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Despite progress on other fronts, the constructs and prejudices of heteronormativity continue to pervade our private lives and complicate our personal relationships. I'd like to see us challenge some of the common walls that inhibit healthy sexual expression and identity.
Here are some suggestions for dismantling these barriers.
Stop Serosorting
This is 2013. In an age of proven medical treatment and safety precautions, HIV is no longer a valid reason for sexual exclusion. In fact, individuals who are not tested and do not know their status pose a much higher risk to sexual partners than positive individuals who are being treated.
Studies show that one out of five people living with HIV are unaware that they have it. This means that the likelihood of a sexually active adult completely avoiding contact with a person who has contracted HIV is slim to nothing.
Penalizing someone with HIV for his honesty isn't in the best interest of your health. Assuming we're talking about someone on retroviral drugs, the virus has been essentially eradicated from bodily fluids. While the normal level of precaution should be taken, your risk of contracting the virus is actually lower than it would be with the average person on the street. So don't deny yourself meaningful experiences based on outdated science.
Embrace Diversity
Glancing through online profiles on gay hook-up sites can be a step back to another century: "Masculine only"; "No Blacks or Asians"; " "No one over 30." Others may not wish to express their personal prejudices so openly, but too many of us retain conscious or subconscious feelings through social conditioning.
Rather than limiting encounters only with those who meet a set of preselected requirements, let natural sexual tension enter the equation. If you feel sexually inclined toward someone whom you wouldn't normally expect to find attractive, go with it. You may discover something new about yourself.
Meanwhile, try to take notice of your own prejudices, and work to understand them and eventually overcome them. On some level we all have been instilled with prejudices. It's unavoidable. But by acknowledging and addressing them, we can work to build a stronger community. So broaden your horizons and step outside your sexual comfort zone. Not only is it personally liberating, it also exponentially increases your chances for a date!
Reject Sexual Monogamy
I'm not suggesting that everyone is required to be promiscuous. Rather, don't allow another person to take ownership of your body. What you do with your body should always remain your choice. "Gay rights" includes disregarding sexual connections based on nuclear family standards. We shouldn't feel the need to make monogamy the standard. A quick glance at the news will quickly disprove how well that's working out for heterosexual unions.
Studies show that open marriages last longer and are happier than traditional closed marriages. Allowing a partner the freedom to own one's own body (safely of course), expresses a deeper level of commitment. Open communication and trust are essential to building healthy relationships.
Furthermore, LGBT individuals face a unique situation in which traditional standards of monogamy historically have not provided a good fit. Straight couples often socialize platonically with people of the same gender, which creates a situation that doesn't lend itself to sexual tension (although that's certainly not written in stone, either). Same-sex couples that enjoy socializing with others of the same gender can't erase possible sexual tension. Rather than attempting to fit into a poorly formed mold, we need to continue creating new standards that encourage health and happiness in our relationships.
Quit Categorizing Friends
We put people into boxes because it makes life easier. But those boxes can interfere with the natural flow of relationships. Consider the "friend zone": Restricting friendships to the non-sexual sphere ignores the ways in which we express intimacy. Friendships are quite intentionally intimate relationships. Denying friends more intimate forms of expression based on puritanical or heteronormative standards might prevent you from finding true love when it's right in front of you. If a sexual connection exists with a friend, don't allow that to become a point of disruption. Make it an avenue of connection.
Use these suggestions to become aware of your own restraints and prejudices - and help end the self-censorship of love and intimacy that has resulted from centuries of superstition and social pressure.


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Protandim's actions result from its ability to activate the transcription factor known as Nrf2. Protandim contains five ingredients that are known to scientists as Nrf2 activators. Nrf2 is a protein messenger contained in every cell of the body that sends information to the cell's DNA.
When Nrf2 is activated, it enters the nucleus and it turns on several hundred of these 25,000 genes. And the genes that it turns on, or turns up, are known collectively as "survival genes." What is a survival gene? These genes enable cells to survive in the face of several different kinds of stress, especially oxidative stress, which occurs when free radicals and other oxidants overwhelm the body's natural antioxidant enzymes.
So, Protandim, as a Nrf2 activator, activates survival genes, such as antioxidant genes that keep us safe from free radicals and oxidants.
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Utah students suspected of smoking pot in igloo
SALT LAKE CITY � Four University of Utah students who police say were caught smoking pot in an igloo are facing possible discipline from campus officials.
Sgt. Garth Smith says the well-camouflaged hideaway was discovered by a passing campus security guard Jan. 31 in the woods between campus housing and Research Park.
Smith says the igloo was about 5 feet tall and had walls of snow about 10 inches thick. He says the students had either constructed it themselves or found it abandoned.
Smith says the guard passing through the area heard voices and smelled pot before finding the four men inside.
One of the students was cited for marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. All were referred to campus officials.


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Neutrex Inc. of Houston introduced Purgex 602 Plus, a new commercial purging compound for rapid changeovers from colored to clear, or clear to colored polycarbonate and polystyrene.
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October is Adopt-A-Shelter Dog month, and we're proud to sponsor Goldiepup Presents: The Great Escape Pet Adoption Dive in Hollywood on Sunday, October 20. The Great Escape brings together a collective of artists, friends, vendors, shelters and Angelenos with the common goal of finding homes for some of the many kitties and pups of Los Angeles. This event takes place at 6110 Hollywood Blvd (next to the Fonda Theatre), 10am-2pm on 10/20, and is free and open to all.
We'll be there with our famous prize wheel and other goodies, so be sure to stop by and say hello. All proceeds from the prize wheel benefit LA Animal Rescue (LAAR), a non-profit organization primarily focused on pet overpopulation and spay / neuter outreach.
In addition to The Great Escape Pet Adoption Drive, Best Coast, Baby Alpaca, and Death Valley Girls are playing a benefit show for LAAR at the Fonda on Monday, October 21. Tickets are available now at Amoeba Hollywood or you can buy them online here.
We are having our own Dog Adoption Day at Amoeba Hollywood the following Sunday, October 27 between 1-4pm. AND, we're also collecting donations for LA Animal Shelters throughout the month of October. If you bring in any animal shelter donation item to Amoeba Hollywood during October, we'll give you a $3 off coupon as a thank you.


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Strategic Issues Facing UIS
**The below information is from the 2006-2016 UIS Strategic Plan. For information on the current 2018-2028 Strategic Compass, visit https://www.uis.edu/strategiccompass/ **
A strategic issue is a fundamental policy question or critical challenge affecting an organization's mandates, mission, values, stakeholders, resources, structure, processes, management, or product or service level and mix.
Identifying strategic issues is one of the most important – and potentially one of the most difficult – steps in the planning process. President White had identified six strategic issues for the University of Illinois and indicated that the strategic issues facing UIC, UIS, and UIUC probably would not be significantly different from the six he identified, although the differences in the campuses would make them slightly different.
UIS, at a different point in history from the other two campuses, faces additional strategic issues that are unique to its transformation.
With that said, here are the strategic issues facing UIS:
- How do we get the attention of our stakeholders to help secure the resources required for excellence?
- How can we leverage our resources in pursuit of becoming one of the top small public liberal arts universities in the United States?
- What is the desirable level of online enrollment for an institution that is seeking to develop its residential student population and build a vibrant community?
- What do we have to do to build the brand, reputation, and stature of UIS?
- Where is the market for our students and faculty? Who are our top competitors for those students and faculty?
- How can UIS' organizational structure, culture, and operating style be changed to enhance its ability to identify and respond to strategic opportunities, partnerships, and threats in an innovative, timely, and effective manner while also maintaining its academic principles? How do we resolve governance issues so that administrators, faculty leaders, and staff strive collegially to implement the UIS vision?
- How do we solidify our position in the University of Illinois system as a smaller but equal partner in implementing the goals and vision of the university?
- In what ways should UIS target its resources and capabilities to meet critical needs in the Springfield area, in Illinois, in the nation, and in the world?
- How do we balance the resource needs of professional programs, graduate programs, upper-level undergraduate courses in majors, and public affairs activities with the resource needs of lower-level undergraduate expansion?
- How do we continue to serve non-traditional students while building a world-class liberal arts oriented undergraduate learning experience?


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I am hearing that there are some great applications of probability theory (or more general measure theory) to number theory. Could anyone recommend some good book(s) on that (or other types of references)?
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Biden Says Middle Class 'Has Been Buried Last Four Years'
(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- Vice President Joe Biden, criticizing Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan for a plan he said will raise taxes on the middle class, instead stepped on his campaign's message by saying the middle class has been "buried" over the last four years -- the time President Obama has been in office.
"This is deadly earnest. How they can justify- - how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that has been buried the last four years? How in the Lord's name can they justify raising their taxes? We've seen this movie before," Biden said to a crowd of 1,000 at the Fillmore Charlotte.
The Republican National Committee and the Romney campaign quickly pounced on a statement. The RNC circulated the clip and the Romney campaign called Biden's comments a "stunning admission."
"Vice President Biden made a stunning admission today and we couldn't agree more: the middle class has been 'buried' under the last four years of this President's policies. Under President Obama, the middle class has suffered from crushing unemployment, rising prices and falling incomes. They can't afford to be 'buried' for four more years. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will take our nation in a new direction and are offering exactly what hardworking families need -- real reforms for a real recovery," Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg said in a statement.
An Obama campaign official said Biden has said throughout his time on the campaign trail that the Bush administration was responsible for the burdens placed on the middle class.
"As the Vice President has been saying all year and again in his remarks today, the middle class was punished by the failed Bush policies that crashed our economy -- and a vote for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan is a return to those failed policies. With more than five million private-sector jobs created since 2010, the Vice President and President Obama will continue to help the middle class recover and move the nation forward," the campaign official said.
Nearly one month after the Democratic National Convention, Biden returned to Charlotte for the first time and tried to draw a contrast between Obama and Romney's positions on tax cuts for the middle class. Biden swiped at the GOP ticket for not being on the same message when it comes to middle-class tax cuts, pointing to Romney's statement at a rally in Ohio last week where he said, "I admit this, [President Obama] has one thing he did not do in his first four years -- he's said he's going to do in the next four years, which is to raise taxes."
"Then they come along and they say well we raised taxes on the middle class. How many times you hear Obama and Biden raise taxes on the middle class? Well even Romney had what we Catholics say is an epiphany. Romney come out and said the following. He said, 'They have not raised taxes on the middle class.' But apparently Paul Ryan has not gotten the memo," Biden said to a crowd of over a thousand at the Fillmore Charlotte. "I'm serious. They know it. The President didn't raise taxes on the middle class. Yet, turn on the ads. We cut taxes for everyone in the middle class! Three thousand and six hundred dollars."
Biden, who was working off a teleprompter, struggled with pinpointing a vote Ryan made, stumbling when he tried to explain how it played out.
"They still say we really urgently want to deal with it now. Basic, I think my opponent said something like, you know, I don't know, he said something about he has regrets or I don't know, something he wished he hadn't voted that way. OK? I don't want to, I don't want to mis-- I don't want the press saying I misquoted him, but … he went back and said I did that but I kind of wish I didn't, whatever," Biden said.
Ryan has said before that he regrets certain votes on spending that he made when Republicans dominated Congress and President Bush was in office.
Biden is on his sixth trip to the battleground state of North Carolina and encouraged supporters to spread the word about voter registration, which ends Oct. 12.
"By the way, before I get started, I want to remind y'all of what you already know, but it's worth saying again and again: the deadline to register in North Carolina is Oct. 12. And if you're already registered or folks that, if you're not registered yet, there's folks at the door literally with clipboards, our team out there, who are willing to help you get that process going," Biden said. "The reason we're going to win North Carolina is we're going to have the best ground game you've ever seen in this state."
At the top of his speech, Biden apologized to the crowd for the hour delay in the event. Air Force Two was forced to circle in the air for more than 30 minutes before landing due to bad weather.
"As the traveling press can tell you, there are some queasy stomachs on our plane," Biden said at the start of the event. "We got off late because of weather and we got here and we had to make several passes before we landed. That's why we're late, I promise you we take you seriously. Blame it on the weather."
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Marvel Studios' Captain America: The Winter Soldier is out in theaters worldwide, showing audiences the epic conclusion of months and months of work, but today we're going to step into our production time travel machine and take a trip back to when when blockbuster comic book movie was in its infancy. Before cameras started rolling, the production hired artists like Tim Flattery to illustrate concept art for what the movie would eventually look like, and today, long after it played an important role in the conceptual stage of the film, a whole bunch of it has arrived online.
iO9 has collected a gallery full of art pieces from Captain America: The Winter Soldier's pre-production, and while you can head over there to see a whole lot more images - as well as at Animation World Network and FilmSketchr - we've picked out a bunch of our favorites below. In case you are concerned, these images are relatively spoiler-free, as they don't really show off anything from the movie that's not in the trailers:
You'll notice that there is a very heavy focus on the fleet of helicarriers and the movie's big final action sequence, but this actually makes plenty of sense. As the Captain America: The Winter Soldier screenwriters told us in an interview, at the start of the film's development process Marvel Studios was very specific about wanting the blockbuster to have crashing helicarriers in the third act. The script definitely delivered on that, and as a result we have not only a really awesome movie but some pretty badass concept art.
As awesome as the third act of the movie is, I actually wish that the concept art took a deeper look at some of the film's other amazing scenes as well. What about the battle against Winter Soldier on the bridge? How about Nick Fury's epic car chase? I wouldn't even mind an "early" look at the raid on the hijacked ship from the start of the movie. But perhaps I'm just being greedy and should be satisfied with the awesome that has been provided.


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How much do you know about entrepreneurship? Take this quiz to find out. It was developed by Scott Shane, Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Case Western Reserve University, and based on his recent book The Illusions of Entrepreneurship. Shane gives a quick overview of the Top 10 myths here.


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More than three months after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill began, Gulf Coast states and the oil industry are still howling over what they say is unnecessary economic harm from the Obama administration's six-month moratorium on deep-water offshore drilling.
Congressional opponents argue it "is causing a second economic crisis in the Gulf" and that "thousands of jobs have already been lost and thousands of additional jobs are at risk of being sent overseas." The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee heard testimony Tuesday predicting losses of $2.8 billion and over 10,000 jobs from a moratorium.
But new deep-water drilling would still be dangerous and irresponsible, the administration says. Not enough is known about what caused the spill and several panels are investigating.
IN PICTURES: Destructive Oil Spills
Amid a whirlwind of charges, countercharges, and legal hardball, numerous questions linger. Among them:
Is a drilling moratorium now in effect? Where?
Yes. On May 28, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced a "six-month suspension of all pending, current, or approved offshore drilling operations of new deep-water wells – those more than 500 feet deep – in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific regions." That first nationwide moratorium was, on July 12, superseded by a second order (see following question) that blocks offshore deep-water drilling in the same areas. That second order remains in force until Nov. 30 – unless it is successfully challenged in court or until Mr. Salazar lifts it. The moratorium has halted drilling at 33 deep-water sites in the Gulf of Mexico.
Didn't a federal judge stop the moratorium?
Yes, but only temporarily. On June 22, US District Court Judge Martin Feldman, responding to an industry lawsuit claiming economic harm, issued a preliminary injunction blocking the first six-month moratorium. He ruled that the moratorium was overbroad as well as "arbitrary and capricious." On July 8, a government motion to suspend the judge's injunction failed in the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans.
In response, Salazar four days later issued a new order in which the government did not cite water depth to define the type of drilling to be banned but instead banned drilling by certain floating deep-water drill rigs. That new suspension has the same effect as the old moratorium, but may be harder for the oil industry to reverse in court, experts say.
"Judge Feldman essentially provided a road map for the Department of the Interior, and Secretary Salazar's memorandum follows that road map," writes Jeffrey Rachlinski, a professor of environmental law at Cornell University Law School in Ithaca, N.Y., in an e-mail interview. "The memo demonstrates that the problems that caused the Deepwater Horizon event are endemic to the industry as a whole, and not specific to BP."
Why does the Obama administration say a moratorium is needed?
The moratorium is needed because additional deep-water drilling poses "serious, irreparable, or immediate harm to life, to property, or to the marine, coastal, or human environment," Salazar argued in his July 12 order. This "temporary pause," he writes, will give investigators and the industry time to address this threat. The new order also cited fresh concerns about drill rig safety equipment. New problems appeared in blowout-preventer safety devices on the two rigs drilling relief wells to stop the leak, the order said.
How has the moratorium affected the economies of Gulf Coast states?
Over the six months of the deep-water drilling moratorium, Gulf states will lose an estimated $2.1 billion in economic productivity, 8,169 jobs, $487 million in wages, and $98 million in state tax revenues, according to Joseph Mason, a Louisiana State University professor of finance and a private business consultant. "Spillover effects" will cost other states $600 million, 3,877 jobs, and $219 million in wages, his study says. The US government could lose $219 million in tax revenue. "These losses are dramatic in both the context of local economies ... and on a national scale," Professor Mason writes.
Still, he notes that his numbers are more conservative than others, including those used by the state of Louisiana. The state assumes a stoppage lasting 12 to 18 months. The Obama administration insists BP will pay and has forced the company to set aside $20 billion.
Has the moratorium cut domestic oil production?
The Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association reports that the equivalent of 80,000 barrels of oil a day will not go to market due to the moratorium – a shortfall that will be picked up by increasing imports. But 80,000 barrels a day represents less than 1 percent of the 11.7 million barrels of oil the United States already imports daily, according to the Energy Information Administration's website. The EIA reported in mid-June that "to date, energy production and shipments in the Gulf have not been significantly affected by the spill."
What will happen between now and the lifting of the moratorium?
In the run-up to lifting the moratorium in November, the Interior Department is reorganizing the functions of the former Minerals Management Service into three new agencies – including one that will focus only on enforcing safety rules. During that period, a presidential commission is also looking into causes of the spill, along with another federal inquiry led by the US Coast Guard. Congress is pursuing its own investigation. Out of all this, should come a resetting of the regulatory relationship between the government and oil industry in deep-water drilling – and greater safety, experts agree.
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Well, sorta. Even though Mazda's CEO said they could totally quit the rotary any time, like a true junkie, they keep coming back to get their sweet, sweet pistonless fix any way they can. And this time they snuck it into the trunk of a prototype Mazda 2.
The Mazda 2 in question is the prototype Mazda 2 EV with a built-in range extender, in the form of a 330cc, 26 HP rotary engine that runs at a constant 2000 RPM. The engine is mounted flat under the cargo area floor, along with a 2.6 gallon fuel tank.
I'd suppose that keeping it at a constant RPM helps curb the rotary's notorious fuel thirst, and the engine does manage to about double the 124-mile driving range of the electric Mazda 2.
Plus, as James Garner will tell you below, rotaries are very smooth-running engines, buttery, even. That smoothness is a big plus for a range extending engine, since the drivers will be used to the smoothness of the electric drivetrain, and the smoother the transition from batteries to combustion power, the better.
It's not a new RX-7, but it's nice to see the Wankel still alive and kicking outside of a seatbelt tensioner.
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Stowe Vermont's Premier Demo Ski Center
In winter Pinnacle Ski and Sports becomes one of the Northeast's premier ski shops. Home to The Ski Demo Center, The family ski rental center featuring all new ski equipment packages for families, and the award winning "masters of the feet:" Inner Bootworks. Throw in our fully equipped retail shop and you'll see why Pinnacle has become a winter destination within the resort town of Stowe, VT.
Located right on the Mountain Road, Pinnacle Ski and Sports is an incredibly convenient stop on the way to the mountain. We have a full fleet of Demo
skis which are perfect if you're the type who likes to test drive their skis before they buy them. Or how about those days that are a bit firmer, and you realized all you brought were your powder skis? And if you've got kids with you, you might be interested in checking out some of our rental skis for children!
No matter how you want to look at it, Pinnacle Ski and Sports is one of the Northeast's premier ski shops. So next time you're in Stowe, stop on by! We'd love to help you find the equipment that's right for you and your family!
Stowe, VT Ski Rentals
Beyond our World Class Demo Center, Pinnacle Ski and Sports also offers incredible deals on ski rentals. The skis in this category are a little more user friendly and are intended to get you on the hill and having a good time. Don't worry though, these skis aren't bottom-of-the-bin junk skis. In fact, our go to rental ski this year is the 2015 Volkl RTM 7.4 and 8.0. This ski features early rise in the tip, as well as an accessible side-cut. Or, in every day terms, these skis are built for easy turning. So even if you're just starting out, we've got you covered! What're you waiting for? Reserve a pair of rental skis online, and join the fun up on the mountain!
Professional Ski Boot Fitting at Innerboot Works
Are you looking for a world class, perfectly fit ski boot? Or maybe you're just tired of having to quit skiing at noon because of your ski boots. No matter what your situation is, if you're looking for a better fitting boot, you absolutely have to swing into our sister store, Inner Bootworks. The store is run by the well known Benny Wax, and has been fitting happy customers for over two decades!
Ski Tuning in Stowe, VT
If you check out our About Us page, you'll quickly learn that Pinnacle Ski and Sports started 30 years ago as "Bedside Tuners," an overnight tuning service. Originally, the company would tune and repair skis for hotel guests at night, and return the skis again in the morning, ready for a fresh day on the slopes With this kind of experience under our belts, you can be confident that your skis are in good hands. And not only are we experienced, but the equipment we use to tune your skis is top of the line.
Take our edge sharpening equipment for example. It uses ceramic disk technology, giving you the longest lasting, most precise edge angles and finish quality available. And of course, Pinnacle Ski and Sports offers just about every ski tuning procedure possible. From a fresh hot wax to damage repairs, Pinnacle Ski and Sports will help you maintain your equipment so it will last longer, and keep you skiing.


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Windows seems to be heading down a similar road to Apple by
locking down where you will be able to access apps from, when the new
Metro-style Windows 8 launches next year.
Last week we saw Microsoft show off the new Windows 8
interface on devices from tablets to desktop PCs, based on both ARM and x86
processors. Now a new post on the Windows 8 Developer blog specifically points out that if you want to find and
download Metro-style apps then the new
Windows Store will be the only legitimate place to go.
In a move which replicates Apple's insistence that everyone
buys their iOS apps through iTunes, Microsoft promises that this will mean the
apps will be easier to find as they will all be in one central location.
It also promises that there will be easier enforcement of
software trials and allow for in-app purchases, a feature only recently
introduced in iOS and Android.
Microsoft promises rigorous testing of all apps submitted
to the Store and this should ensure that the Windows Store won't have the same
amount of dross found initially in the Android Market.
Developers and enterprise users will be the only exceptions
to the rule, and will be allowed to side-load apps not approved by Microsoft.
This restriction only applies to those apps which are
designed specifically for the Metro-style UI with those looking to download
desktop apps for Windows 8 still able to do so as normal – though they may
also be available in the Windows Store as well as from manufacturers and
We, for one, like the fact that the apps which will be
available for the Metro-style UI will have to be subject to testing by
Microsoft, as it means that once in the Windows Store, we know they are trustworthy
and reliable.
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Street picnic
A 64-year-old tradition continues as Chatham American Legion Post 759 hosts Homecoming, its "street picnic" on the Chatham square Thursday, June 23, through Saturday, June 25. Carnival rides are only $1 on Thursday night from 5 p.m. to close, and Saturday from 12-4 p.m. Food and drinks include walleye fish sandwiches, chicken strips, river fries, brats, barbeque sandwiches and more. Nightly at 7:30 p.m. listen to The Mud Bugs, Still Kick'n and KFD respectively. Saturday at 2 p.m. watch the parade make its way through the streets. The festival began to honor returning troops and continues to support all military, those who served or are serving. Chatham American Legion WWII veterans will ride in the parade. Show your support and appreciation.
Chatham Homecoming
Thursday, June 23, 5pm
Friday-Saturday, June 24-25
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See inspiration at work. Watch how real teachers and schools around the world are using Apple products to re-invent learning.
Individualised inspiration with iTunes U.
Jeanne Halderson, Longfellow Middle School
Halderson gives her students project choices to match their individual learning styles.
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Amy Heimerl, Park Avenue Elementary School
Amy Heimerl helps students in her class progress at their own pace by choosing apps that are suited to their learning levels.
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String Theory Schools
Teachers at Philadelphia Performing Arts re-imagine curriculum to engage students in new ways.
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Prince George's County Public Schools
Four federally funded junior high schools see amazing results with iPad.
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Special Education
For special education teachers around the world, iPad opens up a world of possibilities.
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Nanyang Girls' High School
A historic school looks to the future with iPad.
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Afghan economy stumbles amid election uncertainty
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Gulbuddian Arabzada has a small factory that turns scrap aluminum into shiny new pans that Afghan families use for washing clothes, making bread and other tasks.
His products are hardly luxury items, yet amid all the uncertainty surrounding this country's presidential election, even these pans are a hard sell. Since the Aug. 20 vote, Arabzada has slashed his daily production in half and laid off 15 of his 50 workers
"There is a kind of fear among the people, and the shop owners who sell my product, they tell me, 'Brother, the situation is bad,'" Arabzada said.
For Afghanistan's business community, the troubled election has been one more economic hit in a difficult year that's included rising threats from kidnappers and the Taliban-led insurgency. As security costs soar and consumer sales soften, some Afghan business people have abandoned homes in Kabul for safer places such as Dubai. Others have pulled back on investments.
Afghan government and business officials say the economic downturn has spread across a broad swath of the economy. Real estate sales have dipped and money exchangers say less business people are seeking foreign currency to bankroll deals. A slowdown in the demand for electronics, automobiles and other products caused an 11 percent decline in Afghanistan's import tax revenues in the three months that ended in August compared to the three-month period that ended in May, according to the Ministry of Finance.
Business people also complain that President Hamid Karzai is now in a weakened position to crack down on the bribes often sought by police and other government officials as goods move across Afghanistan. That's further complicated commerce.
"We have complained and talked about this issue, and President Karzai said it should stop," said Muhammad Qurban, the chief executive of Afghanistan's Chamber of Commerce and Industries. "But still we are facing this because the government somehow loses its power and control in the rural areas. This is one of the negative impacts of the election."
The Obama administration had hoped that the Aug. 20 vote would help strengthen Afghan democracy in the aftermath of decades of coups and the Taliban's violent ascent to power.
In the weeks that followed the election, however, evidence of widespread fraud prompted a lengthy review process by a United Nations-backed complaints commission. The vote rigging helped stir debate in America about the future of U.S. policy in Afghanistan, and in Kabul and elsewhere in this country it created a sense of political drift amid an expanding threat from the Taliban insurgency.
In an initial tally announced in September, Karzai claimed more than 54 percent of the vote, while his closest challenger, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, received less than 28 percent. But final results soon to be released are likely to exclude enough questionable votes to push Karzai's to 50 percent or less of the vote, according to an official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, at the Afghanistan Independent Election Commission. That could set the stage for a run-off election or for negotiations on a national unity government.
Afghan law requires that the runoff be held within two weeks of the final vote announcement, and that would be a difficult challenge. Some mountain areas already are cut off by cold weather. Also, Taliban forces are expected to try to disrupt this election just like they did the last.
"This is an American process, and mainly the election has taken place in Washington," said Zabiullah Mujahid, who speaks to reporters on behalf of the Taliban. "We, Taliban, intruded in the past, and we will intrude again so the election won't succeed."
There also is talk in Kabul that Abdullah could opt to withdraw from the race in exchange for political concessions from Karzai.
Karzai became Afghanistan's interim president in 2002, and then won election to a first five-year term in 2004. His administration has drawn billions of dollars in Western aid as the U.S. and European nations attempted to bolster the post-Taliban government, and all that money helped create an economic boom in Kabul.
Many expatriate Afghans initially returned with their families, and initial capital investments by 2006 had climbed to more than $1 billion as cell phone companies and other businesses found profit opportunities here, according to the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency.
The biggest business that's flourished in recent years has been the heroin trade, however, and the resurgent Taliban, a rising threat from criminal gangs and government corruption all have helped dull the enthusiasm of investors in manufacturing and other businesses not closely tied to Western military and aid spending.
"Kidnapping of businessmen became an industry, and the government seemed not to care," said an Afghan businessman involved in food imports and trading.
This businessman, who requested anonymity because of security concerns, said he'd left Afghanistan at 14, and returned to rebuild his family home after the Taliban fell. He never moved his wife and children back to Kabul, though, and now he visits only occasionally.
"The security situation has become so bad that I feel I should run my business sitting in Dubai. I cannot afford the expenses of having security guards and armored vehicles . . . I am deeply worried that election issues could further destabilize our country."
The 28-year-old Arabzada, the operator of the plant that makes aluminum pans, said it was easier to operate his business back in the Taliban days. Then, he didn't face criminal gangs or so many government officials asking for bribes.
Despite these challenges, Arabzada said his business had still managed to prosper under the Karzai administration. In a central courtyard, trucks unload battered pots, old gutters and other items. All this aluminum is melted down and then reshaped to form new pans and other items each day by workers who make between $80 and $300 a month.
In the weeks before the election, sales slipped as the Taliban stepped up attacks. They slumped even more sharply in the weeks that followed the vote, as there was no clear winner.
Arabzada is hoping that business will rebound if a new president is finally elected. He doesn't have much hope for improvements in security, however. Each day, Arabzada drives to work in an unarmored car, hoping to keep a low profile and steer clear of kidnappers and insurgent bombs.
"We put our trust in God," Arabzada said.
(Bernton reports for The Seattle Times. Shukoor is a McClatchy special correspondent.)
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Arabs, Tuaregs in Mali face hostility amid war
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MOPTI, Mali (AP) — Bawba Mint Baba Ahmed's sewing teacher singled her out in front of the class, telling her: "You look like a rebel." Others threatened to slit her throat, she says, drawing a finger across her neck.
Now the 29 year old has dropped out of school and spends her days hiding inside her mud-walled home with her mother and two sisters, fearing retaliation from those who accuse her of being an Islamist simply because she is Arab.
"We are truly afraid," she says, tugging at the azure-colored scarf that covers her head and hides her light skin as she sat cross-legged in the shade on a woven mat. "They say, 'You're the same color as the ones who have attacked us.'"
As the French and Malian forces oust al-Qaida-linked militants from the towns of Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal, ethnic tensions exacerbated by months of political upheaval are putting Mali's minorities in danger.
Most members of the Islamic groups that took over last year are from Tuareg and Arab ethnic groups. Northerners living in the central and southern parts of Mali say they have faced discrimination and fear of reprisals by those who blame the country's problems on anyone who looks Tuareg or Arab.
Less than 15 percent of Mali's population of 16 million are Tuareg or Arab, and the vast majority live across northern Mali.
Activists also fear that as tens of thousands return home to the north, there may be more such attacks against those suspected of links to Ansar Dine or NMLA — a secular Tuareg rebel group.
"Given its history and this high level of ethnic tension, we're really concerned that as local populations who suffered tremendously under the NMLA and the Islamists return to their towns and villages in the north that the incidents of reprisals could dramatically increase," said Corinne Dufka, a senior researcher with Human Rights Watch.
The U.N. special adviser on the prevention of genocide, Adama Dieng, also expressed concern. "While the liberation of towns once under the control of the rebel and extremist groups has brought hope to the populations of northern Mali, I am deeply concerned at the risk of reprisal attacks against ethnic Tuareg and Arab civilians," he said in New York on Friday.
Already in the town of Gao, Dufka said, there have been reports that people have targeted the homes of individuals who either housed Islamist fighters or are accused of collaborating with them, notably Arab traders.
And in the market of Timbuktu, more than a dozen shops owned by the city's Arab population have been gutted, pillaged by the population because the town's Arab citizens were suspected of having been allied with the Islamists.
Malian military forces are also facing accusations of targeting Tuaregs and Arabs especially in the last month.
International human rights group have expressed concern about soldiers attacking civilians, including violence directed toward Tuaregs and those suspected of links to the Islamists. One witness told The Associated Press last month that he saw soldiers kill three men in Sevare, including an older man with a beard who had been reading the Quran at a bus stop.
The country's current chaos began a year ago when Tuaregs from the north who have long sought autonomy launched another rebellion.
Backlash against Tuaregs and other light-skinned northerners soon began, and only intensified after radical Islamists took advantage of the chaos to seize northern Mali and implement a harsh version of Islamic law known as Shariah.
While most of Mali's Arab community lives in the north, the family of Bawba Ahmed, the woman who dropped out of her class, has lived in the central town of Mopti since 1963 — almost as long as Mali has been an independent nation.
Last year, Bawba fled to neighboring Burkina Faso with her mother and sisters 21-year-old Aguida and 33-year-old Mounaicha out of concern for their safety in Mopti.
They rented an apartment there for about a month, but decided to come back as money ran low and those in Mopti reassured them things were getting better back home.
Now they rarely venture outside, fearing attacks from unruly Malian soldiers patrolling the area or neighbors who view them with suspicion.
"There are certain neighbors who are kind and have protected us and others who have not," says Fatouma Arby, the 72-year-old matriarch of the family, dressed in a black robe and headscarf.
The four unmarried women survive off only their small herd of livestock — including two sheep tied to trees out front and a pile of baby goats sleeping in the shade that they can sell one by one for cash.
"I just want people to know I have nothing to do with the Islamists," Bawba says softly as her sister Aguida prepares tea. "I just want to live in peace."


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The OB-Xa is a massive analog synthesizer with a very familiar and classic Oberheim sound. Its sound, size and power are very similar to the Prophet 5 from Sequential. However this one has up to 8 voices which can be split, layered and stored!
The OB-Xa was available in four, six or eight voice polyphonic models. They all featured patch memories, also in varying degrees. A minimum of 32 patches were available on early models (4 banks of 8). The maximum amount of patch memory storage found on many OB-Xa's is 120 patch memories. All models of OB-Xa, however, featured the new Curtis chips which offered great stability for an analog synth and they are attributed to its great filters and sounds.
The OB-X was very similar to the OB-Xa except that its voices could not be split or layered and, more significantly, the OB-X had a lowpass-only discrete SEM 12dB/oct state variable filter, which had a great and classic Oberheim sound. The OB-Xa changed that in an attempt to economize manufacturing and increase stability by switching to CEM3320 Curtis chips for its filters. The Xa offered two switchable filter modes: 12 dB/oct (2-pole) or 24 dB/oct (4-pole). This hardware change resulted in a more agressive sound, not quite as creamy as the OBX original, but what still became a "bread and butter" sound of the Oberheim line.
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The 2013 F1 season is only four days into testing and a Ferrari has already caught on fire.
The fire occurred while Ferrari's reserve/development driver Pedro de la Rosa was piloting the F138 for the pre-season test at Jerez, in Spain. The car didn't make it more than two laps before it burst.
We cannot say precisely what caused the apparent engine failure, but we would chalk it up to being a Ferrari.
Nico Rosberg's Mercedes W04 caught fire on the first day of Jerez testing, but we don't care because it's not a Ferrari. Also, Hammy crashed into a wall.
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'Cubicle Guy' Pops Up: Weiner News Conference Made Him A Star
As New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner was admitting Tuesday that he continued to "sext" after his 2011 resignation from Congress, social media sites were abuzz about the "cubicle guy" whose head kept popping up behind the Democratic politician.
"Who is the white haired guy in the background acting like the neighbor from Home Improvement peeking over the cubicle? lol," "Miss B" wondered on Twitter.
Minneapolis radio station WCCO knew just who it was: Jeff McKinney, a former reporter and anchor at the station. He's now with New York City's WOR radio.
In fact, it was WCCO's Adam Carter who "cubicle guy" can be seen waving to at one point.
After his brush with Web fame, McKinney told Carter that:
"Cubicle guy had no idea that he was cubicle guy. Cubicle Guy was just there. He was taking notes. He was standing behind Anthony Weiner, because that was the only available spot to him. Because Cubicle Guy was late getting to the news conference — not, as it turned out, as late as Anthony Weiner. ... That was the only place I could stand."
Politico has put together a brilliant, jazzy video tribute to Cubicle Guy.
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NORWICH — On Tuesday, the Deb Hinchey administration officially begins.
But Norwich's incoming mayor hasn't waited for the formal office to start drilling into what promises to be a full workload over the next four years.
"I'm excited. It feels real now," Hinchey said. "I've just been kind of trying to figure out my way of how I'm going to do things."
The influence of her position has already led to at least one significant development: A much earlier start to the budget planning process. City Manager Alan Bergren has begun meeting with department heads to get a jump on funding needs for the upcoming fiscal year and, most importantly to Hinchey, avoid layoffs to make up for shortfalls.
That was a campaign promise Hinchey carried through this summer's primary against fellow Democratic alderman Charlie Jaskiewicz and into two debates and her November victory against Republican Mayor Peter Nystrom.
Hinchey, a two-term councilwoman, said the six others with whom she'll share policymaking decisions are a mix of experienced leaders and new personalities that she hopes will lead to ideas the city has never seen before.
For example, Hinchey plans to be a full-time presence at City Hall, leaving her private-sector job as a social worker to focus exclusively on economic development — the mayor's role as defined by the charter.
"This is a good group. I've been fortunate enough all four years I was on the council to have good co-council people, but we've got some new people that haven't been involved in politics before, and then we've got people like Sofee (Noblick) and Pete (Desaulniers) and Mark (Bettencourt)," she said. "This really may be our chance to be creative and do some things."
Hinchey is also committed to what she calls a more collaborative approach to government that involves bringing people forward to serve on boards and committees who have no prior experience.
"I talked to so many people during the campaign, and they want to, they just need somebody to draw them in. I have a legal pad full of names and I'm going to try and follow up on that," she said.
There are several major issues facing the incoming council through the first months of the new year: A completed request for proposals seeking development opportunities for downtown's Reid & Hughes building, establishing a charter revision committee, continued talks on relocating the police station and possible zoning changes with the newly updated Plan of Conservation and Development.
"Everybody's looking at this as a team effort, because we've got so much to do," said Noblick, a Republican who was re-elected to a third term. "This is a unique council. Everybody is bringing something different to the table. We've got a lot on our plate over the next two years, so we're going to need everybody's contributions."
Democrat Bill Eyberse is one of two council members serving for the first time, along with fellow party member Terell Wilson.
"I think I have an enormous learning curve, so I'm going to pay attention, but I'm really excited with the bunch of people I'm with, and I think we have a great opportunity to do a lot," Eyberse said. "What the great thing is is that it's a great combination of experience and new people that bring in different ideas, because that's what you really need."
Bettencourt agreed. Among his priorities for this council is pushing forward plans for development of a vacant hotel project at 154 Salem Turnpike, and possibly using a city tax financing plan to help.
"We've got some new people, and there's usually a learning curve for them, but I'm going to help bring them up to speed," Bettencourt said. "There's going to be a lot do, and we have some people with good experience.


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2015-02-23 - Berlin insider and Bugaboo Cristoph Bartusch talks Brand Store, Berlin fashion and growing up this German metropolis.
What is your job at Bugaboo?
"I'm the account manager for Germany and the Bugaboo Berlin Brand Store Manager."
How long have you been with Bugaboo and what did you do before?
"I've been here for just over a year now. I was introduced to the brand via a friend and heard that they were looking for an account manager with retail experience. Before this, I worked in the fashion industry for various outdoor/work wear brands one of which was Paul Frank."
How were you involved with the Bugaboo Berlin Brand Store?
"When I started at Bugaboo, we were looking for a cool location to open the latest flagship store here in Berlin. It was difficult to find somewhere and another location didn't go through right at the end. It was a friend from my children's Kindergarten who pointed me to this place. The location is perfect for Bugaboo, there's a 50/50 divide between working and living, a cool playground opposite the store, not to mention this area has the highest birthrate in Europe!"
Could you tell us a little bit more about the neighborhood?
"It's a really special place because of its history, the Berlin wall used to run straight through the middle. 10 years ago there wasn't much here, then a shop called Apartment came which offered a completely new concept. That's where the evolution of this area started and being here now with the Bugaboo Brand Store makes me proud to be a part of that evolution."
The shop itself feels very different to the one in Amsterdam…
"Yes, we wanted to create a concept store here with different functions. So there is a place to meet, to get information about our products, there's a repair shop even. It's not just about buying new products here, we want to offer people a full experience and have them leave the store with a good feeling."
What else can we do in this area?
"Definitely shopping, there are some one-of-a-kind shops in this area with a selection of brands that you won't find anywhere else in the world. My favourites are: Firmament (Linienstrasse 40), Civilist (Brunnenstraße 13), 14oz (Neue Schönhauser Straße 13), the Adidas flagship store (Münzstraße 13-15), and SOTO Berlin (Torstraße 72)."
What do you love about Berlin, what made you want to raise your kids here?
"It has its good and bad sides; on the one hand you could worry a lot about your kids running around in the big city, but I think growing up in such a (multi) culturally-rich place is a great preparation for the future."


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'SPACE: An Out-of-Gravity Experience' at Boston's Museum of Science
Beginning this summer, visitors to the Museum of Science, Boston will get a first-hand, climb-aboard, cosmic experience and learn what it takes to live and work in space at the Museum's newest exhibit, "SPACE: An Out-of-Gravity Experience," opening June 24.
Using hands-on and large-scale interactive exhibits and multimedia components, "SPACE" will give museum goers a glimpse of the extraordinary systems, tools and technologies developed for human space travel, as well as the unique challenges and rewards of life on board the International Space Station.
Visitors will explore the conditions that make space travel so dangerous and try out some of the engineering technology that makes life and research in space possible. Along the way they'll answer questions they've long wondered about: How do astronauts sleep in a weightless environment? How do they eat? And how do they go to the bathroom?
The exhibit features artifacts from the past fifty years of space exploration, as well as the newest innovations designed to help astronauts make more frequent and longer trips into orbit. Features include Neil Armstrong's gloves from Apollo 11 and interviews with current and retired astronauts who share personal accounts of life in space.
Museum goers will also have the chance to climb aboard Destiny Lab, a life-sized replica of the laboratory connected to the International Space Station, which serves as the primary research facility for U.S. payloads. The Destiny Lab will rotate around visitors during a four-minute tour, simulating the feeling that many astronauts experience during their first days in space.
"We are excited to bring the wonder and innovation of space travel to the Museum of Science," said Museum of Science Director and President, Ioannis Miaoulis. "Space travel is full of possibilities. We invite visitors of all ages to experience living and working in space, while getting an insider's look at what space exploration means to the future of our society."
"SPACE: An Out-of-Gravity Experience" was designed and developed by the Science Museum of Minnesota in partnership with the International Space Station Office of NASA's Johnson Space Center, the California Science Center, and partner museums. This special exhibit will be featured at the Museum of Science through mid-December.


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Your gynecologist may have already showed you what your cervix looks like, but you can play doctor
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NEW YORK - A sharp decline in viewers for the season finales of "The Voice" and "American Idol" this week raises the question of whether music competition shows on television are fading out.
The year's final "American Idol" on Fox Wednesday was seen by fewer people than any Idol-crowning moment since the series began in 2002. "The Voice" has bypassed "American Idol" in popularity, yet Tuesday's season-ending episode was down 25 percent from the 2013 finale, the Nielsen company said Thursday.
"Perhaps the viewing tastes have changed, have evolved," said Brad Adgate, a TV analyst for Horizon Media. "There are ebbs and flows as to what is a popular programming genre or not and it seems like music competition shows have run their course. Particularly younger viewers are looking for what's next."
Fox has already cancelled Simon Cowell's "The X-Factor" for next year. The ratings slide for "American Idol," this year with judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr., has been well-documented but is particularly stark when looking at finales for the past few years.
Wednesday's show, where North Carolina rocker Caleb Johnson became the season 13 champion, was seen by 10.1 million viewers, Nielsen said. The season finale reached 14.3 million people last year, 21.5 million in 2012 and 29.3 million in 2011. That's down 66 percent in three years.
This year's show had a 9 share among viewers aged 18-to-49, meaning 9 percent of viewers in that age group watching TV at the time were watching "Idol." The show's peak was in 2006, when 36.4 million people watched the finale, which had a 36 share among younger viewers.
Fox has taken the show's downfall into account in scheduling, saying it will air fewer hours next season and in many weeks only one episode instead of two.
"'Idol' is not going to come back to be the ratings champion it once was," said Kevin Reilly, Fox's entertainment chief. "But we believe the show can be on for many years to come."
"The Voice" decline is in some ways more alarming, because it has been a linchpin in NBC's comeback since starting in 2011. Tuesday's finale, where Usher team member Josh Kaufman won the top prize, reached 11.7 million viewers. That's down from the 14 million who saw the conclusion of the last competition in December, and the 15.6 million who watched last spring.
Jeff Bader, NBC's top scheduling executive, said "The Voice" had stiffer competition this week than last year, when the season ended in June.
NBC has not changed its pattern for "The Voice" next season, expecting to air two episodes each week and separate competitions in the fall and spring. Bader said he expects having Gwen Stefani and Pharrell replace Shakira and Cee Lo Green as judges will invigorate the show.
He said it's too early for NBC to consider cutting back on the show's hours. NBC will no doubt want to see how decreased competition in the genre, with no "The X-Factor" in the fall and fewer "American Idol" hours in the spring, will help "The Voice."
"It's not a genre thing," Bader said. "There has been speculation about people losing interest in these shows for about a decade now."


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Man Dies at Sun Valley Ski Resort
KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — A part-time Sun Valley resident has died after falling off a chairlift at the Sun Valley ski resort. Blaine County Sheriff Gene Ramsey says 56-year-old Dana Mower was pronounced dead shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday at St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center in Ketchum. Ramsey said from witness accounts it appeared that Mower had a heart attack before falling from the chairlift on Bald Mountain. He was riding alone. The coroner's office says the cause of death had not been determined Thursday. Ramsey said Mower also had a residence in Seattle.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee Tech goalkeeper Kaitlyn Thacker posted her fourth career shutout and first of the season as the Golden Eagles battled Ohio Valley Conference foe Morehead State to a 0-0 tie in Cookeville on Sunday.
Thacker had eight saves in the match, including one in the second overtime frame as the Golden Eagles move to 3-8-2 overall and 2-1-1 in OVC play.
"I felt like our back line did a great job, and Kaitlyn did a great job today," Tech head coach Becky Fletcher said. "The team really fought and there was no let down."
Morehead State outshot Tech 12-6 in the match, including an 8-3 advantage in shots on goal. Taren Brown, Kris Cambron and Michelle Decker each had a shot at the net for Tech.
It was the second straight overtime match for Tech, as the Golden Eagles knocked off Eastern Kentucky in overtime on Friday. Tech is now 2-0-2 in overtime matches this season. It was the fourth time this season Tech has shutout its opponent.
"It feels good that we can hold on throughout overtime and we don't let up," Tech freshman Kerri Reid said, who played all 110 minutes. "It's do-or-die time and we can't let up now. We've got to keep going forward and step it up."
Lily Meisner posted the shutout for Morehead State, finishing with three saves, as the Eagles move to 5-6-2 overall and 2-0-1 in OVC play.
"I feel like we're competing with every team," Fletcher said. "We got a complete effort today. I think if we can put a couple more pieces of the puzzle together then we're going to peak at the right time. We're getting better everyday, and I'd say we took a huge step forward today."
The Golden Eagles are now half way through their OVC schedule and sit in the top three in the league standings. Tech will host a non-conference match against Longwood on Oct. 8 before the home finale against Austin Peay on Oct. 11. The match against Austin Peay will be Tech's senior day, as Tech senior Brittany Rogers will be honored.
Tech's match with Longwood begins at 4 p.m. Admission to all Tech home soccer matches is free.
The Golden Eagles have OVC road matches at Eastern Illinois, Southeast Missouri and Jacksonville State remaining, and will also visit Lipscomb in a non-conference meeting before the OVC tournament Nov. 3-8. The league's top six teams advance to the conference tournament, which will be hosted by the regular season champion.


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The Fastest Baklava Recipe Ever
I love a rich and fulfilling cooking process and usually don't mind taking my time. But, authentic baklava is one of the most labor-intensive desserts as proven during my trip to Turkey. I got a hands-on cooking lesson in homemade baklava, and it's an insanely beautiful and lengthy process. Yufka dough, similar to the store-bought phyllo we get here, comprises the layers, and each baklava has 100 of them. Yes, 100 sheets are rolled out to create this delicious dessert.
A few things struck me as I first made balls with the dough, then rolled out 6 or 7 individually to small discs, then placed the 7 on top of each other and rolled those out to the full size (not nearly as quickly or skillfully as the ladies showing me…how many more times?). Typically, baklava recipes require painting each sheet of pastry with butter before placing the next layer on top, which is more than tricky with the thin phyllo. But these ladies didn't do that – they cut the layered pastry dough into little squares and then poured the butter all over…genius!
I decided to adopt this method using store-bought phyllo, and the result is the fastest baklava ever. Layer phyllo and chopped nuts, cut carefully, cover with clarified butter, bake, douse in syrup. That's it! This syrup is simple, incredibly delicious and with my personal twist of vanilla bean. Baklava is undoubtedly sweet, but I think this one hits just the right amount of sweetness with lovely honey, vanilla, and cinnamon undertones. I make mine into bite-sized little squares so as not to overindulge…It's fantastic to do ahead as the flavor gets better, and it keeps for about 5 days at room temperature. Enjoy!
Yields 1 9-inch round cake pan
¼ cup unsalted walnuts, lightly toasted
¼ cup unsalted almonds, lightly toasted
¼ cup unsalted pistachios, lightly toasted
2 tbsps light brown sugar
½ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp salt
pinch of ground cloves
2 sticks of unsalted butter, clarified*
1 box phyllo dough, thawed (1 lb)
½ cup honey
½ cup water
½ cup sugar
1 vanilla bean, split and scraped
1 (1-inch) piece of lemon or orange rind
Preheat oven to 400° F. Grease a 9-inch cake pan.
Phyllo dough dries out pretty quickly, so, in lieu of using a damp cloth on top of the dough and going back and forth, I suggest working quickly and having all of your other ingredients for the pastry ready to go. The most difficult part will be (carefully!) cutting the pastry before adding the butter and baking. You need a sharp knife and a bit of patience.
Place walnuts, almonds, pistachios, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and cloves in a food processor, and pulse until finely chopped (not powder).
Place all of the phyllo sheets on a clean cutting board. You have to cut the sheets to fit the cake pan. Take the cake tin and place it on top of all of the sheets at the furthest corner possible. Use a sharp pairing knife to cut around the tin. Then, move the cake pan to the opposite diagonal and cut around the remaining phyllo. You should have two, even-layered circles of phyllo dough. If the phyllo dough is just a tad short, and it's not exact – don't sweat it. Use the slightly smaller layers for the bottom part and no one knows the wiser!
You are going to make three layers of phyllo and two of nuts. Place one of the layered circles into the greased cake pan to form the bottom. Cover with half of the nut mixture and drizzle a little honey in very thin streams across all of the nuts. Divide the other layered circle into two equal halves of layers. Place one of them over the nuts, and then again cover with the remaining half of the nut mixture and a little honey. Place the final layers of phyllo on top.
Carefully, cut down the pastry 5 times across in equal widths. Turn the tin 90?, and repeat the process. Immediately, drizzle the clarified butter over the pastry so that the entire top and edges are covered. Let sit for 2 minutes so that all of the butter soaks down.
Bake for 15 minutes. Lower the heat to 325° F, and bake for another 40 minutes.
Make the syrup in the last 10 to 15 minutes of baking. Combine all of the syrup ingredients in a saucepan and bring up to a boil. Lower immediately to a simmer, simmer for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring often until slightly thickened, and remove from the heat discarding the vanilla bean and rind. Be careful – it can foam up, so stirring will help prevent it from overflowing. Also, sugar is extremely hot when heated like this so avoid the temptation to dip your finger and taste…
Remove baklava from the oven. Carefully, re-cut the baklava along the same lines you cut before. Pour the warm syrup evenly over the hot baklava, and let cool completely and uncovered. All of the syrup should soak into the pastry. The baklava tastes better if it sits longer, so I advise making it the night before you plan to serve it.
Baklava can be stored at room temperature for about 5 days. Make sure it has completely cooled before covering to keep a good texture.
*Because of the quick method we're using, you don't want the milk solids from the butter to burn on the top of the baklava, so it only takes a few minutes to clarify the butter. You basically want to melt the butter on low and simmer for a few minutes. The water will evaporate, and the milk solids will settle to the bottom. Skim the foam off the top, and the butter should be relatively clear. When you use the butter, decant it – that is, pour it without letting any of the milk solids that are settled at the bottom pour into your container.


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For the past 15 years, George Karambuka, a Pentecostal pastor and health worker, has fought against HIV/AIDS. Like many Kenyan church leaders, Karambuka believed premarital abstinence and marital fidelity were the key to preventing new infections.
But Karambuka, fellow African pastors, and other religious leaders have recently joined a new, controversial effort to stem the deadly virus: circumcising adult African men, by the tens of millions. About 70 percent of men in Africa are already circumcised. So an estimated 20 million uncircumcised adult men, many of them living in sub-Saharan Africa, could potentially benefit from this surgery.
Though skeptics remain, recent research indicates that circumcision helps prevent the transmission of HIV from women to men. Edward C. Green, the renowned HIV/AIDS researcher and author of Broken Promises: How the AIDS Establishment Has Betrayed the Developing World, is one champion of voluntary medical male circumcision. In an interview, Green said, "From a purely public health standpoint circumcision is beneficial, especially in southern Africa where infection rates are the highest.
"We talk about a perfect storm of factors. There are more men and women having multiple and concurrent sex partners in southern Africa than any other place in the world. You have high rates of uncircumcised men, and a couple other factors that together make the perfect storm for high HIV rates."
Green has encouraged religious leaders to support adult male circumcision. "The evidence is so strong and the church is so powerful. It's essential. If more than half of the male population of a country becomes circumcised, and certainly if it went up to closer to 80 or 90 percent, ...1
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Thank you to every man and woman who has ever served this country, in peace time and in war. Also, thank you to your families for the sacrifice.
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I am writing in response to a Jan. 14 Journal story from which I quote District Attorney Will Furse, who said, "Two years in a cage is probably enough, but I'm not sure."
This regards the sentencing of a young man, John Finocchiaro. On Nov. 19, Furse said, "We have to give these prisoners the tools to reintegrate into society." I would like to know where this D.A. of ours actually stands. The first quote is an unnecessarily callous remark about someone who obviously has never been helped while within the "system." Since the head of the justice system in our area is this bigoted against the inmates, how doesn't that reflect on officers and personnel who work in his administration? We have had some trouble in our jail in the past few months – maybe Furse should think about how he reacted to them.
I am not dealing with a popular grandstand here, but remarks like Furse made on Jan. 14 affect all of us.
I am not related to this inmate. He did work for us with the approval of his parole officer. He was released in June – not August. He was trustworthy and worked hard in 100-degree heat. He could not get a job or an apartment, as there is a "felony" box on both applications. There is no help of this kind for those released from prison.
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I'm using gparted on ubuntu via the live cd (11.10) to organize the partition to setup windows xp (sp3 (latest)) and im unsure of A: how to use gparted properly, and B: what settings to use for the partition to get it identifiable for the windows xp installation (to my understanding its hard to windows to see the hard drive after having a linux distro installed on it.
My ultimate goal is to use the WHOLE partition for windows, and erasing EVERYTHING on the drive. i understand i need to make the new partition an NTSF file system, but what about the other settings?