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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Thank you, NBC, for Not Dumbing Us Down
When the program began last year there were certain flaws to the program. Most genealogists tolerated the flaws out of appreciation for having a program of this kind on mainstream tv. There was quite a bit of discussion on the internet about the pros and cons of season one.
I'm very happy to say that the producers of the show must have been listening. Episode one of season two featured Vanessa Williams - without any of the annoying aspects of season one. The producers did away with the incessant previews and recaps that occurred before and after every commercial. Those recaps insulted the intelligence of viewers. Did they think we were so slow that we couldn't remember what had just happened? This year NBC is treating us like intelligent human beings.
There may have been other tweaks to the show that I can't quite put my finger on. The show seemed more genuine. Vanessa Williams didn't over-emphasize her reactions to discoveries. She seemed very authentic. Last season there was one show in particular where the actor was a little unrealistically exuberant in their reactions.
Numbers and Advertising Down?
Today Thomas MacEntee of Geneabloggers reported in a post about the show that the ratings for adult viewers age 18-49 was down 18% from the debut last year. Though he does note that another source says the numbers overall reached a series high.
Last year I remember seeing a tremendous amount of advertising for the show before its debut. I don't recall seeing a single advertisement this year. Could it be viewers in the 18-49 bracket was down because they didn't promote it as much? It could be that *I* didn't watch much NBC in the weeks prior to the start of season two.
If you saw advertisements on NBC ahead of time please let me know.
Bottom Line
The bottom line is last night's episode featuring Vanessa Williams was excellent. It was warm, educational and interesting. It provided great information on African American history and did a great job of breaking some African American historical stereotypes. I think we were all rooting for Vanessa by the end of the show. What fulfilling and reaffirming discoveries she made about her own family!
And that's the point of family history. Researching our family history helps us connect to our ancestors and to understand our current family in a meaningful way that often provides a sense of peace. I hope people take away from the show they don't have be famous to feel the same kind of connectedness to their own family.
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Well stated, especially the last few paragraphs. I too could not quite put my genie finger on what was different about the "feel" of the program, but, I liked it.ReplyDelete
I agree completely - last season I felt like there was so much "filler". As much I enjoyed the show, it was frustrating. Last night's episode was thoroughly enjoyable.ReplyDelete
Excellent review. I really love your last paragraph. It's what I've tried to explain to people many a time. Most get it.ReplyDelete
Agree that it seemed more authentic, like she was actually doing the bulk of the research.
Well said, Marian. I just finished watching the episode on Demand and, as usual, got a little teary towards the end.ReplyDelete
I agree. I could not even watch all the stars last season.ReplyDelete
I liked that they went into some detail, and gave a little historical background for those not familiar with the laws during that time.
I would give 4 stars. I think they ought to really think about researching for some regular people at least 2.
I did see advertisements on NBC this past week, but I don't remember seeing any before then and was wondering why there weren't any ads! I remember last year being hit over the head with the ads. And up until about 2-3 weeks ago the homepage on NBC wasn't hyping up or really mentioning season 2 at all. I didn't catch it if they did this, but it might have helped if they had replayed some of the episodes from season 1 in the time slot so people could get interested and set up their dvr's to record before the premiere.ReplyDelete
Exactly. That's how I felt. The only hype I heard was within the genealogical community who was looking for and waiting for the program to start. Imagine how many viewers they could get if they advertised each show!
It was wonderful! I watched it this afternoon and loved it.ReplyDelete
Was I the only one who was envious of her fantastic find in NARA? Or what she uncovered at the TN Statehouse?!??!! I was doing the genealogy happy dance for her!
I especially agree with two of the improvements you pointed out in this season. First, I don't know why the actors last season seemed insistent on "acting" (or overacting) moved by their family discoveries, making it all seem stilted and a touch embarrassing. The other thing is that new gimmick whereby the producers keep repeating blurbs of the buildup to each event before it happens, after the commercial, etc. The feeling of authenticity is lost in the attempt at producing "entertainment" for the masses, as if we wouldn't notice.ReplyDelete


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This policy memorandum was prepared by Healthcare and Family Services (HFS). HFS administers the Medicaid and All Kids programs. These programs provide medical benefits to families with children and to other persons. This information is to be used by staff of the Central All Kids and HBWD Units and the Illinois Department of Human Services when determining eligibility and authorizing medical benefits.
In July 2006, the State of Illinois implemented a new program called Illinois Health Connect. This is a statewide Primary Care Case Management (PCCM) Program for most persons covered by an HFS Medical Program. Illinois Health Connect is a model of health care that combines managed care and fee-for-service and addresses cost and quality issues. Illinois Health Connect incorporates the concept of providing each participant in the program with a "medical home" through a Primary Care Provider (PCP).
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In a medical home, the PCPs will provide medically necessary care in a timely manner with a focus on the provision of quality primary and preventive health care services that support continuity of care initiatives and avoid unnecessary emergency room visits and hospitalizations. This will include coordinating primary and preventive health care services, age appropriate immunizations, health screenings, making referrals to specialists for additional care or tests as needed and promoting better health behaviors.
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Illinois Health Connect is being implemented in two phases: Voluntary Participation and Mandatory Participation.
Voluntary enrollment began in July 2006. During this voluntary phase, customers may voluntarily enroll in Illinois Health Connect through an approved Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Rural Health Center (RHC), or the Cook County Bureau of Health Services (CCBHS) clinics. Enrollment forms for the voluntary phase are only available through approved sites and are submitted HFS to be processed. In the voluntary phase of Illinois Health Connect, a customer may disenroll at any time.
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The mandatory participation will be implemented by region.
Refer to the PCCM Roll-Out by Region Table(pdf) for the list of counties in each region identified above. Central offices 180/220, 189, 196, 238, and 250 will be rolled out based on the code entered in Item 53, True County of Residence.
Your Healthcare Plus is Illinois' Disease Management Program, administered by McKesson Health Solutions, LLC. It is a care support program designed to improve the quality of care and life for disabled adults with chronic or complex health issues, children and adults with asthma, and high frequency emergency room (ER) users. Your Healthcare Plus supports Illinois Health Connect through its emphasis on the importance of selecting and maintaining a medical home. Illinois Health Connect customers with one or more chronic or complex illness may be eligible to join Your Healthcare Plus.
Your Healthcare Plus is a voluntary program. If a customer agrees to join, Your Healthcare Plus will work with the customer and their PCP to develop an individual care plan depending on their needs. To learn more about Your Healthcare Plus, a customer can call the Your Healthcare Plus Helpline at 1-800-973-6792 (TTY: 1-888-317-2697). The call is free.
Effective December 1, 2006, customers who have questions about mandatory participation in Illinois Health Connect should be referred to AHS at 1-877-912-1999 (TTY: 1-866-565-8577). The call is free.
If a customer cannot reach their PCP after hours or on the weekends, they can call the Illinois Nurse Helpline for help at 1-800-571-8094 (TTY: 1-800-571-8419). The call is free.
Customers can call Your Healthcare Plus for more information on chronic or complex illnesses or to join Your Healthcare Plus at 1-800-973-6792 (TTY: 1-888-317-2697). The call is free.
[signed copy on file]
CAROL L. ADAMS, Ph.D.
Secretary, Illinois Department of Human Services
Director, Healthcare and Family Services
Forms referenced:
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CN 06.25S (pdf)


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Baked Fish & Arugula Salad: Menu for a Spontaneous Romantic Date Night
This has felt like an unusually busy spring, and I'm sitting here struggling to remember the last time my husband and I actually had ourselves a real date. We'll both be at home tonight without a thing on the calendar, so I'm thinking of surprising him with a spontaneous date night. Here's what is on the menu!
The Menu:
The Scene:
This night is all about you and your special someone. I advise making it a bit of a surprise, as I feel that every relationship could use a bit of mystery now and then. Plug in the twinkly lights and meet your lady or fella at the door with gin gimlet in hand — these are excellent first steps to a spontaneous romantic evening.
Making It Happen:
Easy and elegant are the keywords to this dinner party for two. Pick the up the fish, the arugula, cheese and crackers, and any other missing ingredients on your way home from work. I've gotten in the habit of keeping a batch of no-knead bread dough in my fridge to pull from throughout the week, so focaccia is a simple as pulling some out and patting it into a pan. If you're not a bread nerd like me, add pizza dough to your grocery list — it works just as well as homemade dough for a recipe like this one.
Start with gin gimlets. My husband and I don't usually drink very much during the week so a classic cocktail first thing in the evening already starts to feel special! Set out some cheese and crackers to nibble while you pull dinner together.
The fish and the focaccia bake at close to the same temperature and for around the same time. Let the focaccia rise while the oven is warming and you prep the fish packets. Cook both the fish and the bread at 400°F (the temperature for the fish) and know that the focaccia might take a few minutes longer than the recipe says to become crisp and golden.
While the fish and focaccia are baking, toss the salad and prep the ingredients for the gooey pudding cake. This easy retro dessert is a favorite around my house — it's not the fanciest dessert, perhaps, but it feels fun and indulgent on a night like this one.
When you take the fish and focaccia out of the oven, lower the heat to 375°F and bake the pudding cake while you eat. Don't forget to set the timer on this one — though your nose will likely tell you when it's done!
With that, you can settle down at the table, light a few candles, and have yourselves a real conversation. Date night WIN!
Sound like a doable date night? I think so!
What other quick but elegant meals do you like for spontaneous date nights like this?
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There are several things about life I don�t understand. Why there is no sweet tea in Texas is one of them.
I was taught in high school civics that the three branches of the federal government worked thusly: the Legislative branch makes the laws, the Executive branch enforces the laws and the Judicial branch ensures that the laws adhere to our founding document � the Constitution.
And so I was brought up to believe that the Supreme Court, the nation�s highest court, should be made up of disinterested parties tasked only with �calling the balls and strikes,� or whatever dumb metaphor you want to use.
But as I grew older I noticed that the appointment of a Supreme Court justice to a lifetime seat is considered by some to be the most important thing a president does. Candidates for these seats are highly scrutinized and the narrative goes that presidents appoint judges who agree with their philosophy and will rule thusly.
Both political factions describe the other�s appointments as partisans who �legislate from the bench.� How certain justices will rule on certain issues seem to be a fait accompli, at least according to the legal pundits.
That�s not how it�s supposed to be, is it?
Here�s what else I don�t understand: why people make campaign donations to politicians who seemingly don�t even know who the donor is.
State elections officials want an investigation into $235,000 in donations that were made to North Carolina politicians by an Oklahoma sweepstakes operator who faces charges of running a nonprofit as a tax shelter for business profits.
State Sen. Rick Gunn, a Republican who represents Alamance County, told us earlier this year he didn�t know who Chase Burns of Anadarko, Texas was. Anadarko had donated $4,000 to Gunn�s campaign in the 2011-12 election cycle, an amount similar to what Anadarko had given to other Triad lawmakers.
Gunn told our newspaper that he didn�t know Burns personally and that, when he received the check, he deposited it and reported it to state elections officials as the law requires him to.
I�m not picking on Gunn here and I�m not suggesting he�s not being truthful. He�s a legislator for our coverage area, so we are more interested in him. I�m sure I can find similar responses from other officials who received donations, among them Gov. Pat McCrory, House Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate leader Phil Berger.
People think that politics is overrun with money, and maybe it is.
I don�t expect elected officials to make an effort to personally meet everyone who sends them money or to run a criminal background check on every contributor. But if a politician doesn�t know who is sending them money, why do people bother making campaign contributions in the first place?
What reason does a campaign contributor have for making a donation other than to a) support a candidate or party they believe in and b) have an influence on policy, either in a direct or indirect way � my guy shares my beliefs and will vote the way I want him to generally or he will ask my opinion specifically on how to vote because I gave him some money.
The former is the way the system is supposed to work, not the latter. And the former is how most politicians I listen to say it works. My vote is not for sale.
I should hope not, not for a measly $4,000.
But there are a lot of things that I don�t understand.
City editor Brent Lancaster can be reached at email@example.com or 336-506-3040.


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CRESTVIEW � Okaloosa Head Start supporters want to honor the memory of Gloria Jean Tippens, the program�s long-time director, who died at age 81 in late February.
CRESTVIEW � Okaloosa Head Start supporters want to honor the memory of Gloria Jean Tippens, the program�s long-time director, who died at age 81 in late February.
Head Start � funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services � educates children 3-5 years old from low-income households. Tippens, who led the Okaloosa program for 26 years, is credited with reviving it after funding stopped.
The program, then under Community Action Partnership, lost its funding in 1976, but Tippens and other volunteers pounded the pavement to keep it going.
"My mother started walking door to door asking for donations," Beatrice Jackson, a retired medical technician and Fort Walton Beach resident, said. "She also got the support from the local mayors and city officials at the time."
"In 1971, there was only 100 students. Now, there are like 400," Jackson said.
Crestview has four Head Start sites; Laurel Hill has one.
However, growing the Head Start program didn�t end with Tippens� retirement.
She helped her successor with grant writing, even when she was restricted to a bed, friends said.
�The community didn�t appreciate her enough�
Crestview resident Deadra Wilson, who worked with Tippens for 25 years, said she felt that Tippens didn't get the send-off she deserved. She said that many residents, including her, were unaware of Tippens� death until several weeks after the fact.
"Her family felt like the community didn't appreciate her enough," Wilson said. "Now I am making sure that they know."
The public, especially those who have benefited from the Head Start program, may commemorate Tippens on Saturday at Beulah First Baptist Church in Fort Walton Beach.
Crestview Mayor David Cadle and Fort Walton Beach Mayor Mike Anderson are expected to attend the event, Wilson said.
Supporters are asked to wear the Head Start program colors of red, white and blue.
A free service
Wilson had three children who benefited from the program, which prepares children from birth with tools they need for cognitive, social and emotional development.
"I saw what it did for my family and I saw what it did for other families," she said.
The rewards are plenty, considering the free cost, supporters said.
"All they would have to do is bring their kids and a change of clothes, and that's all," Wilson said.
Additionally, the program offers multiple resources for families including housing referrals and information on GED programs.
For Okaloosans, Tippens� influence, and the impact of going door to door 37 years ago, should be remembered, Jackson said.
"I still come across people who tell me ... your mother put education in my mind," she said.
Want to go?
A Gloria Jean Tippens memorial ceremony is at 2 p.m. Saturday at Beulah First Baptist Church, 109 McGriff St., Fort Walton Beach.
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Matthew Brown at 850-682-6524 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbMatthew.


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I'm based in Christchurch NZ where we are blessed with alot of consistent onshore over the summer and am now heading to the Phillipines for 3 weeks over Christmas.
Have read about Borocay which sounds fantastic and am also looking to go to Palawan Island. Has anybody any experience kiting any where other than Borocay in the Phillipines that they wiould like to share?


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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
The Battle of the Bottle
August 6, 1966 was an infamous day in Greenville, Mississippi, as it was in the State of Mississippi. As the historic marker pictured above states, the "Jigger and Jug," owned by the Azar Brothers, became the first legal liquor store in the state. Still in business today, the store is advertised in McRae's Business Directory as a "specialty" retail store that sells liquor.
It is difficult for many people my age to remember that manufacturing and selling liquor was illegal in Mississippi for over half a century. But the fact that liquor was not legal in Mississippi did not prevent those who wanted to buy a "bottle" from making a trip across the Mississippi River Bridge to a liquor store in Louisiana or from buying from local sources known as "bootleggers."
Throughout the prohibition years, local law enforcement officers and political and religious leaders alike waged very public wars against the sale of alcohol while often looking the other way when dealing with those who were selling it. Non-drinking private citizens, some with both money and influence, often took up the controversial cause. One of those private citizens was Hazel Brannon Smith, a newspaper editor who owned the Lexington (MS) Advertiser. Mrs. Smith's frank and revealing editorials in the 1940's eventually led to the arrests of a number of Holmes County bootleggers.
The illegal sale of liquor, however, continued until the law was changed in the mid-sixties. When the new local option law became effective on July 1, 1966, Mississippi entered a new era: it became the last state to end prohibition.
Posted by Janice Tracy at Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Labels: bootlegger, Greenville MS, Hazel Brannon Smith, Jigger and Jug, Lexington Advertiser, Prohibition
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This was really interesting because I had no idea of the facts. I actually remember August 6, 1966. Not tellin' why. :-) But I really enjoyed the story!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the post, Janice. I was living in Greenville on that date but was oblivious to history being made! I believe that the Beatles were taking precedence in my life!ReplyDelete
Very interesting account, Janice. Thanks for the history of the "Jigger and Jug".ReplyDelete
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Culberson's walk-off HR caps heavy-hitting affair
DENVER -- Charlie Culberson had never ended a game with a home run in the Minors or in his brief Major League career, but he dreamed and planned, nonetheless.
But he couldn't premeditate the fist pumps rounding the bases and the roundhouse hurl of his batting helmet before the mob scene at home plate that occurred Saturday night. Culberson homered to straightaway center for two runs to give the Rockies a wild 11-10 victory over the Mets at Coors Field in front of 38,688.View Full Game Coverage
DENVER -- Charlie Culberson had never ended a game with a home run in the Minors or in his brief Major League career, but he dreamed and planned, nonetheless.
But he couldn't premeditate the fist pumps rounding the bases and the roundhouse hurl of his batting helmet before the mob scene at home plate that occurred Saturday night. Culberson homered to straightaway center for two runs to give the Rockies a wild 11-10 victory over the Mets at Coors Field in front of 38,688.View Full Game Coverage
"I always thought about that, 'What am I going to do if I hit a walk-off?'" Culberson said. "'What am I going to do with my helmet?' I just chunked it.
"Somebody else said it was a good toss."
It would be hard to top the Rockies' 13th triumph in 18 games -- a result that left the Rockies in position to earn a four-game series sweep on Sunday afternoon.
It was a night for stars. Nolan Arenado ran his hit streak to 23 games -- tied for second-longest in club history -- with a grand slam during an eight-run fifth that erased a 6-0 deficit. The second of Troy Tulowitzki's three hits was the 1,000th of his career, which made him the 78th active player to have that many.
"The No. 1 thing about my 1,000th hit is I'll remember this game and how we won it," Tulowitzki said.
An unlikely player made it so.
Culberson entered as a pinch-hitter, with a .111 batting average and no homers in sparse playing time. But, believing his chance would come against Mets closer Kyle Farnsworth (0-2), he studied video. Culberson culled more information from watching Tulowitzki single to open the ninth and Arenado fly out to center.
Culberson fouled off a couple of pitches as the count ran to 1-2, then he didn't miss.
"I don't hit many home runs, but for some reason I just knew it was going to go out," Culberson said.
It's just a little more than a month into a long season, but signs of something special are popping. On Tuesday, for example, a struggling Drew Stubbs homered in the ninth for a 5-4 victory at Arizona. This time, it was Culberson's turn to make his first homer of the season count.
"That was awesome for Culbie," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "He's one of the guys on the bench that's been working his tail off, staying ready."
The teams combined for 30 hits, including a season-high 17 for the Mets. Daniel Murphy led the way with four hits, including two doubles and a triple. David Wright was 3-for-5 with a double. Juan Lagares gave the Mets a 10-9 lead with an RBI single off LaTroy Hawkins (1-0) in the ninth.
"Guys fought back, time and again, swung the bats very, very well," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "This is a park that's known for getting your last at-bat. The last team that gets up can be the most dangerous."
The Rockies didn't wait until the end of the game to believe they would do something special. Being at Coors, where the Rockies are 11-4, can foster that attitude.
"You can feel it in the dugout," Weiss said. "When we get down, there's still a lot of energy. Not just here. It's been on the road, too. When we're in a tough game, the energy, the mentality is still real good, real confident. It's just compounded when we're here."
Left-hander Franklin Morales gave up three runs in the first and the third, and in all was victimized for six runs (five earned) and nine hits. He struck out five and lasted five innings.
"I just tried to keep competing, you know?" Morales said. "I know we've got a great team here. Six runs here is nothing. You see the game today."
Every little bit helped. Morales reduced the load on an iffy bullpen that was a man short. Chad Bettis was sent to Triple-A Colorado Springs on Saturday, and the team called up catcher Michael McKenry because regular Wilin Rosario was ill enough to not be at the park.
Mets starter Jenrry Mejia coasted until Ryan Wheeler, in his second game since being called up from Triple-A, homered into the right-field seats to open the fifth.
"I haven't been up here that long, but I know that we've been scoring runs non-stop," Wheeler said. "When he cracked a little bit, everyone could feel it."
Charlie Blackmon, Drew Stubbs and Carlos Gonzalez (back from missing Friday with a broken blood vessel in his left index finger) each added RBI singles.
Mejia hit Tulowitzki with a pitch to load the bases, and Arenado swatted Mejia's first offering into the left-field bleachers for an 8-6 Rockies lead. Arenado's fifth homer this season chased Mejia, who yielded eight runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Arenado tied Dante Bichette's 23-game streak from 1995 for the second-longest in club history. Michael Cuddyer's 27-game run last year is the club record.
The Mets tied it in the sixth when Murphy and Chris Young each doubled off Chris Martin, and Curtis Granderson singled off Rex Brothers to drive in Young.
Tulowitzki's single off Daisuke Matsuzaka with one down in the seventh gave him 1,000, and it led to Jordan Pacheco's bases-loaded sacrifice fly for a 9-8 Rockies lead.
The Mets tied it against Adam Ottavino in the eighth, on Murphy's leadoff double and Young's RBI single. They went ahead on Lagares' RBI single, which gave him a 12-game hit streak.
Then Culberson lived his dream in the ninth.
"That's definitely the best feeling I've had in baseball so far," he said. "The crowd going crazy, almost four hours into the game, seeing my teammates at home plate ... that's awesome."
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb.


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MLS Preview: Crew aim to maintain perfect record
Columbus Crew will be out to preserve their 100 per cent record when they host Toronto in MLS action on Saturday.
The 2008 MLS Cup champions have made a bright start to life under head coach Gregg Berhalter, who replaced Brian Bliss in November, winning their opening three games to remain the only team with an unblemished record this season.
Berhalter has introduced an entertaining possession-based game to Columbus that has resulted in triumphs over DC United, Philadelphia Union and the Seattle Sounders to sit top of the Eastern Conference.
One player thriving since Berhalter's arrival is Argentinean striker Federico Higuain, who has scored three goals in as many games.
Cashed-up Toronto are three points adrift of Berhalter's men after a comprehensive 3-0 defeat to Real Salt Lake and they head to Columbus Crew Stadium without their prized recruit Jermain Defoe.
Defoe has set the MLS alight, scoring all three of Toronto's goals since joining from Premier League outfit Tottenham, but coach Ryan Nelsen has confirmed the England striker will miss the trip due to a slight hamstring strain.
In other games over the weekend, Western Conference leaders FC Dallas face Houston Dynamo at BBVA Compass Stadium.
Dallas, MLS Cup finalists in 2010, have scored a competition-high nine goals to be one of the early frontrunners but Houston will take heart from the fact they have only lost one of their previous 11 home games to Oscar Pareja's men.
Defending champions Sporting Kansas City go head-to-head with Real Salt Lake in a rematch of last season's final.
Sporting KC were the beneficiaries of a penalty shootout (7-6) after the season-decider finished 1-1 at the end of full-time.
Now Real Salt Lake have the opportunity to exact some revenge when they run out at Sporting Park on Saturday.
Elsewhere on Saturday, the winless Timbers play host to the Seattle Sounders in Portland and injured Australia international Tim Cahill will be out of action as New York Red Bulls take on the struggling Montreal Impact.
The Vancouver Whitecaps, fresh from their victory over Houston, entertain the Colorado Rapids, DC United and the New England Revolution square-off in Washington, while Chicago Fire return after a bye week to host the Philadelphia Union.
In Sunday's only match, the Los Angeles Galaxy will be looking to get their season on track against Chivas USA.


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Love can take you to the darkest places.
In this compelling re-imagining of the Orpheus story, Leela travels to an underworld of kidnapping, torture and despair in search of her lover, Mishka.
Leela is a mathematical genius who escaped her home town to study in Boston. From her first moment she hears the young Australian musician Mishka busking in a subway, his music grips her, and they quickly become lovers.
Then one day Leela is taken to an interrogation centre somewhere outside the city. There has been an 'incident', an explosion on the underground; terrorists are suspected, security is high. And her old childhood friend Cobb is conducting a very questionable investigation. Over the years Cobb has not forgotten Leela nor the secrets she knows.
Now he reveals to her that Mishka may not be all he seems. That there may be more to his story of growing up in the Daintree rainforest in northern Queensland among an eccentric musical family. Leela has already discovered that some nights Mishka claims to be at the music lab are actually spent at a cafe. A cafe, Cobb tells her, known to be a terrorist contact point.
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It is the "eleventh" hour and the destiny of the Ford house across the street from the Owenton United Methodist Church is in the hands of the city and zoning commission. They will meet Thursday, June 14, at 6 p.m. at city hall.
(Editor' note: the planning and zoning commission meeting scheduled for Thursday has been rescheduled for June 25 at 6 p.m.
They will hear comments from anyone to change zoning from residential to commercial. They will make a recommendation to the city council who will have the final vote.
At the Owen County Public Library, we are dreaming big.
Join us every Wednesday in the month of June for fantastic, dream-themed programming at either 10:30 a.m. or 2 p.m.
Last year over 300 Owen countians participated in our programs. We hope to beat that number this year. Programming locations will vary this summer and will include the extension building, the high school auditorium and the middle achool multi-purpose room, so check our web site or ask a librarian for more details.
We would like to give a big thank you to the community for their support of the Caring Hearts Power Pack Program for the2011-2012 school year. The program was a success with approximately 375 students receiving food for the weekends. The program is run entirely on donations and grants, and we are blessed to say that it was fully funded this past year. Without your support this would not have been possible, Thank you.
Owen County's Second Annual Fan Fair is shaping up to be an exciting event with something for the whole family.
June 26-30, Tuesday through Saturday, we will have food, shopping, entertainment, and activities every day from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The Owen County Visioneers have worked hard to organize and advertise this event with radio ads, magazine articles, Kentucky Speedway, and Kentucky Tourism.
I'm sure that the comments and concerns surrounding zoning of the Ford property on South Main are sincere and well meant. I am, however, troubled by what appear to be unfair and burdensome expectations placed on the property owner and criticisms of her plan to sell the property. Classifying the property as commercial would seem to be quite reasonable considering the present disposition of Main Street.
I wish to thank Owen countians and people elsewhere, who have Owen County roots, for their enormous monetary contributions for the erection and dedication of the highway marker for "Karsner Airfield" and "H. Clark Karsner, Owner and Operator."
The News-Herald paper dated Feb. 7, 1946 refers to Clark Karsner as having, "Brought aviation to Owen County" and the gospel message from his "gospel plane." Bro. Lewis Arnold proclaimed the message.
On May 22 I would like to encourage every registered voter to "Rock the Vote" in Owen County for the largest turnout in history. I am proud to support Camilla "Kay" Patton for state representative of the 61st district.
I have known Kay for almost 30 years and have witnessed her devotion for 24 years to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She has served in the department of transportation and the Kentucky State Police in 17 counties. Retiring at age 42, she opened her own, "B-Safe Driving School" business and my son Nate is one of her graduates.
On Tuesday, May 22, we as Americans have the opportunity to shape our government by participating in choosing our elected officials. With this right and responsibility I ask you to support Brian Linder on his run for state representative from the 61st District.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary defines the word servant as "a person who is devoted to or guided by something."
As a citizen of the fourth congressional district along Kentucky's northern shore, I want to remind folks there is a Democratic primary for Congress on Tuesday May 22, 2012. As you read this, I want you to consider that there are issues which will impact you or members of your family that are not being discussed by the candidates or the media. One such issue is Medicare.
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Kings County, Calif., producer Ted Sheely planted 30 percent of his cotton crop this year using variable rate nitrogen and planting technologies developed on his farm on the West Side of the San Joaquin Valley. Next year he plans to utilize the two precision ag techniques to plant 60 percent of his planned 4,000 acres of cotton on his farm near Lemoore, Calif.
And what he has learned from prescription farming cotton is being transferred to his three other major crops, processing tomatoes, garlic and pistachios.
Two years ago Sheely turned over large blocks of his farming operation to a gaggle of researchers from the University of California, USDA, California State University Fresno, NASA and others as part of an Ag 20/20 project to see if precision farming could either increased yields or reduce costs by 20 percent on a commercial farm.
Sheely is convinced prescription farming using aerial imagery and field mapping to break down fields into decision-making grids is a better way to farm. The technology gives him better tools for making site-specific decisions, specifically in applying gypsum for managing saline soil conditions, nitrogen management and planting cotton.
Cultivation first
However, this spring Sheely took the space-age technology to where even he nor anyone else expected it to go; he saved a cotton field by cultivating it before seedlings ever emerged.
His stealth cotton cultivation story captured the attention as much as anything for the more than 200 farmers, consultants and others who attended the second annual precision ag field day on his farm sponsored by Kings County and Tulare County UC Cooperative Extension farm advisors Bruce Roberts and Steve Wright and USDA-ARS.
The field day featured several research updates on the work at Sheely's farm, but it was the cultivation tale that captivated everyone.
Early season planting weather was miserable this year for San Joaquin Valley producers. Sheely did not escape problems. Not long after Sheely seeded a quarter section of cotton, a thunderstorm dumped more than two inches of rain on it.
The downpour imprisoned the seed under an impenetrable crust. To save it without replanting, Sheely had to break up the crust.
"Normally what we would do would be to go through with a rotary hoe. However, when you do that you throw more dirt atop the seed row, making it hard for the seed to get through," he said. "You hate to do it but you don't have a choice when rain crusts over a field and you want to try to save a field without replanting."
Sheely's fields are listed with auto-steering Global Positioning System (GPS)-equipped tractors. Part of that includes stored computerized field maps, basically showing tractor drivers exactly where seed rows are.
Rolling cultivator
"What we decided to do was go in with a rolling cultivator rather than the rotary hoe and get as close to the seed line as we could and gently break up the crust," said Sheely.
That would have been almost impossible without GPS technology. Computerized auto-steering allowed the tractor to get within an inch and a half of the seed line, close enough to lightly shatter the crusted cap atop the seed to give seedlings openings to emerge.
"We saved the field and have a nice stand of cotton," said Sheely. "I certainly don't want to cultivate cotton before it emerges every year, but you can with the precision ag tools available to farmers today."
Precision ag involves identifying variability within fields using either aerial or ground sensing techniques. This information is then often field-truthed with soil or tissue sampling.
This technology can be used to identify differences within a field in plant vigor or residual nitrogen to vary nutrient rates, salinity to vary planting rates and plant vigor to vary plant growth regulator rates or defoliants.
Soil salinity is a growing problem in the West with a third of the state's cotton crop affected, according to consultant Brock Taylor of Fresno, Calif. Salts are built up in the soils with imported irrigation water. Salinity can be mitigated by applying gypsum to loosen salts so they can be flushed out with rain or irrigation water. However, saline conditions can vary within fields.
Gypsum savings
Many of Sheely's fields have been mapped for saline using ground electrical conductivity measuring instruments developed at California State University, Fresno. This information is used to vary gypsum rates and has reduced overall gyp costs for Sheely.
It can take several seasons for saline conditions to improve using gyp. A more immediate remedy developed at Sheely's farm is variable rate seeding.
Historically, Sheely seeds at 15 pounds per acre. The past two season using computers and salinity maps, he has varied the seeding rate in many fields between 10, 15 and 18 pounds per acre across fields, the higher rate for higher saline areas.
"The bottom line is I did not save seed costs, but I gained an average yield increase of 90 pounds of lint per acre," he said.
Variable rate nitrogen also was used, but that was more difficult for Sheely to embrace "particularly when the mapping and other information said I did not need any nitrogen in some areas because of residual nitrogen.
"As a cotton farmer, zero N is hard to accept," he said.
Sheely has not been a big nitrogen user, averaging 140 to 165 pounds of N per acre overall. However, Taylor said using variable rate reduced Sheely's average nitrogen use by 20 pounds and gave him a return of 15 to 20 pounds more cotton per acre after one year's work.
Last season Sheely reduced his Pix use by 51 percent on the Ag 20/20 trial field using variable rates of the plant growth regulator based on aerial imagery to identify plant vigor. According to NASA researcher Matt Bethel, there was a 19 percent increase in net profit using variable rate Pix on Acala cotton.
Grids enlarged
This season Bethel is testing the concept on Pima cotton and for the first time used variable rate PGR aerially. Most Pix is put on by air in the San Joaquin Valley. With ground rigs, Bethel was able to use grids as small as 45 by 30 feet to vary rates. With an airplane traveling at 140 miles per hours, the smallest grid had to be extended to 70 by 200 feet. That is as quick as the aircraft's on board computer could turn nozzles off and on.
"For years we have tried to use what we now call variable rate Pix. We'd tell the pilots to turn of the nozzles when they see dirt between the rows and turn them back on when the rows are closed over," said Sheely. "That is not very scientific, but that's all we could do because we have long known that not every area in a field needs the same Pix rate. Now we can identify aerially those areas needing less or more Pix."
The concept of variable rate Pix was first tried in Mississippi. It works there, but it works better in California, said Bethel. "It is basically cloud free in the summer in California. That is not the case in Mississippi. "Scheduling for aerial imagery is difficult in Mississippi. It is much simpler in California and that is a "big plus" in getting the information needed for variable Pix," said Bethel.


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Shur-Strike Boxed FHR-14 Floating Heddon Style Runt, Chain Perch: Two left side pips and 3 belly lines. Glass eyes, EX-. Correct Blue/Orange box, 8 on 1-10 scale (Cat. #18864)
Some wear at front edge & a couple light lines. 2 hood var. Tempted to call it EX-, but VG+++. Blue/Orange box 7 on 1-10 scale. (Cat. #18855)
4 hook variation. Wear on back and moderate age lines. VG. Blue/Orange box, 6 on 1-10 scale (Cat. #18854)
Lure has lines on all sides, but no chipping. Back stenciled "Gateway" Glass eyes. Gateway box has an interesting label over the top. It states the lure inside is a substitute for the original order. Correct BPJ-1YP code for this lure. 6 on 1-10 scale. (Cat. #18851)


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Daniel O'Donnell from the Heartland
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|Saturday, Mar 2, 2013 - 7:00 PM
The Irish crooner performs in Iowa with his trademark passion and sense of humor, charming the audience with a mix of country songs, pop hits and fan favorites. The program opens with "Stand Beside Me" and includes a duet with Mary Duff. O'Donnell pays tribute to Loretta Lynn with "Standing Room Only" and to Andy Williams with "Moon River." G
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text: PHP Session Garbage Collection on debian Hi, it has been a while since my last post I came across a problem with php session files on debian some time ago. On debian the default config of PHP disables session garbage collection. This is because the default session path is not writeable by the webserver. The default session path is cleaned up by a cron job. I wrote a blog post about this (only german): http://www.soeren-hentzschel.at/tec.../17/php-session-garbage-collector-und-debian/ ISPConfig sets up a different session path for the webs - that is a good solution - but: If the PHP software (script) running doesn't set the garbage collection the session files are never deleted. On a highly visited page this can be a problem. The problem is even bigger if you store your session data inside a database or even worse when storing inside a MEMORY table. As mentioned in the blog post i set @ini_set('session.gc_probability', 1); in all my scripts to re-enable garbage collection. I would recommend that ispconfig sets this variable for all websites in the vhosts file just for the case that the default setting is "disabled" as it is on debian.


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The bronze statue's scaled-down version, a man-sized replica of it can be seen in the Castle Gallery made by sculptor László Mátyássy. The artwork is very different from other Virgin Mary statues found in Hungary. It depicts Mary and the child Jesus, but the child is hovering in front of his mother's body, so depicting the mystery and the wonder of the immaculate conception.
The statue has been made in Byzantine style; the sculptor portrayed Mary as an ordinary woman without halo around her head; she stands on the highest point of the structure that surrounding the castle creating expectation of something happening, perhaps a mystery apparition.
According to ethnographer Zsuzsanna Erdélyi, the sculpture radiates spiritual strength: "This Byzantine Virgin Mary, here represents the mother of Jesus, but she also represents "The Mother", the "Eternal Mother". She embodies existence itself, also protection, love, and much more, of which she is the source."
"In the divine personality of Mary the heavenly and the earthly mother figures merge providing protection to the people in this world and the hereafter. Love and protection are the keywords. This is what Kings St. Stephen also knew when in 1038 AD. offered his kingdom to Virgin Mary, the Queen of Heaven so placing his people under the protection of Patrona Hungariae. After one thousand years she is once again standing on the walls of Buda Castle looking at the land and does what she once promised to St. Stephen," writes ethnographer Zsuzsanna Erdélyi.
(mno.hu – hungarianambiance.com)


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Messaging Gateway Service Platform
Messaging Gateway Service Platform (MGSP) is a feature-rich multi-tiered high-performance platform which provides managed two way communication.
MGSP key features
- Address book used to administer contacts and prepare them for dispatch
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- Single or a multi-stage SMS competition
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A Teddy Bear MP3 player is not exactly a new idea, but Baby Bidou's sleek junior version, in pink and blue, will allow France's tech-savviest toddlers to drool to 128MB of MP3s and OGG Vorbis files, with flickering lights reacting to the rhythm and an integrated mono speaker.
At their larger size, 6" in length and a 2.5" width, the bears should fit comfortably in a child's hand, but not in his or her mouth. Nevertheless, they do come with drool-proof caps on the USB and audio ports.
Each player is controlled by its eight buttons, is USB 2.0 compatible, has a stereo headphone jack and of course, parental controls. The site recommends the product for children under 36 months of age, so why exactly does it need a voice-record function?
Product Site [Baby Bidou via Pocket Lint]