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PLATTSBURGH — The National Export Initiative has a goal to double U.S. exports in five years.
At a recent Export and Investment roundtable at the North Country Chamber of Commerce, Peter Perez, deputy assistant secretary for manufacturing for the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration, provided details on the initiative, which took effect in March 2010.
Perez said 95 percent of consumers worldwide live outside the United States. They remain a largely untapped market, he said, as only 1 percent of U.S. companies export and most of those do so to only Canada or Mexico.
In 2009, exports made up 11 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, he said. That compared with 25 percent in China, 27 percent in Canada and 41 percent in Germany.
"This suggests we've got some work to do," Perez said.
The initiative aims to improve trade advocacy and export promotion. Perez said the government wants foreign consumers to buy U.S.-manufactured products.
It also intends to increase access to credit through the Small Business Administration and the Export-Import Bank, remove barriers to the sale of U.S. goods and services abroad, robustly enforce U.S. trade regulations, and pursue policies that support strong, substantial and balanced growth.
Perez said that to double exports during the five-year period, exports need to increase by about 14 percent annually. In 2010, exports increased 17 percent to $1.83 trillion, 12.5 percent of the gross domestic product.
In the first 6 months of 2011, exports increased 15.8 percent. Perez said recent turmoil in the financial markets may drop that figure in the near future.
The International Trade Administration conducted 35 trade missions worldwide last year. It also arranged for 13,000 foreign buyers to visit the United States for trade shows, which resulted in $535 million in export success.
Perez also talked about the Commerce Department's SelectUSA program, created by a Presidential Executive Order in June. He described it as a one-stop shop for those who want to invest in U.S. companies.
The site, www.selectusa.commerce.gov, provides foreign and domestic businesses and economic-development agencies a searchable guide of federal programs and services available to businesses that operate in the United States. That includes information on grants, loans, loan guarantees and tax incentives. It also provides information about the advantages of operating a business in the United States.
Perez said a number of firms are starting to "reshore" their operations, bringing manufacturing back to the United States. He said rising fuel and transportation costs, workforce and quality-control issues have led companies such as Caterpillar and General Electric to build new plants in America.
The roundtable was attended by 17 members of the local business community. Polled by Perez, five of them said they feel better about their business than they did last year, three planned to add employees and 10 intended to increase their capital investments.
U.S. Rep. Bill Owens took part in the roundtable.
"My belief is if we're going to look for jobs, we're going to need to look to exports," he said.
Owens said he participated in seminars that started 25 years ago to bring Canadian businesspeople to town and show them the various forms of assistance that were available. While the area wants to continue those efforts, the recent roundtable aimed to show how they can now export their products back to Canada and around the world.
Owens said he sees future expansion in markets in Southeast Asia.
"I see no reason Canadian and U.S. companies should not look" at those markets, he said.
Perez asked attendees what keeps them awake at night. Imperial Industrial Park Manager David Bray said he is concerned about free-trade agreements and the effect on U.S.-content provisions that are an important reason numerous companies have opened locations in the Plattsburgh area.
Owens said most of those provisions are built into state municipal purchasing provisions. He said there was a recent accord between the United State and Canada that keeps U.S.-content provisions in place.
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thanks for all the well wishes no idea what's happening with my hip, seriously. have no contingency plan. whatever. gonna have fun in my city (i felt at home when i landed in EWR... i've got quite a ways before i become a true west coaster!) and just enjoy the day. it's been an amazing weekend so far, seeing most of my old friends (both college and nyc running community). gotta sit and think about short and long term goals, seeing as i'm still new to the marathon thing and have (hopefully!) many years of it ahead of me. so no need to get silly and stupid so early on.
____________________________________________________1mi 5:53 5km 20:45 13.1mi 1:33:47 26.2mi 3:21:05next up: some short stuff, a half or two, cal internat'l marathon
Gpops-haven't felt anything off with the hammy the last couple runs. I can tell it's still a little tight when doing my stretching, but it's becoming less and less so. I'm looking forward to seeing how it is on my long run tomorrow.
PRs: 5k 19:23, 10k 39:39, HM 1:36:11
maybe Nittany?
rlk: Yep, there's plenty of time for you to get "silly and stupid," so no need to start now! Good luck...hope the hip holds out!
Nick: Glad to see you actually made it to NY after all of that flight ridiculousness. Good luck to you tomorrow as well.
Hey to everyone.
Wrapped up my first week of "the plan" this morning.
W: 9 w/6 @ 6:40
S: 17: 1.5M w/u, 30min MP, 5min T, 25min MP, 5min T, 5min MP, easy. MP = 6:55, T = 6:23.
72 for the week.
the real question is: how do we stalk the races?
2014: 5k 19:51 19:29 19:19 - 10k 40:07 40:03 39:55 - HM 1:28:06 1:27:38 - FM 3:30:07 3:21:19 3:13:19
I'm guessing 3:09:45 for Nick.
SamPa--NYC has a really good race-day tracking system.
1:31:18 for me this morning at the Indy Monumental Half. The screen I used on my GPS watch from miles 2 onward had total distance and total running time, so I wasn't keeping track of lap pace and could only guess overall pace by trying to do some quick math at each mileage marker.
7:33, 7:02, 6:56, 7:00, 7:03, 7:00, 6:51, 7:00, 6:55, 6:50, 6:47, 6:55, 6:45, :41
Much better than I expected.
Legacy 320 member lilsnoop ran a 3:07 with almost perfectly even splits.
Good luck again to nickshawn and rlk!
Getting back on track, one run at a time.
2014 Goals--1:28 HM, 1:22 HM, 3:12 FM
Long term Goal--Sub 3:00 FM by age 50
Recent PRs--8K, 30:43/HM, 1:25:32/Marathon, 3:28:14 3:04:52
NACN: Congrats on the half! The comeback continues!
dls: Missed your post on the previous page. Congrats on the 50mile week.
Gpops: Did you end up going to the Doc for the knee?
Not even close. My all-time PR at that distance is a 1:23:16 (spring of 2011). I've had to be a lot more cautious with my training this year due to my injury merry-go-round, so I've been trying to rebuild things slowly. My stretch goals for this year were to get back to my race times from 2008. Today's run suggests that I'm very much on my way.
nickshawn pool: 3:09:11
I already gave my prediction for rlk. I forget what it was, but it was brilliant and fast.
NACN ~ Continued progress.
9.5 -- some on trails, some on grass. I will certainly be running on tired legs tomorrow!
A 16 y/o XC Runner stuck in a 50 y/o body.
we need names or bib #s, right? website isn't open until tomorrow morning
I'm using the iPhone app to track them.
rlk and NickShawn both posted their info several days ago.
rlk_117: Bib # 6469
NickShawn: Bib # 5474
and for S&G's, Pam Anderson: Bib # 67329
5K 21:21, 10K 45:59, HM 1:42:59, FM 4:45:56 (choked). I actually have 3 HMs under 1:45 now :-)
I assume NYC does bib #s by seeding. Remarkable (by definition, since I am remarking on it...) how much slower NYC is than Boston. Nick was 2000 higher @ Boston.
thanks mate! will make sure to keep track!
NIckPool winner gets free lunch at Boston 2104.
Nice race NACN. Congratulations! That's gotta feel good -- you are definitely on the right track.
Great job NACN!
Best of luck to Nick, rlk, and Dad!
3:09:13 for the NickPool
Heading out for 20+ but not feeling so hot, may have to bail early.
Woot woot. You guys rock.
I appreciate the great vibes. Temps look good at 45 and only getting up to 50ish. Bad news is that headwinds of 16-20 with gusts up to 30mph. Of course thats only for 20 of the 26.2 so it should even out......
whatever, going out at 3:10 and will hang on as long as I can.
"But the from way I see it, you can either run from it, or... learn from it." - Rafiki
Should be a sizeable 3:10 pace group... use them as your shield.
Big good luck to rlk and Nick at NYC
Hi all, and good luck to tomorrow's racers.
3:06:48 for the Nickpool. The range needs widening a bit, and I'm not going on the slow end, nosirree.
Upcoming: Some short stuff, and Portland.
Definitely. Get in there tight.
Shoot, no 310 group in my wave/corral :-(
Bwahahaha... That 3:06 is looking more plausible now.
Dammmit, I knew I should have said 3:06!
If the wind is that tough, maybe informal pelotons will form. A group of us did that at Big Sur a couple of years ago -- we even took turns running the lead. Don't know if it helped, but it was fun. We had a big group in the wind at CIM last year. That definitely helped.
Good luck Nick and rtl.
Race fast Dad.
best of luck fellas! stalking mode ON
first 5k done
nick 22:46rlk: 23:35
Nick: 15K - 1:07:40. 7:16/mile. Go Nick!
rlk: 15K - 1:11:49. 7:41/mile. Go rlk!
He is on, looks like rlk injury got to her?
I think Priscah Jeptoo will win. Men's race is still TBD.
Go nick and rlk
half in 1:35:40. way to go nick!rlk is almost at the halfway point too
yeah, Jeptoo is picking up ground quickly.
Nick through the half in 1:35:40. (lapped by Sam)
Wow, Jeptoo's form is horrid. She's closing fast though.
Go Nick & rlk!
Mutai looks strong. I wonder how sick this split (21) will be!
Wow, Jeptoo's form is horrid.
A bit Bill Rodgers-esque.

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Here in Wilmington there is a long tradition of caring for our neighbors in need. Community service and volunteering are a huge part of the local culture and most local residents take pride in giving back to the community they live in.
Few, however, make more sacrifices or work harder to keep the community safe than our local Wilmington Police Department.
These days two of Wilmington's finest, Officer Shawn Lee and Detective Tom Miller are fighting their own battles and the time has come for the local community to step up and help them.
Officer Shawn Lee is a lifelong Wilmington resident, a veteran of the United States Air Force, a Gulf War veteran and a nine-year veteran of the Wilmington Police Department. A family man with two young boys, Lee has dedicated his life to protecting both his country and his hometown.
Today, however, Lee is fighting his own private battle. Recently diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, he has undergone a bone marrow transplant and remains hospitalized during his long recovery. His condition is slowly improving and all those who know him have no doubt that he will be home with his family soon.
Another lifelong Wilmington resident, Detective Tom Miller, joined the WPD in 1985 and earned his title as detective four years later in 1989.
An active member of The North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC) Detectives Team and a former NEMLC SWAT Officer, Miller, much like Lee, has spent his career protecting others.
A dedicated volunteer, Miller has traveled to New Orleans twice to help build homes in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and has served as both a board member and a coach for Wilmington Youth Soccer Association. Detective Miller and his wife proudly raised their daughter here in town are active members of our community.
Much like Officer Lee, Detective Miller has had to turn his attention away from the WPD to deal with his own health crisis. On December 3, 2010 he suffered a stroke while on duty at the station. Since that time, he has undergone hospitalization and extensive rehabilitation.
Miller's hard work has paid off and he continues to make enormous strides in his recovery.
Both Lee and Miller have spent years supporting the Wilmington community and now, there is an opportunity for us to support them in return.
On Friday, September 16, there will be a fundraiser to benefit the families of both of these dedicated policemen at The
The event runs from 7:00 p.m. to midnight, will be hosted by Wilmington's favorite comedian Steve Bjork and features three additional comedians along with a silent auction and raffles. If time permits, the evening will wrap up with dancing.
Tickets are available for purchase from Susan O'Neil at from 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information you can also visit the Shawn Lee "fan club" page.
Tickets are $200 for a table of 10 or $20 each.
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Doesn't Prabal look dapper in his tux?
Love this Rebecca Taylor gown that was inspired by her upcoming Holiday 2010 collection.
Half of the Vena Cava duo, Sophie Buhia looks so chic in her gown…I think I need to ask her to create something similar for RTR!


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Work is about the money. Work only becomes not about the money when you have sufficient income – however you define sufficient income – to support your chosen life style.
With sufficient money to live on, work can then become about making a difference, contribution, sharing an important mission, doing tasks you love, feeling important, making friends, gaining success, pleasing customers, and achievement. All of these goals, that define why people work, come into play when you make sufficient money.
Your Choices Determine Your Lifetime Income Potential
Thus, the amount of money that you want to make, and do make during your lifetime of working, is dependent upon your beliefs, attitudes, values, and career choices. If you value helping people in need, you can anticipate a particular salary over the course of your career. As long as your values are more important than what you are paid, your choice is fine. But, you cannot set a goal of making a million dollars a year, make a career choice that pays $40,000 per year, and expect to be happy with your career decisions and the money you make over time.
Almost everyone thinks that they should make more money than they do. But the amount of money you are paid by your employer is dependant upon a number of factors discussed in: The Scoop on Salary Increases: What Pay Raise Can You Expect From Your Employer?.
About's Joshua Kennon tells you: How to Become Wealthy: Nine Truths That Can Set You on the Path to Financial Freedom. I'm writing these tips to help you have the money you need to follow his strategies. He and I agree on the first step you need to take to make more money.
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Money is what you are paid to do a job and accomplish goals for an employer. Or, money is the salary you pay yourself as a self-employed business person. Money is neither the root of all evil nor is it a panacea for all of your pains and the world's ills. It is simply a tool that allows you to attain the standard of living you choose to pursue.
Money enables you to provide for your family's basic needs and to raise and educate your children. Money allows you to support philanthropic causes about which you are passionate. Money allows you to travel, purchase items you want in your life, and pursue hobbies and interests that engage you. Money allows you to retire some day if you choose.
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Bankruptcy ... the final frontier.
These are the voyages of the administration.
Its eight-year mission: to explore strange new
worlds, to radically change our culture, to seek
out new constituencies, and new entitlements,
to boldly go where no man has gone before.
This should be the new Mission Statement.
They are out there!
The General Services Administration's
inspector general on April 2 revealed that a
2010 Las Vegas junket, featuring a mind reader
and a clown cost taxpayers more than
The Federal Reserve is now going through
more ink than all the tattoo parlors in San
Francisco! $85 billion of new money a month, a
trillion dollars a year.
It's called Quantitative Easing Three. It is a
tax tax on every person and asset in the country.
A sales tax on every purchase. John
Roberts would be pleased.
It is s tax that doesn't require a bill, a committee
hearing, or a vote. It doesn't assign
blame to a party. It benefits Wall Street, my fellow
Democrats. It is a regressive tax, Mr.
Obama, and it hurts the elderly and the poor
disproportionately, Mr. Fair Share!
The base line budgeting rules clearly allow
the president to spend more money than he
did last year.Why must we cut tuition reimbursements
for veterans? What kind of perverse
political move is that?
Meanwhile, back on planet earth....
House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee
chairman Charles Boustany Jr., R-La.,
sent a letter to IRS Acting Commissioner
Steven T. Miller demanding a copy of the video
parodies produced in the IRS's television studio
in New Carrollton, Md., claiming the studio
may have cost taxpayers more than $4 million
last year, according to a review of contracts.
Boustany noted that he had previously written
to the IRS on Feb. 11 requesting information
on the production of two specific video
segments; a Star Trek parody and a skit based
on the television sitcom Gilligan's Island.
The IRS provided a letter of response
acknowledging the existence of the two
videos. However, the agency refused to comply
with Chairman Boustany's request to turn
over the videos to the committee. Sorta
reminds one of the GSA's lavish conventions;
while veterans don't reimbursed.
We give 80 Abrams tanks, Four F16s and a
half billion dollars to Egypt! Here is some
news! They have an alliance with Iran. Here's
some breaking news: Iran hates us!
Last year, top officials at the General Services
Administration were forced to resign after
videos surfaced showcasing lavish parties,
conferences and awards ceremonies hosted
by the agency in Las Vegas, including one
video parodying the scene in the movie Office
Space, in which employees destroy computer
They hired a clown. Why did these guys
need to hire a clown. Haven't we elected
enough of them already?
Military officials were also embarrassed by
video of a training exercise conducted in Paradise
Point Resort near San Diego last Halloween
in which U.S. Marines and Navy special
operations forces battled a simulated
"zombie apocalypse" with participants in
make-up playing the roles of zombies.
In keeping with the mission, fellow pioneers,
we are boldly going where no man has gone
before, with the exception of Gilligan. The
island we are heading for is Cyprus! A final
The IRS recently reported 311,566 federal
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A couple of months before heading off for Naimona'nyi, Thompson says, he revisited Peru's Quelccaya, where the ice is now receding at an alarming rate. Qori Kalis, the outlet glacier he's regularly measured for the past 28 years, has thinned so much that he expects it will have vanished by the time he returns this year. As for Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, he says, "its ice fields are now just spikes. And once you lose the ice, you lose the history, you lose the record." Fortunately, Thompson got to that iconic mountain just in time; seven years ago he mounted an expedition that pulled out an 11,700-year record of the climate swings in East Africa, including a drought 4,000 years ago that coincided with the collapse of Egypt's fabled Old Kingdom. He keeps a list in his head of 13 more high-elevation ice fields that he'd like to drill before it's too late, including the rapidly shrinking Carstensz glacier on 16,023-foot Mount Jaya, New Guinea's highest peak. He admits he probably can't get to them all.
Perhaps not surprisingly for a native West Virginian who once considered a career in coal geology, Thompson often draws an analogy between glaciers and the proverbial canary in the coal mine. Like the bird, glaciers are warning us of the buildup of dangerous gases. But there is one important difference. "In the past, when the canaries stopped singing and died, the miners knew to get out of the mine. Our problem is, we live in the mine."
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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has frozen nearly $200,000 slotted for air improvement programs at the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG) for publicly posting a study the state's environmental regulator had funded without TCEQ review.
With the city teetering on the precipice of non-attainment with the Clean Air Act -- and the threat of additional mandatory regulations on cars, trucks and ozone producers -- why is the funding being frozen now?
April is National Autism Awareness Month and state Rep. Ron Simmons, R-Carrollton, has announced plans for a bill in 2015 that allows special needs children to attend classes in a school district without living in that district.
New statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control show that 1 in 68 U.S. children have some form of autism; Simmons, who has a 29-year-old son with a form of autism, said that means 6,000 children annually in Texas will be affected.
The drought that caused several Texas ranchers to sell off their herds in the past three years is also a culprit in the current surge in red meat prices.
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In the first-of-its-kind study dedicated to patients with Hepatitis C and cirrhosis of the liver, Dr. Fred Poordad announced to the International Liver Congress in London over the weekend a new medicine that eradicated the Hepatitic C virus in more than 90 percent of patients studied.
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The Southwest School of Art is putting on their Fiesta Arts Fair this weekend. It all happens under the pecans and crape myrtles in between the limestone buildings and shady walkways that make up the old Ursuline campus downtown.
"This weekend we have what some people say is their very favorite, or their only, Fiesta event, and that's Fiesta Arts Fair," said Southwest School of Art President Paula Owen.
After two hours of debate, board members of the South San Antonio Independent School District rejected joining the city's Pre-K 4 SA program.
South San ISD approved last year's memorandum of understanding with the city on Pre-K 4 SA but declined to do so this year under the direction of newly hired Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra. The board voted 6-1, with Rose Marie Martinez the lone dissenting vote.
Former-New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that he is bringing his existing gun-regulation groups under one umbrella organization to widen each group's reach.
Bloomberg has provided $50 million to establish Every Town Demands Action, a nationwide effort to advocate for gun control. One of those groups is Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Kelly Burke, who is the president of Texas chapter, describes her group as a startup without any capital.
Beginning this fall, St. Philip's College will play host to SAISD students in the district's second early college high school.
St. Philip's College has 10,000 students, but 100 high school freshmen will call the campus home in August. SAISD has formally approved an agreement with the Alamo Colleges to open a school on campus where, by graduation, students will earn 60 hours of college credit or even an associates degree.
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Ferle Hawkins, 93, formerly of Commerce, joined her husband, Joe Hawkins, in heaven on June 22, 2013.
They were married July 30, 1939. Mr. Hawkins preceded her in death Jan. 25, 2012.
They moved from Commerce to Sunrise Assisted Living of Plano in November, 2011.
Mrs. Hawkins received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Texas A&M University-Commerce in the early '60s after raising two daughters. She was a beloved teacher at the Middle School in Commerce. She retired in 1985.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Commerce. She was a teacher in the five-year-old department for over 60 years. She always served the 5-year-olds, being director for Vacation Bible School every summer.
Her daughters can recall always having their living room lined with Bible story cutouts for the felt board.
Mrs. Hawkins is survived by daughters Dian Rainbolt of Plano, Dosha King and husband Dr. Jerry King of Cedar Creek Lake, Athens, Texas. Her grandsons are Rocky Rainbolt and wife, Chris of Plano, Clint King and wife, Haley of San Antonio; great-grandsons Alexander Joseph Rainbolt of Lubbock and Cruz Patrick King of San Antonio.
She is survived by one sister Jean George Emerson of Dallas and several nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents J. C. and Nannie Ernestine George of Campbell, son-in-law John L. Rainbolt of Greenville, three brothers and three sisters.
A graveside service will be today at 11 a.m. at Memoryland Memorial Park under the direction of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home. Dr. Jerry King, son-in-law, will officiate.
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Hempstead, Texas
|City of Hempstead, Texas
|Nickname(s): Watermelon Capital of Texas
Location in the state of Texas
|Coordinates: 30°5′29″N 96°4′53″W / 30.09139°N 96.08139°WCoordinates: 30°5′29″N 96°4′53″W / 30.09139°N 96.08139°W
|United States
|Originally incorporated November 10, 1858, re-incorporated June 10, 1935
|• Mayor
|Michael Wolfe
|• Total
|5.0 sq mi (12.9 km2)
|• Land
|5.0 sq mi (12.8 km2)
|• Water
|0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
|227 ft (69.1 m)
|Population (2000)[1]
|• Total
|• Density
|364.4/sq mi (943.8/km2)
|Time zone
|• Summer (DST)
|ZIP code
|Area code(s)
|FIPS code
|GNIS feature ID
Hempstead is a city in Waller County, Texas, United States, part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area.
The community, located at the junctions of U.S. Highway 290, Texas State Highway 6, and Texas State Highway 159, is around fifty miles northwest of Downtown Houston.[4] The population was 4,691 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Waller County.[5]
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On December 29, 1856 Dr. Richard Rodgers Peebles and James W. McDade organized the Hempstead Town Company to sell lots in the newly established community of Hempstead, which was located at the projected terminus of Houston and Texas Central Railway. Peebles named Hempstead after Dr. G. S. B. Hempstead, Peebles's brother in law. Peebles and Mary Ann Groce Peebles, his wife, contributed 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) of the estate of Jared E. Groce, Jr. for the community. On June 29, 1858 the Houston and Texas Central Railway was extended to Hempstead, causing the community to become a distribution center between the Gulf Coast and the interior of Texas. On November 10 of that year Hempstead incorporated. The Washington County Railroad, which ran from Hempstead to Brenham, enhanced the city upon its completion.[4]
Hempstead is famous for its watermelon crop, and until the 1940s the town was the top shipper of watermelons in the United States. Billy DiIorio was known as the Watermelon King and Angelina DiIorio was known as the Watermelon Queen. Both resided in Hempstead, Texas. The town holds an annual Watermelon Festival in July.[6]
The town has grown in recent years because of its relative closeness to Houston along U.S. Highway 290. The current economy is based on county government, shipping, and a large auto dealership which closed its doors in 2009.[citation needed]
One of the town's residents was Lillie E. Drennan, who in 1929 became the first woman to hold a commercial driver's license in Texas. She ran a regional hauling company called the Drennan Truck Line while maintaining an excellent driving record. Drennan received periodical attention in national newspapers and radio broadcasts.[citation needed]
Another notable Hempstead resident is RL Bucher who, along with his two sons, runs the privately owned, 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge[7] Hempstead & Northern Railroad on his property.[8]
Hempstead is located at 30°5′29″N 96°4′53″W / 30.09139°N 96.08139°W (30.091427, -96.081252).[9]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.0 square miles (12.9 km²), of which, 5.0 square miles (12.9 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.40%) is water.
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 4,691 people, 1,663 households, and 1,124 families residing in the city. The population density was 943.8 people per square mile (364.4/km²). There were 1,848 housing units at an average density of 371.8 per square mile (143.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 39.86% White, 43.44% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 14.65% from other races, and 1.68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 24.77% of the population.
There were 1,663 households out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.3% were married couples living together, 20.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.35.
In the city the population was spread out with 29.3% under the age of 18, 14.2% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $24,095, and the median income for a family was $29,744. Males had a median income of $26,673 versus $20,938 for females. The per capita income for the city was $11,560. About 22.9% of families and 29.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 37.5% of those under age 18 and 25.5% of those age 65 or over.
Until February 2009 the Lawrence Marshall car dealership was Hempstead's largest employer. The sudden closure of the dealership lead the city to reconsider capital projects such as sewer upgrades and park beautification.[10]
Government and infrastructure[edit]
Hempstead is the county seat of Waller County.
The United States Postal Service Hempstead Post Office is located at 901 12th Street.[11]
The City of Hempstead is served by the Hempstead Independent School District. There is one Private Christian School in Hempstead, Community Christian Academy. The grades of study offered are K3 through 5th grade.
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Hempstead has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.[12]
- ^ "US Census Bureau Population Finder: Hempstead city, TX". factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ a b Hempstead, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ Hempstead, TX: Chamber of Commerce. Watermelon Festival.
- ^ http://www.steamlocomotive.com/lists/searchdb.php?str=Hempstead&country=USA
- ^ Sandstone Heritage Trust - Deep in the Heart of Texas
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ Turner, Allan. "Hempstead comes to grips without big employer." Houston Chronicle. February 5, 2009. Retrieved on February 7, 2009.
- ^ "Post Office Location - HEMPSTEAD." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.
- ^ Climate Summary for Hempstead, Texas
External links[edit]
- City of Hempstead
- Hempstead, TX Chamber of Commerce Website
- Hempstead, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online


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It's that wonderful time of year when gamers look back on everything they spent their hard-earned money on over the last twelve months and try to figure out if it was cash well-spent. What worked? What disappointed you? What games will you still be playing in 2013? Was it a good year? A bad year? Honestly, in my opinion, it was mostly a transitional year for gaming. It felt like a lot of developers were waiting to see what's next or delaying their big games to 2013. Ultimately, it was just another year without nearly enough exciting new IPs. Where's the next "Grand Theft Auto"? The new "Bioshock"? The variation on "Dead Space"? While there were some very notable reboots of thought-dead franchises in 2012, there were technically only four new titles in my entire top 20, and one of those four new games was based on a hit TV show, while the other was a reworking of a failed game. That's all to say, we definitely need some innovation in 2013. Until then, be sure play at least the top ten of the list below if you haven't already (and maybe a few of the runner-ups if you have time).
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Botha, C.E.J. and Cross, R.H.M. and Gerber, Jacqués. (2004) The microstructure of plasmodesmata in internodal stem tissue of the Saccharum hybrid var. NCo376: evidence for an apoplasmic loading pathway. South African Journal of Science, 100 (11 & 12). pp. 619-623. ISSN 0038-2353
Beckett, R.P. and Drennan, P.M. and Botha, C.E.J. (1995) The effect of fluctuating substrate salinity on the yield and flag leaf photosynthesis of wheat. South African Journal of Botany, 61 (1). pp. 35-38. ISSN 0254-6299
Moore-Gordon, C.S. and Cowan, A.K. and Bertling, I. and Botha, C.E.J. and Cross, R.H.M. (1998) Symplastic Solute Transport and Avocado Fruit Development: A Decline in Cytokinin/ABA Ratio is Related to Appearance of the Hass Small Fruit Variant. Plant & Cell Physiology, 39 (10). pp. 1027-1038. ISSN 1027-1038
Ade-Ademilua, O.E. and Botha, C.E.J. (2005) A re-evaluation of plastochron index determination in peas – a case for using leaflet length. South African Journal of Botany, 71 (1). pp. 76-80. ISSN 0254-6299
Matsiliza, B. and Botha, C.E.J. (2002) Aphid (Sitobion yakini) investigation shows thin-walled sieve tubes in barley (Hordeum vulgare L) to be more functional than thick-walled sieve tubes. Physiologia Plantarum, 115 (1). pp. 137-143. ISSN 0031-9317
Cook, M.E. and Graham, L.E. and Botha, C.E.J. and Lavin, C.A. (1997) Comparative ultrastructure of plasmodesmata of Chara and selected bryophytes: towards an elucidation of the evolutionary origin of plant plasmodesmata. American Journal of Botany, 84 (9). pp. 1169-1178. ISSN 0002-9122
Ade-Ademilua, O.E. and Botha, C.E.J. (2006) What Does the Movement of the Phloem-mobile Symplastic Tracer, 5,6-carboxyfluorescein in shoots of Pisum Sativum L. Indicate - the Existence of a Symplastic Transport System? - A bid to Answer Some Puzzling Questions. American Journal of Plant Physiology, 1 (2). pp. 127-131. ISSN 1557- 4539
Mjwara, J.M. and Botha, C.E.J. (1993) The interactive effects of light, temperature and CO[subscript 2]/O[subscript 2] ratios on photosynthesis of Coix lachryma-jobi L. South African Journal of Botany, 59 (4). pp. 377-384. ISSN 0254-6299
De Wet, L.R. and Botha, C.E.J. (2007) Resistance or tolerance: an examination of aphid (Sitobion yakini) phloem feeding on Betta and Betta-Dn wheat (Triticum aestivum ). South African Journal of Botany, 73 (1). pp. 35-39. ISSN 0254-6299
Botha, C.E.J. and Cross, R.H.M. (2000) Towards reconciliation of structure with function in plasmodesmata—who is the gatekeeper? Micron, 31 (6). pp. 713-721. ISSN 0968-4328
Botha, C.E.J. and Matsiliza, B. (2004) Reduction in transport in wheat (Triticum aestivum) is caused by sustained phloem feeding by the Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia). South African Journal of Botany, 70 (2). pp. 249-254. ISSN 0254-6299
Botha, C.E.J. and Cross, R.H.M. (2001) Regulation within the supracellular highway - plasmodesma are the key. South African Journal of Botany, 67 . pp. 1-9. ISSN 0254-6299
Botha, C.E.J. and Hartley, B.J. and Cross, R.H.M. (1993) The ultrastructure and computer-enhanced digital image analysis of plasmodesmata at the Kranz mesophyll-bundle sheath interface of Themeda triandra var. imberbis (Retz) A. Camus in conventionally-fixed leaf blades. Annals of Botany, 72 . pp. 255-261. ISSN 0305-7364
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PLAYER OF THE WEEKAllyssa DeHaan, Michigan StateSr., C, 6-9, Grandville, Mich./GrandvilleDeHaan earns her first weekly award of the season after leading Michigan State to wins over No. 8/8 Xavier and Florida Gulf Coast last week. The senior put up 22 points against the nationally ranked Musketeers on Wednesday, shooting 80 percent from the floor, while also grabbing 13 rebounds and blocking five shots. Her points and rebounds totals were both season-highs as Michigan State knocked off its second top-10 opponent of the year. On Sunday against Florida Gulf Coast, DeHaan tallied 11 points with seven rebounds and three blocks in just 18 minutes on the floor. For the week, she averaged 16.5 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 70.6 percent from the floor and going 8-for-9 (88.9 percent) from the free-throw line. The weekly accolade is the seventh of DeHaan's career.
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FRESHMAN OF THE WEEKNikki Greene, Penn StateC, 6-4, Diboll, Texas/DibollGreene earns Freshman of the Week honors after helping Penn State to two wins last week, including a 77-73 victory over No. 15/15 Pittsburgh on Saturday. The freshman averaged 12.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game as the Lady Lions picked up their first win over a ranked opponent since Dec. 2, 2007. Against Monmouth on Wednesday, Greene tallied her first collegiate double-double with 12 points and 14 boards with a pair of blocks before dropping in 12 more points with seven boards, a block and a steal vs. the nationally ranked Panthers on Saturday. The weekly honor is Greene's first and the first for a Penn State player this season.
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10 Great Retirement Spots for Golf Nuts
From the Gulf coast to the Pacific Northwest, fine places to tee it up.
For genuine golf junkies, there's nothing like retirement. With your schedule cleared of the 9-to-5 grind, you're finally free to pass the days as you always wished: taking extra swings at the driving range, lining up that perfect putt on the 18th hole, and enjoying the fresh-cut grass and sunshine.
But for retirees, golf offers much more than just fun. In addition to the exercise, the game provides seniors with a wonderful social outlet, says 18-year LPGA Tour veteran Penny Pulz. "You [have] to deal with people that aren't always on your page—and that is terribly important in seniors," says Pulz, who now runs the senior-focused Penny Pulz Golf Academy in Sun City, Ariz.
With no less than 220 public and private courses in surrounding Maricopa County—and its proximity to other golfing hot spots in the state—Sun City is one of U.S. News's 10 great retirement spots for golfers. (For a photo gallery of these "golfiest" of places, click here.)
We dug into the U.S. News database of more than 1,000 Best Places to Retire and came up with a list specifically tailored for duffers. (Don't agree with us? You can offer your favorite golf areas in the comments section below. And feel free to build your own list using our search tool. It allows you to comb through the most attractive retirement spots based on region, climate, healthcare, recreational and cultural activities, and other factors.)
For 68-year-old Dick Horne, an avid golfer who retired from the insurance business in 2000, the best retirement spot for golfers is a no-brainer: Mount Pleasant, S.C. "I've traveled an awful lot in my life to different regions [of the United States] and abroad," Horne says. "But I don't know of any other place I'd rather live than where I live right now."
While the warm weather and friendly atmosphere are certainly draws, it's the golfing culture that makes it a dream retirement spot, Horne says. Located just outside historic Charleston, S.C., Mount Pleasant has 30 courses close at hand. And since it's within day-trip distance of two South Carolina golfing havens—90 miles from Myrtle Beach and 110 miles from Hilton Head Island—boredom is one obstacle you'll never face on the links (the bunkers are another matter). "You could play golf every day for a whole month and never play the same golf course [twice]," Horne says.
Then there's beautiful Charlotte, N.C., home of the PGA's Wachovia Championship. While Chris Payne, assistant golf pro at Raintree Country Club, says Charlotte's public courses can get crowded, the city has at least 14 courses open to everyone, and one of America's premier golf destinations is 90 miles away in Pinehurst, N.C.
Of course, retiring golfers have no lack of attractive options. Bonita Springs, Fla., is within easy reach of more than 135 courses in Lee County and is just a 20-minute zip down the sun-kissed southwest Florida coast to Naples, one of the country's golf meccas. West Coast daydreamers should consider Rancho Mirage, Calif. This resort community of 17,000 has been a preferred vacation destination of Hollywood stars, corporate chieftains, and presidents—Gerald Ford even had a home there. Rancho Mirage hosts the LPGA's Kraft Nabisco Championship (won this year by Lorena Ochoa) and is just 7 miles from the golfing paradise of Palm Springs.
Although best known as a football town, Auburn, Ala., is located at the foot of Grand National, one of the 11 sites that make up the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail that snakes its way through the state. (The trail is named after the esteemed golf course architect who designed it.) Golfers can get a season pass that's good at all but two courses on the trail for just $1,360 a year, regardless of what state they live in. If you prefer cooler weather—and can stand a shorter golf season—consider Lemont, Ill. The Chicago suburb is surrounded by more than 140 courses in Cook County and is itself the home of the Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, which biennially hosts the PGA's BMW Championship.
With more than 20 courses nearby and playable weather nearly all year round, Georgetown, Texas, is a fine option for golf lovers looking to retire in the Lone Star State. And in addition to being home to a Del Webb retirement community with two 18-hole courses of its own, Georgetown is just a half-hour drive to the state capital and duffer's paradise of Austin. Meanwhile, lovely St. George, Utah, home of the Red Rock Golf Trail—eight courses clustered within a 15-minute drive's radius—is another underrated retirement spot for golfers. Finally, if it's the Pacific Northwest you're after, try Portland, Ore., where the wet climate keeps the greens lush and the fairways cool.


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DALLAS (AP) U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is visiting Texas to describe how the federal health care overhaul would work at the grassroots level.
Sebelius on Thursday joins Dallas and Dallas County officials and community activists to discuss how best to inform communities on the Affordable Care Act.
The measure originally required all states to enroll citizens making less than 138 percent of the federal poverty level in Medicaid, the joint state-federal health care program for the poor and disabled. But Gov. Rick Perry has rejected all proposals to expand Medicaid, a system he calls broken.
That means those who can't afford health insurance could turn to subsidized private coverage in a federally run Texas marketplace.
Sebelius visited Houston and Austin last month to address the new law.
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txsun Posts: 2What type of deals are you seeing on a new, 2010 F150 Lariat 4x4 4-door, with the 5.4L, loaded nicely?
I'm actually able to travel most anywhere to get a really good deal, but I'm just curious how much off the MSRP they are going right now? The MSRP range that seems to have all the options I'd want is around the $45-47k range. I'm just wondering how much lower they will/can go right now.
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I'v decided to jump ship on ford, after extended test drive the mpg posted was 12.8 on highway, with 5.4 3.55 ax ratio. And the resale trade -in value on f150 was beyond awful. i'm going to wait and see what chevy has to offer on redesign in 2012. However they were ready to deal at $13,500.00 off msrp.
If the truck your looking at 2011 supercrew has the eco-boost engine $8,000 to $9,500 off msrp with current rebates is about right. If 2011 with 5.0 V-8 you shoul be at $11,500 off msrp with current rebates. If 2010 supercrew $13,000-$14,000 off msrp with current rebates. Pay anymore and your paying tooooooo much. Check kbb trade-in for f-150's so you don't fool yourself into agreeing to pay one penny more.
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Normally, we would expect professionals to leap at the opportunity for new training designed to assist with upcoming challenges.
So we were more than a little surprised to learn the teachers union in the New Castle schools is refusing to cooperate with a grant designed to aid training of educators in the district.
The funding, nearly $150,000, is part of the federal Race to the Top education program that New Castle qualified for. The grant is intended to assist with training and evaluating teachers.
Apparently, the training is part of the program. We also note Pennsylvania is beefing up its teacher evaluation system in the coming years. You would think educators would be glad for some assistance in dealing with such changes.
But the city's teachers said no thanks, which is causing some consternation among the district's administration. Based on comments in the New Castle News from assistant superintendent Terence P. Meehan, the idea teachers would refuse to participate was a notion they never considered.
Yet some of the comments made by Don Runyon, president of the New Castle Federation of Teachers, may offer underlying insight. While Runyon indicated teachers objected to some of aspects of the training, in that it supposedly dealt with student matters beyond the control of educators, something else seems to be bothering them.
And that's the fact the district went after this grant without consulting teachers beforehand. We detect a little turf tussle here.
Intellectually, we can understand teachers wanting to be involved in this grant effort from the start. They may have a legitimate beef in that regard. That's something district administrators ought to file away for future reference.
But we also get the sense the position of the teachers is akin to cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. By refusing to participate in this grant, we suspect the big losers could be the teachers themselves.
We often hear complaints, from a variety of sources inside and outside of education, about the hoops teachers must jump through while contending with standardized tests and other bureaucratic changes involving classroom activities.
We sympathize with much of this. But at the same time, we see there are problems that need to be addressed. And one of these is in the field of teacher evaluations, where virtually all educators in the commonwealth receive routine approval.
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News of the first robotic gall bladder removal in Santa Cruz was announced in this press release:
Surgeon Jimmy Chung, MD, of Santa Cruz last week performed the first Single-SiteTM robotic surgery at Dominican Hospital, successfully removing a 53-year-old Scotts Valley woman's gall bladder through a small incision in her belly button, an advanced technique that results in a faster recovery and virtually no scars associated with what used to be a major, invasive surgery.
The new Single-SiteTM suite of instruments and accessories of the da Vinci System's Remote Center Technology are designed to leapfrog even more modern laparoscopic techniques, avoiding the crowding of instruments inside the body that is commonly linked to hand-held, laparoscopic single-incision devices. The surgical robotics company says the technology aims to make patients healthier on the inside and better looking on the outside while getting them back to their lives faster.
"Single site robotic surgery has great potential to revolutionize the way we perform minimally invasive surgeries," says Dr. Chung. "Eventually, we should be able to perform almost all laparoscopic surgeries through a single incision, saving the patient unnecessary scars and pain."
Dominican Hospital was the first on the Central Coast to purchase a da Vinci Surgical System, having performed hundreds of procedures since summer of 2008. Alongside the most experienced team in the area, surgeons at Dominican use the robotic platform to perform urologic, gynecologic, oncologic and general surgical procedures.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A man accused of executing his estranged daughter-in-law in the parking lot of a Morgantown Wal-Mart over a child-custody dispute is set to enter a plea.
The Dominion Post (http://bit.ly/VayPPm) says 54-year-old Larry Lynn Mitchell of Shinnston is scheduled to appear before Monongalia County Circuit Judge Phil Gaujot on Dec. 7.
Mitchell is charged with first-degree murder, and his attorney, Tom Dyer, says he plans to plead guilty to the charge.
Should he change his mind, Mitchell will stand trial Dec. 11 in the slaying of 29-year-old Shannon Stafford.
Investigators say Mitchell shot Stafford repeatedly inside her car and after she got out April 21.
Stafford was there to meet Mitchell's son and to pick up their 2-year-old daughter, Faith, for a weekend visit.
Witnesses restrained Mitchell until police arrived.