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By Zak Aldridge
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---- — When would someone have the ability to present themselves as a native of a country of their own choosing? When they've lived eight months as an exchange student, of course!
At this point in my exchange, I feel so comfortable in the Thai environment that being American has actually become foreign to me. That being said, it wasn't easy to get to this point.
In Thailand, where the culture shock hits as hard as anywhere, an exchange student's innate sense of tribe (i.e. one's sense of belonging) is threatened so deeply by the task of adaptation that when confronted by it, the yearning to hold tight to one's sense of being an American proves a struggle to overcome.
When an exchange student touches down in a new country, he or she is immediately confronted with the daunting task of changing his or her entire way of life to align with that of the inbound location. There are two reactions that immediately occur. The first is instinctive: Cling to your native culture and refuse to make the leap to connect with the next. The second reaction is pragmatic: Be open-minded and spend a year doing something unlike anything you could ever do back home. The decision an exchange student makes in response to this culture shock will inevitably make or break his or her exchange.
Although that reality may easily make someone choose to work against the instinct to fraternize with Americans for the sake of overcoming culture shock, that has never been so easy. The natural sense of wanting to be with others that share your roots undermines the progress of adapting to the way of life of a new people. It is a survival instinct to bond with those who share your heritage. During primeval times, to separate from the tribe meant certain death. An exchange student's every whim is biologically against what is undeniably the way to an enjoyable exchange year. The desire to hang on to familiar life is powerful when living in East Asia amid a people and culture that share little in common with America or the West in general, and it is indeed what makes life difficult for an exchange student here during the first months away from home.
During my first months in Thailand, I can recall the deep longing to be with the other foreigners I saw on the street. Traveling to beach resorts with my host family, places where the populace is almost entirely Caucasian, I felt the strong attraction to the foreigners in contention with my sense of obligation to my mission as an exchange student. Places like these are where an exchange student faces the ultimate test — will I try to be American or Thai? Will I dress like the Americans, speak English and eat bad pizza or will I strive to live as the Thais do? For an exchange student, shifting one's entire mindset and constitution to best adapt to the location where they've chosen to live for a year is exceedingly difficult, but it is the only road to a satisfying exchange experience.
Eight months later I can confidently say that my exchange has been very satisfying. Using the Thai language at all times, adhering to their culture of behavior and conduct as well as eating only Thai food (that's not too hard to do), I haven't felt very American at all ... lately. Ironically, however, as soon as I have come to feel very comfortable living here in Thailand, I will be forced to go through the entire process of adaptation once again as I return home in another two months. Until that time, however, I think I'll be Thai.
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When we moved to Raymond 19 years ago, it seemed like the perfect place to live. The people were nice, polite and friendly. Over the years, things seem to have changed. The town is divided, no one seems to care about or respect other people's opinions, and truth is just an option.
Some people seem to think it is fine to take advantage of each other, have no feelings for their neighbors, and seem to think that their point of view is the only right one. There is no room for compromise.
At the town's deliberative session, it was more than obvious. There was a citizen's petition article that did not tell the whole story. The town was court ordered to pay $10,000.00 in legal fees and this citizen was to pay the remaining amount. Are the townspeople really responsible for this person's legal fees? I think not. We had a selectman and former selectman yelling that citizens' petitions should not be changed. Another former selectman and current Budget Committee member jumped in front of me while I was at the microphone, and had not been recognized by the moderator. He had no respect for me or the office of the moderator. At this same meeting, I saw another citizen poked in the chest by a board member, and bullying seemed to be the order of the day.
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The parents of an 11-month-old boy pleaded guilty this week to administering heroin to their baby son, who died in September 2008.
The pleas ended a four-year investigation into the unexplained death of "Baby JM," Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford said.
Denise Manco, 35, and Rondell Moore, 37, each pleaded guilty in Ocean County Superior Court before Judge Rochell Gizinski on Jan. 7 to one charge of second degree manslaughter in connection with the death of their infant son.
Seaside Heights police and emergency responders went to the home on Sept. 12, 2008 on a report of an unresponsive child, Ford said.
The baby was taken to Community Medical Center in Toms River, where he was later pronounced dead. The autopsy on the baby was inconclusive, but the toxicology results showed the presence of heroin in the child, Ford said.
"In October 2012, we developed new and credible information which indicated that ingestion of the heroin by the child was not accidental, but rather occurred as a result of an intentional act or acts by the parents," she said.
The two were indicted by an Ocean County Grand Jury on second-degree manslaughter charges, recklessly causing the baby's death, child endangerment and possession of a controlled dangerous substance, Ford said.
"...both defendants admitted to placing heroin in the baby's mouth and rubbing it on the baby's gums because he was teething," she said. "This finding was consistent with the autopsy and toxicological results conducted and reviewed by the medical examiner, Dr. Hydow Park, who determined that the baby died from acute heroin intoxication."
Both are slated to be sentenced before Judge Gizinski on Feb. 22.
"I would commend Detective Steve Korman of the Seaside Heights Police Department and Detective Sergeant Carlos Trujillo-Tovar of the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office for their diligence in pursuing this investigation into the death of Baby JM," she said..
The state agreed to dismiss the child endangerment and drug possession charges in exchange for the guilty plea, Ford said.
Both could face up to ten years in prison and are subject to the state's No Early Release Act, which mandates they serve at least 85 percent of their sentence before being considered for parole, she said.
Moore also admitted to an unrelated charge of possession of CDS with the intent to distribute during a September 2012 arrest, Ford said.
The case is being prosecuted by Senior Assistant Prosecutor Michael R. Weatherstone. Detective Steve Korman from the Seaside Heights Police Department, Detective Sergeant Carlos Trujillo-Tovar from the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office and Detective Eric Skieczius from the Ocean County Sheriff's Department Criminalistics Investigations Unit were the lead investigators on the case.


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Jazz & Flamenco Guitarist Gordon Rowland studied private flamenco lessons from 7th through 12th grade with Freddie Pierce Undergraduate Studies at the University of Idaho, continuing at Boise State University with George Thomason. Studies with Michael Lorrimer at U.C. Berkeley Masters classes with Oscar Giglia and Christopher Parkening. Teaching Experience includes Applied guitar at the College of Idaho in Caldwell Idaho, Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario Oregon, Workshops and Masters Classes. Recordings: ROwland plays Rowland, 1974 includes two major works (The Salmon River Suite for five ladies, Silk and Steel CD 2004 Duets with nylon and steel string acoustic guitar with tabla drums, bass and orchestration, Master Works CD 2005 includes compositions by Bach, Beethoven, Albeniz Sor and Tarrega, The Castle Suite CD 2008 pastoral compositions describing subconscious states and mapping interior psychological dynamics, Students of Gordon Rowland CD2008 features duets with, and solo's by students who are now professional guitarists.
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Flutist Francesca Anderson earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in flute performance at San Hose State University where she received extraordinary training from Professor Isabelle Chapuis-Starr, who studied with several of France's best-known flutists, including Jean-Pierre Rampal, Michel Debost and Gaston Crunelle. She has also studied with many other well known flutists, including Frances Blaisdell, aria Tamburrino, Keith Underwood, and William Bennett.
Born in Matsuyama City, Japan. He started his musical training on the piano and also the guitar. In Tokyo he played the acoustic and electric guitar in professional Jazz bands and the Swing Journal magazine described him as "one of the most remarkable young Jazz musicians."
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Here's a good article by Bruce Booth of the Life Sci VC blog discussing the heyday of IPOs in the 1991-1994 span versus, the history of these deals to date, and the current investment environment. What's the story?
IPOs of that era paid handsomely to the VC backers of the time. The average step-up in valuation over the private invested capital was -- 4x. There was a very low cost-of-capital provided by public equity investors in that period. Much lower than today. For most of the past decade, step-ups on total invested capital have typically been only 1.5x or so. Sadly, high capital intensity has been the signature of many of the past decade's IPO stories.
The playing field has changed since then as investors realized over that time span that only a subset of the 1991-1994 IPO window have accrued real value over time. Gilead, MedImmune and Vertex might be considered notable exceptions. Most of the other IPOs have underperformed all the major indices.
Booth instructs that there is a major flaw in the former IPO model that 3 main features:
- high capital intensity funding large portfolios, requiring serial public equity, with little focus on capital efficiency
- endless cycles of "rinse and repeat" anti-shareholder behaviors where new investors are recruited to fund the promise at the expense of existing shareholder dilution
- management teams too focused on "built-to-last" company survival vs shareholder value maximization, even when the best outcome for existing shareholders, and often patients, is to sell now and access the balance sheet resources of a bigger company
These flaws have led to IPOs a less attractive means of fudning. As Booth says, if most IPOs trade down after their IPOs, why bother buying at the offering. Seems rational. So in the current environment, private backers are becoming more activist and push for strategies that maximize their return in these companies -- which includes the proposition of selling the company "realtively early" to big pharma players. This avoids the dilution problem described above if trying to go the long haul. The old IPO model is gone.
In the current situation, one of the big change drivers is Big Pharma R&D productivity issues and their increasingly active M&A interests. Big Pharma in recent weeks has tried to make deals for Human Genome Sciences, Amylin and Illumina -- but were thwarted by big shareholder interests. As described above, activist big shareholders are playing a larger role in trying to maximize their investments and have resisted these perceived "low ball" offers. With more buyers crowding into the market, the pressure to pay a premium is just going to go higher. That's a trend with which biotech investors are well attuned. See Fierce Biotech.
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There were several revealing moments at the July 2 special City Council meeting regarding Fuller School and the city's fire stations.
One such moment was when Councilor Tobey asked if the administration intended to spend so much as $1 on maintaining Fuller over this fiscal year.
The answer? "No." Instead, the administration intends to shift any budgeted Fuller maintenance money into leasing the former charter school to house the preschool and offices.
Multiple councilors then asked if the administration would be willing to first put this matter to a public hearing to discuss the wisdom of willfully neglecting — and potentially destroying — a $17 million city-owned school building while simultaneously shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to lease a privately-owned school building. Again, the administration's answer was "no."
Finally, when the administration was asked if it had any specific plans for what would become of Fuller after being mothballed, the answer was another resounding "no." And, remember: Fuller has already been shut down as a school for five years.
One positive revelation was that the will needed to right the total bungling of Fuller may in fact be present in Gloucester, and that the city councilors are seeking it out; at the end of its meeting, the City Council agreed to hold a public hearing on what should be done with Fuller school this Tuesday July 16.
Whether you think it should return to use as a revitalized, leading elementary school as I do, or have an alternative use in mind, I think everyone can agree that our current policy of attempting to intentionally destroy a major city asset, with no long-term plan for what happens thereafter, and continuing to lease more and more private real estate while city-owned real estate sits empty is not the right path.
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The American Red Cross will open an evacuation shelter at noon Monday, Oct. 29, at 2121 City Line Road in Bethlehem to help residents affected by Hurricane Sandy.
The shelter is a joint regional effort with Lehigh and Northampton counties emergency management services.
The Red Cross will provide cots and blankets, breakfast, snacks and beverages. The local Salvation Army will serve lunch and dinner. The building entrance and parking lot will be clearly marked with Red Cross signs.
Anyone evacuating to a Red Cross shelter should bring essential items for each member of the family:
- Prescriptions and emergency medications
- Foods that meet unusual dietary requirements
- Identification to show residence is in affected area and important personal documents
- Extra clothing, pillows, blankets, hygiene supplies and other comfort items
- Supplies needed for children and infants, such as diapers, formula and toys
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The victim was able to run from Railroad Street, where the incident happened, to Liberty Street to get help, police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said, even though he was seriously wounded.
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BOISE — The UT Martin Skyhawks will bring a two-quarterback system to Bronco Stadium on Saturday. And one of those players is a Favre.
Redshirt sophomore Jarod Neal (6-foot-1, 191 pounds) and junior transfer Dylan Favre (5-10, 195) - the nephew of former NFL star Brett Favre - split time at quarterback in the Skyhawks' opening win against ranked Chattanooga. That's the plan again when the Football Championship Subdivision team comes to Boise for what its coach has called a "mini-bowl game."
This is the longest football road trip in school history (1,820 miles). The team arrives Thursday.
Neal was 10-of-15 for 79 yards with an interception last week, hitting his first seven throws. Favre was 9-for-12 for 83 yards with a touchdown. He rushed for 37 yards and another touchdown, but lost a key fumble.
They're replacing three-year starting quarterback Derek Carr, the school's career leader in TD passes, total offense and passing yards.
"They both did well," UT Martin coach Jason Simpson said. "They both made one crucial mistake. They both made plays, they both handled themselves well and they'll both play this week."
He wouldn't commit to a starter.
Favre, who spent two years at Mississippi State and last season at Pearl River Community College, led three of UT Martin's four touchdown drives last week.
"We've got a couple more days here to put our game plan together," Simpson said. "It doesn't really matter who starts. You find who's got what going and you go with that guy."
The quarterbacks present different styles, so the Broncos will need to prepare for both.
"Favre, he's more of a scrambler and can run," Boise State redshirt freshman linebacker Ben Weaver said. "The other quarterback is going to sit there and throw the ball."
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Jonas Hiller, who has sported an assortment of intriguing masks during his tenure with the Ducks, has struck again with a new one for this upcoming season. The PadsTracker website has revealed the new mask, designed again by the Switzerland-based company Airxess. Writes The Goalie Guild:
When it comes to the authentic artwork created by Switzerlands Airxess for Anaheim goaltender Jonas Hiller, theres no denying that their ideas, designs, and themes are as fresh as they come. Creating a new identity for one of the worlds finest puck-stoppers may seem like a tedious task, but when you pair him up with one of the most creative mask artists in the world, ideas flow continuously.
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MILLSAP – While many families enjoyed spring break this past week, the candidate speaking organized by the Millsap Community Center Association produced some very valuable insight for making voting decisions in upcoming elections.
The ham and bean supper prepared by members of the Community Center group, in conjunction with the candidate speaking, was a wonderful success. This dinner has become a traditional prelude to the candidate speaking, and while the bean recipe has changed along the way it remains a delicious way to bring people together for a grassroots form of politics. The Community Center officers thank everyone who supported the supper, and plan to use the proceeds for having gravel put south of the building for better parking conditions.
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Capuchino High grad Michele Pilster and Hillsdale grad Kaylin Stewart were bitter rivals in high school. They've since become the best of friends. They are even attending the same school next year, as both will continue their careers at Lindenwood University, a Division II school in Missouri.
Pilster, a sophomore pitcher for the College of San Mateo softball team, knows she's got a good infield behind her as the Bulldogs look to repeat as Coast Conference North Division champions as the season gets underway Saturday with a doubleheader at Merced College.
Stewart held down the second base position last year and makes the switch to shortstop this season. She hit .315 over 44 games and stole 14 bases, among the top seven in the conference last year.
Pilster led the conference with a 1.43 ERA and 29 wins (against five losses) in a conference best 190 2/3 innings. She also led the Coast with 185 strikeouts and was second with 22 complete games.
Both players are among the nine CSM returners who look to make another run to the state playoffs after compiling a 39-6 record.
CSM led the conference in pitching with a team ERA of 1.68. Notre Dame High grad Amelia Shales finished finished to Pilster among the individual leaders, compiling a 7-1 record in 19 games, eight starts.
Stewart helped the Bulldogs finish second in the conference with a team batting average of .351. She was one of eight CSM players who hit better than .300. Five of them are back. Joining Stewart are Carlmont grad Jenn Davidson (.446, 5th in the conference), Capuchino grad Jamie Navarro (.414, 7th, with seven home runs and 36 RBI), Selina Rodriguez (.388, 16 stolen bases) and Mikayla Conlin (.361, five homers, 36 RBI).
Hillsdale grad Kristin Petrini and Katie Tam also return, looking for the school's first back-to-back conference championships under coach Nicole Borg.
"Our expectations are to win the conference championship," Borg said. "That's the number one goal. The coaching staff (which includes Aragon High grad Denise Fabris, who was on Fresno State's national championship team in the 80s) talks every day about what it takes. The program has been great since Tom Martinez started it to now. I never want this program to have a losing season or come in second."
Pilster has worked with Borg, who played for Tennessee, since she was 12 years old and she's known Navarro (CSM's catcher) "since I can remember."
Pilster was able to make the transition to CSM from high school easier as a result. She still needed to adjust to the level of play though.
"In high school you just played," Pilster said. "Here it was the exact opposite of the spectrum. You work so much harder and you have to think about fundamentals all the time."
Pilster pitches year around, taking a week or two off after the season, to make sure her arm remains in working condition and she has her pitches in order.
Four freshmen join the Bulldogs this year and will be expected to contribute right away. None of them have been a bigger surprise than Terra Nova High grad Talisa Frame, who will assume second base duties.
"She's nonchalant and very quiet," Borg said. "You never know what she is thinking. But then she gets to balls you don't think she has a chance to reach. She's been a pleasant surprise."
Flame is joined by newcomers Kelly McDaid of Capuchino, an outfielder, Hillsdale grad Aracely Osuna and Burlingame grad Natalie Saucedo, an infielder-outfielder.
"We hope to see great things from these guys," Borg said. "You never know until you start playing."
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Akan language
|Twi, Fante
|Native to
|Ghana, Ivory Coast (Abron), Benin (Tchumbuli)
|Akan people
Native speakers
|11 million (2007)[1]
|Latin (Twi alphabet, Fante alphabet)
Twi Braille
|Official status
Official language in
— Government-sponsored languages of Ghana
|Regulated by
|Akan Orthography Committee
|Language codes
|aka – inclusive code
Individual codes:
fat – Fanti
twi – Twi
abr – Abron
wss – Wasa
bqa – Tchumbuli
Akan /əˈkæn/,[2] also known as Twi [tɕɥi] and Fante, is an Akan language that is the principal native language of Akan lands in Ghana, spoken over much of the southern half of that country, by about 58% of the population, and among 30% of the population of Ivory Coast.[citation needed] Three dialects have been developed as literary standards with distinct orthographies, Asante, Akuapem (together called Twi), and Fante, which despite being mutually intelligible were inaccessible in written form to speakers of the other standards. In 1978 the Akan Orthography Committee (AOC) established a common orthography for all of Akan, which is used as the medium of instruction in primary school by speakers of several other Akan languages such as Anyi, Sefwi, Ahanta, and the Guang languages.
The Akan Orthography Committee has compiled a unified orthography of 20,000 words. The adinkra symbols are old ideograms.
The language came to the Caribbean and South America, notably in Suriname spoken by the Ndyuka and in Jamaica by the Jamaican Maroons known as Coromantee, with enslaved people from the region. The descendants of escaped slaves in the interior of Suriname and the Maroons in Jamaica still use a form of this language, including Akan naming convention, in which children are named after the day of the week on which they are born, e.g. Akwasi/Kwasi (for a boy) or Akosua (girl) born on a Sunday. In Jamaica and Suriname the Anansi spider stories are well known.
Relationship to other Akan languages[edit]
According to work done by P K Agbedor of CASAS, Mfantse (Fante), Twi (Asante and Akuapem), Abron (Bono), Wassa, Asen, Akwamu, and Kwahu belong to Cluster 1 of the speech forms of Ghana. Clusters are defined by the level of mutual intelligibility.
Cluster 1 may better be named r-Akan, which do not explicitly have the letter "l" in their original proper use. On the other hand l-Akan, refers to the Akan cluster comprising Nzema, Baoule, Anyin and other dialects spoken mainly in the Ivory Coast, whose use of the letter "r" in proper usage is very rare.
Because the Akan dialects' phonologies differ slightly, Asante dialect will be used to represent Akan. Asante, like all Akan dialects, involves extensive palatalisation, vowel harmony, and tone terracing.
Before front vowels, all Asante consonants are palatalized (or labio-palatalized), and the plosives are to some extent affricated. The allophones of /n/ are quite complex. In the table below, palatalized allophones which involve more than minor phonetic palatalization are specified, in the context of the vowel /i/. These sounds do occur before other vowels, such as /a/, though in most cases not commonly.
In Asante, /ɡu/ followed by a vowel is pronounced /ɡʷ/, but in Akuapem it remains /ɡu/. The sequence /nh/ is pronounced [ŋŋ̊].
The transcriptions in the table below are in the order /phonemic/, [phonetic], 〈orthographic〉. Note that orthographic 〈dw〉 is ambiguous; in textbooks, 〈dw〉 = /ɡ/ may be distinguished from /dw/ with a diacritic: d̩w. Likewise, velar 〈nw〉 (ŋw) may be transcribed n̩w. Orthographic 〈nu〉 is palatalized [ɲᶣĩ].
|voiceless plosive
|[tʰ, tçi]
|〈t, ti〉
|[kʰ, tɕʰi~cçʰi]
|〈k, kyi〉
|[kʷ, tɕᶣi]
|〈kw, twi〉
|voiced plosive
|[ɡ, dʒ, dʑi~ɟʝi]
|〈g, dw, gyi〉
|[ɡʷ, dʑᶣi]
|〈gw, dwi〉
|[h, çi]
|〈h, hyi〉
|[hʷ, çᶣi]
|〈hw, hwi〉
|nasal stop
|[n, ŋ, ɲ, ɲĩ]
|〈n, ngi〉
|[ŋŋʷ, ɲᶣĩ]
|〈nw, nu〉
|geminate nasal
|[ŋː, ɲːĩ]
|〈ng, nyi, nnyi〉
|[ɾ, r, ɽ]
|[w, ɥi]
|〈w, wi〉
The Akan dialects have fourteen to fifteen vowels: four to five "tense" vowels (advanced tongue root, or +ATR), five "lax" vowels (retracted tongue root, or −ATR), which are adequately but not completely represented by the seven-vowel orthography, and five nasal vowels, which are not represented at all. All fourteen were distinguished in the Gold Coast alphabet of the colonial era. An ATR distinction in orthographic a is only found in some subdialects of Fante, but not in the literary form; in Asante and Akuapem there are harmonic allophones of /a/, but neither is ATR. The two vowels written e (/e̘/ and /i/) and o (/o̘/ and /u/) are often not distinguished in pronunciation.
|/i̘/ [i̘]
|/e̘/ [e̘]
|/i/ [ɪ~e]
|/e/ [ɛ]
|/a/ [a]
|/o/ [ɔ]
|/o̘/ [o̘]
|/u/ [ʊ~o]
|/u̘/ [u̘]
ATR harmony[edit]
Twi vowels engage in a form of vowel harmony with the root of the tongue.
- −ATR vowels followed by the +ATR non-mid vowels /i̘ a̘ u̘/ become +ATR. This is generally reflected in the orthography: That is, orthographic e ɛ a ɔ o become i e a o u. However, it is no longer reflected in the case of subject and possessive pronouns, giving them a consistent spelling. This rule takes precedence over the next one.
- After the −ATR non-high vowels /e a o/, +ATR mid vowels /e̘ o̘/ become −ATR high vowels /i u/. This is not reflected in the orthography, for both sets of vowels are spelled 〈e o〉, and in many dialects this rule does not apply, for these vowels have merged.
Twi has three phonemic tones, high (/H/), mid (/M/), and low (/L/). Initial syllable may only be high or low.
Tone terracing[edit]
The phonetic pitch of the three tones depends on their environment, often being lowered after other tones, producing a steady decline known as tone terracing.
/H/ tones have the same pitch as a preceding /H/ or /M/ tone within the same tonic phrase, whereas /M/ tones have a lower pitch. That is, the sequences /HH/ and /MH/ have a level pitch, whereas the sequences /HM/ and /MM/ have a falling pitch. /H/ is lowered (downstepped) after a /L/.
/L/ is the default tone, which emerges in situations such as reduplicated prefixes. It is always at bottom of the speaker's pitch range, except in the sequence /HLH/, in which case it is raised in pitch but the final /H/ is still lowered. Thus /HMH/ and /HLH/ are pronounced with distinct but very similar pitches.
After the first "prominent" syllable of a clause, usually the first high tone, there is a downstep. This syllable is usually stressed.
Important words and phrases[edit]
- Akwaaba/Akɔaba – Welcome
- Aane – Yes
- Yiw (Akuapim) - Yes
- Yoo - oh Okay/Alright
- Daabi – No/Nope
- Da yie – Good night (lit. sleep well)
- Me rekɔ da (pronounced mee ko da) -I'm going to sleep
- Ɛ te sεn/Wo ho te sɛn? – How is it going/How are you? (could also be used in the non lit. sense as "hello")
- Me da wo ase – Thank you
- Me pa wo kyɛw – Please/excuse me/I beg your pardon
- Dwom/nnwom - Song/songs or music
- Wo din de sεn? - What is your name?
- Me din de .../Yɛfrɛ me ... - My name is/I'm called ...
- Wadi mfeɛ ahe/sɛn? - How old is he/she?
- Woadi mfeɛ ahe/sɛn? - How old are you?
- Ɛ wɔ hen? - Where is it?
- Me rekɔ - I am going
- ^ Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
- ^ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh
- kasahorow Editors (2005), Modern Akan: A concise introduction to the Akuapem, Fanti and Twi language. kasahorow, Accra. ISBN 9988-0-3767-8
- Dolphyne, Florence Abena (1988), The Akan (Twi-Fante) Language: Its Sound Systems and Tonal Structure. Ghana Universities Press, Accra. ISBN 9964-3-0159-6
- F.A. Dolphyne (1996) A Comprehensive Course in Twi (Asante) for the Non-Twi Learner. Ghana University Press, Accra. ISBN 9964-3-0245-2.
- William Nketia (2004) Twi für Ghana:; Wort für Wort. Reise Know-How Verlag, Bielefeld. ISBN 3-89416-346-1. (In German)
- Obeng, Samuel Gyasi. (2001). African anthroponymy: An ethnopragmatic and norphophonological study of personal names in Akan and some African societies. LINCOM studies in anthropology 08. Muenchen: LINCOM Europa. ISBN 3-89586-431-5.
- J.E. Redden and N. Owusu (1963, 1995). Twi Basic Course. Foreign Service Institute (Hippocrene reprint). ISBN 0-7818-0394-2 [Book and audio available at website in References, below]
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The Redskins just releases their 22 cuts and the tie went to the rookie at punter where three-year incumbent Derrick Frost was cut in favor of sixth-round draft pick Durant Brooks. The other player let go who had played the most for Washington was backup offensive tackle Todd Wade, who had been sidelined since the Aug. 3 Hall of Fame Game with a right high ankle sprain.
The biggest surprises were probably receiver Billy McMullen, whom coach Jim Zorn had praised yesterday and who led the NFL in receiving this summer, and running back Marcus Mason, the league's leading preseason rusher. The Redskins opted to keep the usual three running backs and five receivers despite the fine play of McMullen and Mason.
The only other players released who had played in a regular season game for the Redskins were defensive tackle Ryan Boschetti, fullback Nehemiah Broughton and receiver Anthony Mix.
Others let go were defensive tackle Matthias Askew, offensive linemen Devin Clark, Andrew Crummey, Fred Matua and Tavares Washington, quarterback Derek Devine, receivers Horace Gant and Maurice Mann, linebackers Curtis Gatewood, David Holloway and Danny Verdun-Wheeler, cornerbacks Cedrick Holt, Matteral Richardson and Byron Westbrook and safety Patrick Ghee.
All 10 draft picks made the team including fourth-round corner Justin Tryon, who has really struggled. The biggest out of nowhere player on the roster is linebacker Alfred Fincher, who didn't become a Redskin until July 31 after being cut by the Detroit Lions.
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Dear Me, On My First Day of Advertising #29: Andrew Price
"Please, stop talking."
That's how the conversation begins with my younger self.
The day I started I was lucky, I knew it all. I was steadfast design ruled the world. If it looked amazing, it was amazing. I believed the day began with a hangover and ended with blurry vision. I believed that we worked all day, dialed it in all night, and in the end a hero would be named. The one who stuck it out to the bitter end. The one who will save lives with this pixel masterpiece. The one whose presentation begins in 10 minutes and there is still one comp to bang out.
Since that day, how much have I learned? Too much to measure.
How much do I have still to learn? Way more.
How different am I from the day I started? I know each is day is an opportunity to learn.
The question is, how would you teach this experience? Even to yourself?
How do you know, what you do and don't know?
How do you learn to identify a good idea? A concept?
How do you create a campaign from a strategy document?
When do you understand pressure and timelines make your work great?
When do you grasp your profession is not defined by your first success?
When do you become truly grateful for what you currently have?
You don't. You can't. You aren't. You never will be.
You only know what you know.
It's the journey that teaches you.
So I would say to myself, "Please, just listen."
Because when you take the time to listen, to your peers, to your clients and to yourself.
That's the day your career truly begins.
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Students and faculty from the Culinary Arts and Management program at Westchester Community College presented a model seder luncheon Thursday, which was led by Rabbi Frank Tamburello, who also explained the ritual feast for non-Jewish guests. The program's model seder, which wasn't offered last year because of a lack of facilities, took place for the first time in the school's new Instructional Dining Room inside the recently renovated Student Center Building in Valhalla. The Passover seder is a Jewish ritual feast that marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover, which this year begins March 25 and ends the evening of April 2. (March 14, 2013)
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STILLWATER, Okla. —
The city of Stillwater is open for business, the city's economic director for consumer business development said Friday.
Angela McLaughlin was promoted to the economic development position from Business Improvement District No. 1 coordinator in August 2012.
She has marketed the city and its retail and business potential to developers during her 14 months on the job. McLaughlin and the city's marketing arm developed a brochure that introduced her office and Stillwater's potential to prospects.
Recently, the International Economic Development Council rewarded their efforts by awarding a gold medal to the brochure.
McLaughlin called the gold medal an honor.
"We're excited about it," she said.
The brochure provides general information about Stillwater and its demographics, she said.
"It's our way to introduce everyone to where we are it on the map ... and our philosophy on economic development," McLaughlin said. "Hopefully, there's enough in there that it excites their interest and they want to locate in our community."
The brochure serves as the first touch. McLaughlin, then, follows up with additional contacts with prospects. Smaller projects can move forward fairly quickly, but larger retail or business developments often require months and months of talks.
"We work with any business that is sales tax driven," she said. "If they collect sales tax that is someone we are going to work with. If you are from Stillwater you understand that our city runs on sales taxes. It is very important that we got involved in that process. We wanted to have that first line to go out and welcome them into the community, help them understand what we have to provide and what we have to offer them."
McLaughlin often helps prospects locate property for their business, she said. She works hand-in-hand with the city's Department of Development Services and the Office of Marketing and Public Relations to recruit retailers and businesses.
"It's been a great year for us," McLaughlin said. "We have had a lot of new developments happen and we've got a lot of development that is still in the works. With these large development deals, it does take time and sometimes patience is a hard thing when you are so excited about these new businesses. ... We are putting Stillwater on the map a little bit. In fact people are calling us now and wanting to be here in our community. That in itself speaks to our success."


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Faculty Assistant: Kim Antry, B.S.
The mammalian immune system is charged with the task of recognizing microbial molecules and subsequently coordinating pathogen clearance. However, humans are host to a multitude of symbiotic microorganisms called the microbiota. This diverse consortium of bacteria take up residence on almost all environmentally exposed surfaces of the body, with the greatest diversity and number of organisms residing within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Since both pathogenic and commensal microorganisms share similar molecular patterns, it remains unclear how host immune responses toward symbiotic bacteria are prevented. Diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, (IBD) result from a loss of host tolerance to commensal bacteria, thus understanding the mechanisms by which the host tolerates the microbiota and in turn how the microbiota influences the host immune system is paramount toward gaining a deeper understanding of mucosal biology and developing therapies for the treatment of intestinal disease.
Interests in the lab include 1) Understanding how T cell intrinsic Toll like receptor (TLRs) signaling governs T cell responses and how this impacts host tolerance toward the microbiota. 2) Identification and characterization of novel host genes within mucosal T cells regulated by the microbiota. 3) Understand how specific commensal organisms are able to regulate the host adaptive immune system and impact disease states.
In an effort to understand how commensal micro-organisms shape host immune responses we have focused our investigations on a prominent human commensal organism, Bacteriodes fragilis. We use animals raised in a completely sterile environment (called germ-free mice) as a model host organism. In this way we can associate the animals with a single species of bacteria and determine how these organisms are able to influence host immune system development. We have shown that animals colonized with B.fragilis are protected from inflammatory bowel disease. We have identified the molecule made by B.fragilis responsible for its protective activity and identified the host receptor that recognizes this molecule. Not only is this pathway important for host protection from disease but it is also plays a role in bacterial colonization. Thus we have uncovered a symbiotic communication circuit between host and bacteria that provides benefits to both members. Discovery of other pathways that exist between host and bacteria may lead to the discovery of bacterial products that could ultimately be used as therapies to treat human disease.
Selected Publications
- Round, J.L., Lee, S.M., Li, J., Tran, G., Jabri, B.,Chatila, T.A. and S.K. Mazmanian. (2011) .The Toll like receptor pathway establishes commensal gut colonization. Science. May 2011: Vol. 332 no. 6032 pp. 974-977
- Round, J.L., and S.K. Mazmanian. (2010). Inducible Foxp3+ regulatory T cell development by a commensal bacterium of the intestinal microbiota. PNAS, July 6;107(27):12204‐9.
- O'Connell RM, Kahn D, Gibson WS, Round J.L., Scholz RL, Chaudhuri AA, Kahn ME, Rao DS, Baltimore D. (2010). MicroRNA-155 promotes autoimmune inflammation by enhancing inflammatory T cell development. Immunity, 33(4), 607-19.
- Round, J.L., O'Connell, R.M., and S.K. Mazmanian. (2010). Coordination of tolerogenic immune responses by the commensal microbiota. Journal of Autoimmunity. May;34(3):J220‐5.
- Round, J.L. and S. Mazmanian. (2009). The gut microbiota shapes intestinal immune responses during health and disease. Nature Reviews Immunology. May 9; 313‐323.
- Mazmanian, S.K.*, Round, J.L.* and D. Kasper. (2008) A microbial symbiosis factor prevents inflammatory disease. Nature. May 29;453 (7195):602‐4.
- Round, J.L., Humphries, L.A., Tomassian, T., Mittelstadt, P., Zhang, M., and M.C. Miceli. (2007) Scaffold protein Dlgh1 coordinates alternative p38 kinase activation, directing T cell receptor signals toward NFAT but not NF‐B transcription factors. Nature Immunology. 8(2): 154‐160.
- Round, J.L., Tomassian, T., Zhang, M., Patel, V., Schoenberger, S.P., and Miceli M.C. (2005) Dlgh1 coordinates actin polymerization, synaptic T cell receptor and lipid raft aggregation, and effector function in T cells. Journal of Experimental Medicine. Feb 7: 201(3):419‐30.
- All Publications: Click Here
Honors and Awards
- 2011 K99 Career Development Award-NIAID
- 2009‐2011 Merck Fellow for the Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2007‐2009 Elizabeth Ross Postdoctoral Fellowship- Caltech
- 2006‐2007 Dissertation Year Fellowship - UCLA
- 2003‐2006 Cellular and Molecular Biology -Training Grant, UCLA
Professional Education
- 2007, Ph.D. Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
- 2002, M.S. Biology, University of the Pacific
- 2000, B.S. Biology, California Lutheran University


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J.D., magna cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center, 2004
M.P.A., Princeton University, 1998
B.A., magna cum laude, Carleton College, 1994
Clinical Legal Education
Immigration and Naturalization Law
Professor Keyes directs the Immigrant Rights Clinic. Her teaching, scholarship and practice all focus on improving access to justice for immigrants in the immigration system and other intersecting areas of the law, from criminal to family law.
Prior to joining the UB faculty, Professor Keyes was a Practitioner-in-Residence with the Immigrant Justice Clinic at American University Washington College of Law, where she supervised students in detained immigration removal cases, civil rights cases, visa applications for crime survivors, and a broad range of policy work related to immigrants' rights.
Professor Keyes' clinical work emerges from her years of practice at two organizations whose work with immigrants crossed a spectrum of legal needs and lawyering strategies. At CASA of Maryland, Professor Keyes represented domestic workers on employment and immigration matters, particularly focusing on those trafficked by diplomats, which required close collaboration between lawyers and community organizers. At WEAVE, an organization providing holistic services to domestic violence survivors, Professor Keyes worked closely with a team of social workers and focused on the intersection between immigration and domestic violence; she provided direct representation and systemic advocacy to improve the implementation of laws designed to protect immigrant survivors.
Professor Keyes is admitted to the bars of Maryland and the District of Columbia, and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Elizabeth Keyes, Immigration Reform and Race, Then and Now, _Howard L.J. _(2014) (forthcoming)
Elizabeth Keyes, Defining American: The DREAM Act, Immigration Reform and Citizenship, 14 NEVADA L.J. 101 (2014).
Elizabeth Keyes, Examining Maryland's Views on Immigrants and Immigration, U. BALT. L. FORUM (2013).
Elizabeth Keyes, Beyond Saints and Sinners: Discretion and Narrative in Immigration Law, 26 GEO. IMMIGR. L. J. 207 (2012).
CASA of Maryland and the Battle Regarding Human Trafficking and Domestic Worker Rights, 7 U. Mary. L. J. Race, Religion, Gender and Class 14 (2008) (symposium edition)
Meeting the Legal Needs of Human Trafficking Victims: An Introduction for Domestic Violence Attorneys and Advocates, Jean Bruggeman and Elizabeth Keyes (Amanda Kloer, Irena Lieberman and Robin Runge, eds.), ABA Commission on Domestic Violence (2008)
Accountability in the Aftermath of Rwanda's Genocide, Elizabeth Keyes and Jason Strain in Accountability for Atrocities (Jane Stromseth, ed., 2003)
Expansion and Restriction: Competing Pressures on United Kingdom Asylum Policy, 18 Geo. Immigr. L. J. 395 (2004)


text: As someone who doesn't (translate that as can't) write, I was wondering, what the most satisfying part about writing a book. Is it getting your readers to see and feel what you want them to? Hearing their responses? Simply getting the story out of your head and down on paper, regardless of what anyone else thinks? The fame of being a published author? Or is it something completely different? I have always wanted to know the answer to this. I know why I read, to be entertained, to lose myself for a few hours, and to simply escape my real life. But what makes an author write? I know it's not the money, cuz most authors start out supporting themselves some other way, and lots don't ever make it to the point that their writing can support them. So what are you looking for when you finish a book?


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Class: KDTreeSearcher
Find k-nearest neighbors using KDTreeSearcher object
IDX = knnsearch(NS,Y)
[IDX,D] = knnsearch(NS,Y)
[IDX,D] = knnsearch(NS,Y,'Name',Value)
IDX = knnsearch(NS,Y) finds the nearest neighbor (closest point) in NS.X for each point in Y. Rows of Y correspond to observations and columns correspond to features. Y must have the same number of columns as NS.X. IDX is a column vector with ny rows, where ny is the number of rows in Y. Each row in IDX contains the index of observation in NS.X which has the smallest distance to the corresponding observation in Y.
[IDX,D] = knnsearch(NS,Y) returns a column vector D containing the distances between each observation in Y and the corresponding closest observation in NS.X. That is, D(i) is the distance between NS.X(IDX(i),:) and Y(i,:).
[IDX,D] = knnsearch(NS,Y,'Name',Value) accepts one or more comma-separated name/value pairs. Specify Name inside single quotes.
A positive integer, k, specifying the number of nearest neighbors in NS.X for each point in Y. Default is 1. IDX and D are ny-by-k matrices. D sorts the distances in each row in ascending order. Each row in IDX contains the indices of the k closest neighbors in NS.X corresponding to the k smallest distances in D.
Select one of the following distance algorithms.
Default is NS.Distance. For more information on these distance metrics, see Distance Metrics.
A logical value indicating whether knnsearch includes all the neighbors whose distance values are equal to the Kth smallest distance. If IncludeTies is true, knnsearch includes all these neighbors. In this case, IDX and D are ny-by-1 cell arrays. Each row in IDX and D contains a vector with at least K numeric numbers. D sorts the distances in each vector in ascending order. Each row in IDX contains the indices of the closest neighbors corresponding to these smallest distances in D.
Default: false
A positive scalar, p, indicating the exponent of the Minkowski distance. This parameter is only valid whenthe Distance is 'minkowski'. Default is NS.DistParameter if NS.Distance is 'minkowski' and 2 otherwise.
Create a KDTreeSearcher object specifying 'minkowski' as the distance metric with an exponent of 5. Perform a k-nearest neighbors search on the object using the chebychev metric and compare the results:
load fisheriris x = meas(:,3:4); kdtreeNS = KDTreeSearcher(x,'Distance','minkowski','P',5) kdtreeNS = KDTreeSearcher Properties: BucketSize: 50 X: [150x2 double] Distance: 'minkowski' DistParameter: 5 % Perform a knnsearch between X and a query point, using % first Minkowski then Chebychev distance metrics: newpoint = [5 1.45]; [n,d]=knnsearch(kdtreeNS,newpoint,'k',10); [ncb,dcb] = knnsearch(kdtreeNS,newpoint,'k',10,... 'distance','chebychev'); % Visualize the results of the two different nearest % neighbors searches: % First plot the training data: gscatter(x(:,1),x(:,2),species) % Zoom in on the points of interest: set(gca,'xlim',[4.5 5.5],'ylim',[1 2]); axis square % Plot an X for the query point: line(newpoint(1),newpoint(2),'marker','x','color','k',... 'markersize',10,'linewidth',2,'linestyle','none') % Use circles to denote the Minkowski nearest neighbors: line(x(n,1),x(n,2),'color',[.5 .5 .5],'marker','o',... 'linestyle','none','markersize',10) % Use pentagrams to denote the Chebychev nearest neighbors: line(x(ncb,1),x(ncb,2),'color',[.5 .5 .5],'marker','p',... 'linestyle','none','markersize',10) legend('setosa','versicolor','virginica','query point',... 'minkowski','chebychev') set(legend,'location','best')
For information on a specific search algorithm, see Distance Metrics.
[1] Friedman, J. H., Bentely, J., and Finkel, R. A. (1977). An Algorithm for Finding Best Matches in Logarithmic Expected Time, ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software 3, 209.
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York Countys proposed budget for 2013-2014 could raise the pay of some employees while increasing taxes on all residents.
Employees would be eligible for a 3 percent performance-based pay raise while most homeowners would see their taxes rise by $10 to $12 annually.
Interim County Manager Anna Moore presented a $391 million budget Wednesday for the fiscal year that starts July 1 to fund county operations and capital projects. The budget is a 5.4 percent increase over the current years budget.
The general fund, which supports all county departments, is proposed at $96.4 million and includes a 3 percent performance-based raise for the countys 1,200 employees. The budget would add six full-time workers, mostly in the solicitors and public defenders offices. Those positions are contingent on state funding.
The proposed general fund, however, exceeds anticipated revenues. To balance the budget, Moore has proposed a slight tax increase and taking $10.1 million from the countys reserve fund.
Owners of a home valued at $100,000 would see their tax bills rise by $8 annually with the changes to the operating budget and debt service tax rates. An owner of a commercial property worth $500,000 would pay $60 annually in additional taxes as proposed.
The owner of a vehicle worth $20,000 would see a $2.40 annual increase in taxes.
More money could be needed from reserves if the County Council does not OK a tax increase. If taxes are not raised and the county continues to see a decrease in revenue from the state, Moore said it might take as much as $12 million from reserves to balance the budget.
Her proposals got mixed reviews from council members.
Board Chairman Britt Blackwell said the county has to pay its debt and he could support a higher increase in the debt service tax. He said he is open to pay raises.
His budget outlook, Blackwell said, is tempered because there are significant projects needed in the county that not only have construction costs but also annual operating costs. Examples of future needs, he said, are expanding the Moss Justice Center and building a multijurisdictional building in the east side of the county.
As envisioned, that facility would have jail cells and courtrooms, as well as office space to be used by York County, Rock Hill and Fort Mill governments. The county is reviewing 14 bids for such a facility.
Councilman Bump Roddey said the countys budget is getting to the point that a tax increase is justified. He said he could defend the proposed increases to his constituents.
Roddey also said he is open to employee raises. For several years, county employees have gone without any raises.
Councilman Joe Cox echoed Roddey, noting that the proposed tax increase would not hammer homeowners, and that the county should look at an employee raise that wouldnt be offset totally by increased taxes and other costs. Cox asked whether raises could be across the board, rather than merit-based. Councilman Chad Williams said he would prefer the raises be based on merit.
Michael Johnson, the newest member of council and a former Fort Mill school board member, said he supports paying the county debt service, and that is he leaning in support of employee raises.
Curwood Chappel, the longest-serving council member, said he would not support raising taxes or increasing pay. He said if the county increases workers pay, merchants will simply raises their prices. He said while the tax increase didnt seem like much, it would make it harder for those without jobs to keep their homes. We need to economize to save the greatest nation in the world, he said.
Councilman Bruce Henderson asked if the county could save money by reducing the incentives it offers to induce companies to come York County. He called the incentives corporate welfare that reduce the taxes the county collects.
Blackwell said the incentives are the only tool York County has to compete with other localities for businesses. If you take them away, you can say bye-bye to being business-friendly.
No votes were taken Wednesday. The countys budget discussions continue next week as department heads explain their needs to the council.
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Chewy Sugar Cookies
Total Time: 30 min
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4 dozen cookies
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 to 4 tablespoons buttermilk
- Sprinkles or colored sugar, for decorating
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in dry ingredients. Add enough of the buttermilk to moisten the dough and make it soft, not wet.
Roll rounded teaspoons of dough into balls and place on a ungreased cookie sheet. With a brush or fingers, moisten the top of each cookie with the remaining buttermilk and slightly flatten the top of each cookie. Sprinkle with raw sugar or colored sprinkles.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until slightly golden. Let stand for 2 minutes before removing to cool on a rack.


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Longmont-based DigitalGlobe is fighting a takeover attempt by a Virginia-based company. KUNC's Emily Boyer spoke with Boulder County Business Report Publisher Chris Wood about the battle.
Boyer: Now before we dig into the details of what's going on. Let's talk about what kind of business DigitalGlobe and this other Virginia-based company are in.
Longmont's city council is expected to approve a slate of oil and gas regulations tonight that seek to keep drilling out of residential neighborhoods.
Northeastern Colorado is fast becoming the site of one of the country's next big oil booms as new technologies surrounding hydraulic fracturing are allowing companies to get a piece of the Niobrara Shale. Previously deemed too expensive to drill, the Niobrara formation that extends from beneath Denver all the way to western Nebraska is thought to hold more than a billion barrels of oil. The only trouble is much of the land atop it is home to one of the country's fastest growing regions.


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The Journal Sentinel's team of Packers beat writers provide the latest news, notes and analysis
QB Kaepernick doesn't want to be 'categorized'
San Francisco --- Quarterback Colin Kaepernick is a man of few words. Here are a few of his postgame comments after letting his play do the talking in San Francisco's 45-31 win over Green Bay:
On the interception: "I had to bounce back."
On breaking the NFL record for rushing yards by a QB: "It's a great accolade, I think it means a lot to this team. Our offensive line did an amazing job, our receivers, tight ends and running backs did amazing jobs. They opened up a lot of lanes for me." On the 56-yard touchdown: "The end came down, our receivers blocked the corner and the safety. There was nobody else left."
On Michael Crabtree: "He played great. He is a key player in this offense. He is a playmaker. He is someone that we want to get the ball into his hands and see what he can do."
On the 49ers' 2012 season so far: "It's been amazing and I couldn't ask for anything more."
On if he's hard to be categorized as a runner or passer: "I don't want to be categorized."
On if the Packers were spying him: "I think a couple of times, a little. For the most part they were trying to double receivers and keep eyes on them."
On if he knew there would be opportunities to run after seeing Joe Webb last week: "Yeah, we knew going in that we were going to have some opportunities."
And elsewhere from San Francisco...
S Donte Whitner on Kaepernick's game: "Everybody that was second guessing the decision to move from Alex (Smith) to him, I don't think they'll be questioning it anymore. He's that new style quarterback in the National Football League that can run the read option, that can pull the ball down run it and take it the distance from anywhere on the football field, extremely strong armed, accurate. He's our quarterback, he's our leader and he did a great job out there today."
DT Justin Smith on returning to the NFC title game: "I don't think we're really worried about making a statement, we're just worried about getting back there. I've been in this league for 12 years and it's hard to get to that game. We're not going to take it for granted and we'll give it our best shot."
WR Michael Crabtree on how Kaepernick reacted to the interception: "There was no frustration at all. That's what I was surprised about, he really was in our ear and told us to make a play. I kept telling myself, we need to make a play. I slipped on one play and fell and was mad about that the entire game. I felt like I had to redeem myself, go out there and do my job."
CB Carlos Rogers on Kaepernick and the offense: "They did real well. You listen to all the reporters and everybody that talks, it was all about [Packers QB] Aaron (Rodgers) and what he was going to do to our defense and what their defense was going to do to our offense. All the pressure was on Kap. He came out here and performed. He ran the ball, he controlled the offense, he controlled the clock."
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M M say they WERE spying, what does kaepernick know(I said sarcastically). Capers had zero answers and if he did, they were the wrong answers again. please do something, MM. This was not a one time mistake..this has been a trend for several yearsHide replies
I saw a spy on two plays. Do these coaches know we have DVR's. Still with the same BS
I spy crappy coordinating.....
Does anyone think the outcome may have been different had this game been played in Lambeau? Not the way the 49 er's played last night. To be fair, this is not a great Packer team, and as former Super Bowl winning qb Trant Dilfer has said for a long time, the Packers are " fools gold ". He was proven right last night. Offense, defense, special teams, coaching...the Packers lost every battle " badly ". With the subtractions coming off this roster before next season, and the number of holes this team has on both sides of the ball, don't expect any more than play-off appearances from this team. Week in and week out, Rodgers gives them a chance, but against the upper echelon teams ( NOT Minnesota ) in the playoffs, that is not nearly enough. This organization won one Super Bowl, just like the one before TT and MM. Complacency has set in, and GB won't see another without some massive changes which won't come from this present group.
"The end came down, our receivers blocked the corner and safety." HELD THE CORNER AND SAFETY would be a more accurate description.Hide replies
Yes for some reason they decided not to call holding. The read option is distroyed when the LB or Corner covers. If you hold the CB and the QB gets the corner it will work every time. You call the 4 holdings and there are 4 more punts. This didn't lose the game but it contributed.
There were some blatant holds that were missed. Of course, they were also 10 or 15 yards downfield, and Kaepernick wasn't touched before then.
He doesn't want to categorized, but he did Kaepernicked the Pack.
And Miss Texas got robbed last night too.
Ya right and Vick is a pocket passer. Maybe halfway through next year when Kaepernick is laid out and concused will we find out if he can really through the ball. We learn Vick couldn't.
CK is a great player. I expect the Packers to get more great players, an O-line coach, return to the 4-3, hit someone so we can beat these guys next year.
there is no comparison between him and vick because he is smart and vick isn't and he is way more accurate and a much, much bigger guy. the guy has played great and isn't overthinking things. give him the credit.Hide replies
Are you kidding me. Vick in year one did this same crap. Please. This guy has played 9 games. Hasn't taken a major shot. Talk to me after a full seasons. There coaching staff understood this. As he didn't start earlier. One Concusion and this crap is done. Then we find out if he can throw the ball. And as we learned with Vick most likly he can't. Then again Steve Young could so maybe hard to say right now. But DO NOT call him a better QB then Vick after 9 games. Give me a break
"Then we find out if he can throw the ball."
Kaepernick threw for more yards than AR and had a hgher QB rating last night. Sure seems as though he showed that he can throw the ball.
Sorry I give him credit for this win. As I gave Vick credit for his first three years in the league. But running around as QB is risky at best. This isn't new.
His record before running into our ill prepared and coached defense was 5-2. Coaches will figure him out. He will get hurt. Until then, he certainly is a talent, and fun to watch. Just like Vick.
"The end came down, our receivers blocked the corner and the safety. There was nobody else left." Pretty much sums up the whole issue: lack of awareness/discipline/scheme, plus getting physically whipped.Hide replies
Held is a more correct statement. If the ref's call the holding that prevents the LB or corner from pulling away the niners punt 4 more times. Watch your DVR game. This didn't lose the game but it didn't help.
Still, the Packers coaching staff are unable to do real time game adjustments. They should have put a spy/shadow on Kapernick after the first couple series, stuck in the middle of the field, preventing his runs. If Kap or Gore on an option have the ball and u r not sure which one has it, tag Kapernick HARD!!! Keep tagging him. For Capers to never figure this out is embarrasing. That being said, the 49ers got away with an awful ot of holds and cheap shots. They are a nasty dirty team, and I hope they lose. They certainly got away with numerous holds. IF those were called and our rookie punt returner didnt change the game with that huge fumble, it could have been a different game. Tough to say. What did happen was an embarrassment.
Last night was humiliating for the defense. Giving up 45 points is in-excusable. Capers has to go and take his awful 3-4 schemes with him. We gave him a commitment of our first 6 draft picks to help fix the defense and he still couldn't get it done. It's time to get back to the 4-3!Hide replies
3-4 vs 4-3 really isn't the problem. We have drafted players that fit the 3-4, so I would expect we continue to see that scheme. Hopefully it will be with a different coordinator.
Though I've never been a fan of the 3-4, those crying for a change to the 4-3 really haven't thought this through. What do you do with Matthews in a 4-3? Make him a lineman?
I don't think you can run a 3-4 with one linebacker (Matthews).


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A Tacoma boy died Tuesday night under the care of his mom's boyfriend.
An autopsy by the Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office revealed Terrick Davis, 3, died of blunt force trauma to his head and abdomen.
After his mother, 23, returned home, the boy complained he was having trouble breathing. He was taken to Mary Bridge Children's Hospital, where he died 20 minutes later.
"The initial examination revealed there were some signs of physical abuse on the child," said Officer Loretta Cool, a spokesperson with the Tacoma Police Department.
Doctors notified police, who questioned the boyfriend, Derrick Myers, 28.
Myer was arrested hours later and booked into the Pierce County Jail on charges of homicide by abuse. A 2-year-old girl also living there was taken and put in protective custody.
"I've been pretty upset all day," said Naomi Norwood, who lives in the same complex.
Neighbors say there were never any signs something alarming was happening in their home.
"No crying, no nothing. The kids would be outside and say hi and then they'd go back, but nothing that would indicate there was a problem," said Norwood.
According to a website post, the boyfriend's brother, Damon Myer, believes he's innocent. His message reads "He wouldn't do something like that."
Derrick Myers will make a court appearance Thursday afternoon.