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Artist Konatsu brushes upon both the past and present of Japanese art. Creatures rendered in marshmallowly forms prance around in folkloric landscapes of spidery trees and peep outside of thatched houses. Each print is brought to life against a backdrop of scroll-esque delicacy.
I discovered Konatsu's work at a mind-spinning store in Shinjuku called Pop Space (be forewarned-it's not the easiest site to navigate). I happily picked up several postcards of her art from amongst a twirling rack of design cacophony. Pop Space also has a large scale mural done by Konatsu which depicts dinosaur disguised creatures that seemed to be plucked from prehistoric times and curiously lost in an Edo period of cuteness.


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Woman Returns $5,000 Found In Domino's Pizza Box
A woman in San Jose got a little more than she bargained for when she ordered some chicken wings from Domino's for lunch recently.
Selena Avalos, who was doing her shift at a mobile phone outlet at the time, opened the box to find thousands of dollars of cash in it.
Avalos called the Domino's store where she placed the order immediately.
"I was like, I can't keep it, it's a crazy amount of money, it's not like it's $20 you find, you know. It's almost $5,000," she said.
Thanks to her honesty, Domino's is giving Avalos a year's worth of pizza and her employer is giving her a week off with pay.
Just goes to show honesty is the best policy! Watch her story at top.

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There is a new role for telcos in this quickly growing highly connected digital world.1 The digital consumer is now looking to consumer tech companies for broadband, voice and messaging systems as alternatives to communication service providers (CSPs). Yet CSPs have the unique opportunity to transform themselves into integrated digital service providers (IDSPs) to remain active in the digital world. Though the landscape is competitive, CSPs do have assets to leverage.
CSPs must leverage assets they already have.
CSPs have established billing relationships, large network infrastructures and a significant amount of customer and usage data. They also have existing trust. In fact, our study "Everyone's a Screenager: Now what?", discovered that telecom operators are in the leading position as trusted providers among businesses that consumers would consider using for the provision of connected devices and services.
However, digital network transformation isn't without challenges.
A joint vision can overcome technology and marketing IT challenges during execution.
Currently, organizations struggle to implement cross-channel experiences that are both relevant and engaging for their customers because CMOs and CIOs feel that technology in their organizations is siloed. Establishing a joint vision with a focus around service design and customer experience can overcome these challenges. And in turn, CSPs must find the right operating model to govern and implement the transformation while maintaining their current business functions.
Digital network transformation can boost competitiveness and increase economic growth.
Consumers seek services that are customized and available on demand. The adoption of new digitally—enabled services and products will help turn this into a reality. In response, companies have the opportunity to streamline their processes and improve their propositions, while governments can be in direct contact with and supportive of every single citizen.
Digital transformation is having a global impact, such as in the UAE.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of a handful of countries that is ahead of the curve in smart city activities and is well positioned to succeed introducing them. Our research for the annual technology vision depicts that the UAE business community is already on a digital journey. Businesses here have already made, or are planning to make, considerable investment in digital. For example, 62 percent of respondents in the UAE indicated that the pace of technology adoption in the Middle East region is increasing.
Accenture supports digital transformation worldwide with global team of experts.
Accenture continues to make investments in research and new technology with our team of digital experts and we're dedicated to enabling digital transformation for businesses and governments alike. Accenture has more than 1,500 professionals based in and serving clients in the Middle East alone and has a team of more than 358,000 people worldwide.
1 "Driving the digital transformation", Telecom Review, November 2015,


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The rise in America's pet population
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the leading non-profit devoted to animal welfare, reports that in the 1970s American shelters euthanized 12–20 million cats and dogs every year at a time when there were 67 million pets in U.S. homes. Asilomar Accords, which tracks animal shelter care and euthanasia numbers, says U.S. shelters today euthanize 3–4 million animals, while there are more than 135 million cats and dogs in American homes.
These numbers are only estimates as there is no centralized reporting protocol for shelters.
"This enormous decline in euthanasia numbers — from around 25 percent of American dogs and cats euthanized every year to about 3 percent — represents substantial progress," reports HSUS. "We will make still greater progress by working together to strike at the roots of animal overpopulation."
Many pet owners — about 35 percent — do not spay or neuter their pets. Also, only 20 percent of the 17 million Americans who get a new pet each year opt for a shelter pet; most buy from pet stores, breeders or through other private arrangements. And shelters typically have many more animals than they can place in homes. In addition, most shelter pets are not from litters but are companion animals turned in by their owners.
HSUS recommends Americans spay or neuter their dogs and cats, adopt from shelters or rescue groups, and consider all the ramifications of pet ownership before deciding to take one.


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Awareness of animal welfare issues has been growing in recent years. Under the Lisbon Treaty of 2009, which acknowledges that animals have feelings, the EU and its members must take animal welfare into account in all agricultural, fisheries, transport and research policy.
Organic principles and regulations are also designed to ensure that animals are treated humanely. There is a ban on inflicting any avoidable pain or suffering. Requirements include the following.
To ensure that animals are healthy, EU rules require the use of breeds that are robust, able to adapt to local conditions and disease-resistant. This is why indigenous breeds and strains suited to specific environments are preferred.
The feed given to livestock should enhance their health and wellbeing. Organic farmers use organic fodder that is good not only for growth and output, but also for health and welfare.
Feed must not contain any substances that artificially promote growth, synthetic amino acids or genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
There are strict rules on the way in which animals are housed. The number of animals kept in one space must be appropriate to guarantee their comfort. Moreover, they must have access to natural air and light, and must be able to go outdoors.
Tethering animals is not allowed unless it is essential for safety, welfare or veterinary reasons, and then only in individual cases.
Keeping animals healthy and contented is one of the key principles of organic farming. This entails taking account of different species' particular needs.
Organic farming strengthens animals' natural defences, as it provides them with suitable high-quality feed, regular exercise and free-range access to appropriate pasture.
Organic farming ensures that any suffering is kept to a minimum throughout the animal's life.
When animals are transported, their welfare must be guaranteed and travel times must be kept as short as possible. The use of any type of electrical stimulation or allopathic tranquillisers before or during loading and unloading is strictly forbidden.
Slaughter methods are designed to be as quick and painless as possible.


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To the Editor:
I and many Valley Streamers drew a sigh of relief upon hearing of the capture of a suspect wanted in connection with three violent attacks in and near our community. I certainly feel better now that he has been arrested, but I feel there is more work to be done: work that can improve our lines of communication with our police enforcement and safety patrols; work that can restore our love and sense of safety in our parks and public spaces that was so unfairly taken away by one man's actions; work that can develop community-driven strategies and have a meaningful impact in our community.
I hope you will be a part of that work, starting this Thursday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 854, at 51 Roosevelt Ave. in Valley Stream, where I and other community leaders are hosting a crime forum.
David Sabatino
Envision Valley Stream


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This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. According to the Arkansas Department of Education, we currently have 33,282 certified school teachers in Arkansas. Day in and day out, they instruct, care for, discipline, inspire and interact with our children. My wife is a teacher and I know how hard she works to give kids the best of her knowledge, talent and energy. Teaching is an incredibly vital profession that often doesn't get the appreciation it deserves. None of us would be where we are today without a teacher.
One of my favorite things about being Lieutenant Governor is getting to visit schools all across Arkansas. Each school is unique and I've seen many very creative programs designed to teach kids in a new way or expose them to new challenges and ideas. All of their success depends on having good teachers who can communicate with students and help them reach and realize their potential. School boards, administrators, school staff and parents are all vital to our education system as well, but there would be no system without the teachers themselves.
It is also National Nurses Week and we can't say enough about what they do for all of us. Whether they are helping newborn babies, caring for terminally ill patients, or just making someone more comfortable during a routine medical visit, nurses are an indispensible part of our healthcare system. They save lives every day. They don't get medals nor are they honored in big ceremonies when they do so, but they go home and come back to work each day to do it again. It takes a special kind of commitment and compassion to do what they do.
Teachers and nurses are unsung heroes who give so much of themselves to their work. They should never be thankless jobs. They are tiresome jobs, however, and we need to make sure that we are incentivizing those who are in these professions because we need more people who are willing to go into education and medical fields.
Please say thanks to the men and women you know who are either teachers or nurses. They need to know that their work is appreciated and that they are making a difference.
Finally, I want to say a word of congratulations to my friend and our Arkansas State Auditor Charlie Daniels. He announced this week that he will be retiring after his current term ends, after a career in public service. He started out getting elected Parker's Chapel School Board in 1972. Then, he became Director of the Arkansas Department of Labor. He was elected Land Commissioner in 1985 and served in that capacity for 18 years. Following that, he served two terms as Secretary of State, prior to becoming Auditor. In addition to all of this, he also served honorably in the United States Air Force. In my time as Lieutenant Governor, Charlie Daniels has been a true gentleman to me and one of my favorite people at the Capitol. I've not met one person, Democrat or Republican, that doesn't love him. He has served the state well and I wish him many happy years with his family in retirement.


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An Arizona woman charged with stabbing and shooting her lover to death - and whose graphic testimony has gripped viewers across the United States - described in court a relationship based around sex that left her feeling "like a prostitute."
Lawyers for Jodi Arias, who could face the death penalty if convicted, argue she acted in self-defense when she killed her lover. He was found in the shower of his Phoenix valley home, shot in the face, stabbed 27 times and with his throat slit.
"I just felt ... a little bit, I hate to put it this way, but I felt a little bit used," Arias, a petite, bespectacled woman with long brown hair, told the court on Wednesday in a calm, measured tone, describing a relationship she said was based around sex.
"He gets a hotel room, I show up, we hang out, we have sex ... He's not really mentally present. I'm getting a lot of attention, but only while we're engaging in sexual activity, and then we check out and he takes off. I kind of felt like a prostitute, sort of," the 32-year-old told the court in testimony that has been relayed widely on news broadcasts and livestreamed on the Internet.
Arias, dressed in a dark jacket and wearing glasses, was taking the stand for a third day on Wednesday at the Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix where she is on trial accused of murdering 30-year-old Travis Alexander in 2008.
Her counsel is arguing she killed Alexander after years of emotional abuse and mistreatment. In her testimony she described a sexual relationship with Travis that was "missing the emotional part, the mental connection, being on the same page."
On the second day of testimony on Tuesday, Arias described meeting Alexander at an insurance convention in Las Vegas in fall of 2006, at a time when she was in another relationship.
Describing their first kiss in response to questions from defense attorney Kirk Nurmi, she said: "He got right in my face, maybe four inches, five," adding, "He licked his lips and said 'I wish you didn't have a boyfriend.'"
Alexander had been dead for five days when he was found with a slit throat, a bullet wound in his head and 27 stab wounds, the Arizona Republic newspaper reported. His death was connected to Arias after sexually explicit photos were found on the memory card of his camera.
She could face the death penalty if convicted of first degree murder. Testimony is continuing.
(Reporting by Tim Gaynor; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Andrew Hay)


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Australia's latest casualty from the conflict in Afghanistan, 24-year-old combat engineer Corporal Scott Smith has been farewelled in a moving military funeral in South Australia's Barossa Valley.
Corporal Smith, who was serving with the Special Operations Engineer Regiment, died in the explosion of an insurgent improvised explosive device during an operation in northern Helmand province on October 21.
The funeral service was attended by acting prime minister Senator Chris Evans, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, SA Premier Jay Weatherill plus defence chiefs, family members and friends.
In the service, Special Operations Engineer Regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel Scott Corrigan paid homage to Corporal Smith.
"This young man was made of something special, he made a huge impression on everyone in the unit from the outset," he said.
"Our best soldiers always give the bit extra, they are selfless and put themselves in harms way to protect others - Scott was one of the very best."
As a combat engineer, Corporal Smith and his fellow combat engineers performed highly dangerous work to prepare the way for others to execute and complete their mission.
"He was the guy who others relied on, he paved the way and he saved the lives of countless people, through his immense courage, bravery and professionalism," Lieutenant Colonel Corrigan said.
"We will struggle to fill the void left by his loss. It was a privilege granted to us to have known Scott and we will honour him forever."
Corporal Smith, who was born in the Barossa Valley, is survived by his partner Liv, his parents Katrina Paterson and Murray Smith and his sister Roxanne.
He was the seventh Australian soldier to die in Afghanistan this year and the 39th since combat operations started in late 2001.


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Even at a very early age, children like to emulate activities of both parents and their older siblings. We've all seen a two year-old try to sweep the floor or help mix cupcake batter. What better time to start nurturing this almost innate sense of family.
It is never too early to help your child develop a real sense of family responsibility. We all know kids in their teens, and even twenties, that feel a sense of 'entitlement' about everything. They act like everyone owes them and that they don't need to do their part in the family. If children are taught, as young children, that they are an integral part of the family and, as such, they have an important part in the family, then this will help them to develop a greater family bond.
By letting young children help to do things, such as dusting, sweeping with a little broom, wiping out sinks and baking cooking, it will give them a feeling of accomplishment and pride in doing a good job. Always be sure to praise your child, letting them know what a wonderful job they have done.
As far as giving an allowance to a child, it is probably best to start this practice after the child is of school-age. It is more important to really stress the issue of family responsibility prior to that age. If, and when, you start giving an allowance, it is essential that your child realize that the allowance is not being given for a specific job. Rather, you have chosen to pay an allowance for a combination of things, such as good behavior, good schoolwork, doing chores and family cooperation. Explain that you want them to learn about handling their own money and the choices it entails. This would also be an opportune time to reinforce the value of family and helping each other out whenever possible.
As you encourage your young child in learning about family responsibility with little jobs around the house, remember that the values you teach will travel with your child throughout his life.


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An estimated 2,000 gallons of oil was lost during a fire in Kalona last week.
Families are invited to attend Kalona's annual Christmas event this weekend. The Chamber of Commerce's day long Christmas in Kalona will begins at 9am with a cookie walk at the library, and will wrap up with carriage rides and cocoa from 6 to 8pm at Tuscan Moon.
Schedule of Events
9am to Noon – Cookie Walk at Kalona Library
10am to Noon – Toy Drive at Kalona Auto
10am to 4pm – Vendor Fair at Rec Center
Noon – Santa Arrives at Chamber via Firetruck
Pictures with Santa, Activities for Kids
12pm to 5pm – Walking Stocking Starts at KCTC
Pick up a stocking at KCTC or the Chamber office and take them to area merchants with Christmas in Kalona stockings in the window.
1pm to 2:30pm – Free Kids Movie at Kalona Library
5pm to 6pm – Christmas Caroling at Downtown
6pm to 8pm – Carriage Rides & Cocoa at Tuscan Moon


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Russell Lucas' Shimmer Wins 2012 Audi Melges 20 Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week
22 April 2012
Russell Lucas on Shimmer, with team mates Harry and Hans Melges are 2012 Audi Melges 20 Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week Champions. This is Lucas' first major regatta win since entering the class last season. "It was just great sailing with these guys," said Lucas "What a great event. We had so much fun."
Lucas won by a single point, just ahead of Travis Weisleder aboard Layline Race Team. Overnight leader Michael Kiss on Bacio slipped to finish in third.
PRO Hank Stuart delivered one more race on Sunday, completing an incredible nine race series at Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week for the Audi Melges 20 fleet. The day got off to a very wet start as thunder clouds hung heavy over Charleston harbor, raining on and off all day.
A surprising turn of events in the overall standings occurred with overnight regatta leader Kiss being disqualified from the first race of the day on Saturday. This allowed Russell Lucas' Shimmer and Travis Weisleder's Layline Race Teamto move up easily into first and second respectively. "When we left the dock yesterday we said we would try to avoid three things — don't hit a mark, don't hit another boat and don't be OCS." explained a disappointed Kiss. "Well... we did all three and then, we missed the opportunity to get a 20% scoring penalty, so instead we ended up with a disqualification. All that being said, third overall is not so bad."
Marc Hollerbach's Fu claimed another fantastic win of the one and only race of the day, followed by Kiss in second and Deneen Demourkas on Groovederci in third. Lucas managed an eighth place finish, just behind Weisleder in seventh. Surely, a second race could be held as it was going to be a showdown. Lucas now sat in first, one point ahead of Weisleder, who in turn was one point ahead of Kiss. Paul Reilly's Red Sky was another point behind in fourth. Daniel Thielman's Kuai sat tight in fifth.
The hopes of getting in another race slowly diminished as the Race Committee attempted a tenth heat. It was abandoned just before the start as the breeze failed to produce quality race conditions.
First and foremost the IAM20CA would like to congratulate the winners, as well as thank all the teams that traveled to Charleston, S.C. to race. Without you, the great competition and big fleet racing just wouldn't be possible. Special thanks to PRO Hank Stuart, Deputy PRO Sue Miller and their entire Race Committee staff who delivered sheer perfection in race committee management. And last,but certainly not least, many thanks to the Sperry Top-Sider Charleston Race Week organizers, in particular Randy Draftz and team!
TOP TEN RESULTS (After nine races, with one discard)
1.) Russell Lucas, Shimmer; 9-7-3-3-7-1-2-[14]-8 = 39
2.) Travis Weisleder, Layline Race Team; 2-2-2-8-8-[12]-5-7-7 = 40
3.) Michael Kiss, Bacio; 1-1-12-[31/DSQ]-16-1-17-2 = 41
4.) Paul Reilly, Red Sky; [20]-3-8-4-6-6-9-2-5 = 42
5.) Daniel Theilman, Kuai; 21-6-[25]-11-4-2-7-3-12 = 66
6.) Sid Gorham, Funner; 11-9-4-9-12-13-[26]-1-9 = 67
7.) Marc Hollerbach, Fu; 10-13-7-19-1-14-[27]-6-1 = 71
8.) John Arendshorst, Blink 20/20; 13-[17]-10-6-10-3-4-9-17 = 71
9.) Mark Plaxton, INTAC; 19-5-[31/DNF]-1-13-17-3-4-16 = 77
10.) Tony Tabb, Elevation Racing; 3-10-6-10-11-15-[16]-11-21 = 81
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Full race reports, interviews and photo galleries will be posted online each day after racing. Stay tuned to the Official Audi Melges 20 Web Site and Melges.com for all the latest details. You can also friend the Audi Melges 20 onFacebook, follow on Twitter and/or subscribe to the Official Audi Melges 20 You Tube Channel.


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The IEC of South Africa commissioned Accenture, together with Microsoft Consulting Services, DataCentrix, Vircom and Hewlett Packard, to ensure a stable technical environment to support the election process.
The IEC of South Africa commissioned Accenture, together with Microsoft Consulting Services, DataCentrix, Vircom and Hewlett Packard, to ensure a stable technical environment to support the election process.
Based on a vision to bring the 1999 South African national and provincial election process into the information age, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) commissioned Accenture, together with Microsoft Consulting Services, DataCentrix, Vircom and Hewlett Packard to ensure a stable, well-orchestrated technical environment to support the election process.
South Africa's second democratic election on June 2, 1999, was another step forward for a country whose long walk to freedom has not been easy. Determined to deliver free and fair national and provincial elections with first-world efficiency, South Africa's IEC contracted several technology vendors to provide a platform for the registration, voting and results process.
The challenge was enormous: to link one election day, two elections (national and provincial), nine provinces, 436 local electoral officers, 807 municipalities, 14,650 voting districts and 18,172,751 registered voters. To overcome these daunting logistics, the IEC turned to Accenture to establish a complete IT solution. DataCentrix was awarded the supply and installation of Hewlett Packard networking components and Microsoft provided the software and consulting services necessary to implement the solution. Local systems integrator DataCentrix provided logistical support for the project.
Phase One—Voter Registration
The registration of all eligible voters created a common voters roll. Each eligible voter in possession of a bar-coded ID book was required to register at designated voting districts. The data was captured via a scanner onto a Microsoft SQL Server database and the public could gain access to the voter's roll via a website to confirm their successful registration. On election day, each voter's ID was re-scanned and the names checked against the voter's roll to identify the voters's numeric sequence on the voters' roll and thereby improve the speed of the voting process.
Phase Two—The Election Center
The Election Center provided the infrastructure to host and support the capturing and display of all the election results. Once each of the 14,650 voting districts had closed and tallied up their results, the 436 Local Electoral Officers (LEOs) had to submit the results by three different means.
First, the results were submitted telephonically to 600 call center operators at the Election Center in Pretoria. The operators staffed Microsoft Windows NT Workstations, which were connected to the local area network (LAN). A local solution provider, Vircom, programmed the Web-based interface through which all received results were entered into the Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 database.
Second, the LEOs submitted the results via fax to the Election Center. Four fax servers stored the approximately 41,000 faxes received.
Finally, the LEOs at the 436 polling stations around the country, connected by a wide area network (WAN) accessing the Microsoft Windows NT Workstations, submitted the results electronically via the Web-based election results application. The application was hosted on three Microsoft Internet Information Servers, which served the intranet site via the LAN to the onsite call center and an Internet site via the WAN to the 436 LEOs. A Microsoft Transaction Server was also installed on the Internet Information Servers to keep track of and record all data transactions to the database.
A final verified result would be returned by the application if all three independently submitted results matched.
The third phase of the project involved the hosting of a website by The Internet Solution, which could be accessed by the public. The election results data stored at the Election Center were replicated every 30 minutes to a Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 database at The Internet Solution.
To keep the public aware of the most up-to-date results through media feeds, data extracted from the SQL servers was displayed on screens in the main counting area. With the eyes of the world constantly focused on the displayed results and real-time access to the latest figures, it was essential that the systems were designed for maximum stability and a high level of performance.
The dedicated servers allowed the public to view the results at a national or provincial level with the option of viewing the results in their own municipality and voting district.
The solution offered numerous benefits to the electoral process. "The added level of security assured the integrity of the results, which assisted the IEC's task of ensuring a free and fair election," said Renaud. "In the event of any claims of inaccuracy, the system also provided for full backups of all data as well as transaction logs of every data entry, which could be used to examine the results should this have been necessary.
"Above all, this solution helped bring the election to the general public," said Renaud. "For the first time in our election history, the media and public had immediate online access to all results, to whatever level of detail they desired."
"The Microsoft solution offers a scalable and secure platform providing 99.9 percent operations reliability," stated Pierre Dalton, Accenture partner-South Africa, when describing the Independent Electoral Commission election system. "It is critical that the technology platform is flexible enough to meet demands as they arise, as well as being consistently reliable during the election period." The IEC voting system most recently supported the 48 percent of South Africa's 18 million registered voters who visited 15,000 voting stations around the country to cast their ballots in municipal elections.
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BAREA, Ohio – MIT senior, Stephen Morton, captured the NCAA Division III National Championship in the long jump on Thursday, becoming the 22nd NCAA Individual Champion in MIT history. Morton out-leapt Kellen McCrary of Wisconsin-La Crosse by an inch and a half to cap off a very successful first day for the Cardinal and Gray at the National Championship meet.
Morton entered the meet as just the 10th seed in the event. However, the four-time All-American had the best mark in the preliminary flights, with a 23-9.00 foot jump. Morton duplicatfed that effort on his second attempt in the finals. Three other competitors would reach 23-7.50 feet, including Central College sophomore, Ethan Miller, on his final attempt, but Morton's mark would ultimately hold up, clinching the 16th National title in program history.
Morton's Championship effort allowed the senior to overcome the heartbreak he experienced at this year's Indoor Nationals, where he came up just one-quarter inch shy of first place in the triple jump. Missing the awards podium in the long jump in 2009 also helped motivate Morton to reach new heights in his final collegiate competition.
"It made me really focus on my approach this year," the senior remarked. "I spent a lot of time over the summer and also during the indoor season working on my approach to the board. The reason I didn't score at both the outdoor meet last year and this year's indoor national meet was my approach. I really focused on being quicker at the end of my run and quicker off the board."
Vladimir Sobes started things off for the Engineers, claiming a sixth-place finish in the javelin earlier in the day. With a throw of 203-10 feet, Sobes became MIT's first All-America honoree in the javelin since Nick Michalakis in 1999 and just the second overall.
In preliminary heats throughout the afternoon, three Tech runners finished with the top overall qualifying time in their respective events. Jacqui Wentz (4:32.62) and Yermie Cohen (3:50.74) were the fastest overall finishers in the 1500. Jamie Simmons' time of 60.52 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles was good for a new Institute record and was the top qualifying mark. Portia Jones advanced to the finals of the 200m, with a program record time of 24.28 seconds, as did the women's 4x400m relay.
In other event finals, Greg Tao (11th) and Karin Fisher (10th) just missed the awards podium in the men's and women's pole vault while Alina Gatowski placed 17th at 10,000 meters.
After one day, the MIT men stand in third place with 13 team points while the women have yet to score in the meet. Jacqui Wentz will look to record the first points for the women in the 3000 meter Steeplechase on Friday afternoon. Wentz is the lone Tech athlete competing in an event final on Friday. Jones will attempt to qualify for the finals in two more events, the 100 IH and the 400.


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DURHAM — U.S. lodging executives continue to be less optimistic about present general business conditions, according to the University of New Hampshire Lodging Executives Sentiment Index (LESI) for the current month ending November 2012. The index slipped from 56.3 in October 2012 to 50.1 in November 2012.
"This decrease results from lodging executives' less than positive opinions of the present general business conditions for their properties, as well as the continued decline in their sentiment for how they view general business conditions 12 months in the future. Expectations about room reservations during the same 12-month period also declined," said Nelson Barber, associate professor of hospitality management who manages the index.
Only 7 percent of lodging executives indicated current business conditions were good, down from 31 percent in October 2012, while 79 percent indicated conditions were normal, up from 50 percent during the previous month. Fourteen percent of the executives indicated such conditions were bad, an improvement over last month's reading of 19 percent.
Managed by the Department of Hospitality Management at the UNH Whittemore School of Business and Economics, LESI is based on a monthly survey of lodging executives representing companies with more than 2.5 million hotel rooms across lodging segments and geographic regions of the United States — more than 55 percent of all U.S. rooms.
Executives are asked about the present and future conditions of the market. Executives also are asked to report their outlook during the next 12 months about room reservations and employment practices, such as an increase or decrease of their nonmanagerial work force.
The LESI indexes follow the Institute of Supply Management's Index (ISM) method of tracking leading indicators. A LESI survey reading of greater than 50 indicates expansion whereas a reading below 50 indicates decline and the distance from 50 in either direction is indicating the strength of the expansion or decline. During this same period of time, the ISM Index decreased from 51.7 to 49.5.
Looking forward, 14 percent of the executives thought conditions will be better in the next 12 months, while 79 percent indicated they will be the same. This month, 7 percent thought they would be worse, an decline from last month's reading of 6 percent. These future results were mixed compared to October 2012 where 19 percent thought the future would be better, 75 percent thought the future would be the same, and 6 percent thought the future would be worse.
Looking forward 12 months, lodging executives expect to add fewer nonmanagerial employees, representing a continued decrease in expectations for lodging executives reporting in October 2012. This periods decline is also in-line with the ISM Employment Index, which decreased by 3.7 percentage points, registering 48.4 percent. However, this is counter to the decrease of the national unemployment rate (7.7 percent in October 2012 from 7.8 percent in September 2012) as reported by BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
For more information about LESI, visit http://wsbe.unh.edu/LESI.


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Take a mom of 3, stir in 4 vegan cookbooks, add a rounded cup of staying at home, and mix with a hefty pinch of recipe testing!
Monday, May 29, 2006
Soup in the Summer
This is another recipe for Eat, Drink, and Be Vegan, a Spicy Yam and Peanut Soup with Chickpeas (well, spicy sweet potato and peanut soup for you in the US)!
It has generous amounts of fresh ginger and garlic and just a small amount of natural peanut butter (since I don't like the pb taste to overwhelm the soup).
The yams/sweet potatoes and seasonings are first pureed into a semi-smooth soup and then whole chickpeas are added in.
I've mentioned before that I love soups. I have several favorites from Vive and TEV, and this is most certainly a new favorite. Hey, I might even eat it when - uhh, IF - it gets hot and summerlike here!
20 comments:
- Carrie™ said...
Oh, that looks and sounds very wonderful, but not for me today. It's a sweltering 33C (91F for you in the US). May not seem like much to some, but when you go from rain and 65 last week to 91 in a matter of days, whew! The outlook for the rest of the week isn't much better. *sigh* Here we go again. Hmmm, I have a cousin in Whitehorse. Maybe it's time to pay him a visit! Dreena, I would much rather your cool and rainy. Got any salads in that new cookbook that you could post? :o)
- Addy N. said...
Hi Dreena:
It's unseasonably hot and humid here, but I actually made soup last night for dinner. We were out of greens and broccoli, so I was searching around for recipes that I could make without heading for the store. I came across your Chipotle Corn Black Bean Soup and happened to have pretty much all of the ingredients on hand. It's delicious! I used Cholula hot sauce, because I didn't have any chipotle sauce, but it was quite tasty. My daughter ate three bowls and my heartburn prone husband enjoyed it too (and didn't even get heartburn). I'll have to make again- I froze some for some leftovers later on.
By the way- your weather sound heavenly to me (I hate hot weather). We are coming out to the Pacific Northwest for vacation in a week and I can't wait for cool weather- I hope a heatwave doesn't show up before then!
Take care.
- Michelle said...
oh, how i wish i was with you in BC right now.. it's FREAKING hot in southern ontario.. i've had the sprinkler on for the last *two hours* with nakey kids running thru it 'cause it's so hot.
yes, i am running a nudist camp.. wanna join? LOL requirements are that you are under 5 yrs and have a really cute bum ;)
- Melissa West said...
I'm in Southern Ontario too, so it was really hot today. Soup wouldn't even be an option for us today. That soup looks super yummy for a cool, wet rainy day though. I love the idea of mixing squash and peanut butter, sounds good. I love blender soups, but adding the chickpeas at the end is a nice touch - yay protein to boot!
- Vicki said...
can't wait to try this soup, it looks delicious! we had a cold rain this weekend, so it looks especially yummy.
i made your banana oat bundles this weekend, & just posted a picture -- they were fab! :o)
- Jody from VegChic said...
Looks great Dreena. I'll be watching for you newest cookbook.
Tonight I made the Spicy Seared Portabella mushrooms from The Everyday Vegan. They were wonderful and I posted photos on my blog today.
Yesterday I also made your lemon-herb tofu. After gardening, I made up a quick sandwich with vegan mayo. It was good!
- Danielle said...
It got freaking hot here in DC, too. It felt like the 90s, but i don't know for sure. But I've been feeling crummy all day because of it.
- jess (of Get Sconed!) said...
We've had some chilly nights this past week + weekend and warm food has hit the spot - I've been been able to use the oven without my boyfriend frowning about the heat ; )
The soup you've described, the african peanut, is one I've been meaning to make for nearly a year now - one of those ideas on the back burner. Looks fabulous~
- Catherine said...
Hey Dreena,
Yam I am! Yams are orange-fleshed sweet tubers, and sweet potatoes are white-fleshed sweet tubers. And I'm a corn-fed Midwesterner! (But most do call them sweet potatoes . . . I'm just the odd duck.)
P.S. I found a workshop locally called "Selling and Publishing Your Book" that I am registered for and will attend in July! I'm very excited. Thanks again for your advice!
- raising_kahne said...
I havent eaten soup in a long time! Im the kind of person that only likes soup every once in awhile. And I usually like it when it rains(why? I dont know) but it hasnt rained here in awhile, so hence the lack of soup. Also, it's totally opposite the weather of what I like it to be when Im eating a hot bowl of soup, it's burning up here in Georgia!
- Dreena said...
Hi Carrie... yeah, I have a friend in Ontario that said it was quite cool all last week, and then I saw 30+ on the national forecast. That's dramatic over a day or so! Funny, she used to live in Whitehorse too! btw, Happy Bday to Simon (well, belated)! :)
Hi addy, wow, you probably love soup like I do, if you made a batch in sticky hot weather! Yay, I'm glad you enjoyed the Black Bean Soup!! And your daughter! You know, my older daughter loves that one too - and, I gave it to friends once and their son couldn't eat enough of it! How great that your husband could eat it without discomfort as well - bonus! Hmmm, I probably shouldn't have named it "chipotle" because it implies that the soup is very spicy, but it's not hot spicy, just flavorful. I haven't used that hot sauce. Thanks for the link. Is it very hot? The chipotle tabasco hot sauce is fairly mild in terms of a hot sauce, so I'm wondering how this compares. I doubt we'll have a heat wave... I think you'll be okay for your trip! :)
That's so cute Michelle!! I am laughing reading your entry - I can just imagine those little legs running and lovin' the sprinkler! Soooo adorable!
Hi dragonslayer! There are quite a few bloggers here from Ontario - neat! Yeah, I love chickpeas and they add not only great texture to the soup - but yes, a protein boost!
Hey Vicki, well someone else here is having cold and rainy weather at least! Gosh, we had about 8 or 9 days straight that were cool and wet. But, put it all in perspective, it could be much worse!! Anyhow... I saw your pic and post - thank you. :) They looked great - I LOVED your addition of pb chips - are these vegan? I haven't seen pb chips, but would love to find some! Oh, yeah, I was going to mention that my bundles are a little smaller in size than your yield, but as long as they are cooked through, that's what matters. More muffin-like when they are bigger I suspect - plus, you get more eating "just one"! ha ha!
Hi Jody, thanks for dropping in with that feedback. :) You know, when I read your entry, I almost totally forgot about that mushroom recipe. I haven't made it for years now - seriously! I used to LOVE it though, on the sweet potatoes, because of the spicy/sweet contrast that I totally dig! Now I'm thinking it's time to make them again!! Thanks for posting about them too, and I really am happy to hear you are enjoying some of my recipes. :)
Oh, Danielle, you even sound a little bummed in your comment! Poor you. :) Get yourself some chocolate, girl! Chocolate ICE-CREAM, yeah, that will help with the heat!! Or, check out Leslie's site, she is doing all "cool" treats over there for hot weather!!
Hi Jess - sounds like our climate last little while. Ideally I'd love warm days and then have the nights cool off - easier to sleep for sure! Hey, if you are wanting to make a soup along these lines, if you are keen on testing it I can send it to you - let me know. :)
Hi Catherine (glad you are back home and enjoying your own food again). I quickly read your post about the Country Buffet place yesterday - oh, we've all been there haven't we? Some crappy restaurant that has basically nothing to eat but a measly salad bar and blah pasta! Well, that's interesting that you know yams as orange tubers and sweet potatoes as the yellow sweet ones. I think you're the 1st person in the US that I've heard that from!! Sounds like you are making some progress with your book plans... that should be a useful seminar for you. (and you're welcome) :)
Hi Savanna... I hear you, soup is great comfort food! Definitely nourishes us more than just on a nutrition level when the weather is cool and damp and we feel a little blue!! I can eat soup much more than just when the weather is cool though. I think because for me I typically make soups chock full of legumes and/or whole grains, so soups are just the perfect solution for me to pack in nutrition in one meal. And, there are usually lots of leftovers to freeze for easy meals other nights!! :)
- Vicki said...
hi dreena, i think the pb chips are vegan...ooops, maybe not, they have reduced minerals whey, & dextrose?? i assume that is not. too bad, these are made by Reese's. wonder if there are some vegan pb chips out there??
- Harmonia said...
Soup is great any time of year! :)
Thanks for the advice on my blog! I appreciate it!!! It's hard to keep the ankle up while working but I can feel it expanding! ZOINKS!
I made your Avocado Cashew Sauce again and it was even better than the first time I made it! Nummy! I splattered it on an Amy's Breakfast Burrito!
- DreamQueen said...
Oooh, that looks good! I'll have to wait till the temp goes below 40C here though before I can try it. :(
- raising_kahne said...
Ok, Im kinda confused, I heard someone say that vinegar is not vegan, but I have seen things that were vegan but had vinegar in them. Does that mean that it is vegan, or just a certain kind of vinegar is not vegan??
- EatPeacePlease said...
Ok people: I live in the desert! I can only imagine this soup cold right now. Plus, it was in the 80's (F) most of the winter here anyway!
Great looking dish, Dreena!
- Dreena said...
Vicki, I have searched quite a bit for pb chips - haven't come up with anything yet. One of the vegan companies needs to put these on the market!!
Hi Harmonia... you are in good spirits anyhow! Glad you liked the sauce again - I love it on burritos too. :)
Dreamqueen, that temperature is insane!! Poor you, it must be stinking hot (and sticky). Ugh. Esp with the smog.
Savanna, I have never heard that about vinegar, but maybe someone here knows something more about it? Perhaps it has something to do with the processing of white vinegar much like the processing of white sugar?? Seems bizarre, there are oodles of vegan recipes out there using vinegars - maybe not white vinegar, but certainly apple cider, red wine, balsamic, rice vinegar, etc.
Oh, Leslie, I'd love a little time in the desert... though I'm sure I'd find this time of year overwhelming and then spend all my days inside in AC, and that's not much fun!! Thanks all the same. :)
- jess (of Get Sconed!) said...
Dreena - I would love to test it, I've honestly had sweet potato soup on the burner for too long. <3
- jess (of Get Sconed!) said...
p.s. Dreena, my email is email@example.com
- Dreena said...
Thanks, Jess, you saved me having to ask! I'll e-mail you soon. :)


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5. Yoshi Valley returning might be cool.
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For some people, adversity is an excuse not to try anymore, but Robert Price of Linwood is not one of those people.
For some people, adversity is an excuse not to try anymore, but Robert Price of Linwood is not one of those people. Even when he lost his left hand in a machine accident, he was not going to give up on his dream to become a truck driver.
"I know that's what a lot of people expected of me," he said. "But I believe that if there's a way there's a will."
Price spent most of his childhood alternating living between North Carolina and Pennsylvania. He said he always wanted to drive a truck. Unfortunately, he had an unpleasant experience with his first attempt at enrolling in trucking school.
"I started taking classes after they had sent me the first set of books, but then I never got the last set," he said. "I was told they didn't have my mailing address, and the next thing I know, I got a letter telling me I had been dropped from the course. It discouraged me, so I didn't want to try again."
After this failed attempt, Price went to work in construction, which he did on and off for several years. In 1990, during a dry spell in construction, Price took a manufacturing job at a rubber processing plant removing molds out of the casting machine. Price said the machine closed up on his hand when he reached in to remove the piece.
"I knew it was bad," he said. "But it really hasn't slowed me down that much. I had to go on because I have a long life ahead of me."
After the accident, he worked for the next 12 years for a commercial plumbing company. When he was laid off for the second time in 2012, Price decided that he would give truck driving another chance.
"It has always been a dream of mine and even with that one bad experience, I knew that it was what I wanted to do," he said.
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"It is much more complicated than the usual CDL (commercial driver's license) test," he said. "They want to make sure you know what you're doing, so they ride along with you and really evaluate your performance."
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"He was very positive and never complained as he told me about his many phone calls and follow-ups in order to get approvals and waivers," Whitesell said.
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Price doesn't do a lot of sitting around whenever he is at home with his wife of nine years, Christine. He says that he is always doing something whether it's yard work or tinkering around his shop. He especially likes spending time riding his motorcycle that has a modified clutch that allows him to change gears with his stump.
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As far as Price is concerned, he doesn't have any plans to expand his work past what he is doing right now.
"'I am just a working kind of person, and I'm living the dream," he said. "I can't ask for anything more."
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|2010-12-15, 17:29
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Now, IRC, Ishida, Hime and Ulq. didn't make any comments as to whether they sense anything from Ichigo vs Ulq as they were in a "WTF" state. Although I could be wrong.
|2010-12-15, 17:47
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Let's just wait for the next ep, i feel it's gonna be a funny one
|2010-12-15, 17:49
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|2010-12-15, 23:46
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So judging by everyones' responses, it seems like the only reason he can sense Aizen's butthax powers is because he has 'once' tapped into a super great power of absolute awesomness full of untapped [and uncontrolled] potential? (Yeah i know those aren't real words).
Seems like a pretty lame excuse, I wonder how Kubo is going to explain it, if he will ever.
So if this place they're in is sorta like the hyperbolic time chamber where it was described as being split from time and physical place or w/e, do the people within it still age? I'm assuming that's a yes? But essentially Ichigo can spend the next 10 years of his life training here and mastering his hollow form before waltzing out of there to sh*t on Aizen right?
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|2010-12-16, 00:07
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|2010-12-16, 03:24
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That being said, Kubo's point was pretty clear - Ichigo has far surpassed those who previously were way ahead of him in terms of power (his tutors - Urahara, Yoruichi and Isshin).
The fact that he CAN sense Aizen's current power level while the others can't feel it at all (since it is so far beyond their current levels) indicates that if Ichigo isn't at Aizen's level, he's close enough to understand how outmatched they are.
That's why he remains their "only hope" (Unohana's words) of defeating Aizen. He'll get there in time, through some hax power up no doubt
|2010-12-16, 07:40
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aahhhh...the drama continues...too bad urahara failed to make a dent on aizen's invincible "armor". why does aizen have to be so goddamn indestructible? and for what? so ichigo's victory against him would become more epic? i kind of wish that some of the other guys could chip in as well. ichigo doesn't have to carry all the burden. stupid kubo!
|2010-12-17, 08:42
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Maybe some other transformation of the Zanpaktou, maybe im just beeing silly now
|2010-12-17, 08:55
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i thought that ichigo's reaction was realistic. if you were placed in a situation that you think is hopeless, when the people you think stronger than you are defeated, would you still have the courage to fight? i think not. unlike naruto who never seems to run out of positiveness, ichigo does get depressed, he worries, he gets scared to the point that he's pissing on his pants. i don't call that cowardice, that's how people react when they are pushed to their limits. but ichigo does snap out of it when somebody knocks some sense into him, something that we can relate to as well when our friends or loved ones remind us of what is truly important.
one of the things that pisses me off with most shounen heroes is their seeming fearlessness. most people are not fearless, we do get scared, we get discouraged, we lose faith in ourselves and in other people sometimes. are you fearless? are you so positive all the time that even when you're up against a monstrous enemy you won't cower in fear and still believe that you would win? that's what i like about ichigo you know. he's not like most shounen heroes. except for his lack of interest in girls, i'd say he's one of the most realistic shounen characters in terms of personality.
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But... even that is pointless, because Ichigo is a character with no background, he is a boy who isn't interested in nothing at all... what are Ichigo's motivations in life?, NONE. To the point that even in the manga Kubo wrote about it (i'll save it for later though).
What is Ichigo?
A boy with a secret past, even he doesn't know it.
A boy with certain power and the one and only Getsuga Tenshou.
And that's all.
I'm not talking about how "real" is Ichigo, i'm just talking about how BORING AS HELL he is.
Luckily, Bleach offers more characters and (some) plot that still i like.
|2010-12-17, 12:53
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do you know why most manga/anime characters are 15-year-olds? it's because in japanese culture 15 is a landmark age, it's when kids stop being kids and take the next step into adulthood. at 15 they enter high school and by the time they graduate, most of them find jobs and live on their own. so when you encounter a 15-year-old character in a manga, novel, movie, etc. that might seem too mature for you, remember that the writers don't really think of them as kids anymore even though technically they are. there's symbolism behind it. it's a culture thing. probably why ichigo doesn't act like most normal teenage boys. same reason why zangetsu's material form is an old dude in black with rockstar hair and shades. ichigo's soul looks like that, that's just his personality.
what are ichigo's motivations? his family of course. what drives him is his desire to protect his loved ones. he has always blamed himself for his mother's death and wished that he was strong enough to stop it. really? he doesn't have any interests at all? if i'm not mistaken he's into rock music. he called sado chad because it sounded cool, it reminded him of chad smith, the drummer of red hot chili peppers. that seems like an interest, don't you think? the reason why he only knows getsuga tensho is simply because he never had time to train. he only trained for 10 days under urahara, he achieved bankai in 3 days, learned to harness his inner hollow in about a month, what do you expect? naruto trained longer than that. hell, he had at least 3 years when he trained under jiraiya!
don't get me wrong though, i'm not defending kubo in any way. i think he has turned his manga into pure crap over the years. but i do think that his concept of bleach is interesting at the very least. and he at least created some pretty cool characters, and that includes ichigo. but that's just me. it's just too bad that bleach had to come to this. it had so much potential at the beginning.
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|2010-12-18, 21:07
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Hmm, so if I just peel the skin off of the tasty yet rottening banana that is Bleach, the point of this episode was to create an even more beautiful, fabulous, demonically-angelic version of Aizen for guys to fap to and gals to fingerbang to?
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Alex Zampier Scores 25 Points To Lead Bulldogs
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Yale didn't look like a team that was playing after an 11-day layoff on Monday night against Providence. The Bulldogs raced out to an early lead and held it for much of the game before the Friars rallied to escape with an 87-78 victory before a nervous crowd of 4,206 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.
Alex Zampier paced Yale with 25 points. He was 10-of-19 from the field and added seven rebounds and three assists in 31 minutes. Greg Mangano added 14 points off the bench, while Michael Sands scored 10 points. Jordan Gibson had eight points and six rebounds, and Paul Nelson had six points and six rebounds.
Jamine Peterson scored 16 of his 25 points in the second half to pace the Friars (8-4). Marshon Brooks, Sharoud Curry and Vincent Council each added 13 points.
Providence shot 54.3 percent from the field in the second half.
The Bulldogs (4-7) led by as many as 11 points in the first half and had a 61-54 lead with 12:28 left in the game. The Friars, though, went on an 11-2 run, capped by a Brooks three-pointer that gave PC the lead for good, 65-63, with 8:53 left. Yale got back within one, 67-66, on two Sands free throws, but Providence scored the next six points.
"We controlled the game for 34 minutes but got a little fatigued at end and their defense stiffened," said James Jones, The Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Men's Basketball.
The Friars entered the game leading the Big East in rebounding, but the Bulldogs matched them on the boards as both teams had 38 rebounds.
"Our guys really battled," Jones said. "I thought we did a great job limiting them on the offensive boards."
Yale started strong, easily handling Providence's full-court press. The Bulldogs led 11-4 after four minutes and built the advantage to 25-14 on Mangano's layup midway through the first half. PC head coach Keno Davis was forced to call two timeouts in the first eight minutes.
His players apparently got the message. The Friars used an 11-2 run to tie the score at 27 with 7:14 left. Yale scored the next five points, but Curry's three-pointer gave Providence a 34-32 lead. The Bulldogs then closed the half with an 8-2 run to take a 40-36 lead at the intermission.
Yale shot 47.4 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes and made four three-pointers.
The Bulldogs are now off for the holiday. They return to action on Dec. 29 when they play at Colorado at 9 p.m. EST. The game will be televised by FSN Rocky Mountain.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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(2:02) Nancy vehemently defends how she criticized the jury in the Casey Anthony case.
(6:01) Nancy and Harvey DO NOT agree with each other.
(7:01) Changing gears to the MJ manslaughter case.
(8:30) Nancy doesn't believe "undeniable" is a word.
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(47:05) Why is Nancy AGAINST jury sequestering?
(40:05) Nancy's dance partner -- Tristan MacManus -- says he had NO CLUE who she was before he was partnered up with her.
(42:55) Who wears the pants on the dance floor?
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|I'm trying to find someone who used to work at Caltrans. Can you help?
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If the person you are looking for is still collecting retirement, one good source would be the California Public Employees Retirement System. They handle retirement plans for a varity of State and Local government agencies. You can reach their web site at http://www.calpers.ca.gov/
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Finally, if the employee was a veteran of the armed forces, you may be able to find information through the California Department of Veterans Affairs. That department can be found on-line at http://www.ns.net/cadva/


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The comment period for the Comprehensive Conservation Plan at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge has been extended through May 31 following a request from Audobon of Kansas.
The comment period on the Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Quivira National Wildlife Refuge has been extended until the end of May following a request from Audubon of Kansas.
The document will guide the focus and direction of refuge management over the next 15 years.
A description of the plan and links to the CCP and comment form may be found at http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Quivira/what_we_do/Conservation/planning.html.


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As parents, we all hear that dreaded phrase during the summer ... "I'm bored". Even though we try to plan all sorts of outdoor and indoor fun, it still pops up here and there. What's a mom or dad to do? Actually, one of the best things you can do is take a few runs to the library or bookstore with the kids. Let them choose books that appeal to them so when there is "nothing to do" they can pop into a corner and read a great adventure suited just to them.
Some kids are avid readers but others act like it is a disease to avoid. How can you overcome that? Some children have a hard time reading ... they struggle through every page. Sometimes the best solution is to intersperse reading times when you, as the parent or caregiver, read an entralling story to them. This can be done chapter by chapter, so it will be something they look forward to.
Obviously, the goal here is to get your kids reading, and enjoying it, all by themselves. You are wanting it to be a solution they choose by themselves, knowing that an adventure awaits them. Often times children, and even grown adults, don't realize that reading a book is like going off to the movies by oneself. It doesn't hurt to mention this once in a while or to talk up a book. Although you might love the classics, your kids might enjoy a kids mystery like the Goosebumps series or a silly, funny book series like The Wimpy Kid. Don't rule anything out ... out least they will be reading, which can only help their skill of reading.
Remember that the age range is just a guide. Some 6 year olds are really good readers and can pick up a book more suited to an 8 year old skill level, but just make sure the reading material corresponds with the type of book you want your child reading, no matter how old they are. This list is only a starter list ... there are so many good books to choose from. If you have questions, a good person to ask is your local librarian.
Some fun reads for kids this summer:
Charlotte's Web Age 7+
Romona Quimby series Age 7+
Junie B. Jones Age 7+ (series)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Age 7+ (series)
Adventures of Captain Underpants Age 7+ (series)
Nancy Drew mysteries Age 7+
Hardy Boys mysteries Age 7+
For more kids book suggestions, with synopsis and appropriate age level reading, check out this section on Common Sense Media.
Sharon Pierce McCullough