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United States national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann says he will meet with all-time leading goals-corer Landon Donovan after the forward said he was unsure about his future in the game.
L.A Galaxy forward Donovan has missed the bulk of his country's World Cup qualifying campaign so far due to injuries and in recent interviews has thrown doubt on whether he has the motivation to continue in the game.
"After the [Major League Soccer] play-offs we are going to sit down and talk. He is always in our plans, absolutely," Klinsmann said on a conference call with reporters on Thursday.
"It is really down to himself what he wants to further achieve in his career, what he wants to. Whatever he decides to do will be respected by us," he added.
While the loss of one of their key players, who has played in three World Cup finals, would be a blow to the U.S, Klinsmann felt Donovan had shown courage to discuss his feelings in public and said he understood the player's perspective.
"I find it really courageous of him to talk openly about what is going through his mind. I can understand all those thoughts," said the former Germany coach.
"I just try to pick him up every time a game comes along in the way I try to understand his personal situation."
Donovan's most recent interview came with ESPN television on Wednesday when he said: "I need time where I can just pause and breathe and rest and let my body heal, let my mind refresh. I think at that point I'll be excited to play again.
"If I'm not enjoying playing any more, the World Cup is the last thing on my mind. I need to make sure I'm enjoying playing every day. If I'm not, none of that stuff really matters," he said, adding that his body was also telling him to take a break.
Klinsmann was more blunt when it came to discussing forward Jozy Altidore, who was dropped for the last two qualifiers after the U.S coach was unhappy with his approach.
Asked whether he had spoken to Altidore, who plays in the Netherlands with AZ Alkmaar, since then and if he was going to call him up for the Nov. 14 friendly in Russia, Klinsmann replied: "We haven't spoken since then and I haven't made my mind up if I will call him in for Russia."


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After the Owls overcame the 13-point deficit to take a 31-29 lead at the halftime break, a fiery second half that featured a couple of minor scuffles, a technical foul, and a stingy ETSU fullcourt defense resulted in a 72-66 ETSU win Sunday afternoon in front of 3,287 fans at Memorial Center.
"It's always tough against those guys," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow, whose team has now won five straight and improved its record to 13-9 overall, 7-2 in A-Sun play. "(Ronell) Wooten for them is just a tremendous player and he can really take control of a game. We made some adjustments to defend him in the second half, and I think our defensive intensity was a real key."
The ETSU offense was clicking early in the game, as the Bucs pulled out to a lead of as many as 13 points at 24-11 with just over eight minutes left in the first half. However, from there
In the second half, the two teams traded baskets early, but the Bucs went to the full court pressure and the result was a 12-0 burst by the Bucs that made it 51-39 with left in the game. ETSU held much of that lead for the next four minutes, but KSU rallied with a 6-0 spurt of its own to pull to within three at 59-56 with remaining. But that would be as close as
For the game, ETSU got a team high 18 points and eight rebounds from junior forward Kevin Tiggs (Flint, Mich.), while senior guard Travis Strong (Memphis) and junior guard Courtney Pigram (Memphis) scored 13 and 10, respectively. Sophomore guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) also had a big night on the boards, matching Tiggs with eight rebounds and helping the Bucs to a 38-30 advantage over KSU in that statistical category.
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Fr. Christopher meets with parishioners, inquirers, and visitors on a one-to-one basis for instruction in the Orthodox faith, and to discuss and answer questions. Please feel free to contact him at any time. We are located in Jefferson County about 15 miles southwest of the city, only a 30-45 minute drive from almost any point in the Saint Louis area. The church is situated on 20 acres of land on a wooded hillside with a beautiful view of the surrounding hills and valley.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In the first meeting between both programs, the MIT women's basketball team emerged with a 62-55 victory over Wilkes University in the third-place game of the Western New England College Golden Bear Hoop Classic on Saturday. Lauren Sascha Burton, who tallied seven points, six rebounds, three assists, and two blocks, represented the Engineers (1-2) on the All-Tournament Team.
MIT's bench accounted for 50 percent of its points, resulting in a commanding 31-6 advantage in bench scoring. The Cardinal and Gray also led the way in rebounding (54-38), points in the paint (24-14), and second-chance points (18-9).
Merrifield hauled in 17 rebounds to go along with six points, five assists, and a block. Rebecca Odim posted a team-high 10 points as Margo Batie notched six points, five boards, and two steals. In 16 minutes of action, Stephanie Cooke registered eight caroms, seven points, and two assists. Rachel Hunt contributed six points and three blocks as Kathryn Harris totaled five points and three rebounds, all coming off the offensive glass. Tamara Pena chipped in eight points and three boards while Marissa Good dished out three assists.
The Engineers quickly established an 11-4 lead after 4:38 expired. Wilkes battled back, eventually going ahead at 15-13 with 12:11 on the clock. Following four ties during the next five minutes, a three-pointer by Batie and a layup from Pena gave the Cardinal and Gray some breathing room. The Colonels narrowed the gap to one on a pair of occasions, but Sydney Beasley's basket helped MIT enter the intermission with a 34-31 edge.
MIT carried the momentum into the second stanza as it registered an 8-3 spurt during the first two minutes. Wilkes responded with five straight points in a span of two minutes that brought it within three (42-39). This was as close as it would get, as the Engineers saw their advantage grow to double-digits (53-42) at the 9:26 mark.
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A large bushfire burning out of control in Tasmania's central highlands is threatening several small communities and the region's power supply.
Residents of Jonah Bay, Cramps Bay and the surrounds of Arthurs Lake, where many of the dwellings are holiday "shacks", are being told to activate their bushfire plans and consider leaving the area.
The major road in the region has been closed and people outside the area have been told to stay away.
An electricity feeder line is likely to be affected, the Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) says, with power outages possible for communities around Great Lake.
The blaze, which started on Thursday afternoon, has burnt out more than 600 hectares and a water-bombing helicopter has been used to fight it, local media reported.
"The fire is progressing, it's being pushed by the weather conditions that we've got," TFS spokesman Chris Arthur said.
"There's a total fire ban in the south of the state but we're being affected by that weather as well."
Smaller fires are burning in the Huon Valley and at Geeveston, both south of Hobart, and residents have been asked to check their bushfire plans.
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Keeling Pilaro, a 13-year-old Long Island boy who was raised in Ireland, will be removed from the varsity girls field-hockey team he plays for being "too dominant" a player. Pilaro, is fighting the removal from the team in court and hopes to return for next season.
Fox reports that Pilaro is being removed from the Southampton High School varsity girls field hockey team he plays with in accordance with Section 11 in Southampton's legislation. Section 11 rules that players that are found to be "too dominant" should be removed from the team they're playing on.
Ed Cinelli, executive director for Section 11 said, "As a sport, it's a girls sport. When a boy plays, it leads the way for other male players to come in and take over."
"[Keeling is] having a significant adverse effect on some of his opposing female players," Cinnelli claimed according to MyFoxNY. "The rules state he would be allowed to play if he wasn't the dominant player."
While clearly talented, 13 year old Pilaro stands at only 4'8 and weighs 82 pounds. Keeling himself has said that he sees himself as no better or no worse than any of his teammates, which he has described as becoming like a "family" to him.
Pilaro's grandfather Tony Pilaro moved his family to Ireland. He was a major investor with Irish American billionaire Chuck Feeney in Duty Free Shops.
Keeling's father Andrew added that he has never heard of any negative or adverse comments coming from Keeling's teammates or opponents.
"As a dad, I'm trying to be as supportive as possible to my son," Andrew Pilaro said. "I'm trying to protect him a little bit from what's going on."
Keeling first started playing field hockey while living in Ireland, where it is both a popular men's and women's sport. Back in the US, however, the sport is typically reserved for girls.
The 13 year old's removal from the varsity team has led to conversation as to whether or not the actions taken are in compliance with federal law Title IX, which that states both men and women should have an opportunity to play a sport if the school offers it to the opposite sex,
Dana Edell, the executive director for girls activist organization SPARK, said "If he's not allowed to try out for the team, that opens up the door for all kinds of discrimination." She went on to say that young Pilaro should be permitted to at least try out for the team, or be granted the option to start a boys' field hockey team at the school. If not, then the girls team should be disbanded.
"It's the coaches responsibility to make sure the players are safe," added Edell. "And a boy should not be penalized because he's good."
Keeling and his parents have lost their initial appeal, but are heading to court again next month to fight the case again.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - More than a million Texas children remain without health insurance, and those kids are not getting the care they need.
The startling condition of the state's children came into vivid focus last week with the release of the annual Kids Count survey. The analysis of official state and federal data by the non-partisan Center for Public Policy Priorities found that 1.2 million Texas children have neither private nor public health insurance.
Statistics show almost 40 percent of Texas mothers received little or no prenatal care and one in seven babies were born premature.
The difference between being insured and uninsured is stark: 90 percent of insured kids are healthy, while only 58 percent of kids without insurance are considered healthy.
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Panama, a country in Latin America.Huge diversity of landscapes, animals and botanics.Landscapes of tropical rainforests, hillsides, carrebean islands, modern city and ancient places are only some of the highlights of this country.


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Pop star Ariana Grande has been scarred for life after a spooky experience at one of the world's most famous cemeteries.
The singer and actress is adamant she had a run-in with an evil demon during the terrifying trip in Kansas, and she even met with a medium afterwards to help understand the ghoulish encounter.
Speaking to Australian Radio host Kent "Smallzy" Small on Nova FM, she explains: "I had a really terrible experience in Kansas City and I encountered what everybody thought was a demon and I spoke to a medium about it and it was really crazy and scary and I hate talking about it because it was terrifying.
"I went to a cemetery … which is famously known as one of the seven gates to Hell on this Earth because I was interested in it and I wanted to check it out and check for trouble and I got it."
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Stollen is a traditional German cake, usually eaten during the Christmas season, called Weihnachtsstollen or Christstollen. The cake is typically made with chopped candied fruit and/or dried fruit, nuts and spices. Similar cakes around the world include the Dutch Kerststol, the Italian Panettone, and the infamous mail-order fruitcake in the United States.
For my first stollen, I borrowed the main ingredients from Mary Cech's Sweet Potato, Golden Raisin, Cranberry and Pecan Strudel (Savory Baking), featured on Leite's Culinaria. I also played around with some decorative dough, and only used a light dusting of powdered sugar.
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Adapted from The Daring Bakers' challenge recipe, here
Makes one large wreath. Serves 14-16 people
1/4 cup lukewarm water (110º F / 43º C)
2 packages (4 1/2 teaspoons) active dry yeast
1 cup milk
10 tablespoons (140 grams) unsalted butter
5 1/2 cups (770 grams) all-purpose flour (Measure flour first, then sift); plus extra for dusting
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon (salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
Grated zest of 1 orange
1 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
1 teaspoon orange extract
2-3 cups dried fruit (I used a combination of cherries, cranberries and golden raisins)
1/2 cup dark rum (or brandy)
1 cup sliced almonds (toasted)
1 package (7 oz.) Marzipan
Melted unsalted butter for coating the wreath
Confectioners' (icing) (powdered) sugar for dusting wreath
Soak the dried fruit and toast the almonds:
In a small bowl, combine the dried cherries, dried cranberries, and golden raisins. Pour about 3/4 cup rum over the top, stir and heat in the microwave about 30 seconds. Cover and allow to macerate several hours, or overnight. Toast the almonds in a pan over medium heat and reserve.
Make the dough:
Pour 1/4 cup warm water into a small bowl, sprinkle with yeast and let stand 5 minutes. Stir to dissolve yeast completely.
In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup milk and 10 tablespoons butter over low heat until butter is melted. Let stand until lukewarm, about 5 minutes.
Lightly beat eggs in a small bowl and add vanilla and orange extracts.
In a large mixing bowl, or in the bowl of an electric mixer with paddle attachment, stir together the flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and orange zest.
Then stir in, or mix on low speed with the paddle attachment, the yeast/water mixture, eggs and the lukewarm milk/butter mixture. This should take about 2 minutes. It should be a soft, but not sticky ball. When the dough comes together, cover the bowl with either plastic or a tea cloth and let rest for 10 minutes. Add in the soaked fruit and almonds and mix with your hands, or on low speed, to incorporate.
Sprinkle flour on the counter, transfer the dough to the counter, and begin kneading (or mixing with the dough hook) to distribute the fruit evenly, adding additional flour if needed. The dough should be soft and satiny, tacky but not sticky. Knead for approximately 8 minutes (6 minutes by machine). The full six minutes of kneading is needed to distribute the dried fruit and other ingredients and to make the dough have a reasonable bread-dough consistency. You can tell when the dough is kneaded enough – a few raisins will start to fall off the dough onto the counter because at the beginning of the kneading process the dough is very sticky and the raisins will be held into the dough but when the dough is done it is tacky which isn't enough to bind the outside raisins onto the dough ball.
Lightly oil a large bowl and transfer the dough to the bowl, rolling around to coat it with the oil. Cover the bowl with a tea towel and allow to proof for about 2 hours. You can also put the dough in the refrigerator overnight.
Shaping the Dough and Baking the Wreath:
If you refrigerated the dough, let it rest for 2 hours after taking out of the refrigerator in order to warm slightly.
Line a sheet pan with parchment paper. Preheat oven to moderate 350°F/180°C, with the oven rack on the middle shelf. Punch dough down, roll into a rectangle about 16 x 24 inches and 1/4 inch thick. Sprinkle the almond paste crumbles evenly over the dough. Starting with a long side, roll up tightly, forming a long, thin cylinder.
Transfer the cylinder roll to the sheet pan. Join the ends together, trying to overlap the layers to make the seam stronger and pinch with your fingers to make it stick, forming a large circle. You can form it around a bowl to keep the shape.
Using kitchen scissors, make cuts along outside of circle, in 2-inch intervals, cutting 2/3 of the way through the dough.
Twist each segment outward, forming a wreath shape. Mist the dough with spray oil and cover loosely with plastic wrap.
Proof for approximately 2 hours at room temperature, or until about 1-1/2 times its original size.
Bake the stollen for 20 minutes, then rotate the pan 180 degrees for even baking and continue to bake for 20 to 30 minutes. The bread will bake to a dark mahogany color, should register 190°F in the center of the loaf, and should sound hollow when thumped on the bottom.
Transfer to a cooling rack and brush the top with melted butter while still hot. Immediately tap a layer of powdered sugar over the top through a sieve or sifter. Wait for 1 minute, then tap another layer over the first. The bread should be coated generously with the powdered sugar. Let cool at least an hour before serving. Coat the stollen in butter and icing sugar three times, since this helps keeps the stollen fresh.
When completely cool, store in a plastic bag, or leave it out uncovered overnight to dry out slightly, German style. The stollen tastes even better in a couple of days. It tastes especially good toasted, with butter.
Storage: The more rum and the more coatings of butter and sugar you use, the longer it will store. Stollen freezes beautifully about 4 months; the baked stollen stores well for 2 weeks covered in foil and plastic wrap on the counter at room temperature, and one month in the refrigerator well covered with foil and plastic wrap.
The beauty in this challenge was the ease in adapting the recipe to personal tastes. You can use so many combinations of fruits, nuts, spices, and fillings.
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Night Strike wrote:I found a new potential issue with the map: Qualifier 6 and Group D have the exact same teams. That means a player HAS to go through the finals bracket in order to attack those two sections if they do not have any territories currently there. No other qualifier/group has this issue as there is always a path you can take from one qualifier to a group then back to a different qualifier. Unless this was designed purposefully, I think it could lead to a major imbalance.
lackattack wrote:Today I updated the 2011 World Cup map, and it changed the gameplay affecting many games including two tournaments. I shouldn't have applied that update to ongoing games just like that, and I failed to read the instructions provided to me by samuelc812. This was pretty stupid of me and I take full responsibility. It is not the fault samuelc812 or any other of our wonderful volunteers.
I have reverted back to the previous version of the map, and hopefully we can sort things out with affected games...
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I am having issues with my fiire chief remote and I wonder is anyone else having the same thing. Basically the cursor drifts so much that it's allmost unusable. I set it down to recalibrate and it works for about 5 seconds and it drifts again. Driver issues? bad remote? bad operator? I have the same issues on my core\hybrid and my media director. I am running 32 bit LMCE 0710 dvd install. yes there are fresh batteries in it.
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Analysis: Lack of doing the little things hurting Silver Knights
Nashua Silver Knights manager Ted Currle loves to sort baseball into "stats that matter," and conversely, "stats that don't."
Of course the biggest stat Currle cares about is wins. The Silver Knights, with two FCBL titles and three straight championship series appearances, are nearing the halfway point of their fourth season, and going into the holiday weekend they won only 11 of 23 games. They have 12 losses. Last summer in the regular season they lost a total of 19 games.
Stats that matter to Currle: on base percentage, walks by pitchers, and hits with runners in scoring position.
"Early on it was walks, pitching staff wise, and offensively," Currle said. "We only have two or three guys that have a glaring on base percentage that are getting on base on a consistent basis."
Those would be Matt Sanchez, Mike Pierson and Carson Helms. Going into the holiday weekend, Helms, who missed the start of the season with a hip/groin injury, was leading the team in hitting at .360, while Pierson was at .330 and Sanchez, he of a season-long on-base streak at leadoff, was .321.
The Silver Knights are hitting around .260, nearly 20 points better than a year ago. They've already surpassed last year's 15 home run total.
Still, a long winning streak, the kind that separates them from the pack, has been elusive. Why?
They haven't been good defensively, don't hit well with runners in scoring position, and don't do the smart, little things that need to be done.
"I wish there was a stat for two-out hits, just little things like getting bunts down, moving runners up, getting a sac fly with less than two outs and a runner on third," Currle said. "Those are the things that matter to me. Stolen bases, on-base percentage, RBIs, walks.
"The nights we win, we do it. The nights we don't, we lose."
The ultimate in offensive frustration came back on June 28, when the team lost 12-4 in 11 innings to an inferior North Shore team at Holman Stadium. The Silver Knights left 13 runners on – 11 in scoring position – including second and third in both the first and ninth innings. The team at last look was hitting just .243 with runners in scoring position. Sanchez was at .455, Pierson .371, Helms .313 and pitcher but sometimes DH Mike Geannelis .300.
After that, the drop off, as one might imagine, is huge.
What about the pitching, you ask? It's been spotty in some instances. Currle is going with a six-man rotation, and the move of Lucas Olen in from the bullpen may help, although the injured pitcher he's replacing, lefty Tim Viehoff, was holding his own (2-0, 2.25).
Sam Nepiarsky, Shawn Heide and Geannelis all have ERA's in the mid two's and three's. But the back end of the rotation, locals Tom Hudon and Jake Mellin, had struggled mightily, until Hudon snapped out of his funk with superb effort on July 3.
Even after that the pair were heading into the holiday weekend, still a combined 0-5 with Mellin an ERA over 6.00, although Hudon lowered his two runs to 4.43. But bad starts are where winning streaks can stall. Hudon's one earned run effort over seven-plus innings the other night give the Knights hope.
Last year, they were lights out, a combined 8-1 with a 1.49 ERA (Hudon) and 2.01 (Mellin). That's a huge difference.
"I didn't see them enough last year on a constent basis," said Currle, who was a Brockton coach then. "We need to get better starts from them. … Hudon was phenomenal (in his last start)."
The team ERA is around 3.60, which is very respectable, but last year pitching was the order of the day at 2.79. The bullpen seems to be chugging along in an efficient manner, with Loudon's Travis Landry virtually unhittable (five saves, 0.00 going into the holiday).
"We have four or five guys that we're really comfortable going to in any situation, and a few guys out there need to earn that trust from the coaching staff," Currle said. "Obviously Landry's been great all summer."
Defensively, the team has struggled, with a low point of five physical errors against Seacoast on July 3. It seems to be an issue all over the league, and the team going into the holiday had given up 29 unearned runs, slightly worse than last year's pace where it gave up 51.
But one play is an example of Currle's plea to do the little things right: In the fateful eighth inning on July 3, with a man on second for Seacoast and no one out, Knights third baseman Joe Napolitano, Hudon, and catcher Matt MacDowell all converged on a foul pop bunt.
MacDowell caught it, but shortstop Guy Davidson didn't move over to cover third, and the runner advanced with no fielder there.
But it's a multitude of things that has prevented the team from being as dominant as the previous three seasons.
"The chemistry's there," Hudon said recently. "Maybe the timely hitting, the timely pitching. We can't put a full game together. When one's on, the other's off.
"There's three aspects of the game – hitting, fielding, pitching. We haven't had all three click, but we've had two of the three click. When we put all three of those aspects together, we'll be hard to stop."
Hudson's most recent start is a perfect example of the team not firing on all cylinders. He pitched, but Nashua couldn't hit or field.
That long winning streak is what the Silver Knights are waiting for in a league that's improved again but is highly competitive.
"That's all it is," Hudon said, "because anyone can beat anyone here. The league is definitely getting better. We're getting better hitters from different schools, the pitching's definitely getting better. Everything. Just the league itself is getting much stronger. But we've got to keep up."
Currle said better fundamental baseball will do that.
"I've seen us late in games make mistakes that we normally don't make, which has cost us a few games," Currle said. "I've seen us give up leads on multiple occasions, or just not get the big hit when we needed it."
This is the month to make a move.
"July's going to be different," Currle said. "We're going to get hot here and get back to where we're supposed to be."


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PITTSBURGH (AP) Velton Jones led four players in double figures with 18 points and Robert Morris knocked down 26 free throws en route to a 74-58 win over Fordham on Tuesday night.
Karvel Anderson had 16, Lucky Jones tallied 15 and nine rebounds, and Coron Williams added 13 points for the Colonials.
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Fordham (0-3) held Robert Morris to just 37.7 percent (20 of 53) from the field but the Colonials won the rebounding battle 44-31 and scored 22 points off 12 Rams' turnovers.
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"Our annual meeting is a testament to our international commitment to mastitis control and quality milk production." Discussions at this year's meeting included analytical approaches to managing mastitis, treatment and non-treatment approaches to control mastitis, and global milk quality updates. The featured symposium focused on technologies for mastitis detection and management with topics on molecular diagnostics, PCR-based tests and automated milk differential cell count. In addition to these sessions, attendees had the opportunity to take 11 different short courses. More than 60 percent of the meeting attendees enrolled in these additional learning opportunities. Rounding out this year's agenda was a technology transfer session where researchers shared cutting edge information and solutions for the future of mastitis control. Fifty posters were presented for review and knowledge sharing. All of the sessions offered attendees an opportunity to network, discuss global milk quality challenges and share valuable experiences with others who are interested in quality milk production. Participants at this year's meeting also had the opportunity to earn continuing education credits. "The goal of NMC is to deliver relevant and timely information on mastitis and milk quality to a diverse audience. This year's program did just that and brought together a group of international speakers to share their perspectives and experience," says Middleton. The National Dairy Quality Award winners, NMC scholars and the NMC Award of Excellence for Contribution to Mastitis Prevention and Control were recognized during an awards luncheon on Jan. 28. Receiving top recognition in the National Dairy Quality Awards were: Randy and Kathy Bauer, Faribault, Minn.; Donald Beattie, Holton, Mich.; Gordon Dick, McBain, Mich.; Duane and Janet Molhoek, Falmouth, Mich.; Sean Quinn and Melissa Murray, Greenwich, N.Y.; and Dennis and Doris Tubergen, Ionia, Mich. Judges select top dairy producers to receive this honor based on quality milk production indicators, such as somatic cell count, bacteria count and mastitis incidence, along with milking routine, systems of monitoring udder health, treatment protocols and strategies for overall herd health and welfare. The 2014 NMC Award of Excellence for Contribution to Mastitis Prevention and Control was awarded to Tom Herremans from IBA Inc. This award, in its third year, is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., and recognizes an NMC member for sustained contribution to mastitis prevention and control through research, extension or education, clinical practice or service to producers. For the seventh consecutive year, the National Mastitis Research Foundation (NMRF) awarded travel scholarships to four outstanding graduate students to attend the NMC Annual Meeting. This year's NMC Scholars were Anneleen De Visscher, Ghent University, Belgium; Paige Gott, The Ohio State University, Ohio; Aine O'Connell, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin; and Nicole Steele, Massey University, New Zealand. NMRF initiated the NMC Scholars program to support the development of mastitis research and milk quality professionals from around the world. To support the NMC Scholars Program and the work of the NMRF, a "Minute to Win It" fundraising event was hosted at the annual meeting. About $2,000 was raised for the NMRF and will be used to host future graduate students as the council continues to grow. NMC thanks its annual meeting sponsors who contributed to the program's success. Diamond sponsors were Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., DeLaval Inc., GEA Farm Technologies, Inc. and Zoetis. Platinum sponsors were Central Life Sciences, Ecolab, Inc., Elanco Animal Health, IBA Inc., Land O'Lakes, Inc. and Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd. Gold sponsors included A & L Laboratories, Inc., Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Inc., Alltech, BouMatic, Foremost Farms USA and Hypred. Silver sponsors were ABS Global, Inc., Ambic Equipment Limited, Dairy Farmers of America, Fight Bac / Deep Valley Farm, Inc., Grande Cheese, ImmuCell Corporation, McLanahan Corporation, Merial Ltd., Merck Animal Health and Udder Tech, Inc. Sponsoring this year's milk break was Oak Farms Dairy. The 54th NMC Annual Meeting is set for Feb. 1-3, 2015 in Memphis, Tenn. For additional information, go to: www.nmconline.org. NMC is a not-for-profit professional organization devoted to reducing mastitis and enhancing milk quality. 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White House Preparing Executive Order As A Stand-In For CISPA
from the doing-something dept
Late last week there was an awful lot of speculation over what would be, with some people arguing that it will do too much... and others arguing that it will do too little. However, late Friday, Jason Miller from Federal News Radio claimed to have seen a draft copy, and while he did not share the full copy, he did do a pretty thorough breakdown of what was in it. It sounds pretty similar to the Lieberman/Collins Cybersecurity Act -- the one that failed to gain Senate approval. The parts that concerned us the most in the bill -- concerning information sharing without real privacy protections -- appear to be in this executive order, and in some ways may be worse. While the President cannot grant liability protections for companies who share info with the government (a major concern we had), it sounds like this executive order will put tremendous pressure on companies to share info -- noting that it will begin a sort of "name and shame" program for companies who fail to take part. That seems like a recipe for a privacy disaster.
The thing that I'm still waiting for is for someone (anyone?!) to lay out exactly where the problems are with current regulations in the area. We keep hearing that there's a real risk (though the only demonstration of that seems to be inflated, hyperbolic stories), and that without information sharing, the risk is much greater. But what has not been shown by anyone, in either Congress or the administration, is why the necessary sharing can't happen under existing laws today. They just keep saying it can't but refuse to point to the specific things that are causing those problems today. That's what makes me most nervous about all of this. When those in power can't fully articulate the problem, it seems reasonable to be quite worried about the solution. It makes it way too easy for that "solution" to be much too broad and cause all sorts of collateral damage.


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Irene M. Perdon, 83, of East Stroudsburg, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at Pleasant Valley Manor.
She was born Dec. 9, 1929, in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was a daughter of the late Herman and Edith (Sterritt) Jacobs. She was a resident of East Stroudsburg for the past 13 years, and, prior to that, of Newark, N.J.
Prior to her retirement, she was employed by the Newark Board of Education for many years
She loved to play bingo and loved jigsaw puzzles and the New York Yankees.
Irene is survived by her children: Carole L. Perdon of Stroudsburg; Harry Perdon and his wife, Renee, of Easton; Guy Perdon and his wife, Dawn, of Kendall Park, N.J.; Victor Zarra and his wife, Maryann, of New York; and Dolores LaMorte and her husband, Mike, of Effort.
She is also survived by her grandchildren: Dawn, Paul-Michael, Shawn, Carlyn, Savannah and Alaina; her great-grandchildren: Krystal, Paul-Michael, Matthew, Sophia and Alex; her brothers, Charles Jacobs and his wife, Jane, of Lake Wallkill, N.J., and Robert Jacobs and his wife, Karen, of Budd Lake, N.J.; and many nieces and nephews.
Irene was predeceased by her sister, Mildred, and her brother, Edward.
There will be a viewing from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at Thomas Funeral Home, 401 N. Fifth St., Stroudsburg. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with Pastor Margie B. Good officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to American Heart Association, 613 Baltimore Drive, Suite 3, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.
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Irene M. Perdon, 83, of East Stroudsburg, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at Pleasant Valley Manor.


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On January 2, I was going to post my list of top ten things to expect on January 3, or a list of the ways lunch will forever change in 2012.
But that actually might take some work that I am not inclined to do. So I've decided to post my list of top changes to expect in 2012 based on — what else? — my own pet peeves.
One of the reasons Twitter has become so popular is that it is tailor-made for a world that wants to send "email" but never have to respond. Expect common email systems to take out the Reply button altogether. In fact, any mechanism that currently serves back-and-forth communication will be outlawed.
This, in turn, will cause a marked increase in "Long-distance Rage," a condition that I just made up and that will cause spontaneous head combustion all across the world from people trying to get their jobs done. An interesting side note, however: Microsoft will make a fortune marketing armed carrier pigeons.
On the topic of health, 2012 will see a sharp uptick in people filing disability claims for "Texting thumbs Fatigue." This happens when thumbs, made hugely musclebound by excessive texting, simply fall off. However, within minutes, Apple will corner the prosthetic thumb market.
Smartphone manufacturers will run out of names for their devices (see: the HP Veer) and be forced to resort to names like the Galaxy Shmalaxy and the Motorola Talk Thingee.
Someone, somewhere will develop a smartphone app that will be so addictive that 87 percent of the world's population will be squinting into a small screen on December 21 when the Mayan calendar runs out and will miss the end of the world entirely.
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Toni Bowers is the former Managing Editor of TechRepublic and is the award-winning blogger of the Career Management blog. She has edited newsletters, books, and web sites pertaining to software, IT career, and IT management issues.


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A Christmas Museum (at Vaillancourt Folk Art
A journey through Christmas traditions throughout the world as recoded by Vaillancourt Chalkware.
9 Main Street, Suite 1-h, Sutton, MA 01590
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Since 1984, Vaillancourt Folk Art has been producing American-Made Chalkware figurines. While they are known for Christmas, their extensive collection also includes Halloween, Spring, Valentines and even animals like rabbits. In preparation for the 2008 Collector's Weekend, Judi's task at hand was to open the Vaillancourt Christmas Museum to help document the 2,500+ pieces that Judi has designed over the years. In addition to chalkware, the museum displays the German and Polish Glass Ornaments, Classical Christmas Creamware, and some of the rarest Vaillancourt pieces (including the Chess sets and Noah's Ark). The museum is constantly updating and changing, and documents the history of Vaillancourt Chalkware starting with the first three pieces painted in 1984. In addition to the Chalkware and Glass ornaments, thousands of antique chocolate, candy, and ice cream moulds are on display!
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A statewide collection of 24 diverse works of art, from oil paintings to taxidermy frogs…
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Versatile music and tunes!
Welcome to the portfolio of Gil Lopez!
I'm a musician/composer for over 30 years now (main instrument acoustic and electric guitars, secondary bass and charango), composer/arranger, producer, engineer. I'm the owner of Subwave Productions, a recording studio in Haarlem, the Netherlands where I do cd/audio productions, video soundtracks, voice over recordings and composing my tunes.
I master different styles of music (flamenco, latin, rumba Catalana, pop, rock, world music, funk, jazz and more) and own a degree at the SAE institute as studio engineer. I'm a big fan of Presonus Studio One 3 but also Pro Tools and Cubase are not unfamiliar.
Check out my music and if you want custom made music don't hesitate to contact me!
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Yeah' This is to the artist of Plugin Boy. I was wondering if you went to the Locust Grove high school when you was a kid? If so do you remember Mr.Sinclair the art teacher?
If you do he says hi! I was wondering what programs you used to create Plugin Boy? Was it Adobe Photo shop? If you know where I can get a designer for free PLEASE help me out. I have a adobe program at school but I'm always typing up junk for my teacher and I have no spare time. I am currently creating a web site for a friend of mine it's: www.geocities.com/lgrob2001/main.html
I hope you like what i've done on it today, I'm always creating art for it but, I have no scanner so I can't update much. Aight peace out~ LOL


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Dawat in English literally means an invitation. Chef Gulzar invites you to a feast fit for a king in Masala TV's Dawat. He will be showing you new, fun and exciting recipes which he has learned with his experience in Japanese, Thai, Chinese and of course, desi cuisine. His fun personality and unique style will definitely make it feel like a party in Dawat.
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Pocket Doors for Small Spaces
Pocket doors can save space because they don't have to swing into a room, taking up valuable floor space. If you have a door that collides with a cabinet or obstructs the flow of traffic, then a pocket door can help your space feel larger. These pocket doors may inspire you to swap out your swinging door to make a room flow better or to save space.
- Door and decor inspiration
Killy Scheer of Houzz.com put together a gallery of different styles of pocket doors that range from classic woodwork to translucent and modern. My personal favorite is the hide away pantry concealed behind pocket doors (Image 2).
- Pocket door room divider in Tokyo
Two pocket doors allow this bedroom to close off from the rest of the space when in use. When the doors are open, both spaces feel larger (Image 3).
- A 20 square foot bathroom
These tips from House Logic could help you squeeze a small half bathroom into a small house. The key to making it fit: a pocket door (Image 4).
- DIY pocket door installation
If you want to tackle a pocket door renovation on your own, DIYadvice has a tutorial complete with photographs and step-by-step instructions.
- Dining room
From House and Home, a lovely example of a classic pocket door to the dining room (Image 5).
- Hardware to make a pocket door better
The Halliday Baillie hardware for pocket doors could transform a standard pocket door into something more sleek and modern.
• Pocket, Sliding, and Divider Doors in the Bedroom
(Images: 1. Laurie McGinley, 2. Marie Newton via Houzz, 3. Via Apartment Therapy, 4. Houselogic, 5. House and Home)
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Power quality can be negatively affected by such mundane factors as loose power connections.
When we consider all of the sophisticated apparatus used to improve the operational integrity of our sensitive equipment and systems, it seems absurd to talk about those common sense, "good housekeeping" practices.
Nevertheless, they are a valuable part of the power quality equation and require our attention. In fact, looking after our electrical environment can result in big dividends. Let's find out what's involved.
What is good housekeeping?
Most solutions to our so-called power quality related events have come from attending to little things around the shop. In almost every case involving a power quality investigation or site analysis, the first items that show up in need of correction are those in the area of wiring and grounding. These include "daisy-chaining" of neutrals and grounds, undersizing of ground wires (which are expected to carry electrical noise away from sensitive equipment), and even, believe or not, loose or missing connections.
The NEC and good housekeeping
We often hear a facility manager say, "One day, we're going to bring this facility up to the NEC." While this is an admirable goal and one that should be achieved, it reflects a major misconception: the NEC does not represent the peak of wiring and grounding methods and procedures. Instead, it reflects the minimum requirements needed to protect persons and property "from hazards arising from the use of electricity." In other words, the Code is a place to start in the battle for good wiring and grounding of sensitive equipment. But keep in mind, there is no substitute for, or compromise with, the provisions of the NEC.
In the context of power quality and the NEC, there are conflicting philosophies promoted by people with differing technical backgrounds and commercial interests. One controversy stems from the conflicting interpretations of the NEC's grounding requirements. While a safe operating power system is universally endorsed, some feel that required wiring practices interfere with the smooth operation of electronic systems. As such, they believe that you may have to install sensitive electrical and electronic equipment by "skirting" the provisions of the NEC. In fact, many equipment manufacturers, with warranty forfeiture threatened, direct the end user to do so.
This apparent conflict can only be settled by making safety the overriding concern, which is the intent of the NEC. If revisions have to be made for the system to operate properly, the equipment manufacturer must incorporate them in the equipment design, rather than asking for deviations from the NEC. In fact, when you wire with NEC safety provisions in place, satisfactory operation will not be sacrificed. The safest system will be the best operating one.
Good housekeeping is not just following the NEC, but includes all of the diligent, sensible practices taken during installation and maintenance. If more attention is given at the start of project to the important power quality implications, future problems will be headed off before they result in shutdowns or damage.
Where to get good housekeeping practices
You can get a feel for these practices by going through the FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) Pub 94, Guideline on Electrical Power for ADP Installations or the IEEE Standard 1100-1992, Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Sensitive Electronic Equipment (the Emerald Book).
The latter publication is especially useful in that it includes recommended design, installation, and maintenance practices for electrical power and grounding of sensitive electronic processing equipment used in commercial and industrial applications. These practices include both power- and signal-related noise control techniques.
In many instances, we are confronted with conflicting information and/or confusion in the power quality area, all stemming primarily from different viewpoints of the same problem. By referring to this consensus of recommended practices, the confusion and conflicting information is greatly diminished.
The Emerald Book addresses electronic equipment performance issues while maintaining a safe installation. A brief description of the power quality problem is usually given, along with possible solutions and the resources available for assistance in dealing with problems. Fundamental concepts are reviewed and instrumentation and procedures for conducting site power analysis are considered. Of special interest are the case histories provided to illustrate typical problems.
You can also follow case study discussions in a variety of publications. The case histories we discuss each month here are good examples.
Case history
Many times, we're involved with a consultant, contractor, or facility engineer who has not thought through the "hows" or "what-ifs" pertaining to wiring, grounding, or protecting a piece of sensitive equipment or its signal system. Thus, we are called in when this equipment doesn't work, or when there is no correlation to the errant behavior, or when the damage has already taken place. Thankfully, this is changing: more planning is being done using the new power quality guidelines.
One case study example comes to mind as a reminder to check our procedures for installing and maintaining our equipment, especially power conditioners used on computers or other sensitive loads.
A large telecommunications facility that manufactured digital electronic devices was experiencing a rapid increase in requests for UPS systems from operators in its software engineering area. This was the direct result of one of the workers asking to have a small electronic equipment system (4 to 6kVA) put on a self-contained battery supported UPS. (At the time, there were no other UPS needs apparent.) When this request was honored and a 10kVA UPS was provided for this application, the worker began to experience "clean power" - since this affected work area was now separated from the wiring problems in the rest of the software engineering area.
As the word spread among the other personnel in this department, more requests were made for small UPS systems, so many requests, in fact, that the facility manager had to put a stop to the separate ordering until it was determined why everyone needed a UPS! The answer from the workers was, "You're giving us bad power!" It was humorous, in a way, since the manager was being blamed for all theproblems, even though he had nothing to do with the power company delivering the energy.
The investigation into this problem led to some very disturbing housekeeping conditions on the UPS systems themselves.
Site investigation and solution
We were called in to do a site analysis at this facility and, in the course of the visit, we tested the output of one of these small UPS systems to determine its load characteristics. We were performing our examination with the load connected and in a nonintrusive fashion, or so we hoped.
Working at the floor level, we were suddenly covered by a " shadow" - someone was standing directly over us. It was a computer operator and she wanted to know what we had done to her computer! It was now "dead in the water", and she was suppose to go home in 30 min. Thanks to us, however, she now had a 6-hour recovery program to go through to retrieve the lost data! Needless to say, our credibility was suspect.
We re-checked the output of the UPS. All indicating lights showed good output, the voltage was correct, but no current was present. Then we went to the respective power outlet and found the same condition. The obvious theory: something was wrong between the UPS, which was running well, and the power outlet. The operator maintained, "It's you. Nothing else has happened except when you tampered with the system!"
We returned to the UPS output to prove that we had not changed anything and that the power was correct at the output. When we placed the voltmeter leads on the output to show her the voltage, one of the output wires moved sideways. Looking underneath the connection into the lug position, we saw that the outgoing wire had never been inserted under the lug. In fact, the lug had never been opened! The wire had simply been "jammed" up to make contact, and as long as you didn't touch the arrangement, it worked.
Now the worker was aware of the poor "housekeeping" that had caused the problem. The rest of the units were checked for the same problem, and better planning for installation and maintenance was instituted for the future.
In Part 2, we'll look at another example of a problem that began as an assumption about harmonics but really stemmed from poor wiring.
EC&M Books:
Practical Guide to Power Distribution Systems for Computers. Practical Guide to Quality Power for Sensitive Electronic Equipment. For ordering information, call 1-800-654-6776
FIPS Pub 94, Guideline on Electrical Power for ADP Installations. For ordering information, contact the National Technical Information Service, U.S. Dept of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161.
IEEE Standard 1100-1992, Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Sensitive Electronic Equipment (Emerald Book). For ordering information, call 1-800-678-IEEE.
EC&M Articles:
"New Power Quality Consensus Standard" February '93 issue. "There's More to Power Quality Than Meets the Eye" October '94 issue. For copies, call 913-967-1801.
The IEEE Emerald Book indicates that problems in industrial and commercial premises wiring and grounding account for a large share of all reported power quality problems. The greatest number of these is in the feeders and branch circuits serving the critical loads.
As such, the first activity in checking for power problems is to survey the soundness of the AC distribution and grounding system supplying the equipment. Problems here include such items as missing, improper, or poor quality connections in the power wiring and grounding from the source of power to the load. These problems can be generally classified as mechanical in nature.
Through error or oversight, intentional or unintentional, the power distribution and grounding system is not installed per national, state, or local electrical codes and other specifications. For example, the NEC only permits a neutral-to-ground bond at the source of power; that is, at the main panel or isolation transformer secondary. Yet, this improper connection is a common site in the field and is the source of many of the common power quality problems.
In new installations, connections may be left off or not properly tightened. Reversal of conductors also can occur. Connections may become loose because of equipment vibration. Even the ON-OFF cycling of a connected load, with its creation of cycled heating and cooling, can eventually result in high-impedance connections. Also, periodic additions or modifications to a distribution system may result in missing, improper, or poor quality connections.


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Special Podcast
Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan talks with James Martin, S.J., about Ignatian spirituality.
Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York recently spoke with James Martin, S.J., about his new book The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything during the the archbishop's weekly radio program on The Catholic Channel. During the show, the archbishop shared his admiration for the Society of Jesus and for the gift of Ignatian spirituality. Archbishop Dolan also speaks movingly, and candidly, with Father Martin about his own experiences with Ignatian contemplation. Audio courtesy Sirius Satellite Radio.
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