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News about Amherst College, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Dec. 2, 2013
Baltimore Orioles general manager Dan Duquette, along with his counterparts Neal Huntington of Pittsburgh Pirates and Ben Cherington of Boston Red Sox, credit their former coach at Amherst College, Bill Thurston, for their success. MORE
Oct. 23, 2013
Emily Dickinson Archive promises to offer access to thousands of manuscripts held by different institutions on single open-access Web site but project, organized and funded by Harvard University, has reignited decades-old tensions between Harvard and Amherst College, which hold two largest Dickinson collections. MORE
Apr. 8, 2013
Amherst beats Mary Hardin-Baylor to win its second Division III men's college baskeball national championship; Drury beats Metro State-Denver for Division II men's title. MORE
Nov. 12, 2012
Amherst College campus has been engulfed in sexual assault controversy, and few college leaders are as well prepared as its president Biddy Martin, who has written extensively on gender and sexuality and has history of tackling thorny disputes; Martin has been lauded for her response to incidents. MORE
Oct. 27, 2012
Student Angie Epifano's wrenching account of being raped by a fellow student at Amherst College in May 2011, followed by her callous treatment by college officials, is published in school newspaper, generating wide scrutiny; her story inspires other student victims of rape to step forward and has led school, and its new president Carolyn A Martin, to rethink its approach to sexual violence and prevention methods. MORE
May. 31, 2012
SAT exam will be offered outside of the school year for the first time, but only to students enrolled in a $4,500 summer program for gifted students on the Amherst College campus. MORE
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School Snapshot
Name: Amherst College
Location: Amherst, Mass.
Type: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Year Opened: 1821
Tuition and Fees (Fall 2009): $38,928
Total enrollment (Fall 2007): 1,683
Undergraduate enrollment: 1,683
Number of applicants (Fall 2008): 7,745
Percent applicants admitted: 15%
Graduation rate: 96%
U.S. News and World Report Ranking: 1
Sports Team Nickname: Lord Jeffs
School Web site: Amherst.edu
George L. Shinn, a Wall Street Chief Who Turned to Teaching, Dies at 90
Mr. Shinn, a former president of Merrill Lynch, also led the First Boston Corporation as chairman and chief executive, but left unexpectedly to pursue teaching.
December 19, 2013, Thursday
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3 General Managers True to One School
Dan Duquette of the Baltimore Orioles, Neal Huntington of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Ben Cherington of the Boston Red Sox credit their former coach at Amherst College, Bill Thurston, for their success.
December 2, 2013, Monday
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Enigmatic Dickinson Revealed Online
Manuscripts and even small jottings by Emily Dickinson that have long fascinated scholars and her fans are part of a new Web archive.
October 23, 2013, Wednesday
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A Quantum Computer Aces Its Test
An Amherst computer scientist hired by D-Wave Systems found that one of its computers, said to be using quantum properties, achieved speeds 3,600 times that of a conventional computer in one test.
May 8, 2013, Wednesday
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Professors at San Jose State Criticize Online Courses
The philosophy department said the push to use the courses would compromise education quality, stifle diverse viewpoints and lead to the dismantling of public universities.
May 3, 2013, Friday
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Using the 'Old-School Method' to Choose Between Amherst and Yale
When choosing between Yale and Amherst, Leobardo Espinoza Jr. resorted to the "old-school method of deciding where I felt the most comfortable."
May 2, 2013, Thursday
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Amherst, Yale or Elsewhere?
Leobardo Espinoza Jr., a high school senior in Kansas, is trying to make his college decision based on fit, not prestige.
April 24, 2013, Wednesday
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Amherst Takes Division III Basketball Title
Amherst pulled away late to beat Mary Hardin-Baylor in Atlanta and win its second Division III national championship.
April 8, 2013, Monday
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March 20, 2013, Wednesday
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Division III Postseason Changes Create Long Wait Until Championship Game
A 41-day road from bracket pairings to a championship has drawn criticism from coaches.
March 2, 2013, Saturday
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Erik Kain, Contributor
I write about video games: the industry and the culture.
Nightmare Busters isn't exactly a new game, though it's being billed as such hither and thither.
The novelty? It's an SNES game, and there haven't been any "new" Super Nintendo games in 15 years (though I suspect that figure may not take into account the indie development scene.)
The thing is Nightmare Busters was already very much a game planned for release on the SNES but for one reason or another publisher Nichibutzu dropped the title and it was never released.
Super Fight Team, the company behind the release of the game, has partnered with the game's original developers to release the game on SNES with a fully modern $60+ price-tag.
[EDIT: I have removed a link to an emulator that runs this game. In the original post I mentioned that it has been available for free via emulators for some time. At the time of writing, I did not even consider that emulating a previously unreleased game could even be considered piracy. My apologies to anyone who feels otherwise. The point of this was simply to illustrate that (as the title of this post illustrates) the game is not new, and it has been played by people online for some time.]
It's also hard to tell from the tiny screenshots on the game's webpage whether or not the graphics have been retooled. It certainly looks like they have, but it could just as easily be that the smaller images simply look crisper than the emulator.
Here's some video (taken several years ago) of the gameplay.
I want to make it very clear that I in no way support or advocate piracy. To be quite honest, I assumed that a game like this was on an emulator precisely because it was never released. Since it was never released, I assumed that there was some process that its creators must have gone through to license it out to the websites that hosted it, especially since the one I visited apparently charges a subscription fee after you've tried a game a few times.
Either way, my actual intention with this post was to show simply that the game wasn't new, and that in fact people had been playing it via emulators for some time even though it never was released for the SNES. By all means, if you are someone who owns that old, out-of-production system, I recommend you pay for the game if you want to play it. But up until its release, the only way anyone has ever even tried this game was via emulation.
In other words, I am not advocating "stealing" if something is too expensive. That is not my point, and I think only a very uncharitable reading of this post can come to that conclusion.
I would just add that people who have played this game with an emulator, which is not a very good gaming experience, might be the most likely to purchase it for their SNES. I could be wrong about that, but I don't think anyone is guilty of "stealing" when the only way this game was ever available was in this format. Maybe it is unethical to play it this way now since it will be available, though I'm not sure how many people still have Super Nintendos. I hope Super Fight Team sells many, many copies though.
P.S. Does anyone know the law in regards to IPs like this, that were cancelled and abandoned for decades? In other words, was it at one point legal to play via an emulator but now it is no longer legal? As I said, I'm unclear on the laws surrounding emulators in the fist place, but even more so with regards to abandoned software.
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I'm certainly not seeing a game worth playing here, let alone paying $60 for. There are miles better games coming out for iOS and Android for a dollar or less.
Obviously this is only really meant for some sort of SNES diehard fanatics, but if Super Fight Team can get people to pay $60 for it, more power to 'em.
The article writer should be ashamed of his open endorsement of piracy for this product. If you don't like it or want to pay for it, don't. Don't go pirating it.
What a terrible thing to read on a professional website.
Would you also support pirating the next Halo or GTA game or people don't them too? How about films and music?
Get a grip and please reconsider your awkward, illogical and ill-advised position.
So let me see if I understand you. You draw attention to a product on sale.
Then you say that you can just as easily pirate the game, then admit that you've done that, and then say the game is a bit crap and suggest that if anyone wants to play it, they too should pirate it.
Do you even understand the seriousness of what you are suggesting? Does Forbes.com also advocate piracy?
They can can be played right now. Legally. Just buy it on the website YOU linked to in your own story.
You, as a reporter, and a representative and contributing author of Forbes.com should not by telling your readers to pirate any media. Just because you don't like it or think it's worth the money or even if it's difficult to arrange the circumstances to play it, does not give you carte blanche to break the law.
You should issue an apology and full retraction for this appalling circumstance you've put yourself in before other media outlets get clued in on your position.
Dani, you're really overreacting.
First of all, Erik hasn't advocated piracy.
(As an aside, it's not "piracy" you are talking about anyway, it's copyright infringement. Two different things)
He said you could fire it up in an emulator and play it in your browser. Which you can with no trouble at the link provided. I'm not sure when playing a game in a browser window became piracy, but whatever.
That's all I've really got to say. Anything else would just come across as insulting and inflammatory, were I to respond to your hysterical hyperbole. If you've got a problem with a website hosting a browser game that you believe is doing so illegally, speak to it. Classic case of shooting the messenger.
pi·ra·cy (pr-s)
n. pl. pi·ra·cies
The unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material
This game is being sold right now by the developers, the people who made it.
No where on the official site can I find any links to download and play the game in an emulator.
Therefore, downloading the ROM of this game is piracy.
The story contains two links, a link the the site where you can buy it – which is legal, or a site that you can pirate it, which is illegal.
It's very black and white and there's no over reaction here. I disagree with Forbes.com and their stance on advocating piracy as evidenced by this article.
The link in this article is to a browser version you can play. There's no download. If someone wants to download a ROM, then sure, that's copyright infringement.
By your logic, every time you stream a song on youtube that you haven't purchased, you're guilty of piracy.
But hey, if you think that the game is worth $68 in the USA or $75 outside of the USA, then you go ahead and buy the shit out of this game, that frankly, looks like a piece of shit. I mean, no wonder it wasn't released during the SNES's lifetime. It's poorly animated, crudely drawn and the gameplay looks simplistic and repetitive.
That doesn't mean pirate it, but I wouldn't pay 99c for this on the Apple store.
You don't understand piracy. Playing it in your browser is piracy. Linking to and supporting that is promoting piracy.
"Playing it in your browser is piracy."
Prove it.
Wrong? I don't think "wrong" really comes into it. It's illegal. It causes harm because the creators have an absolute right to control the distribution and sale of their work.
Your arguments sound a lot like what Jeff Koons said in Rogers v. Koons when he was trying to justify turning someone's postcard into a sculpture – this work was unknown, and I'm giving it exposure through my infringement, so the author should be grateful. You can look the case up if you want to see how that held up in court.


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November Daily Bible ReadingTuesday, October 31st, 2006
New Category
Up until this point I have posted the reading schedule for the months of March thru November. I have added a new category (Bible Reading) to make it easier to find the reading plans in the future.
I plan to get the months of December – February done by the end of November. I have had a few requests for the entire year in one document. I will produce this in a couple of formats. I am also in the process of writing a DailyBible.pdb file for the Bible Reader application produced by OliveTree Bible Study Software. This file will be usable on the Bible Reader application for Palm handheld devices and will be free for download once it is complete.
History and Tips for this reading plan
A good friend recommended this schedule. It was published back in 1983 by Fullgrowth Ministries of Tulsa, OK. Here is how that publication recommends you use their schedule:
If you follow this plan devised by Fullgrowth Ministries of Tulsa, Oklahoma, you'll read the New Testament through twice and the Old Testament once during the next 12 months.
The plan recommends that you do your reading at a specific quiet time each day. If you miss a day, continue with the current day's reading and catch up when you have extra time. After you finish your day's reading, mark off that day.
The Old Testament portions are presented as nearly as possible in chronological order. Passages from prophets are included in the historical narrative where they were given, they are often given in a single day's reading.
You'll encounter Psalms throughout the year. Frequently, a Psalm that fits a particular passage has been placed with that passage.
As you enter the New Testament, you'll read Luke and Acts first, then the letters – with periodic passages from other Gospels – and, finally, Revelation. Thus, the story of the life of Christ is constantly related to your Christian life.
I want to add how very important it is that you follow the guidelines given to read the passages for the date given and catch up when you have time. I have tried reading catch up stuff before the current day's reading after a family crisis took me away from reading for a couple of days and it just didn't work.
I have provided here the reading for the month of July. The photocopy that I have says that this schedule is copyrighted by Fullgrowth Ministries, but it also says, "feel free to re-print this chart for use in your church, Sunday school, or just to give to friends." You are my friend if you got this far into this post. I hope this blesses you as much as it has my wife and me. I do plan to post each month's schedule from the chart before each month begins in the future.
You can listen to some of my readings from the Bible on The Living Bible page of this blog. Thanks for visiting.


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It sounds like UFC brass are the delusional, not Bisping. He said the UFC told him that there were title implications and then described his best case scenarios.
1. Timezones: America will always be UFC's bread and butter, no one is going to pay to watch a fight at like 3pm or whatever time you guys watch EU shows.
2. Pay per views: Over here in Europe UFC is not pay per view, and there isn't really a good way of executing that right now.
Micheal Bisping expects a title shot every time pours a bowl of cereal. Why is this even worth writing about anymore?
@thecountmichealbisbing "I just won a Tittle shot! Those fucking guys! Making it look like a purple dinosaur..Dana you clever bastard! Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!!"
Scarface: Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, and fuck you, I'm out!
"I don't call the fighting in my films 'violent', I call it 'action'. An action film borders between fantasy and reality. If I were to be completely realistic in my films, you would call me a violent, bloody man. I would simply destroy my opponent by tearing his guts out. I wouldn't do it so artistically." ~Bruce Lee
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Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley, in Physiological Psychology; emphasizing studies of endocrine function and sex behavior.
1966-1997 at University of Colorado at Boulder, as Faculty Fellow, Institute for Behavioral Genetics; and Research Associate, Ass't, Prof., Assoc. Prof, and Professor, Department of Psychology.
1999-present: Teaching Behavioral Genetics, online, for Departments of Biology and Psychology, UC Denver.
Early research was on endocrine function, using rat and mouse models. Later research included research on human cognitive function, and genetic aspects of tobacco, alcohol and drug use.
Wilson 2012 CV.pdf
Wilson, J. R., Kuehn, R. E., & Beach, F. A. (1963). "Modifications in the sexual behavior of male rats produced by changing the stimulus female." Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 56, 636-644. Reprinted in S. E. Glickman & P. M. Milner, Eds. (1969), The neurological basis of motivation. New York: Van Nostrand.
Wilson, J. R., Adler, N., & LeBoeuf, B. (1965). "The effects of intromission frequency on successful pregnancy in the female rat." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 53, 1392-1395. Reprinted in D. W. Dewsbury, Ed. (1981), "Mammalian sexual behavior: Foundations for contemporary research." Stroudsburg, PA: Hutchinson Ross.
Uphouse, L. L., Wilson, J. R., & Schlesinger, K. (1970). "Induction of estrus in mice: The possible role of adrenal progesterone." Hormones and Behavior, 1, 255-264.
Wilson, J. R., DeFries, J. C., McClearn, G. E., Vandenberg, S. G., Johnson, R. C., & Rashad, M. N. (1975). "Cognitive abilities: Use of family data as a control to assess sex and age differences in two ethnic groups." International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 6, 261-276. Reprinted in R. Kastenbaum, Ed. (1980), Perspectives in aging and human development. Farmingdale, NY: Baywood.
Wilson, J. R., McClearn, G. E., & Johnson, R. C. (1978). "Ethnic variations in use and effects of alcohol." Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 3, 147-151.
Wilson, J. R., & Vandenberg, S. G. (1978). "Sex differences in cognition: Evidence from the Hawaii family study. In T. E. McGill, D. A. Dewsbury, & B. Sachs (Eds.)," Sex and behavior: Status and prospectus (pp. 317-335). New York: Plenum
Wilson, J. R., & Erwin, V. G. (1983). "Rate of alcohol metabolism: Do not "correct" the Beta60 estimate for comparisons among ethnic groups." Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 44, 1093-1096.
Wilson, J. R., Erwin, V. G., DeFries, J. C., Petersen, D. R., & Cole-Harding, S. (1984). "Ethanol dependence in mice: Direct and correlated responses to ten generations of selective breeding." Behavior Genetics, 14, 235-256.
Wilson, J. R., & Plomin, R. (1985). "Individual differences in sensitivity and tolerance to alcohol." Social Biology, 32, 162-184.
Rodriguez, L. A., Wilson, J. R., & Nagoshi, C. T. (1993). "Does psychomotor sensitivity to alcohol predict subsequent alcohol abuse?" Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 17, 155-161.
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To the editor:
There's a new smell in Gloucester Harbor these days, and it's not coming from fish.
It's coming from the sleazy politicians, greedy developers, and manipulative PR folks, all colluding to transform the working harborfront into a Newburyport-like mall.
Having known and loved Gloucester for 55 years, it's very sad to see what Gloucester residents are letting the grabbers do to their city. Either they are unaware or just don't care.
My late mother-in-law ran a business on Main Street where she "settled" fishing boats for a diverse group of boat owners. She always related to me what honest, hard-working, real human beings they were - a far cry from the grubby, grabby people invading the waterfront today.
Wake up, Gloucester! Your waterfront is going to turn into Disneyland North.
Singletary Lane, Framingham


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Updated 8:28 a.m. Tuesday with Senator Blunt reaction
President Barack Obama Monday formally announced his nomination of former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) to be the next Secretary of Defense.
Hagel would succeed Leon Panetta.
In televised remarks carried by cable news outlets, Hagel spoke of the "opportunity to strengthen our country and strengthen our country's alliances and advance global freedom, decency and humanity as we help build a better world for all mankind."
The Hagel nomination had been floated for several weeks and has not been received well by some prominent members of the Senate, which will need to approve the nomination.
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican, told CNN the Hagel selection is "an in-your-face pick," citing Hagel's positions on Israel.
Politico has reported on Hagel's 2006 comments referring to "the Jewish lobby" which has offended some in the Jewish community. A spokesman for U.S Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) told FreeBeacon.com that Hagel's past opposition to the U.S trade embargo with Cuba could lead to questions about his nomination.
The Hagel nomination will now proceed to the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, where Missouri's Claire McCaskill sits. Monday morning, her office released the following statement from McCaskill:
"Senator Hagel is a war hero and independent leader who's served our country admirably for decades, and so I look forward to giving him a fair hearing in the Armed Services Committee. I especially look forward to hearing his ideas on how we can build on our recent successes combatting waste and fraud in wartime contracting, and prevent taxpayer dollars from going to overseas projects that can't be sustained."
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), newly-named to the Armed Services Committee, made a brief statement, according to The St. Louis Beacon. "I plan to meet with Sen. Hagel and I look forward to the nomination hearings," the paper reported.
Of the fireworks which could come in the process, CNN's Candy Crowley, who grew up in Creve Coeur, said "set your TiVo for the hearings."


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Professor Leaphart received her MN in Maternity Nursing, Nursing Education and her BSN from the University of South Carolina.
Professor Leaphart has taught various courses including, Maternal-Newborn Nursing, Perinatal/Women's Health & Perinatal Nursing, and the Senior Leadership Practicum.
"Certification Review: Test Preparation and Test-taking Strategies for Inpatient OB and Maternal-Newborn Exams" and "Certification Review: Intrapartum Overview". Palmetto Health Certification Review Course for Maternal-Newborn and Inpatient OB certification exams, Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia, SC, September 5, 2008.
"Postpartum Hemorrhage: Exceeding the Standard of Care", Georgia Association of Nursing Students Annual Convention, Athens, GA, October 2007.
"Postpartum Depression", Georgia Association of Nursing Students Annual Convention, Columbus, GA, October 2006.
"Standards of Professional Nursing Practice", Guest Lecturer, Foundations Class, MCG-SONAT, October 2006.
"Getting Involved in Professional Nursing Organizations", Georgia Association of Nursing Students Annual Convention, Augusta, GA, October 2005.
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Trustee/ Member, Executive Committee, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
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Publications (Selected)
Contributing author. (1995). Collaborative Practice in Perinatal and Women's Health Care. Washington, DC: American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists.
Leaphart, E.C (1980). Critical factors in labor. In Sally Olds et al, (Ed.) Obstetric Nursing (pp. 412-424). Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
Nielsen, B.B., Leaphart, E.C., et al. (1990) Certification for oncology nurses: Maturing of a discipline. Journal of Cancer Education. 5(2), 99-102.
Donaldson, N.E., & Leaphart, E.C. (1986). Postpartum follow-up: A nursing practice resource. Washington,DC: Nurses Association of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists.
Leaphart, E.C(1985). Perinatal loss: Strategies to facilitate bereavement. NAACOG Update Series, 3(2). Washington, DC: Nurses Association of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists.
Donaldson, N.E., & Leaphart, E.C.(1978). The Fourth Trimester. Chicago: Sound Learning, Inc. & NAACOG. (Ten-hour audio cassette learning package)


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By Mike DeFabo
Times West Virginian
Sometimes the scoreboard isn't the best way to measure the better team. Bad bounces, tough breaks or simply off days can turn the outcome and make the box score look more lopsided than the play on the field would suggest.
Tuesday when North Marion's girls' soccer team hosted Elkins, it was one of those days. The Huskies fell 3-1 to the Tigers in a game that was closer than the two-goal deficit showed.
The Huskies have been a high-scoring, uptempo team this season, scoring as many as nine goals as recently as Saturday. But they manufactured few good scoring chances and allowed Elkins to capitalize on their mistakes.
Coach Steve Rodriguez said the outcome is reflective of the way the team practiced this week.
"We played like we practiced yesterday," he said. "You have to practice hard to play hard in the game. Elkins took it to us."
After a scoreless opening half, Madison Haught put the Huskies on the board first just a couple minutes into the second half. The speedy junior, who has scored several hat tricks this season, booted a high arcing ball into the air. It soared over the keeper and landed in the lower right corner.
"Madison has speed and she uses it to her advantage to get to the ball," Rodriguez said. "That's her advantage, and she beats a lot of defenders to the ball that way."
After the initial score, however, Elkins answered right back just two minutes later. The goal was one of three straight goals the Tigers scored to pull away with the victory.
"They got two easy goals against us. And we fell apart," Rodriguez said. "That's my fault. I'll coach them up and get it straightened out."
The Huskies will have their next chance to straighten things out Thursday when they square off with Buckhannon.
"We have to get ready, get focused and play hard," Rodriguez said. "I know what the girls can do. They just have to get focused and they'll do it. They'll win."
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Just like the first game, the Huskies got on the board first in the boys' game. But just like the first game, Elkins responded by scoring the rest of the goals and North Marion fell, 4-1.
Dylan Leary gave the Huskies the lead just minutes into the game when his shot from 25 yards out sailed into the back of the net.
"We surprised them when we scored the first goal," North Marion coach Matt Gilpin said. "That allowed us to put some pressure on them."
Elkins responded, though, with two goals to take a 2-1 lead into the half. Shortly into the second half, the Tigers scored a third goal that broke the Huskies' spirits.
"They really put the pressure on us for the next 20 minutes," Gilpin said. "Our guys were on defense most of the second half."
The game got chippy near the end, with several yellow cards. North Marion fouled Elkins in the box in the 13th and the Tigers capitalized with their fourth goal of the evening.
After that, North Marion did continue to challenge and came up with several strong scoring opportunities. Gilpin said he was pleased with the way the team finished the game strong.
"I'm proud of the guys for fighting back," he said. "They fought for 13 minutes without giving up another goal."
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Maude McDaniel, Columnist
Cumberland Times-News
If you are like most people, you should avert your eyes and pretend you didn't see this column. It is full of bad jokes and worse puns. (The worst part of it is that my computer is confused and may have included some jokes you have seen before. I apologize for that.)
However, I happen to like (some) bad jokes and (some) worse puns, and they're staying in. So you may have to pretend you just didn't read this column. (My very favorite this time is the Groucho Marx quote. A chap could base a whole career on that one.)
• A priest dies and is waiting in line at the Pearly Gates. Ahead of him is a guy who's dressed in sunglasses, a loud shirt, leather jacket, and jeans.
Saint Peter addresses this cool guy, "Who are you, so that I may know whether or not to admit you to the Kingdom of Heaven?"
The guy replies, "I'm Jim, retired Southwest Airline pilot from Houston." Saint Peter consults his list. He smiles and says to the pilot, "Take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom." So Captain Jim goes into Heaven with his robe and staff.
Next, it's the priest's turn. He stands erect and booms out, "I am Father Bob, pastor of Saint Mary's for the last 43 years." Saint Peter consults his list. He says to the priest, "Take this cotton robe and wooden staff and enter the Kingdom."
"Just a minute," says the good father. "That man was a pilot and he gets a silken robe and golden staff and I get only cotton and wood. How can this be?"
Saint Peter says, "Up here — we go by results When you preached — people slept. When he flew, people prayed."
• "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." Clarence Darrow
• "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." — Moses Hadas
• "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." — William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
• "He is a self-made man and worships his creator." — John Bright
• "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." — Mark Twain
• "He has Van Gogh's ear for music." — Billy Wilder
• "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." — Groucho Marx
• "Mr. Churchill, you're drunk!" — Lady Astor
"Yes, and you, Madam, are ugly. But tomorrow, I shall be sober. and you, madam. will still be ugly" — Winston Churchill
• King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash after years of war with the Hittites. His last great possession was the Star of the Euphrates, the most valuable diamond in the ancient world. Desperate, he went to Croesus, the pawnbroker, to ask for a loan.
Croesus said, "I'll give you 100,000 dinars for it."
"But I paid a million dinars for it," the King protested. "Don't you know who I am? I am the king!" Croesus replied, "When you wish to pawn a Star, makes no difference who you are.
• Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid bowlers. Unfortunately, all the Swiss league records were destroyed in a fire, and so we'll never know for whom the Tells bowled.
• A man rushed into a busy doctor's office and shouted, "Doctor! I think I'm shrinking!" The doctor calmly responded, "Now, settle down. You'll just have to be a little patient."
• A marine biologist developed a race of genetically engineered dolphins that could live forever if they were fed a steady diet of seagulls. One day, his supply of the birds ran out so he had to go out and trap some more.
On the way back, he spied two lions asleep on the road. Afraid to wake them, he gingerly stepped over them. Immediately, he was arrested and charged with — transporting gulls across sedate lions for immortal porpoises.
• Back in the 1800's the Tate's Watch Company of Massachusetts wanted to produce other products, and since they already made the cases for watches, they used them to produce compasses.
The new compasses were so bad that people often ended up in Canada or Mexico rather than California . This, of course, is the origin of the expression — "He who has a Tate's is lost!"
• A thief broke into the local police station and stole all the toilets and urinals, leaving no clues. A spokesperson was quoted as saying, "We have absolutely nothing to go on."
• A famous Viking explorer returned home from a voyage and found his name missing from the town register. His wife insisted on complaining to the local civic official who apologized profusely saying, "I must have taken Leif off my census."
• There were three Indian squaws. One slept on a deer skin, one slept on an elk skin, and the third slept on a hippopotamus skin. All three became pregnant. The first two each had a baby boy. The one who slept on the hippopotamus skin had twin boys.
This just goes to prove that the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides.
• A skeptical anthropologist was cataloging South American folk remedies with the assistance of a tribal Brujo who indicated that the leaves of a particular fern were a sure cure for any case of constipation.
When the anthropologist expressed his doubts, the Brujo looked him in the eye and said, "Let me tell you, with fronds like these, you don't need enemas."
Maude McDaniel is a Cumberland freelance writer. Her column appears on alternate Sundays in the Times-News.


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I provide financial market analysis.
The old saying "a rising tide lifts all boats" doesn't always apply to the stock market, and MoneyShow's Tom Aspray examines the charts of four stocks that have sold off heavily despite the market grinding ever higher.
The major US averages had a choppy session Wednesday as after making new highs early in the session they moved in and out of positive territory. The A/D ratios did close positive with the Nasdaq 100 and Dow Transportation Averages showing the best gains as they were up 0.40% and 0.38% respectively.
The European markets are seeing heavier selling early Thursday with the German Dax Index down 1.3% in early trading. This is consistent with the negative technical readings that I discussed in Tuesday's column.
The stock index are also down significantly in early trading ahead of the jobless claims. A daily close in the Spyder Trust (SPY) below $151 should signal a decline to the more widely watched chart support in the $149-$149.80 area. This could be the start of the February Surprise and watching how the market acts at stronger support should provide more insight.
As stocks have pushed to the upside, several stocks have seen very heavy selling and they have some common technical characteristics which helped warn in advance of their declines. Let's look at three of these recent disasters and one stock that may be ready to drop sharply.
Chart Analysis: Cliff Natural Resources (CLF) not only reported very weak earnings but also reduced its dividend by 76%. The stock dropped almost 20% on five times the average volume.
America Movil SAB de CV (AMX), the Mexican telecommunications giant, also missed its earnings Wednesday. AMX dropped 9.3% on volume of 30 million shares, which was four times the daily average.
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (DPS) met its revenue estimates but missed on its EPS and the market was unforgiving as it gapped lower and dropped 5.8% on over six times the average volume.
PVH Corp. (PVH) is a textile company that produces apparel and owns well-known brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein. They just completed their acquisition of Warnaco (WRC) on Wednesday and they report earnings on March 22.
What it Means: The action in three of these stocks reinforces that one cannot be complacent with any of their holdings. In all instances, either both or one of the RS and/or OBV studies were negative prior to the drop in their stock price. All three are likely to decline further especially in a weak market.
Income investors need to pay attention to the technical outlook. As I mentioned last fall "I would encourage income investors to at least take a look at the weekly charts of any income stock they are looking to buy. Those who want to go a bit further should also look at the RS and OBV analysis to see if they are supporting the decision to buy."
The action of PVH Corp. (PVH) looks quite ominous and holders of the stock should either get out now or monitor their positions closely.
How to Profit: No new recommendations
Editor's Note: If you'd like to learn more about technical analysis, attend Tom Aspray's workshop at The Trader's Expo New York, February 17-19. You can sign up here, it's free.


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The first big night of the high school hoops season comes tonight, with a trio of big ballgames featuring some of the best teams from the Ladue-Frontenac-Olivette area.
On a city-wide scale, most eyes will be trained on the championship game of the DC Wilcutt Tournament out at CBC High School in Town and Country, where the Ladue High boys will take on the No. 2-ranked CBC Cadets at 8 p.m.
CBC was the area's preseason No. 1, with at least three top college prospects on their roster, including 6'7 swingman Jordan Barnett, 6'6 power forward Ray Doby, and 6'6 shooting guard Patrick McCaw.
The Cadets lost their No. 1 ranking after falling in the championship game of the Meramec Tournament to Hazelwood Central back on December 30.
Since then, they've won three straight -- all in blowout fashion -- over SLUH, Whitfield, and Clayton. CBC is now 12-3 on the season.
Ladue, which last lost in the semifinals of the MICDS Holiday Invitational, has won four straight, and will show up for tonight's matchup with an 11-3 record.
The Rams, who are led by junior point guard and area assist leader Cornell Johnston, are the No. 7 ranked team in the area, have played a solid schedule this year, but will be taking their first step onto the big boy stage when it faces CBC.
What the Ladue coach has to say
"They are a very good team. There's no doubt about that," Ladue head coach Chad Anderson said, after his Rams earned their shot at CBC with a 65-50 victory over Ft. Zumwalt North on Wednesday.
"But we look forward to the challenge. These kids love to compete. And I believe we'll be ready to step up and compete with CBC on Friday."
Ladue's post players, 6'9 center Austin DaGue and 6'7 forward Andrew Maddock, combined for 25 points and 25 rebounds on Wednesday, but will have to step up their games against Division-I prospects on CBC's front line.
One advantage Ladue has over CBC, is it features several players that can shoot it from deep, including Johnston, who leads the team with 23 three-pointers this season, and underclassmen sharpshooters Connor Spirtas, Jordan Cosby, and Jeremy Loftin -- a trio that each hits better than 40 percent of their three attempts.
Friday's DC Wilcutt championship game will be broadcast with live video and audio via the CBC Cadet Network powered by the Prepcasts Broadcasting Network.
Pre-game for the broadcast begins at 7:45 p.m., with all audio and video available online for free through www.prepcasts.com.
As exciting as the Ladue-CBC matchup figures to be, the more intriguing basketball experience might come at MICDS' McDonnell Gymnasium on Friday, when the red-hot boys and girls teams from John Burroughs will both make an appearance in Metro League games against the boys and girls from MICDS.
Girls take the floor at 6:30
The girls game will tip at 6:30, with 9-2 JBS taking on 12-1 MICDS.
The Bombers, who have been one of the nice surprises of the girls hoop season, have won four straight and eight of their last nine, including a pair of league wins over Lutheran North that have Burroughs tied for first place in the conference with the No. 6 ranked Rams.
Junior forward Steph Kelly has been fantastic for the Bombers all year, leading the team and ranking near the top of the conference in nearly every category, including points per game (15.3) and rebounds (8.3), which rank third and second in the Metro League this season.
For MICDS, which won its 10th straight game on Monday over Ladue, junior Emily Kyman leads the team in scoring (10.2 points a game), while teammates Maya Howard, Josie Cusworth, Taylor Baur, and Rachel Thompson all average at least seven points a game.
The nightcap is huge
The nightcap at McDonnell Gym, will pit the undefeated JBS boys against their MICDS counterparts, in a matchup of archrivals that just might be the best game of the night.
The Bombers, one of just three unbeaten boys teams left in the area, are ranked No. 4 in the city, after blowout wins to start the new year over Lutheran North and Principia.
Senior Foye Oluokun has been putting up mini-LeBron numbers for JBS, with team-best averages of 16.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists, and 2.7 steals a game.
Teammates Ezekiel Elliott and Jimmy Carney have also been solid scorer for the Bombers, while point guard Trevor Bain has been on a three-point binge lately, including knocking down seven-of-seven in the win over Lutheran North back on January 4.
Practically no team had a worse start to the season than the MICDS boys, who lost five of their first six, including a pair of last-second losses to Clayton and Principia.
But the Rams seem to have righted their ship lately, with wins in five of their last seven, including league wins over Lutheran South and Priory in the last seven days.
Junior Robin Thompson continues to attract major attention from college scouts and recruiters, who seem to have fallen in love with his beefy 6'6 frame and 14.7 points per game average.
Senior Trey Pettus has also been drawing some attention, and will continue to do so if he can keep knocking down big shots like he has the last few weeks.
Tip-off for the JBS-MICDS boys game is slated for 8 p.m.
Friday's doubleheader will also be a special occasion of sorts for the Bombers and Rams, who will celebrate Pink Out Night at MICDS, with both games and all the player performances dedicated to raising breast cancer awareness.


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Bora Horza Gorbuchul is a 'changer' - a human-based being who can change his shape to imitate other humans. Working for the three-legged Idirans, he is sent to retrieve a fugitive computer 'Mind' from a Planet of the Dead. Set against a background of cosmic conflict, Horza and his mercenaries seek the mind, battling against agents of the human 'Culture' and fanatic Idirans, to then face their doom on the proscribed barren world where the mind has hidden....
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Due to a fortunate childhood incident Kate Tellmann is plucked from a life of poverty and is inducted into an organisation, The Business, which since Roman Times has been a world-wide financial force. Over the years Kate rises through the corporate ranks and finds herself to be the love interest of the prince of a small Himalayan country. Kate's interests lie with another of her colleagues, however, who refuses to be disloyal to his wife. But in the end,...
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Jernau Morat Gurgeh, a professional gamer in the utopian, galaxy-spanning society called the Culture, is recruited by the Culture's special ops branch to infiltrate a gaming event hosted by the nearby galactic empire of Azad -- a game which determines who becomes Azad's next emperor. Jernau Morat Gurgeh is one of the Culture's most famous, and brilliant, professional games' players. The only problem: he's bored. The Culture is a post-scarcity, utopian so...
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TROY -- The Rensselaer County Historical Society (RCHS) has been selected to receive an Award of Merit from Museumwise: The Museum Association of New York. These awards are handed out annually by Museumwise, MANY, to recognize outstanding work in the museum community, reward staff and volunteers, and provide encouragement for development of new and innovative projects.
RCHS is being honored in the Innovation in Interpretation category for last year's public program, Revolution on the Runway, a multi-media event featuring ten clothing examples, representing a 100 year time span (1860-1960), and illustrating how the clothing we wear tells a story about ourselves and society. The program was held on March 16, 2012, at Bush Memorial Hall on the campus of Russell Sage College. The evening event was supported with a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities
RCHS worked closely with four Russell Sage College students to research specific clothing items and place these fashions into the broader context of historical time periods and how women fit or broke the social mold. Specifically, the students explored the question; how does our clothing contribute to our conforming or rebelling against societal norms?
A total of 10 projects, ranging from exhibitions to educational programs, received recognition. Six of these received an Award of Merit, the highest honor, given to institutions or individuals whose projects represent outstanding contributions to the field and overall innovation and excellence. The remaining four projects received a Certificate of Commendation for excellence within the context of available means and regional standards.
In partnership with diverse museums, heritage and related organizations, Museumwise: The Museum Association of New York (MANY) strengthens the capacity of New York State's cultural community by supporting high professional standards, strong organizational development, and by providing advocacy, training and flexible information networks so that all may better serve their missions and communities. Each year its Award of Merit program recognizes exceptional and innovative projects in the museum and history community such as exhibitions, collections care projects, heritage tourism, history publications, and websites. Awards nominations were submitted in December and reviewed by a panel of professionals who work in the museum field. This year's Awards will be presented to winners during the luncheon in Syracuse on April 15.
Other Award of Merit recipients:�
Did Dinosaur's Poop?
Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution,
Ithaca, N.Y.
Category: Innovation in Interpretation
Honoring Stephanie Miller's 25th Anniversary
for NYS Museum After School Program,
New York State Museum, Albany, N.Y.
Category: Engaging Communities
Virtual Watervliet,
Shaker Heritage Society, Albany, N.Y.
Category: Innovation in Interpretation
Sensory Friendly Time Makes Museum Accessible to More,
The MOST - Milton, J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology,
Syracuse, NY
Category: Engaging Communities
The following projects received a Certificate of Commendation:
Corning Museum of Glass Website,
Corning Museum of Glass,
Corning, N.Y.
Category: Innovation in Collection Access
Elyse B. Goldberg,
Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site,
Newburgh, N.Y.
Category: Innovation in Leadership
Teen Interpreter Program at The Farmers' Museum,
The Farmers' Museum,
Cooperstown, N.Y.
Category: Innovation in Interpretation
New Directions and Apron Strings,
Roberson Memorial Inc. (Roberson Museum and Science Center),
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Increase in taxes on table Monday night
- Last Updated on 07:41 AM 04/01/13
- BY Paula I. Bryant
Setting the tax rate and approving the 2013-14 fee schedule and school budget allocation tops the agenda for the Halifax County Board of Supervisors when they meet tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room at the Mary Bethune Office Complex in Halifax.
Finance committee members are expected to recommend tonight that supervisors raise the real estate tax rate by two cents from its present rate of 45 cents to 47 cents per $100 assessed value, give the school system $240,000 more in local money and adopt the increase in fees as proposed earlier this month.
Each penny increase in the real estate tax rate will generate $359,000 in additional income for a total of $718,000 if the 2-cent increase is approved.
All other tax rates are advertised to remain the same with personal property remaining at $3.60 and machinery and tools tax remaining at $1.26.
Finance Committee Chairman Doug Bowman met with committee members ED-1 Supervisor J. T. Davis and ED-3 Supervisor William "Bill" Fitzgerald along with County Administrator Jim Halasz and Finance Director Stephanie Jackson last month to discuss budget recommendations that may be made to the full board tonight.
When advertising the real estate tax rate, supervisors had set the limit taxes could be raised at 47 cents saying it would "offer them flexibility."
Finance committee members said last week they planned to suggest the board use two-thirds of the first penny increase to provide additional school funding of $240,000 and commit the remaining one-third of the penny to the general fund balance so that unmet budget requests and expenses cut from the budget could be considered for funding.
The other penny increase is earmarked for courthouse renovations that are not optional, said Bowman.
In addition to raising the real estate tax rate by two cents to 47 cents, finance members are expected to suggest supervisors contribute a total of $600,000 above current year funding to the county school budget making the county's contribution $13,506,000.
Earlier staff had recommended total county funding of $13,267,529 compared to the school board's original request for $16,630,336.
Supervisors are expected to approve appropriation of local funding for the schools tonight so that they may enter into contract with teachers and staff for the new academic year by the April 15 deadline.
Concerning fees, finance committee members discussed retaining memberships in the Halifax County Chamber of Commerce at a cost of $3,200 and in the Roanoke River Basin Association to help continue the fight against uranium mining at a cost of $3,930.
Supervisors are expected to establish the rates and fees for vehicles, businesses and animals as recommended in the draft budget proposal by the finance committee.
During last month's March 4 public hearing on the budget, it was a packed meeting room with 23 citizens taking turns commenting on the proposed fee increases and spending cuts proposed in the 2013-14 Halifax County budget that totals $88.7 million.
The balanced budget draft includes is $510,886 less than the current year's budget.
In the proposed balanced budget, most departments' operational budgets remained level with or less than the current year's funding.
Health insurance costs are anticipated to increase by $170,000 and are included in the staff recommended budget, but no across the board pay hikes are included for county employees in the coming year.
Supervisors are not expected to vote on approving the entire $88.7 million budget until their May meeting.
No public hearings are scheduled for tonight's board meeting.
In other business tonight, board members are expected to take the following actions:
• Hear a monthly status report from Kenneth Martin of the Virginia Department of Transportation;
• Vote on authorizing the county administrator to enter into an agreement for the county to use the middle school as an emergency shelter instead of the Mary Bethune gym since the middle school has an ample food preparation area, sufficient space and is centrally located;
• Consider action on withholding the issuance of building, zoning and land use permits for individuals who owe delinquent real estate taxes until the taxes are paid in full and set a public hearing on an amendment to county code requiring full payment of delinquent real estate taxes prior to issuance of a building license;
• Vote on permitting the county to participate in the Rural Development Community Facilities Loan Program to finance debt service for renovation of the Halifax County Courthouse;
• Consider a request from the L. E. Coleman African-American Museum for tax exemption;
• Authorize public hearings to be held by the county planning commission in April and the board of supervisors in May on a request from George A. Anderson to withdraw one parcel consisting of 30.42 acres from the Rodgers Chapel Road agricultural forestal district in order to subdivide;
• Receive a financial report from County Finance Director Jackson; and
• Make appointments to fill vacancies on the Southside Regional Group Home Commission, Transportation Safety Commission, Improvement Council and the Lake Country Area Agency on Aging.
At the conclusion of tonight's meeting, supervisors are expected to go behind closed doors in an executive session to discuss specific personnel matters, the acquisition or disposition of property; the protection of the privacy of individuals in personal matters not related to public business; a prospective business or industry or expansion of an existing business; consult with legal counsel and discuss award of a public contract involving public funds.


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Fantasy Zone | Master System
Genres: Action (1-2 players)
Wii: Apr 14th, 2008 (US) | Apr 11th, 2008 (EU) [500 points]
Fantasy Zone has no review on Wii's World.
dave said:
I have this game on the NES. It's worth buying for its originality alone, and I've heard the Sega version is better than the NES version. It's a pretty short game though, but it's fun to play over and over again, and it's also cool to budget and shop for weapons. Also, the music is insanely catchy.
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Supporting the Little Guys
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A new Nintendo Direct is coming
More Hyrule Warriors news next Monday
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Despite another loss, things are changing
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Or a step to something bigger?
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I feel like Indie developers like this are the key to unlocking the potential of the gamepad. Nintendo will probably ... Interview with indie dev Arcane Pixel
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That sort of store sounds really cool. Finding treasures like that is so satisfying. And every time you find a little ... Supporting the Little Guys
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This game looks quite intriguing! I'll be sure to look into it when the time comes. ... Interview with indie dev Arcane Pixel
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Don't buy this game. It is prone to crashing when you try to load a saved game. The problem appears randomly and is ... SimAnimals Africa
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By JOSH VARDAMAN
Courier staff writer
---- — OTTUMWA — A recent report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture stated that 5 percent of the Iowa corn and soybean crops have been harvested as of Sept. 29, which is nearly two weeks behind the normal schedule.
Both corn and soybeans have shown slow maturation this year, as the report indicated just 61 percent of the corn had reached the proper maturity level, and it usually sits at 76 percent for this time of the year. Likewise, 88 percent of soybeans had turned their color, down from the regular 96 percent, and only 51 percent of the crop had dropped its leaves, which is a rate that is nine days behind the normal pace.
Even though the corn and soybean crops are appearing to mature at a much slower rate than usual this year, the yields for both crops are actually looking pretty decent so far, according to Mark Carlton, crop program specialist for the Iowa State University Extension in Monroe County.
"Compared to the last few years, we are doing better," he said.
He noted that so far the range of yields for corn has been 150-200 bushels per acre, with even higher results coming from areas that have better soil, and soybeans have seen 40-50 bushels per acre.
Even though the USDA report stated there had been lower numbers of crops harvested so far this year, around this area both corn and soybeans have been relatively on schedule, according to Carlton. Now that there appears to be some rain popping up on the radar and the drought finally looks to be over, there should be some significant increases in the amount of crops harvested.
"We will make huge progress in the next few weeks, weather permitting," Carlton said.
One of the only problems that he has seen so far is the amount of lodging the corn is showing. Lodging is when the corn breaks below the ear and can be the cause of a lot of harvest loss.
"Guys [farmers] are concerned about the corn that is tipping over," Carlton said. "They need to get that combined as soon as possible."
As long as the farmers keep their lodging corn under control, there should be no problem with the crop yields as the season comes into its final weeks.
— To see reporter Josh Vardaman's Twitter feed, go to @CourierJosh


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A home in northwest Omaha was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon.
It was reported just after 12 p.m. at the Park Meadows mobile home community near 110th and Ida streets.
A neighbor told Channel 6 News he heard crackling and popping, then looked outside, saw the fire and called 911. By the time he went outside, the middle of the home was fully engulfed in flames.
The neighbor said a woman and her teenage grandson had lived in the home for only two weeks and she had left a short time before the fire broke out. No one else was home at the time, though two cats are missing.
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Two men were banned from Brookfield Square Mall for a year after they argued with a security officer who told them to "pull up their sagging pants," according to the city of Brookfield police report.
Police were called to the mall, 95 N. Moorland Road, at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 16 because mall security had reported that two men were being loud and boisterous.
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The men were not given any citations, but they were banned from the mall for a year.
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A 54-year-old Livingston man who allegedly struck a woman with the butt of a gun in Morristown on Friday, triggering precautionary school lockdowns as police tried to find him, is charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses in connection with the incident, according to a news report.
A complaint filed by Morristown police alleges Donald Ebert struck the woman in the head during a domestic dispute and that he did not have a permit to carry the handgun, the Star-Ledger reports. Ebert was being held at the Morris County jail in lieu of $100,000 bail, but the bail request was lowered to $50,000 Tuesday by a state Superior Court judge in Morristown. The judge also requested that if Ebert is released from jail, he undergo a psychiatric evaluation after authorities said he threatened to harm himself during the incident.
Madison schools and Hanover Park High School in East Hanover temporarily were locked down Friday as police tried to find Ebert, who was described as armed and dangerous. East Hanover police said his vehicle was believed to be in the area, but there never was any indication he was headed for the school.
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How do you feel about teachers? If you were ranking teachers and doctors and lawyers in terms of their importance to you and your family, who would be first? Well, in the past year, how many times did you need your doctor? How many cases did your lawyer handle for you? And during this same year, how many days did your child sit in a classroom with a teacher?
But is it a matter of time spent?
I sat in a classroom every year from age 6 to age 31. Twenty-five years of schooling. I had professors from Italy and France and Germany and Spain; I had men and women teachers; some young and some old. I had some who couldnt speak English and some who used sign language, and some who spoke only in Latin. But none of this mattered. What mattered was what some of them inspired in me.
I remember a little, old monk named Father Kane. He taught me English literature in my junior year of high school. He introduced me to Charles Dickens. I grew to know and love all those characters from the Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist to little Tiny Tim Cratchit in A Christmas Carol. Father Kane didnt just teach me; he inspired me. I went on to read every book Dickens wrote, including the one he was writing when he died, and I didnt do this to get a better grade; I did it because I wanted to. Father Kane inspired me.
But how do you measure inspiration? I can count how many times my doctor gave me the correct diagnosis, and how many successful cases my lawyer litigated. But how do I measure the depth of curiosity and desire teachers have pumped into my heart? How do I reward my teachers for their hours of patience and gentle prodding and spontaneous bursts of wild enthusiasm that produced in me this tremendous desire to learn?
Our government thought they could quantify their work with No Child Left Behind and now with Common Core. Every teacher now has a set of standards for each tiny segment of teaching and each teacher is graded and rewarded and punished based on these measurements. But what are they measuring?
Well, now my child can add, subtract, multiply and divide, and my child certainly needs to know these things, but a robot can be taught these skills. In fact, a robot can be programmed to do just about everything these standards demand. But a robot cannot be inspired. And our good teachers are inspiring our children -- with no measurements and no criteria and no rewards.
Good teachers inspire children to climb out of the ghetto. Good teachers inspire teen-age girls to put off motherhood. Good teachers inspire ex-cons to re-enter society and become good citizens. Good teachers inspire young people to live exciting and challenging and fulfilling lives. Who measures this? Where is the standard to reward teachers for instilling self-confidence and curiosity and a hunger for learning? What school system promotes this? Which school superintendent even talks about this?
I salute all teachers. In the whirlwind of standards that must be counted and filed and reported, they still find time to inspire. No one sees this; no one rewards this; no one even thanks them. But I thank them. I do what I do today because great teachers stopped the spinning world of education to inspire me.
Yes, I learned some things. I learned math and languages and theology and law. I learned science and sociology and art. I learned psychology and epistemology. But these things are worthless without inspiration. They inspired me! Thats what good teachers do.
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood was at San Francisco International Airport Monday to help break ground on a new state-of-the-art air traffic control tower designed to increase safety and decrease delays when it begins operating in 2015.
The $102-million control tower will be 221 feet tall - about 50 feet higher than the current tower at SFO - giving it unobstructed 360-degree views of the runways and airfield, airport director John Martin said.
The tower will be built to withstand an 8.0-magnitude earthquake and adhere to LEEDs Gold-certified standards, boasting solar panels, energy-efficient operating equipment, and even a charging station for electric vehicles.
The three-year project is expected to create as many as 600 jobs, the majority of which will be in construction.
Lahood praised the project as an example of "thinking big and building big" and said the new tower will modernize the airport for the next generation.
"The new tower will help us maintain a safe air transportation system for the flying public and provide economic benefits for the future," he said.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Michael Huerta agreed, calling the new tower an important investment in the economy of the region by expanding the ability of SFO to move passengers and cargo through the Bay Area safely and efficiently.
"This is a very small facility, but they move a lot of traffic in and out of here very, very safely," Huerta said. "This new state-of-the-art tower will ensure that we continue to do that."
In 2011, SFO was the nation's 15th busiest airport, handling about 404,000 takeoffs and landings, according to the FAA.
Huerta said the larger, taller tower will represent the cutting edge of modern avionics and be a much more efficient air traffic control system.
"We need to be able to handle more travelers and more traffic without delays," he said.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said he sported a tie with an image of the Golden Gate Bridge on it to represent the importance of investing in infrastructure projects for future generations.
"I wore my lucky tie," Lee said. "I'm excited to get this rolling."
LaHood, Lee, Huerta and Martin grabbed four ceremonial shovels and scooped a couple loads of dirt onto a pile to commemorate the beginning of construction, which is expected to last about two years.
The FAA will then take an additional year to install the most modern air traffic control technology and ensure that it is functioning properly, Huerta said.
The tower is expected to begin operating in late 2015.
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A man who, by FORBES' careful measure, is one of the 50 most powerful people in the world, one of the 20 wealthiest–and one of the dozen most vilified–is perpetually in a position to reflect. But given it's Charles Koch's 77th birthday, the calendar demands it. Especially with the presidential election that Charles has called "the mother of all wars" less than a week away, and with Koch Industries, the firm he has built into the second-largest private company in America, considering several more big acquisitions, including an 18,000-employee automotive glassmaker, Guardian Industries.
Yet despite all these momentous events swirling around his wood-paneled Wichita office, decorated with seascapes and looking out on to the prairie to the north, the legacy he wishes to initially address comes via a piece of paper with a color photograph of his first grandson. The baby's name: Charles. "My proudest accomplishment," he smiles.
Given that he and his brother have been called "pigs" (by MSNBC host Chris Matthews) and protesters have unfurled "Koch Kills" banners at rallies, Charles clearly wants to use this rare interview to humanize himself, attaching some personal substance to his courtly Midwest manner. Yet this grandfatherly presence, framed by an unbuttoned collared shirt and a toothy grin, is at odds with the business and political juggernaut that he and his younger brother David have built in a systematic process befitting their MIT training.
Charles' many critics on the left–including the President of the United States–accuse him of accumulating too much power and using it to promote his own economic interests through a network of secretive organizations they call the "Kochtopus." Ironically, the Koch brothers believe they're fighting against power, at least in the political realm. For the Kochs the real power is central government, which can tax entire industries into oblivion, force a citizen to buy health insurance and bring mighty corporations like Koch Industries to heel.
"Most power is power to coerce somebody," says Charles, in a voice that sounds like Jimmy Stewart with a Kansas twang. "We don't have the power to coerce anybody."
The November elections–which David, in a separate interview shortly after the results were finalized, termed "bitterly disappointing"–seem to confirm Charles' last point. Not even the Koch brothers, who spent tens of millions of dollars during this election cycle (they won't disclose the exact amount) funding direct political contributions and issue-driven "nonprofits," could coerce voters to back their candidates. Mitt Romney's loss was a huge blow to them, both in terms of likely policy outcomes and personal reputation.
But those who think the brothers, older and chastened, will now fade away don't understand the Kochs. Not a bit. Obama's victory was just a blip on a master plan measured in decades, not election cycles. "We raised a lot of money and mobilized an awful lot of people, and we lost, plain and simple," says David. "We're going to study what worked, what didn't work, and improve our efforts in the future. We're not going to roll over and play dead."
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The goal has always been, Charles says, "true democracy," where people "can run their own lives and choose what they want to buy, choose how to spend their money." ("Now in our democracy you elect somebody every two to four years and they tell you how to run your life," he says.) Both Kochs innately understand that–unlike the populist appeal of their fellow midwestern billionaire Warren Buffett and his tax-the-rich advocacy–their message of pure, raw capitalism is a much tougher sell, even among capitalists.
So their revolution has been an evolution, with roots going back half a century to Koch's first contributions to libertarian causes and Republican candidates. In the mid-1970s their business of changing minds got more formal when Charles cofounded what became the Cato Institute, the first major libertarian think tank. Based in Washington, it has 120 employees devoted to promoting property rights, educational choice and economic freedom. In 1978 the brothers helped found–and still fund–George Mason University's Mercatus Center, the go-to academy for deregulation; they have funded the Federalist Society, which shapes conservative judicial thinking; the pro-market Heritage Foundation; a California-based center skeptical of human-driven climate change; and many other institutions.
All of these organizations, unknown to 99% of the population, and their common source of support, unknown to most of the rest, have provided the grist for conservative thinking since Reagan. It's a measure of Koch's success that 40 years after Richard Nixon was stumping for national health insurance, Paul Ryan's Ayn Rand-tinged economics are just a little right of center. That the Supreme Court's conservative majority led by Chief Justice John Roberts has issued a number of pro-property rights, anti-government decisions in recent years that read like they came straight out of a Federalist Society position paper. That when George W. Bush sought a watchdog on regulation costs, he appointed a top Mercatus executive. And none of this was accidental–it just took millions of dollars over decades of time. You can see the same process at work in David's quest to find a cure for cancer. A prostate cancer survivor like the rest of his brothers, he has given $215 million to fight the disease so far, including $100 million to fund his own research center at MIT.
While an article about Soros would certainly be interesting the simple fact is that Koch brothers' political contributions dwarf Soros' contributions. The New York Times estimates that Koch political contributions are more than $400 million (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/magazine/can-the-democrats-catch-up-in-the-super-pac-game.html?pagewanted=4&_r=3&hp&).
Due to the Koch's successful efforts to shield their contributions from transparent public view, nobody else can be sure what their total contributions are, but they are certainly enough to money to pervert and corrupt the democratic process.
While we can take solace in the fact that the Koch's $400 million was almost completely wasted, buying nothing but losses, massive infusions of millions from plutocrats like the Kochs certainly undermine the future legitimacy of the US political process.
No rational person can miss the fact that campaign spending to reduce environmental and safety regulations on the part of chemical and resource extraction companies like Koch Industries has massive self-interest, since allowing more pollution will reduce Koch's costs and increase their profits.
The fact that more pollution will result in more cancer, more heart disease, more health spending, and more early death on the part of the US public is clearly of no concern to the Koch brothers.
But it should be the concern of everybody else, including any responsible citizen of our republic.
Whatever the Koch's say, independent journalists have a different story.
"A new super PAC launched this month to support the campaign of Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) is getting serious help from billionaire energy mogul William Koch.
The contributions, channeled to the America 360 super PAC through a donation by Koch's energy company, Oxbow Carbon LLC, are listed at $500,000, according to a report by the Public Campaign Action Fund. "
They Kochs dont have to give to SuperPACs. They own at least one SuperPAC themselves.
The Kochs' politifcal contributions are substantially and deliberately obfuscated, laundered through a wide variety of 501(c)3s and (c)4s.
In Wisconsin, David and Charles spent twice as much between them, $4 million, as the Democratic opponent to Scott Walker spent in the recall election.
Here's an excerpt from PR Watch on Koch expenditures, propelled by an anti-union initiative covert (and illegal) funding in California:
och-Connected CPPR Gave to AJS in 2010
Though AJS does not disclose its donors, two funding sources have been identified from disclosures filed by contributing organizations. And one of them is the Center to Protect Patient's Rights (CPPR).
As first discovered by Open Secrets, CPPR gave AJS $4.8 million in 2010, according to its most recent IRS filings. CPPR's misleading name gives the impression it is concerned about healthcare but it actually appears to operate as a conduit for funding right-wing electoral operations. As a nonprofit, CPPR is not required to report its funders, but it must disclose its grant recipients — and through those disclosures, it was revealed that CPPR gave $55 million in 2010 to a variety of nonprofit groups that in turn spent at least $46 million attacking Democrats in the 2010 elections.
As a 501(c)(4) nonprofit CPPR itself does not disclose its donors. But it does have ties to the billionaire Koch brothers.
CPPR's President Sean Noble has been described as a "Koch operative" affiliated with a number of Koch-connected political operations, and who in the runup to the 2010 elections met regularly with GOP strategists and Karl Rove's Crossroads groups to plot and coordinate that year's Republican electoral landslide. Noble has since been hired by Americans for Limited Government, another nonprofit organization which happens to be AJS's other known funder. Its IRS filings show it gave $250,000 to AJS in 2010.
Other individuals associated with the group also have Koch ties. Consultant Cheryl Hillen has raised at least $2.6 million for the organization and was formerly director of fundraising for David Koch's Citizens for a Sound Economy (which later split into Koch's Tea Party group Americans for Prosperity and Freedomworks, which is led by Dick Armey). One of CPPR's original directors, Heather Higgins, is chairwoman of the Independent Women's Forum, a climate change denialist group that has received Koch money and was previously run by a Koch lobbyist.
Daniel great reporting! I have been following the Koch brothers a while and did my own pain stacking research and found their net worth between 1984-Now http://pjparlapiano.blogspot.com/2012/09/forbes-400-charles-and-david-koch-net.html Discussed the $1.3 billion trial here http://pjparlapiano.blogspot.com/2012/09/koch-vs-koch-battle-of-1990s-part-3-13.html and a legal summary from LexisNexis of the case here http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/354451/koch-v-koch-excerpt.pdf Whatever someone has as their political viewpoints the Koch brothers are fascinating people.
That headline should read (The America that the Koch brothers have been buying for the last 40 yrs) Two plutocrats who don`t want you to have any say any rights and any goverment, thier the reason we can`t get nothing done in Washington anymore with thier bought and paid for racist rightwing nuts who care only for themselves and thier not afraid to tell you how they put thier wingnuts in states and federal goverment to run this country the way they want and if you get in thier way they will smash you like a bug. Its thier way and only thier way period. So welcome to the real world even our highest court in the land belongs to them and they`ll tell you so.