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Deputy foreign minister Alena Kupchyna met with head of the EU Delegation to Belarus Maira Mora.
The Belarusian MFA notes the meeting was initiated by the European side.
"Kupchyna and Maira Mora exchanged views on the current state and prospects of development of Belarus-EU interaction. Special attention was drawn to the provision of the EU technical aid to Belarus," the MFA press service reports.
The website AFN says that according to an unofficial version, numerous contacts of the Belarusian MFA with the EU and US diplomats have the aim of solving the problem that hinders establishing another round of a dialogue between the democratic West and Europe's last dictatorship – lifting sanctions on foreign minister Uladzimir Makei and removing him from the EU blacklist.
Makei is now in Georgia holding unofficial meetings with foreign ministers of the Eastern Partnership member states. The recent developments give grounds to suppose that Makei will represent Belarus at the EaP summit in Vilnius in November, but he needs the travel ban to be lifted.
Neither the Belarusian authorities nor the EU representatives have doubts that removing Makei from the blacklist will be severely criticised by the democratic European community. In this regard, Western diplomats already began to convince the Belarusian opposition that lifting sanctions on the Belarusian foreign minister is inevitable and useful for the future of independent Belarus explaining that "someone from the government has to represent Belarus at the summit. It's better be Makei than Lukashenka himself..."

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The amount of student borrowing crossed the $100 billion threshold for the first time in 2010 and total outstanding loans exceeded $1 trillion for the first time in 2011, according to a new report.
The report titled, The Student Loan "Debt Bomb": America's Next Mortgage-Style Economic Crisis? (pdf), was published the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA), and paints a frightening economic picture of the world created by skyrocketing tuitions and high interest rates in a job market that continues to offer few jobs to graduates.
"How big is the danger to the US economy?" the report asks. Most worrisome to those on the ground during the 'mortgage crisis' that sent the world economy into a tailspin in 2008, is that the atmosphere and metrics around the student debt crisis feels much the same.
"As with the mortgage foreclosure crisis, the staggering amounts owed on student loans also will have repercussions for the broader economy," reads the report. "Just as the housing bubble created a mortgage debt "overhang" that absorbs the income of consumers and renders them unable to afford to engage in the consumer spending that sustains a growing economy, so too are student loans beginning to have the same effect, which will be a drag on the economy for the foreseeable future." And continues:
Most Americans see a college degree as the single most important factor for financial success and a place in the middle class. Post-secondary education and training have become essential not only to the individuals hoping to enter or remain in the middle class, but to the nation as a whole. It is widely believed that we need a well-educated workforce to create new opportunities in the United State and to remain competitive internationally.
But, as family incomes, available grant aid, and state investments in higher education have failed to keep pace with college costs, students and families increasingly are turning to student loans to help bridge the college affordability gap. [...]
Americans now owe more on student loans than on credit cards, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the U.S. Department of Education and others. And, because there are fewer people with student loans than there are credit card holders, the debt burden on the individual borrower is considerably higher.
And Jon Christian, writing at Campus Progress, notes:
Part of the problem, according to the report, is that students are taking on increasing debt for degrees that are not particularly lucrative. And any number of traumatic events can results in students missing a payment, according to the researchers, which sets students up to spiral from delinquency to default.
Students aren't the only demographic caught up in the crisis, according to the report: Parents who took on debt for their children, many of them near retirement age, are going to suffer as well.
The Collegians' Stephen Keheler reports on student efforts to fight back against the rising burden of student debt:
[Earlier this week], thousands of students converged on the Capitol lawn in Sacramento to protest tuition raises and demand that state representatives increase funding for schools. They also protested the growing levels of student debt.
"That was one of our demands—complete forgiveness of student loans," Asami, who was one of the leaders, said. "I have friends that are getting their bachelor's degree now and they have 30 to 50 thousand dollars of student loans, so they are scared. They don't know how they are going to pay and so they just keep deferring payments."
A borrower can defer payments, but interest keeps building up and the debt just gets higher. Student debt has grown from 3 percent in 2000 to 7.5 percent in 2012. This means that recently graduating students aren't able to buy big-ticket items that would help the general economy to recover.
"I can't get a new car anytime soon and mine is not running very well now," said Thompson.
Furthermore, graduates with a massive debt burden find themselves forced to narrow their job-search options. Many do not take entry-level positions in their fields of study because the pay would be too low to service their debts.
The protests in Sacramento are just part of growing movement by students to do something about the problem. At 2011's Sundance Film Festival, "Default: The Student Loan Documentary," was shown and then aired on PBS last November. The film humanizes the loan crisis, following several graduates in their struggles to pay back their loans.
In addition, a petition has been started at Studentloanjustice.org to return bankruptcy protection to all student loans.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Tim Kamczyc scored 21 points, and Cleveland State outlasted Bowling Green 79-73 in overtime in an NIT game Monday night.
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Marlin Mason had 11 points and 13 rebounds for Cleveland State (2-0), including two free throws with 17.1 seconds remaining in overtime that made it 77-73.
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Madam Speaker, one community in Canada produced more munitions for the allied war effort during World War II than any other in the British Commonwealth. This community is named after a legendary Royal Navy ship, key to the first decisive victory on the seas against Nazi Germany. It is the town of Ajax, the community I am honoured to represent.
The town of Ajax is seeking one other very special distinction, for a Canadian navy ship to be named in the town's honour. Ajax is a community passionate about its links to the navy and its unique role in the defence of liberty.
This October Ajax will hold a 70th anniversary event commemorating the battle of the River Plate. For both Ajacians and surviving war heroes, no honour could be more great than the government announcing that a future Canadian naval ship will bear the name HMCS Ajax.
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Father Justin has not been glorified by the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church, nor by anyone else. This question arose at our parish after seeing his name printed in the St Herman Calendar, and was setled upon consulting His Eminence, Metropolian Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral, who answered in the negative. Also recently, Metropolitan Christopher of Midwestern America was reported to have said the same to an inquirer. --Julio 11:47, April 8, 2006 (CDT)
- Any idea what the source of the report that he'd been glorified is? Or the troparion? —Fr. Andrew talk contribs (THINK!) 16:47, April 8, 2006 (CDT)
I really don't know how the report could have originated. But note that the same thing happened with St Nikolaj Velimirović: many in North America somehow supposed him to be glorified, and the OCA Diocese of the West even had a parish dedicated to him 10 years before the Holy Synod of the Serbian Church officially proclaimed his glorification in 2003. As for Father Justin, Metropolitan Amfilohije (who was his disciple, and is now the second-ranking hierarch of the Serbian Church) told our priest (who is his nephew) that it was impossible to glorify him because he smoked and everyone knew it.
The troparion was written by Father Daniel Rogich, a Serbian-American Protopresbyter who serves in a parish of the Greek Archdiocese in Ohio. --Julio 12:11, April 12, 2006 (CDT)


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It was the second backcountry fatality in the Moab area in March. A Moab man, Zachary Taylor, 20, was killed March 13 in a rappelling accident at Poole Arch, approximately 5 miles west of town.
Neal said Stocking and five friends had hiked to the arch, which is about 12 miles west of Moab, and set up the rope swing that afternoon.
" The length of the rope used to swing from the Arch was miscalculated and when [Stocking] swung under the arch he struck the ground ... under the Arch, receiving fatal injuries," Neal said in a news release.
Stocking's friends called for help and the Grand County Sheriff's Office, Grand County Search and Rescue, Grand County Emergency Medical Services and a Careflight helicopter from St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., responded to the area of the accident. Stocking was dead when rescue workers arrived at the scene, Neal said.
In the past year, Corona Arch has become a popular spot for the extreme sport of rope-swinging after a video featuring a group of rock climbers rigging a rope and swinging from the arch appeared on YouTube. That video, shot by Provo filmmaker Devin Graham, went viral in 2012.
The arch is located on property currently owned by the state School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA). In January, SITLA officials notified commercial outfitters that they could no longer take paying customers to Corona Arch. An outfitter based in Sandy, Utah, had been taking clients to the arch for rope-swinging over the past year. Other outfitters in the Moab area also took customers to Corona, but did not offer rope-swinging.
"We received a lot of calls about it after the video came out, people wanting to know if we could take them there to rope-swing," said Emma Madera, co-owner of Moab Desert Adventures. "We did have a permit for the area and we took people to rappel off the arch, but we wouldn't do rope-swinging. It's just too dangerous."
Thad James, who owns Utah High Adventure, the Sandy company that offered rope-swinging at Corona, told The Times-Independent in February that he believed SITLA should allow commercial outfitters to offer the experience because they know how to properly rig the lines and maintain safety.
At the time the ban was enacted, SITLA officials said private groups would still be able to rope-swing at Corona Arch.
The arch is included among approximately 46,000 acres of land located in Grand, Uintah and San Juan counties that SITLA plans to exchange with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for BLM lands that have a higher potential for mineral development.
BLM Utah State Director Juan Palma, called the incidents "tragic."
"The Bureau of Land Management extends its sympathies to the families and friends of two young climbers recently killed in separate accidents in Eastern Utah," Palma said. "Although these accidents were separate, unrelated incidents, it is always tragic when a young person's life is cut short."
BLM officials in the Canyon Country District, said they are currently reviewing extreme sport activities such as rope-swinging and high-lining with an eye to how to best balance uses and visitor experiences in the backcountry.
"The BLM Canyon Country District Office has been reviewing activities like rope swinging and high-lining, as well as the conflicts that can arise between high energy, high adrenaline pursuits and the more quiet experiences often sought by other public land users at scenic attractions like Corona Arch," said Megan Crandall, BLM Utah spokesperson. "Looking ahead, the Moab Field Office will be taking a closer look at appropriate ways to balance and manage these activities on public lands."


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The School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS) is managed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on behalf of the United States Department of Education (ED). SSOCS collects extensive crime and safety data from principals and school administrators of United States public schools. Data from this collection can be used to examine the relationship between school characteristics and violent and serious violent crimes in primary schools, middle schools, high schools, and combined schools. In addition, data from SSOCS can be used to assess what crime prevention programs, practices, and policies are used by schools. SSOCS has been conducted in school years 1999-2000, 2003-2004, and 2005-2006. A fourth collection is planned for school year 2007-2008. SSOCS:2006 was conducted by the United States Census Bureau. Data collection began on March 17, 2006, when questionnaire packets were mailed to schools, and continued through May 31, 2006. A total of 2,724 public schools submitted usable questionnaires: 715 primary schools, 948 middle schools, 924 high schools, and 137 combined schools.
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The SSOCS is the primary source of school-level data on crime and safety for the United States Department of Education. It provides nationwide estimates of crime, discipline, disorder, programs, and policies in public schools. Data on crime, violence, and disorder in the nation's schools are collected to provide policymakers, parents, and educators with the information necessary to identify emerging problems and to gauge the safety of American schools.
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SSOCS 2006 was conducted as a mail survey with telephone follow-up. Four months before the onset of data collection, NCES began working with the school districts of sample schools that required prior approval to participate in the survey. On March 10, 2006, advance letters were sent to school administrators of sample schools that included the date of the first questionnaire mailing and a toll-free number to call with any questions. On March 17, 2006, questionnaires were sent via FedEx directly to the principals of the sample schools, with a cover letter describing the importance of the survey and a promotional SSOCS pen. Upon distribution of the SSOCS questionnaire to schools, letters were mailed to chief state school officers and superintendents to inform them that schools within their states and districts, respectively, had been selected for SSOCS:2006. The letters included information about the survey and were accompanied by a promotional SSOCS pen, an informational copy of the questionnaire, and the SSOCS brochure. The letters were not designed to request permission from these officials to participate in the survey, but rather as a vehicle to enhance participation. During the two weeks following the first questionnaire mailing, a screener telephone operation was conducted to verify that sample schools had received the questionnaire and were, in fact, eligible to participate. One week after the screener ended, a reminder telephone operation began, which was conducted in two 1-week phases. The primary objective of the reminder operation was to follow up with the principal or school contact to determine the status of the questionnaire. However, during the second week, the interviewer could complete the SSOCS interview over the phone at the respondent's request. Data collection ended on May 26, 2006. Returned questionnaires were examined for quality and completeness using both manual and computerized edits. If a questionnaire did not meet predetermined levels of completeness, the respondent was contacted again to resolve issues related to the missing data, irrespective of whether the items missing data were considered "critical." The criteria used to determine completeness are detailed in section 3.1 of the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2005-2006 Data File User's Manual (Bauer et al. 2007). If a satisfactory resolution could not be reached, imputation was used to resolve data quality issues for questionnaires in which at least 60 percent of all items, 80 percent of critical items, 60 percent of item 16, and 60 percent of item 22 had been completed. Questionnaires that did not meet the imputation criteria were considered incomplete and were excluded from the analyses in this report.
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The sampling frame for SSOCS:2006 was constructed from the 2003-2004 NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe data file. The CCD is an annual survey system of all public K-12 schools and school districts. Certain types of schools were excluded from the SSOCS:2006 sampling frame, including special education schools, vocational schools, alternative schools (e.g., adult continuing education schools and remedial schools), newly closed schools, home schools, ungraded schools, schools with high grades of kindergarten or lower, overseas Department of Defense schools, schools sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, schools in Puerto Rico, and schools in the United States outlying areas of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and United States Virgin Islands. Public charter schools were not excluded. The use of the CCD as a sampling frame in SSOCS:2006 deviates from the SSOCS:2000 and the SSOCS:2004, which both utilized a modified version of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) sampling frame. This deviation was necessary because SSOCS:2006 occurred between SASS collections. The objectives of the SSOCS sampling design were twofold: to obtain overall cross-sectional and subgroup estimates of important indicators of school crime and safety and to yield precise estimates of change in these indicators between 1999-2000, 2003-2004, and 2005-2006. To attain these objectives, a stratified sample of 3,565 regular public schools was drawn for SSOCS:2006 using the same general sampling design as in the previous survey administrations for stratification variables, number of strata, method of sample allocation, and sorting of variables before selection. Adopting the same basic design for all survey administrations increases the precision of the estimates of change. As in the SSOCS:2004, there was no attempt to minimize overlap between the SSOCS:2006 sample and samples for other NCES surveys. The initial goal of SSOCS:2006 was to collect data from at least 2,550 schools, taking nonresponse into account. One possible method of allocating schools to the different sampling strata would have been to allocate them proportionally to the United States public school population. However, while the majority of United States public schools are primary schools, the majority of school violence is reported in middle and high schools. Proportional allocation would, therefore, have yielded an inefficient sample design because the sample composition would have included more primary schools (in which crime is an infrequent event) than middle or high schools (in which crime is a relatively more frequent event). As a result, a larger proportion of the target sample of 2,550 schools was allocated to middle and high schools. The target sample was allocated to the four instructional levels as follows: 640 primary schools, 895 middle schools, 915 high schools, and 100 combined schools. Schools in the SSOCS:2000 and the SSOCS:2004 were allocated to instructional levels in a similar manner. The same variables and categories used to create strata in SSOCS:2000 and SSOCS:2004 were used to create strata in SSOCS:2006. The population of schools was stratified (grouped) into four instructional levels (primary, middle, high, and combined), four types of locale settings (city, urban fringe, town, and rural), and four enrollment size categories (less than 300 students, 300-499 students, 500-999 students, and 1,000 students or more). These variables were chosen because they have been shown to be associated with school crime (Miller 2004). The sample of schools in each instructional level was allocated to each of the 16 cells formed by the cross-classification of the four categories of enrollment size and four types of locale. In order to obtain a reasonable sample size of lower enrollment schools while giving a higher probability of selection to higher enrollment schools, the sample was allocated to each subgroup in proportion to the sum of the square roots of the total student enrollment in each school in that stratum. The effective sample size within each stratum was then inflated to account for nonresponse. Once the final sample sizes were determined for each of the 64 strata, the subgroups were sorted by region and percent minority enrollment, and an initial sample of 3,565 schools was selected. Sorting by these variables before selection has the same effect as stratification with proportional allocation of schools to the strata. For more information on the sample design, see chapter two of the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2005-2006 Data File User's Manual (Bauer et al. 2007).
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A unit response rate is, at its most basic level, the ratio of surveys completed by eligible respondents to the total count of eligible respondents. In some surveys, this calculation can be rather complicated because it is difficult to distinguish between eligible and ineligible units. For school surveys, however, the Department of Education updates its list of known schools on a fairly regular basis, so estimating eligibility among nonrespondents is relatively straightforward. Unit response rates can be unweighted or weighted and are traditionally reported because they reflect the potential effects of nonsampling error and indicate whether portions of the population are underrepresented due to nonresponse. In order to calculate any of these measures, it is first necessary to know the disposition (outcome) of each sampled case. Table B-1 in the Codebook shows the dispositions of the 3,565 cases initially selected for participation in SSOCS:2006, as well as the unweighted and weighted unit response rates by selected school characteristics. The overall weighted unit response rate was 81 percent.
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- United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences. National Center for Education Statistics. School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2006. ICPSR25421-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-03-04. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25421.v1
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Sample weights allow inferences to be made about the population from which the sample units were drawn. Because of the complex nature of the SSOCS:2006 sample design, weights are necessary to obtain population-based estimates, to minimize bias arising from differences between responding and nonresponding schools, and to calibrate the data to known population characteristics in a way that reduces sampling error. The procedures used to create the SSOCS sampling weights are described below. An initial (base) weight was first determined within each stratum by calculating the ratio of the number of schools available in the sampling frame to the number of schools selected. In order to reduce the potential of bias from nonresponse, weighting classes were determined by using a statistical algorithm similar to CHAID (chi-square automatic interaction detector) to partition the sample so that schools within a weighting class were homogeneous with respect to the probability of responding. The predictor variables for the analysis were school instructional level, region, enrollment size, percent minority enrollment, student-to-teacher ratio, percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and number of full-time-equivalent teachers. When the number of responding schools in a class was small, that weighting class was combined with another class to avoid the possibility of large weights. After combining the necessary classes, the base weights were adjusted so that the weighted distribution of the responding schools resembled the initial distribution of the total sample. The nonresponse-adjusted base sampling weights were then calibrated to agree with known population counts obtained from the sampling frame to reduce bias in the estimates due to undercoverage. The calibration process, a form of poststratification, separates the sample into a number of classes (poststrata), defined by a cross-classification of variables. The known population counts may be available for the individual cells of the cross-classification or only for certain margins of it. In the latter situation, the calibration proceeds iteratively, one margin at a time, and is often called "raking." Poststratification works well when the noncovered population is similar to the covered population in each poststratum. Thus, to be effective, the variables that define the poststrata must be correlated with the outcome of interest (school crime, in this report). They must also be well measured in the survey, and the control totals must be available for the population as a whole. As in SSOCS:2004, these requirements were satisfied in SSOCS:2006 by the two margins set up for the raking ratio adjustment of the weights: (1) instructional level and school enrollment size and (2) instructional level and locale. All three variables -- instructional level, school enrollment size, and locale -- have been shown to be correlated with school crime (Miller 2004).
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If you want to see the Canadian Rockies in style, you can't get better than the Rocky Mountaineer tourist train. This train takes you through the heart of the Canadian Rockies, offering two levels of service - redleaf and goldleaf. Redleaf includes a seat in a standard train carriage and cold meals served at your seat. Goldleaf passengers travel in a domed car, with a special dining room for each carriage where you are served gourmet meals (such as scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, and lobster eggs benedict for breakfast.) Access to the goldleaf carriages is via a spiral staircase which could offer a problem for the disabled or frail. I couldn't see any way for a disabled person to get upstairs, but the carriage has a disabled toilet downstairs so I guess there must be SOME way to manage it! The Redleaf cars are a standard train carriage.
While you can travel the north route on a standard VIArail train, it traverses much of the area in the evening/night, so you can't see a whole lot out of the windows. The Rocky Mountaineer is specially timed to travel only during the daylight hours, so you can see a whole lot more.
The Rocky Mountaineer is actually two trains - it travels from Vancouver to Kamloops the first day, through fairly pastoral country with a lot of lakes, which changes to a much drier desert-type region as you approach Kamloops. The second day the train splits into two segments, the first half travelling to Jasper on the northern track, while the remainder of the train goes south to Banff. The southern route has recently been extended and it is possible to continue to Calgary on the same train.


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text: Market Watch Diary: Get Out of the Milk Business February 26, 2013 07:05 PM Tweet © CORE POWER TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Jerry Dryer Farm Journal's Milk Contributer Email Jerry Dryer is the editor of Dairy & Food Market Analyst, www.dairymarket analyst.com. You can contact him at jdryer@dairymarket analyst.com. Is it time to get out of the milk business? It may surprise you, but I am positively convinced the answer is YES! Now, we don't need to completely abandon the fluid milk business, but we must certainly diversify. That means diversifying into the snack food and refreshment businesses, the after-dinner cordial crowd, the mid-morning pick-me-up trade and the energy drink business. Really, the list goes on and on. Several years ago as the editor of a dairy processor magazine, I received a shipment of root beer flavored milk. It was a new product being launched by a cooperative in the Northeast. The co-op marketers—and I use the term "marketers" loosely—wanted my opinion on their new product. It was a remarkable beverage. Rich, full-flavored, refreshing and not too heavy on the calories. In my opinion there was, however, one problem: The name: root beer-flavored milk. So I devised a test. On the 12th floor, I filled sampling glasses and cruised the hallways offering my colleagues "root beer flavored milk". Most turned up their noses and kept writing. On the 14th floor, I offered my colleagues a drinkable root beer float—20 of 22 colleagues tried my beverage offering. Even more impressive: 18 of the 20 declared it the best new product I'd shared in two years. Bonus Content More on repositioning fluid milk Core Power MilkPEP's Big Bet There is something to be said in how we market products. You'll note that the fizzy dark brown liquid featured in commercials is not called artificially flavored, artificially colored, artificially carbonated water. It is called Coca-Cola. In the same vein, it is not root beer-flavored milk. It is not even milk, because we are no longer in the milk business. In fact, it is a root beer float. A Dad's Old Fashion Root Beer Float. Remember, we are in the refreshment business. Alas, there seem to be so many opportunities, yet so little time. Starbuck's created Frappuccinos, packaged the beverage in a glass bottle, stored it at room temperature and used reconstituted milk. It hasn't done much for the bottom line of milk producers, but Starbuck's is smiling all the way to the bank. Why haven't dairy processors formulated a dozen frap knockoffs using fresh milk that is lactose-reduced so less sugar (or no sugar) needs to be added, add natural flavors and then license it under a Starbuck's competitor? Such a product would certainly appeal to people looking for a mid-morning pick-me-up. In my opinion, we have a poster child for my argument in a product called Core Power. The product website introduction says it all: "A delicious post workout recovery drink for your active lifestyle, Core Power is a real milk protein drink made from fresh, lowfat, lactose-free milk and real honey. Its optimum protein to carb ratio and nutrient-rich profile make for the perfect last stage of every workout. From endurance sports and bodybuilding to pilates and yoga, Core Power helps you recover faster, build lean muscle and stay at the top of your game. No matter which game you happen to play." It's time to get out of the milk business. Here's to Core Power and more root beer floats. Back to news


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Home Performance Meets Green Renovation
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The EarthCraft House Renovation program gives existing homes the green treatment.
In 1991, Dennis Creech and his wife,Callie Pendergrast,were looking to expand and renovate their 1950s ranch-style house.They needed additional space for their teen daughter, and they also wanted to update the original kitchen and bath; at the same time, they also knew that, if possible, they should do everything they could to correct problems they had noticed in the house. Moisture had been an issue for years—there was evidence of crawlspace water intrusion; the bathrooms lacked exhaust fans; and mold formed on walls in adjacent rooms. Room temperatures were uneven. As executive director of Southface Energy Institute in Atlanta, Creech was well aware of the link between indoor air quality (IAQ) and energy efficiency. At the time Creech and Pendergrast were looking to renovate their ranch house, Southface was piloting Earth- Craft House, a green building program that it had developed jointly with the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association. Earthcraft House already had plans on the drawing board to develop a renovation component to complement the new home program. The Creech-Pendergrast residence became the test house for the EarthCraft House Renovation program. &...
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A personnel management conference for agribusiness will be held April 16-17 at the Windcrest Civic Center, 9310 Jim Seal Drive, in northeast San Antonio.
The conference, "Effective Employee Management for Agribusiness," will help agricultural managers with the challenges of managing human resources, according to program coordinators.
Sponsors include the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, First Victoria National Bank, Purina Mills LLC, South Texas Cotton and Grain Association, Southern Risk Management Education Center, Texas Cattle Feeders Association, Texas Pecan Growers Association, Texas Produce Association and Texas Vegetable Association.
"Labor issues, immigration reform and legal issues related to labor management are major concerns for agribusiness," said Jose Pena, AgriLife Extension economist and conference presenter. "The sessions and curriculum of the conference have been designed to address these and other important topics for the agribusiness manager."
Conference sessions will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 16, with registration beginning at 8 a.m. A mixer sponsored by Purina Mills will follow at 5:30 p.m.
Sessions on April 17 will begin at 8 a.m., and the conference will conclude at 3 p.m.
Program topics will include agricultural personnel management principles, non-citizen worker compliance issues, creating a successful work environment, effective training, employee diversity, influencing through leadership, compensation, evaluating employee performance, and employment and labor law.
This is the third such agribusiness personnel management conference to be offered in Texas, Pena said. Similar conferences were held in Amarillo in 2006 and in Lubbock in 2007.
"These conferences have been well-attended, and we've gotten some very positive feedback from attendees," he said. "In a post-conference survey, 90 percent of attendees indicated they had altered management practices based on what they learned from the conference. Another 5 percent said they would make some change in management practices in the future."
For more information, go to mastermarketer.tamu.edu. Early registrants will receive a discounted registration fee of $150 for the first participant from a business and $125 for each additional person. The registration fee will be $175 per person for registration postmarked after April 5.
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Katie Holmes Joins 'All My Sons'
Katie Holmes has finally been confirmed to make her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller's play, All My Sons.
As rumored back in March, the 29-year-old actress will play Ann Deever, a woman who visits the family of her former lover, a missing pilot.
"Katie is very well suited for the role of Ann," producer Eric Falkenstein told OK! "There is an additional layer of soul to Ann and from the work I've seen of Katie, she has always impressed with multi-faceted characters. She would nail it."
Broadway veterans John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson have also signed onto the play.


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Lake Mallard is a 300-acre lake at the southern end of Big Lake Wildlife Management Area, maintained by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Created in 1967 by the placement of a series of levees in the marshy lowlands of the 12,000-acre preserve, the management area is adjacent to the federal refuge and provides many outdoor opportunities. Fishing: The current state record for largemouth bass (16-pounds, four ounces) was established at Lake Mallard in 1976. Boat launch is available and accommodations may be found at Manila or 15 miles away in Blytheville -- 870-762-2012.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kyle Anderson had 21 points and 15 rebounds, Jordan Adams hit a huge 3-pointer in the final minute, and UCLA outlasted No. 4 Arizona 75-71 in a spirited Pac-12 championship game on Saturday.
The Pac-12's two best teams during the regular season, UCLA (26-8) and Arizona (30-4) put on a show in the tournament final, trading big plays and floor burns.
Offense ruled the first half and defense the second until Adams dropped in his contested 3-pointer to put the Bruins up 71-68 with 45 seconds left.
David Wear and Norman Powell combined to hit four free throws down the stretch, giving UCLA the Pac-12 title in its first year under coach Steve Alford.
Adams finished with 19 points and Powell had 15 for the surging Bruins.
Nick Johnson had 22 points and Kaleb Tarczewski added 12 for Arizona, which may have lost out on a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament with the loss.
After 10 games in three days, the Pac-12 tournament came down to UCLA and Arizona, the top two seeds, on a big roll since arriving in Sin City.
Arizona, the conference's regular-season champion, overwhelmed its first two opponents with its don't-let-them-breathe defense. The Wildcats raced into the tournament record books with their 32-point win over Utah in the quarterfinals and cranked up the highlight reel in the second half of its semifinal rout over Colorado, allowing 82 combined points in the two games.
UCLA swamped Oregon in its opener, turning what was supposed to be a track meet into a stomping. The Bruins did the same thing to Stanford in the semifinals, all but putting the game out of reach in the opening five minutes.
These teams met once during the regular season, Jan. 9 in Westwood. Arizona ended a three-game losing streak to the Bruins in that one, escaping with a 79-75 win despite 17 turnovers and blowing a 13-point lead in the final 6½ minutes.
UCLA had the advantage early in the rematch by doing what two previous tournament opponents couldn't: Score on the Wildcats.
Getting shots seemingly wherever and whenever they wanted, the Bruins used a 12-0 run to go up 14-3 and kept pouring 'em in against one of the nation's best defenses.
UCLA hit 18 of 31 shots and scored 43 points in the first half — more than Utah did the entire game against Arizona and matching Colorado's total.
The Wildcats kicked their offense into gear to get back in it, shaking off a string of questionable shots in the opening minutes with a bunch of 3-pointers, including three by Gabe York. Arizona shot 16 of 30, including 5 of 8 from the arc, to close to 43-40 at the half.
The game turned from an offensive show to a defensive shutdown in the second, every possession a struggle to get off a pass, much less a good shot.
UCLA went nearly six minutes without a field goal until Adams' 3-pointer and Arizona went nearly five without one until Johnson hit a 3-pointer with 2 seconds left.
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When peering down at the final box score, one stat all but jumped off the page for the Nicholls
When peering down at the final box score, one stat all but jumped off the page for the Nicholls State women's basketball team against the visiting Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks — bench points.
In a game dominated from start to finish by Nicholls, it was the Colonels bench play, which accounted for 42 of their 85 points, that most impressed their head coach, DoBee Plaisance.
By the time the final buzzer sounded, 10 Colonels found their way on to the box score en route to posting an 85-60 victory over the Warhawks.
"I'm so proud (of my team)," Plaisance said of her squad that moved to 3-1 on the season. "I would like to know when the last time we got 42 points from our bench play at Nicholls State. I can't say enough about the players stepping up and stepping in to their roles (Friday night). It wasn't just a team performance, but a gritty team performance. We did what we had to do to be successful."
Leading the way in the scoring column for Nicholls was junior LiAnn McCarthy with 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting. McCarthy was one of five Colonels to reach double figures scoring in the game.
Not included on that list was standout point guard KK Babin, who knocked down only two baskets but made all her usual contributions handling the ball and creating opportunities for teammates.
"KK does good with everything and even when she isn't scoring she's busy getting everyone else going. That's what I like and respect so much about her is how unselfish she is," McCarthy said.
After jumping out to a 10-2 lead on the strength of a pair of Alisha Allen layups and a Jenny Nash 3-pointer, Nicholls saw the Warhawks briefly cut in to their advantage to make it 10-6 on a Christina Gray layup at the 14:26 mark.
Not to outdone, the Colonels used a 14-1 run to stake themselves a 24-7 edge after Jasmine Scott knocked down two free throws with 7:33 remaining in the first half.
The closest the Warhawks (0-3) would get to Nicholls throughout the rest of the game was 34-22 late in the first half.
McCarthy said from the freshmen to the seniors, everyone on the floor made it a point to push the tempo defensively for 40 minutes. The Colonels finished making the Warhawks turn it over 24 times.
"Coach told us not to let up at halftime because this team (ULM) is a really good team," she said. "She let us know they would go on a run and we needed to stop them from doing that."
Besides McCarthy, other top scores for Nicholls included Scott with 12, Kishaun Williams with 11 and Allen and Nash, who poured in 10 apiece.
The Warhawks Ashleigh Simmons led all scorers with 22 to go along with her 12 rebounds.
The Colonels will return to action Monday when they host Louisiana-Lafayette at 6 p.m. in Stopher Gym.


text: A 14-year-old girl from Iowa was returned to her grandparents yesterday after they abandoned her at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska on Tuesday to "teach her a lesson." A new law in Nebraska went into effect this summer that would absolve abandonment charges of anyone who leaves an unwanted child at a state-licensed hospital. The grandparents, who are the teen's guardians, drove over state lines to abandon her, but then wanted her back. Although the girl was returned safely, state officials warned that they cannot guarantee that a child will be returned to parents if they have a change of heart. [CNN]


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'Hands Off My Health Care' rally held at DeMoss Hall
Last night's inclement weather did not discourage a grassroots rally on campus led by the Virginia chapter of Americans for Prosperity and former Gov. George Allen. The group's red, white and blue-colored tour bus, clad with "Hands off my health care!" and "Joinpatientsfirst.com," rolled into a dark and rainy DeMoss Hall lot, but stepping into the DeMoss lobby Allen and crew were met by an enthusiastic crowd that shared their concerns about health care reforms.
Allen was joined by Virginia Del. Kathy Byron (R-22), candidate for Virginia House of Delegates Scott Garrett (23rd district) and Ben Marchi, Virginia state director of Americans for Prosperity.
Allen cited 2 Corinthians 3:17, emblazoned on the wall of the DeMoss lobby — "Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" — but added that he was not just there for the "wonderful fired-up flames of Liberty, but liberty … freedom, independence, the American dream." The reason that Americans for Prosperity is going around the country supporting grass roots rallies, he explained, is "to make sure that the people — the owners of the government — have a say, not just the sanctimonious social engineers in Washington or the United Nations."
He cited the concern that so many Americans share — "whether our children will inherit the level of opportunity that we all inherited to achieve the American dream," as future generations are loaded with mountains of debt.
A second-generation physician, Scott Garrett said, "I can tell you, categorically, you do not want a federal bureaucrat looking over my shoulder when you are asleep on my operating table."
Marchi raised the red flag about current health care legislation, saying it will ration care, particularly to senior citizens, as it has in other countries like Canada and Great Britain. "We have to make sure that the Canadian system of health care doesn't become the American system of health care," he said.
The group solicited support for an initiative that would limit government control of health care reform, a movement that has already garnered more than 20,000 signatures.


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By this time of the year, we are more than ready for the tilting of the Earth that heralds the spring equinox and better weather. It's a promise that summer will soon be here.…Continue
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Hi everyone. I have lived in Georgia for 40 years or so (feeling old and moldy when I see that in numbers lol) and I started blogging while recovering from (failed) back surgery. It was horribly painful to move. I had to learn to sit all over again and I started out 1 minute at a time. 6 months in, I found I could sit for almost 15 minutes if I could focus my attention off of my pain. Blogging was that attention blocker for me. About 2 years ago, a company contacted me and asked me to review their product. I had no idea what they were talking about but I said uh,,,, oooohkay. 2 days later another company contacted me. It's been that way since (I'm sure it was God's hand that led them to Terri's Little Haven). I now do product reviews almost on a daily basis. I can sit anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour at a time *clap clap*. I get so excited at Twitter parties that the hour is over before I'm ready for it to be lol. While I am writing about the amazing products I get to try, my pain level stays manageable. I also post giveaways.
I also love meeting new people and following new blog sites. I just joined a new (to me) group on facebook where we visit each others sites, comment, vote, etc. My sister has been in the group for some time now and her Alexa rank is amazing. If you are trying to build up traffic to your site and lower your Alexa ranking, I hope you will consider joining this group with me. The more the merrier, especially if the merrier participate lol.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/435474303134143/ Day 1 and I'm really excited about joining this group.
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Hi there, excited to see other Southern peach bloggers. Looking forward to great conversations!
Hello everyone,
New to this group, as my family and I just recently moved back to Georgia from West Virginia. I have been blogging since our move to West Virginia in 2009, as a way to keep family updated on our life away from home. Not until recently, the past year or so, have I considered on marketing my blog, and obtaining more readership.
I would love for any interested in following me through my blog or other social platforms. I offer sponsorships which are reasonably priced if you would be interested in that also.
I am always interested in learning from other experienced bloggers, and sharing information that I may know to other bloggers.
Please stop by when you find the time.
I would love to increase my readership as well. I am finding it a bit difficult. I do like coming on to the site and reading other blogs. I have found some great blogs. I normally keep track of the blogs that I join and try to comment on them at least once every other week until I just never hear from them. I love having tons of blogs to read and respond too.
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Hey GA peaches!!! There is a a health and wellness fair/walk-a-thon on March 24th from 11am - 3:00pm. There will be free exams and plenty to do for your little ones like face painting, puppy show,games and food. Here's the address
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Loula's is the second restaurant for Montana friends and restaurateurs Mary Lou Covey and Laura Hansen. They are the Lou and the La that together know what it takes to make a restaurant work. Loula's is located in the historic Masonic Temple in two large sunny rooms filled with Montana art and photography that changes six times a year. Loula's feels infused with a curious mix of old and new. Loula's Cafe is located in the heart of downtown Whitefish.
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Now that the Zoning Board of Review has approved a cell phone parking lot for Green Airport, Rhode Island Airport Corporation President Kevin Dillon hopes to have it up and running within 60 days.
Located on airport property at 2282 Post Road, the lot is designed to accommodate motorists looking to pick up arriving passengers and alleviate congestion at the arrival area and the circling of vehicles in front of the terminal.
There would be no charge to park in the lot and, depending on its success, Dillon is thinking it might also include a concession area and a display board indicating whether scheduled flights have arrived.
Stopping at the arrival area is prohibited unless you are actively loading an arrival. To avoid the cost of the short term lot, many motorists set a pattern of rotating around the front of the terminal, or park on one of the access roads while waiting for a cell phone call.
Airport police keep traffic moving and ticket people who stop.
"We want to encourage use of the airport and the last thing we want is for someone to get an $85 ticket," Dillon said.
In order to gain city approval of the lot, RIAC needed a variance for less than the required driveway opening width and a sign that would be larger and with less setback than the code allowed.
The site, once used for car rental, parking and storage and leasing and sales, is on the corner of Strawberry Field Road and Post Road, at the former site of the Redwood Lodge Motel.
The lot will accommodate 50 parking spaces. There are no plans at this time to use or demolish the vacant building, according to the RIAC petition.
The City Planning Department recommended approval of the variance on grounds that it "would provide a valuable service to all passengers, would be a less intensive use of the property than all previous uses and would not result in an adverse impact on the surrounding properties."
As conditions, the department requested that the existing wrought iron decorative fence be repaired and maintained, that lot lighting be shielded and that the property is cleaned of litter on a daily basis.
Dillon said RIAC police would patrol the lot to ensure it is not being used for long-term parking. He said the lot would be advertised on the RIAC website.
@C_Cutline:KEEPS THEM MOVING: An airport police officer keeps traffic flowing at the terminal arrival area. Motorists are only allowed to stop provided they are actively loading an arriving passenger. (Warwick Beacon photo)
About time!! As usual RI is 10 years behind the times...
Yeah! Now I won't have to continue to dodge people parked on the side of the airport connector every day. They love to pull into traffic without looking.
@ Gagnet126...lol...Drivers LOOK and STILL will pull into traffic!!! It's a RI rule!!


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March 15, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Victories over Baruch College and nationally-ranked No. 11 Rivier College helped the No. 13 MIT men's volleyball team surpass the 20-win mark for the fourth year in a row as its ledger improved to 21-10. The Engineers held off Baruch (32-30, 30-25, 30-27) and then outlasted Rivier (23-30, 27-30, 31-29, 30-13, 15-13) to reach the milestone. Earlier, Rivier topped Baruch, 36-34, 30-24, 28-30, 30-19.
No. 13 MIT def. Baruch College, 32-30, 30-25, 30-27
Praveen Pamidimukkala paced MIT with 17 kills to go along with seven blocks, five digs, and two aces. Scott Pollom tallied seven blocks, six kills, five digs, and two aces as Kenneth Rosche contributed 11 kills and three blocks. Michael Demyttenaere totaled eight kills and five blocks while Garrett Winther notched six kills and four assists. Ryan Dean racked up 35 assists, eight digs, and four blocks as Matthew Ng collected a team-high 10 digs. Eugene Jang bolstered the Engineers' serving efforts with a pair of aces.
Danial Levent led Baruch (20-11) with 23 kills, 11 digs, three blocks, and an ace. Levi Rachmanov anchored the defense with 14 digs as Jonathan Tuwaidan finished with 10 digs and seven kills. Radu Wyrwas compiled 36 assists, five digs, and an ace.
No. 11 Rivier College def. Baruch College, 36-34, 30-24, 28-30, 30-19
Matt Ferreira recorded an efficient hitting performance for Rivier (19-8) as he totaled 20 kills with three errors on 35 attempts for a percentage of .486 to go along with nine blocks. Scott Wright tallied 15 kills, a .448 hitting percentage, four aces, and four blocks as Jared Andreozzi notched 13 kills, eight digs, and six blocks. Kyle O'Neill collected a team-high nine digs while Clint Whelan and Zach Hansen shared setting duties, finishing with 26 and 21 assists, respectively.
Danial Levent paced the Bearcats' attack with 31 kills while racking up 14 digs. Jonathan Tuwaidan totaled 12 kills and nine digs as Radu Wyrwas tallied 46 assists, 13 digs, and four kills.
No. 13 MIT def. No. 11 Rivier College, 23-30, 27-30, 31-29, 30-13, 15-13
In the five-game thriller, Praveen Pamidimukkala registered 22 kills, 13 digs, and three aces as Malcolm Bean posted 19 kills and three blocks. Michael Demyttenaere compiled 13 kills and five blocks while Garrett Winther totaled five digs and four blocks. Ryan Dean amassed 64 assists and 13 digs as Troy Tamas earned two aces. Eugene Jang and Matthew Ng rounded out the defense with seven and five digs, respectively.
Zach Hansen recorded a double-double for the Raiders on 57 assists and 18 digs in addition to five blocks. Kyle O'Neill racked up 20 digs as Scott Wright notched 18 kills. Matt Ferreira posted 16 kills and five blocks while Jared Andreozzi finished with 12 kills and six digs.
Next up for MIT will be a home match against cross-town rival Harvard University on Wednesday, March 19. Baruch will close its regular-season schedule on Thursday, March 20 when it hosts Cooper Union College. Rivier will continue its road trip on Monday, March 17 when it travels to Elms College.