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The Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference took place May 4-6 in Washington, DC, gathering thousands of union members, environmentalists, business and community leaders, and elected and administration officials to invest, innovate and take action to create good, clean energy jobs as we preserve America's economic and environmental security.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, and Colorado Governor Bill Ritter headlined the conference. Joining them was Dr. Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development at the U.S. EPA, Dr. David Michaels, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, Robert G. Stanton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Representatives Keith Ellison, Emanuel Cleaver and Chellie Pingree, Des Moines Mayor T.M. Franklin Cownie, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter.
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The three day conference featured exciting plenaries and more than 100 workshops on topics ranging from environmental and occupational health and safety to green manufacturing to transportation to state and local initiatives. May 5 was the Green Innovation Expo [1], where leaders from labor, industry, environment and academia showcased how they are charting the path to the green economy and developing clean energy jobs. May 6 was Green Jobs Advocacy Day [2].


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According to video game analyst Michael Pachter from Wedbush Securities, neither of the next generation consoles that are launching this fall will block used game sales. Both Sony's PlayStation 4 and the next Xbox from Microsoft will offer disc-based and downloadable game content, but neither console will follow through with the controversial DRM issues that have enraged passionate gamers with the recent PC game launches of Electronic Arts' SimCity and (to a lesser extent) Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo 3.
"I don't think Microsoft has the balls to block used games, and I want you to quote me on that," said Pachter. "Microsoft would alienate 30 percent of their audience by doing that and Sony would step in and exploit that by saying, 'We're not blocking used games.'"
The new Xbox "always-on" concept that has been covered extensively in the press is also something that Pachter discussed. He said a better term for the new Xbox would be "connected," and could be compared to DirecTV. The box could be turned off, but like DirecTV, it could turn on automatically to record a scheduled movie or upload new menu information for the guide.
"I don't understand why Microsoft would force gamers to keep the new Xbox always on," said Pachter. "I expect the console will have a dormant state to allow a quick turn on so gamers can get to the content right away. They could also have an always-on microphone through Kinect so you could turn on the Xbox with your voice."
Speaking of the new Kinect, Pachter said the next generation of this technology will come packaged in every box. Back in November 2010, the original Kinect was a peripheral – one that has sold over 10 million units to date. Microsoft has had three years of technology advances in cameras, motion sensors and microphones to exploit with the new console.
"Neither Sony nor Microsoft have ever started out a cycle with a peripheral like that in the box," said Pachter. "Both the Kinect and PlayStation Move came later and both of those devices had limited audiences, which kept many developers from making games to fully exploit that technology. Every game designed for the new Xbox will have the knowledge that the Kinect will be in every box."
Pachter believes the new Kinect voice and camera recognition, coupled with Bing search and Skype, opens up a lot of possibilities of interacting with the console in new ways. He offered an example of enabling a Twitch channel via the Kinect camera to live blog from your living room – something that has been embraced by eSports fans as well as gamers of all skill levels.
"The new Xbox Kinect will have limitless possibilities," said Pachter. "It's like having a laptop with a camera on the monitor and a microphone and you have all that built into the Xbox. It will be able to do anything PC can do, except for Microsoft Office."
One thing Pachter isn't sold on is the recent Pizza Hut app that Microsoft launched for Xbox Live and Kinect. It allows gamers to order pizza without picking up a phone.
"I don't know who's that frickin' lazy that they can't pull out a smartphone or tablet and order a pizza," said Pachter. "The Xbox app maybe saves me a few keystrokes. I think the Pizza Hut app is a proof of concept and once the new Xbox is out the ability to use Kinect with Bing and Skype will allow advertisers to come up with more relevant apps."
As for the name of the new Xbox, as of February a Microsoft exec told Pachter they didn't know what the final name was. Codenamed Durango, the new console has been called everything from Xbox Next to Xbox 720 to Xbox Infinity.
"Xbox 360 was intended to mean the complete experience, so Infinity makes sense, but Microsoft can also change their mind," said Pachter.
Sony's Jack Tretton told Pachter after the PS4 reveal in New York City this year that Sony will be offering a full suite of multimedia content for the new console, just as they've done with PS3.
"Sony is going to do at least what they did in the past, but I expect they will do more," said Pachter. "The reason they showed games first is because they want to lead with games. After all, they're a game console."
This means that the main differentiator between strategies that Microsoft and Sony will follow this next generation won't be in the gaming and entertainment capabilities of the consoles. Movies, TV shows and even original content will all be key offerings, just as games will play a huge role.
The big differentiator between Sony and Microsoft could come in the form of low-priced subsidized Xbox consoles. Pachter believes Microsoft could work directly with cable and Internet providers to offset the price of the new hardware. If the new Xbox retails for $400, for example, it could sell for as little as $100 with a two-year commitment to that cable or Internet provider. This is the same model mobile companies like Verizon and Sprint use for the latest smartphone like the Apple iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S4. Microsoft has already experimented with this model with Xbox 360, offering the console for just $99 with a two-year commitment to Xbox Live.
"Kids can't commit to cable or Internet subscriptions, but parents can and this is a good selling point to get kids to bite and get rid of the cable box," said Pachter.
With Microsoft set to unveil details on its new Xbox at a press event on May 21 in Seattle, a lot of questions will be answered soon. But at the end of the day, the battle for next gen homes could come down to something as simple as what your friends are playing on.
Um, this article is not entirely accurate. Sony said they are leaving the used game issue to the game developers. The PS4 will have a line of code that will work on the discs, that when implemented, will prevent used games from being able to be resold. Microsoft has not unveiled their console yet, so we don't really know, and finally: the always on was referring to always being online, not always on in a standby state. This means the next xbox will be constantly taking up bandwidth, even when not in use, which will suck for people that have extremely limited broadband internet. It means the new xbox will slow down the person's internet whether its being used or not. I guess the only solution will be to pull the plug every time.
I'm still turned off. I definately won't be buying the new xbox at launch which i otherwise would have. PS4 will still get my launch money. Microsoft *may* sell a system to me after close scrutiny of the system well after launch.. I already didn't like what they did with the online license required for XBA games..
Except if the 720 really does run on Windows 8…you know all those games in the windows 8 store? Yeah, add controller adaptability and you can play them on the xbox nothing else needed.
So the 720 could become the most indie friendly of all consoles.
not gonna happen…
Did you seriously just talk about games on the Windows 8 store, AND 720 possibly being indie friendly?
Was that a joke, because you may want to talk to the indie developers who have been running as far away from MS as they can. Basically, any developer that has had success with the 360 are the ones running the fastest. Minecraft developer excluded.
You may also want to check out what developers think of Games for Windows, period.
Really fanboy statement.
It's a good thing I said "could be the most indie friendly" otherwise someone might not properly read my comment and state that I'm being a fanboy. It's a good thing that didn't happen.
And unless you can predict the future, you don't know how (or if) Microsoft will change. You ASSUME with your biased opinion that it won't change. And maybe it won't, but I find it hard to believe that they wouldn't take advantage of being integrated with Windows 8.
I don't understand, what "running the fastest means" do you mean that the developer of Castle Crashers, one of the most popular Arcade games of all time and their praise for Microsoft means that they are running away?
Sony got hit big time for making the PS3 very hostile to Indipendent developers and then they changed for the better. Who's to say the same won't happen to Microsoft?
Their is no reason to be negative, just be pragmatic. Hope for the best but prepare for the worst. You're clearly a biased fanboy of some sorts hoping to bait me into some delusion of yours where apparently if you like the color red you can never change your opinion.
Giant mindless corporations do stupid things all of the time. You live and learn, or you don't and you bomb. I hope the best for Microsoft because I like good games.
You can die bitter and unhappy for all I care. Consider this my last response. I don't care to hear your opinion anymore it's like nails on a chalkboard.
What a cop out / fanboy story you have dkm.. Considering Sony actually considered blocking used games and even patented the technology way before Microsoft said they were thinking about it.
I love the Sony fanboys in which Sony does no wrong. Sony says you'll always be able to play PS2 games on the PS3 and then back tracks on that by removing that option from PS3. Sony in the same time frame gets sued by the company that does vibration in controllers and they announce instead vibration is old tech and lie to its fanbase. Then Sony settles the lawsuit and come back out with vibration. Sony then says PS4 will have an updated more powerful Cell Processor.. Now Sony in essense does a 180 turn around again.. by building a console which is basically a PC they are saying "The Cell processor was a mistake" .. Where are all the Sony nuts who said the Xbox1 was just a pc now that Sony is making the same thing MS has already done before? They are nowhere to be found. The only reason MS even thought about blocking used games was because Sony considered it 1st. I'm sure MS is smarter then you. They were likely hoping they could coy Sony into folliwng their plan to block used games and gain even more market share. After SONY is the FIRST one who blocked and protected all music and movies going through Sony entertainment. You can thank Sony who did all that before MS… hahaha
Actually Sony quickly jumped the CELL Processor ship when they found out MS was going x86 – which YES puts alot more players in their boat.
MS has done X86 before on Xbox1. Where are the Sony fans like you saying the MS console is just a cheap PC now that Sony is doing the exact same thing with x86? Sony basically has admitted CELL was a mistake by dropping it and adopting x86. Sony has said "MS will kill us if we don't adopt x86″
its people like you who say PS3 has sold as many consoles as the 360.. which is correct – without realising Sony has only lost money this generation – while MS profited. Sony sold its NY headquarters for 1.1 BILLION because it needed to help raise cash for PS4.. Whether you beleive it or not Sony has been doing very badly the past 7 years.. you can google Sony loses and decreasing net worth and decresing stock value. I assure Sony squandered all the money they made from the PS2 by making the PS3…
It's not so much that the console needs to be on and online in order to play games. That's not the problem. The problem is that most Americans, especially Americans living in rural areas have limited internet access. Not only that, many ISPs enforce low data caps, provide unreliable service, slow connection speeds, and charge unreasonable high monthly rates. With this stagnate and anti-consumer business model that most ISP's are following, I don't see Microsoft being able to implement this.
I stopped reading at "Michael Pachter". This guy constantly makes sweeping predictions about the gaming industry and he's almost always wrong.
Now that Sony and Microsoft are releasing at the same time, microsoft needs to level the playing field, by either offering a 1 or 2 year free subscription to their console. They need to offer either this, or a cell phone billing-like monstrosity, where the gamers can get the system free or $99, and simply pay $29 a month for 2 years, and then the console is theirs and would be eligible for a yearly subscription.
It is definitely going to come down to people choosing the console based on OUT THE DOOR pricing. Both system look to have the same game line up, and both offering similar options for Digital Distribution, and so far, I would not mind owning a PS4, or an Infinity, but my ultimate buying decision will be based on the controller.
Frankly neither the X720 nor the PS4 are exciting, you look at their specs and frankly a $400 Tiger kit has nicer hardware than they do.
No what is gonna be the exciting is the Steambox by Valve as they are trying something new and never attempted. For those that haven't heard they have put out a minimum set of specs and ANYBODY can build one, so the OEMs will be able to compete against each other and we will have all kinds of new designs. Imagine a Steambox laptop or a monster Steambox with hybrid SLI, the limits are only the imagination of the OEMs and your imagination because if the rumnors are true YOU will be able to take any PC that meets the minimum specs and turn it into a Steambox by downloading the Steambox OS and loading it up.
Now THAT is exciting, instead of having console with a set lifespan and controlled by corporate have the system opened up so that free market competition can drive down prices and give the consumer plenty of prices and form factors to choose from as well as DIYers being able to make it THEIR way. Any way you slice it that is pretty cool and certainly more exciting than a couple of consoles based on netbook chips and controlled by corporate.
Okay, where is Dragons Dogma, Halo, Uncharted, Ico, Legend of Zelda, Twin Souls, The Last of Us, Super Smash Bros, Mario, and all the hundreds of others of games that will never see light on PC or your "I love Valve and will agree with them on anything lemming mentality" box?
Consoles work because everyone has a set playing field. Consoles work because developers can develop games knowing that they have a limit and will do their best to be innovative within that limit. Their are so many other reasons why a console MIGHT be a better fit for people.
Go preach elsewhere scrub.
Just an opinion, but…while I really dig Valve's purchasing model, I have a hard time believing that the Steambox will be a viable contender in the console market. I'm sure it'll carve out a niche among Valve fanboys, but I don't see any Valve game competing with the experience of COD, Battlefield, Gears of War, etc. on Xbox Live. The only step that could give it serious viability (again, in my opinion) is if Valve takes L4D and the like away from the Xbox.
There are over 300 AAA titles released on average in a year whereas YOU can count the number of exclusives you get in a year ON ONE HAND.
Enjoy getting ripped off, those of us with actual free market competition will be laughing at you.
always online? with PlayStation Plus my PS3 already turns on for maintenance. I'll just wait for a price reduction of new systems between $200 – $300 otherwise I'm good for 2 yrs.
Its too late Microsoft. I've rode with you since the first Xbox was still a rumor. You've become greedy and arrogant in your success with the 360. It looks like its time for the OG of the gaming world to spank its prodigal son.
It would be business suicide for any of them to not allow backwards compatability, especially this day in age. Not everyone can afford the newest title every few months, and loads of games have re-play value.
Though, at the same time, I do feel its time for systems to remove the backwards compatability. Its strange to buy a whole new console to play old games. Understandable that people want to instantly cash in their old system for credit towards the new one, but if you love your old games that much, keep them and rebuy your old system in a few months when the prices decline when demand goes down because people are still scrambling for the new one.


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By Bill Bradberry
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Niagara Gazette — Welcome to the beginning of a whole new era, the dawning of the new normal.
Whether it's a national sex/spy scandal, or a local domestic dispute, your family, my family, or the new modern family, presidential, or local politics, the world economy, or your own employment situation, the cost of your personal health, or the benefits of Obamacare, our wacky local weather or global climate change, like it or not, ready or not, here we go!
Take politics, for example, if an era can be defined as a distinct period of history or a timeframe marked by a particularly noteworthy event, the current electronic presidential campaign era probably began with the 1960 televised Kennedy-Nixon debates, and it effectively ended last Tuesday night with the most "tweeted" message ever in the history of the Twitter social media universe signally the dawning of a whole new era, thus a new normal in presidential, if not all election politics.
"Four more years," a tweeted message reference to President Obama's election victory scored the most tweets-per-second, climbing to record-breaking 327,000 a second when the election results became clear, demonstrating just how fast and potentially powerful the new social media is as it made its presidential election campaign debut.
Think about it, a few years ago, tweets were bird language, now it's one of the most popular and most effective ways that millions of people can instantly communicate with each other around the corner and around the world.
As the presidential election demographics just clearly demonstrated, a younger, more diverse, in some cases, formerly disenfranchised and much more media savvy electorate is beginning to impact the process in a very big way; if they remain engaged, things will never be the same.
And for a whole lot of us; that's a very good thing; for others, well, it will take some getting used to.
We've come a long way in a relatively short time when you consider what we've been through.
The last American Civil War veteran, Albert Henry Woolson, a Union soldier from Antwerp, New York passed away in 1956 at the ripe old age of 109, closing out another era in our history as another one opened up. Though the War was over and the last soldier dead, the battles still raged as the Jim Crow era began, only to be replaced by the Civil Rights era, and now this, the so-called "post race" era.
I can't help but wonder how many fourteen year olds in 2008 cast their first vote in 2012 without regard to race; how many more in 2016 will do the same and whether the trend will continue?
Can we honestly say that we have put race behind us? Absolutely not entirely as the voter suppression efforts throughout the country recently prove, but in spite of that, if the election results actually reflect the majority opinion, the answer might eventually be yes even though the country might be split in half on other issues.
Obviously, some still harbor deep racial animosities toward one another, but assuming the current voting trends continue, a whole new breed of active voters will be in position for the foreseeable future to fashion this nations destiny giving us all an equal opportunity to address and resolve real challenges and serious issues that will continue to affect all of us regardless of our differences.
But the dawning of this newest era of the new normal could be marked by more than fancy new high tech political campaign strategies; it should be marked by the realization that we have more in common than not, and that circumstances beyond politics may force us together, ready or not, for example ...
As writer Brad Plumer pointed out in the Washington Post on Oct. 30:
• The first nine months of 2012 have been the hottest in the United States on record. (Globally, this has been the eighth-warmest year on record.)
• The U.S. wildfire season this year was the second-largest by area since records began in the 1960s, topped only by 2006. In Colorado, 600 homes were destroyed in the Waldo Canyon fire.
• The biggest drought in half a century parched the Midwestern United States, sent food prices climbing and knocked 0.4 percentage points off third quarter GDP growth.
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More catastrophes like this year's floods, droughts and extreme weather like Super-storm Sandy should teach us:
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• That in an emergency, government and industry can only do so much to help
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Here's the new 2012 report on Life Science Clusters issued by Jones Lang LaSalle. It highlights biotech clusters around the globe. This year's top 10 ranking in the US follows with the change from last year's ranking in parentheses:
- Greater Boston (no change)
- San Diego (+5 spots)
- San Francisco Bay area (no change)
- Raleigh-Durham (+5 spots)
- Philadelphia (+1 spot)
- Washington DC metro area (-1 spot)
- New Jersey/New York city (-5 spots)
- Los Angeles/Orange county (-4 spots)
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TRAVERSE CITY — An investigation into what caused Brown Bridge Pond to rush into the Boardman River could take months to complete, and investigators aren't sure if they'll figure out what caused the flooding.
"I don't know if we will ever really know for sure exactly what happened," said Jim Pawloski, a member of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Dam Safety Unit. "Often, when we have incidents like this, much of the evidence is washed downstream."
The DEQ is investigating what caused the pond to empty into the Boardman during work to remove Brown Bridge Dam. A construction crew was at work on a "dewatering structure" adjacent to the dam on Saturday morning when the breach occurred.
The dewatering structure is supposed to allow for a slow release of water, but the pond flushed into the river in the space of a few hours, and caused the Boardman to rise as much as five feet.
Property damage claims tied to the flood surged to 49 by Tuesday, said Dan Scott, Grand Traverse County's Emergency Manager.
DEQ investigators are investigating whether a contractor, Molon Excavating, accidentally caused the pond to empty into the river or if there was an equipment failure.
Byron Lane, the DEQ's chief of Hydrologic Studies and Dam Safety, said the plan is to draw down water on the Brown Bridge Dam and the adjacent dewatering structure for inspection. Right now, key components of the structure remain underwater.
"With something like this, when you have an earthen embankment, during the flooding, the evidence can be destroyed," Lane said. "Right now it seems as though the structure that failed is reasonably intact."
Pawloski said the investigation is an engineering-related inquiry, not a criminal investigation.
"From the DEQ's perspective, we've initiated an investigation into what's happened, and we have conducted interviews with most of the people who were on site, trying to correct information, data and observations to try to gain an understanding of technically what was the situation, and, from an engineering situation, what exactly occurred," Pawloski said.
Lane said a comprehensive analysis of the flooding's impact on the Boardman fishery is ongoing. Teams of biologists with the DEQ and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will be on the river today to assess the damage.


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Superlative Adjectives
A superlative adjective expresses the extreme or highest degree of a quality. We use a superlative adjective to describe the extreme quality of one thing in a group of things.
In the example below, "biggest" is the superlative form of the adjective "big":
In this lesson we will look first at how we make superlative adjectives, and then at how we use them:
We can use superlative adjectives when talking about three or more things (not two things).


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Selena Gomez has been granted a temporary restraining order from a man police say has threatened the singer and actress. Thomas Brodnicki, a man with a history of mental illness, will be required to stay 100 yards away from Gomez and her workplace until a second court hearing on November 4th where the order could be extended for three years.
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer shows the new tablet called Surface during a news conference at Milk Studios on June 18, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. The new Surface tablet utilizes a 10.6 inch screen with a cover that contains a full multitouch keyboard.
After a lot of rumors, and a lot of secrecy, Microsoft has managed - for Microsoft - quite a feat. It's managed to impress a lot of people with a new piece of hardware.
Reporters are saying "Zune, who?" now that they've had a chance to check out the new Windows-based tablet called "Surface." You remember Surface, right? Cool technology built into tables that you could touch and move things around on? Well, now it's shrunk down into a tablet.
Surface checks in at a very thin 9 millimeters, weighing one and a half pounds, with a generous 10.6 inch display. It's further proof that we are entering headlong into a tablet computing generation - not just for Apple fans, but Windows devotees as well.
I haven't had a chance to get any hands-on time yet, but noticed a cool feature .. a magnetic cover for Surface that doubles as a full keyboard. Nice.
Microosft says it will have Surfaces with 32 GB and 64GB of storage. At this point, we're being told that Surface will be available as Windows 8 launches - What they're calling the "Pro" version will come three months later. Hmmm. That's a bit of lag time. Also, no word yet on pricing.
So .. cool new product. Will you hold off on that iPad purchase to wait for it?
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FULTONDALE — The city of Fultondale honored the men, women and children who fell victim to terrorists on 9-11, as well as survivors, during a ceremony on Wednesday.
Col. Robert Barefield, who is retired from the U.S. Army, was the guest speaker.
Charlie D. Waldrep presented the 9-11 memorial, and Amy Knight sang the national anthem. The Fultondale High School band played "The Star Spangled Banner" and "God Bless America."
Mayor Jim Lowery said the city plans to place four more large flags along Interstate 65 to accompany the one that is there now. He said all of the flags will be to memorialize different wars and events in American history.


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Humans came to Q'barra in search of sanctuary, not profit. Less than a decade ago, colonists in Pitchwall found a patch of Eberron dragonshards while digging new wells. Drawn by the reports, Tharashk prospectors soon found that Q'barra had vast Eberron dragonshard deposits, including Eberron shards with qualities never before seen by the house. Combined with the end of the Last War, this discovery has drawn a host of new forces to Q'barra. The shard rush is on, and this is threatening to destroy the delicate balance of power that exists between the humans and the native races of the region . . . and potentially, to unleash horrors from the dawn of time.
Nobles of Newthrone. Lords of Q'barra. I don't ask you to risk your own people in the battle that lies ahead. All I ask is that you untie my hands and let me assemble the troops I need to cleanse this land once and for all. Let me drive the scales into the ocean and give you the security you have always craved.
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By DAVID RAINER
Neither rain, nor mud nor semi-auto shotguns reduced to single shots due to the weather managed to keep youngsters from having a quality day in the outdoors at one of the Youth Dove Hunts hosted by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR).
That was proven at a recent hunt near Gilbertown in Choctaw County, where 34 youths and parents/mentors showed up despite a rainy forecast that turned out to be right on target. The rainy summer pattern experienced throughout most of Alabama had already rendered the fields – a combination of hay and corn – into a soggy bottom. But that didn't deter the youngsters from having a ball in conditions that left many with mud from head to toe, plus big smiles on their faces.
Jena Perry, agriculture teacher at Southern Choctaw High School and certified Hunter Education Instructor, said a day in the outdoors can be an educational opportunity for youngsters and adults alike.
"It's a great example of a family outing," Perry said. "It gives the adults something meaningful to do with their kids. It keeps the kids out of trouble. The kids that are the main causes of problems are the ones who don't have anything to do outdoors.
"Second, we want to teach the kids, and adults, more about the environment and the importance of conservation, being stewards of our natural resources for future generations and that it's not just ours to waste."
Perry said any experience outdoors, especially with youth hunts, makes it much easier when it comes time to take the hunter education course, which is required for all hunting license purchasers who were born on or after Aug. 1, 1977.
"Several of these kids here will be going through the hunter education course as they get a little older," she said. "This is a great opportunity to get hands-on experience. When we talk about firearms safety in the schools, obviously we can't have functional guns in the school. So for them to get to see it in action puts what they're learning in the classroom to use.
"Plus, if we don't have kids who want to hunt, there's no need for hunter education."
Perry also thinks teaching agriculture and hunter education goes hand-in-hand.
"I've always wanted to do something with kids and teaching them the importance of agriculture and the outdoors," she said. "There are so many kids who never go outside and they don't have an understanding of how agriculture and the environment relates to them. Hamburger meat just comes from the grocery store, as far as they're concerned.
Perry said there is one particular aspect of hunter education that she specifically stresses because the students don't seem to grasp it the first time it's mentioned.
"It's the importance of hunting laws," she said. "The laws are not just there to torture them – that laws serve useful purposes. We make sure they understand that they can't hunt any land they want. The biggest thing is getting them to understand that those laws have meaning and they're there for a reason – either their safety or the protection of the wildlife – and that it is important to maintain the laws and not just a reason to give them a ticket."
The Choctaw County youth dove hunt came about after Riley Ezell of Butler and Vance Wood, Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries' Conservation Enforcement Officer, talked about reviving the youth hunt in the county after several years of absence..
"We thought it would be a good idea to do it again," Ezell said. "Vance just took the ball and ran with it. If we don't get these kids into the outdoors, there's just so much stuff they can get into that's bad."
Ezell lined up the dove fields through his uncle, Larry Adams, who held the hunting rights and landowner Eddie Driscoll. Bubba Carlisle provided all the equipment needed to hold the event. Wood lined up sponsors for the refreshments and drinks, while the Alabama Conservation Enforcement Officers Association brought in its portable trap thrower for a little skeet shooting before the hunt started.
"It was a community effort," Ezell said.
"They've all had a wonderful time," Perry said. "Several of them have been running around sliding in the mud. Some even stayed out in the rain. It didn't bother them."
Fun and safety are the two goals for youth dove hunt organizers.
"Adults stay right next to them in the field to make sure the gun is pointed in a safe direction at all times and no low birds," Perry said. "They had adult supervision shooting skeet and learned about gun safety.
"This is a family event and it helps preserve the tradition of hunting. They're always learning in history class about how our ancestors had to hunt to feed themselves. It's important for these kids to learn these skills and understand the tradition of hunting, as well."
And Wood said at the end of the day one youngster provided all the incentive he needed to hold the hunt again next year.
"One of the boys came up with his big, blue eyes and told me how much fun he had," Wood said. "That made all the work it took to put this on worthwhile. That is what this is all about, right there."
Several more youth dove hunts are planned by the ADCNR for the 2009 seasons, mostly in the South Zone. Hunts are scheduled Oct. 3 in Monroe, Henry, Geneva and Escambia counties. Oct. 10 hunts are set for Covington and Escambia counties, while Oct. 17 hunts are set for Geneva and Barbour counties. Covington County also has an Oct. 24 hunt scheduled, while Dale County has a hunt set for Oct. 31.
Youth hunters must be less than 16 years old and accompanied by an adult at least 25 years old or their parent, with a valid state hunting license and a Harvest Information Program (H.I.P.) stamp. All are encouraged to wear eye protection and ear plugs.
Visit http://www.outdooralabama.com/hunting/youth-hunts/reservations.cfm for contact information to make reservations for one of the hunts.
PHOTOS – A hay bale provides a lookout point for Eric and Kaylee Weiss as Kaylee's son, Garrett Graham and cousin Morgan Graham search the skies for birds at a Youth Dove Hunt in Choctaw County recently.
Twelve-year-old Madison Johnson blasts away at a bird as father, Dewayne Johnson, calls his wife to bring a can of WD-40 to the dove field to try to return the 20-gauge to semi-auto mode instead of single-shot.


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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- March 29, 2008 - Senior lefthander Chris McDonough (Weymouth, Mass.) pitched a good seven innings and was credited with the first-game victory in leading the Wheaton College Lyons to a doubleheader baseball sweep of Springfield College, 4-3 and 11-0, this afternoon at Springfield's cold and windy Berry-Allen Field. The games marked the conference openers for Springfield.
With the wins, Wheaton raised its record to 13-4 overall, 4-0 in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. For Springfield, the Pride is now 3-10 overall, 0-2 in the conference. SC, once 3-2, has now lost eight straight.
The day was highlighted by a near no-hitter by junior righthander Adam Gingras (Woonsocket, R.I.) for the Lyons in game #2. Gingras wound up with a one-hitter.
In game #1, Wheaton took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on two walks and an RBI single by freshman DH Sean Munley (Trenton, N.J.). Munley knocked in another run in the third with a single, making it 2-0 Wheaton.
Springfield came back with two runs in the bottom of the third to tie it. Junior catcher Luke Gabordi (Ledyard, Conn.) had SC's first RBI of the day when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Later on senior third baseman Ryan Hingston (Windsor, Vt.) knocked one in on a ground ball out to third.
It stayed that way until the top of the eighth (the game's first extra inning). Walks were the key in this inning against Pride reliever Mario Piscitelli. Eventually, the Lyons scored on a sacrifice fly by sophomore outfielder Paul Malaguti (Andover, Mass.) and an RBI walk by sophomore catcher Jeff Lieneck (Foxboro, Mass.).
Springfield made it interesting in the bottom of the eighth, scoring on a two-out RBI single by senior second baseman Tim Romeo (Whitesboro, N.Y.). But Wheaton junior righthander Josh Simmons (Cranston, R.I.) struck out the last batter to produce his second save. McDonough was the winner, and is now 3-1. Piscitelli suffered his first loss. Springfield starter, junior Travis Turgeon (Norwich, Conn.) pitched his team's first six innings, allowing just the two runs, and deserved a better fate.
In game #2, which turned into a 7-inning contest once the first game went extra innings, Wheaton scored five in the first, one in the second, two in the fifth, and three in the sixth to take command right from the start.
Munley went 3-for-4 and scored two runs for the Lyons. Junior shortstop Nick Pecora (Highland Park, N.J.) also went 3-for-4, scoring two and driving in two. The Lyons accumulated a total of 15 hits.
Gingras pitched a complete game victory, allowing just one hit, a 7th-inning single by Federico, which broke up Gingras's bid for a no-hitter. Gingras walked one and struck out seven.


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All sorts of general information on cruise travel and forums, including personal journals, photos albums and videos.
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)
North American cruise lines trade association includes informative press releases from its members.
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Cruise Report
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Cruise Travel Magazine
Online version of popular print magazine. Includes news, calendar, merchandise, and links to other travel sites.
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Islands Magazine
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National Geographic Traveler
I love this magazine, and the online version provides links to back and current articles of interest to cruisers. A high quality site to match a high quality travel magazine.
The online version of the leading consumer newsstand and subscription magazine on cruising.
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Near the end of Harbor Drive on Key Biscayne sits a large pink Mediterranean-style house, which James and Cristina Sammataro and their three children call home.
The family moved into their custom-built home in November 2011. The home has 7 bedrooms and eight and a half baths, and was built as a functional living space for the young family.
"I wanted the home to be spacious, functional and I didn't want there to be dead or unused space," Cristina Sammataro said.
The Sammataro home is one of six that will be part of the Key Biscayne's Chamber of Commerce Annual Home Tour on Saturday. The tour is the first of several home and garden tours this time of year in South Florida.
The island-style interiors have something to offer for every member of the family. The house has a pool, a two-story library and office space, a playroom for the children, a theater room and a private guest suite.
The exterior, sponge painted in a distinct shade of pink with the hope that it will weather over time, has stucco walls.
"The idea is for it to weather with time so it looks old, so that in ten years it'll look 100 years old," Cristina Sammataro said. The color is more intense than I envisioned when I saw a small swatch. But now, I'm driving home and I see my pink home and it makes me happy."
Cristina added that the family was influenced by their culture when they decided on the style for the home. She comes from a Hispanic background, and her husband has Italian roots.
"It just seems very warm, welcoming and inviting," she said of her home. "This is the style that for me feels most like home."
The home will serve as the final location for an annual sightseeing of six homes that will showcase typical island living in Key Biscayne during the home tour.
The tour, which is in its third year, will grant visitors the ability to witness first-hand what it's like to live a "lifestyle in paradise."
The tour will kick-off at 10 a.m. at Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church, where registration will be open to anyone interested in attending. Visitors will then take one of several Mercedes-Benz vans to embark on the tour that will stop at three homes with waterfront views and three located inland. Vans will depart at various times during the day.
Proceeds from the event will benefit Key Biscayne's Chamber of Commerce.
"With the help, donations and cooperation of all the owners, businesses and restaurants, this is our way of saying thanks and opening our doors to other people so they see how beautiful Key Biscayne really is," said Vivian Galego-Mendez, home tour committee chairwoman.
Galego-Mendez, who has lived on Key Biscayne for 14 years, expects 400 people the day of the event.
"I think it's a wonderful way of getting the community to come together," she said. "It's a wonderful opportunity to be able to be a part of this."
Though organizers of the tour will not reveal the address of the homes until the day of the tour for security reasons, they did provide hints about the other homes on the tour.
One of the other homes boasts a modern style of architecture.
Another inland home is a remodeled original Mackel home "with all the charm of Key Biscayne days gone by," Galego-Mendez.
All six "elegant, high-end, luxury properties" each have a price tag above a million dollars, according to Galego-Mendez.
Tickets for the tour will be sold online before the event on keybiscaynechamber.org for $30. Tickets will also be sold at the church the day of the tour for $40.
At the end of the tour, guests will be provided food from Key Biscayne restaurants, including Novecento of Key Biscayne and Archie's Pizza.


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backy Twin CitiesPosts: 18,682I've seen rentals of late with 40k miles... rental agencies seem to be hanging on to cars longer these days. The thing that raised my eyebrows was driving a car for a weekend and not commenting on details on fuel economy, and especially saying a dash is "hard plastic" when clearly it's not.
serenala18 Posts: 1I am not sure what else you could do. But I would like to say one thing in the defense of this car.
When I was learning to drive I drove my brother's old 1995 Saturn, as he was away in college. Later, I bought it from him. I loved that car. But eventually the car got old and not as reliable as it once was. And with my life changing I needed a new car. Well, I ended up getting a 2012 Hyundai Elantra, and I must say that my new car is amazing. I have recently moved to a city with no highways. But in the city that my car was purchased in the only driving I did was on highways. I remember looking down one day and my MPG was at 34.8. This was only a few months after purchasing the car. In my new city my car now gets 25 MPG or less, but I have a lot of stop-and-go and pretty much no highway driving. But as soon as I take a trip back to the other city, my MPG goes right back up to 30+. I have owned this car since the end of April, and I have not had one problem with it so far, especially none with my MPG. And let me add in that I am a young driver, so I am not by any means the best driver in the world. Still, my MPG has been fine since day 1 of my purchase.
Also, after my grandmother saw my new car she went out and bought the exact same one, with a few more upgrades then mine had. And she has not had any problems with her MPG either.
I do not know what you could do to try and fix your problem. But I can tell you that the MPG problem is not from the 2011 - 2012 changes in the car. I am sorry you are having such problems with your car. But I hope you can resolve them because the 2012 Hyundai Elantra really is a good car to have.
jbuster Posts: 1I, was wondering if you would be able to give a quick review (What works, doesn't work, features, glitches, etc...) of the aftermarket navigation system you installed on your Elantra. I am considering installing one as well but cannot find any reviews on this system.
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Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl
By Gary Gygax and Christopher Perkins
The giant alliance is beginning to crack! Descend into the Glacial Rift and face the cold wrath of Grugnur, the frost giant jarl. A D&D adventure for characters of levels 16–18, and the third of four paragon-tier adventures based on Gary Gygax's classic
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By ROB W. ANDERSON
Staff Writer
Though many people usher in the holidays with shopping sprees and elaborate decorations, others keep the "reason for the season" at the forefront – and that means celebrating in a religious setting.
Several area church congregations are rehearsing to present pageants, cantatas, concerts and dinners to their members and the community at-large. Some are traditional, and others are new to the seasonal lineup.
The First United Methodist Church will be hosting a bell-choir special Sunday, Dec. 9 at 10:40 a.m. The following Sunday – Dec. 16, at 10:40 a.m. – FUMC will present a chamber choir special. Across town, the First Presbyterian Church is preparing for its Christmas dinner and party on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 5 p.m.
The bell choir at First Methodist, 300 W. Delaware, owns the largest set of hand bells in Tahlequah, and will feature them in the holiday performance under the theme "Bells and Holly." Bell choir director Linda Cheatham said the 12-member bell ensemble begins preparing for the annual event in September.
"We start working on Christmas music at the beginning of fall. We work it in with the other music we are going to play," Cheatham said. "We were going to perform at the library, but they decided not to do that this year. We will play as part of the church service on Dec. 9."
When selecting the music for the Christmas special, Cheatham chooses "one that is rather difficult, and then a couple that are not so demanding, to accommodate the ability levels of members of the choir.
"We have professors from NSU who are music professors, and then we have some people who are not music readers," Cheatham said. "They might have to take their music and circle the notes, and some people write right-hand, left-hand, rather than reading the music. Each person is assigned, basically, two notes and the sharps and flats that go with that, depending on the key changes. We even have some people who use colored pencils and will color-code their music."
Cheatham has been working with hand bells since she was 10 years old and directing for 25 years, 18 of which have been at First United Methodist Church. She said there are many people who love and want to be involved with music, but they can't sing. Ringing hand bells can be their form of musical expression.
"We also do special techniques with the bells. We do more than just ring the bells. We do special techniques, and we incorporate other instruments like the tambourine or triangle," she said. "You can make very unusual sounds with the bells. You can hit them with a mallet and make a pizzicato-type sound. You can strike the bell on a padded table to make a thunking sound. That's called a martellato sound. Each different technique changes the movement of the sound waves. The clapper [in the bell] only moves from front to back. It does not move sideways, and you can adjust the clapper for different volume. We usually leave them on soft because it kind of hurts your ears if it's too loud."
The chamber choir special will be Handel's "The Messiah," to be presented during the Dec. 16 service, said First United Methodist Church Chamber Choir Director Don Studebaker.
"It's probably one of the most well-known Christmas oratorios in history, and we've got the chamber orchestra coming," he said. "We have so many great musicians in this church. We have a lot of music faculty who are involved in the bell choir and the chamber choir. So it's pretty potent group of musicians. We can do hard pieces really well."
The First Presbyterian Church will be hosting its Christmas dinner and party Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 5 p.m. Santa will be on hand, said pastor Jan Condren.
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Though Veterans Day is Sunday, Nov. 11 this year, all levels of government in Lower Merion observe it Monday, Nov. 12.
Here are some of the local facilities and services that will be closed on Monday for the holiday:
- Banks
- All U.S. Post Offices
- PennDOT Photo License Centers
- All Montgomery County courts and county offices
- All Commonwealth of Pennsylvania courts and state offices
- All federal courts and offices
Also, check our list of what's open on Veterans Day.
What did we miss? What else important is available on Veterans Day? Tell us in the comments section below.


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Friends of the Antelope Valley Indian Museum (FAVIM) assists the educational and interpretive program at the Antelope Valley Indian Museum. Through the cooperative effort of the Friends and the State Park system, the Indian Museum has been opened to the public and scheduled tour groups since 1982.
FAVIM is an official cooperating association with California State Parks. For more information or to join, visit the Friends of the Antelope Valley Indian Museum website.
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California State Parks has a valuable relationship with more than 80 cooperating associations authorized pursuant to Public Resources Code 513. These non-profit charitable organizations are dedicated to enhancing the educational and interpretive programs in California State Parks. Associations are related to, but independent of the state parks they serve.
Many associations have websites. California State Parks encourages you to visit these websites, however does not guarantee the content, timeliness or accuracy of the materials on these sites.


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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (September 8, 2007) – Alyssa Brigham led all Springfield College finishers at the Amherst Cross Country Invitational this past Saturday.
As a team, the Pride placed second of eight squads represented at the invitational with a score of 85 points. Host Amherst placed first with 20 points. In third was Wheaton (101), followed by Merrimack (119), Bryant (139), St. Anselm (147), Assumption (156), and UMass Lowell 161.
On the women's side, Brigham, a senior co-captain from Penacook, N.H., finished 10th overall with a time of 20:46.0. Behind her were sophomore Amanda DiPaolo (Philipstown, N.Y.) (13th, 21:15.1), freshman Lacey Cartier (York, Me.) (20th, 21:56.8), senior co-captain Jess Borsotti (Northampton, Mass.) (25th, 22:19.3), and freshman Amanda Mullen (Claremont, N.H.) (34th, 22:41.9).
Others who competed for Springfield included senior Katelyn Rudolph (Amherst, N.Y.) (43rd, 23:27.9), junior Lara Dalidowitz (Southington, Conn.) (55th, 24:10.9), freshman Mollie Berndt (Burlington, Wisc.) (60th, 24:28.9), freshman Jackie Pires (Davie, Fla.) (64th, 24:41.9), freshman Rachel DiMattia (Kensington, Conn.) (66th, 24:51.2), sophomore Allison Vander Werff (Golden's Bridge, N.Y.) (68th, 24:56.0), freshman Tiffany Rozenas (Rochester, Mass.) (69th, 25:01.8), freshman Kelly Murray (Cohoes, N.Y.) (70th, 25:06.5), and sophomore Emma Lang (Woodstock, N.Y.) (72nd, 25:16.5).
Both the men and women will be at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational next Saturday (Sept. 15). The women will race at 11:15 am, followed by the men at 12 noon.


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