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The UCI's Licence Commission has today rejected a request made by the governing body itself to have the UCI WorldTour licence granted to Team Saxo Bank last September withdrawn. The UCI had asked the Licence Commission to review the Danish team's status after Alberto Contador received a two-year partly restrospective ban in February as a result of his positive ban for clenbuterol during the 2010 Tour de France. The 29-year-old's ban expires in August.
Contador had won that race in the colours of Astana, but was already lined up to join Saxo Bank when news of his positive test was made public at the end of September 2010.
As part of the Court of Arbitration for Sport's ruling in February this year, he was stripped of that 2010 Tour de France title as well as results obtained with Saxo Bank including his overall victory in the 2011 Giro d'Italia, his fifth place overall in the 2011 Tour de France, and an overall win in another WorldTour race, the Volta a Catalunya.
In achieving those 2011 results as well as various other placings and stage results, Contador single-handedly amassed more than two thirds of Bjarne Riis's team's points, and its WorldTour status was widely perceived to be at risk following the Spaniard's ban.
It should be noted that the 'sporting value' points that are used for calculating a team's eligibility for a WorldTour licence are not the same as UCI WorldTour ranking points, and there is little precise information regarding how they are arrived at.
However, a quick look at the latest UCI WorldTour team rankings shows that the Danish outfit is likely to face a monumental struggle to keep its status beyond the end of the year. With defending champion Nick Nuyens out of the Tour of Flanders yesterday due to injury, the team has just two ranking points so far in 2012 - the next team above it in the rankings, FDJ-BigMat has 71, while the team currently leading the ranking, Liquigas-Cannondale, has 376.
Should Saxo Bank lose its WorldTour status, that would also place a question mark over its continued sponsorship by the Danish financial institution, which has been reported more than once over the past three seasons to have considered terminating its backing.
The potential loss of the coveted WorldTour status will no doubt be a cause of worry for team owner and manager Bjarne Riis, during a season in which he and the team should be celebrating the departure of the Giro d'Italia from his home town, Herning, the first time any of the three Grand Tours will have started in Denmark.
According to a statement released by the governing body this afternoon, "The UCI filed the request on the basis that the points obtained by Alberto Contador, representing approximately 68% of the Saxo Bank team's total points, therefore were annulled and without these points his team would not have been considered, and can no longer be considered, to fulfil the sporting criterion required for the UCI WorldTour.
"However the Licence Commission, whilst accepting that without its star rider, the team does not reach UCI WorldTour level, today ruled in a detailed decision that the special circumstances of the case, including as outlined above, did not in themselves justify the withdrawal of the licence granted on 18 November.
"As the Team Saxo Bank licence expires on 31 December 2012, the team will be required to satisfy all the criteria taken into account by article 2.15.011 of the regulations should it wish to compete again as a UCI ProTeam in 2013.'
Commenting on the decision, UCI President Pat McQuaid said: "UCI followed the correct procedure in accordance with the rules. The Licence Commission carried out its work and took its decision in an entirely independent manner and therefore we accept this ruling in a serene manner."
Born in Scotland, Simon moved to London aged seven and now lives in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds with his miniature schnauzer, Elodie. He fell in love with cycling one Saturday morning in 1994 while living in Italy when Milan-San Remo went past his front door. A daily cycle commuter in London back before riding to work started to boom, he's been news editor at road.cc since 2009. Handily for work, he speaks French and Italian. He doesn't get to ride his Colnago as often as he'd like, and freely admits he's much more adept at cooking than fettling with bikes.


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SALT LAKE CITY — A YouTube video showing a shirtless young boy resisting a pat-down at Salt Lake City's airport is renewing criticism of search methods for travelers.
Utah Valley University student Luke Tait shot the video Friday while waiting in a security line. It has been viewed on YouTube more than 765,000 times.
Tait said the boy appeared so shy he couldn't keep his arms raised for a pat-down, and the father removed his son's shirt out of frustration to speed up the search.
"I was shocked and realized something crazy was going on, so I took my BlackBerry off the conveyor belt and started recording," Tait told The Associated Press today from Oxford, Miss., where he traveled for Thanksgiving.
"A couple of times the father raised the arms of the boy. That ended up not being enough, so the father got frustrated and tore his boy's shirt off," Tait said.
That prompted a security officer to protest, "Sir, sir!"
The Transportation Security Administration said in a blog posting that nobody has to de-robe at an airport checkpoint. Passengers need only remove shoes, coats and jackets for a screening.
The boy was being searched because he sounded an alarm inside a metal detector, the TSA said. The boy's father removed his son's shirt to expedite the screening.
"That's it. No complaints were filed and the father was standing by his son for the entire procedure," said the posting by "Blogger Bob" of the TSA Blog Team.
Dwayne Baird, a regional public affairs manager for TSA, referred the AP to the blog posting and offered no additional comment. Another message was left at the public-affairs unit of TSA headquarters in Washington.
Tait said he never learned the identity of the boy or his father. He tried to approach the pair but said he was stopped by a man in a dark suit who appeared to be a TSA supervisor "grilling me about my motives."
Tait said the man demanded he delete his video, but he refused. He said he was followed by four TSA agents to his gate but allowed to board a plane without further questioning.
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Rindge man plays a part in national gun control talksBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
January 31. 2013 8:36PM
Days before Vice President Joe Biden sat down with a panel of experts to discuss gun control in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, Independent Firearm Owners Association President Richard Feldman was invited to the table.
Feldman said he and the IFOA support the right to bear arms, but say current laws need to be enforced and any new laws should be aimed at keeping guns away from criminals and the mentally ill without infringing on citizens' Second Amendment rights.
"We need more gun control, what does that means? I support gun control for criminals and the terminally mentally ill," he said Tuesday in Rindge before flying to Washington, D.C., to attend the Senate gun control hearings. "We're all in agreement in this country we all want to keep guns out of the hands of people that shouldn't have them and people who are crazy." But making it harder for everyone to get guns is not the solution.
"We talk around the problem; we use code words like gun show loophole and gun control," he said.
When he attended the Biden expert panel three weeks ago, he arrived with several talking points including enacting measures to prevent guns from getting into the hands of the mentally ill to restoring proper funding to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN), which traces guns used in crimes.
The federal database, which could be better at helping the ATF as well as law enforcement around the country, has been woefully underfunded for years, he said. The IFoA as well as NRA representatives also requested a national firearm safety awareness campaign, he said.
If Adam Lanza's mother had just followed that one rule - always keep your guns secured when not in use - the Newtown tragedy could have been prevented, he said.
Feldman said he is pleased his voice was heard at the table as well as with the new proposed $60 million budget for the NIBIN, which is double any previous budget request the ATF has made in the past.
Since sitting on the panel, Feldman has been going nonstop, flying between New York and California to appear on national news talk shows and giving interviews for Canadian and Australian media outlets in his in Rindge home.
This week, he returned to Washington, D.C., to attend Senate hearings regarding gun control.
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The Florida State Seminoles officially unveiled their new logo and uniforms on Friday. Take a look at the new Nike digs.
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New baseball, basketball and volleyball uniforms:
Jameis Winston and the rest of the team seemed to like them:
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https://twitter.com/BrandonMellor/statuses/454726276486410240 The new FSU pattern: https://twitter.com/Seminoles_com/status/454743499196207104
Ukeme Eligwe in the FSU home uniform pic.twitter.com/2JD6qkoEXn — Bob Ferrante (@BobFerrante) April 11, 2014
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The official logo: Here's a cool look at the evolution of FSU's jerseys:
You don't realize how uniforms can change. Here's a look at @FSU_Football through the years. #IgnitionTradition #fb pic.twitter.com/NkCueEs2L6
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Of the 45 states that adopted the Common Core reading, math and writing standards, nine are having second thoughts.
Some states are seeking to slow implementation, while others are trying to repeal the standards altogether. Legislation pending in some states would prevent adoption of standards in other subjects, such as social studies or science.
The only states not to adopt the standards are Alaska, Nebraska, Texas and Virginia. Minnesota adopted the reading but not the math standards.
What's happening in the states:
� In Kansas, the idea of putting the brakes on Common Core failed earlier in the session in the House Education Committee. However, grassroots pressure has been put on the state board and legislators to stop implementation over concerns that it will weaken Kansas education and that the standards equate to additional federal intrusion into what opponents say is a local issue of setting curriculum.
� In Missouri, a bill that would have required the state education department to estimate the cost of implementing the standards and to hold statewide hearings about them failed. The legislative session has wrapped up.
� In Michigan, Gov. Rick Snyder said in May that he supports the state's participation in the standards. But the state's House and Senate have approved budgets prohibiting spending on the standards.
� In Georgia, Gov. Nathan Deal signed an executive order in May putting in place restrictions on the standards. Under the order, the state will be prohibited from collecting certain information on students and their families, including religious and political affiliation and voting history. Deal, a Republican, acknowledged in his remarks that the personal information is not currently being collected, but said his order was designed to ensure no one's rights are violated.
� In Indiana, lawmakers put the brakes on the new standards in April, voting to delay their full rollout to allow time to study the potential costs of implementing or abandoning them and hold public meetings.
� In Pennsylvania, controversy has surrounded an effort to create a set of standards that melds parts of the state's 14-year-old standards with the Common Core standards. Gov. Tom Corbett asked state education officials in May to clarify that those combined standards are not uniform national standards. However, Corbett's request apparently would not alter the substance of the proposed standards, or the part of the proposal that ties them to tests that students must pass in order to graduate.
� In Alabama, some Republicans tried without success to repeal the standards The standards have been opposed by the governor and supported by state Superintendent of Education Tommy Bice and a statewide business organization.
� In South Carolina, an effort by some Republicans to block implementation died in the Senate last year. Republicans in the House took a different tack this year aimed at future Common Core standards, sponsoring a bill requiring that any new standards also be approved by the Legislature. It's up for debate on the House floor.
� In Utah, some in the state are resisting the Common Core, including the state's Republican Party, which approved a resolution in May opposing the standards.


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Many years ago I had a conversation with a man whose wife had just been buried. He had led a rather dysfunctional life and perpetrated much abuse on his spouse and children. He asked me what I thought of his chances of going to heaven. This was not a great question, since our salvation is not a matter of odds, but rather the assurance of faith in Jesus Christ who has already won this for us. Obviously, salvation is not a lock, as if our cooperation with God's saving grace is not necessary. It is! But odds are not part of the picture.
I decided to base my reply on some sense of how he conceived of the situation. "Have you reformed your moral life?" His response was, "Well, you know…. I guess that's a hard one. I still have some anger issues and now and then some alcohol concerns." I asked him, "Are you engaged in the church?"
His response: "No. Apart from the funeral, I haven't been to church in 30 years [that is, since the late 1950s]. I can't stand all these changes." "But you left the church before they came in," I said. "I know! This sure as hell isn't the church I left 30 years ago." (True conversation, I swear.)
I kept going: "Do you at least pray?" He pondered: "Not so much like I suppose I should."
I encouraged him to go to confession and tell all. I gently urged him to make the rest of his life one of amends. I suggested to him how important it was to return to the church and to start a prayer life. But inside my head I was wondering: "Why do you even want to go to heaven if you're not interested in God? Heaven is all God all the time!"
In the second reading we hear, "Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." This will be heaven: being like God. Peter frames the fulfillment of God's promises by saying that we "may come to share in the divine nature" (2 Pt 1:4). The church has called this theosis, or divinization, which refers to living God's life by grace as God lives it, particularly loving as God loves.
If this seems a bit too heavy or a bit too abstract, we would do well to consider the Gospel. Jesus tells his listeners that he is the good shepherd. Unlike uncaring shepherds, who leave the sheep in time of danger, this good shepherd will protect us even with his very life. The theme of shepherding is much used throughout the Old Testament. Ezekiel 34 is the classic passage in which the prophet excoriates the bad shepherds (leaders) who exploit their sheep (the people of Israel) without care. Ezekiel prophesies that God himself will personally pasture the sheep as well as place before them a new David, who "shall feed them and be their shepherd" (34:15, 23). Jesus most assuredly fulfills this prophecy on both scores.
Jesus has come to feed us, to protect us, to guide us and to love us. What is particularly touching is that twice Jesus assures his listeners that he and his disciples (shepherd and sheep) have an intimate relationship: "I know mine and mine know me," and "they will hear my voice." There is great tenderness in Jesus' image. In coming to know him and letting him know us, we come to develop a deep bond.
When I was in college, I was given a pamphlet that began by asking me what I would say at the gates of heaven when asked why I should be admitted. The definitive answer was, "Because Jesus died for my sins" (you cannot go wrong with that). Today's Gospel answer would be, "Because I belong there." So maybe I should have asked that cantankerous old man who wanted to know his odds of going to heaven: "Do you belong there?"


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College Track, a Bayview after-school program, will break ground Thursday on a renovated building that will let it double the number of students it serves.
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College Track is a national after-school program that works with students from 9th grade to college graduation. According to the program, 100 percent of its seniors graduate from high school and 90 percent go on to a four-year college. Sixty-five percent of those kids graduate in six years, on par with the California average. The current Bayview site serves 200 high school students and 34 students in college, who come to the site at least three days a week for tutoring and extra-curricular activities. The new building will allow the group to serve 500 kids from the Bayview, Hunters Point, Visitacion Valley, Potrero Hill and the Mission


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WASHINGTON, DC - On behalf of the national pro-life ministry, the American Freedom Law Center filed a lawsuit today in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Obamacare mandate that Priests for Life's insurance plan must provide contraception, abortifacients and sterilization services to its employees.
On Tuesday, Aug. 20, at 9 p.m. EDT, Priests for Life will welcome Rep. Michele Bachmann for a Religious Freedom webcast to discuss the case and talk about how people can help to safeguard our First Amendment right to freedom of religion and the even more fundamental right to life itself.
Priests for Life was the fourth organization to file a lawsuit against the mandate in February 2012. The court protected Priests for Life from the effects of the mandate, but declined to rule on its merits because the administration promised that accommodations for faith-based employers would address the organization's concerns. Those accommodations, released in June, still do not provide Priests for Life the protection it needs from being forced to cover the objectionable drugs and services as part of their health plans.
Therefore, the need now arises to file the lawsuit again, when the court can no longer tell us that new changes are coming or that harm to the organization is not imminent.
"As we predicted from the outset, the accommodation turned out to be no accommodation at all," said Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life.
The lawsuit alleges that the regulations violate the Constitution and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act by forcing religious organizations to violate their religious beliefs.
The new lawsuit names as plaintiffs, along with the Priests for Life organization itself, the following individuals: Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director; Janet Morana, Executive Director, and Alveda King, Director of African-American Outreach.
"Our concerns are not resolved just because the insurance carrier pays for the services that violate our Catholic faith," Father Pavone explained. "The fact is that Priests for Life still becomes the gateway through which people can have insurance coverage for some of the very things that our international ministry was formed to combat."
Mrs. Morana noted that, beyond Priests for Life's religious objections, there are health concerns as well, since the birth control pill has been labeled a Class 1 carcinogen by the World Health Organization.
"We care about our employees at Priests for Life," she said. "We would never provide something for them that was both morally wrong and physically hazardous."
Dr. King, the niece of Martin Luther King Jr., said the Obama administration's insistence on free contraception is an affront to civil rights.
"There are racist and eugenic roots to this thinking," Dr. King said. "Efforts to control the population always target minority and lower-income groups. We will not sit still and allow this to happen."
Robert Muise, co-founder and senior counsel of the American Freedom Law Center, said, "Despite his rhetoric about protecting the right of conscience, President Obama continues his war against religious liberty in order to promote his progressive, liberal agenda. Indeed, progressive liberals view pregnancy as a disease to be 'prevented' by contraception and 'cured' by abortion. By forcing religious organizations to participate in this culture of death agenda, the Obama administration is violating a core freedom enshrined in the Bill of Rights."
Catholic groups are not alone in objecting to the contraception/abortifactient mandate. David Yerushalmi, also a co-founder and senior counsel of the American Freedom Law Center, said: "As an orthodox Jew who objects to this mandate on religious and constitutional grounds, I can say with confidence that observant Jews are as opposed to Obama's assault on religious liberty as are those in the Christian communities across the country. In this battle, we all stand as one."
The Tuesday, Aug. 20 webcast, which can be accessed online or by phone, will feature special guest Rep. Michele Bachmann as well as Father Pavone, Janet Morana, and Dr. King. Other nationally-known guests have been invited. Sign up to join the webcast at PriestsforLife.org/Webcast.
"As one of the first organizations to launch a lawsuit against this unjust mandate, Priests for Life is more than ready to bring this battle to the next level with today's new filing," Father Pavone said. "I am more than confident of victory, not only because of the expertise of the American Freedom Law Center, but because we are fighting for what America itself stands for: freedom, and above all, life."
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michael bird
yes unnecessary abortion is a horrific evil, but the prolife movement or preist for life must be kept setparate from politics, religions must remain neutral politicaly other wise your back too the dark ages ,and either left wing or right wing they loose all credibility, and all it becomes is a political foot ball, used mostly by the born again right ,and I would hope my catholic church wouldn't get drawn into political left right bashing too gain votes as the nodenominational relgions do. because in your united states of America you have four hundred million people and only two political partys and according too world standards both are extremely right wing if prolife groups want any credibility, they must stay out of left right bashing , after all did not regan your all time favourite leader not legalize abortion in California did the bushes out law abortion?but how many uneccessary wars did they start, the trouble is so many issues too solve abortion is just one of thousands ,no sane spiritual person can vote for any political party one one issue, and only two political choices , with a third even more extreme choice like a tea party.keep up the good work but stay out of politics
michael sparrow
unessisary abortion is a horrible act against mankind ect.. that said,,did these employees all have medical coverage before?? because as with any health plan you usually heve too take the whole plan, and its up too the individual which parts of it they use according too there concoius and religious values, the same as in canada and most the world regaurdless if its a liberal or right wing or communist or facist government, the main point too consider is if everyone has medical coverage , and food and shelter.
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As the Conference Board's index of consumer confidence decreased to 58.6, the weakest since November 2011, the U.S. equity markets are still hovering near unchanged levels from yesterday. Recent major corporate earnings have been disappointing, such as those of Ford and VMware, but nevertheless, the overall tone of the equity markets seems very bullish. It seems to us that the market is now in a "breather" phase of its bullish disposition, and we expect the equity index futures to remain close to 1500 before the next big scheduled market event — the February release of employment data. We believe that if the employment percentage ticks down, and the non-farm payrolls number surprises to the upside, we might see a buying burst taking the MAR13 E-mini S&P 500 above and beyond the 1500 level. With this potentially occurring, we'll look for the U.S. 10-year note and 30-year bond to move sharply lower, corresponding directly with how high the jobs number is.
Precious metals are in an interesting spot today, with both gold and silver bouncing back slightly from their recent decline. Silver futures are up 1.43% to $31.22, while gold futures are up .5% to $1,661. We have the key support level for gold at the $1,620 area. Gold and silver have stopped their slide on the Mark Carney news sinking into the markets that as the incoming BOE chair, he will not be afraid to utilize more easing power to stimulate the economy. Typically, interest rate easing can boost prices of precious metals. Even though the U.S. easing policies might wind down in the next 12 months, other central banks may just be getting started. With that said, we still believe that gold and silver are in bearish-neutral environment, and we think these markets will head lower if the U.S. equity market make another leg up in the recent rally.
We focus more on the wheat futures market today. Bullish corn fundamentals seem to be pulling wheat and soybeans higher today and same for yesterday. MAR13 Wheat found a recent bottom at $7.40, and has rallied all the way to $8.00 this month, and now is trading at $7.82. We believe wheat could continue to grind upwards, especially if corn keeps rallying. We see a potential congestion area for wheat at $8.10, and think wheat could indeed rally to this level in the next 60 days.
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Manchester actress Kaleigh Cronin visits Jersey before heading to Big Apple's Great White Way with role in 'Cabaret'By DOUG ALDEN
New Hampshire Union Leader January 15. 2014 8:34PM
ACTING NOTES: Kaleigh Cronin got her start in musical theater in productions throughout the Granite State. Early roles included two spunky adolescents — the plucky red-headed orphan "Annie" and the spirited Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Welcome to the Klub, Kaleigh.
Manchester native Kaleigh Cronin is preparing for her Broadway debut this spring, having landed a coveted role in the revival of the classic musical "Cabaret." Cronin is playing Lulu, a member of the Kit Kat Klub ensemble in the story based around the happenings of a seedy 1930s nightclub in Berlin.
"'Cabaret' is a show that I have wanted to be part of forever. I think it's an amazing piece," said Cronin, a 2007 graduate of Manchester High School Central, about the tale set in a turbulent time of social, political and ethical upheaval. "It's an amazing piece. It's an incredible story to tell, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it."
Cronin's story is pretty impressive as well. At 24, she will wrap up a two-year national tour of the musical "Jersey Boys" this month and begin "Cabaret" rehearsals in February. "Jersey Boys" was her first audition when she arrived in New York just after graduating in 2011 from Carnegie Mellon University, where she majored in acting and musical theater.
Less than three years later, she will be on Broadway - a destination that for so many aspiring actors can be most elusive.
"I feel so lucky with how everything has kind of happened for me and fallen into place," Cronin said last week between "Jersey Boys" performances in Philadelphia.
"People talk about Broadway like it's a big deal - and it is," she said. "But I think performing is performing. I think I'm going to take the same approach as that. It is exciting, though."
The show opens in April, when Jack and Maureen Cronin plan to be there on opening night to see their daughter realize her dream of playing on Broadway.
"My mom tells stories about when anyone ... came over to visit, I pulled them aside and did a performance. I think I always wanted to sing and dance," she said. "My parents were so great about encouraging that but not pushing it ever upon me."
Maureen Cronin recalled a teenage Kaleigh coming to her with a question about how to handle interviews and questions about a backup plan should Broadway not happen. Kaleigh didn't have one - which her mother pointed out was the perfect answer.
"She is such an incredibly hard worker," Maureen Cronin said. "It sounds like it happened quickly, but she's been doing this since she was five or six years old and very consistently."
Kaleigh laughed when asked about her start in show business.
"I think my first show was 'Annie', which I went on to do six or seven times," she said. "As a young redhead girl, that's kind of a role you get typecast into."
Young Kaleigh established that she could be more than a plucky orphan with the right hair color and her roles expanded. She nabbed parts as Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird," based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 book about small-town America and issues of racism, and Anne Frank in a production about the Jewish girl who penned her now-famous diary as she and her family hid from the Nazi regime during World War II, prior to her discovery, deportation and death at a concentration camp.
Cronin also took up the saxophone as a fourth grader and developed her instrumental skills over the next six years. She thought she was done with the sax until she was about to audition for "Cabaret" and learned that the Roundabout Theatre Company was looking for a Lulu who had a bit of brass in her background.
Cronin enlisted her boyfriend, a saxophonist on the "Jersey Boys" tour, for some refresher lessons.
"He coached me back into fighting shape and I was able to play well enough to pass the audition," she said. "It was kind of funny to me. Here I am making my Broadway debut also playing the saxophone."
Cronin said the challenge of "Cabaret," which was converted into a movie in 1972 and won eight Oscars, is a challenge not only for its celebrated score but because the subject matter is rather dark.
The tale, set in 1931 as the Nazis are gaining a foothold, centers around nightlife at the steamy and seedy Kit Kat Klub, where English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and her relationship with American writer Cliff Bradshaw take center stage.
"There's a fantastic world that exists within the play. It exposes a lot of the harsh realities of what's really going on in the world - Berlin right before the Nazis came to power," she said. "I think it will be a great challenge for me so I'm psyched about it."
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Suburban leaders are counseling patience among parents of children in their communities who will be part of the coming merger of the county's two public school systems.
And they will start moving in May on the process of forming municipal school districts for the 2014-2015 school year.
"Every child every year changes teachers," said Germantown Mayor Sharon Goldsworthy on the WKNO-TV program "Behind The Headlines."
Goldsworthy was responding to a question about rumors and indications of changes on a school-by-school basis and even layoffs in some suburban schools in advance of the Aug. 5 start of the merger.
A group of 160 teachers have been "excessed," which means their teaching assignments have been cut for several factors related to the changes in how teachers are judged and assigned. They could apply for jobs in other schools within the unified system.
Interim superintendent Dorsey Hopson last week addressed the rumors, saying the changes are not layoffs as a result of the schools merger.
"If you have changes in faculty, sometimes that is not as drastic an impact on an individual family or child as we initially think," Goldsworthy said. "We worry about there being kind of wholesale changes."
"We hear those stories," added Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner of the staffing and assignment changes as he talked of plans for the suburban school districts. "This is still a very aggressive schedule for us to be ready. … Some of the things that I'm telling the parents out there is hold on. The best-case scenario is August of 2014. But it may be longer than that."
The program, hosted by Eric Barnes, publisher of The Daily News, can be seen at Daily News Video, www.memphisdailynews.com.
The Tennessee General Assembly has approved the law that lifts the statewide ban on municipal school districts. With the anticipated approval of the bill by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, Joyner said the second move in two years toward forming those school districts in the suburbs should begin next month with a referendum ordinance.
The ballot question would ask voters in a particular suburb if they want to form their own district.
"That requires three readings and it requires public notice and it requires public hearings. The month of May for us probably will be dedicated to passing that ordinance for the referendum," Joyner said as he turned to when a special election might be held. "The dates that we've looked at right now are somewhere in the middle of July. Then after that is certified we would move into the ordinance for electing our school board."
Voters in each of the six suburban towns and cities approved the same ballot question in 2012 as well as sales tax hikes to provide the state-required minimum funding for such a school system and each of the six had elected school boards.
A November ruling by U.S. District Judge Samuel "Hardy" Mays voided the referendum result on the general question as well as the school board elections. But it left in place the sales tax hikes, which the suburban towns and cities have been collecting since October.
"In our particular case, we wish that our sales tax revenues were a little more vigorous," Goldworthy said. "Nevertheless, what has occurred during this current year from last October … more than covers the litigation we've had to deal with and leaves us a little bit to carry forward."
Like Germantown, Collierville is using some of its sales tax revenue from the hike to pay its legal fees in the federal court litigation over the schools reformation.
"Our sales tax is strong," Joyner said expressing confidence in earlier projections that the revenue will be enough to run the school system combined with other public funding. "The money actually follows the child. So there would be the same state funds, the same county funds, the same federal funds that are currently going to those children."
Both mayors also said their goal remains to educate children who now attend schools in their municipalities including those who don't live within the boundaries of Germantown or Collierville.
"We are committed to educating all of the children who currently attend and for the foreseeable future so long as space provides. We don't have a crystal ball," Goldsworthy said. "At a future time there may be other circumstances, whether it's annexation or a whole lot of factors. We anticipate that we are probably going to have people moving to Germantown to have access to Germantown schools."
Joyner said once the ballot questions are scheduled for special elections, talks with the countywide school board about the transfer or use of school buildings should follow.
"That probably will be one of the next things that the mayors and the municipalities will be very concerned about is the status of those facilities," he said. "We feel like historical rulings by courts are in our favor there."
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Texas mulls adding Mexican-American studies course
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Board of Education is considering adding a Mexican-American studies course as a statewide high school elective, a move that proponents say would give students a deeper understanding of the state where Hispanics make up a majority of public school students and which was once part of Mexico.
Critics, though, dismiss the effort as an attempt to inject progressive politics into the classroom.
The board's 10 Republicans and five Democrats will hold a public hearing Tuesday, then vote on possible new courses later in the week. It's the first time Texas has considered such a course, and specifics on exactly what it would teach haven't yet been devised — especially since Mexican-American culture is already taught in existing history and other classes at the high school level.
Even with approval, developing a Mexican-American curriculum and appropriate textbooks means it won't actually be ready for classrooms for two to three years. But the debate will likely re-ignite past ideological battles about what goes into the history curriculums taught in America's second most-populous state.
"I might pull a Cesar Chavez and call for a boycott," David Bradley, a Republican board member from Beaumont who opposes the proposal, said of Tuesday's hearing. He was referring to the Hispanic labor leader who led a massive grape boycott to win better pay and working conditions for farmworkers.
The discussions also likely will preview some of the coming clashes over the content of new social studies textbooks the board is set to approve for use in classrooms across Texas this fall. In 2010, then Democratic board member Mary Helen Berlanga even stormed out of a meeting on social studies curriculum after failing in her efforts to include more lessons on Hispanic leaders, declaring: "We can just pretend this is a white America and Hispanics don't exist."
The issue has already flared up in other border states. In California, a recently introduced bill would mandate creating a model for a standardized, statewide ethnic studies course there, while in 2010, Arizona approved a law targeting a Tucson school district's ethnic studies program — after state education officials complained that its Mexican-American studies component taught Latino students that they were oppressed by whites.
Several Texas school boards, including its largest in Houston, have passed resolutions supporting a statewide Mexican-American studies course. Aside from Ruben Cortez of Brownsville, who proposed the course, it isn't clear how much support there was among board members for the change. Some have said they'd be more amenable to a multicultural studies class encompassing the accomplishments of Mexican-Americans but also Texans of other races and ethnicities.
Still, board members like Bradley aren't willing to go that far.
"We're all Americans. To suggest otherwise is to further segregate and divide the community," he said. "I'm sorry if I disappoint some folks, but it's almost reverse racism."
Debbie Ratcliffe, a spokeswoman for the Texas Education Agency, said school districts are already free to offer their own Mexican-American studies courses locally — and that some schools have worked with nearby community colleges to devise such classes for high school students.
She also noted that youngsters are required to study Texas history in the fourth and seventh grades, and are already taught about subjects like the life of Mexican-American civil rights giant Hector P. Garcia and the efforts of trailblazing Tejanos dating back to 1500s.
"A separate course is one way to go," Ratcliffe said. "But I don't want people to think it's not being taught without a separate course, because it is."


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Stuttgart museum returns painting sold under Nazis
BERLIN (AP) — A Stuttgart museum has returned a 600-year-old painting to the estate of Jewish art dealer Max Stern, who was forced to sell his collection before fleeing Nazi Germany.
The oil painting "The Virgin with Child," attributed to the Master of Flemaile — an unidentified Flemish artist from the early 1400s — was turned over by Staatsgalerie Stuttgart at a ceremony Tuesday at the Canadian Embassy in Berlin.
Stern closed his gallery in 1937 under pressure from the Nazis and sold its paintings before fleeing Germany and resettling in Montreal.
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Yeah, I never actually set out to buy a green Vette - really wanted a blue one but you don't really get a lot of choice on a shoe string budget. But funnily enough, a while after I bought it, I end up meeting the woman of my dreams (fantastic lady) and her favorite color on a car is ... green. Go figure. Later. DKM


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Congressman Brian Higgins, NY-26, has announced $308,167 in federal funding for Housing Opportunities Made Equal awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
"In an ideal world, discrimination wouldn't be an issue, but unfortunately for too many it is, and thankfully Western New Yorkers have HOME to turn to for assistance," Higgins said.
HOME was among only 95 organizations in the country receiving funds through HUD's Fair Housing Initiatives Program, which supports programs that assist people who believe they have been victims of housing discrimination.
"This grant will permit HOME to help victims of discrimination from seven counties of Western New York, to conduct targeted investigations of compliance with federal and state fair housing laws, to train landlords and other service providers, and to conduct education aimed at informing people of their rights," said Scott Gehl, executive director of Housing Opportunities Made Equal. "Buffalo-Niagara is the sixth most racially segregated metropolitan area in the nation. This renewed support from HUD keeps alive the hope of creating stronger diverse communities. "
HOME was founded in 1963 by members of the Buffalo Area Council of Churches seeking to protect residents against discrimination in the Buffalo-Niagara housing market. Higgins is among community leaders listed as a "Friend of HOME" and recently provided the keynote address at its 50th anniversary gala.
In 2012, Home served more than 4,800 individuals on issues ranging from cases of discrimination to counseling for landlords.


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After winning back to back games with comebacks, the Waynesboro varsity boys' basketball team had no such rally on Monday against Mechanicsburg.
MECHANICSBURG — After winning back to back games with comebacks, the Waynesboro varsity boys' basketball team had no such rally on Monday against Mechanicsburg.
The Wildcats built a 19-9 lead after the first quarter and went into halftime with a 41-22 lead before salting away a 62-46 non-divisional victory.
"We just got beat by a better team," said Waynesboro head coach Tom Hoffman, whose team is back on the road tonight against Shippensburg in a Mid-Penn Colonial Division showdown. "We have had trouble guarding teams all year and (Monday) was no different.
"They have a very good guard in Collin Farnham who shot very well from three, but without having watched the film yet, it just seems like we give up too many easy baskets from close range, particularly off dribble penetration."
Farnham was on fire from long range. He made seven 3-point field goals and finished with a game-high 25 points. Drew Schankweiler added 16 points and Zach Brunner finished with 11 points.
For Waynesboro, Tim Ingram, who has been stellar as one of the team's top scorers, dropped in 15 points. Shaquill Smith, Ryan Kelley and James Bennett each scored eight points, with Bennett and Kelley making two 3-pointers apiece.
"We have also been making a habit of getting off to slow starts, as was the case again," Hoffman said. "As always, we battle back and make it a game. We cut it to nine at one point in the third quarter, so we really never think we are out of games.
"We have to work on matching the other team's intensity early, particularly defensively. We just have to put it behind us and move on as we have another road game versus Shippensburg. It is our fourth game in five days, so it is critical that we bring the right mindset coming into the game."
Ingram, Bennett and Cole Warrenfeltz each had three rebounds. Smith, Seth Hoffman and Kelley had two assists apiece.
WAYNESBORO (46): Shaquill Smith 3 1-2 8, Tim Ingram 6 3-4 15, Ryan Kelley 2 2-2 8, Cole Warrenfeltz 2 1-4 6, James Bennett 3 0-0 8, Ethan Mohn 0 1-2 1. 3-point field goals: Kelley 2, Bennett 2, Smith, Warrenfeltz. TOTALS: 16 8-14 46.
MECHANICSBURG (62): Zach Brunner 4 3-3 11, Josh Smith 1 4-4 6, Collin Farnham 8 2-3 25, Reed Alioth 2 0-0 4, Drew Schankweiler 7 2-2 16, Connor Lewis 0 0-2 0. 3-point field goals: Farnham 7. TOTALS: 22 11-14 62.
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Early voting? Not if Gardner can prevent itBy SHAWNE K. WICKHAM
New Hampshire Sunday News
February 10. 2013 12:50AM
CONCORD - Secretary of State William Gardner takes a dim view of congressional efforts to address with federal legislation the long lines some states saw at polling places during the November election.
In his experience, he said, "One-size-fits-all usually fits very few."
The White House and some in Congress are pushing for changes to federal election laws, such as those involving early voting and online voter registration. But if such measures were to pass, Gardner said, "we would first work to get out of it like we did with the National Voter Registration Act."
New Hampshire got an exemption from that 1993 "motor-voter" law by passing same-day voter registration and making it retroactive to the date of the federal legislation.
Gardner stressed that different states have very different cultures. "We are who we are because of our history," he said.
And, he said, "the federal government hasn't had the best of track records when it comes to changing election laws for states. And I would prefer that the federal government stay out of this."
One proposal, the SIMPLE Voting Act, sponsored by Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., and 89 Democratic co-sponsors, would require states to establish a minimum period of 15 days for early voting prior to the date of an election for federal office.
It would also require states to have sufficient voting systems, poll workers and other resources to ensure "that no individual will be required to wait longer than one hour to cast a ballot at the polling place."
And a bill introduced by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., would require states to have online voter registration.
Gardner said he doesn't favor early voting; data from the recent federal election proved it doesn't improve turnout. And he contends it "diminishes the significance of Election Day itself."
There's another problem with early voting, Gardner said: "We've had people that have pulled out of the presidential primary the week before the primary."
He recalled former Republican presidential candidate Alexander Haig did just that in 1988, endorsing Bob Dole just days before the primary. Gardner's office started getting calls from people who had voted for Haig by absentee ballot and wanted to vote again.
"When it comes to election laws, unintended consequences are almost automatic," Gardner said. "Because you can't think of every possible angle."
Two weeks ago, Gardner was in Washington, D.C., for the winter conference of the National Association of Secretaries of State, where he and other top state election officials voiced concern about possible federal legislation.
A year ago, the NASS passed a resolution urging Congress to "respect our country's legal and historical distinctions in federal and state sovereignty and avoid pre-emptions of state authority when drafting federal legislation."
The 2012 resolution also states, "Federal legislation should not curtail state innovation and authority solely for the sake of creating uniform methods among the states; all legislation should grant states maximum flexibility in determining methodologies for properly and effectively carrying out the duties of secretaries of state, including the protection of voting rights."
Gardner said the state has had bad experiences in the past when the federal government has intervened in New Hampshire's election system. The state is working with the Department of Justice to be released from restrictions imposed under the Voting Rights Act more than four decades ago. (See related story.)
Meanwhile, in the state Legislature, a House bill proposes a study committee to examine all of New Hampshire's election laws and see where there's room for improvement.
Rep. Kathleen Hoelzel, R- Raymond, is the prime sponsor. At a hearing last week, Hoelzel told fellow members of the House Election Law Committee that she envisions the study committee soliciting comments from state and local election officials about which laws work well and which may need updating.
David Scanlan, deputy secretary of state, told the committee his office supports the idea, but would not want the committee to consider early voting. "We just believe that it's not a route the state should go down," he said.
Representatives from America Votes and the League of Women Voters spoke in support of the bill.
Jessica Clark, New Hampshire political and field director for America Votes, urged committee members to reach out to local election officials who are on "the front lines" to get their ideas for making the voting experience a positive one.
Joan Flood Ashwell of the LWV said she would like to see more public education about voting. "New Hampshire is very, very different from any other state in the country, and anyone who moves here will be mystified by the way elections are conducted," she said.
Three Keene residents who attended the hearing suggested the proposed study committee look into allowing minority parties and independent candidates to get on the ballot in New Hampshire.
Darryl Perry of the New Hampshire Liberty Party said "the perfect solution" to increase voter participation is "to create ballot access fairness."
He said opponents claim that would create confusion. But, he said, "New Hampshire is actually very proud of the fact that they have a larger number of candidates running in the first-in-the-nation presidential primary. So if ballot or voter confusion is not a problem for the primaries, why would it then all of a sudden become a problem for the general election?"
"The answer is: It's not a problem," he said.


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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A woman whose boyfriend died in police custody despite gasping for air and pleading for help is considering filing a lawsuit, her lawyer said Tuesday after the U.S. Justice Department said the three officers would not face federal charges.
Robbery suspect Derek Williams died in July 2011 after fleeing about a block and a half from officers. The medical examiner's office initially classified the death as natural, saying he died of sickle cell crisis — he had the genetic marker for sickle cell but not the disease itself. It was reclassified as a homicide after an investigation by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
A video obtained by the newspaper showed the 22-year-old struggling to breathe and pleading for help from the backseat of a police car for nearly eight minutes, then growing progressively weaker and collapsing. Police eventually performed CPR and called paramedics. Williams was dead within an hour.
The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI investigated but could not find enough evidence to support charging the officers involved with depriving a person's rights under the color of law, U.S. Attorney James Santelle told reporters Tuesday.
A special prosecutor previously declined to file state charges for similar reasons. In March, the inquest jury found probable cause to support charging the three officers in state court with failure to render aid. But special prosecutor John Franke said he wasn't confident he could meet the standard of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
To bring federal charges, Santelle would have to prove the officers had specific intent to deprive Williams of his rights.
"Mistake, misperception, negligence or poor judgment are not sufficient" to bring federal charges, Santelle said. However, he declined to say whether there was evidence of mistake, misperception or poor judgment.
Derek Williams's mother wept silently throughout the news conference, wiping her reddened eyes with the back of her hand. Afterward she told reporters she hasn't been able to sleep since her son died.
"Everyone that's seen that tape knows that was some wrongdoing," Sonya Moore said, fighting back tears. "This is not justice. This is not justice. ... I'm so hurt right now."
Her attorney, Robin Shellow, said she was angry when Santelle declined to offer an opinion on whether the police officers did anything wrong. She also said the reason none of the white police officers was being held accountable is because Williams is black and that the justice system in Milwaukee doesn't care about black people.
"They have no opinion because the lives of young black men don't merit an opinion. That's what I heard," Shellow said.
Shellow said it was too early to discuss a lawsuit. But Jonathan Safran, who represents Williams' girlfriend, Sharday Rose, said his client is seriously considering legal action.
"We certainly think that someone needs to be held accountable," Safran said, "and to this date no one has been held accountable."
FBI agents who looked into the case found no medical evidence to back reports that police used excessive force on Williams or knowingly ignored his apparent medical distress, the Justice Department said. It also said the squad-car video does not show the scene from the officers' vantage point and there's no evidence that officers were watching Williams on the video monitor or for the entire time.
Franke, the special prosecutor, had noted in his report that the squad-car video was filmed with an infrared camera that produces a clearer image than what police would have seen on that dark night. He also wrote that officers' views might have been compromised by glare from their laptops reflecting on the plastic window between the front and back seats.
The officers — Jason Bleichwehl, Jeffrey Cline and Richard Ticcioni — declined to testify during the inquest, citing their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Other officers testified that they thought Williams was faking.
The Justice Department is still reviewing whether it should sue the Milwaukee Police Department for a pattern of civil-rights violations.
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn said in a statement that the department has taken significant steps to prevent similar tragedies and is committed to regaining the community's trust wherever it is weakened.
Associated Press writer M.L. Johnson contributed to this report.
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Ever since Hezbollah and its allies began an open-ended protest against the US-backed government on December 1, Beirut's gilded downtown–built for wealthy Lebanese and foreign tourists–has become more authentically Lebanese. Where Persian Gulf sheiks once ate sushi, families now sit in abandoned parking lots, having impromptu picnics, the smell of kebabs cooked over coals wafting through the air. Young men lounge on plastic chairs, smoking apple-scented water pipes, and occasionally break out into debke, the Lebanese national dance.
Most protesters are too poor to afford $4 caffe lattes, but men hawking shots of strong Arabic coffee for 30 cents apiece are doing a brisk trade. Nearly all businesses are shuttered, but a few enterprising store owners have figured out how to cater to the crowd. One hair salon converted itself into a sandwich shop, selling cheese on bread with a cup of tea for $1. The smiling cashier works behind a counter filled with L'Oréal hair products.
"I never came to downtown before these protests. I can't afford to come here. If I ate a sandwich here, I'd be broke for a week," says Emad Matairek, a 35-year-old carpenter from the dahiyeh, the Shiite-dominated suburbs of Beirut. "It's well-known that this area was not built for us."
The protests are being portrayed in much of the Western media as a sectarian battle, or a coup attempt–engineered by Hezbollah's two main allies, Syria and Iran–against a US-backed Lebanese government. Those are indeed factors underlying the complex and dangerous political dance happening in Beirut. But the biggest motivator driving many of those camped out in downtown isn't Iran or Syria, or Sunni versus Shiite. It's the economic inequality that has haunted Lebanese Shiites for decades. It's a poor and working-class people's revolt.
In Riad Solh Square, amid dozens of white tents erected for Hezbollah supporters to sleep in, there is a stage with a huge TV screen and rows of loudspeakers mostly positioned toward the Grand Serail, the Ottoman-era palace where Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and his Cabinet are hunkered down. Between the tents and the palace, behind eight-foot-high coils of barbed wire, there are hundreds of Lebanese soldiers toting M-16s and sitting atop armored vehicles. Every night thousands of people gather in front of the stage, within earshot of the Serail, demanding that Siniora either resign or accept a national unity government that gives Hezbollah and its allies greater power.


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Reading 3: For Future Generations
Dr. Croghan's Will and Plans for a National Park
At the same time, many knowledgeable people feared that if Mammoth Cave were sold at public auction it could be divided up and might quickly be destroyed. They believed that the only way to ensure protection of the cave for future generations was to have it declared a national park. Congress agreed. President Calvin Coolidge signed the legislation creating Mammoth Cave National Park on May 25, 1926. The act made the creation of the park dependent on the donation of the land to the federal government. The act recognized the role to be played by the Mammoth Cave National Park Association, which was formed in 1924 by area citizens interested in promoting Mammoth Cave as a national park.
Statewide leaders from Kentucky supported the efforts because attracting more visitors to Kentucky benefited the state's economy. In 1928 the state legislature created the Kentucky National Park Commission to help acquire the land. It took until 1941 for sufficient land to be purchased and donated to the National Park Service for the area to be designated a national park.
The struggle to acquire the land was at times a sad and bitter process. Most of the landowners were farmers who were barely making a living. After the Great Depression struck, many of these poor people were forced to think about leaving their farms to earn money elsewhere. This would mean abandoning property that had been in their family for generations. For a few, pride of ownership and family heritage were so strong that they would rather live in poverty than move.
The National Park Service's vision for Mammoth Cave National Park was in conflict with those feelings. As with other national parks at the time, Mammoth Cave would be protected as a large natural area without signs of human use, such as buildings. The commission used laws to force people to sell their land, which would become Mammoth Cave National Park. Some of those owners were happy to be able to sell the unproductive farmland to the government; a few even donated some of their acreage. Others fought the commission to hold onto the place they knew as home.
Over time, the commission obtained deed to the land and razed farmhouses, barns, schools, and other buildings. Exceptions were made only for some church property. Even though the congregations would no longer live nearby, the church grounds continued to be important to many people. For example, there are more than 70 cemeteries within park borders, many of which are still open for the burials of people who have relatives already buried there.
Joppa Church and its cemetery is one of only three remaining church buildings with adjoining cemeteries located in the park. In 1990 Mrs. Lydia Minyard, a local citizen, was asked to describe her feelings about the Joppa Church--the one she had attended all her life. She said that when she approached the old church she felt like she was "a few steps closer to heaven." She added that her husband and little boy were buried in the church cemetery and she looked forward to the day when she would join them. In the spring of 1993, Mrs. Minyard was laid to rest in the family plot only a short distance from the church of which she spoke so fondly.
Like the American Indians who originally inhabited the land, the descendants of the European settlers who arrived in the Green River Valley in the 1790s also were displaced from land that had belonged to their families for a long time. As a national park, the land now belongs to all Americans and must be protected for their benefit and enjoyment for all time.
Just like the decisions made in the past about the management of Mammoth Cave National Park, decisions made today about land and resources in our own communities will affect not only the resources themselves, but also their ability to enrich the quality of life we derive from them.
Questions for Reading 3
1. Why did people want Mammoth Cave to become a national park?
2. Why was it important to obtain single ownership of the Mammoth Cave area? How would you feel if you had to leave your home so that a park could be created?
3. How was the land acquired?
4. What buildings were left in the region after the park was established? Why were those building spared when others were not?
Reading 3 was compiled from Kelly A. Lally, "Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery" (Edmonson County, Kentucky) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1989; Cecil E. Goode, World Wonder Saved: How Mammoth Cave Became a National Park (Mammoth Cave, Ky.: The Mammoth Cave National Park Association, 1986); and Lynwood Montell, Oral History Tapes, Mammoth Cave National Park, 1994.


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I agree a lot of horrible things have been done in the name of religion
and I could certainly live without the pope.
Religions need books because they don't have gods.
I agree a lot of horrible things have been done in the name of religion and I could certainly live without the pope.Sometimes the bad intentions had some good results, Columbus came here in part to spread christianity -- discovered a new world (new to them), the syphilis -- uncool.
If Mars was "terraformed", it would have an atmosphere and geology that would protect us from the radiation. If the core, however, is too far gone to become active again, Mars' atmosphere may never stick in the first place, and thus terraforming would be impossible. I'd imagine that the colonies we place on Mars would be "pod" colonies...like what is seen in Total Recall.
Am I the only one who thinks this is a damn waste of money? Are they going to learn anything on Mars that will feed the hungry on earth, help us fix what we've screwed up in our atmosphere, replace what we've used up & wasted, cure any diseases?? Anything fricken useful for real anyone other than scientists and academics??
Ahem. The pilgrims migrated to an already populated country. There were towns, villages, farms. People had already "discovered" and "colonized" the Americas--for several thousand years. Let's hope we never treat the people on other planets the way Europeans treated the people here.
Quote from: LoriPinkAngel on July 26, 2012, 11:13:32 PMAm I the only one who thinks this is a damn waste of money? Are they going to learn anything on Mars that will feed the hungry on earth, help us fix what we've screwed up in our atmosphere, replace what we've used up & wasted, cure any diseases?? Anything fricken useful for real anyone other than scientists and academics??Google Neil degrasse Tyson and NASA budget. That will get you a long way towards understanding why stuff like this is not frivolous.
PASADENA, Calif. July 30, 2012, 06:04 pm ET PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — It's NASA's most ambitious and expensive Mars mission yet — and it begins with the red planet arrival late Sunday of the smartest interplanetary rover ever built. Also the most athletic.Like an Olympic gymnast, it needs to "stick the landing."It won't be easy. The complicated touchdown NASA designed for the Curiosity rover is so risky it's been described as "seven minutes of terror" — the time it takes to go from 13,000 mph to a complete stop.Scientists and engineers will be waiting anxiously 154 million miles away as the spacecraft plunges through Mars' thin atmosphere, and in a new twist, attempts to slowly lower the rover to the bottom of a crater with cables.By the time Earthlings receive first word of its fate, it will have planted six wheels on the ground — or tumbled itself into a metal graveyard.
Foods destined for space shuttle missions must have a shelf life of a year, and 18 months if they'll be deployed on the International Space Station. Of the roughly 65 foods currently available for stocking spacecraft and deemed really palatable by NASA taste panels, 10 will lose their appeal within a year — turning off-color, mushy or tasteless, she reported. By the end of five years, Perchonok says, "we're down to seven items." Moreover, she adds, "studies have shown that if the acceptability or the sensory properties degrade, so does the [food's] nutrition." Indeed, after one year, space food exhibits notable losses of vitamin A, folic acid (an important B vitamin) and thiamine (another B vitamin that plays a role in the body's use of carbs and certain building blocks of proteins). And nutrient losses don't end there, Perchonok says. "Basically, after one year, we are out of vitamin C." Although the 2-year-old pears retain the color of newly packaged ones, the prolonged storage left them unpleasantly mushy. Sure, NASA could supply astronauts with multi-vitamin pills. But that's no panacea, Perchonok observes, since preliminary studies by NASA have shown that the potency of vitamins diminishes faster in pills than it does in foods.
NASA seeks cooks for Mars trip simulationNo bean or cabbage recipes, pleaseBy Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Space, 22nd February 2012 00:35 GMTNASA is looking for volunteers to prepare foods during a simulated Mars mission that will see six lucky people locked in close proximity for 120 days.Researchers from the University of Hawaii and Cornell University are looking for volunteers for the simulation, dubbed the Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue & Simulation (HI-SEAS), which will aim to solve the problems of space cuisine. The purpose is to make sure that astronauts making the long trip to Mars get proper nutrition on the trip.
HOUSTON -- Through a labyrinth of hallways deep inside a 1960s-era building that has housed research that dates back to the early years of U.S. space travel, a group of scientists in white coats is stirring, mixing, measuring, brushing and, most important, tasting the end result of their cooking.Their mission: Build a menu for a planned journey to Mars in the 2030s.
(1) How are they going to make the air to breath for a lifetime?(2) Whats the purpose of this? Do they have oil?(3) We can't even keep the Earth clean and welcoming. How long will it take for us to mess up Mars?(4) If I can get away from the nuts like Rush Limpballs and FOX I might consider it.


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1. Re: S3420GPLC ProblemsJason Tan Oct 25, 2010 3:04 PM (in response to epascoe)
Item # 1 may be as simple as updating your FRUSDR so that it would provide the correct sensor data records for the fans that are installed on the system. The firmware updates can be found here.
Item#2, on the TPS, there is a good read on how to populate memory on the server board on section 18.104.22.168 (page 21) as well as requirements for memory use. Also, check if it against the tested list available here.
Item#3, depending on how you configured your storage device, you may need to install additional drivers.
Best of luck.
2. Re: S3420GPLC Problemsepascoe Nov 7, 2010 1:53 PM (in response to Jason Tan)
Items 2 & 3 was solved, still strugling with fan speed and amber light though.
3. Re: S3420GPLC ProblemsJason Tan Nov 8, 2010 10:24 AM (in response to epascoe)
Did you try updating the firmware as suggested earlier ? If yes, can you check the SEL for possible errors. Depending on what you want to use (& the OS you are running), you can try the Intel® System Information Retrieval Utility for Windows* or System Event Log Viewer for UEFI, Windows and Linux to generate the SEL.
4. Re: S3420GPLC Problemsepascoe Nov 9, 2010 8:45 AM (in response to Jason Tan)
I did do firmware update as per you original post.
On closer inspection I found that the hdd fan was plugged into fan 3 instead of fan 2, all problems now sorted, thanks for your help!


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compiled by Teresa Martin Klaiber
February 2013
Shortly after our marriage, in 1968, my mother-in-law invited me on a visit to "Blind Mary's." No one had heard of "politically correct" and most popular country folk in our area had and still have nicknames.
Every outing or introduction to a new person was an oral genealogy extravaganza for my husband's mother, Elsie. She did not fail me as we headed out, loaded with jars of pickles and fresh rhubarb for Mary.
Mary was born 7 March 1917, the daughter of William Vincent and Minerva Patton Sexton. She was a twin, a rarity in the Sexton family. Her sister Martha Ellen had died at ten months old from pneumonia [7 January 1918]. Elsie chattered on as we drove up the hill on Route #854 that they had been born on Pigeon Roost.
I was mentally trying to figure out why she kept calling her my husband's cousin. It would take a little genealogy sleuthing to finally determine that Mary Sexton was my husband's 1st cousin once removed.
We pulled up in Rush, Kentucky to a small house with the most beautiful wisteria climbing on the porch I had ever viewed. The sweet aroma carried on the breeze as we knocked.
Mary greeted us with smiles and made me feel so welcome and warm. She took little time before she opened up and told me she had been ill as a small girl causing her blindness. She was sent to Louisville, Kentucky for two years at the School for the Blind where she learned Braille. She carefully pulled out her prized possessions, books in braille, showing me how she read them.
Her house was neat, her yard well kept and she maintained it all by herself. As we sat and talked she asked if I liked wood carving. Having a year as an art major, I piped up that yes I admired carving very much. Well she said "I wood carve." I sat in total disbelief as she showed me how she made spinning tops for children from old wooden spools. She laughed and handed me some to keep which I cherish to this day.
Then she showed me a wooden chain with a caged ball inside, all hand carved. As she handed it to me she said "keep it, it ain't very good." I have kept it and can tell you it is wonderful. Many years later and back in Kentucky I joined a wood carving group and attempted to carve my own ball inside the cage. It was lopsided and not very well made.
As the years passed, whenever we were in Kentucky and had a little time I would again cross over the hill with my mother-in-law for a little visit with "Blind Mary". I never once saw anything but a smile on her face. In 1980 the weekly letter from home contained a copy of a newspaper article about Mary. I smiled as I read it, Kentucky seeming far away from New Jersey where we were then living.
George Wolfford had done her justice in his article in the Ashland Daily Independent [8 July 1980]. As I read about her visit to Cannonsburg Elementary more memories flooded back. The students were delighted to see her books and her woodcarvings just as I had when I first met her. I had attended Cannonsburg Elementary in the old school in 1962 with its outhouse, pot belly stoves and cold corners and in the new building the next year before heading to Boyd County High School. Wolfford went on to say that it was teacher Minnie Gee that introduced Mary Sexton to all the students at Cannonsburg Elementary.
The article was like a homecoming for my husband and I as we brought out the little wooden tops and chain to show our own children who asked many questions about how "Blind Mary" could carve without seeing. Mrs. Gee was my Geography teacher at Cannonsburg those many years ago. Both these wonderful ladies have left lingering memories with many from our county.
Time has ticked on, we moved back to Kentucky and Mary Elizabeth Sexton continued to live in the little house in Rush, a single woman, who independently maintained her home and the wonderful climbing wisteria that I fell in love with. "Blind Mary" died in the home she loved 16 March 2002. She had always greeted our postal lady at the door and when she did not answer gave the sad alert. Mary is buried in Sexton Cemetery very near where she was born on Pigeon Roost.
Today her home is gone along with the wisteria but the memories are forever.


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KFC in July will back the national introduction of its Twister sandwich-a rolled tortilla stuffed with chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato and cream sauce-with TV spots from Y&R Advertising, New York. Spots will carry the ongoing tagline "Everybody needs a little KFC."
The sandwich has been a hit in southern California and Tennessee test markets, said Kingston, N.Y.-based franchisee Darlene Pfeiffer, who operates four KFC units.
On May 1, Wendy's will kick off a national TV campaign for its Fresh Stuffed Pitas via Bates USA, New York. Taco Bell Corp., a PepsiCo sister chain to KFC, added a Fajita Wrap sandwich in November.
Industry analysts said the wrap sandwiches are the first promising new fast-food productS to come along in a while. Judging from early sales results, consumers seem to agree.
Since Wendy's began rolling out its Fresh Stuffed Pitas, same-store sales of company-owned units climbed 8% in January and 5.5% in February, said Janice Meyer, an analyst with Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. Wendy's pitas come in four varieties: Garden Ranch Chicken, Garden Veggie, Chicken Caesar and Classic Greek.
"The product has good appeal to women, and it's a product other than a hamburger that will hold up despite discounting," Ms. Meyer said.
It's also the first permanent new product Wendy's has introduced since adding Salads to Go in the early '90s, according to a spokesman for the chain.
Ms. Pfeiffer said customers respond well to the portability of wraps, adding that the sandwiches have a "lighter taste than a heavy bread" sandwich.
The light taste of wraps accounts for their appeal to women, said executives at DavCo, a Wendy's franchisee operating 230 restaurants in the Midwest and mid-Atlantic states.
"The pitas are selling skewed female predominantly," said Georgia Smith, DavCo's director of marketing. DavCo began selling the pitas in some of its stores in December.
Wendy's maintains it isn't targeting women specifically;
Marketing support for Fresh Stuffed Pitas also includes a tie-in with ABC's "3-D Week" May sweeps promotion.
During the week of May 5, ABC will air nine prime-time shows featuring 3-D segments; promotional spots running the week before instruct customers to go to Wendy's for the glasses.
Wrap sandwiches are also the rage among casual-dining chains. Long John Silver's, T.G.I. Friday's and Applebee's are among those with wraps on their menus.