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The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), proposed by the Senate has been allowed to die in the House. House Republicans refused to accept "a key protection for Native American women" in the Senate version. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla, told Huffpost that he absolutely supports the Senate bill and believed if the bill were brought up, it would pass.
President Obama gave his support for the bill because it would help "bring to justice anyone Indian or non-Indian who hurts a woman." That goal is far from being realized now. Non-Indian men commit an estimated 80 percent of rape on Indian women, and according to the 2010 report by the General Accounting office. U.S. attorneys "declined to prosecute 46 percent of assaults and 6 percent of sexual abuse and related matters."
All people who want rapists charged and prosecuted should support this law and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and her plan to reintroduce it. Let Rep. Cole know we support him in getting this law passed. Justice should be for everyone, no matter the gender or race.

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Update: this post attracted some sharp comments from loyal users/supporters of Windows and Microsoft. However, the issue I raised is getting broader attention. See the post below:
Why Windows 8 Is Microsoft's Biggest Risk Ever
Steve Ballmer's announcement of the Windows Surface tablet seemed to channel Steve Jobs: dressed in a dark shirt, a CEO making a glitzy product intro, and most remarkable, an integrated device strategy.
In the 1990s Microsoft triumphed over Apple with its stand-alone operating system ("OS") strategy. Now Microsoft is abandoning its winning formula, and following its competitors:
Apple and Google are the leaders in the burgeoning market for "Post-PC" devices, meaning devices that are truly personal, mobile, designed for communication and media consumption as much as work, and wirelessly connected (more). Why are post-PC device leaders employing integrated strategies, when Microsoft did so well focusing on the OS layer of the PC value chain?
Microsoft has no choice but to learn to compete in the post-PC market. PC sales are flat to declining.
How likely is it that Microsoft will succeed? Windows won because it had more appeal to business users, who dominated the first phase of the PC market. It was feature rich, it looked like a "real operating system" to professional IT managers, and, by providing a standard interface between hardware and application software, it provoked fierce competition among hardware producers on the basis of price and "feeds and speeds". And, Microsoft leveraged Windows to establish dominance of business productivity applications, on the basis of a vast array of features and business-friendly bundled marketing. But, Microsoft needed 20 years to produce a PC OS (Windows 7) that rivals MacOS in ease and pleasure of use [IMHO].
Now Microsoft needs to create products that evoke consumer lust, as Apple products do, or appeal to hip geeks, like Android. Neither of these things is obvious for the colossus of Redmond. Windows 8 is getting good reviews, and Microsoft's success with Xbox is solid, but its on-line and music/video offerings have fallen far short. Consumer lust and hip geekiness are not in the core Microsoft DNA.
I was serving IBM ("the colossus of Armonk") as a strategy consultant in 1993, when the board brought in the first-ever outside CEO, Lou Gerstner, to reconsider everything. IBM was losing out to the technology-based companies: especially Sun, Intel, Oracle, Compaq, and Microsoft. Gerstner faced a choice between doubling down to make IBM a leading edge technology firm, or focusing on services to big business. IBM had the technology chops on paper (in fact it had first developed much of the technology that was taking away its markets), and those markets were hot. But, IBM's core DNA was selling to big business, and Gerstner determined that big businesses had major needs for help building strategic platforms from the technology cornucopia that was on offer, and they trusted IBM. Gerstner chose to stay with the key customers and bet on the core DNA. The result for shareholders has been good, but IBM no longer defines the future.
Microsoft is at or near to this same Rubicon: does it bet on its key customers and core DNA, or does it try to run with the fast crowd and define the future? I'm guessing that, ironically, it will ultimately make the same pragmatic choice as IBM. Either way, it will be the end of Microsoft as we know it.
We do seem poised at the cusp of a great shift. It looks like the largest change in the field of technology since maybe the invention of the PC. The pace of progress has grown incredibly swift. How this plays out will be interesting. I feel that whatever happens, five years from now tech will look completely different.
Macbook air is a innovative product??
I don't think so.
You can get the same or more powerful configuration in an ultra book from Dell at half of the price of Macbook Air.
i will simply call it a overpriced crap for newbies
What an iEnvy knee jerk reaction from a fanboi.
Stupid but nevertheless hilarious.
Sigh – such a grandiose headline but no meat – all filler. Everyone already knows all these obivous, re-treaded sentiments. Journalism isn't about rehashing the obvious points that every geek/nerd blogger has already spewed out countless times. This article's headline should read "The End Of Journalism … As We Know It … I'm Just Phoning It In".
There's nothing in this article that indicates the end of Microsoft. No one knows how well the Surface Tablet will do. If it fails, Microsoft will still stand strong. It's just an experiment. Who knows how far they'll go with consumer electronics, but currently, iPhone doesn't release phones often enough to be relevant and Android updates to new versions far too quickly, forcing you to either wait for an update for your phone (generally tedious, because no one cares about your update) or buy a new phone all together. If Windows could fill the gap and keep customers happy, they could be the winner with Windows Phone.
However, in a world where carriers strong-arm contracts to get their way and fill phones with bloatware and never allow updates, who knows how they could get passed that.
I would agree with this article if three things weren't true.
1. Not only does microsoft have over 90% of the PC market but they are coming out with W8 which will attract even more people because of it's simplicity and that it will run on mobile.
2. Microsoft has Xbox which is the most popular videogame consle by far, and that is not about to change. Xbox is one of the fastest selling consumer products of all time and it's only getting better. Need I say more?
3. WP7 is, in my and most people that have tried its opinion, is the best phone OS. And if that is true it would make since that it will eventually be the most popular. Plus with WP8 coming out it is drastically improving.
With these three things MS is still very much in the consumer market.
1. Please, plese keep pounding on that 90% of the PC metric. Mobile is not desktop. Android is moving more units this year than even Windows 7. We're going mobile and Microsoft isn't coming with us. We're running away from the PC _just to_ flee Microsoft's prevention of innovation. So your 90% figure reminds us of why this change is happening, and speeds us on our way.
2. Xbox may see its first profit dollar some day. But it hasn't yet.
3. If WP7 is so great why aren't people buying it?
Dude wtf you smoking??? we're going mobile and Microsoft isn't coming with us??
Android is free dude, and if you didn't notice Android isn't a desktop OS and isn't suitable in that space. Neither is iOS cause if it was why would they would sell OSX???? if mobile was the be all and end all of the story then why did Apple just release and bunch of Mac-books and i Macs and are bringing back the behemoth tower in the Mac Pro surely if they didn't get the "We're going mobile and Microsoft isn't coming with us" memo as you seem to have received they wouldn't have wasted they're time with all that ???
ICS (basically the first versionof Android worth spitting on) is only 5% of the total Android sales to date…and of the UNITS that Android (Google actually) is moving, how of that results in money in Google's pocket??? none perhaps..Google makes next to nothing from Android, wheres as Microsoft is estimated to make around $400 – 500 million dollars from Android this year alone.
You're running away from PC cause your happy spending your time doing nothing computational intensive (read: real computing work whatsoever and no YouTube isn't real computing work dude)…
and as of last year
so im not sure where you dug up your "Xbox may see its first profit dollar some day. But it hasn't yet." but you have someone take a look at that cause there's definitely an issue there…
lastly winPho 7 is great, take a look at it and use it and then comment..Its basically gen 1 again and hasnt been out anywhere near as long as Android or iOS…There arent a ton of OEM's building awesome specked devices except for Nokia, hence they make up well over 50% of the winPho sales to date,..this will change with the announcement of winpho8 and its already showing this in first half year sales 2012…take a look at figures over the next 12 months and tel me it aint growing and no one is buying…I wonder if RI will be around by then???
It is the end of Microsoft. They have not introduced anything revolution, such as virtual reality headsets and gloves that can move us to the "post-keyboard", "Holodeck" era. The end won't be sudden, it will be a gradual decline into irrelevancy, like WordPerfect.
They prevailed for so long because home users liked being able to click on a document and have it play a video, song or display a memo. UNIX was more cumbersome, requiring cryptic commands to be entered. Businesses, generally, preferred the stability of Solaris.
However, UNIX has caught up with Windows for the home user. Android and the various Mac operating systems are based on UNIX. Windows is struggling to keep pace with emerging technology and Microsoft has assumed that people will pay an extortionate price to have a quad-core, x86, Microsoft tablet just to run MS Word. Users won't. They will abandon MS Word and use Open Office, which saves them the cost of Windows hardware and Windows itself. Google and Apple are weaning people off Windows.
The Surface will go the way of Bing, a billion dollar per quarter loss that achieves nothing more than being a slight nuisance to the competition. With Microsoft's revenue, the fact they are reduced to cloning other products shows that shareholders are paying for a dying company to do what Safeway does with baked beans.


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The head of a new business-backed education advocacy group is drawing scrutiny for her ties to a progressive group that actively opposed the former Republican majority on the Wake County school board.
Earlier this month, BEST NC announced it had selected Brenda Berg to be its new chief executive officer. The board members of BEST NC include bigwigs such as Ann Goodnight of SAS; Jim Goodmon, CEO of Capitol Broadcasting; Venessa Harrison, president of AT&T North Carolina; Robert Niblock, CEO of Lowes; and Brad Wilson, CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.
BEST NC, which says it will be non-partisan, called Berg a public education advocate and entrepreneur. The groups Dec. 19 press release noted how Berg is a member of the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Education Committee and worked with volunteer organizations such as Communities in Schools of Wake County, the PTA and the Wake County Schools Business Alliance.
Not mentioned by BEST NC is Bergs involvement with the Great Schools in Wake Coalition, which fought the former GOP school board majoritys efforts to end busing for socioeconomic diversity while also trying to protect the magnet school program
During 2010 and 2011, GSIW organized protests, sent speakers to school board meetings, encouraged people to write letters to the editor and frequently issued press releases criticizing the school board.
In a 2011 company press release, Berg said she was a member of GSIWs executive committee.
Great Schools has been relatively quiet on Wake school issues since Democrats retook the school board after the 2011 election. Instead, members have switched their focus to statewide issues, frequently criticizing Gov. Pat McCroy and the GOP-led General Assembly for their changes to public education.
Soon after Bergs appointment, the conservative Civitas Institute issued its own press release charging that BEST NC had hired a partisan activist. Francis DeLuca, president of Civitas, says Berg was involved with Great Schools in Wake and notes how she actively supported Democratic candidates for the board in 2011. Berg had given them campaign donations.
DeLuca was also actively involved in the 2011 school board elections. Through Civitas Action, which DeLuca also leads, the group sent mailers and made phone calls in an unsuccessful bid to help the Republican school board candidates.
DeLuca also says in the press release that GSIW and its parent organization, WakeUP Wake County, promoted a boycott of Variety Wholesalers stores to target one of those conservative leaders, businessman and philanthropist Art Pope.
The Civitas Institute receives a majority of funding from Popes family foundation.
Ms. Bergs full history raises grave questions as to whether she can put politics aside and unite the business community, rather than singling out elected officials and enterprises for attacks and boycotts, De Luca said. While she heads BEST NC, everything it does deserves a skeptical look.
Rob Schofield, policy director of the progressive N.C. Policy Watch, fired back with a Dec. 20 blog post accusing Civitas of hitting a new low and hitting the insipidness meter. N.C. Policy Watch had also been a critic of the former Wake GOP school board majority.
It lambastes Brenda Berg because she did some work for Great Schools in Wake and that group attacked the policies of Republican school board members and promoted policies endorsed by some Democrats Earth to Civitas: thats what sometimes happens when you take positions on issues, Schofield writes.


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Carjacking suspect arrested after Petaluma hit-and-run
Published: Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 3:22 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 3:22 p.m.
A Hayward man was arrested in Petaluma on Saturday morning after an elderly woman was injured in a hit-and-run collision involving a carjacked vehicle, police said.
The woman, an 81-year-old Petaluma resident, was driving a vehicle when she was hit at the intersection of Payran and East Washington streets at 7:10 a.m., Sgt. Marlin Christensen said.
She was transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries, he said.
At the scene, officers found the front license plate that had fallen off the suspect vehicle, and learned it had been taken in an Oakland carjacking earlier Saturday.
The vehicle's description was broadcast to Marin and Sonoma County law enforcement agencies, and Petaluma police began searching primarily on the city's east side, Christensen said.
Kimberly Mota, a Petaluma parking enforcement officer, spotted the vehicle in downtown Petaluma at 8:36 a.m. and radioed the information to patrol officers.
The vehicle was stopped with assistance from Sonoma County sheriff's deputies, and the driver, Raul Velazquez, 28, was arrested on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle, carjacking, felony driving under the influence and causing an injury, felony hit and run and on an outstanding arrest warrant for a prior theft, police said.
He was booked into Sonoma County Jail without bail.
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At the end of the Super Bowl, at the moment Rob Gronkowski dove for the Hail Mary tip, I thought for a split second he would come up with it. The "slo-mo" replay showed that he came within a foot or so of possibly the hairiest finish to another great game. A close call, indeed.
In the outdoors, we have some close calls, too. How many times have you left your deer stand after hours of seeing nothing, only to find out later a big buck walked right through there. When there is snow, you can really see what happens when you take a break. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has found deer tracks in his boot prints when returning to a stand that shouldn't have been abandoned. Sometimes I think they are patiently waiting and watching, passing through after they watch you walk away.
One day, I was turkey hunting and had just settled in against a nice big tree overlooking a creek bottom. I was pulling a call from my vest when I heard something coming at high speed. I leaned forward a bit to look around the tree, and what to my wondering eye should appear but three deer, charging hard right for my face. I swear the lead deer left some hair on the tree bark when she went by. If I had a diaphragm call in my mouth, I know I would have swallowed it. Close call.
Most grouse I've shot at probably flew away thinking, "Hah, that wasn't even a close call." Once in a while, on that rare occasion when one does fall at the shot, you usually don't have to worry about picking too many BBs out of the meat.
Fishing has its share of close calls, too. I know a guy who took his buddy's hat off with his back cast. I'm sure some unkind comments ensued concerning the man's lineage and intelligence level. I once hooked my brother in the ear with a Rapala with three sets of treble hooks(I was pretty young then). It was a close call that none of the hooks went in past the barb. It was also a close call that he didn't kill me, I'm sure.
Then there was the time we were way over our limit of walleyes and the fish wardens came by. Just kidding. JUST KIDDING!
If you knew how few walleyes I've caught lately, you'd know just how funny that really is.
Jet boats and close calls are like ice cream and cake. On a good low summer flow, any jet boater worth his salt will have a close call or two every time out. After a close call, you coolly shrug and say yeah, this boat runs shallow. (You say that after you remember to exhale and unclasp your buttocks from the boat seat.)
Close calls make life exciting.
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---- — 6 On The Square will welcome back writer, teacher, guitarist, performer and vocalist Cliff Eberhardt to its stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. His music combines pop, rock and folk styles.
A driving force of the Greenwich Village New Folk movement and well-known among his peers, Eberhardt's songs have been covered by the likes of Richie Havens, Buffy St. Marie, Erasure, Lucy Kaplansky and the folk superstar band Cry, Cry, Cry.
Last year Eberhardt was approached by director Aaron Posner, who has been a fan of his music for more than 20 years. Posner was director of the Folger Shakespeare Theatre's production of the"Taming of the Shrew," set in the Wild West circa 1880. Eberhardt composed and performed original music in the role of The Blind Balladeer. On April 9, at the Helen Hayes Awards gala event held at the Warner Theatre in Washington,, the show received the Outstanding Resident Play award.
Eberhardt joined Red House Records in 1997 and has recorded five albums for the label. His latest album, "Shrew Songs," a limited edition CD, is all acoustic and features 11 songs from and inspired by the production of "Taming of the Shrew" as well as some of his classics that he also sang in the show.
Tickets can be bought at www.6onthesquare.org for $20 plus a $2 service charge until the day of the show or for $25 at the door. Doors open one hour before show time.
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MOORE — Several co-workers received floral arrangements that were delivered to the office for Easter.
They ranged from small bouquets to the elaborate. Some had candy and balloons. Others had pink and blue stuffed animals tied to the base of the vases.
There was a very small arrangement, maybe 12 inches in height but it was very full. The colors of the flowers were so vibrant it made people take a second look.
"For such a tiny thing, it sure holds a lot of beauty," someone commented. And it was true. Not only was it extremely beautiful, but it was very fragrant, too.
"Why would anyone bother with such a tiny bouquet?" someone else said. "They might as well have not sent anything at all rather than send this miniature thing." When this comment was made we were a little surprised. The only statement that was correct was that it was small. What this person didn't take the time to see was the inordinate beauty this little bouquet held. Nor did this person take the time to take a whiff of the multiple fragrances emanating from this powerful arrangement.
Most of us agreed that this would make the perfect centerpiece. The flowers that came before this one was a group of three dozen roses; stunning, but so large it would have consumed every inch of the center of the table leaving room for little else.
Listening to comments on the flowers as they were delivered made me grateful that God doesn't judge us on our appearances, but He looks at the heart.
Not all of us are blessed with bountiful outward beauty like the three dozen roses. More often than not people are just ordinary but reflect an inner beauty that far outshines anything on the surface just like the smaller bouquet.


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Etihad Airways confirms that it is not in talks with Malaysia Airlines about the possibility of an equity investment in the carrier.
Oil prices are at a suitable level for OPEC members and the group sees no shortage in supply, says UAE Energy Minister.
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Turkey is investigating 28 truck drivers ferrying diesel to the Iraqi city of Mosul have been abducted by militants.
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Fairmont girls control Frankfort, win 50-29
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Fairmont Senior had three girls score in double figures to defeat Frankfort 50-29 Saturday evening at Fairmont.
Kaden Whaley finished with 11 points, Emily Stoller 10 and Kelsey Morrone each had 10.
Mikala Miller led the Falcons with 10 points. Madison Pfaff added seven and Katie Jan five.
Fairmont never trailed at the breaks, leading 14-7, 30-16 and 38-21.
Frankfort visits Fort Hill Wednesday evening with the junior varsity game starting at 6 p.m. with the varsity to follow at 7:30.
Frostburg Elks Hoop Shoot Jan. 20
FROSTBURG — The Frostburg Elks will hold its annual "Hoop Shoot" free throw contest Sunday, Jan. 20, at the Frostburg Armory. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. and the contest will start at 2 o'clock.
Boys and girls ages 8 to 13 are eligible to compete. Age is determined as of April 1, 2013. Winners in each division will advance to the West District Hoop Shoot in Frederick. Winners at the West District Hoop Shoot will compete in the State Hoop Shoot in February. State winners advance to the Southeast Central Region Championship in Charleston, W.Va., and winners in the region championship compete in the National Finals in Springfield, Mass. Winners at the national level have their names placed on a plaque in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
The age divisions are 8-9, 10-11, 12-13. Participants are allowed to compete in only one local hoop shoot. Girls and boys 8-9 division will use a girls regulation ball. The 8-9 division will shoot four feet in front of the regulation foul line.
Winners from each division will receive plaques. For more information, call Paul Kahl at 301-689-6279.


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---- — TICONDEROGA — More kids are eating full meals on weekends here.
The Kiwanis Club of Ticonderoga BackPack Program has expanded to the Ticonderoga Middle School with a grant from Stewart's Holiday Match Program.
The initiative, begun in January, sends eligible students home each Friday with backpacks stocked with food to help them eat healthy over the weekend.
To start, the program packed backpacks for 30 Ticonderoga Elementary School students.
The Stewart's Shop grant of $1,250 made it possible to add 15 Ticonderoga Middle School students to the program, according to Kiwanis Club President John Bartlett.
He said the backpacks are distributed every Friday at dismissal and are intended to last the weekend.
On Monday, the students bring the empty backpacks to school to be refilled for Friday.
The club wants to expand to St. Mary's Catholic School in Ticonderoga and Crown Point Central School in the fall. Those are the schools within the organization's service area, Bartlett said.
The Kiwanis Club works through a committee established at Ticonderoga Central School District to distribute the food to students.
The backpacks are numbered to allow students to discretely pick them up at the end of the day, said John Donahue, principal of Ticonderoga elementary and middle schools.
The backpacks include breakfast items such as oatmeal, cereal and granola bars. Entrees consist of macaroni and cheese, Spaghettios, tuna and soup. Snack items, fruits, vegetables and a loaf of bread are included. Beverages include milk and juice.
The Stewart's funding will be used to buy food from the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York.
Donahue said the school formed a committee to determine which students qualified for backpacks. Then the parents were contacted to see if they wanted their children to participate.
This year, the program will run to the end of the school year in June, and next year it will start in October and run through June as well.
"We've been pleasantly surprised with the support we've received," Donahue said.
It costs $167 to provide weekend backpacks to one child for the entire school year.
The club members had first thought they would do the shopping themselves for the backpacks, Bartlett said, but then found out about the Regional Food Bank, which provides the food at a much more manageable cost than through other sources.
"They already have a program," he said. "The count is up to, I think, 31 or 32 schools.
"We didn't have to reinvent the wheel."
Kiwanis is accepting donations for its program. Make tax-deductible checks payable to the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York and mail them to: Ticonderoga Kiwanis. P.O. Box 44, Ticonderoga NY 12883.


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JAY — A dominant first quarter paved the way to an easy win for Sequoyah on Thursday afternoon.
The Class 3A No. 12 Indians outscored Life Way Christian (Ark.) 29-7 in the first quarter en route to a 74-35 rout.
With the win, the Indians (10-5) advance to the Tri-State Classic semifinals on Friday at 5:40 p.m. against Jay.
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Choctaw held onto the ball for the final 1:35 and was unable to get off a clean shot and sent the game into overtime.
Jessica Madison opened up the extra period with a 3-pointer. Randee O'Donnell and Girdner hit back to back shots to give the Tigers a 56-55 advantage with 1:51 left.
Choctaw's Kiyra Baird tied the game with a free throw.
With five seconds left and the game tied, Choctaw turned the ball over, giving the Tigers the final shot. However, they couldn't get a shot off and the contest went into a second overtime.
Choctaw grabbed a five-point lead before the Tigers' Casey Beaston scored the team's first points. Choctaw held on to win.
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Wesley Norris said the gourd dance he performed Saturday was not only a way to pay respect to soldiers, but also was soothing.
"There's a healing spirit around that drum, and it's really amazing," Norris said.
Muskogee's Civic Center played host to Bacone College's annual Fall Powwow Saturday afternoon, which saw dancers, artists and vendors come together to celebrate Native American culture.
Visitors were invited to browse crafts ranging from beaded jewelry to tribal music before settling in the central arena, filled with rhythmic percussion courtesy of a central drum group. Participants moved steadily across the arena floor dressed in colorful regalia.
One such participant was Tulsa dancer Peyton Wolf, 7, and Norris, his grandfather. Both joined in the afternoon gourd dance, a traditional Kiowa dance in honor of warriors and veterans.
Norris said his wife, Kristi Wolf-Norris, a member of the Kiowa tribe, had to secure permission for him to perform the dance.
"She had to ask her elders if I could come out and dance today," he said. "They've seen me for years; they know I'm respectful."
The gourd dancing proved Peyton's most anticipated part of every powwow, the 7-year-old said.
"I really enjoy coming to powwows, and dancing is my favorite part," he said.
For Santo Domingo, N.M., native Joe Chama, the best aspect of any powwow was the people, and Bacone's event was no different.
"I came out for Tahlequah's Fall Festival in September, and I remember I really liked the location and the people here," Chama said. "I told myself if there was anything else going on I was going to come out. I really like the people I've met so far."
Chama's booth sold beaded bracelets and hair clips, most of which were Pueblo Indian design.
"Pueblos are known for their crafts, their turquoise jewelry," he said. "I do all the work on these myself."
As afternoon became evening, more dancers poured into the arena for contest dancing, including a memorial competition for late Bacone student Chris Tsosie.
For the college, the powwow remained a way to show the school's historical commitment to American Indian education, according to organizer Kyle Taylor.
"For us, this is a good way to honor our culture," Taylor said. "There's not a better way than a powwow."
Taylor said such cultural celebrations assisted Bacone's Native American students academically.
"It's called cultural inclusion," he said. "Culture has been proven to increase the ability for Indians to learn."
Taylor also described the powwow as a "win-win" for the community at large, however.
"Anytime you have arts and culture, it has an incredible, positive impact on any community," he said. "We give something back to the community. They get to experience a different culture."


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Rossendale dog centre faces £1k bill after saving stray
12:30pm Monday 25th February 2013 in News By Vanessa Cornall, Crime reporter
A DOG facing death after attempts to rehome it failed, has been saved by an East Lancashire canine rescue centre.
But the Rossendale-based Paws Rescue and Education centre has been left with a £1,000 vet's bill after 12-month-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier Layla needed an emergency caesarean section.
The dog was rounded up as a stray in Sheffield and sent to a holding compound which gives owners just seven days to claim the dog before it is put to sleep.
After hearing of the young dog's plight Paws stepped in to try and save the emaciated dog and its unborn litter.
Stacey Hilton, 26, of Newchurch Road, Stacksteads, who runs the not-for-profit organisation from her home, said: "Layla went into labour as soon as I picked her up. She really struggled to deliver the puppies because she was so under weight.
"Despite the vet trying to induce her twice, they had to perform an emergency caesarean section after the puppies stopped moving. Unfortunately none of the six puppies survived."
The mum-of-one is now appealing for animal lovers in the area to make donations towards the cost of Layla's vet bill.
Stacey said: "Currently at Paws we have 22 rescue dogs in foster homes around the UK as well as two cats.
"In the last three months we have managed to rehome 15 dogs that were all facing being put down.
"Layla is a young dog with a lovely temperament who could give a family many years of enjoyment.
"In the last couple of weeks the centre's funds have been spent trying to nurse back to health two severely emaciated dogs and that is why I am appealing to all the animal lovers out there for donations. The vet bill is £1,000 and thanks to friends of the centre we now only have to find £673."
For more information or to donate, visit www. paws-rescue-education-webs.com.
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ion.webs.com or you can donate via paypal to p.a.w.s-rescue@hotma
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That link is showing as expired. I am worried that people will not respond thinking there is something amiss. Is there a link where people can see more about Paws? If one types in Paws Rescue loads of sites appears but not yours. Additionally not everyone is on Facebook including myself. I would love to give a donation but not everyone is as tenacious as me and might give up. Poor Leyla needs help.
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1744922536/ or you can type in P.A.W.S Rescue & Education. Donations can be made to our paypal which is p.a.w.s-rescue@hotma
il.co.uk also. Just to let you know Layla is doing well she is coming back around nicely and has even been having the odd play for the last 2 days and is enjoying her walks now even though they are still limited as her wound is still healing xx
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C.J. Huff, superintendent of the Joplin School District, is one of four finalists to be nominated for the 2013 National Superintendent of the Year award by the American Association of School Administrators.
The finalists were selected from 49 state-level winners.
The program honors the leadership and contributions to education of public school superintendents. The association will announce the winner on Feb. 21 at the National Conference on Education in Los Angeles.
In an email statement Thursday night, Huff said: "I'm honored to be representing the Joplin schools and the state of Missouri as a finalist. I couldn't be more proud of the work we have done together as a school community to improve the quality of education for our kids in Joplin. We've stayed the course under some very trying circumstances.
"I have been saying for a long time that if we continue to do the right things for the right reasons, good things will happen. I certainly don't see this recognition for our district as an end, but more as a beginning. This recognition very clearly reaffirms what I already knew. ... We've got good people inside and outside our schools who love our children and don't quit when the going gets tough."
The other finalists are Wanda Cook-Robinson, superintendent of Southfield (Mich.) Public Schools; Mark Edwards, superintendent of the Mooresville (N.C.) Graded School District; and Maryalice Russell, superintendent of the McMinnville (Ore.) School District.
"AASA is honored to present these four outstanding superintendents," said Daniel A. Domenech, executive director of the association, in a statement. "They represent the best in school system leadership today."
On Tuesday, the finalists will be at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., where they will participate in a panel discussion. The finalists will be interviewed by a national selection panel.
Huff's nomination states that after his arrival in 2008, the Joplin School District adopted a comprehensive plan to address lackluster student performance and low levels of community engagement. The student dropout rate has been cut in half, community support has increased, and the district has established 280 partnerships with local businesses, faith-based groups and social service agencies to meet student needs, the nomination said. The program has become the model for the creation of Bright Futures USA, which now serves nearly 50,000 children in a dozen Missouri school districts.
Huff holds a doctorate in education leadership from the University of Arkansas, and a master's degree in educational leadership and a specialist degree in education from Missouri State University. He received a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Pittsburg (Kan.) State University.
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The press is busy with stories about Manti Te'o and his "girlfriend" — his athletic abilities seem to be trashed by the media.
The media was and is "hush-hush" about Obama's composite girlfriend he created in "Dreams of My Father" The book compares girls he "dated" and their failings to meet his standards ... while he praises himself.
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The PlayStation Vita was a hit at E3, and PSU certainly agrees. According to the Game Critics Awards, which tallies votes from members of the video game media, the PS Vite topped Nintendo's new console in the Best Hardware category. The other big winner was BioShock Infinte, which took h...
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Resident Evil 6 to return to the series' horror roots?
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E3 2011: PSU E3 Video Recap
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E3 2011: Fresh Journey shots arrive
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E3 2011: The Darkness II gets all-new screenshots
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E3 2011: New WipEout 2048 screens released
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E3 2011: Uncharted: Golden Abyss screens emerge
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E3 2011: Soul Calibur V will have 20-30 characters, half will be new
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Although it's not commonly done, we can all imagine what the benefits are from booting operating systems from a storage area network (SAN). From the more standardized approach of deploying new servers to a more instantaneous recovery of those servers, booting from the SAN gives an organization more choices in the way it manages server and storage infrastructures.
Considering those benefits, as well as the management difficulties that existed before the advent of storage area networks, it would seem we all should start booting from the SAN. Instead, users are taking the tortoise approach to SAN-based system generation and the reasons are worth noting.
In IT shops with hundreds--and when you consider mirrors, thousands--of OS disks to manage, booting from the SAN must be a technological boon. To understand that, let's look at JumpStart from Sun Microsystems Inc. as an example of an application that can be enhanced to take advantage of having boot disks on the SAN. Keep in mind that any volume management or backup and recovery application could bring this functionality under its umbrella of services.
For large Solaris shops, system generation is likely to be aided by JumpStart even without a SAN. Profile configuration and rule files are created, configured and then applied to boot images before they are copied to the installing client over a local IP network. For all intents and purposes, this is managing storage on the front end with some performance and architectural
Booting from the SAN doesn't replace products like JumpStart. Instead, it enables you to manage boot images on the SAN from the back end, which is less expensive and faster than using a JumpStart profile/boot server to initialize multiple Solaris systems over IP.
Just as today, where there's no dependency on the JumpStart server after the OS is installed, there wouldn't be any dependency on the JumpStart server in our proposed SAN-based solution either. After the OS image is generated and copied onto the selected target disks in the SAN, all ownership of the disks would be released, put into a default zone and then later reassigned to the incoming server's host bus adapter (HBA) when the system is connected to the SAN and its world wide name is discovered. From that point and until an OS upgrade or hardware replacement is required, the disk would be exclusively assigned to and managed by the incoming application server as if it were locally attached to the server.
Today, Solaris systems with internal boot disks may be taken out of their packaging and plugged into a locally broadcasted network where JumpStart is used to install a system image on its disks. Afterwards, the newly generated system is wheeled to a more permanent location in the rack and then connected to its storage devices over a SAN or direct-attached storage (DAS) connection.
However, when managing boot images from the SAN, newly unpackaged systems outfitted with only CPUs, NICs, memory and some number of HBAs can be taken directly to the rack, connected to the SAN and configured to boot from one of the free OS disks previously created with minimal ease. That makes the deployment of one or many servers more efficient and cost effective.
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John Grimm and Beverly Smith live in the mountains of North Georgia in the beautiful little town of Dahlonega, in Lumpkin County. For the past 25 years, John has owned and operated the towns music store, Vintage Music, home to a unique assortment of instruments and a gathering place for local musicians. Since 2010 John and Beverly have been performing together at festivals, concerts, workshops and dances across the country and abroad. Their performances feature traditional country duets and a sprinkling of newer pieces. They choose their songs well, and clearly have spent a great deal of time searching through the archives of rural american folk music. Their traditional songs and tunes reveal a deep familiarity with and great love for the genre. From haunting archaic banjo and fiddle tunes to raucus hillbilly singing they display an ease that sounds nothing but genuine.
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CORBIN — At 2 p.m. Thursday, the students, teachers and staff of Corbin Elementary School took time out to remember one of their own. They held a memorial service for Dakota Woolum, a third grader at the school who passed away of complications from diabetes on March 3.
After a few words from principal Chris Webb, 275 red, white and blue balloons — enough for 10 classes and the faculty — were released in his memory.
The service and balloon release was organized by Chelsea Smith, a former student teacher at Corbin Elementary who taught Dakota for a week while substitute teaching for Mrs. Debbie Tipton's class.
"I knew him, I talked to him, and he touched my heart. He always had a smile and a kind word to say. He was friends with everyone. When I saw the look on their faces after the teachers told the students that Dakota died, I thought we needed to do something for him. They needed closure, and I needed closure," Smith said Thursday afternoon after the service.


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Come to the Friends' Annual Meeting and enjoy a presentation by local novelist, playwright, educator, and performer Arnie Johnston. Johnston will entertain the audience with anecdotes from his illustrious career as well as songs and readings from his works.
The Annual Meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 11 at the Fetzer Center, Western Michigan University. Plan to arrive at 6:00 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:30 followed by a brief business meeting and then our featured speaker. The cost for dinner is $25.00 per person. You may choose either Pecan crusted chicken or Cheese ravioli in Lobster sauce as your main course. Both entrees are served with a house salad, fresh baked rolls, coffee, tea, or soda and Oreo chocolate mousse for dessert.
Reservations may be made by stopping at the Friends Bookstore or sending your check (made out to FKPL) and meal choice to Friends of KPL, 315 S. Rose St., Kalamazoo, MI 49007. This promises to be a popular event so reserve your space as soon as possible. The Fetzer Center has ample free parking and is completely handicapped accessible. Hope to see you there!
We're celebrating! For fifty years the Friends of the Kalamazoo Public Library has been committed to supporting and promoting the library, literacy and reading. To help us celebrate, on Saturday, Michigan author and historian, Larry Massie will present "Old Books, Trash or Treasure" a program designed to help audience members evaluate the worth of their books. (See last week's post for more information.)
We are also celebrating this important anniversary in the store. What better way to do that than by offering our customers an opportunity to shop from a very special selection of books, and a very special sale? In honor of this milestone we have put together a large and diverse selection of Michigan-themed books. These books include local history (both cities and state), Michigan authors, biographies, cook books and more. In addition to this exceptional selection of Michigan-themed books, we have a really special sale you won't want to miss. Our regular customers are familiar with our book bundles. A bundle consists of four trade fiction books that normally sell for $2.00 a book. But because we are celebrating you can buy a bundle, four books, for only $2.00. That's eight dollars worth of books for only $2.00!
Come celebrate with us!
Is that old copy of Gone with the Wind you inherited from your grandmother worth something or should you be using it to prop open the back door. Come to the Central Library's Van Deusen Room on Saturday, October 10 and find out. At 2 p.m. Michigan author and historian, Larry Massie, will present "Old Books, Trash or Treasure" and will illustrate his talk with examples from his own extensive (over 35,000 volume) library. After his talk, Massie will evaluate up to 2 books, pamphlets or magazines from each audience member. This program is presented to the public as a gift from the Friends of the Library who are celebrating their 50th Anniversary this year. Although it is completely FREE, reservations are required. Call 553-7821 to insure your seat at this fast-paced, fun and informative show.
The annual June Sidewalk Sale is this Saturday, June 6 from 9:00 to 3:30. It is held under the portico at Central Library. Thousands of books are available. The books are priced at 10 cents each or you can buy a grocery bag from us and fill it with books for only $2.00. If you want to be "green" and bring your own reusable bag, that's okay. We will stamp your hand in exchange for $2.00 and you can fill your own bag. General fiction, mystery, science fiction, and romance as well as children's books and a big selection of assorted nonfiction books will be available at the sale. Plan to come early and stock up on some great reads at these really incredibly low prices.
Specials in the store this week include sales on select romance fiction priced at two books for 25 cents, select hardcover mysteries priced at two for $1.00 and select tween/teen fiction for 50 cents each. We still have a good selection of all three of Rick Bragg's memoirs priced at only $2.50 each. In addition to all of that we have lots of new arrivals and much, much more.
The Friends Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, May 2 in the community room of the Oshtemo Branch Library on 7265 West Main St. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. with some brief business. President Tom Pagel will introduce the new slate of officers and board members for the 2009/10 fiscal year. Proposed changes to the Friends By-Laws will be presented for a vote of the membership (the text of proposed changes is currently available in the Bookstore). Light refreshments will be served.
The featured speaker for the morning is Beth Timmerman, local history specialist from the Central Library. Beth will inform us about the Local History Room and all of its resources. Her presentation will be interestingly enhanced by selected slides.
There is no charge for this program but reservations are required. Please call the Friends Office at (269)553-7821 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Hope to see you on the 2nd!
There is a lot of excitement in the Friends Bookstore as we celebrate National Friends of the Library week. Just for starters, 2 lucky patrons per day may win a free "Friend ly" book. Just put your name into our drawing for titles such as You and Me, Poems of Friendship by Sally Mavor, The Firefighter's Best Friend - Lives & Legends of Chicago Firehouse Dogs by T. & D. Orsinger, Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy & many more. Enter as many times as you like. No purchase is necessary for entry and you need not be present to win.
However, you may wish to make a purchase when you see the prices on our budget "Friend ly" specials for the week. Bundles of Books will give you a whole pile of quality paperback fiction for the price of 1 book - only $2.00!
Our viewer "Friend ly" sale is on VHS tapes. The selection is large. All will be 1/2 price. That means most will sell for $1.00 and a few for just 50 cents.
Saturday (10/25) will be children's day. Children may come to the store between the hours of 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and make a free Friendship pin. Children's picture books will be 1/2 price all day. Parents - you may wish to do some shopping while your child is making their craft. Any adult accompanied by a child will get 20% off their purchase of adult books (sale items excluded).
Membership Special
Our special offers are not limited to the bookstore. Join us in membership this week and recieve 20% off the regular membership fee (see Join the Friends). You will also get a coupon good for 20% off a bookstore puchase. Sign up a friend along with yourself and you will both get a 30% off coupon. The person who signs up the most new members will recieve a free book of their choice (collectibles excluded) plus 30% off a bookstore purchase.
We hope you will take advantage of this special, in particular. Membership dollars help us support that vital community resource - your library. And also, we can never have too many Friends!


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By Bob Hertzel
Times West Virginian
In a surprise announcement, West Virginia University starting quarterback Geno Smith pronounced himself ready to take part in spring drills at full speed right from the start despite having undergone surgery to fix a broken foot for the second straight year.
The importance of this cannot be overstated, as it comes at a time when new offensive coordinator/head coach-in-waiting Dana Holgorsen will be installing his high-powered offense, and it is crucial the man running it gets as much practice with it as possible.
What's more, Holgorsen has no experienced backup, two new freshmen who enrolled early in January being the backups. They are Brian Athey out of Eden Prairie, Minn., and Paul Millard out of Flower Mount, Texas.
For the second straight year, Smith underwent surgery to repair a broken bone in his foot. In an effort to get him back so he could get as much work in as possible, spring drills were pushed back as late as they could, beginning on March 28 and ending with the annual Blue and Gold scrimmage on the night of April 29.
Last year Smith was able to take part only in skeleton drills throughout the spring, but it wasn't that crucial because the Mountaineers were running the Jeff Mullen offense with which he was familiar.
Smith announced at a pre-spring media luncheon — held at this early date because of spring break and the possibility of a long run by the basketball team in the NCAA Tournament — he expected to take part in all spring activities.
"I will be participating in the spring and from what I'm told I'm full go when spring comes," Smith said. "As far as the doctor tells me, my foot is pretty much healed."
It had always been hoped that Smith would be ready to go at the late starting date.
"The entire healing process and the surgery was for spring so I could get back on time," he said.
With the installation of a new offense, Smith and Holgorsen both felt it was vital that he get his broken foot wet in the spring.
"It's extremely important for me to be out there with those guys at all times, just being a leader," Smith said. "I'm the one guy with the most experience out of all the quarterbacks. We have two young guys coming in and I feel it's my job to show those guys the ropes as much as I can."
Smith has dedicated himself during the off-season to learn as much as he can about the offense he is expected to run this year.
"I watched a lot of film on the Oklahoma State offense," he said, Oklahoma State being where WVU hired Holgorsen from. "I pretty much learned it all. The offense runs at a great pace. You have to know what you're doing. You have to be in the right spot. You can't just be in there on the fringe.
"We know some of the plays. It's not a complicated offense. We are just trying to get the timing down with the receivers. We're doing 7 on 7 with the receivers."
Smith doesn't see any major changes in his job.
"It's pretty much similar," he said. "The quarterback is a facilitator. I'm not the guy running around trying to make plays. I'm just getting the ball in the hands of the playmakers."
A year ago he was pretty good at that for a first-year quarterback. Smith completed 64.8 percent of 372 passes last year for 2,763 yards and 24 touchdowns to just seven interceptions. In this offense he figures to throw the ball a whole lot more often.
Considering his injury a year ago, it was miraculous that he was able to play every game and do what he did.
When he first injured the foot, he wasn't sure what it was, although he had had a similar injury the previous year.
"It's football," he said. "You are going to have injuries, and you've got to play through pain. We have some incredible trainers who kept me up to par. We kept it pretty much under wraps, because I'm sure teams would have come after me if they knew how bad it was."
Considering it has happened twice, is Smith worried about reinjuring the foot this season?
"It's not something to worry about. You have to play through pain, like I said. If I had two broken feet I'd be out there."
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TRAVERSE CITY — Traverse City Area Public Schools and Northwestern Michigan College will combine efforts in their technology endeavors, another step in what officials from both schools hope will be a money-saving relationship that better prepares area students for college.
NMC decided against filling a vacancy for its executive director for learning resources and technology, and instead will contract with Todd Neibauer, TCAPS' director of educational and administrative technology.
"He'll work on a contractual basis to look at our technological area to see what kind of synergies and connections there are," said Stephen Siciliano, NMC's vice president of educational services.
Neibauer will explore, for example, sharing data centers or computer banks, finding efficiencies with "Moodle," a computer tool that NMC and TCAPS use to manage online courses, combining volume purchases for greater discounts, and possibly teaming to offer teachers' professional development, Siciliano said.
The evaluation also will look for opportunities to ease TCAPS' students' transition to NMC by using consistent technology.
TCAPS Superintendent Stephen Cousins said expected savings from the move should become clear after a 30-day evaluation.
"Minimally, we will share a director between the two systems so there will be some savings there," Cousins
Lines increasingly have blurred between the college and school district with stepped-up efforts to align their curricula and making it easier for high school students to take NMC classes and earn credit at both institutions.
NMC teachers will travel to Traverse City West Senior High School this year to teach advanced math classes and Spanish 201 and 202. A Suttons Bay High School teacher is being mentored to teach math, art appreciation, and U.S. history for NMC credit as part of an "early college" program, Siciliano said.
"We are offering the COMPASS testing (an NMC math placement test) in the high schools so we can help faculty get a better sense of where they're at," said Siciliano, adding that a Spanish placement test was successfully piloted at TCAPS last spring and will likely expand.
"So many students who start at TCAPS become NMC students and many are now both," he said. "The technology piece is just another example to look at how we can do that."
Cousins said NMC and TCAPS have been talking about overlapping their strategic plans since he's arrived in the summer of 2010.
"We've been doing that on the instruction side but this is our first foray into operations," he said.


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TIME TO BE BORN – Eva M. Scott Short of 333 Wallis Ave., Farrell, was born Sept. 9, 1929, to Isaac and Addie Wilson Scott. She was the eighth of 16 children.
A TIME TO LIVE – Eva grew up and was educated in Cheraw, S.C. She accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized in a creek and became a member of Old Zion Baptist Church in Montrose, S.C.
On July 19, 1948, Eva married Alonza Short Jr. and relocated to Farrell. From this union were born two daughters. She continued her Christian life at First Baptist Church of Farrell. Serving faithfully as a member, she worked dutifully as an usher, a nurse and on the kitchen committee.
Among her many talents were sewing and cooking. She enjoyed daily reading of The Herald newspaper in Sharon.
A TIME TO LOVE – Eva was loving and giving and raised many children who were not her own. Eva was loved by many special friends, gave selflessly and had unbending love for all who entered her life circle.
A TIME TO DIE – On Friday, April 5, 2013, in Sharon Regional Health System, a loving and caring God came to carry her home to rest. She is gone but not forgotten, for in all our hearts, Eva will live forever.
A TIME TO MOURN – Surviving to mourn her death are: her two daughters, Eva Short Gregory, Farrell; and Delores Short Ford, Sharon; four granddaughters, Chanda, Nikkia, Atlasia and Wenci; three great-grandchildren, Chaella, Alexis and Cherish; four sisters, Barbara Harrington, Edith Barton and Annette Leacock, all Cheraw; and Doris Rayford and her husband James, Milledgeville, Ga.; two brothers, Wilson Scott, Youngstown; and Londell Scott, Cheraw; a very special sister-in-law, Irene Burns, Farrell; a brother-in-law, James Short, Raleigh, N.C.; two special godchildren, Gary Stinson and Darwin Crumby; and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Alonza Short Jr., on Oct. 18, 2003; and two brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Alonza (Eva M. Scott) Jr., 83, of 333 Wallis Ave., Farrell.
Calling hours: 11 to 11:50 a.m. Friday (4-12-13) in First Baptist Church, 1120 Darr Ave., Farrell. Condolences may be sent by fax to 724-347-1917 or e-mailed to firstname.lastname@example.com
Service: Funeral service at noon Friday in the church with the Rev. C. Nolan Howell, pastor, officiating.
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Hermitage.
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It doesn't appear that there will be a heated quarterback battle in Seattle.
Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll told reporters on Saturday that Tarvaris Jackson is the starting quarterback and it is "his job to lose."
Jackson, who signed a two-year, $8 million deal with Seattle after spending five seasons with the Vikings, reunites with his former Vikings offensive coordinator, Darrell Bevell. Jackson's knowledge of Bevell's offense gave him the edge.
Charlie Whitehurst, who was traded for last offseason after four years on the bench in San Diego, started two games in 2010, throwing two touchdowns and three picks.
Jackson will have a familiar receiver, former Viking Sidney Rice.
The way we see it
For now, Jackson gets the edge, but there is reason to believe that this is a fluid situation, and Whitehurst could eventually win the starting job as he becomes familiar with Bevell's system. It certainly is a wake-up call for Whitehurst as training camp gets underway.


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Stocks Finish The Week at their Lows – Volatility Surges Higher
The Stock Market spent the majority of the past week in the red as hope for a Fiscal Cliff deal faded. The S&P 500 opened at it's highs for the week on Monday morning but from then on steadily sold off throughout the week.
On Thursday the S&P 500 saw a late-afternoon spike higher after initial reports out of Washington indicated President Obama and Congressional leaders would be meeting to discuss a new proposal. However nothing materialized from these talks and the markets soon sold off once again.
Late Friday when it became clear that no deal on the Fiscal Cliff would be reached the volatility index (which measures fear) spiked 11%. The markets are now set up for a strong move lower on Monday if there is no agreement reached by congress over the weekend. Apparently there is still another meeting scheduled for lawmakers on December 30th.
The S&P 500 ended the week at 1,402 which works out to a loss of 1.94% for the week.
The S&P 500 is now higher by 11% for 2012.
In the Photo Section is a chart of the S&P 500 for 2012. Note that the S&P 500 reached 1,402 back in March, 2012. Since that time, the S&P 500 has traveled 124 points lower and 65 points higher to finish on December 28th at the same level (1,402) as it was back in March, 2012.
(See Chart of The S&P 500 in The Photo Section)
We would like to note that the USA equity markets have under-performed nearly every other country across the globe over the past two months. This under-performance by the USA stock markets is in contrast with the first 10 months of 2012 when the USA equity markets was a world leader in stock market performance. We can take this recent under-performance as more evidence that the lack of a Fiscal Cliff solution is harming the USA economy and especially investors outlook for the future performance of the USA economy.
Consumer Confidence Plunges In December
Thursday saw the latest release of the Consumer Confidence numbers and the results were disappointing. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence index fell to 65.1. This was an 8 point drop from the prior months reading of 73.1.
The consumers surveyed reported a sharp drop in their future expectations of the economy and of their future jobs prospects because of – again – the Fiscal Cliff.
The last time Consumer Confidence fell this much in one one month was in August of 2011. That was at the start of the debt ceiling crises of 2011. That debacle caused the markets to correct almost 20% from August through October in 2011.
In the Photo Section is a chart of Consumer Confidence for the past 35 years.
(See The Chart of Consumer Confidence in The Photo Section)
Are Concerns Over the Fiscal Cliff Also Starting to Effect Housing?
We have written several articles throughout 2012 stating how we had turned bullish on real estate and in all these articles we presented our charts and other information that supported our bullish outlook for real estate.
One of the economic indicators that we monitor for residential real estate health are permits for new single family homes. Permits might be the most forward looking indicator of the future health of the housing market. A growing housing market is important to everyone because housing provides more jobs that nearly any other industry at this time.
Now we are wondering if we are seeing the beginning of a slow down in the improvement in housing that has been gathering steam all year? Also is the cause of the slowing in permits for new single unit housing starts also being impacted by future expectations of a weaker economy caused by an unresolved fiscal cliff?
In the Photo Section is a 10 year chart of permits for privately owned single unit homes for the Seattle – Tacoma – Bellevue areas.
(See Chart of Permits For Private Owned Single Unit Homes in The Photo Section)
As seen in the chart – Permits for the construction of New Homes peaked in September, 2012 (The same time as the highs for the year for the stock long market too). Since September, permits for new homes have fallen by 25%.
While some of this fall in permits for new single family homes is probably due to seasonality much of the fall could be caused by future expectations of a weaker economy due to a lack of a fiscal cliff solution. This foots with Corporate leaders future expectations of a weakening economy for the past few months and also with consumers who turned much less optimistic about the future of the economy in December as the latest consumer confidence survey reports.
Closing Thoughts
If the health of businesses and the economy along with people's jobs, money and for some long-term unemployed people their sole source of income cannot create an environment where Congressional leaders and the President can willingly work together to solve a problem then what exactly is left to motivate our politicians to work together to solve anything?
On a more optimistic note – most of the economic "bad news" is sentiment only, the economic reports that measure actual activity of some sort are for the most part showing growth. Much of this growth is at a moderate pace though.
Caution is warranted until an agreement on the Fiscal Cliff is reached. If an agreement is reached soon we would expect a sharp move higher in USA equities as the USA markets play catchup after being left behind for the past month by the rest of the world as this Fiscal Cliff drama plays out.
John Patrick Bray, CPA, is President of Bellevue-based Reliance Investment Management LLC a Registered Investment Advisor Firm.
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