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Springfield, Mass. - April 21, 2012 -The Springfield College women's track and field team won the Springfield Invitational at Blake Track on Saturday afternoon. The Pride finished with 178 points to win handily. AIC (147 points), Westfield State (134.5), Saint Rose (102), and Eastern Connecticut State (52) completed the top five in the team event.
Michelle Mirti, Colleen Brague, and Rhian Duggan were the top finishers for Springfield, as each won an event and earned first place points. Mirti took the title in the 5000 meter event in 19:05.22. Brague won the javelin throw with a toss of 131'7". Duggan did her damage in the pole vault, reaching 10'8".
Others that performed well for the Pride included Crystal Davis in the 100 meter dash. Davis took home second place with a time of 12.71 seconds. Gabriella Gaudreault placed third in the 400 meter event, crossing the finish line in 1:00.13. Jenn Kapinos added another second place finish in the 800 meters with a time of 2:20.81, and Nora Letendre placed second only to teammate Mirti in the 5000 at 19:21.87. Kelly Curtis continued her stellar senior year with a second place finish in the 100 meter hurdles in 15.89 seconds. Abby Clark crossed right behind her in third with a time of 16.64 seconds.
Curtis also notched a third place spot in the long jump, leaping a distance of 16'1", and second place in the javelin throw at 118'6". Haley Regan took fourth in the event at 103'9" to give Springfield three of the top four javelin throws. Samantha Artz, Brianna Hill, and Duggan went 3-4-5 in the triple jump, as Artz measured 32'8.5", Hill went 31'11.5", and Duggan finished with a distance of 30'10.25". Amber Judge and Michelle Angelo finished second and third in the shot put, with Judge tossing 37'1.25" and Angelo measuring in at 35'6.75".
The quartet of Davis, Gaudreault, Kapinos, and Kelly Murphy won the 4x400 meter relay event, finishing in 4:00.93, more than 12 seconds clear of the runner up squad.
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Some hibernating bats emerge from a wintertime exposure to White-nose Syndrome with few symptoms of the devastating disease that has killed more than 5.7 million bats in North America. Then, just as they are recovering from the infection, they seem to be attacked by their own immune systems, the U.S. Geological Survey said in a news release.
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Researcher Carol Meteyer, of the USGS, and colleagues suggest that these bats show evidence of "immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome" (IRIS) – a condition first described in HIV-AIDS patients. This hypothesis, proposed in the journal Virulence, represents the first natural occurrence of IRIS ever reported. "For both humans and bats, IRIS can be fatal," the agency said.
Meteyer's co-authors are Daniel Barber and Judith Mandl at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
With IRIS, after an organism's immune system has been suppressed for a time then reactivates, it can detect an infection and "go into overdrive, resulting in severe inflammation and tissue damage in infected areas," the scientists said.
"The potential discovery of IRIS in bats infected with White-nose Syndrome is incredibly significant in terms of understanding both the reasons for bat mortality and basic immune response," said USGS Director Marcia McNutt. "This discovery could also prove significant for studies on treatment for AIDS."
In AIDS patients, the immune system is suppressed as the HIV virus attacks white blood cells. It is reactivated through antiretroviral therapy. But in patients with secondary infections, the renewed immune system overacts and can cause major damage to healthy tissue.
Bats' immune-system activity (along with body temperature and metabolism) is dramatically reduced to conserve energy during hibernation. This allows the Geomyces destructans fungus, which causes WNS, to invade the bat's muzzle, ears and wings.
"Animals that survive WNS often "emerge from hibernation with normal-looking wings," Science News said in a report on the research. "But as their body temperature warms back up and their immune systems reactivate, their health takes a nosedive. Within days, dark patches riddle their wings. ... Over the next two weeks, these and other immune cells encapsulate the fungal patches, walling them inside scablike structures. Soon the scabs fall away, leaving the wings with huge holes. Flight becomes limited, if not impossible."
"It's cellular suicide. It comes out in a huge wave, going out to those areas of infection and killing everything," Meteyer told The Washington Post.
"We see strong similarities between human IRIS and the pathology associated with WNS," she said in the news release. "We hope that these findings will stimulate more experimental studies that yield insight into the role of the immune response during IRIS in humans as well as hibernating bats."
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Live Oak — The Suwannee County Conservation District had their 71st Soil Stewardship Banquet on April 30 to celebrate Soil Stewardship Week. This annual event recognizes Suwannee County students and farmers for their ongoing dedication to learning about and conserving natural resources. United States Congressman Ted Yoho (R-Fla. 3rd District) was the guest speaker for the event. The Live Oak Church of God was the venue, and 130 guests enjoyed a meal and an awards program for Suwannee County students.
The A.W. Gaylard Family was honored as the Suwannee County Conservation District Farm Family of the Year. The Gaylards, A.W. and Carolyn, are leaders in conserving natural resources through their implementation of Best Management Practices on their approximately 500 acre farm.
Student awards for the County Conservation Poster Contest were given to students from grades K-12 from all Suwannee County schools. Winners received a plaque and a cash award for their efforts. The winners from the five classes will compete at the AREA II meeting on May 30.
Winning land judging teams from Branford High and Branford Middle School were given certificates, and the winning Envirothon team from Suwannee High School, who placed seventh in state competition, was also recognized. The Conservation District presented plaques and checks to the students and teachers/advisors who spend extra time working on these events. Yoho, who is a member of the House Agricultural Committee, spoke about the importance of farming in our area, throughout Florida and the United States. He will be working on a new farm bill with other committee members in Washington, D.C. He is a strong voice for our area to help with funding for farming practices to help with soil and water quality issues. Farmers are the original conservationists, and our local Conservation District is helping with cost share funding from the Florida Department of Agriculture and the National Resource Conservation Service. Working with local, state and federal agencies, our agricultural future is bright here in North Florida. Conserving water, protecting soil quality, and developing new and better farming practices will ensure our area continues to have a positive impact on preserving our natural resources for future generations.
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---- — WESTPORT — As in most districts, the yearly headache of balancing rising expenses against the state-mandated cap complicates the budget process at Westport Central School.
It could result in staff cuts for next school year.
The current budget of $5,408,000 compared to projected expenditures of $5,436,021 for next school year leaves a gap of $28,021.
The allowable tax cap, according to the state formula, is a 3.76 percent increase, while the projected levy stands at 4.14 percent.
"This is the fourth try at the budget process," Westport Superintendent Dr. John Gallagher said at a recent School Board meeting. "Rumors have been running rampant that we will be cutting 80 percent of our staff."
That obviously will not happen, Gallagher continued, but "we are in serious financial straits due to state aid, insurance and retirement. It is very frustrating."
Among the larger increases are $31,869 more for Board of Cooperative Educational Services costs, $40,005 for health insurance, $8,300 for the Employee Retirement System and $82,525 for the Teachers Retirement System.
Gallagher and the School Board plan to use $132,000 of the fund balance to offset the difference.
"We were told to use this," he said, noting that school districts are limited to how much can be accumulated in their fund balances, so this is not unusual.
Gallagher was hopeful that additional state funding will help with the budget gap. He also expects the price of heating oil will decrease 23 cents a gallon.
School Board member Dwayne Stevens wanted to know if the money saved by fuel-oil costs could go into insulation for the bus garage, which might result in additional savings.
Board member Tom Kohler indicated the money would have to go into the fund balance first.
"In order to make this work, we're looking at across-the-board cuts in staff," Gallagher said. "If nothing else happens, on April 11, we will list where savings can be achieved.
"Without being specific, it will be across the board. It's a very unpleasant proposition."
By law, school districts must have their budgets in place by April 26, so they can be put to the voters in May.
A spending plan that is over the allocated tax-levy hike must get 60 percent or greater voter approval in order to pass.
"I want to keep everyone in the loop and pull no surprises," the superintendent said. "If, at April 11, there is a chance that we have to go for staff reductions, I will meet with the union.
"It could affect all departments — staff, instructional support and maintenance."
A discussion ensued over the possibility of merging sports teams with other schools to save money.
"We would have to look at traveling expenses and how much this takes away from the students' study time," Stevens said.
"It makes me so mad. It's sickening that our state government is taking from the kids."
In other business at the School Board meeting, the board:
▶ Decided that unused snow days will be taken May 23 and 24.
▶ Discussed sharing facilities with Camp Dudley if either has to evacuate during an emergency.
▶ Approved a request from Champlain Valley Fencing Club to use the gym on May 4 and 5.
▶ Adopted a Concussion Management Policy.
The School Board will meet next at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in the school library, with the 2013-14 budget on the agenda. The meeting is open to all.
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WASHINGTON — House Republicans pushed through a bill Wednesday to bypass the president to speed approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. Democrats criticized the legislation as a blatant attempt to allow a foreign company to avoid environmental review.
The bill was approved, 241-175, largely along party lines.
Republicans said the measure was needed to ensure that the long-delayed pipeline, first proposed in 2008, is built.
"This is the most studied pipeline in the history of mankind," said Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., the bill's sponsor.
"When is enough enough?" added Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif. "Five years? Six years? Ten years?"
But Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., called the bill a "reckless attempt to avoid environmental review." The bill would deem the project approved without a presidential permit, as required under current law, and with no further environmental review. The legislation also would limit legal challenges to the project.
The White House says President Barack Obama opposes the bill because it would "circumvent longstanding and proven processes" by removing the requirement for a presidential permit.
The $7 billion pipeline, proposed by Calgary-based TransCanada, would carry oil extracted from tar sands in western Canada to refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast. The 1,700-mile pipeline would travel though Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma on its way to refineries in Houston and Port Arthur, Texas.
Supporters say the pipeline would create thousands of jobs, help lower fuel prices and bolster North American energy resources.
Opponents call the project a "carbon bomb" that would carry "dirty oil" that could trigger global warming.
Obama has twice thwarted the pipeline project amid concerns about a proposed route through environmentally sensitive land in Nebraska, even as the White House approved a southern portion of the project from Oklahoma to Texas. The bill approved by the House would apply to an 875-mile portion of the pipeline from Canada to Nebraska.


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NORMAN — Oklahoma has its starting quarterback. Thursday's announcement that redshirt freshman Trevor Knight won the job should relieve a little anxiety.
However, the hard part is just beginning for Knight. Winning the job is one thing. Keeping it is where his true mettle will come to the surface.
Before the quarterback race began, offensive coordinator Josh Heupel laid out what quality he expected his choice to exude.
"We expect him to play at a championship level. We don't want him to wait until Week 10, we want him to do that at Week 1," he said. "Certainly guys are going to get better with more snaps and more opportunities that they have. But I really feel that these guys are capable of playing at a high level and doing it immediately. Whoever ends up earning the job, we expect him to play well Week 1."
What happens when the 16th-ranked Sooners face Louisiana-Monroe at 6 p.m. Saturday at Owen Field will ultimately decide whether Knight has truly claimed the job.
Under OU coach Bob Stoops, history says rocky starts can lead to quick changes at the position.
Back in 2007, Sam Bradford won a competition with junior college transfer Joey Halzle and freshman Keith Nichol. There was trepidation among Sooner fans because all three shared a common trait: They hadn't played in a real game.
Then Bradford went out and completed 21-of-23 passing attempts en route to 363 yards, three touchdowns and a 79-10 romp over North Texas.
Didn't matter that the Mean Green went 2-10 and gave up over 60 points three times that season. Bradford showed from the opening series he was OU's quarterback of the present and the future. The case for anyone else was baseless.
Saturday is Knight's opportunity to make his argument.
Blake Bell, who spent all of the 2012 season, the spring and at least the first part of the preseason as OU's presumptive starting quarterback in 2013, has shown Sooner fans some of what he can do. He's never truly run the offense, but he's scored 24 touchdowns the last two seasons. He's played in big games and performed his job well in clutch situations.
Stoops has shown starting quarterbacks can change quickly. Paul Thompson won a preseason battle with Rhett Bomar prior to the 2005 season. After Thompson struggled — 11 of 26 for just 109 yards and an interception in the 17-10, season-opening loss to TCU — the job belonged to Bomar.
Only Bomar's dismissal from the team prior to the 2006 season brought the job back to Thompson.
It's scenarios like Thompson's 2005 debut that make Thursday's announcement more of a starting point than the finish line for OU's quarterbacks.
Stoops said there's been a big emphasis on developing both Knight and Bell in the preseason. They'll do their best to get sophomore Kendal Thompson up to speed when he returns from a foot in injury in mid September.
The Sooners are going to use their quarterbacks in the run game for the first time in years. They're going to be asked to extend passing plays with their feet and turn busted plays into gains.
Because of that, OU's quarterbacks are going to get hit more than any of their predecessors under Stoops.
One quarterback may not be enough.
"I still believe there's a place for it in that you go through a long season, sometimes you need more than one guy," Stoops said.
But Knight gets the first chance to prove he's the guy. If he wastes it, the quarterback competition goes from settled back to wide open.
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The attorney for Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon says the incident that left a 20-year-old female OU student with multiple facial fractures was a case of self-defense.
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NORMAN — The cause of the fire that took the lives of a father and his 3-year-old daughter in southeast Norman last month was determined to be electrical in nature said Deputy Fire Chief Jim Bailey on Tuesday.
Firefighters were called to the structure fire in the early morning hours on Jan. 30 at 2705 Richardson Drive. They entered the burning garage and found 3-year-old Amber Finley in the living room of the single-story home. Her father, 24-year-old Cory Finley was found under fire debris in the garage.
Cory and his daughter lived at the house, which was his parents'. The parents, Richard and Brenda Finley, worked as truck drivers so they were out on the road a lot, a neighbor said.
When neighbors across the street from the Finley's saw the fire, they were able to warned others, but it was too late to help the two inside the home. Melanie Meiser, a neighbor across the street said she felt helpless because all they could do was wait for the fire department to put the fire out.
"The wooden top over the garage was on fire and there was so much smoke you couldn't see the front doors or windows," Meiser said.
It took 20 firefighters about 40 minutes to contain the blaze. Preliminary damage estimated the home and its contents to be $135,000.
The deputy fire chief said the home had a smoke detector, but it had no batteries.
"We preach that all the time, to have working smoke detectors that have batteries," Bailey said. Smoke detectors should be replaced if they are 10 years old or older, even if they still beep when they are checked.
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Last summer, Nevada became the first state in the country to pass a law authorizing the use of driverless cars on its roadways. That law directed Nevada state agencies to complete a set of regulations that would govern their use. Earlier this week, the state announced that those regulations have finally been approved.
"Nevada is the first state to embrace what is surely the future of automobiles," Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles Director Bruce Breslow said in a press release. "These regulations establish requirements companies must meet to test their vehicles on Nevada's public roadways as well as requirements for residents to legally operate them in the future."
The next step for the Nevada DMV is to complete licensing procedures for car companies that want to test their driverless cars in Nevada. Once that's complete, I'm guessing that Nevada will start to become a hotbed for developing the technology, simply by virtue of having clear-cut rules.
I'm fascinated by the possibility of driverless cars. I think that they can be revolutionary in ways that I don't believe a lot of people have considered.
But what's particularly fascinating is the fact that Nevada has been so forward-looking in crafting its laws. Granted, that's almost certainly due to a lot of pressure from Google, but it's not often that you see laws keeping pace with the progress of technology. Kudos to Nevada for the effort on this one.
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I'd like to hear some of the ways you think this will revolutionize things, because I'm terrified by the idea of a driverless car. It's bad enough that people's cars parallel park for them now.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Shares of the following companies were making notable moves in the U.S. stock market Friday:
Biolase Technology Inc.'s shares advanced 9% after the dental-laser firm projected 2011 revenue that topped analysts' expectations.
Danvers Bancorp Inc.'s shares rallied 27% after People's United Financial Inc. /quotes/zigman/106093/delayed/quotes/nls/pbct PBCT -1.49% said it would buy the bank in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $493 million. Shares of People's United were off 3.6%.
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Peabody — Dr. Mitchell M. Kuhn, 86, of Peabody died after a brief illness on Wednesday, September 5, at Salem Hospital surrounded by his family.
Dr. Kuhn was raised in Boston and Winthrop, and was a graduate of Winthrop High School and Massachusetts College of Optometry. He began his career as a teacher for 16 years at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. He then began private practice in Boston and Peabody.
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I don't know why CBC seems to wait later and later every year to air this ... oh well, better late than never.
Tues. Dec 7, 9:00 - 10:00 pm, on CBC.
I don't know why CBC seems to wait later and later every year to air this ... oh well, better late than never.
Tues. Dec 7, 9:00 - 10:00 pm, on CBC.
Anyone out there willing to record it for me? Happy to pay costs or trade!
Reminder: tonight on CBC at 21pm ET(check your local listings)
Darn, I forgot! I may need a copy. Hopefully, BOLD will reair it like they have in the past.
The timing this year coincides with the start of ticket sales - or vice versa.
It wasn't the best, but not the worst either. I'm a longtime Kurt fan so somewhat biased ... I loved seeing "That's Entertainment" again after all these years. And I loved the new "Luck Be a Lady" ... done in hockey skates! Fricking impressive!
I was a bit disappointed that the two programs Tessa & Scott did were the ones we've seen before a million times. (the Mahler LP and the "Everybody Dance Now" ex piece) But the Mahler with show lighting was nice.
I didn't care for the music in Jamie & David's program ... but the program rocked. Different side of them we haven't seen before. Given what was going on at the time in their personal lives ... kinda fitting!
Enjoyed Jeff's and Shawn's and Marie-France&Patrice's performances. Joannie and Cynthia were ok, but same old same old. Group number was meh.
Unfortunately, I missed the show.
I actually thought it was one of the better shows from last few years as it was my dream cast, all my CDN favs still skating were part of it, perhaps only one or 2 were missing from the line up. Marie and Patch really sizzled and reminded me how much I have missed them since the pregnancy. While it's true V&M did the numbers mentioned above they did a cool new twist on one of the signature balance moves, so do pay attention. This is one SOI show I will record on DVD if my hubby can put back the cables to do it, as it was worth saving for posterity. Really enjoyed the entire cast and Rochette's number Imortal was one of my all time favorite performances from her so in this case I didn't mind that it was not a new one. Jamie and David actually surprized and I agree they rocked it with a new dancier side to their skating, while still doing all their tricks, whee!
No, it is yet another different version and it's in the ballet pgm not Mahler, though the Goose one you are talking about is also in the Mahler SOI version....


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The aim of this workshop is to bring together experts in anabelian geometry and related topics. We hope to provide an overview on the latest advances in several topics in anabelian geometry, including: anabelian geometry in positive characteristics, birational geometry of function fields and n-dimensional local fields, the section conjecture, anabelian geometry of moduli spaces, and applications to Diophantine problems.
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Posted 19 January 2010 - 04:45 PM
After reading the opening blurbs, I realize it has a file organizational capability. I use PSE 5, and to date have never "organized" my Scrapping files OR my photographs using the elements organizer, although in XP I did have it turned on and did discover how it works - just never found the time.
So now I have a new Desktop running Windows 7 Pro and PSE 5 still works fine - but I have not turned on the organizer.
Is it possible to use PSE for Scrapping files only and use LightRoom for photo's only; and would it get complicated when you add a file from one (photo) to a file from the other (Scrapping LO)????
I'm trying to figure out the easiest, most convenient method of working with files; apart from innumerable file folders/sub folders/sub-sub folders etc......
I know the knowledge is here at SG's - I'm waiting here to soak it up
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Posted 19 January 2010 - 04:54 PM
One thing to remember: Lightroom doesn't actually import your photos "into" its program. It imports a mirror image basically of your folder structure. Any changes you make to images are non-destructive, even after you save them as a jpg, because LR keeps the raw file and just makes note of the changes you make. You can always go back.....unless you delete the raw file.
There is much to learn but once you find your way around you will love it.
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Posted 19 January 2010 - 05:38 PM
Ok first question: Why Picassa when you have PSE organizer??? What do you prefer about Picassa?
Next (trying to understand what you said above) If I process a RAW file in LR, would I not save the results under a different name? Would LR then track both, and when I burn my photo DVD's at the end of the year and delete those folders, would I not still have both the RAW and the LR adjusted files on my DVD???
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Posted 19 January 2010 - 07:16 PM
Apart from my thumbnails, I have a big black surface (the darkroom I suppose?) but all the menus and writing is also in black - unable to read them, (nothing happens when I click on a menu item anyway - sigh!)
I'm wondering if it should have been run in XP compatible mode or not?
Anyone??? Just jump right in with your ideas and helpful hints please!
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Posted 23 January 2010 - 11:35 PM
My hard drive folders seem more organized than this????
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Posted 28 January 2010 - 07:16 PM
I shoot with a SONY A300 and scrap with PSE8
Posted 17 February 2010 - 05:52 PM
I downloaded LR Beta 3. I am using WIN7 and PSE8. It seems like my whole system bogged down especially PSE. I had problems with PSE, Picassa etc not responding. Has anyone else had problems since downloading the Beta version?
No Problems I am aware of - but then I'm using PSE5. Win 7 Pro and do not use picassa. I'm still looking for a LR tutorial on tagging organizing photos though.
If you have not done much with it yet, perhaps a "restore" or "reinstall" might help?
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Author of "The Last One Standing: The Tale of Boba Fett," Tales of the Bounty Hunters. Moran notes on his web site: "Editorial changes that were unacceptable to me were made to 'A Barve Like That,' which is why the 'J. D. Montgomery' pseudonym, but on balance it is perhaps not a bad story, and I won't disown it if people understand that the final product is only perhaps 80% mine."
The Pseudonum, "J. D. MONTGOMERY" Author of "A Barve Like That: The Tale of Boba Fett," Tales From Jabba's Palace. This is listed as a fake name in other sources and believed to be Daniel Keys Moran. On his web site, it notes: "I like my story. It's long enough to let me tackle a couple of characters -- Solo and Boba Fett -- in something approaching depth; and Lucasfilm messed with me less on this story than on either of the two previous."
Excerpt from "A Barve Like That: The Tale of Boba Fett"
"Fett floated in a long dreamtime moment, tied to the gambler's last moments of real awareness down in the slime on the floor of the pit, blind, deaf, limbs dissolved, rib cage cracked apart with the tentacles massaging his organs, dreaming of a woman who loved him — Boba Fett had been born to anger, and rage was his life. He struggled up out of the vision, fought it wildly, carried himself up out of the nightmare on the back of a wave of fury and abruptly was back, there in his body with the pain of the burning acid all around him, suffused with a clear, lucid, thinking hatred, an emotion so dark and deep and pure the Dark Lord himself might never have felt its equal. He could hear his own heartbeat thudding in his ears and he said, 'I'm going to kill you very slowly,' and he had never meant anything more in his life."
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Healthy soil is the cornerstone of a healthy garden. The presentation will cover soil texture and structure, testing and improving soil, creating berms and raised bed gardening, composting, mulching and fertilizing, and reuse of building materials for garden structures.
Presented by Lorraine Frey and Sharon Gibson (Master Gardeners Contra Costa County).


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By KEVIN HARRIS
All season, the Jeffersonville Red Devils have shown they have more weapons than just Indiana All-Star candidate Darryl Baker.
On Saturday night at Scott Gym, Jeff continued to prove it is not a one-man show.
Senior guard Jacquari Chandler scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Red Devils past archrival New Albany in the Class 4A Seymour Sectional championship, 63-50.
It was Jeff's second sectional title in a row, its third in four years and its 37th overall. The Red Devils will take on Class 4A No. 4 Evansville Harrison in the Class 4A Seymour Regional semifinal at about noon next Saturday at Scott Gym. The Warriors (22-1) beat Evansville Reitz in Saturday's Evansville North Sectional final, 72-59.
"It feels great. It feels a lot better to me this year than the past couple of years because I didn't play much," said Chandler, who almost did not come out for the team this season because he wanted to focus on football. "This year it's more special being out here with the guys I love."
As for Jeff's long-time rivalry with the Bulldogs (15-8), the Red Devils evened the series with New Albany at 76. It was Jeff's second victory over the 'Dogs this season and its fourth head-to-head win in their last six matchups.
Chandler did most of his damage in the fourth quarter.
After the Bulldogs cut the deficit to 37-34 with 6:41 left in regulation, Chandler proceeded to tally 11 points in the fourth to help the Red Devils (22-3) outscore New Albany 26-18 in the final stanza.
In the fourth, Chandler made each of his four field-goal attempts — all layups — and was 3-of-5 from the stripe. He gave Jeff a six-point cushion at 49-43 with 2:15 left by hitting both ends of a one-and-one.
"I talked to Jacquari today and I told him he's been the glue for us all year, and he continued to do that," Jeff coach Chad Gilbert said. "He's the guy who early on talked about not playing this season, but I'm glad he did play. He's strong, he's got long arms and he's a competitor."
Chandler increased his production, while Baker was being hassled by New Albany's box-and-one defense with Bulldog senior Garrett Arnold chasing the 6-foot-2 senior for the majority of the game. Baker finished with seven points.
"I felt like I had to step up a lot more," Chandler said. "Darryl is a good player and he gets a lot of baskets for us. Since they put a box-and-one on him, he couldn't do that. I felt that all of us had to step up and help him out some."
Despite the loss, New Albany coach Jim Shannon lauded Arnold's defense on Baker on Saturday night.
"He did a great job. He did an absolutely fantastic job," Shannon said. "I told him to go out there and play his game and if you can hold Baker down, someday when you are watching him play because [Baker] will probably continue to play, you can say, 'I held that guy to seven.'"
For the third straight game in the sectional, the Red Devils got off to a fast start and made their opponent play catch-up the rest of the way.
Jeff led 13-3 at the end of the first quarter and got its lead up to 24-13 midway through the second period on a Baker bucket. New Albany trimmed its deficit down to 24-18 at halftime after a 3-pointer by Jermaine Parrish and a layup by Leondre McBirth.
"Their pressure got to us early and we kicked it around a little bit. Once we settled down, we played a pretty even game with them," Shannon said. "
The Bulldogs made things interesting in the third quarter thanks to Chad Hudson.
The sophomore guard scored 11 of his 12 points in the stanza to enable New Albany to get within one late in the third quarter.
Hudson, who came in for Parrish with 6:09 left in the third and the Bulldogs trailing 27-18, knocked down two 3's to get New Albany within five at 29-24 halfway through the third.
Following back-to-back layups by Jeff's Keenan Williams and Chandler, Hudson began an 8-0 run with a bucket and then capped off the surge with a 3 to get the Bulldogs within one at 33-32 with a little more than a minute left in the period.
"He did an absolute fantastic job running the point," Shannon said. "You are not going to face more intense pressure than we faced tonight."
But Jeff stretched its advantage back to five after the Devils drew two straight fouls and converted four foul shots to end the quarter.
"I thought at halftime that we had a chance to come out in the second half and make it interesting," said Shannon, whose team committed 20 turnovers. "We got it to within one and then we fouled two times in a row. I thought that really hurt. We fought so hard to get to within one and we fouled them on shots. I thought turnovers were the difference in the game."
New Albany trailed 49-44 with 2:10 left in regulation when Hudson knocked down a free throw. But Jeff put the Bulldogs away after that with a 12-4 spurt.
In his two seasons as Jeff boys' coach following a successful run as the Red Devils' girls' coach, which included a Class 4A state championship in 2011, Gilbert has gone 42-7 as the Red Devil boys' boss. That includes two Hoosier Hills Conference championships and a pair of sectional crowns.
"It's been a great year," Gilbert said. "We came off a sectional championship last year where we lost six seniors and our sixth man. We lost seven kids from last year to this year, which tells us our kids stepped up and made some plays this season."
Williams wound up with 15 points and three steals. But he made a costly mistake late in the game. After fouling out with 2:45 remaining in the fourth, Williams got ejected at the 1:30 mark after leaving the bench during a ruckus between both teams following a New Albany foul on Baker.
By IHSAA rules, Williams must sit out next Saturday's regional semi against Evansville Harrison. Williams scored 12 points in the Red Devils' 73-70 loss to the Warriors on Feb. 2 at Johnson Arena.
Jeff junior guard Drew Ellis came off the bench to produce nine points and three assists. Ellis' playing time was limited as he was dealing with a stomach bug on Saturday. Red Devil guard Myles Harvey chipped in nine points and three steals. Baker grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.
Gilbert expects a very challenging regional, which also will include Class 4A No. 3 Columbus North (23-1). The Bull Dogs, who will face Franklin Central (11-10) in the regional opener next Saturday, defeated Jeff in the championship game of the Bob Wettig Tournament on Dec. 29 in Richmond, 61-55.
"It's going to be tough," Gilbert said. "We're going in short-handed now, so we'll see what happens. Harrison is good. Harrison beat us at our place when we were fully loaded and now we have one less player. We'll just have to adapt and other guys will have to step up. We're coming back here to win it."
Parrish and McBirth each led New Albany with 15 points. McBirth completed a double-double with 10 rebounds. The Bulldogs say goodbye to six seniors in Arnold, Parrish, Josh Rogers, Louis Donastorg, Anthony Edwards and Conner Henes. Edwards was suspended for the rest of the sectional prior to Friday's semifinal victory over Jennings County for violating team rules.
Jeffersonville 13 11 13 26—63
New Albany 3 15 14 18—50
Jeffersonville (22-3): Jacquari Chandler 7-12 0-0 3-5 19, Keenan Williams 6-10 3-3 15, Drew Ellis 3-9 2-2 9, Myles Harvey 1-6 7-8 9, Darryl Baker 2-5 3-4 7, Kortrell White 1-3 2-4 4, Leonard Kwitonda 0-0 0-0 0, Devin Shackleford 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-45 20-26 63.
New Albany (15-8): Leondre McBirth 4-9 5-6 15, Jermaine Parrish 4-10 6-7 15, Chad Hudson 4-7 1-2 12, Josh Rogers 1-3 2-2 5, Jeff Byrne 1-5 0-0 3, Garrett Arnold 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 14-37 14-17 50.
3-point field goals: Jeffersonville 1-16 (Ellis 1-6, Baker 0-3, Williams 0-3, Harvey 0-4); New Albany 8-20 (Hudson 3-5, McBirth 2-4, Parrish 1-2, Rogers 1-3, Byrne 1-5, Arnold 0-1).
Rebounds: Jeffersonville 27 (Baker 9); New Albany 24 (McBirth 10).
Assists: Jeffersonville 9 (Ellis 3); New Albany 7 (Arnold 3).
Steals: Jeffersonville 13 (Baker, Harvey, Williams 3); New Albany 2 (Byrne, Rogers 1).
Turnovers: Jeffersonville 11, New Albany 20.
Total fouls: Jeffersonville 17, New Albany 18.
Fouled out: Williams (J); Hudson (NA).
Technical fouls: Williams (J).


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Iranian businessman denies EU accusations
Neither his Malaysia-based First Islamic Bank nor his more than 60 other companies had done anything wrong, he said.December 24, 2012 10:20
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Drake & Scull said on Monday that its shareholders had approved issuing a convertible bond worth 55 million dirhams.
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.
Israel's parliament has given initial approval to a law to enable the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners on a hunger strike.
Turkey is investigating 28 truck drivers ferrying diesel to the Iraqi city of Mosul have been abducted by militants.
At least 27 people including 10 militants were killed at an attack on Karachi Jinnah Airport on June 8.
Israel announced on Thursday it would build 1,500 more settler homes in response to the formation of a Palestinian unity government.
Saudi MERS deaths rise to 282 from 190, cases from 688 from 575.
Kuwait's oil minister said his country was looking to sign an agreement with Iran to secure natural gas supplies.
The CID of the UAE has launched an aggressive campaign to track down illegal satellite service providers.
Neither his Malaysia-based First Islamic Bank nor his more than 60 other companies had done anything wrong, he said.December 24, 2012 10:20
The Iranian government has started consolidating public spending to offset a fall in revenues.December 11, 2012 9:20
New sanctions aimed at reducing global trade with Iran in the energy, shipping and metals sectors may soon be considered…November 28, 2012 2:11
Iran will build millions of barrels of oil storage facilities in the Gulf over the next few months in response…November 26, 2012 12:04
"We can't say that sanctions did not damage us. They did, but we thrashed out plans to control the damage and were able to avoid a serious dent to our economy," the central bank chief said in a rare interview.November 22, 2012 9:09
Barclays, Credit Suisse Group, ING and Lloyds have settled their fines after conclusive investigations but it did not end there for foreign banks. Standard Chartered could have its state license stripped by U.S. regulators for hiding illegal dealings with IranAugust 7, 2012 9:39
Experts say that a heavy Western naval presence in the Gulf and surrounding area is a big impediment to any attempt to block the waterwayJuly 31, 2012 10:03
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Tonawanda News — A youth court program that has been tied to the North Tonawanda for years received a surprise boost from Niagara County this week.
The program puts together volunteers made up of North Tonawanda High School students who act as judge and jury during mock trials, but also often deal with real life implications.
Patty Brosius, the city's director of the Department of Youth, Recreation and Parks, said 20 to 30 students generally participate in the program, while other juveniles who had been arrested by North Tonawanda police for minor offenses such as vandalism often stand before them, where a decision is rendered by those of their own age group.
"It trains students how to be judge and jury," she said.
The program, funded through the Niagara County Department of Social Services, is required to process 30 juveniles through its system, with the aim of keeping at least 75 percent of them out of the juvenile court system, according to the terms of its contract with the city. It also holds regular seminars for elementary and high school students as a preemptive measure.
The city already received $6,439 to run the program during the current fiscal year, but recently received correspondence from a county official stating that due to the its success, it would get an $863 bump in funding.
The common council unanimously approved accepting the funds Tuesday.
Contact reporter Michael Regan at 693-1000, ext. 4115.


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CHICAGO — Caterpillar, the biggest maker of construction and mining equipment, cut its 2013 sales and profit forecast and said revenue will be little changed next year after a slump in orders from commodity producers.
Earnings will fall to about $5.50 a share on sales of $55 billion this year, the Peoria, Ill.-based company said Wednesday in a statement. In July, it forecast per-share profit of about $6.50 on sales of $56 billion to $58 billion.
Revenue in 2014 will be in a range of 5 percent lower to 5 percent higher than this year because of "very low" mining-machinery orders and uncertainties over global economic growth, it said. The shares fell 6.1 percent, the most in two years.
Caterpillar said demand from the mining industry has been difficult to forecast this year after customers decided to focus on existing projects instead of new mines. BHP Billion and Rio Tinto Group are among mining companies that have cut billions of dollars in capital expenditures this year. Caterpillar said it fired more than 13,000 workers in the past year as it adjusted output. The company employs several thousand workers in North Carolina at a half-dozen locations, including Clayton, Sanford and Winston-Salem.
"It has been a painful year and has required wide-ranging and substantial actions across the company," Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Doug Oberhelman said in the statement. "There are encouraging signs, but there is also a good deal of uncertainty worldwide as we look ahead to 2014."
Caterpillar fell to $83.76 at the close in New York, the biggest decline since September 2011.
"The implied fourth-quarter guidance is certainly weaker than expected, and the flat outlook for next year was expected, but now it's on a lower base, which is not exactly encouraging," Larry De Maria, a New York-based analyst for William Blair & Co., said in a telephone interview. "The stock ran up into the report, but now it's going to settle back down on concerns about the outlook."
Third-quarter net income was also lower than expected, dropping to $1.45 a share from $2.54 a year earlier. That missed the $1.67 average of 20 estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Sales in the period declined to $13.4 billion from $16.4 billion. The average of 12 estimates had been $14.5 billion.
Inventory continued to decline in the third quarter, mainly in mining equipment, and was about $500 million less than in the preceding quarter.
Mining industry focus
Caterpillar has focused on the mining industry since Oberhelman became chairman and CEO in 2010. The company bought Bucyrus International in 2011 and ERA Mining Machinery in China last year to expand its mining-product range.
Analysts on average expect capital spending plans for major mining companies to fall 16 percent in 2013 and as much as 12 percent in the next two years, Bloomberg Industries analyst Karen Ubelhart said Oct. 15 in a report.
Miners "need to see commodity pricing and the supply and demand environment firm up for a sustained period before they contemplate a major expansion," Matt Arnold, a St. Louis-based analyst for Edward Jones & Co., said Oct. 18. Arnold recommends holding Caterpillar shares.
While mining orders are down, demand for construction machinery is improving. Next year, Caterpillar's construction industries unit's sales will rise, while revenue in the power-systems business will be little changed, the company said.
The company reported for the 10th consecutive month that rolling global three-month retail machine sales fell, led by declines in the Asia-Pacific region.
Resource industries and power systems each accounted for 32 percent of Caterpillar's equipment sales last year, while construction made up 29 percent.


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By Brian Ojanpa
Free Press Staff Writer
NEW ULM — In August of 1862 scores or women and children huddled in the basement of a New Ulm dry goods store while the town's menfolk struggled to stave off Dakota attacks.
In the middle of the basement was a keg of gunpowder, and in Mary Schmitz Ryan's hand was a match.
The instructions she'd been given were chillingly simple: If Dakota warriors breached the city's barricades, she was to ignite the explosive, the rationale being that mass suicide was preferable to the horrific alternative.
Starting Tuesday, visitors to the Brown County Historical Society's museum in New Ulm will be able to interactively experience that basement saga as part of the museum's new exhibit commemorating the county's role in the U.S-Dakota War of 1862.
"This is a very high-tech, electronic exhibit," museum research librarian Darla Gebhard said the society's most ambitious exhibit to date.
The $160,000 exhibit, several years in the making, occupies the museum's entire third floor, while space on the second floor will be used as a children's learning center.
Admission to the permanent exhibit is $3 for adults (no charge for students), though people can tour the exhibit for free during an open house Friday.
The exhibit focuses on war events in Brown County, most notably the siege of New Ulm, a 900-resident community in 1862 where 37 defenders were killed and more than 50 wounded during the battles.
The exhibit's artifacts include weapons used to fight off the attacks, a replica Dakota tipi, items from a period German-immigrant home and art work depicting the conflict.
It also will feature 1,000 photographs of whites and Indians involved in the struggle, their stories accessed with touch-screen technology.
Exhibit project director Dan Hoisington said this up-close-and-personal look at the war plays to one of the exhibit's goals.
"We want to show that this happened to real people. They weren't just notes in a history book."
Hoisington, who worked off and on for two years on the project, said he wanted to make the exhibit come alive for visitors already familiar with the story while keeping its educational components simple without being simplistic for those unfamiliar with the war.
The exhibit's funding came from a variety of gifts and grants, including $54,000 from the state's Legacy Act sales tax proceeds. Exhibit consultants included Dakota experts as well as historians providing information from the settlers' perspective.
"Our hope for the exhibit is to tell the story from personal viewpoints gathered from Dakota and settler narratives," Gebhard said. "We are not looking at this from the perspective of who's right and who's wrong, but simply what happened here."
The exhibit also will delve into the aftermath of the war, including acts of retribution against Indians and reparations made to settlers who lost property and loved ones.


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Young hosting mobile hours
The office of Rep. Todd Young, R-Ind., will be holding mobile office hours in Scott County from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at Scottsburg Train Depot, 90 N. Main St., Scottsburg.
Constituents who need help in dealing with a federal agency are encouraged to visit during this time as caseworkers will be present to assist them. Those with questions or who would like to reserve time for a meeting should contact the Jeffersonville Constituent Service Center at 812-288-3999.
Brandon's House hosting events
The annual walkathon for Brandon's House Counseling Center Inc., 1618 Beeler St., New Albany, will begin at 3 p.m. April 14 at DePauw Methodist Church, across from New Albany High School.
The event is the biggest fundraiser for Brandon's House, a nonprofit agency that gives away master's level counseling to teenagers and families in the community. Brandon's House depends almost entirely upon community support.
Brandon's House will be holding an open house for the walkathon from 1 to 6 p.m. Monday, March 18 through Thursday, March 21, from 1 to 6 p.m. Stop by Brandon's House to register. Walkers who register by April 5 will be entered in a drawing for a free pair of custom-fit walking and running shoes from Pacers and Racers. Walkathon T-shirts will be just $7 during the week of the open house and $10 after March 21.
Anyone who would like to donate can mail a check to Brandon's House, 1618 Beeler St., New Albany, IN, 47150. Donations can also be made at the website, brandonshousein.com. Call 812-949-2499 for more information.
40 & 8 Club sponsoring meal
The 40 & 8 Club will sponsor an open house and salmon patty or corn beef and cabbage dinner from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at the clubhouse, 221 Albany St., New Albany.
The price for the Samoan patty or corn beef and cabbage dinner with fried potatoes, macaroni and cheese, slaw and dessert, is $7.
FMH starts new weight loss program
Floyd Memorial Weight Management Center is launching a new surgical weight loss program that now includes gastric sleeve surgery which has gained increasing popularity across the country, along with gastric banding surgery.
Bariatric and board certified general surgeons Drs. Lanny Gore and Julie Hutchinson will hold a free seminar to introduce the procedures to Southern Indiana patients from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at the Floyd Memorial Cancer Center of Indiana, 2210 Green Valley Road, New Albany.
Discover who qualifies as a candidate, insurance requirements for weight loss surgery and the extra assistance provided by the Floyd Memorial Weight Management Center including personal involvement in the weight loss journey, free gym membership and lifetime support. An online weight loss assessment and information on each surgery are also available at floydmemorial.com/weightloss.
Benefit to honor Ethan Bennett
A benefit for the Ethan Bennett Memorial Scholarship Fund, being administered by the Community Foundation of Southern Indiana, will begin at 7 p.m. March 30 at Lakeside Reflections, 617 Brown Forman Road, Jeffersonville. The night will have live music, a silent auction, face painting, massages, shoe shines and more. Food and drink will be available for purchase.
Proceeds will go to the Ethan Bennett Memorial Scholarship Fund to help fellow students pursue higher education.
Hospital hosting pain seminar
Clark Memorial Hospital Center for Orthopedics and Spine will host a free educational seminar on osteoarthritis and knee and hip pain. The seminar will be from noon to 1 p.m., Thursday, March 21, at Clark Memorial Hospital.
Dr. John Lindner, Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon, will lead the seminar and answer questions about knee and hip pain, as well as treatment options. Additional information will be available on the Fast Track Joint Replacement program at Clark Memorial Hospital.
Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask questions, meet the orthopedic staff and enjoy preferred scheduling for an individual consultation, if they would like.
Online registration for the free seminar is available on the hospital's website at http://www.clarkmemorial.org/seminars-events/ or by calling 812-283-2926.
Chamber hosting membership meeting
The Charlestown Chamber of Commerce quarterly membership meeting will be from noon to 1:15 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at the Charlestown Arts and Enrichment Center, 999 Water St., Charlestown.
Jerry Acy will give an update on the River Ridge Commerce Center.


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