Donoghue in that role in the first race of the year and senior Peri Winborne finishing just behind Cline in the second outing two weeks ago.
In addition to that threesome, Tech's lineup Saturday will also feature senior Amelia McCoy and Yeshi Dohrmann, junior Elizabeth Mitchell and freshman Claire Cashin.
John Greene, a senior from Friendsville, Tenn., should set the pace for the Golden Eagle men's team, as he has done each of the initial two races this season. At the Vanderbilt Invitational two weeks ago, Greene covered the distance in 26:18, just one second shy of his career-best (26:17 at the 2011 Evansville Invitational). Cox expects Greene will be one of several Tech runners to surpass their career-best marks at the Charlotte layout, a relatively flat course.
Sterling Smith, a junior from Knoxville, Tenn., has been second while Brennan Huber, a freshman from Greenbrier, Tenn., have held the next two spots for the Golden Eagles so far this season. They will be in the lineup, along with senior Matt Bishop, and freshmen Daniel Williamson, Jordan Roth and Sam Lariviere.
Complete race results will be posted on TTUsports.com as soon as they become available. Results can also be found by clicking here.
Golden Eagle runners to compete at Charlotte Invitational Saturday
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September 2013
Regional Director Tom Melius (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo)
The Success We Achieve Throughout The Year Leaves Lasting Impressions
Hard to believe, but we've already come full circle to the completion of another fiscal year with so much accomplished and much more on the brink of being added to that growing list.
I had the pleasure of seeing first-hand even more of that success, and how our staff continually make their mark, during a recent visit to Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge. It was a thrill to see the rocket net training students in action as they worked as a team to learn the safe use of this longstanding technique. Read the Story
I'm also looking forward to another great event coming back to our Region at the end of this month, when we host the Federal Duck Stamp contest. This year's event will be held at Maumee Bay State Park, Ohio, as our staff have worked closely with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife to host a top notch event. And, who knows, maybe we will even be able to celebrate yet another winning artist from our region when the judges complete their time honored duties of sorting through a sea of brilliant entries to select the new design. It's truly an honor to host this event and I salute our staff at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, in our Regional Office, at Ducks Unlimited and the many other partners who are making it all come together. Read the Story
Another successful partnership was recently celebrated when staff here in the Regional Office welcomed our partners from Pheasants Forever, who I had the privilege of presenting several awards to. Longtime friend and valued partner Joe Duggan received our Silver Eagle Award and additional Pheasants Forever staff were honored for their collective work with our realty staff throughout the region. Read the Story
Yet another important partnership within the region involves our tribal partners, which is why I am looking forward to the upcoming Tribal Workshop we are hosting later this month at the Prairie Island Indian Community in Minnesota. This will be the first ever workshop of its kind in our region and we know it will go a long way toward improving the work we do together for our shared interests in conserving, protecting and enhancing wildlife and their habitat.
There is always so much to be proud of as we look upon the accomplishments of the fiscal year, and with the challenges we've faced along the way with tighter budgets, this is no small feat. This new fiscal year will offer many of those same challenges as we see the likelihood of operating under another continuing resolution. I can assure you that we are planning for all contingencies so we can continue forward with the same success we've come to know and expect of ourselves each year.
I'd also like to share with you this link to the Special Edition of Administrative Matters that was recently produced by our national Budget Planning and Human Capital office titled, "The Budget And You."
I appreciate all of your hard work and your positive attitude even in the face of adversity. Keep up the great work and enjoy this month's issue of Inside Region 3!
Navigating Inside Region 3
To explore this issue you can click through the story titles on the left. You can also use the "Start Reading" link below, and click "Next" or "Previous" story at the bottom of each article.


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Developers Assistant
Perform a series of various changes to improve developer experience on Fedora.
- Name: Jan Zelený
- Email: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Name: Marcela Mašláňová
- Email: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
(Please add yourself if you are responsible for some part of it).
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 19
- Last updated: 2013-03-12
- Percentage of completion: 100%
See the progress at https://github.com/bkabrda/devassistant. Currently, we're finishing C/Java/Python assistants, we decided to include other languages later on (we'll probably do a non-disruptive update before beta freeze).
Package is now on review: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919460
Detailed Description
This feature aims on setting up development environment for various languages. Target groups include beginning developers but also experienced developers not used to GNU/Linux as well as experienced Linux developers not used to Fedora.
This feature will cover a basic set of tasks which will prepare Fedora for later additions. The first part of the feature is a review of comps groups which would lead to better granularity of package sets necessary for development in different languages. Another part is about providing tool or tools for simple start of a project in terms of creating project template based on different languages and/or frameworks which the project should use.
There are other optional activities like vim/eclipse/emacs/... plugins, integration of rpm build tools, .... These optional parts are not goal for F19 but they will be integrated in time.
Assistants can be written either as YAML configuration files or as python module.
- C/C++ (phracek FedoraProjectWiki)
- create YAML configuration file
- sample C/C++ files
- rpm dependencies
- compilation over autotools
- spec file for creating RPM package
- documentation how add new C/C++ sources and how to build up (README)
- Ruby (vondruch)
- Python (bkabrda)
- README which will describe what is needed in case like add files/ modify structure etc.
- Perl (mmaslano)
- PHP (rcollet)
- Java (msrb)
- Javascript
Other activities:
- vim (phracek)
- clarify whether is possible to include into vimrc file row which will enable devassistant
- eclipse (phracek)
- integrate project into eclipse environment
- test basic eclipse functionality like compilation, debugging, etc.
- rpm build tools
- each assistant should have one spec file for building RPM package
- create sample subroutine in YAML configuration file which can be used by each language
- git integration
- create local repository
- call git commands from configuration script (YAML)
- registration project on GitHub repository
- downloading project from GitHub repository
Benefit to Fedora
Make the development on Fedora easier for beginners.
- Adding new (leaf) packages, which will contain setup scripts.
- Comps: a review of existing development-related package groups will take place
- cleanup of some groups will be necessary
- new groups might be created to meet the demand for per-language tool and library sets
How To Test
Try to install package containing setup for your favourite language.
User Experience
Entry barrier for development on Linux should be lower. Inexperienced users will be able to setup their development faster.
None at the moment, none expected. We intend to build on top of current state of Fedora.
Contingency Plan
Do not ship the result if not ready. Since the feature is not required for anything else in the system, there will be no complications if not shipped. Changes in comps groups will be consulted before pushed and if necessary, changes can be simply reverted.
Blog posts will be released to make some publicity. Man pages will be primary source of documentation for the functionality. The documentation will be developed along with the functionality.
Release Notes
Developers Assistant feature will provide packages containing skeletons, settings, which will provide help to developers. Also new or improved yum groups are part of this feature.
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Since a few days i received the message (annoying sound alert from desktop during gaming!) that an USB device was not recognized.
Updating the USB drivers, uninstalling nor removing the device from device manager did do anything, after a restart the unknown usb device was reinstalled and then not recognized by Windows.
Long story short: hours wasted trying to find the cause.
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-Unfold Fab is a blog by spatial design studio Unfold, check our website to get an impression of what we do.
-We use a Rapman from Bits from Bytes which is an everything-in-on-kit version of the open source RepRap project. Highly recommended machine!
-We will present our research as part of the Designed by Performance show at Z33, Hasselt, Belgium. The installation L'Artisan Electronique will feature a Rapman with Claystruder and a virtual trowing wheel that scans 3d hand movements and generates virtual objects that will be printed at a later time. The installation is a collaboration with Tim Knapen. David Bowen will also show his Growth Modelling Device, a Reprap based installation. More on this show soon.
-Is this the first use of rapid prototyping/manufacturing technology in ceramics? No, definitely not and some bloggers understood the posts title as if this was the first printed ceramic vessel EVER in the history of mankind.... Ceramics has been made before using expensive rapid prototyping machines, there is the work of Marc Ganter's team from U of Washington and John Balistreri from BGSU. Both use Zcorp printers with modified binders and clay powders. Then there is Robocasting which uses a very similar technique to what we are doing: clay extrusion. Also the work done on large scale concrete printers has lots of overlap like Contour Crafting developed by Behrokh Khoshnevis or the concrete printer used by artist Ansih Kapoor made by Factum Arte. There was a post in the pipeline explaining why we are doing extrusion and how it compares to the powder/binder based process, we'll post that in a few days. But as far as I know this the first ceramic vessel done on a sub 1000$ rapid prototyper! :) I think Switched.com got it right as to the importance of this affordable hackable technology being in the hands of designers:
With reasonably priced 3-D printers hitting the market, and DIY versions becoming more prevalent, we're now entering a very exciting time in which designers are experimenting with the materials they send through their extruders. We wrote back in November about Belgian design outfit Unfold and the Utanalog teapot it displayed at the Bits 'n Pieces Exhibition. Now, Unfold has successfully used its 3-D printer to print an earthen vessel from powdered ceramic material.-Its not powdered ceramic material as in the Zcorp process. Clay is a suspension of minerals in water and the Zcorp based system kind of makes clay in the print process by adding the binder. We use clay as a print material and we use clay powder just to make clay that always has the same consistency. Sounds high tech to some but this is standard pottery techniques.
-Someone pointed out that it is technically not ceramics until it is fired and he/she was absolutely right but this is corrected as per the previous post ;)
-Can this be smoothed? Sure, dry greenware objects are very easy to sand or you can smooth them when still wet, many options and we'll do some tests on the next prints. We like the traces of 'making' on objects and thats why we left them rough.


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Octodad is the video game tale of one suit-wearing dad whose wife and kids don't realize he is an Octopus. Despite what its developers from DePaul University told me today at the Game Developers Conference, I'm sure it's not a documentary. I'm also sure that they've created a Kinect demo of the game, because otherwise playing this game would just feel too normal.
Thanks to Octodad designer Majdi Badri for starring in this video.


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"I enjoy working in a sector that truly matters." This is the view of Raoul Bollen, a mentor in Shell's Graduate Programme. "This industry has relevance for people, countries and future generations."
Raoul Bollen has been with Shell for 15 years. Originally from the Netherlands and a holding a Master's degree in International Business from Maastricht University, his current role is Shell Vice President HR, Middle East, North Africa, Russia & Caspian. He is based in Muscat, Oman.
Raoul's early international studies continue to influence his outlook. "I knew from the start I wanted to work in an international environment and company. I saw Shell as the highest quality employer in that space. The company had real international exposure. Also, the people I met from Shell during my interviews and assessments were from diverse
backgrounds and all represented great professionalism."
"Taking an international perspective continues to help me solve HR and other problems, as well as collaborate with my peers across the globe," Raoul said.
Raoul notes that his mentoring role helps his own career in numerous ways: "Being aware of Shell as a reputable employer, helped shape Raoul's style of mentoring. Mentoring allows me to listen to a talented new joiner. As I work in HR it's helpful to hear about their world and the business they are in. It's energising."
Concerning his mentee Maher Al Bayaty, Raoul notes: "My first impressions were that he was very well prepared and thought a lot about his career and personal growth opportunities. From the beginning he balanced being ambitious with being humble. He is open to feedback and is realistic about his development. If he keeps it up he will go a long way with Shell. Given his background I see an increasing appetite to think beyond HR and see what a dynamic and important business we are in."


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Men's tennis duo wins flightThe Muhlenberg men's tennis No. 1 doubles team took first place at the Mule Fall Classic.
Monday, September 9, 2013 10:01 AM
The team of junior Daniel Lakhman and sophomore Max Blumenthal won the No. 1 doubles flight at yesterday's Mule Fall Classic, the first competition of the year for the Muhlenberg men's tennis team.
The four-team tournament also included Moravian, Wilkes and King's.
Lakhman and Blumenthal won a pair of close matches, defeating a team from King's 8-6 and a Wilkes duo 9-7.
The other two Mule doubles teams split their matches, with senior Ben Berkowitz and sophomore Derrick Eng reaching the final at No. 3 and the No. 2 team of senior Jason Teitelbaum and junior Eric Chavis winning the consolation match.
Berkowitz (No. 4), Chavis (No. 5) and Eng (No. 6) won their consolation singles matches. Teitelbaum captured a three-set match in the first round of the No. 3 singles flight before sitting out the final.
Click here for complete results.
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